ink-jet printer

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ink-jet printer - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  ink-jet printer \ink"-jet` printer\, n. (Computers)
     A type of printer used as a peripheral device for computers,
     in which the color is applied to the paper by spraying liquid
     ink onto paper through tiny orifices in a moving print head,
     to construct the desired pattern on the paper by placing one
     dot or several dots at a time on the paper.
     [PJC]

ink-jet printer - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ink-jet printer
      n 1: a printer that produces characters by projecting
           electrically charged droplets of ink