exemplary embodiments the pipe is formed in or on the partition wall where the partition wall defines at least a portion of the surface of the pipe in other exemplary embodiments a separate pipe can be placed in the ink tank to connect the ink tank reservoir and the ink tank supply chamber 110 in this case the pipe can be attached to the partition wall but does not need to be so attached in various exemplary embodiments as outlined above the ink is delivered to the ink supply chamber 110 that does not contain the at least one foam element 120 and thus does not contain the ink 20 in various other exemplary embodiments the ink is delivered to a portion of the at least one foam element 120 that during normal operation is not saturated with ink i e a portion of the at least one foam element 120 that has subportions that do not contain the ink 20 in this case the air space 31 can be omitted such that the at least one foam element 120 at least substantially fills the ink supply chamber 110 one other advantage of this invention is the reduction in deprime situations i e situations in which air instead of ink is drawn through the foam element 120 to the ink supply orifice 50 in a deprime situation the ink supply tube 40 draws air along with or instead of the ink 20 into the ink supply tube 40 to the print head not shown this happens when air is drawn into the bottom of the foam element 120 and displaces the 20 ink in the bottom of the foam element 120 in exemplary embodiments of this invention however air is displaced from the bottom of.