printhead

or print head

[ print-hed ]

noun

, Computers.

1. the printing printing element, as a daisy wheel or thimble, on a computer printer. printer.

printhead

/ ˈprɪntˌhɛd /

noun

1. computing a component in a printer that forms a printed character

Word History and Origins

Origin of printhead¹

print + head

Example Sentences

He found work at a nearby Hewlett-Packard campus, helping design the printhead that transfers ink to the page on inkjet printers.

From Seattle Times

There are several types of inkjet delivery systems, but most consumer systems use separate ink cartridges, each fitted with a printhead that separates the ink into the nearly microscopic droplets.

From The Verge

Here, four types of printable fluid are fed from reservoirs fixed into the transparent printhead.

From Nature

This printhead contains a 4 × 4 array of nozzles.

From Nature

Work will also be needed to increase the flexibility of the technology, by making it possible to independently program the flow through each nozzle in a printhead, as is the case for inkjet-based methods.

From Nature