ink-jet printer

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   a printer that produces characters by projecting electrically charged droplets of ink

   Broaderdot matrix printer

   Narrowerbubble jet printer

Questions about ink-jet printer

What does ink-jet printer mean?

ink-jet printer means "a printer that produces characters by projecting electrically charged droplets of ink".

Is ink-jet printer a common word?

ink-jet printer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.