Dual nozzle single horizontal actuator ink jet printing mechanism

摘要

A nozzle arrangement for a printhead comprises nozzle chamber walls that define a nozzle chamber having at least two fluid ejection ports. A moveable paddle vane is located in a plane adjacent a rim of a first one of the fluid ejection ports. An actuator mechanism is attached to the moveable paddle vane and is adapted to move the paddle vane in a first direction so as to cause the ejection of fluid drops out of the first fluid ejection port and to further move the paddle vane in a second direction so as to cause the ejection of fluid drops out of a second fluid ejection port. Preferably, the nozzle arrangement further comprises a baffle located between the first and second fluid ejection ports so that the paddle vane moving in the first direction causes an increase in pressure of the fluid in the volume adjacent the first port and a simultaneous decrease in pressure of the fluid in the one volume adjacent the second port first one of the fluid ejection apertures such that, while ink is ejected from the second fluid ejection aperture, the meniscus of the first fluid ejection aperture and the at least one smaller aperture are interconnected within the nozzle chamber. Preferably, each aperture can include a ribbed rim around the outer surface thereof.