Ink jet printer having spare ink cartridges
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroaki Yazawa
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Abstract
An ink jet printer is provided with an ink jet head, a first support device, and a connecting device. The ink jet head is connected with an ink cartridge that stores ink, and the ink jet head discharges the ink supplied from the ink cartridge. The first support device is capable of supporting a plurality of spare ink cartridges that are aligned in a direction in which the ink is discharged. The connecting device disconnects the ink cartridge from the ink jet head, and connects one of the spare ink cartridges to the ink jet head. In the ink jet printer, the first support device is offset from the ink jet head within a plane that is perpendicular to the direction of ink discharge.
Claims17
An ink jet printer, comprising:
- an ink jet head to which an ink cartridge storing ink is to be connected, wherein the ink jet head discharges the ink supplied from the ink cartridge connected to the ink jet head;
- a first support device capable of supporting a plurality of spare ink cartridges such that the plurality of spare ink cartridges is aligned in a direction in which the ink is discharged from the ink jet head and that a first of said plurality of spare ink cartridge is stacked on top of a second of said plurality of spare ink cartridges;
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- a connecting device that disconnects the ink cartridge connected to the ink jet head from the ink jet head, and connects one of the spare ink cartridges supported by the first support device to the ink jet head,
- wherein the first support device is located in a space offset from the ink jet head within a plane perpendicular to the direction in which the ink is discharged.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.