Patent ID: 7258424
Filing Date: 2007-08-21
Classification: B41J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A printer provided with a micro-electro-mechanical printhead for producing printed media web, the printer comprising: a micro-electro-mechanical printhead extending at least the width of a media web; drive means to drive the media web past the printhead; at least one processor to receive and process a selected print pattern and to control printing of the print pattern, by the printhead, on the media web; the printhead including of a plurality of printhead tiles arranged along the length of the printhead; a fluid channel member adjacent the printhead; each printhead tile including a series of micro-electro-mechanical nozzle arrangements, each nozzle arrangement in fluid communication with the fluid channel member; and, each nozzle arrangement comprising: at least one electrode for receiving an electrical current that heats and expands the actuator beam, wherein the micro-electro-mechanical printhead prints a wallpaper pattern on to the media web to produce wallpaper.