Patent ID: 6161920
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An inkjet cartridge adapter kit comprising:a small inkjet cartridge including a cartridge housing, a printhead mounted on the housing, a plurality of datum surfaces on said housing for registering a position of the cartridge housing in a fixed, repeatable position in a first carriage structure, and a cartridge set of electrical contacts mounted to the cartridge housing and electrically coupled to the printhead, said cartridge set of electrical contacts positioned on the housing for electrical contact with a corresponding first carriage set of electrical contacts when the cartridge is mounted in the first carriage structure; anda large adapter structure for attachment to the cartridge housing to provide an assembly of said adapter structure and said cartridge, said assembly adapted for mounting in a second carriage structure configured to receive an inkjet cartridge in a fixed, repeatable position, said second carriage structure having a second carriage set of electrical contacts for contacting by said cartridge set of electrical contacts when the cartridge is in said fixed, repeatable position in said second carriage structure.