Hewlett Packards tryst with ink took off when it acquired a company named F.L Mosley based in California in 1958. Mosley was manufacturing recorders and plotters for industrial applications such as continuous process monitoring systems, data loggers and the like in the 1950s.
Hewlett Packard was the pioneer in imaging and printing technologies. It was the first in the market during the 1980s to come up with inkjet and laser technology used in printers until date. Its first printer was the ThinkJet in 1984 based on the inkjet technology and later the DeskJet printer also based on inkjet technology and the Laser printer as the name suggests based on laser technology.
The Ink
Today inks are not just gooey fluids filled in cartridges to give you images on your print media. Specially engineered ink gives high quality prints-it has specially designed active agents and colorants that give rich color and fade resistance.
There is a difference between printer ink and toner – printer ink is a liquid that is applied to paper by pressure. Toner is a fine powder that is burned onto the paper through heat and laser guidance.
There are two types...