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FUJIFILM Dimatix has leveraged its piezoelectric ink jet technology and MEMS fabrication processes with its extensive ink jet product and system knowledge to produce a materials printer specifically designed for R&D and feasibility testing.

The Dimatix Materials Printer (DMP) is a cost-effective, easy-to-use precision materials deposition system.

Ideal applications for the materials printer include:

• Material and fluid development and evaluation
• Prototype and sample generation
• Fluid and substrate interactions evaluation
• Product development
• Optimization and evaluation of digital patterns
• Deposition of biological fluids including cell patterning, DNA arrays, proteomics

The DMP-2800 series printer allows the deposition of fluidic materials on an 8x11 inch or A4 substrate, utilizing a disposable piezo "ink jet" cartridge. This printer can create and define patterns over an area of about 200 x 300 mm and handle substrates up to 25 mm thick with an adjustable Z height. The temperature of the vacuum platen, which secures the substrate in place, can be adjusted up to 60°C. The DMP offers a variety of patterns by employing a pattern editor program. Additionally, a waveform editor and a drop-watch camera system allows manipulation of the electronic pulses to the piezo jetting device for optimization of the drop characteristics as it is ejected from the nozzle. There is a built-in cleaning station with a program editor that includes an automatic capping mechanism. This system thereby enables easy printing of structures and samples for process verification and prototype creation.

Fiducial camera features:

• Provides substrate rotation alignment using reference marks
• Allows positioning of the print origin to match substrate placement
• Provides measurement of features and locations
• Provides inspection and image capture of printed pattern or drops
• Provides cartridge alignment when using multiple cartridges
• Allows matching drop placement to previously patterned substrate

The most unique feature of this table top printing system is the printhead itself - a world first! FUJIFILM Dimatix has created a MEMS-based cartridge-style printhead that allows users to fill their own fluids and print immediately with the DMP in their own laboratory. To minimize waste of expensive fluids, each cartridge reservoir has a capacity of 1.5 ml. Cartridges can easily be replaced to facilitate printing of a series of fluids. Each single-use cartridge has 16 nozzles linearly spaced at 254 microns with typical drop sizes of 1 and 10 picoliters.