Patent ID: 6962409

Claim:
An ink supply assembly for supplying ink to an elongate printhead that includes at least one printhead chip, the assembly comprising an ink reservoir that defines a number of channels, each channel being configured to contain an ink of a particular color, the ink reservoir having a cover molding and a number of sets of filling formations in the cover molding, each filling formation of each set being in fluid communication with a respective channel; and ink supply devices that each comprise a molding of a settable material, the molding being a two-shot molding having a first part of a first material and a second part of a second material, wherein the first part comprises a plurality of collars of an elastomeric compound which are configured to be sealingly engageable with respective filling formations of the ink reservoir, and the second part defines a number of ink chambers, each ink chamber being configured to contain ink of a particular color and being in fluid communication with a respective ink channel of one ink reservoir via one collar.