CN207955018U - Ink-jet printer - Google Patents

Abstract

Include with ink tank, printer body and the operation panel for being as pivotally connected to printer body depending on recognizing face the utility model is related to a kind of ink-jet printer.Ink tank is located in printer body and is surrounded by frame section.Position corresponding with depending on recognizing face is provided with the first light inlet window on frame section, and ink is visual at least partly by the first light inlet window in ink tank.Operation panel can be in first position and the second position relative to printer body；Operation panel blocks at least part of the first light inlet window in first position, and its lower end when second position when ratio is located at first position further from the first light inlet window；When from front in the horizontal direction from when, be located at the area of the first light inlet window blocked when the second position and be less than the area for being located at the first light inlet window blocked when first position.Ink-jet printer according to the present utility model blocks the first light inlet window by operation panel, and extraneous light can be avoided to ensure the print quality of ink-jet printer to the influence of ink.

Description

Ink-jet printer

Technical field

The utility model is related to printing device technical fields, and in particular to a kind of ink-jet printer.

Background technology

Ink-jet printer is printed by spraying ink from record head to recording medium (such as paper sheet for printing).

Fig. 1 schematically shows an example of existing ink-jet printer.Hereinafter, for ease of description, to use Person use ink-jet printer when location on the basis of, by direction of the ink-jet printer towards user be defined as " preceding ", with This opposite direction is defined as " rear ", and the left-hand side of user is defined as " left side ", and the right-hand side of user is defined as on " right side ".

Ink-jet printer 1 includes mainly printer body 19 and ink tank (not shown).

As shown in Figure 1, printer body 19 is provided with record head (not shown), scanning generally in rectangular shape The components such as instrument (not shown) are to realize the functions such as printing, scanning.It is provided with paper feeding cassette 6 below the middle part of printer body 19 and goes out Carton 7.Wherein, paper feeding cassette 6 is used to provide the paper as recording medium.Output Tray 7 is used to place the paper that printing finishes. The front side of printer body 19 is additionally provided with operation panel 8, configured with the various information of display and setting content on the operation panel 8 Display panel and for execute it is various operation or input setting content operation buttons.

Ink tank is for accommodating ink and in printing by ink feed to printer body 19.Ink tank is set to printer sheet The right front of body 19, and surrounded and fixed by the frame section of printer body 19 2.

The amount of ink in ink tank can be understood in time for the convenience of the users, be arranged depending on recognizing face 24.Correspondingly, it is printing Position corresponding with depending on recognizing face 24 is provided with the first light inlet window 71 on the frame section 2 of machine ontology 19.User can pass through first Light inlet window 71 and the amount that ink accommodated in ink tank is confirmed depending on recognizing face 24.

Although the first light inlet window 71 and the setting person of the being convenient to use observation ink amount depending on recognizing face 24, but also ink tank is held The ink received is exposed under the first light inlet window 71 and the extraneous light incident depending on recognizing face 24.Extraneous light irradiates for a long time Ink, it is possible to the risk for causing drop mass to be deteriorated, so that ink-jet printer 1 can not print the desired image of user Or word.

Therefore, it is necessary to a kind of ink-jet printer be proposed, to solve to ask more than existing in the prior art at least partly Topic.

Utility model content

A series of concept of reduced forms is introduced in utility model content part, this will be in specific embodiment part Middle further description.The utility model content part of the utility model is not meant to attempt to limit claimed Technical solution key feature and essential features, do not mean that more attempt determine technical solution claimed guarantor Protect range.

One side according to the present utility model provides a kind of ink-jet printer comprising：

Ink tank, the ink tank include,

Body part, the body part have for accommodating ink, the body part depending on recognizing face；With

Refilling portion, the refilling portion, which has, to be connected to the body part to be noted into the body part

Enter the ink filling port of ink；

Printer body, the printer body include frame section, and the frame section surrounds the ink tank, the frame section Vertically extending surface on described be provided with the first light inlet window at the corresponding position in face depending on recognizing, be contained in the body part Ink it is visual at least partly by first light inlet window；And

Operation panel, the operation panel are as pivotally connected to the printer body around pivot axis, and described Operation panel can be in first position and the second position relative to the printer body；

Wherein, when the operation panel is located at the first position, the operation panel blocks first light inlet window At least part, and the lower end of the operation panel when the operation panel is located at the second position than the operation Further from first light inlet window when panel is located at the first position；When from the front of first light inlet window in the horizontal direction When observation, the area that the operation panel is located at first light inlet window blocked when the second position is less than the operation Panel is located at the area of first light inlet window blocked when the first position.

