'ink-jet printer' definitions:

Definition of 'ink-jet printer'

noun

A printer that produces characters by projecting electrically charged droplets of ink

From: GCIDE

ink-jet printer \ink"-jet` printer\, n. (Computers) A type of printer used as a peripheral device for computers, in which the color is applied to the paper by spraying liquid ink onto paper through tiny orifices in a moving print head, to construct the desired pattern on the paper by placing one dot or several dots at a time on the paper. [PJC]