Patent ID: 8827433

Claim:
A replaceable printhead cartridge for an inkjet printer, the printhead cartridge comprising: an elongate cartridge body configured for user insertion and removal from the ink jet printer, the cartridge body having an elongate structure with a plurality of longitudinally extending channels; a pagewidth printhead mounted on the elongate structure, the pagewidth printhead defining an array of nozzles for ejecting ink onto a media substrate; a first fluid coupling positioned towards one end of the elongate structure; and, a second fluid coupling positioned towards an opposite end of the elongate structure, wherein the first and second fluid couplings each has an interface plate supporting a plurality of spouts positioned for sealed engagement with corresponding apertures in a complementary socket of the printer, said spouts being in fluid communication with the respective ends of corresponding longitudinally extending channels, and wherein the spouts extend from respective interface plates in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of the cartridge body and parallel with a media feed direction.