Full color inkjet printhead for redundant printing

An inkjet printhead for printing redundantly in four colors, said printhead comprising:

• an ink manifold having first, second, third and fourth ink reservoirs for supplying first, second, third and fourth inks, respectively;
• and
• first and second parallel and laterally aligned printhead chips mounted on the ink manifold,
• wherein the ink manifold comprises:
• a first longitudinal ink feed slot configured for feeding the first ink from the first ink reservoir to first and second nozzle rows in the first printhead chip;
• a second longitudinal ink feed slot configured for feeding the second ink from the second ink reservoir to third and fourth nozzle rows in the first printhead chip;
• a third longitudinal ink feed slot configured for feeding the third ink from the third ink reservoir to first and second nozzle rows in the second printhead chip;
• and
• a fourth longitudinal ink feed slot configured for feeding the fourth ink from the fourth ink reservoir to third and fourth nozzle rows in the second printhead chip, and wherein:
• the first, second, third and fourth nozzle rows of the first and second printhead chips are all aligned with each other for printing onto a same dot position on a page;
• the first and second printhead chips are oppositely oriented relative to each other;
• the first and second printhead chips each has a row of bond pads extending along only one longitudinal edge thereof and parallel with the nozzle rows;
• the rows of bond pads are positioned at opposite distal longitudinal edges of the oppositely oriented first and second printhead chips for electrical connection thereto.