Media cartridge and ink jet recording apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTetsuhiro Nitta
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Abstract
The invention provides a media cartridge detachably mounted on an ink jet recording apparatus having a carriage adapted to support an ink jet head for executing printing by discharging ink onto a recording medium and to execute a scanning motion and a conveying mechanism for conveying the recording medium, the cartridge comprising, in a same container, a cassette for stacking the recording medium, an ink tank for containing ink to be supplied to the ink jet head, and a waste ink tank for collecting the ink not used for recording by the ink jet head.
Claims8
A media cartridge for holding recording media, said media cartridge being detachably attachable to an ink jet recording apparatus having plural recording modes, a carriage adapted to mount and scan an ink jet head which prints by discharging ink onto a recording medium from said media cartridge, and a conveying mechanism for conveying said recording medium, said media cartridge comprising, in a same container:
- a stacked plurality of said recording media;
- an ink tank for containing ink to be supplied to said ink jet head;
- a waste ink tank for collecting ink not discharged onto said recording medium by said ink jet head;
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- a storage medium for storing information readable by said ink jet recording apparatus, the information concerning type of recording media and type of ink in said media cartridge, and the information being usable by said ink jet recording apparatus to set one of the plural recording modes.
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