Patent ID: 6123413
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A printhead for an inkjet printer including orifi from which ink is expelled, comprising:an ink ejector; andan orifice plate having at least one orifice extending through said orifice plate from a first surface of said orifice plate opposite said ink ejector to a second surface of said orifice plate essentially parallel said first surface, said orifice including an aperture at said second surface with a first lineal dimension parallel to said second surface and a second lineal dimension parallel to said second surface and perpendicular to said first lineal dimension, said first lineal dimension having a greater magnitude than said second lineal dimension, said aperture of said orifice at said second surface further defined by at least first and second non-intersecting edges of said second surface being spaced apart at one point by a distance of said second dimension and spaced apart at all other points by a distance greater than said second dimension.