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Printhead IC compatible with mutally incompatible print engine controllers

US7425047B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

19Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · AU

Inventors

John Robert Sheahan · Sydney, AU
Mark Jackson Pulver · Sydney, AU
Brian Christopher Morahan · Sydney, AU
Alireza Moini · Sydney, AU
Timothy Peter Gillespie · Sydney, AU
Michael John Webb · Sydney, AU
Marcelle Louisa Gannon · Sydney, AU
Richard Thomas Plunkett · Sydney, AU
Kia Silverbrook · Sydney, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 10, 2006
Grant date	Sep 16, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 10, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41J2002/14491
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printhead IC for an inkjet printer, the inkjet printer having a PEC for sending print data to the printhead IC in accordance with a predetermined data transmission protocol, the printhead IC comprising: an array of nozzles for ejecting drops of printing fluid onto a media substrate; and, drive circuitry for driving the array of nozzles; wherein, the circuitry is configured to receive print data in any one of a plurality of different data transmission protocols.

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