Patent ID: 7083271

Claim:
A printhead module for a printhead assembly, comprising at least two printhead integrated circuits, each of which has nozzles formed therein for delivering printing fluid onto the surface of print media, a support member supporting the printhead integrated circuits and at least two fluid distribution members individually mounting a respective one of the at least two printhead integrated circuits to the support member, wherein the support member has at least one longitudinally extending channel for carrying the printing fluid for the printhead integrated circuits and includes a plurality of apertures extending from the at least one channel through a wall of the support member, and each of the fluid distribution members is formed as a laminated stack of layers for directing the printing fluid from the apertures of the support member to the nozzles of the associated printhead integrated circuit, each successive layer of the stack from the support member to the nozzles having distribution apertures of successively smaller diameter.