Patent ID: 8672462

Claim:
An ink-jet printer configured to jet droplets of an ink onto a medium to perform printing, comprising: a recording head configured to jet the droplets of the ink onto the medium; an ink cartridge configured to store the ink; and an ink supply device configured to supply the ink stored in the ink cartridge to the recording head, comprising: a cartridge installing section configured to install the ink cartridge in a horizontal direction; an ink supply section configured to be in fluid communication with an ink supply portion of the ink cartridge; a first sensor disposed in the ink cartridge installing section and positioned under the ink supply section in a vertical direction; a first partitioning member which is disposed between the ink supply section and the first sensor in the vertical direction, and is configured to partition the ink supply section and the first sensor in the vertical direction such that the first partitioning member prevents a flow of the ink from the ink supply section to the first sensor; and an ink channel connecting between a connecting section and the recording head; wherein the first sensor is located outside of the ink channel; wherein the connecting section of the ink supply section is connected to the ink channel at an upper side of the partition member; wherein the recording head is connected to the ink channel at an upper side of the partition member; wherein the partition member and the first sensor are positioned, in the vertical direction, under a region in which the ink channel connecting between the connecting section and the recording head is drawn; and wherein the first sensor is positioned under the partitioning member in the vertical direction.