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Inkjet Printer

A printer that sprays tiny droplets of liquid ink from a printhead onto paper.

Definition

Inkjets use thermal (bubble) or piezoelectric printheads and are inexpensive to buy and good at color photos. Ink cost per page is higher than laser for volume printing. Clogged nozzles cause streaks or missing colors, which cleaning cycles can fix.

Example

Running the printhead cleaning utility to fix missing cyan lines.

Exam tip

Streaks or missing colors on inkjets = clogged printhead; run cleaning and alignment.

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