Method for filling ink holding member with ink, ink filling apparatus, and ink tank to be filled by this filling method

摘要

To provide an ink filling method for pouring ink into an ink tank to be mounted to a printer, an ink filling apparatus, and the ink tank to be properly filled with the ink by the ink filling method. The ink filling method includes the step of: pouring a predetermined amount of ink into a housing in a state in which an ink holding member is opened to the atmosphere, and filling the ink holding member with the ink by imparting, to the ink poured, an inertial force, which is greater than a sum of a static ink holding force of the ink holding member and a dynamic resistant force to movement of the ink.