An ink-jet printing apparatus has a printhead with an array of nozzles and can reduce printing time. The coated article includes a coating supported by a substrate, the coating including a thin metal or metal nitride contact layer located directly between and contacting an infrared reflecting layer and an oxide barrier layer. A high pressure chamber is disposed between the lower mount assembly and the upper mount assembly. Electronic commercial transactions and transmissions take place in a reliable, \u201ctrusted\u201d virtual distribution environment that provides significant efficiency and cost savings benefits to users in addition to providing an extremely high degree of confidence and trustedness. A base end portion of each fixing projection is arranged at a level higher than that of an upper end portion of a corresponding one of the fixing holes. The sleeve forms an insulating air gap between its exterior circumference and the interior circumference of the exhaust port.