摘要 |
An ink container (1) includes an ink absorbing material accommodating chamber (3) for accommodating an ink absorbing material (7) for retaining ink to be supplied to a recording head; an ink supply opening (5) connectable with said recording head to supply the ink to the recording head from said accommodating chamber (3); an air vent portion for fluid communication between said accommodating chamber (3) with ambience; wherein said air vent portion has an inside opening (6a) in fluid communication with an inside of said accommodating chamber (3), an outside opening (6b) open to the ambience, and a fluid communication path (6c) in fluid communication with said inside opening (6a) and outside opening (6b); wherein said outside opening (6b) takes, when said container is mounted on an apparatus with which it is usable, a position lower than that taken by said inside opening. <IMAGE> |