Patent ID: 6126267
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An ink-jet printer for printing an image on a printing medium comprising:an ink tank which stores ink;a print head which ejects the ink to the printing medium;a piping member connected between said ink tank and said print head;a pump mechanism coupled to said piping member and which supplies the ink stored in said ink tank to said print head;a control unit which controls said print head and said pump mechanism such that the ink is ejected from said print head to print the image; andan ink tray which is movable to face said print head, for collecting ink ejected from said print head to discharge the ink as waste ink; andwherein said control unit includes a mode setting member for setting a displacement mode when said ink-jet printer is displaced to another position, and a processing member for driving said ink tray to face said print head and said pump mechanism to discharge all of the ink stored in said ink tank from said print head to said ink tray, in the displacement mode.