Patent ID: 7399071

Claim:
An inkjet printer comprising at least one printhead module removably mounted to a body of the printer, the printhead module comprising at least two printhead integrated circuits mounted to a support member via respective ink distribution members which distribute ink from the support member to inkjet nozzles of the printhead integrated circuits, wherein the support member has at least one longitudinally extending channel for carrying the ink for the printhead integrated circuits and includes a plurality of apertures extending through a wall of the support member arranged so as to direct the ink from the at least one channel to the associated nozzles via the ink distribution members, and each of the ink distribution members incorporates a laminated stack of layers, each layer having apertures for distributing the ink from the support member to the associated printhead integrated circuit, the apertures of each layer from the support member to the associated printhead integrated circuit being of successively smaller diameter.