Patent ID: 9643424
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: an ink discharge head for discharging ink; an ink storage unit for storing the ink; a liquid sending unit for sending the ink to the ink storage unit from an ink container containing the ink; an ink circulation path having a forward circulation path through which the ink, which is to be supplied to the ink discharge head from the ink storage unit, can flow, and a backward circulation path through which the ink, which is to return to the ink storage unit from the ink discharge head, can flow; and a receptacle that has an opening opened upward and is provided inside the ink storage unit, wherein an end portion of the backward circulation path on the ink storage unit side is positioned below the opening inside the receptacle and an end portion of the forward circulation path on the ink storage unit side is positioned below the receptacle inside the ink storage unit.