Patent ID: 8496318

Claim:
A method of ejecting liquid comprising: providing a liquid ejector including: a structure defining a plurality of chambers, one of the plurality of chambers including a first surface and a second surface, the first surface including a nozzle orifice; a drop forming mechanism located on the second surface of the chamber opposite the nozzle orifice; a first liquid feed channel and a second liquid feed channel being in fluid communication with the chamber; and a segmented liquid inlet, a first segment of the liquid inlet being in fluid communication with the first liquid feed channel, and a second segment of the liquid inlet being in fluid communication with the second liquid feed channel, the first segment of the liquid inlet also being in fluid communication with another one of the plurality of chambers, the second segment of the liquid inlet also being in fluid communication with another one of the plurality of chambers, and wherein for a given chamber of the array of chambers one of the first segment of the liquid inlet and the second segment of the liquid inlet is directly in line with the chamber and the other of the first segment of the liquid inlet and the second segment of the liquid inlet is offset from the chamber; providing a liquid to the chamber through the first liquid feed channel and the second liquid feed channel from the segmented liquid inlet; and ejecting a drop of the liquid through the nozzle orifice of the chamber by operating the associated drop forming mechanism.