| 摘要 |
A liquid jet head including: an opening and closing mechanism for, in an open state, opening a wall portion release opening (24n) to expose nozzle holes to outside and for, in a closed state, closing the wall portion release opening to form closed space between a wall portion (24) and a nozzle plate (31); a suction flow path (15) having, on one end side thereof, a suction port (15a) which is open below a nozzle column while another end side thereof being connected to a suction pump (16) for, by sucking an inside of the closed space with the suction pump, causing the closed space to become a negative pressure chamber to supply ink I from an ink tank of the ink to the nozzle holes; and an atmosphere release flow path (33) which is switchable between communication of the closed space with the outside and interruption thereof.
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