Liquid ejecting apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTatsuya Seshimo
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Abstract
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head, a carriage carrying the liquid ejecting head, a plurality of subtanks carried on the carriage, a main tank disposed on a body of the apparatus, and a feed pipe. The carriage is moved back and forth in a main scanning direction. Each subtank contains a highly concentrated color ink which corresponds to one of the respective ink colors. The main tank contains a diluent containing no coloring component and/or a colorless ink. The diluent and/or the colorless ink is supplied from the main tank to the carriage through the feed pipe. The liquid ejecting head is supplied with the respective color inks and ejects the inks.
Claims9
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
- a liquid ejecting head;
- a carriage carrying the liquid ejecting head, the carriage being moved back and forth in a main scanning direction;
- a plurality of subtanks carried on the carriage, each subtank receiving a highly concentrated color ink, the subtanks corresponding to respective ink colors;
- a main tank disposed on a body of the apparatus, the main tank containing a diluent containing no coloring component and/or a colorless ink;
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- a feed pipe through which the diluent and/or the colorless ink is supplied from the main tank to the carriage carrying the subtanks,
- the liquid ejecting head being supplied with the respective color inks and ejecting the inks.
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
- a liquid ejecting head;
- a carriage carrying the liquid ejecting head, the carriage being configured to move back and forth in a main scanning direction;
- a plurality of subtanks carried on the carriage, each subtank being configured to receive a highly concentrated color ink, the subtanks corresponding to respective ink colors;
- a main tank disposed on a body of the apparatus, the main tank containing a diluent with no coloring component and/or a colorless ink;
- and
- a feed pipe through which the diluent and/or the colorless ink can be supplied from the main tank to the carriage carrying the subtanks,
- a plurality of branch pipes extending from the feed pipe and connecting to the respective subtanks corresponding to the respective ink colors, such that the liquid ejecting head can receive and eject the respective color inks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.