Patent ID: 8608302
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printer comprising: an ink tank for retaining ink; nozzles for ejecting the ink; an ink flow passage for connecting the ink tank and the nozzles; and a filter chamber in which a filter is arranged, wherein a first room is disposed downstream of the filter and a second room is disposed upstream of filter in the filter chamber, an ink discharge opening is disposed in the first room for supplying the ink to the nozzles, an ink supply opening to which the ink is supplied from the ink tank and an air bubble storage unit for storing air bubbles flowing with the ink are disposed in the second room, the ink supply opening and the ink discharge opening are displaced from each other in a horizontal direction, and the air bubble storage unit is arranged upward of the ink discharge opening in such a manner as to sandwich the filter therebetween.