IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes a recording head, a carriage, and a cartridge unit. The recording head has nozzles to eject droplets of liquid. The carriage is reciprocally movable and mounting a recording head. The cartridge unit replaceably mounts a liquid cartridge to store the liquid to be supplied to the recording head. The cartridge unit is movable between a supply position at which the cartridge unit does not interfere with a movement range of the carriage and a replacement position at which the cartridge unit interferes with the movement range of the carriage. When the carriage is moved, the cartridge unit is moved to the supply position. When the liquid cartridge is replaced, the cartridge unit is moved to the replacement position.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a recording head having nozzles to eject droplets of liquid; a carriage reciprocally movable and mounting a recording head; and a cartridge unit to replaceably mount a liquid cartridge to store the liquid to be supplied to the recording head, the cartridge unit movable between a supply position at which the cartridge unit does not interfere with a movement range of the carriage and a replacement position at which the cartridge unit interferes with the movement range of the carriage, wherein, when the carriage is moved, the cartridge unit is moved to the supply position, and when the liquid cartridge is replaced, the cartridge unit is moved to the replacement position.