US 7,524,007 B2
	Printhead having sequenced nozzle firing
Mark Jackson Pulver, Balmain (Australia); Simon Robert Walmsley, Balmain (Australia); John Robert Sheahan, Balmain (Australia); Michael John Webb, Balmain (Australia); Richard Thomas Plunkett, Balmain (Australia); and Kia Silverbrook, Balmain (Australia)
Assigned to Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd, Balmain, New South Wales (Australia)
Filed on Nov. 05, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/935,274.
Application 11/935274 is a continuation of application No. 10/854489, filed on May 27, 2004, granted, now 7,314,261.
Prior Publication US 2008/0088659 A1, Apr. 17, 2008
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B41J 29/38 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 347—9  [347/40]

16 Claims

1. A printhead comprising at least one row that comprises a plurality of sets of n adjacent printing nozzles and a controller for supplying fire signals to the printing nozzles, each of the nozzles being configured to expel ink in response to a fire signal, such that, for each set of nozzles, a fire signal is provided by the controller in accordance with the sequence: [nozzle position 1, nozzle position n, nozzle position 2, nozzle position (n−1), . . . , nozzle position x].