Patent ID: 8651604

Claim:
A printhead comprising: a plurality of drop generators formed only along a first edge of a substrate, wherein the first edge is straight, wherein each drop generator includes a fluid ejector, the fluid ejectors are organized as primitives, and each primitive comprises a group of fluid ejectors in which not more than one fluid ejector is activated at one time; N primitive select lines and M address select lines to control M×N fluid ejectors; a plurality of bond pads formed only along a second edge of said substrate, wherein the second edge is straight and parallel to and opposing the first edge, wherein the plurality of bond pads includes address bond pads connected to the M address select lines and primitive bond pads connected to the N primitive select lines; and decoder circuitry for selectively transmitting signals from the address bond pads to the address select lines, wherein the number of address bond pads is less than the number of address select lines.