Patent ID: 7213909

Claim:
A color inkjet recording apparatus performing recording by ejecting ink droplets on a recording medium, the color inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a plurality multi-nozzle inkjet recording heads ejecting inks of respective colors, the multi-nozzle inkjet recording heads each being elongated to cover a print width of the recording medium, wherein each recording head has thousands to tens of thousands of heating elements and nozzles corresponding thereto arranged with densities of 400 to 2400 dpi, the multi-nozzle inkjet recording heads each ejecting ink on demand at frequencies of a few to 30 kHz per nozzle; an electrical system unit controlling an operation of the color inkjet recording apparatus; an ink container connected to said multi-nozzle inkjet recording heads, the ink container being provided below said multi-nozzle inkjet recording heads and said electrical system unit; and a holding part configured to hold the ink container, the holding part including a plurality of separation parts, wherein the ink container includes a plurality of independent containers, the holding part holds the ink container so that the independent containers are separated from each other by said separation parts, and said separation parts prevent ink from contaminating one of the independent ink containers which is caused by ink spilling or overflowing from one of the adjacent independent ink containers.