Ink supply device for a four color modular printhead

摘要

An ink supply device for supplying ink to a printhead chip in a printhead assembly. The printchip includes a molding of a settable material, the molding being a two shot molding having a first part of a first material and a second part of a second material. The first part of the molding includes a plurality of collars of a hydrophobic, elastomeric compound which, are releasably engaged with a plurality of ink reservoirs to seal about ink filling formations of said ink reservoirs in the printhead assembly. The second part of the molding may be formed from an Acetal or rigid material.