An ink-jet printhead and a manufacturing method thereof include a
substrate on which an ink chamber having a predetermined volume is
formed, a passage for supplying ink to the ink chamber which is formed on
a bottom of the ink chamber, a nozzle plate which includes a nozzle
corresponding to a center of the ink chamber and at least two insulating
layers formed on the substrate, a bubble guide formed inside the nozzle
plate and extending from the nozzle into the ink chamber, and a heater
which surrounds the nozzle and is disposed between the two insulating
layers. A hydrophobic coating layer is formed on a surface of a uppermost
layer of the nozzle plate, and a droplet ejecting portion that has a
diameter smaller than that of the nozzle of the nozzle plate and is
disposed on the same axis as the nozzle, is formed in the hydrophobic
coating layer. The nozzle plate is prevented from becoming wet due to
ink, stability of an ink spray and a consecutive spray performance are
improved, and thus a printing quality and a printing performance of the
ink-jet printhead are generally improved.