摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten purging time by contacting a connection member with a porous member by eliminating the gap between them when an ink cartridge is mounted on a cartridge mounting part. SOLUTION: When ink cartridges 30a-30d having a porous member 35 containing ink are mounted, an ink cartridge mounting part 31 equipped with a connection member 37 into which an ink supply port 41 of the ink cartridges 30a-30d is inserted with contacting and ink-jet heads 9a-9d to which ink of the ink cartridges 30a-30d is supplied and which discharges ink toward a medium 11 to be recorded are provided. The connection member 37, when the ink cartridges 30a-30d are mounted, is inserted from an ink supply port 40, its tip part contacts the porous member 35, and the clearance between it and the porous member 35 in the ink supply port 40 is eliminated. |