Editing Printer (computing) (section)

==== Liquid ink electrostatic printers ====
Liquid ink electrostatic printers use a chemical coated paper, which is charged by the print head according to the image of the document.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mif.pg.gda.pl/homepages/frank/sheets/138/c/CK1366.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.mif.pg.gda.pl/homepages/frank/sheets/138/c/CK1366.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |publisher=[[Raytheon|Raytheon Company]]  |title= ''CK1366 CK1367 Printer-type cathode ray tube'' data sheet |date=1 November 1960 |access-date=29 July 2017 }}; {{cite web |url=http://www.mif.pg.gda.pl/homepages/frank/sheets/138/c/CK1368.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.mif.pg.gda.pl/homepages/frank/sheets/138/c/CK1368.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |publisher=[[Raytheon|Raytheon Company]]  |title= ''CK1368 CK1369 Printer-type cathode ray tube'' data sheet |date=1 November 1960 |access-date=29 July 2017 }}</ref> The paper is passed near a pool of liquid ink with the opposite charge. The charged areas of the paper attract the ink and thus form the image. This process was developed from the process of [[electrofax|electrostatic copying]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cms.ironk12.org/TeacherWebsites/RyanDurfee/USHistory/HistoryStudentsWebsites/MadisonAlgerHISTORYWEBSITE/electrostaticprinter.html |title=Madison's website on Renn Zaphiropoulos |publisher=Cms.ironk12.org |access-date=2012-11-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201153330/http://cms.ironk12.org/TeacherWebsites/RyanDurfee/USHistory/HistoryStudentsWebsites/MadisonAlgerHISTORYWEBSITE/electrostaticprinter.html |archive-date=2012-12-01 }}</ref> Color reproduction is very accurate, and because there is no heating the scale distortion is less than  ±0.1%. (All laser printers have an accuracy of ±1%.)

Worldwide, most survey offices used this printer before color inkjet plotters become popular. Liquid ink electrostatic printers were mostly available in {{convert|36|to|54|in}} width and also 6 color printing. These were also used to print large billboards. It was first introduced by Versatec, which was later bought by [[Xerox]]. [[3M]] also used to make these printers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wide-format-printers.org/3M_Scotchprint_Printer_2000/3M_Scotchprint_2000_signs.htm |title=Introduction to the 3M Scotchprint 2000 electrostatic printer |publisher=Wide-format-printers.org |access-date=2012-11-02 |archive-date=15 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515052623/http://www.wide-format-printers.org/3M_Scotchprint_Printer_2000/3M_Scotchprint_2000_signs.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>