Ink-jet printing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroshi Miyamot, Yasunori Takei
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Abstract
An ink-jet printing apparatus includes an ink-cartridge mounting unit to which an ink cartridge having a first ink chamber containing ink is to be mounted, and a second ink chamber. The second ink chamber stores ink supplied from the first ink chamber. The ink-jet printing apparatus is configured such that, in a case where the ink cartridge is mounted to the ink-cartridge mounting unit, the second ink chamber can be viewed from outside of the ink-jet printing apparatus. An equation 0.5≤L≤d≤1.2 L is satisfied, where d is a length of the second ink chamber, and L is a length of the ink cartridge in a direction in which the ink cartridge is inserted into the ink-jet printing apparatus.
Claims20
An ink-jet printing apparatus comprising:
- an ink-cartridge mounting unit to which an ink cartridge having a first ink chamber configured to contain ink is to be mounted;
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- a second ink chamber configured to store ink supplied from the first ink chamber,
- wherein the ink-jet printing apparatus is configured such that, in a case where the ink cartridge is mounted to the ink-cartridge mounting unit, the second ink chamber can be viewed from outside of the ink-jet printing apparatus, and
- wherein 0.5 L≤d≤1.2 L is satisfied, where d is a length of the second ink chamber, and L is a length of the ink cartridge in a direction in which the ink cartridge is inserted into the ink-jet printing apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.