kogation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Gradual and inevitable degradation of the print head of a heat-based inkjet printer from residual ink and/or impure water.

Word forms

kogation

Etymology

From Japanese お焦げ (“burnt food residue on a cooking-pot”), + -ation. Coined at Canon Inc..

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