Editing Inkjet printing (section)

== Other uses ==

[[United States|U.S.]] [[Patent]] 6,319,530 describes a "Method of photocopying an image onto an edible web for decorating iced baked goods". In other words, this [[invention]] enables one to inkjet print a food-grade color [[photograph]] on a [[birthday cake]]'s surface. Many bakeries now carry these types of decorations, which are printable using edible inks and dedicated inkjet printers.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} [[Edible ink printing]] can be done using normal home use inkjet printers like Canon Bubble Jet printers with edible ink cartridges installed, and using rice paper or frosting sheets.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

Inkjet printers and similar technologies are used in the production of many microscopic items. See [[Microelectromechanical systems]]. Inkjet printers are used to form conductive traces for circuits, and color filters in LCD and plasma displays.

Inkjet printers, especially models produced by Dimatix (now part of Fujifilm), Xennia Technology and Pixdro, are in fairly common use in many labs around the world for developing alternative deposition methods that reduce consumption of expensive, rare, or problematic materials. These printers have been used in the printing of polymer, macromolecular, quantum dot, metallic [[nanoparticle]]s, and carbon nanotubes. The applications of such printing methods include organic thin-film transistors, organic light emitting diodes, [[Inkjet solar cell|organic solar cells]], and sensors.<ref name="Auto5I-24" /><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Lennon|first1=Alison J.|last2=Utama|first2=Roland Y.|display-authors=etal|year=2008|title=Forming openings to semiconductor layers of silicon solar cells by inkjet printing|journal=Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells|volume=92|issue=11|pages=1410–1415|doi=10.1016/j.solmat.2008.05.018|bibcode=2008SEMSC..92.1410L }}</ref>

Inkjet technology is used in the emerging field of [[bioprinting]]. They are also used for the production of [[OLED]] displays.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oled-info.com/oled-inkjet-printing|title=OLED ink jet printing: introduction and market status &#124; OLED-Info|website=www.oled-info.com}}</ref>