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Memjet technology is a new generation of printing technology for photo retail customers, delivering extremely fast, color printing performance at breakthrough costs per page and price points relative to performance. 

The technology consists of four main components including page-wide printheads, high performance controller chips, software and custom inks, which Memjet Photo Retail will sell to OEM brands to be integrated into their own branded printing devices. 

The "MEM" in Memjet refers to "MEMS" or Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems; the technology of the very small, with metrics ranging in size from a micrometer (a millionth of a meter) to a millimeter (a thousandth of a meter).  The Memjet printheads are fabricated using MEMS processes; modified semiconductor fabrication processes that enable the creation of the silicon structures, nozzles and drop-ejection systems that are the basis of the Memjet technology.  

For decades the printing and imaging industry has provided customers with inkjet and laser printing solutions. Finally, the next generation of printing technology has arrived - Memjet.  

Memjet devices are page printers that are designed to process and print an entire color page in one pass.  The print engine spans the width of the printer so that it can print the entire width of the page while the paper simply moves underneath the printhead.  The Memjet software and controller work together to efficiently process page data.  The controller contains a high speed 648 MHz processor and embedded memory sufficient to print even complex pages at rapid speeds.  Each printhead contains 70,400 nozzles and can print up to 900 million drops per second with minimal warm up time. 

Memjet Photo Retail does not intend to introduce its own printers or be the primary brand on any photo retail printing product.  Our Memjet Photo Retail business model is to deliver technology to existing brands for use in their own branded printing devices.