Inkjet printing is an affordable way of printing such as labels, catalogs, pictures, promotional materials, etc. With the advancements in inkjet printing technology today, it has made printing jobs to be popular. It allows precise printing to make functional components through additive deposition of a variety of materials, including ceramics, conductive polymers and now, metal oxides.

Inkjet printing is a much more stylish and flexible printing technology than most people might imagine. This technology can be applied to almost any size surface, from postage stamps to building wraps. New applications are known on a daily basis.

Inkjet inks are not simple solutions of dyes or suspensions of pigment particles. These inks must complement the print head as well as the media. Ink formulation requires many specialized types of expertise in chemistry, physics, and engineering, including:

• Specialized organic dye synthesis
• Rheology and fluid dynamics
• The physics of small particles and colloids
• Rationalizing and modeling interactions between the ink, the print head, and the medium