摘要:
An ink refilling method for an ink container having a porous material capable of producing negative pressure therein and having an ink absorbing portion in a connecting zone with an ink jet recording head, after at least a part of initially contained ink is consumed through the ink absorbing portion includes breaking ink meniscus at the ink absorbing portion of the ink container; supplying the ink into the ink container by a negative pressure produced in the porous material by consumption of the ink, while maintaining fluid communication between the ink absorbing portion and the ink to be supplied.
摘要:
A container includes a main body having an outlet for supplying fluid from the main body and a sliding member movable in the outlet according to relative movement of a withdrawal member fitting the sliding member during the supply of fluid from the main body through the withdrawal member, thereby providing a simple detachable structure which does not leak.
摘要:
A recording medium comprising a substrate and an ink-receiving layer containing highly water-absorptive resin particles and a binder thereon, wherein resin particles protruding to a height of not less than 1 .mu.m from the surface of a binder layer of said ink-receiving layer are present in the number of from 50 to 5,000 per 1 mm.sup.2 of an ink-receiving surface, is provided.
摘要:
An ink tank includes an ink supply connection port connected to a main body of a recording apparatus for supplying ink thereto, a first ink reservoir reserving the ink supplied to a sub-tank, a first ink delivery passage supplying the ink reserved in the first ink reservoir to the ink supply connection port, a one-way valve disposed in the first ink delivery passage that enables the ink to move from the first ink reservoir to the ink supply connection port, a second ink reservoir reserving the ink returned from the sub-tank, and a second ink delivery passage supplying the ink reserved in the second ink reservoir to the ink supply connection port and joins with the first ink delivery passage at a position between the one-way valve and the ink supply connection port.
摘要:
An ink jet printing apparatus is provided which can stir ink efficiently and reduce user stresses by specifying the time for stirring ink in an ink tank. A stir operation that reciprocally moves a carriage for stirring ink in the ink tank is executed in parallel with a suction-based operation of sucking out ink from a cap after a print operation.