Nozzle arrangement
View Patent ↗A printhead for printing images, the printhead comprising a plurality of ink reservoirs ( 3 ) and groups of nozzles ( 361, 362, 363 ), the groups of nozzles ( 361, 362, 363 ) arranged such that a nozzle ( 1 ) in a group ( 361, 362, 363 ) shares an ink reservoir ( 3 ) with another nozzle ( 1 ) of the group ( 361, 362, 363 ), each group ( 361, 362, 363 ) being associated with a respective ink reservoir ( 3 ).
1. A printhead for printing images, the printhead comprising:
a plurality of ink reservoirs; and,
groups of nozzles, the groups of nozzles arranged such that a nozzle in a group shares an ink reservoir with another nozzle of the group, each group being associated with a respective ink reservoir; and,
at least one tripod, each tripod comprising a first group of nozzles, a second group of nozzles and a third group of nozzles.
2. The printhead of claim 1 , wherein each group of nozzles comprises of a first row of nozzles and a second row of nozzles.
3. The printhead of claim 2 , wherein the first row of nozzles are adapted to print even dots from a first line on a page.
4. The printhead of claim 3 , wherein the second row of nozzles are adapted to print odd dots from another line adjacent the first line on the page.
5. The printhead of claim 1 , wherein each nozzle in the group has a firing order.
6. The printhead of claim 1 , wherein each group of nozzles represents any one of:
Cyan;
Magenta; and,
Yellow.
7. The printhead of claim 1 , wherein the printhead comprises of at least one podgroup, the at least one podgroup comprising of a plurality of tripods.
8. The printhead of claim 1 , wherein the printhead comprises of at least one firegroup, the at least one firegroup comprising of a plurality of podgroups.
9. The printhead of claim 1 , wherein the prinhead comprises of at least one segment, the at least one segment comprising of a plurality of firegroups.
10. The printhead of claim 1 , wherein the printhead includes 8 segments, each segment comprising of 4 firegroups, each firegroup comprising of 2 podgroups, and each podgroup comprising of 10 tripods.
11. The printhead of claim 1 , wherein each group of nozzles includes 10 nozzles.
12. The printhead of claim 11 , wherein 96 nozzles are adapted to be fired at any one time.