Patent ID: 7914118
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: B41J,B42D,B82Y,G03B,G06F,G06K,G06T,G07F,G09G,G11C,H01L,H04N,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An ink ejection integrated circuit (IC) for a printhead, the IC comprising: a plurality of elongate nozzle arrangements arranged in a plurality of rows, each nozzle arrangement defining an ink ejection port at a first end and having a cantilevered actuator anchored at a second end opposite the first end, the cantilevered actuator extending from the second end to the first end to attach with the ink ejection port; and a plurality of ink inlet channels for feeding each elongate nozzle arrangement with ink, each ink inlet channel being defined in-line with one ink ejection port in a direction of ink ejection, wherein the plurality of rows of elongate nozzle arrangements are arranged in pairs, the ink ejection ports of the elongate nozzle arrangements of a first row of a pair being adjacent to the ink ejection ports of the elongate nozzle arrangements of a second row of the pair, and the actuators of the elongate nozzle arrangements of the first row extend away from the actuators of the elongate nozzle arrangements of the second row.