InfoTrends Forecast: Inkjet Targets Commercial

A page-wide printhead, on the other hand, is stationary and the substrate is moved beneath it. There is no start-stop action required. Additionally, page-wide arrays provide a simplicity in design that is not available with the scanning inkjet heads that are used in home, low-end office and large-format printers. Accordingly, page-wide arrays have been the focus of design and experimentation for many years, and 2008 and 2009 have seen important introductions based on such arrays.