Patent ID: 7614724

Claim:
A printed assembly, comprising: a printhead module including at least two printhead integrated circuits, each printhead integrated circuit having nozzles formed therein for delivering printing fluid onto print media fed past the printhead assembly in a media feed direction, a support member supporting and carrying the printing fluid and an electrical connector for connecting electrical signals to the at least two printhead integrated circuits; first and second power supplies, the first power supply being provided at a first end of the printhead assembly, and the second power supply being provided at a second end of the printhead assembly oppostite to the first end; and a plurality of electrical conductors for providing power to the at least two printhead integrated circuits from the first and second power supplies, the plurality of electrical conductors extending transverse to the media feed direction and arranged as first and second groups of electrical conductors, wherein the first and second groups of electrical conductors have combined lengths at least equal to the media feed path length, the first group is connected to the first power supply an extends from the first end of the printhead assembly to a region intermediate the ends of the printhead assembly, and the second group is connected to the second power supply and extends from the second end to connect to the first group at the region intermediate the first and second ends of the printhead assembly to supply power in parallel from both ends of the printhead assembly.