Printhead module having a communication input for data and control

US7281777B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · AU

Inventors

• Kia Silverbrook · Sydney, AU
• Mark Jackson Pulver · Sydney, AU
• John Robert Sheahan · Sydney, AU
• Simon Robert Walmsley · Sydney, AU
• Richard Thomas Plunkett · Sydney, AU
• Michael John Webb · Sydney, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: May 27, 2004
• Grant date: Oct 16, 2007
• Expiry date: Feb 9, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41J2/2135
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A printhead module for receiving dot data to be printed using at least two different inks and control data for controlling printing of the dot data, the printhead module including a communication input for receiving the dot data for the at least two colors and the control data.