Ink-jet printer according to the present utility model, operation panel is pivotally arranged, and thus need not observe ink In the most of the time of ink amount in tank, operation panel can be switched to the position for blocking the first light inlet window, so as to keep away Exempt from the problem of ink that extraneous light irradiates in ink tank for a long time causes drop mass to be deteriorated, ensures the printing matter of ink-jet printer Amount.

Optionally, when the operation panel is located at the first position, the operation panel blocks described first completely Light inlet window.

So set, operation panel can stop the ink that extraneous light is irradiated by the first light inlet window in ink tank completely.

Optionally, when the operation panel is located at the second position, the operation panel does not block described first thoroughly Optical window.

So set, operation panel can be switched to the position for not blocking the first light inlet window, do not influence through the first light transmission Window observes the ink amount in ink tank.

Optionally, vertical state is in when operation panel is located at the first position.

So set, the size that the operation panel in vertical state occupies in the horizontal plane is smaller, ink-jet can be made to beat Print machine is integrally compacter, and does not influence normal operating of the user to ink-jet printer.

Optionally, the refilling portion is set to the upper surface of the ink tank.

So set, the refilling portion positioned at ink tank upper surface will not be interfered with operation panel, so that operating surface Plate does not interfere with the operation by the refilling into ink tank of refilling portion.

Optionally, the printer body have for print the paper that finishes by exit slot, the exit slot is located at The inside of the operation panel and towards the operation panel for being located at the first position, the ink-jet printer construction for In print procedure, the operation panel is located at the second position to expose the exit slot.

So set, when operation panel is located at the second position, paper that printing finishes is not influenced from printer body Inside removes.

Optionally, the printer body includes Output Tray, and the Output Tray is used to place the paper that printing finishes, described Output Tray is set in the printer body in which can extract out；Wherein, when the Output Tray is located inside the printer body When, the operation panel positioned at the first position can block the Output Tray, and when the operation panel is located at institute When stating the second position, the Output Tray exposes.

So set, Output Tray can facilitate user to take the paper that finishes of printing, and the set-up mode that can be extracted out can So that ink-jet printer compact overall structure.

Optionally, the printer body includes paper feeding cassette, and the paper feeding cassette is located at the lower section of the operation panel, described Paper feeding cassette is adjacent to each other with the ink tank on the direction for being parallel to the pivot axis.

So set, the overall structure of ink-jet printer can be made compacter.

Optionally, there is the operation panel touch tablet, the touch tablet to be located at the leading flank of the operation panel, In, in the plane where the touch tablet, the drop shadow spread of the ink tank and the drop shadow spread of the touch tablet do not weigh completely It is folded.

So set, the touch control operation of operation panel can be made not influenced by operation panel position.

Optionally, at least one of end on the direction that the pivot axis extends of the operation panel and institute The side wall for stating printer body is concordant.

So set, the overall structure of ink-jet printer can be made compacter.

Optionally, one in the end on the direction that the pivot axis extends of the operation panel and the ink The side wall of tank is concordant.

So set, ensureing under the premise of blocking effect of operation panel, the size of operation panel can be minimized.

Description of the drawings

From below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the description of the utility model exemplary embodiment, the utility model above-mentioned and its Its aspect will become apparent and be easier to understand, in the accompanying drawings：

Fig. 1 is the three-dimensional view of existing ink-jet printer；

Fig. 2 is the three-dimensional view according to a kind of preferred embodiment of the ink-jet printer of the utility model；

Fig. 3 is the three-dimensional view of the ink tank of ink-jet printer shown in Fig. 2；

Fig. 4 is another three-dimensional view of ink-jet printer shown in Fig. 2, and the refilling portion of ink tank is shown；

Fig. 5 is the front view of ink-jet printer shown in Fig. 2, and wherein operation panel is located at first position；

Fig. 6 is the right side view of ink-jet printer shown in Fig. 2, and wherein operation panel is located at first position；

Fig. 7 is the front view of ink-jet printer shown in Fig. 2, and wherein operation panel is located at the second position；

Fig. 8 is the right side view of ink-jet printer shown in Fig. 2, and wherein operation panel is located at the second position；And

Fig. 9 is the front view according to the another embodiment of the ink-jet printer of the utility model.

