Patent ID: 7465012

Claim:
A printhead assembly that comprises: an elongate carrier; a plurality of printhead modules serially positioned on the carrier, each printhead module including an ink supply arrangement mounted on the carrier and a printhead chip mounted on the ink supply arrangement to be fed with ink from the ink supply arrangement; a plurality of capping devices mounted on the carrier and displaceable with respect to the carrier between operative positions in which the capping devices cap respective printhead chips and inoperative positions in which the respective printhead chips are uncapped; and wherein each ink supply arrangement includes an operatively outer micro-molding and an operatively inner micro-molding, the micro-moldings being bonded together and being respectively configured to define converging ink feed passages, in which each printhead chip is elongate and each operatively outer micro-molding defines a recess in which each respective printhead chip is mounted, the converging ink feed passages terminating at the recess to be in fluid communicating with the printhead chip.