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Ink jet printer

  • US 20080204523A1
  • Filed: 06/29/2007
  • Published: 08/28/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An ink jet printer, comprising:

  • an ink jet head comprising an ink passage and a nozzle communicated with the ink passage;

    a sub ink tank communicated with the ink passage of the ink jet head, the sub ink tank being elastically deformable;

    a carriage on which the ink jet head and the sub ink tank are mounted, the carriage capable of moving;

    a main body housing the ink jet head, the sub ink tank, and the carriage, the main body comprising a space for housing a main ink tank that is to be communicated with the sub ink tank; and

    an ink supply device that supplies ink within the main ink tank to the sub ink tank by applying a pushing force to the sub ink tank and releasing the pushing force after applying the pushing force.

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