Patent ID: 7216956

Claim:
An inkjet printhead assembly for a printer, the assembly comprising: an elongate printhead with a plurality of power supply points and ground supply points spaced along its length; an elongate power busbar; an elongate ground busbar; and an interconnect means, including at least one tape automated bonded (TAB) film, connecting said power supply points to said power busbar and said ground supply points to said ground busbar, wherein: the interconnect means attaches to the printhead along a single longitudinal edge thereof; and the at least one TAB film is double-sided and comprises: power and around interconnect means on a first side of the TAB film, the power and ground interconnect means connecting said busbars and their corresponding power and ground supply points; and control line interconnect means on the other side of the TAB film, the control line interconnect means being configured to provide the inkjet printhead with control data from a print controller.