Patent ID: 8025380
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printer cartridge for an inkjet printer, the printer cartridge comprising: a body configured for user insertion in, and removal from, a cradle of the inkjet printer; a pagewidth printhead integrated with and fixedly attached to the body, the pagewidth printhead having an array of nozzles for ejecting printing fluids onto a media substrate; a flexible membrane attached within the body and defining a plurality of pockets each serving as a printing fluid reservoir, each pocket of the flexible membrane being adapted to expand and contract with a volume of printing fluid stored therein; a cover molding for covering the body and sealing the flexible membrane within the body; a refill port provided on the cover molding and having a plurality of inlets each respectively in fluid communication with one of the pockets, the refill port being configured to removably receive therein a refill cartridge; and a plurality of inlet ports each in direct fluid communication with the flexible membrane, the plurality of inlet ports for communicating ink out of each pocket of the flexible membrane.