HP Edgeline Printing Technology

In a bid to increase the efficiency of printing jobs, HP’s researchers have landed upon a new technology patented by HP which increases the throughput by a huge margin. The idea behind the technology is first of its kind in the industry and is certain to meet the demands of those with high volume workloads.

Any inkjet printer has two basic motions for its operation. The first movement involves pushing the paper through the printer and the second inculcates movement of the printhead across the page to cover the entire width. This dual movement slows down the printing process considerably. Getting rid of one of the movements on an inkjet printer will provide significantly faster prints. The printhead movement can be stalled by building a printerhead that is as big as the width of the paper. That way, the printhead doesn’t have to move; only the paper does. This is the technology behind Edgeline technology.

For increased printing speeds, HP Edgeline Technology printers use large, stationary printheads—arranged in a line—to dispense ink across the entire width of the page as the paper passes beneath them. The result is more accurate ink-drop placement and breathtaking print speeds for crisp, print-shop quality output—fast. Plus, the sophisticated printhead design delivers outstanding reliability, allowing for more printing up-time, less maintenance and a lower total cost of operation over time. To complement the new printhead design and increased speeds, HP has specially designed Vivera inks for each current printing system with HP Edgeline Technology to deliver leading print quality.

The HP Edgeline technology is a true innovation which shows that great problems can be solved with the simplest of solutions. This technology not only delivers prints at an outstanding speed, but also provides excellent output. Maintenance costs are bare minimum as the mechanical failure of printhead can be ruled out. On the downside, having a wide printerhead will increase the overhead costs of a printer; but for offices and factories, money doesn’t matter as much, time does.