Patent ID: 7604332
Filing Date: 2009-10-20
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid ejection head, comprising: a casing; nozzles which eject droplets of liquid containing a volatile solvent and are arranged on a nozzle face in the casing; an air outlet which supplies an air flow containing a vapor of the volatile solvent and is arranged on an upstream side in the air flow with respect to the nozzle face; an air inlet which recovers the air flow containing the vapor of the volatile solvent supplied from the air outlet and is arranged on the downstream side in the air flow with respect to the nozzle face; and an air flow circulation mechanism including a circulation device which resupplies, from the air outlet, the air flow containing the vapor of the volatile solvent recovered through the air inlet, wherein the air flow containing the vapor of the volatile solvent is circulated inside the casing.