Patent ID: 6623106
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A modular printhead for an inkjet printer, the modular printhead including:a support frame; a plurality of printhead modules mounted to the support frame, each module having an elongate array of ink nozzles extending substantially linearly across the width of the module such that there is overlap between the elongate arrays of adjacent modules with respect to the direction of paper movement; wherein, the modules are arranged such that a first side of each of the nozzle arrays faces toward a first side of the support frame; such that the respective first sides of predominantly all of the nozzle arrays have at most one end portion obscured from the first side of the support frame by the nozzle array of an adjacent module, and wherein the modules are mounted to the support frame along a substantially straight mounting line that is normal to said direction of paper movement such that at least some of the elongate arrays extend in a direction inclined to the mounting line of the modules.