Patent ID: 7413284

Claim:
A mounting assembly for mounting and housing a plurality of printhead modules, comprising: a lower plate including a plurality of openings, where each opening is configured to expose a surface of a printhead module housed within the mounting assembly and each opening includes at least one alignment datum to align the printhead module in a first direction and at least one alignment datum to align the printhead module in a second direction, the surface of the printhead module including a plurality of ink nozzle openings; an upper plate approximately parallel to the lower plate, the upper plate including a plurality of openings configured to provide access to ink channels formed in printhead modules housed within the mounting assembly; and a plurality of mounting blocks positioned between and affixed to the lower and upper plates, each mounting block configured to couple to a printhead module and mount the printhead module between the lower and upper plates and each mounting block including a datum to align the printhead module in a third direction; wherein the plurality of mounting blocks are further configured to maintain the lower and upper plates a substantially uniform distance from one another.