Wide Format Imaging

Improvements in all types of drop-on-demand inkjet technologies have hastened inkjet's adoption in an increasing number of applications, leading some industry observers to predict an "inkjet future" for digital printing. But while inkjet is poised to become a mainstream technology for commercial printing, one form of the technology—piezoelectric drop-on-demand (Piezo DOD)—is superbly positioned to dominate industrial applications that are well within and far beyond the world of print production.

Piezo DOD is a proven industrial technology that's been used in wide-format printing and industrial marking and coding since the late 1980s. Over many years, FujiFilm Dimatix, Inc. (originally known as Spectra, Inc.) has improved the technology's speed, accuracy, consistency and reliability—making piezo DOD suitable for a broad range of applications.

The hallmark of FujiFilm Dimatix' proprietary implementation of piezoelectric DOD inkjet technology is that it allows every jet on a FujiFilm Dimatix printhead to operate concurrently and at a high throughput rate—without trading off drop placement accuracy—thereby enabling precision jetting at production speed. In addition, the durable materials FujiFilm Dimatix uses in their manufacture allow the company's patented printhead products to jet the broadest range of inks and other fluids at sustained high frequencies.

Dimatix Technology Integration: Addressing Customers' Unique Requirements

The same features that have allowed FujiFilm Dimatix printheads to excel in demanding printing applications also have made them attractive to a growing number of manufacturers in industries beyond traditional print production.

In the printing industry, FujiFilm Dimatix works with a renowned list of highly capable OEMs and systems integrators to bring its technology to market. But applying inkjet technology outside the printing industry poses a completely different set of challenges.