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Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2004
Applicants:

Brian C. Hart, Georgetown, KY (US);

Colin G. Maher, Georgetown, KY (US);

James H. Powers, Lexington, KY (US);

Inventors:

Brian C. Hart, Georgetown, KY (US);

Colin G. Maher, Georgetown, KY (US);

James H. Powers, Lexington, KY (US);

Assignee:

Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An improved ink jet printhead and method therefor. The printhead includes a single semiconductor substrate with ink ejection devices and a nozzle plate adjacent to the semiconductor substrate, the nozzle plate with first ink ejection nozzles for ejecting first ink drops having a first volume and second ink ejection nozzles for ejecting second ink drops having a second volume different from the first volume, wherein the first volume is defined by first flow features of the printhead having a first thickness and the second volume is defined by second flow features having a second thickness that is different from the first thickness.


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