The present invention is intended to alleviate stresses that occur in a
bonding surface between the heater substrate and the base plate due to
effects of heat history in the ink jet print head manufacturing process
and to heat produced during the printing operation. To this end, the
present invention provides an ink jet print head comprising: a heater
substrate formed with heaters to generate thermal energy for ejecting
ink; and a base plate mounted to that part of a surface of the heater
substrate in which the heaters are not formed; wherein a plurality of
slits each of which extends in a direction perpendicular to a direction
of an array of the heaters formed in the heater substrate are formed in a
heater substrate mounting surface of the base plate at predetermined
intervals in a direction of an array of the heaters.