摘要 |
Provided is a printer cartridge for a pagewidth printer. The cartridge includes a body, a printhead integrated circuit assembly arranged on the body and including a printhead integrated circuit with a number of micro-electromechanical nozzles, and an authentication device arranged on the body and storing various manufacturer codes readable by a controller board of the printer to verify the authenticity of the printer cartridge. The cartridge also includes a plurality of reservoirs housed by the body for discretely storing printing fluids for supply to the printhead integrated circuit, as well as a refill port arranged in fluid communication with printing fluid conduits each leading to a respective reservoir, the port facilitating refilling of the reservoirs from a refill cartridge. The printhead integrated circuit assembly includes a power and data interface for interfacing the printer cartridge with the controller board configured to control operation of the printhead integrated circuit.
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