Reference sign：

1/100/200：Ink-jet printer 19/119/219：Printer body

2/102/202：Frame section 71/171/271：First light inlet window

6/106：Paper feeding cassette 7/107：Output Tray

160：Exit slot 8/108/208：Operation panel

161：Touch tablet 174/274：Memory card socket

175/275：Usb 1 20/220：Ink tank

128：Refilling portion 129：Ink filling port

121：Body part 24/124：Depending on recognizing face

126：Ink outflow portion 127：Ink inlet

P1：First position P2：The second position

AX：Pivot axis

Specific implementation mode

In the following description, a large amount of concrete details are given more thoroughly to manage in order to provide to the utility model Solution.It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art that the utility model embodiment may not need one or more These a details and be carried out.In other examples, in order to avoid obscuring with the utility model embodiment, for Some technical characteristics well known in the art are not described.

In order to thoroughly understand the utility model embodiment, detailed structure will be proposed in following description.Obviously, originally The execution of utility model embodiment is not limited to the specific details that those skilled in the art is familiar with.

It should be noted that term "upper" used herein, "lower" and similar statement simply to illustrate that Purpose not limits.

Fig. 2 to Fig. 8 schematically shows a kind of ink-jet printer of preferred embodiment according to the present utility model 100。

Ink-jet printer described in the utility model can also have image scanner work(in addition to printing function The various functions such as energy, facsimile function, copy function.About printing function, there can be the double-sided recording modes image in recording medium Dual-side image writing function.Certainly, for whether having the function of being arbitrary other than printing function.

As shown in Fig. 2, ink-jet printer 100 according to the present utility model has and the ink-jet printer according to background technology The ink tank 120 (Fig. 3) that 1 roughly the same construction includes mainly printer body 119 and is set in printer body 119.

Printer body 119 is generally in rectangular shape.It is provided with record head (not shown), scanner (not shown) Equal components are to realize the functions such as printing, scanning.Most of outer surface of printer body 119 constitutes frame section 102, is used to support And protect various parts inside printer body 119.

Ink tank 120 is for accommodating ink and in printing by ink feed to printer body 119.Ink tank 120 is set to The right front of printer body 119, and surrounded and fixed by the frame section of printer body 119 102.It will be appreciated, of course, that According to actual needs, ink tank 120 can also be arranged at the other positions of printer body 119.Also, ink tank 120 can be with structure It makes to be fixedly mount to printer body 119, or removably installs to printer body 119.This field skill Art personnel can neatly select different set-up modes according to the design needs.

In the present embodiment, ink-jet printer 100 includes four ink tanks 120 arranged in left-right direction.This four ink Tank 120 accommodates the ink of identical or different color respectively, and black (BK), cyan (C), magenta (M) and Huang can be used for example The ink-mist recording coloured image of four kinds of colors of color (Y).It is of course also possible in the printer body 119 setting six, eight, ten The ink tanks 120 for accommodating ink of two equal different numbers, and correspondingly use six, eight, the ink of the different colours such as 12 kind Water recording colour image, to increase the rich of recorded image color.

Fig. 3 shows the concrete structure of ink tank 120.It can be seen that ink tank 120 includes mainly body part 121, refilling portion 128 and ink outflow portion 126.

Body part 121 has the accommodation space for accommodating ink.Refilling portion 128 is in the form of a column, to facilitate and supplement ink The bottleneck of black bottle (not shown) match.Refilling portion 128 has the ink filling port 129 being connected to the accommodation space of body part 121. After black bottle is inverted by user and makes the bottleneck of black bottle with 128 grafting of refilling portion, ink can be flowed by ink filling port 129 Enter into the accommodation space of body part 121.Wherein, refilling portion 128 be located at body part 121 top namely ink tank 120 it is most upper The upper surface of side.In this way, as shown in figure 4, in the state that ink tank 120 is set in printer body 119, ink tank can be made 120 major part is surrounded by frame section 102, and refilling portion 128 is only made to expose to facilitate refilling.

In the rear upper of body part 121, it is additionally provided with ink outflow portion 126.Ink outflow portion 126 is flowed out by ink Mouth 127 is connected to the accommodation space of body part 121, and passes through the record of connecting pipeline (not shown) and printer body 119 Head connection.In print procedure, when record head needs ink, can via ink outflow portion 126 by ink from body part 121 It supplies out, to realize the function of supply ink.

