INK CARTRIDGE

摘要

An ink cartridge for a printer has a housing and a latching portion engageable with a spring-loaded lever of the printer for detachably fixing the ink cartridge within a receiving slot formed in the printer. The latching portion is constituted by a recess (3) formed in one end of the housing. The recess (3) is formed with a latch (8) which is engageable with the lever to fix the ink cartridge within the recess (3) . The ink cartridge is provided with a release mechanism (11) which is engageable with the lever to disengage the lever from the latch (8). An ink cartridge comprises a septum seal 28 (e.g. rubber) having a secondary seal.