An ink jet printer and an ink supply system for the same

摘要

An ink jet printer including an ink-supply system comprising: a lower ink container (100), an upper ink container (104), a liquid droplet deposition apparatus (107) with nozzles wherein means (102) are provided for circulating ink from the lower container (100) to the upper container (104) and from the upper container through the liquid droplet deposition apparatus (107) back in to the lower container (100) characterised in that - the upper container (104), having a bottom (110) and side walls (111) and containing ink (101) forming an ink surface (116), has a first compartment (I) with an inlet (114) for ink wherein the inlet (114) contains means (114a) for avoiding directional flow of the ink towards the ink surface (116) and a second compartment (II), separated from the first (I) by a partition (112) placed between the first (I) and second (II) compartments so that the two compartments (I,II) communicate only in a lower part of the upper container (104). <IMAGE>