1976 piezoelectric ink dot control technology comes out.

1979 bubble jet bubble inkjet technology came out.

1In August, 980, Canon applied its bubble inkjet technology to its inkjet printer Y-80 for the first time, which started the history of inkjet printers.

199 1 year, the first color inkjet printer and large format printer appeared.

1994 micro piezoelectric printing technology comes out.

1996, Lexmark introduced the world's first 1200* 1200dpi ultra-high resolution color inkjet printer, Lexmark CJ7000, using excimer argon)/FLUMRINE laser cutting technology.

1998 Photo 700, the world's first color ink-jet Epson stylus, came out with the highest resolution of 1440dpi, with six-color printing function.

1998 Canon BJC-7 100, the world's first 7-color photo printer, was born.

1999 The first color inkjet printer EpsonIP- 100 was born, which can print A4 photos without a computer.

In 2000, the first color inkjet printer HP DJ970Cxi supporting automatic double-sided printing was born.

In 2003, HP Photosmart 7960, the world's first digital photo printer with eight-color ink technology, came out.

In the spring of 2005, the world's first 9-color photo printer HP Photosmart 8758 was born.

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Classification of printers:

First of all, printers can be divided into serial printers and parallel printers according to the data transmission mode.

Second, according to the working principle of printers, printers are divided into two categories: impact type and non-impact type.

Three, according to the working mode, divided into needle printers, inkjet printers, laser printers, etc. The stylus printer prints character graphics through the physical contact between the printer and the paper, and the latter two print character graphics by spraying toner.

Fourth, according to the purpose:

1, general printer for office and business

In this application field, the stylus printer has always occupied a dominant position. Because the stylus printer has the characteristics of moderate resolution and printing speed, cheap consumables, high-speed skipping, multiple copies printing, wide printing and convenient maintenance, it is the first choice for printing reports and invoices in office and transaction processing.

2. Commercial printers

Commercial printer refers to the printer used for commercial printing, which is needed for printing in this field. The quality is relatively high, and sometimes it is necessary to deal with documents with pictures and texts. Therefore, a high-resolution laser printer is usually used.

3. Special printer

Special printers generally refer to various printers used in special systems, such as passbook printers, flat bill printers, bar code printers, thermal printers, etc.

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