Patent ID: 7896481

Claim:
An ink jet printer, comprising: an ink jet head comprising a passage unit, an actuator, and a control board, the passage unit comprising an ink passage and a nozzle communicating with the ink passage, the actuator capable of applying energy to ink within the ink passage such that the ink is discharged from the nozzle, the control board controlling the actuator; an ink tank communicating with the ink passage of the passage unit; a carriage on which the ink jet head and the ink tank are mounted, the carriage capable of moving; an upstream side transporting device that transports a print medium; a downstream side transporting device that transports the print medium, the downstream side transporting device located at a downstream side of the upstream side transporting device in a print medium transporting direction; and a discharge tray capable of receiving the print medium having been transported by the downstream side transporting device; wherein, in a plan view of the ink jet printer, the ink jet head and the ink tank offset; wherein, in a height direction of the ink jet printer, the ink jet head and the ink tank overlap wherein, in the print medium transporting direction, the ink jet head is located between the upstream side transporting device and the downstream side transporting device; wherein, in the print medium transporting direction, the ink tank is located at an upstream side of the upstream side transporting device or a downstream side of the downstream side transporting device; wherein the ink tank is located above the discharge tray; and wherein, in the plan view of the ink jet printer, the ink tank and the discharge tray overlap.