A new method to assess the jetting behavior of drop-on-demand ink jet fluids

Journal of Imaging Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105011-105016

  Jung, Sungjune ^a   Hoath, Stephen D ^a   Martin, Graham D ^a   Hutchings, Ian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE BEHAVIOR; CRUCIAL PARAMETERS; DIETHYL PHTHALATE; DROP-ON-DEMAND; ELASTIC FLUIDS; FISHBONE; GOOD CORRELATIONS; IMPINGING JET; INK JET; INTERNAL DIAMETERS; LIGAMENT LENGTHS; LIQUID JETS; LIQUID SHEETS; NEW EXPERIMENTAL METHOD; OBLIQUE COLLISION; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; PRINT HEAD;

EXPERIMENTS; LIQUIDS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYSTYRENES;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 84867223893     PISSN: 10623701     EISSN: 19433522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2352/J.ImagingSci.Technol.2011.55.1.010501     Document Type: Article

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