Abstract: An ink-jet printer including an ink tank and at least one print head having nozzles to spurt out ink supplied from the ink tank and at least two ink inlet in total. The ink tank comprises at least two level tanks arranged in correspondence with the at least two ink inlets and a main tank for recovering excess ink in the respective level tanks and storing the excess ink. The level tanks are piled over the main tank in a tiered manner, and the vertically adjoining level tanks are communicated with each other through the communication passages and the main tank and the level tank of the set ink level being the lowest are communicated with each other through the communication passage. The communication passages each have an upper opening that opens at a level equal to the set ink level in the each level tank, and an ink supply port is provided in the uppermost level tank.