If you know what Memjet technology is, the title tells you most of what you need to know: Memjet printers are finally here (and I’ll get to the sort of part shortly). But let me start with a quick explanation for those who have forgotten about Memjet. Or never heard of it.
Memjet printing technology, a distinctly new variation on inkjets, was first unveiled in early 2007 along with some demo videos of spectacularly fast prototype printers. The promise was that Memjet printers could print letter-size output at 60 pages per minute that’s one page per second–and 1,,600-by-1600 dots per inch, with printers that were supposed to be available in 2008 for $200 to $300. Really. (If you want more details, take a look at the story I wrote at the time: The Future of Ink Jet Printing?)
After 2008 came and went without a Memjet printer, and then 2009 did the same, you might have been forgiven for deciding that Memjet printers were just vaporware that you’d never see in real life. So for all the skeptics out there, this announcement’s for you: In the last month, we’ve seen four Memjet printers announced in rapid succession.
That’s the good news. The bad news–the sort of” part–is that all four
are special-purpose label printers, from RENA Systems, Addressing and Mailing
Solutions, Impression Technology Europe, and OWN-X Industrial.
So where are the home and office printers we were promised?
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