Hewlett-Packard
(HP) patented the Thermal Inkjet (TIJ) technology more than 25 years ago, and
it has been a success in the home and office printing environments. Today, this
technology is used in many industrial printing applications like high-speed
direct mail, 2D digital postage printing, security printing and in package coding,
it is used to print addresses, 1D and 2D barcodes, as well as serial numbers.