Inkjet printer cartridge with a compressed air port
View Patent ↗A printer cartridge for an inkjet printer including a printing fluid storage, a printhead in fluid communication with the printing fluid storage, an air inlet and one or more conduits arranged to direct air from the air inlet over the printhead.
1. A printer cartridge adapted to be removably received in an inkjet printer, the cartridge including:
a printing fluid storage;
a printhead in fluid communication with the printing fluid storage, the printhead including a surface facing in a print expulsion direction;
an air inlet; and
one or more conduits arranged to direct air from the air inlet onto said surface of the printhead, wherein the printhead comprises a pagewidth printhead.
2. A printer cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the air inlet is configured to mate with a complementary formation of the inkjet printer.
3. A printer cartridge according to claim 2 , wherein the air is supplied to the air inlet by said complementary formation of the inkjet printer, which is in communication with an air supply source.