Patent ID: 6375308
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An ink jet recording apparatus for printing onto a recording medium, comprising:a supply roller for supplying the medium in a sheet feed direction; a carriage slidably mounted on said ink jet recording apparatus for displacement in a scanning direction, said scanning direction substantially orthogonal to said sheet feed direction; a print head mounted on said carriage; a first, separable ink cartridge formed with a plurality of chambers respectively containing high color-density inks of a plurality of colors mounted on said carriage for supplying high color-density ink to said head; and a second, separable ink cartridge formed with a plurality of chambers respectively containing low color-density inks of a plurality of colors mounted on said carriage for supplying low color-density ink to said head, wherein said first ink cartridge is positioned adjacent to said second ink cartridge such that chambers in said first and second cartridges carrying ink of the same color but of different color density are aligned in adjacent relation.