Method and apparatus for drop weight encoding

摘要

The present invention is an inkjet print cartridge 10 for use in an inkjet printing apparatus 12 for forming images on print media. The inkjet print cartridge 10 includes an inkjet printhead 14 that is responsive to print control signals for ejecting ink drops onto print media. The inkjet printhead 14 has a manufacturing tolerances associated therewith producing a range of drop weights. The inkjet printhead 14 has a corresponding drop weight from the range of drop weights. Included with the inkjet print cartridge 10 is an information storage device 16 that is associated with the inkjet printhead 14 for storing information for identifying the corresponding drop weight.