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IMPRIMANTE PIEZOELECTRIQUE [1 record]

Record 1 2010-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Peripheral Equipment
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
CONT

Piezo-electric inkjet printers ... harness the piezo-electric effect, which causes certain crystalline materials to change shape when a voltage is applied across them. In a piezo-electric printer, each nozzle is housed inside an integrated piezo crystal. A small electrical current makes the crystal contract slightly, squeezing ink out of the nozzle onto the paper.

Key term(s)
  • piezoelectric printer
  • piezoelectric inkjet printer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Périphériques (Informatique)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
CONT

Les imprimantes piézo-électriques transmettent à un cristal piézo-électrique une décharge électrique qui génère une pression dans la tête imageuse et cause l'émission d'une gouttelette.

OBS

piézoélectrique : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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