Patent ID: 7165834

Claim:
A printhead module for a printhead assembly, comprising at least two printhead integrated circuits each having nozzles formed therein for delivering printing fluid onto the surface of print media, a support member supporting and carrying printing fluid for the at least two printhead integrated circuits, and at least two fluid distribution members each mounting one of the at least two printhead integrated circuits to the support member and distributing the printing fluid from the support member to the printhead integrated circuits, wherein a lower surface of each of the at least two fluid distribution members is attached to an upper surface of the support member by an adhesive material, and each of the fluid distribution members incorporates a laminated stack of layers, each layer having apertures for distributing the printing fluid 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.