Patent ID: 6948802

Claim:
An ink jet printer, comprising: a print head that forms an image onto a recording medium by ejecting an ink; an ink container that contains the ink supplied to the print head, the ink container provided separately from the print head; a print head moving device that reciprocates with the print head in a width direction of the recording medium; a tube member that connects the print head and the ink container over a full range of a print head moving area and supplies the ink from the ink container to the print head, the tube member having elasticity; a supporting portion that supports the tube member, connected to the ink container and the print head, at a position located away from the print head moving area and towards a recording medium feeding direction that is perpendicular to the width direction of the recording medium; and a holding member that holds the tube member at a holding port of the holding member on the print head moving device, wherein the tube member protrudes from a first surface or second surface of the print head that is located on an end side facing a moving direction of the print head, the tube member extends to the supporting portion while curving between the print head and the supporting portion, and the holding port of the holding member inclines toward the supporting portion with respect to the moving direction of the print head so that the tube member inclines at the first surface and the second surface of the print head toward the supporting portion with respect to the moving direction of the print head.