INK-JET RECORDER AND INK CARTRIDGE

摘要

An ink supply needle (6) is provided on one side of the path where a carriage (4) reciprocatingly moves. A circuit board (31) is attached to the wall near the side where an ink supply orifice (44) of an ink cartridge (40) is provided. Contacts for connection to external control means are formed on the exposed surface of the circuit board (31). Therefore, even if a clearance is present between the carriage (4) and the cartridge (40), the movement path is restricted by the ink supply needle (6) and the ink supply orifice (44), and the contacts are connected to external control means in a prescribed order. As a result, the data in semiconductor storage means is prevented from being deleted because of application of signals in a wrong careless order. <IMAGE>