Definitions

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  • noun The element of a printer that applies the mark or image to the paper.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of print head.

Etymologies

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print + head

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Examples

  • Early versions of Kodak's printers were plagued by problems, like printhead failures that required Kodak to cover the cost of replacements, said a person familiar with the matter.

    Kodak Struggles to Find Its Moment Dana Mattioli 2011

  • The lawsuit says H-P purchased Mipo products sold by its U.S. unit via Amazon, and discovered they were made of a genuine H-P printhead — the element of a printer that applies an image to paper — and a third-party cartridge body.

    H-P Sues Asian Cartridge Makers Andrew Morse 2010

  • The lawsuit says H-P purchased Mipo products sold by its U.S. unit via Amazon, and discovered they were made of a genuine H-P printhead — the element of a printer that applies an image to paper — and a third-party cartridge body.

    H-P Sues Asian Cartridge Makers Andrew Morse 2010

  • The “RepRap” is a skeletal framework with a nozzled printhead that moves in three dimensions.

    Self-Reliance 2008 2008

  • The “RepRap” is a skeletal framework with a nozzled printhead that moves in three dimensions.

    Self-Reliance 2008 2008

  • The “RepRap” is a skeletal framework with a nozzled printhead that moves in three dimensions.

    Self-Reliance 2008 2008

  • The lawsuit says H-P purchased Mipo products sold by its U.S. unit via Amazon, and discovered they were made of a genuine H-P printhead — the element of a printer that applies an image to paper — and a third-party cartridge body.

    H-P Sues Asian Cartridge Makers Andrew Morse 2010

  • Kyocera has successfully developed the new KLE Series thermal printhead for desktop card printers used to print onto rigid materials such as ID cards and credit cards.

    February 2010 - Fareastgizmos.com 2010

  • Cai even thinks that it is another Nokia company in the method works as follows: Ink is fed from ink reservoir to printhead; a piezotransducer gives a pressure pulse; the pulse travels to nozzle orifice and ink droplet is ejected; the transducer is controlled with binary on-off signal according to printed image.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Jak Boumans 2008

  • Cai even thinks that it is another Nokia company in the method works as follows: Ink is fed from ink reservoir to printhead; a piezotransducer gives a pressure pulse; the pulse travels to nozzle orifice and ink droplet is ejected; the transducer is controlled with binary on-off signal according to printed image.

    Archive 2008-11-03 Jak Boumans 2008

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