Integrated multi-color ink jet printhead
US5402162A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 20, 1993 |
| Grant date | Mar 28, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2002/14379
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An integrated multi-color drop-on-demand type ink jet printhead. The printhead includes a main body portion and a plurality of generally parallel, longitudinally extending ink-carrying channels arranged into at least two channel arrays. A manifold corresponding to each of the at least two channel arrays and in communication with each of the ink-carrying channels of the corresponding array is formed in the main body portion. Ink is supplied to each of the at least two channel arrays from a corresponding ink source, each of which is filled with a different color of ink.
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