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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1999
Paul R. Krouss, Barcelona, ES;
Joseph M. Torgerson, Philomath, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for accomplishing inkjet printing. One aspect of the present invention is an inkjet printhead for use in an inkjet printing system for depositing ink on media. The inkjet printhead has a plurality of drop generators disposed on the printhead that are responsive to first and second select signals for selectively depositing ink on media. The inkjet printhead includes a plurality of contacts for receiving first and second select signals from the inkjet printing system. Also included is a plurality of electrical conductors each electrically connected between the plurality of contacts and selected drop generators of the plurality of drop generators, wherein in a multi-pass print-mode, the plurality of electrical conductors arc connected to the plurality of drop generators to uniformly distribute error resulting from a failure of one of the plurality of electrical conductors to provide one of the first and second select signals to the plurality of drop generators.