Patent ID: 8449073

Claim:
A wide format printer comprising: a print zone; a media path more than 432 mm wide and extending through the print zone along a paper axis; a printhead carriage comprising: a plurality of printhead module mounting sites, a long sidewall extending transverse to the paper axis, the long sidewall having access openings for receiving ink conduits; a plurality of ink interfaces for supplying ink to each of the printhead modules respectively, each ink interface being connected to a plurality of ink conduits received through one of the access openings, and a plurality of printhead modules replaceably mounted in respective printhead mounting sites such that the printhead modules collectively span the media path, each printhead module comprising an ink inlet socket releasably connected to a respective ink interface; wherein, all ink for the plurality of printhead modules is supplied by ink conduits extending through the access openings on said long sidewall of the printhead carriage.