Tintenstrahlaufzeichnungsgerät

摘要

An ink jet recording apparatus comprises a plurality of ink jet recording heads (7, 8), a cartridge mounting mechanism having cartridge detectors (124, 125) and levers (105, 106) for the insertion/removal of ink cartridges (9, 10), cap members (31, 32) covering each recording head disposed outside the printing area, and a pump means (37, Fig. 3, 38, Fig. 3) effecting a negative pressure within the caps, an ink cartridge replacement status determination means (130, Fig. 11) detects the mounting condition of ink cartridges according to a signal from the ink cartridge detectors (124, 125) and a pump control means (135, Fig. 11) controls the pump means (37, Fig. 3, 38, Fig. 3) which supplies a negative pressure for a prescribed period to a cap member of a recording head which has had an ink cartridge replaced. <IMAGE>