Inkjet Printer Flashcards

1
Q

1) what happens first?

A

Tiny droplets of ink are forced out of a fine nozzle, making them electrically charged

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2) what happens to the droplets?

What is applied to the plates?

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  • The droplets are deflected as they pass between two metal plates
  • a voltage is applied to the plates - one is negative and the other is positive
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3) how do the droplets react to each plate?

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  • the droplets are attracted to the plate of the opposite charge and repelled from the plate with the same charge
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4) What happens to the voltage across each plate?

What happens to the droplets?

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  • the size and direction of the voltage across each plate changes so each droplet is deflected to hit a different place on the paper
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Final result

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  • loads of tiny dots make up your printout
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