Patent ID: 9156266
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: B41J,C09D

Abstract:
1. An ink jet recorder comprising: a support unit configured to support a recording medium, and a mobile unit including a plurality of containers containing inks of identical composition, and a head configured to eject the ink supplied from any one of the plurality of containers, wherein the ink jet recorder is configured to record an image on the recording medium in such a manner that the head performs main scanning by ejecting the ink while changing positions in a first direction, and the mobile unit performs sub-scanning by moving in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, a total initial volume of the inks contained in the plurality of containers is not more than 3500 ml and an initial volume of each of the inks contained in each of the plurality of containers is not less than 500 ml, and the ink jet recorder is used for recording the image on the recording medium having a recording surface with an area of 0.1 m