Patent ID: 8328322

Claim:
An inkjet printer comprising: an ink cartridge receiving unit configured to receive an ink cartridge; an inkjet head configured to eject an ink; an ink passage configured to transport the ink from the ink cartridge to the inkjet head; a detecting unit configured to detect a type of the ink cartridge received in the ink cartridge receiving unit; a waste ink collection unit comprising an absorber configured to absorb the ink; a discharging unit configured to discharge ink remaining in the ink passage to the waste ink collection unit at one of a first ink amount per unit time and a second ink amount per unit time; and a controller configured to control the discharging unit to, during a recovery operation which is caused by an exchange of the ink cartridge, discharge a first discharging amount of the ink at the first ink amount per unit time if the ink cartridge detected by the detective unit satisfies a first condition and discharge a second discharging amount of ink including all the ink remaining in the ink passage at the second ink amount per unit time, which is less than the first ink amount per unit time, if the ink cartridge detected by the detecting unit satisfies a second condition, to the waste ink collection unit.