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Epson inkjet helps photographer to prize

Monday 24 July, 2006

The unique movement that is a printer head in action has fired Epson printers into the thoughts of students and faculty at Cambridge University.

That is because a photo of a printer head from an Epson inkjet printer in action has won the university's Engineering Photo Competition, turning the process of ink being transferred from Epson printer cartridge to paper into a work of art.

Tails from the Nozzle Bank, as the picture is known, is incredibly just 2.3mm wide. The drop heads are even smaller, at just 50 microns.

Taken by Dr Steve Hoath, a research associate at the Inkjet Research Centre, the picture is so detailed that it shows drops still attached to the nozzles by long strings of Epson ink.

Epson were the sponsors of this year's award at the university, providing £1,000 worth of prizes for the lucky winners.

The company has said that the picture illustrates the "symphony" of an Epson inkjet printer in motion.


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