Patent ID: 7654640
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printhead for an inkjet printer, the inkjet printer having a print engine controller for receiving print data and sending it to the printhead, the printhead comprising: a printhead IC with an array of nozzles for ejecting ink; a support structure for mounting the printhead IC in the printer adjacent a paper path, the printhead IC being mounted on a face of the support structure that, in use, faces the paper path; a flexible printed circuit board (flex PCB) having drive circuitry for operating the array of nozzles on the printhead IC, the drive circuitry having circuit components connected by traces in the flex PCB, the flex PCB also having contacts for receiving print data from the print engine controller, the flex PCB at the contacts being mounted to the support structure on a face that does not face the paper path such that the flex PCB extends through a bent section between the printhead IC and the contacts; wherein, the printhead IC and the circuit components are adjacent each other and separated from the contacts by the bent section of the flex PCB.