Patent ID: 7367650

Claim:
A pagewidth inkjet printhead assembly comprising: a printhead comprising: a plurality of nozzles formed on a frontside of a monolithic wafer substrate, each nozzle having a respective nozzle inlet extending partially through the monolithic wafer substrate; and a plurality of ink supply channels extending longitudinally along a backside surface of the substrate, each ink supply channel being deep enough to meet the nozzle inlets such that ink fed to the monolithic substrate is supplied to the nozzles on the frontside, a molded ink manifold bonded to the backside of the printhead by an adhesive film sandwiched between the printhead and the ink manifold, the ink manifold having a plurality of outlets, each outlet being aligned with an ink supply channel, wherein a plurality of openings are defined in the adhesive film, each opening being positioned for allowing ink to flow from one of said outlets to one of said ink supply channels.