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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2002
Yoshitaka Okamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirofumi Hirano, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer in which an inkjet recording head is scanned with relation to a printing medium includes an ink supply member to be connected with a reserving portion arranged within the recording head when the inkjet recording head is positioned at the end portion of a scanning area, and a suction member for providing a suction power in introducing inks from the ink supply member to the reserving portion. Associated with a movement of the inkjet recording head to the end portion, those members are connected to the inkjet recording head at a different time. Herewith, in comparison with the case where those members are connected to the inkjet recording head at the same time, a force for moving the inkjet recording head required for such connection is reduced to achieve a downsizing of a driving source for generating the movement.