The HP 2225: Jetting into the Future

Photo of the HP 2225 ThinkJet printer with a clear plastic plaque describing the device. Enlarge
Photo of the HP 2225 ThinkJet printer. Enlarge
Photo of the back of the HP 2225 ThinkJet printer. Enlarge
Close-up view of a plate on the HP 2225 ThinkJet printer indicating the best paper to use for print quality. Enlarge
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Date: 1984

Printing changed forever with the first inkjet, the 2225 ThinkJet released in 1984. It was Hewlett-Packard’s first commercial desktop printer to use inkjet technology and the first to use the Hewlett-Packard “Jet” naming convention. The technology would eventually supplant noisy, slow dot matrix printers.

Tags: 1980s • 1984 • Jet • printer

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