Patent ID: 7914133
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: B41J,B82Y,G06F,G06K,G11C,H04N

Abstract:
1. A carrier for a page width ink jet printhead having a printhead integrated circuit including sets of ink inlet openings, each set having at least one inlet opening for receiving ink of a particular color, the carrier comprising: feed openings, each in fluid communication with a respective set of the inlet openings; an ink supply side defining a number of feed formations, each configured to receive one of the inks and to be in fluid communication with a respective set of inlet openings, via the feed openings; a printhead side engageable with the printhead and defining at least one ink supply formation; at least one passage in fluid communication between the at least one ink supply formation and at least one of the feed formations; and a pair of side wall portions defining a longitudinally extending channel including at least one of the feed openings.