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Memjet technology is a new generation of printing technology for industrial label customers, delivering 12 inches per second (305mm) full process color printing performance at breakthrough costs per page and price points relative to performance. 

The technology consists of four main components including 8.77"/ 222.7mm (A4) wide printheads, high performance controller chips, software and custom inks, which Memjet Labels sells to OEM brands to be integrated into their own branded printing devices. Memjet Labels will be developing narrower printhead widths in the future (i.e. 4" / 100mm) in order to bring our ground breaking technology to various industrial and retail labeling markets that require smaller footprints and economical applications.

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 Labels, along with our OEM brand partners, is working hard to bring our first product to market as soon as possible while not sacrificing any of the groundbreaking customer experience goals we've set.  We look forward to announcing an updated product introduction date and encourage you to register for an RSS feed to stay current on such announcements.  

Our OEM brands have asked us to keep their identities confidential.  Memjet Labels is working with multiple brand partners, with varied development and announcement timelines.  You can keep abreast of Memjet Labels partner announcements by subscribing to RSS feeds from this site.

The announcement of the Memjet technology and Memjet companies in March 2007 introduced the technology to the industry and enabled the founding of industry partnerships needed to bring the technology to market.  At that time, Memjet Labels was intending our first market entry to be a small-format, 100mm printhead used for printing 4x6 inch (100 x 150mm) photos.  Due to input from our partners, in September 2007 we shifted focus to our A4 printhead and related components, shifting the emphasis to our biggest market opportunity. 

While we have delayed our small-format printhead, we had always intended to introduce A4/Letter devices through OEM brands in 2009.  In the course of developing any revolutionary technology, delays can and do occur.  

Memjet Labels, along with our partners, is working hard to bring our first product to market as soon as possible without compromising the customer experience goals we've set.  Our ambitious goals for the technology and for the desired customer experience have led to some delays.  We look forward to announcing an updated product introduction date soon and encourage you to register for an RSS feed to stay current on such announcements.  

Memjet devices are page printers that are designed to process and print an entire  A4 color page in one second or half a second for a full process color 4x6 label. The printhead spans the width of the page 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 the 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 Labels does not intend to introduce its own printers or be the primary brand on any label printing product.  Our Memjet Labels business model is to deliver technology to existing brands for use in their own branded printing devices.

A Memjet Label based device can achieve full speed and quality on most documents with a typical computer (e.g. 2 GHz Intel processor with 256-1 GB of RAM).

Initial Memjet Labels inks are fast drying, water based inks with advanced dyes.  Memjet Labels and our partners will continue to research and develop inks well suited for industrial label devices, including consideration of pigmented inks.

Certainly. Memjet prototypes shown to date print at 12 inches per second (305mm) and are considered fast enough for most label printing environments.  As speeds increase beyond 12 ips, devices become less practical based on cost and complexity due in part to more expensive paper movement systems and increased related mechanical robustness.