Patent ID: 6722762
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An ink-jet recording device for supplying ink to a recording head from at least one ink cartridge having an ink supply port, the recording device comprising:first and second identification members for identification of an appropriate ink cartridge, which are protruded in a first direction parallel to an insertion direction of the ink cartridge into the recording device, wherein: each of the first and second identification members has a shape corresponding to the ink cartridge, each of the first and second identification members reaching a corresponding one of a plurality of three-dimensionally arranged coordinate points, which is selected in accordance with the ink cartridge; and the coordinate points are defined by dividing each of the three-dimensional space axes into a plurality of sections; wherein a height of the first identification member in the first direction is larger than a height of the second identification member in the first direction; and wherein a depth of the first identification member in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction is smaller than a depth of the second identification member in the second direction.