Patent ID: 9682564
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a printhead; a storage chamber configured to store ink to be supplied to the printhead; a first communicating portion through which an ink tank attached to the printing apparatus is capable of communicating with the storage chamber; a second communicating portion through which the printhead is capable of communicating with the storage chamber; and a first side wall and a second side wall arranged facing each other so as to form a channel in which ink flows in an ink supplying direction from a side of the first communicating portion to a side of the second communicating portion in the storage chamber, wherein the storage chamber includes a first space, and a second space located closer to the side of the second communicating portion than the first space, in which a distance between the first side wall and the second side wall in a horizontal direction intersecting with the ink supplying direction is set larger than in the first space, and the printing apparatus further comprises a detecting unit arranged in the second space and capable of detecting a liquid surface of ink in the storage chamber.