The liquid absorbing structure includes: a liquid absorber having a fiber and a water absorbent resin capable of absorbing liquid; and a container having a supply port through which the liquid is supplied and a storage space in which the liquid absorber is stored. The liquid absorber contains a first liquid absorber and a second liquid absorber that are different in density of at least one of the fiber and the water absorbent resin. The first liquid absorber and the second liquid absorber are disposed at different positions in the container.

A liquid absorber includes a liquid absorption member, a case, a cover member, and a filler member. The liquid absorption member absorbs at least a portion of a liquid. The liquid absorption member includes at least one of an assembly of fibers and an assembly of fiber substrates. The liquid absorption member is stored in the case. The cover member is coupled to the case. The filler member is disposed between the liquid absorption member and the cover member. The filler member is a member through which at least a portion of the liquid is to pass. A bulk density of the filler member is less than a bulk density of the liquid absorption member.

A liquid absorber includes a case, a first liquid absorption member stored in the case, and a second liquid absorption member stored in the case. The case has an opening. The first liquid absorption member absorbs a portion of a liquid. The second liquid absorption member absorbs a portion of the liquid. The second liquid absorption member is disposed adjacent to the first liquid absorption member and is closer to the opening than is the first liquid absorption member. The first liquid absorption member and the second liquid absorption member include fiber substrates and a liquid-absorbent resin, the liquid-absorbent resin being liquid-absorbent resin particles.

A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head for ejecting liquid and a mounting section for receiving a waste liquid container to be attached thereto. The waste liquid container is capable of receiving and containing the waste liquid discharged from a discharge port arranged in the mounting section. The liquid ejection apparatus has a blocking member for shielding the discharge port in accordance with an operation of removing the waste liquid container from the mounting section. The liquid ejection apparatus minimizes the risk of staining one or both of the user's hands handling the waste liquid container and the user's clothes with the waste liquid remaining on the discharge port of the liquid ejection apparatus.

Provided are a liquid ejection apparatus and a waste liquid container. The liquid ejection apparatus having a liquid ejection head includes an attachment portion to which a waste liquid container for storing a waste liquid collected from the liquid ejection head is fitted and attached in a detachable manner. The attachment portion is formed as an opening formed in the casing and a recess continuous from the opening, and an attaching direction of the waste liquid container when being attached is defined as a first direction. A discharging portion for outputting the collected waste liquid to the waste liquid container is formed at a position on the inward side of the casing along the first direction with respect to a position bisecting a length along the first direction of a region occupied by the attached waste liquid container. The discharging portion faces a direction orthogonal to the first direction.

Provided is a liquid ejection apparatus capable of suppressing user's hands, and the like from being contaminated with the waste liquid attached to the waste liquid holding portion when the waste liquid container is detached. A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head that ejects a liquid; a waste liquid holding portion that is provided around the discharge portion that discharges a waste liquid; and a mounting portion on which the waste liquid container that is capable of containing the waste liquid is mounted, in which the waste liquid container is detachable from the mounting portion, the waste liquid container has a wiping portion that moves while being in contact with the waste liquid holding portion, and at least a part of the wiping portion is located on a rear side of the discharge portion in a direction in which the waste liquid container is detached.

A liquid absorber includes a plurality of small chips. Individual ones of the small chips include a first substrate containing fibers, a second substrate containing fibers, an absorbent resin supported between the first substrate and the second substrate, and an ion exchange resin supported between the first substrate and the second substrate. At least one of the absorbent resin and the ion exchange resin is exposed at an end face of the small chips.

In one example in accordance with the present disclosure a print duplexing assembly is described. The assembly includes a duplexing device to facilitate printing on both sides of a print media. The assembly also includes a platen coupled to the duplexing device to guide the print media along a feed path as it is being printed on. The platen and the duplexing device are selectively removable from a printing device in which they are installed.

A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head that ejects liquid to a medium transported in a transport direction on a transport path, a liquid container that includes a containing chamber for containing liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejection head and an inlet for pouring the liquid into the containing chamber, a carriage movable in a scanning direction that intersects the transport direction in a state where the liquid ejection head and the liquid container loaded on the carriage, and a mounting portion on which a waste liquid container that contains liquid as waste liquid discharged from the liquid ejection head is detachably mounted. When the liquid ejection head is located outside the transport path in the scanning direction, the carriage is disposed at a position that overlaps the mounting portion in the vertical direction.

There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus including: a housing; a head including a nozzle configured to discharge a liquid to a printing medium; a waste liquid reservoir configured to store a waste liquid of the liquid, the waste liquid reservoir being configured to be inserted into and drawn from the housing; and a conveying route via which the printing medium is to be conveyed in a conveying direction. In a state that the waste liquid reservoir is inserted in the housing, the waste liquid reservoir is arranged in an inside of the housing, and at a position upstream of the head in the conveying direction and above the conveying route.