An ink absorber includes: an ink absorbing member that is capable of absorbing ink; an accommodation section that accommodates the ink absorbing member; and a detachment structure section that detaches the ink absorbing member from the accommodation section. In the ink absorber, it is preferable that the accommodation section have a bottom section and side wall sections standing up from the bottom section, that inclined surfaces inclined relative to the bottom section be formed inside the side wall sections, and that the detachment structure section be configured with the inclined surfaces.

A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting section having a nozzle that is configured to eject liquid; a liquid container that is configured to accommodate the liquid ejected from the nozzle, and is disposed at a separate position from the liquid ejecting section; and a power supply section that supplies electric power at least required for liquid ejection from the liquid ejecting section, wherein at least part of the liquid container overlaps at least part of the power supply section in an apparatus depth direction. At least part of the liquid container overlaps at least part of the power supply section in an apparatus depth direction. The liquid container includes an introduction port that allows for liquid introduction.

A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting section having a nozzle that is configured to eject liquid; a liquid tank that is configured to receive the liquid ejected from the nozzle, and is disposed at a separate position from the liquid ejecting section; a waste liquid containing chamber that stores liquid ejected from the liquid ejecting section or waste liquid generated during a maintenance operation of the liquid ejecting section; a main base section which includes at least the liquid ejecting section and constitutes a base of the apparatus; and a sub base section which includes at least one of the liquid tank and the waste liquid containing chamber and is detachably attached to the main base section, and constitutes a base of the apparatus together with the main base section.

A printer device includes: an ink circulation flow path in which ink is circulated; a discharge head that discharges the ink supplied from the ink circulation flow path; a circulation pump and a circulation motor that circulate the ink in the ink circulation flow path; a circulation filter provided in the ink circulation flow path; and control unit that determines a blocked state of the circulation filter and performs drive control of the circulation motor in accordance with a determination result, and the control unit drives the circulation motor in a first mode until it is determined that the circulation filter is in a blocked state, and after it is determined that the circulation filter is in a blocked state, the control unit drives the circulation motor in a second mode that provides a smaller circulation rate than the first mode.

A recording apparatus includes: a recording unit that performs a recording by ejecting a liquid on a medium; a carriage that includes the recording unit and is movable in a width direction; a casing that has the carriage therein and constitutes an external appearance of the apparatus; an adapter that is mounted on an upper portion of the recording unit and accommodates the liquid to be supplied to the recording unit; at least one liquid accommodating unit that supplies the liquid to the adapter through a tube and includes a filling port into which the liquid can be filled ; and a waste liquid receiving unit that receives the liquid discharged as a waste liquid during a maintenance operation of the recording unit, in which the casing has a cover for covering both the liquid accommodating unit and the waste liquid receiving unit.

An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head having an ejection port surface provided with ejection ports for ejecting ink, an ink receiving portion, an ink return path, and an ink storage container that includes an ink containing chamber, an air communication port, and a buffer chamber located below the ink containing chamber and provided between the ink containing chamber and the air communication port. The recording head performs a recording operation. The ink receiving portion receives the ink ejected from the ejection ports. The ink containing chamber contains ink to be supplied to the recording head. The air communication port communicates with air. The ink storage container is integrally formed with a buffer chamber that can temporarily retain ink. The ink return path connects the ink receiving portion and the buffer chamber and causes the ink to be returned from the ink receiving portion to the buffer chamber.

A drainage container configured to be attached and detached in an attachment/detachment direction to and from an apparatus including a discharge portion to discharge drainage and configured to store the drainage discharged from the discharge portion, includes: a housing that stores the drainage and includes an opening formed in an upper surface of the housing; an accepting portion that accepts the drainage discharged from the discharge portion; and a lid portion configured to open and close the opening, in which the lid portion takes on an open state to open the opening when the drainage container is attached to the apparatus, and the lid portion takes on a closed state to close the opening when the drainage container is detached from the apparatus.

A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head configured to eject a liquid onto a medium; a maintenance unit that performs a maintenance operation for the liquid ejecting head; a mounting mechanism in which is mounted a waste liquid container that houses a portion of the liquid discharged as a waste liquid from the liquid ejecting head; and an access area that is provided vertically below a transport path along which the medium is transported and that is accessible from an apparatus front side, which is a downstream side in a transport direction in which the medium is transported, the mounting mechanism including a housing portion that houses the waste liquid container and being disposed so that a mounting port for mounting the waste liquid container in the housing portion opens to the access area.

The ink jet printing apparatus includes: an ink jet head having a nozzle row in which a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink are arranged and a nozzle guard with an opening at a portion corresponding to the nozzle row, provided at a position via a gap with respect to an ink ejection surface of the nozzle row; a sheet shaped absorbing member having a size that covers a range of the opening of the nozzle guard; and a capping unit that presses the absorbing member onto the opening of the nozzle guard.

A liquid holding container includes a top face portion having an opening portion, a bottom face portion facing the top face portion, a first ink absorber being disposed near the opening portion and layered in a first direction from the bottom face portion to the top face portion, the first ink absorber being configured to absorb a liquid introduced from the opening portion, and a second ink absorber being disposed outside the first absorber in a second direction that intersects the first direction and layered in the second direction, the second ink absorber being configured to absorb the liquid moving from the first ink absorber.