INK JET INK REFILLING METHOD AND APPARATUS

摘要

An ink refilling method for an ink container having a porous material capable of producing negative pressure therein and having an ink absorbing portion in a connecting zone with an ink jet recording head, after at least a part of initially contained ink is consumed through the ink absorbing portion includes breaking ink meniscus at the ink absorbing portion of the ink container; supplying the ink into the ink container by a negative pressure produced in the porous material by consumption of the ink, while maintaining fluid communication between the ink absorbing portion and the ink to be supplied.