In addition, the amount of ink in ink tank 120 can be understood in time for the convenience of the users, it is provided on body part 121 Depending on recognizing face 124.Regard to recognize face 124 can be a side of body part 121, and the portion on body part 121 at least depending on recognizing face 124 Divide and is made by transparent material.The ink in body part 121 can be by visual at least partly depending on recognizing face 124 as a result,.Accordingly Ground is provided with the first light transmission with body part 121 on the frame section 102 of printer body 119 depending on recognizing the corresponding position in face 124 Window 171.User can confirm the capacity of the ink accommodated in ink tank 120 by the first light inlet window 171 and depending on recognizing face 124, It is replenished in time with facilitating when ink is used up.

It should be noted that for Fig. 2 shows ink-jet printer 100 comprising four are arranged side by side in left-right direction Ink tank 120.Therefore, each ink tank 120 should be selected as in the state being set in printer body 119 depending on recognizing face 124 Under the side do not blocked by other ink tanks 120.For example, in the illustrated embodiment, using the leading flank of body part 121 as regarding Recognize face 124.

As shown in Fig. 2, ink-jet printer 100 further includes operation panel 108.It is provided with integrated circuit in operation panel 108 The control units such as plate.It is also configured with touch tablet 161 on the leading flank (namely towards the side of user) of operation panel 108, The touch tablet 161 includes showing the display panel of various information and setting content and for executing various operations or input setting The operation button of content.User can be controlled ink-jet printer 100 by operation panel 108 and be executed such as printing, scanning Various desired operations.

Operation panel 108 is pivotally set to the leading flank of printer body 119 around pivot axis AX.Its In, pivot axis AX substantially horizontal extensions in left-right direction.Operation panel 108 is configured to relative to printer body 119 Pivotly it is in first position P1 and second position P2.Specifically, with reference to figure 5 to Fig. 8, wherein Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 are respectively illustrated Operation panel 108 is in the front view and right side view of the ink-jet printer 100 of first position P1, and Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 are shown respectively Operation panel 108 is in the front view and right side view of the ink-jet printer 100 of second position P2.

As shown in figure 5, when from the front side of ink-jet printer 100 along the longitudinal direction from when, operation panel 108 is in A part for the first light inlet window 171 is covered when one position P1.In this way, need not confirm the storage of ink during routine use In the case of, operation panel 108 can be made to be located at first position P1.Thus, it is possible to reduce to be incident to by the first light inlet window 171 The amount of extraneous light in ink tank 120 ensures the quality of ink so as to mitigate influence of the extraneous light to ink significantly, To obtain the desired print quality of user.Preferably, in order to preferably weaken influence of the extraneous light to ink, such as Fig. 9 Shown in another embodiment ink-jet printer 200 in, operation panel 208 can also be configured to be located at first position when it When block the first light inlet window 271 completely, further to reduce the outside being incident to by the first light inlet window 271 in ink tank 220 The amount of light.

As shown in fig. 6, when operation panel 108 is in first position P1, the state that is vertically arranged.In this way, operation Panel 108 occupies small-sized in the horizontal plane, and the structure of ink-jet printer 100 on the whole can be made compacter, and Normal operating of the user to ink-jet printer 100 is not influenced.

Contrastingly, as shown in fig. 7, operation panel 108 is located at second position P2.At this point, working as from ink-jet printer 100 When front side is observed along the longitudinal direction, operation panel 108 does not block the first light inlet window 171 completely.And comparison diagram 6 and Fig. 8 also may be used To find out, the lower end of operation panel 108 is located at first when operation panel 108 is located at second position P2 than operation panel 108 Further from the first light inlet window 171 when setting P1.In this way, the amount and first for the extraneous light being incident in ink tank 120 can be increased The effective area of light inlet window 171.User can be by the first light inlet window 171 and depending on recognizing face 124 to the ink in ink tank 120 Amount is observed, to judge whether to require supplementation with ink.

