IBM 3852-2 User Manual

Components
Appendix F.
What is an
Ink-jet
Printer?
The
following
items
are included
with
your
printer.
If
any items
are missing
or damaged,
notify
your place
of
purchase.
An ink-jet printer
is
a
printer that uses
ink jet
nozzles to produce
the data characters you
see
printed
on your printer. The nozzles
are
positioned linearly in
the
horizontal
direction
on
the carriage.
be.
(1)
squeezes the
tube and an ink droplet is
ejected
‘‘
from the orifice of the glass tube by
the resulting
pressure wave.
The nozzle of each orifice
is only
(2)
0.065 mm wide,
so be
careful
of dust and paper
particles
that could enter and clog
the nozzle.
One pulse of voltage
causes one droplet of ink
to
o0
0
be ejected and absorbed onto
the paper
to
print
one
dot.
The
picture on the following
page
illustrates the ink
jet process. Ink-jet printers
that
print by jetting the necessary times
(3)
according
to the pulses received are
called “drop
0
on demand” printers.
(4)
1.
Color
Printer
2.
Power
cord
3.
Operation manual
4.
Test papers
ci
One
black ink cartridge and one color
(5)
ink cartridge are loaded
in the printer.
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IBM 3852-2 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	3852-2
Category	Printer
Language	English