Patent ID: 8348387
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A pagewidth inkjet printer, comprising: a platen operable to incrementally translate a page of paper; means for selectively driving rotation of the platen; a housing mounted adjacent to the platen and fixed with respect thereto; a plurality of print heads mounted within the housing and at least partially housed therein, each of the print heads having a plurality of nozzles for selectively ejecting ink, each of the nozzles of each of the print heads being adapted for ejecting a distinct color of ink, the plurality of nozzles of each the print head being linearly aligned in a direction parallel to a direction of translation of the page of paper, the plurality of print heads being arrayed and aligned linearly and orthogonal to the direction of translation of the page of paper, wherein each said print head extends along a direction parallel to the direction of translation of the page of paper, each said print head being contiguous with adjacent ones of said print heads; and means for selectively ejecting ink from selected ones of the plurality of nozzles from each of the print heads simultaneously to print each portion of a horizontal line of print simultaneously.