摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To rationally perform the refilling with ink without anxiety without generating the flooding of ink regardless of the residual amt. of ink by noticing that the ink absorbing member in an ink tank is held to negative pressure even in an ink consumed state and ink remains to utilize these phenomena. SOLUTION: A tank support member 101 making a filling ink housing tank 300 and an ink tank 200 having an ink absorbing member 201 and ink lead-out means 202, 203 freely detachable is provided and, in the mounting state of the filling ink housing tank and the ink tank to the tank support member, the ink tank 200 is refilled with the ink flooding out of the filling ink housing tank 300 by the negative pressure generated in the ink absorbing member 201 through the ink lead-out means 202, 203. |