Certainly, in the other embodiment being not shown in the accompanying drawings, the operation panel in first position can also be arranged For the state being inclined outwardly relative to vertical state, and/or when from the front side of ink-jet printer along the longitudinal direction from when, Operating panel construction positioned at the second position is still to block a part for the first light inlet window.As long as disclosure satisfy that operation panel Further from the first light inlet window when lower end is located at first position when operation panel is located at the second position than operation panel, and it is located at The area for the first light inlet window that the operation panel of the second position is blocked is less than what the operation panel positioned at first position was blocked The area of first light inlet window, to convenient for users to observation ink amount.

It can also be seen that two ends of the left and right sides of operation panel 108 are (namely in pivot axis from Fig. 5 and Fig. 7 AX extend direction on end) at least one of it is concordant with the side wall of printer body 119.Such setting can make spray The overall structure of black printer 100 is compacter, has smaller volume, facilitates carrying and use, and can also make ink-jet Printer 100 is more beautiful on the whole.However, in the ink-jet printer 200 of another embodiment shown in Fig. 9, operating surface The right end of plate 208 can also be configured to concordant with the lateral wall of ink tank 220.In this way, can both ensure blocking for operation panel 208 Effect, and the size of operation panel 208 can be minimized, keep its rotation more flexible.Those skilled in the art can basis Actual needs selects different set-up modes.

In addition, on the leading flank of operation panel 108, the projection of ink tank 120 does not weigh completely with the projection of touch tablet 161 It is folded.In this way so that there is separate operating space, user can be carried out simultaneously to the two for touch tablet 161 and ink tank 120 Operation, avoids interacting.And so that the operation of touch tablet 161 is not influenced by the position of operation panel 108.

Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 are gone to again, and ink-jet printer 100 further includes exit slot 160, and printing the paper finished can be by going out Paper mouth 160 is removed from 119 inside of printer body.Wherein, exit slot 160 is set in the middle part of the front side of printer body 119, position It is located at the operation panel 108 of first position P1 in the back side and direction of operation panel 108.When operation panel 108 is located at first When setting P1, exit slot 160 is blocked, and when operation panel 108 is switched to second position P2 around pivot axis AX, exit slot 160 expose.It can so make 100 overall structure of ink-jet printer compacter.

Preferably, Output Tray 107 can be set in the position of exit slot 160.Output Tray 107 is used to place what printing finished Paper.The Output Tray 107 is arranged in the inside of printer body 119 in which can extract out.When operation panel 108 is located at first position P1 When, Output Tray 107 is located in printer body 119 and operating surface plate 108 blocks；And when operation panel 108 is located at second When the P2 of position, Output Tray 107 exposes and can be extracted out out of printer body 119, can be finished convenient for users to taking printing Paper.

As shown in Fig. 2, Fig. 5 and Fig. 7, ink-jet printer 100 further includes paper feeding cassette 106, is used to store to be supplied to beating The paper that print machine ontology 119 is printed.Paper feeding cassette 106 is set to below the middle part of printer body 119, while also being located at behaviour Make the lower section of panel 108.Along left and right directions, namely it is parallel to the direction of the pivot axis AX of operation panel 108, paper feeding cassette 106 are disposed adjacently to one another with ink tank 120.It can so make 100 overall structure of ink-jet printer compacter.It is appreciated that It can be extracted out relative to printer body 119 although it is not shown in the diagrams, paper feeding cassette 106 may be set to be.Also, operation panel 108 pivot action and the draw out operation of Output Tray 107 and paper feeding cassette 106 both could be provided as mechanically automatic real It is existing, it may be set to be by manually realizing.

In addition, being provided with paper feed roller (not shown) in printer body 119, the paper being contained in paper feeding cassette 106 passes through Paper feed roller is supplied to record rostral.Record head is by the image of required printing or writing record on the paper.What printing finished Paper is then discharged to Output Tray 107.

Again as shown in fig. 7, printer body 119 leading flank, be additionally provided with memory card socket 174 and USB interface 175.When operation panel 108 is located at first position P1, as shown in figure 5, operation panel 108 blocks memory card socket 174 and USB Interface 175, at this time operation panel 108 can play a protective role, avoid the pollutants such as dust or water from entering memory card socket 174 and/or usb 1 75 in damage；And when operation panel 108 is located at second position P2,174 He of memory card socket Usb 1 75 exposes, and storage card can be inserted into memory card socket 174 or other storage devices are passed through USB interface by user 175 are connected to ink-jet printer 100, are printed to data such as the document wherein stored or pictures.Certainly, as shown in figure 9, it is right Also there is same setting in the ink-jet printer 200 of another embodiment.

