VisionJet Announces `Genie,' World's First Laser-Based Inkjet Test Instrument.ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 18, 1999-- Desktop Device Shows Droplet droplet very small drop of fluid. droplet nuclei the finite particles of matter which are transmitted from animal to animal. Shapes, Sizes, and Volumes; First Hardware Product of Xennia/Sarnoff Joint Venture VisionJet(tm) Ltd. of Cambridge, U.K., the company formed last year by Xennia Technology Ltd. of Cambridge, U.K. and Sarnoff Corporation Sarnoff Corporation, with headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey, is the former RCA Laboratories. The headquarters is the site of the development of color television, CMOS technology, electron microscopy, and many other important technologies since the cornerstone was laid just of Princeton, NJ, U.S.A., today released the "Genie," the world's first laser-based testing system for inkjet printheads. Announced at the International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies in Orlando, FL, the new product can help manufacturers create better inkjet printers. The desktop device focuses a split laser beam on a working printhead printhead n → cabeza impresora printhead n → tête f d'impression printhead print n → Druckkopf m and completely characterizes the droplets of ink it produces, giving engineers the information they need to make design decisions. "The challenge in inkjet design is understanding the interaction of heads and inks," said Alan Hudd, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Xennia. "The VisionJet Genie is the only system that can give designers accurate data on droplet shape, size, and volume by measuring the performance of real ink with an actual working inkhead. "It even shows how many 'satellites' are associated with each droplet," he said. "Genie is the tool inkjet designers have been looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ." Genie's capabilities are unique in the industry, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Sarnoff's Ann-Marie Lanzillotto, Group Head for Microstuctures. "Before Genie the most common tool for gathering data for inkjet design was an optical microscope optical microscope See under microscope. . This limited the type and accuracy of the data that you could acquire," said Lanzillotto. "The VisionJet Genie represents a quantum leap in the capability to gather error or quality control information, and it fits on a desktop." In addition to the laser-based Genie desktop testing product, VisionJet offers a diagnostic service that uses X-ray microtomography techniques to see inside an operating printhead. VisionJet will continue to offer Sarnoff's microstructural analysis services. Upgrades, New Products on Horizon Genie is software-upgradable. VisionJet plans to offer upgrades during the product's lifecycle that will give it even more information analysis capability. Genie is the first hardware product from VisionJet, the Xennia/Sarnoff partnership announced last year. System prices range from $75,000 to $100,000, depending upon the configuration and support required for various inkjet heads. The company continues to develop new tools to serve the industry. For more information contact: -0- Sarnoff Corporation Tom Lento Sarnoff Corporation 201 Washington Road Princeton, NJ 08540 U.S.A. (609) 734-3178 FAX (609) 734-2040 tlento@sarnoff.com Xennia Inc. Alan Hudd Xennia Technology Ltd. Lumen House Lumen Road, Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7AG United Kingdom 44(0)1763 24 66 00 FAX 44(0)1763 24 49 90 Alan@xennia.demon.co.uk. -0- About Xennia Xennia is a specialty inks design and consulting firm based in Cambridge, UK. The firm was started in 1992 and has grown to 20 people. About Sarnoff Corporation Sarnoff Corporation creates and commercializes electronic, biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. and information technology. Founded in 1942 as RCA See RCA connector and video/TV history. Laboratories, Sarnoff has been a wholly-owned, for-profit subsidiary of SRI International since 1987. The company's decades of innovation include the development of color television and the liquid-crystal display and a leadership role in creating the digital and HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates standard for the U.S. Sarnoff now works with a wide variety of industry and government clients to develop and improve specific technologies that will help change the world. A key element of the company's overall strategy is the founding of new companies that bring its technologies to market. Fifteen such companies are in various stages of development. |
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