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ink-jet printer

[′iŋk ¦jet ′print·ər]
(graphic arts)
A nonimpact printer that uses electrostatic acceleration and deflection of ink particles emerging from nozzles to form characters on plain paper in a dot-matrix format.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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