From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell)
Subject: Re: OT? Apple Stylewriter problems (update)
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 23:53:23 +0000 (GMT)
Reply-to: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
..."heater?" IIRC, Pete said these transistors work up to 100 MHz and they
are being used to drive *heaters?* Does that mean the other 17 or so
Sorry, I am so used to HP thermal inkjets that I forgot that other makes
don't work by heating up the ink...
Forget about 'heaters', and replace with whatever sort of actuator the
printhead acutally uses...
Canon and HP based on rapid pulse of heat per dot to "flash-boil" the
alcohol-ink mixture, resulting exploding bubble forces ink thru that
pinhole for a drop of ink onto paper. Epson use piezo to "whack"
liquid ink out.
Canon and HP "heaters" as Tony referred to are in cartridges. Epson
printhead is fixed to the carriage and fed by removeable tanks.
Cheers,
Wizard