摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printing apparatus which does not allow ink overflowed to spill out in the inside of the printing apparatus and can detect that ink overflows. <P>SOLUTION: The printing apparatus includes an overflow tube into which the ink overflowed from a buffer tank flows, an overflow tank to which the overflow tube is connected, a drain tank to which ink is drained from the overflow tank, and an atmosphere communication port provided to the drain tank. The buffer tank communicates with the atmosphere through the atmosphere communication port. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |