Patent ID: 7029098

Claim:
A pagewidth inkjet printhead which comprises an elongate support structure; a plurality of substantially identical printhead modules that are mounted on the support structure in an end-to-end orientation, each printhead module comprising an elongate printhead chip having a plurality of nozzle arrangements and defining a plurality of ink inlets in fluid communication with respective nozzle arrangements; an ink distribution assembly which defines an elongate recess on one side in which the printhead chip is mounted, and a number of ink distribution conduits that converge from an opposite side to communicate with respective ink inlets of the printhead chip; and an elongate ink feed member which includes at least one longitudinally extending ink feed passage and a plurality of transverse openings in fluid communication with the ink feed passage and with respective ink distribution conduits in the ink distribution assembly, the printhead modules being positioned on the support structure such that ink feed passages of contiguous ink feed members are in fluid communication with each other.