Patent ID: 8317300

Claim:
An inkjet printer comprising: a carriage guide including a carriage guide direction; an inkjet nozzle array that is movable back and forth along the carnage guide direction; an ink tank for providing ink to the inkjet nozzle array; and a holding receptacle for the ink tank, the holding receptacle comprising: a planar base surface for supporting the ink tank, the base surface including a first end and a second end that is opposite the first end both of which are in the same plane as the base surface; a latch including a latching member proximate the first end of the base surface for retaining the ink tank in the holding receptacle; a cantilevered arm extending from the latch and having a surface that is coplanar or substantially coplanar with the base surface; and a wall that includes an ink inlet port configured to receive ink from the ink tank, wherein the wall is proximate the second end of the base surface.