Abstract: An ink printer having a printer body having two side walls arranged at a longitudinal distance from one another and a user side as defined along a longitudinal side of the printer body between the two side walls, the printer body defining a reservoir within the printer body. An exchangeable tank is removably insertable into the printer body so as to supply ink to the reservoir. A printer ink connection is arranged at the printer body, an ink connection arranged at a side of the exchangeable tank, the tank side having a defined cross-section, the printer ink connection and the tank ink connection being arranged so as to be connectable to one another after insertion of the exchangeable tank into the printer body. A basin-type transverse carrier arranged longitudinally between the two side walls proximal the user side, the basin-type transverse carrier having an open top portion that accommodates the at least one exchangeable tank.