Ink-jet printer according to the present utility model is described above.Inkjet printing according to the present utility model Machine, by the way that operation panel to be pivotally arranged so that, can be within the most of the time of the ink amount in need not observing ink tank Operation panel is switched to the position for blocking the first light inlet window, so as to the ink for avoiding extraneous light from irradiating for a long time in ink tank The problem of water causes drop mass to be deteriorated ensures the print quality of ink-jet printer.

Unless otherwise defined, the technology of technical and scientific term used herein and the technical field of the utility model The normally understood meaning of personnel is identical.Term used herein is intended merely to describe specifically to implement purpose, it is not intended that limit The utility model processed.Terms such as herein presented " components " can both indicate single part, can also indicate multiple The combination of part.The terms such as herein presented " installation ", " setting " can both indicate that a component was attached directly to separately One component can also indicate that a component is attached to another component by middleware.Herein in one embodiment The feature of description can be applied to another embodiment in combination individually or with other feature, unless this feature is another at this It is not suitable for or is otherwise noted in a embodiment.

The utility model is illustrated by the above embodiment, but it is to be understood that, the above embodiment It is only intended to the purpose illustrated and illustrated, and is not intended to limit the invention within the scope of described embodiment.This Outside it will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the utility model is not limited to the above embodiment, according to the utility model Introduction can also make more kinds of variants and modifications, it is claimed that these variants and modifications all fall within the utility model Within range.

Claims (11)

1. a kind of ink-jet printer, which is characterized in that including：

Ink tank, the ink tank include,

Body part, the body part have for accommodating ink, the body part depending on recognizing face；With

Refilling portion, the refilling portion, which has, to be connected to the body part to inject the ink filling port of ink into the body part；

Printer body, the printer body include frame section, and the frame section surrounds the ink tank, and the frame section erects It is provided with the first light inlet window at the corresponding position in face depending on recognizing with described on the surface of extension, the ink being contained in the body part Water is visual at least partly by first light inlet window；And

Operation panel, the operation panel are as pivotally connected to the printer body, and the operation around pivot axis Panel can be in first position and the second position relative to the printer body；

Wherein, when the operation panel is located at the first position, the operation panel blocks first light inlet window extremely A few part, and the lower end of the operation panel when the operation panel is located at the second position than the operation panel Further from first light inlet window when positioned at the first position；From from the front of first light inlet window in the horizontal direction When, the area that the operation panel is located at first light inlet window blocked when the second position is less than the operation panel The area of first light inlet window blocked when positioned at the first position.

2. ink-jet printer according to claim 1, which is characterized in that when the operation panel is located at the first position When, the operation panel blocks first light inlet window completely.

3. ink-jet printer according to claim 1, which is characterized in that when the operation panel is located at the second position When, the operation panel does not block first light inlet window.

4. ink-jet printer according to claim 1, which is characterized in that operation panel is in when being located at the first position Vertical state.

5. ink-jet printer according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the refilling portion is set to the upper table of the ink tank Face.

6. ink-jet printer according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the printer body has to be finished for printing Paper by exit slot, the exit slot be located at the operation panel inside and towards be located at the first position it is described Operation panel, the ink-jet printer construction is in print procedure, the operation panel is located at the second position to expose The exit slot.

7. ink-jet printer according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the printer body includes Output Tray, described Output Tray is used to place the paper that printing finishes, and the Output Tray is set in the printer body in which can extract out；

Wherein, when the Output Tray is located inside the printer body, it is located at the operation panel of the first position The Output Tray can be blocked, and when the operation panel is located at the second position, the Output Tray exposes.

8. ink-jet printer according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the printer body includes paper feeding cassette, described Paper feeding cassette is located at the lower section of the operation panel, the paper feeding cassette on the direction for being parallel to the pivot axis with the ink tank Adjacent to each other.

9. ink-jet printer according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the operation panel has touch tablet, described to touch Template is located at the leading flank of the operation panel, wherein in the plane where the touch tablet, the drop shadow spread of the ink tank It is completely not be overlapped with the drop shadow spread of the touch tablet.

10. ink-jet printer according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the operation panel in the pivot axis At least one of end on the direction of extension is concordant with the side wall of the printer body.

11. ink-jet printer according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the operation panel in the pivot axis One in end on the direction of extension is concordant with the side wall of the ink tank.