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1. Ink cartridge (10) which is insertable into an inkjet printer or a cartridge receptacle associated therewith, the ink cartridge (10) comprising a housing (13) delimited by two side walls (17, 18), a top wall (15), a base wall (16) and front (12) and rear (14) end walls, on at least one of the end walls (12) there is arranged a plate (21) comprising electrical contacts (20) and an element for storage of cartridge-specific and/or printer-specific data, and the plate (21) is wider than an associated portion (12') of the associated wall (12).
2. Ink cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the plate (21) is movably mounted to allow movement transversely to a longitudinal extent thereof or transversely to an insertion direction (11) of the cartridge (10).
3. Ink cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the plate (21) is held between top (22) and bottom (23) holding elements on the associated end wall (12) so as to allow reciprocating displacement transversely to a longitudinal extent of the end wall.
4. Ink cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the plate (21) is of approximately rectangular shape, with at least two bottom corners thereof being bevelled off.
5. Ink cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the plate (21) has, on a side remote from the cartridge (10), at least one contact (20) that extends parallel to a longitudinal extent of the associated wall (12).
6. Ink cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the plate (21) has, on a side remote from the cartridge (10), a plurality of contacts (20) that extend parallel to one another and parallel to a longitudinal extent of the associated wall (12). |
