Patent ID: 6543887
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A common inkjet print head module, suitable for use within a single-color inkjet print head or a multi-color inkjet print head, comprising:an ink cartridge, the ink cartridge has an ink output region and a cartridge body that can hold a plurality of inks, wherein the ink output region is located over the cartridge body, and an ink output is arranged on the ink output region, the ink output region internally includes a plurality of ink channels that terminate through a surface of the ink output, wherein the ink channels are spaced apart from one another via at least a channel wall, wherein a top surface of the channel wall is lower than the surface of the ink output where the ink channels terminate, and the inks held in the cartridge body can flow out through each of the ink channels; and an inkjet chip, the inkjet chip is arranged over the ink output and comprises a plurality of heating elements thereon, wherein the heating elements are distributed into at least a first heating region in which is located at least an ink supplier slot when the common inkjet print head module is used in the single-color inkjet print head, and wherein the heating elements are distributed into at least two second heating regions in each of which is located at least a second ink supplier slot when the common inkjet print head module is used in the multi-color inkjet print head, the second ink supplier slots being spaced apart from one another by at least a slot wall.