Bubble-Jet Printer Head

Client:
A Major Japanese Electronics Firm

Need

Impact printer market share being eroded by the competition (bubblejet, ink jet printing)

Solution

• Brainstormed approaches to meet client needs and avoid patent infringement
• Invented and demonstrated a dual-chamber printer for hot-melt ink
• Developed several inks
• Designed and demonstrated a conventional bubblejet-type printer that operated at twice the speed of available print heads

Result

Print heads incorporated into a printer of the client's design.