Patent ID: 6062390
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: B32B,B41J,B65D

Abstract:
A package for a recording head unit of an ink-jet recording apparatus, the recording head unit having a recording head filled with a preservative solution and defining an ink-inlet port at one end, to which an ink cartridge containing ink is detachably connectable, and nozzle holes at the other end, from which the ink is ejected, a space defined between the ink-inlet port and the nozzle holes inside the recording head unit being filled with the preservative solution, the package comprising a conforming sealing member that is non-permeable to gases and seals the entire recording head unit, wherein the recording head unit is vacuum packed in the sealing member to conform the sealing member to the recording head thereby substantially closing the nozzle holes and the ink inlet port.