Inkjet printer
AssigneeRoland Dg Corporation
InventorsHironori Watanabe, Akihiro Suzuki
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Abstract
An inkjet printer includes an ink head including a nozzle surface with nozzles, and an attachment portion to enable attachment or detachment of an ink refill container storing ink to be ejected from the nozzles or a washing liquid refill container storing a washing liquid usable to wash the nozzle surface. The attachment portion includes a housing to accommodate the ink refill container or the washing liquid refill container, a connection portion provided inside the housing and connectable with the ink refill container or the washing liquid refill container, and a tray provided in the housing and below the connection portion.
Claims8
An inkjet printer, comprising:
- an ink head including a nozzle surface with nozzles;
- and
- an attachment portion to enable attachment or detachment of an ink refill container storing ink to be ejected from the nozzles or a washing liquid refill container storing a washing liquid usable to wash the nozzle surface;
- wherein
- the attachment portion includes:
- a housing to accommodate the ink refill container or the washing liquid refill container;
- a connection portion provided inside the housing and connectable with the ink refill container or the washing liquid refill container;
- and
- a tray provided in the housing and below the connection portion,
- the housing includes:
- an insertion opening through which the ink refill container or the washing liquid refill container are insertable;
- a bottom wall;
- and
- a rear wall connected with a rear end of the bottom wall and facing the insertion opening,
- the connection portion is provided with the rear wall of the housing, and
- the tray is located on the bottom wall of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.