From my perspective, "jet printing" is a more generalized technique where any precursor material is selectively accelerated towards and deposited onto a substrate.
Typically, inkjet printing refers to a printing technique where a liquid pre-cursor ink is dropletized and accelerated towards a substrate in a repeatable and controlled manner, selectively depositing on a surface. Inside of inkjet printing, two of the most common methods are continuous and drop-on-demand (DoD). In continuous inkjet (CIJ) printing, as the name implies, a continues stream of ink droplets is formed. Then, a mechanical or electrostatic shutter/steering system allows the droplets to accelerate towards the surface, or be deflected away to a disposal areas. DoD printing only generates these droplets when they are needed (on-demand).
I would then say that plasma jet and inkjet printing are both variants of jet printing, but I would not think of plasma jet printing as a type of inkjet process.
Thank you Robert. Yes, I agree that plasma jet printing is definitely a jet printing. However, I was wondering if plasma jet is related to electrohydrodynamic printing (e-jet printing) and Aerosol jet printing.
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