A drop emitting apparatus including an ink jet printhead; a plurality of
on-board ink reservoirs for supplying ink to the ink jet printhead; a
plurality of remote ink containers; a plurality of ink supply conduits
fluidically connected between the remote ink containers and the on-board
ink reservoirs; a common air vent, connected to each one of the plurality
of remote ink containers, for venting said each one of the plurality of
remote ink containers as ink is supplied to the on-board ink reservoirs
from the remote ink containers.
