Patent ID: 8602538

Claim:
An ink jet printing apparatus comprising: a printing head configured to discharge ink; a carriage configured to mount the printing head; an ink passage member configured to supply ink to the printing head; a connecting member, mounted on the carriage, configured to be moveable to a connecting position where the ink passage member is connected to the printing head and to a first disconnecting position where the ink passage member is not connected to the printing head; a first operating member configured to move the connecting member to the connecting position and to the first disconnecting position; a second operating member configured to be movable to a first position where the printing head is fixed to the carriage and a second position where the printing head is able to be attached to and detached from the carriage; and a linking member configured to link the second operating member to the connecting member, the linking member moving the connecting member from the first disconnecting position to a second disconnecting position, which is further from the connecting position than from the first disconnecting position, when the second operating member moves from the first position to the second position.