INK DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR LIQUID ELECTRO-PHOTOGRAPHIC COLOR PRINTER

摘要

An ink delivery system for a liquid electrophotographic color printer delivers a developer liquid to a plurality of development units, and includes a plurality of circulation tanks containing developer liquid, connected to the respective development units; a plurality of jet portions for jetting the developer liquid in the circulation tanks to development gaps in the respective development units; a plurality of ink tanks having concentrated inks incorporated in a printer body; a plurality of agitators installed in the respective ink tanks for agitating the concentrated ink; a refill ink cartridge detachably installed in the printer body, for refilling the concentrated ink consumed in the ink tanks through a concentrated ink refill path; a plurality of concentrated ink supply paths to supply concentrated ink to the corresponding circulation tanks; a carrier tank containing carrier, which is fixed in the printer body; a carrier supply path through which the carrier is supplied to the respective circulation tanks; a waste ink disposal tank for collecting the waste ink in the circulation tanks; and a filtering mechanism for filtering the waste ink in the waste ink disposal tank to supply the carrier to the carrier tank.