Fabricating an inkjet printhead with grouped nozzles
First Claim
1. A method of construction of an inkjet printhead that prints a plurality of inks, said method comprising:
- forming a single inkjet nozzle arrangement so as to have a single ink ejection nozzle and an actuator element for the ejection of ink from the single ink ejection nozzle; and
replicating the single inkjet nozzle arrangement by performing a series of translations and rotations of said single inkjet nozzle arrangement to form an array of the inkjet nozzles thereby constructing said inkjet print head;
said replicating step including;
forming a plurality of pods of nozzles, each pod consisting of a plurality of contiguous nozzles, the nozzles of a pod configured to print the same ink.
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Abstract
A method of construction of an inkjet printhead having a large array of inkjet nozzle arrangements by defining a single inkjet nozzle arrangement for the ejection of ink from a single nozzle and utilizing a series of translations and rotations of the single inkjet nozzle arrangement to form all the inkjet nozzles of the inkjet print head. The utilizing step can comprise: initially forming those nozzles in a pod; forming a group of pods corresponding to each color utilized in the print head; forming a firing group of pods; forming a segment of the printhead; forming each segment of the print head. The inkjet nozzle arrangements can include a series of layers deposited and etch utilizing a mask.
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8 Claims
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1. A method of construction of an inkjet printhead that prints a plurality of inks, said method comprising:
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forming a single inkjet nozzle arrangement so as to have a single ink ejection nozzle and an actuator element for the ejection of ink from the single ink ejection nozzle; and replicating the single inkjet nozzle arrangement by performing a series of translations and rotations of said single inkjet nozzle arrangement to form an array of the inkjet nozzles thereby constructing said inkjet print head; said replicating step including; forming a plurality of pods of nozzles, each pod consisting of a plurality of contiguous nozzles, the nozzles of a pod configured to print the same ink. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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