Super Printer in 2 Years???

Have you ever noticed the difference between an inkjet and a laserjet? Well, I have. I know really well that if you need to print out your 10,000 word dissertation in high quality, you had better do it on a laser printer unless you have 30-45 min to spare and are not rushing for the 4pm dateline. While inkjet printers have become the household staple in printing due to its lower cost per page and much better quality than 10 years ago (especially for printing your own photographs), speed has always been its archilles heel.

Well, all these is set to change if 2 Isreali researchers have their way about it. Imagine an inkjet printer that prints 1,000 pages per minute! Yes, that was no typo error. I do mean one thousand. Moshe Einat and Nissim Einat from The College of Judea and Samaria in Israe have come up with a new type of inkjet printer dubbed the JeTrix, which they hope will be to the inkjet printer what the ink-jet was to dot-matrix devices. Einat, described his invention as being "like an 'ink-emitting screen,'" in the sense that ink would flow point by point -- and all at once -- instead of waiting for the cartridge to fully scan line by line -- theoretically reaching a speed of 1,000 pages in a single minute.

He continues, “The JeTrix project is still in an early stage. The concept was proofed in a laboratory prototype, but we expect that a commercial product will be ready after two years of development, which will include additional funding and product engineering.”

Well, let's keep our fingers crossed. Wouldn't it be great to be able to print out your photos in all its full colour glory in just... 1 minute? A4 size that is. I can't wait.

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