Ink storing apparatus with a first case having plural ink tanks and second case having one ink tank and a waste ink receptacle
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShigemitsu Tazaki
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Abstract
An ink storing apparatus for an ink jet printing device includes a first case for storing a plurality of colored inks and a second case for storing black ink and having a receptacle for accepting waste ink from the printing device. Both cases are detachable from the printing device so that the first case and the printing device may remain connected when the second case needs to be replaced to replenish the black ink supply and provide a new waste ink receptacle.
Claims10
An ink storing apparatus for a printing device, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one first ink storing means including a first case for storing a first ink and being detachably connectable with the printing device;
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- a second ink storing means including a second case integrally having a first storing portion for internally storing a second ink and a second storing portion for storing waste ink, said second ink storing means being detachably connectable with the printing device, wherein said first ink storing means and the printing device remain connected when said second ink storing means is disconnected from the printing device and wherein said second ink is preselected to be used at a faster rate than said first ink.
The ink storing apparatus as set forth in claim 13, wherein said first case stores a plurality of colored inks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.