The growth of inkjet printing has been helped tremendously by industry leaders having a wide range of expertise. If a company designs and manufactures the printers, printheads, software and inks, for example, these systems are likely to succeed in the field. Canon is an excellent example of this synergistic approach. The history of Canon is quite interesting: the company was founded in 1933 as Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory in Japan. Initially, the company focused solely on camer...