a Brief History of Inkjet Printers

1989
Epson develops MicroPiezo Technology

1994 Desktop color ink jet printer with 720 dpi resolution (EPSON Stylus® COLOR)
(Ted buys one.)

1997
* Desktop color ink jet printers with 1440 dpi resolution
(EPSON Stylus® Color 600, EPSON Stylus® Color 800)
* Six-color photo quality printer (EPSON Stylus® Color Photo)
(Ted buys one.)

1998
* Color ink jet printer selected by NASA for STS-95 mission (EPSON Stylus Color 800)
* Color ink jet printer with built-in USB connectivity (EPSON Stylus Color 740)
(Ted buys Epson Stylus Photo 1200)

1999
* World's fastest color ink jet printer in its class (EPSON Stylus Color 900)
* iMac printer (EPSON Stylus Color 740i)
* Printers to offer FireWire connectivity
(Ted buys Epson Stylus Photo 1280)

2000
* World's first edge-to-edge 4" x 6" snapshot printing on an ink jet printer

2002
* First seven-color archival desktop photo printer
* World's first 2 picoliter ink drop in an ink jet printer
(Ted buys Epson Stylus R2400)

2004
(Ted goes broke and decides to write books to pay for all the printers he has bought.)