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Response times of resistance heater elements
in ink jet printers
The ink drops that make up the 'image' on the paper
from an ink jet printer are expelled by microscopic resistance (thin
film or the like) heaters with response times in the 10s of microseconds
if I recall correctly. When living in the macro world, it is often
counterintuitive to realize that a resistance element can have such
a fast thermal response.
(From: John Eaton (johne@vcd.hp.com).)
The trick is that a lot of the energy that you
pump into the resistor leaves the printhead with the fired dot.
One way to detect Out_of_Ink is to mount a thermistor on the printhead
and watch for a sudden rise in temperature as you are firing.
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