Patent ID: 9308726
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: B33Y,B41J,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method for forming a printhead, comprising: forming a sacrificial form over a base; coating the sacrificial form with a liquid coating material, using a method comprising: separating an entirety of the base from the cured coating material and from the sacrificial form; after separating the entirety of the base from the cured coating material and from the sacrificial form, removing the first portion of the sacrificial form from the cured coating material to form the plurality of ink channels through the cured coating material; and removing the second portion of the sacrificial form from the cured coating material to form the plurality of nozzles, wherein the removal of the first and second portions of the sacrificial form provides a printhead subassembly comprising the cured coating material.