drop-on-demand

Definition: Type of ink-jet printer in which ink leaves the reservoir only when required. * Most ink-jet printers in use are drop-on-demand: tiny drops of ink are squirted out by a pressure wave caused by either the pulse of a piezo-electric element or by superheating the ink solvent which causes a bubble to form.

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