Patent ID: 8226203

Claim:
An ink discharge head comprising: a discharge port member provided with a discharge port to discharge the ink; and a tape having an adhesive layer comprising an adhesive, which adheres to a surface having the discharge port of the discharge port member so that the discharge port is sealed by the adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive contains a compound having at least one of an epoxy group and an oxetanyl group, and a compound having a ketimine group which is microcapsulated by a resin soluble by water contained in the ink, wherein a curing agent, generated by reacting the ketimine group with water contained in the ink, promotes a cross-linking reaction with the compound having at least one of the epoxy group and the oxetanyl group, and wherein the tape is adhered to the surface, and adhesion strength of the adhesive of the tape adhered to the surface is less at an area in the vicinity of the discharge port due to the cross-linking reaction than at an area other than the area in the vicinity of the discharge port.