General inkjet
From Printing
Surveyed February–March 2007
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overview
inkjet printers printers for personal use, sharing with a few persons and casual photo printing
- high resolution: 4800 dpi optimized
- low volume printing
- low printing speed: 1–10 ppm
- low–medium paper capacity: 100–250 sheet
- individual use or small workgroups
example: HP Deskjet 3747
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characteristics
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Printing Technology
Color inkjet
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Print Resolution
- 4800x1200 60% of printers in this market
- 5760x1440 16% of printers in this market
- 6000x1200 24% of printers in this market
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Paper Sources
- 100-250 Sheet Paper input capacity (A4, Legal, Letter, Executive,etc.) 80%;
- 250-350 extra Sheet Paper input capacity 10%; only the printers at the top of this market have this.
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Interface Connections
- Parallel: 10%
- Network (also 802.11b/g wireless): 30%
- USB: all
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UI interface features
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Paper
- Paper Size: A4, letter, legal, executive, A5, A6, B5, B6, DL, C5, 3x5, A4Long(3.5" x 5", 4"x 6", 5" x 7", 8" x 10)
- fit to paper size
- Multiple Page (N-up): Normal, 2in1, 4in1, 9in1, 16in1, 25in1,
- Poster: print over multiple pages: 1in2x2, 1in3x3, 1in4x4, 1in5x5
- border lines on/off, choice of lines
- Borderless printing
- Orientation: Portrait, Landscape, Rotate 180°
- Copies: Number, Collate, Reverse print
- print pages from X to Y
- Duplex (DIY by hand) only 7% of the market
- Media Type: ex. transparent, plane paper, etc.
- Paper Source:
- 100-250 main tray
- 250-350 extra tray 10% printers at the top of this market
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Print quality
- Resolution: draft, photo, text, text&image
- Color settings (advanced): brightness, contrast, saturation, CYMK (color proofing)
- Greyscale printing
- Preview before printing
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Watermark
- on/off
- trasparent
- select confidential, copy, draft, etc.
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Maintenance
- status monitor
- print head alignment
- head cleaning
- nozzle check
- ink cartidge replacement (head position)
- ink level status (warning when empty)
