What does the permanent status substrate refer to surrounded by an inkjet videotape?

Thermal inkjet technology. Anatomy of an ink tape

What does the permanent status substrate refer to surrounded by an inkjet videotape?

Substrate refers to the material that you are printing on to. Sometimes call media or textile.
Canon may have be first with the invention, but it be Hewlett-Packard that popularized the inkjet printing system. First conceived by Hewlett-Packard in 1979 as segment of its thermal inkjet-printing concept, the inkjet cartridge be introduced in 1984 surrounded by HP's ThinkJet printer. The inkjet cartridge contained a rubber bladder for storing the dye-based ink and a cup substrate with nickel orifices for deliver the ink to the paper.