| 摘要 |
The ink supply lines 16 connecting ink reservoirs 14 to respective disposable ink jet cartridges 12 with print heads (22, Fig. 1) and supply containers (24) are supported by a structure 102 having one end 104 operably connected to the ink jet printer 90 at a fixed location 106 and the other end 108 operably connected to the print carriage. The end 108 is movable relative to the end 104 in a first orientation along the direction in which the print carriage traverses across the print medium 96, but is substantially rigid relative to the first end in a second orientation that is transverse to the first orientation. The structure 102 may comprise rigid plastic links (112, Figs. 4 and 5) with a flexible metal band (116) guiding the links or a unitary flexible channel (122, Fig. 7) or tube with supports (128, 130) for the individual lines 16. <IMAGE> |
