| 摘要 |
A printhead for an ink jet printer that has a collimator 84 associated with each of the ink nozzles 22 to retain any misdirected ink droplets 150 ejected from damaged nozzles 22. The collimators 84 are formed in a nozzle guard 80 covering the exterior or the nozzle array. Each collimator 84 is an aperture in the form of an elongate passage where lengthwise dimension far exceeds the bore of the passage. |
