Printing system
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTadahiro Mizutani, Taku Ishizawa, Ryoichi Tanaka
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Abstract
The printing system includes a liquid supply container that stores a liquid; a printing device that receives a liquid supplied from the liquid supply container and performs printing; an imaging device that acquires image information including at least a part of the liquid supply container; an acquisition section that acquires reference information; a determination section that collates the image information with the reference information and determines whether or not the liquid is allowed to be supplied according to a collation result; and a control section that controls the printing device according to the determination.
Claims12
A printing system, comprising:
- a liquid supply container that stores a liquid;
- a printing device that receives the liquid supplied from the liquid supply container and performs printing;
- at least one imaging device for capturing an image including image information for identifying the liquid supply container;
- an acquisition section that acquires reference information;
- a determination section that collates the image information with the reference information and determines whether or not the liquid is allowed to be supplied according to a collation result;
- and
- a control section that controls the printing device according to the determination.
A printing system, comprising:
- a printing device that has an attaching/detaching member which is replaceable;
- an imaging device that acquires image information including at least a part of the attaching/detaching member;
- an acquisition section that acquires reference information;
- a determination section that collates the image information with the reference information and determines whether or not the attaching/detaching member is allowed to be replaced according to a collation result;
- and
- a control section that controls the printing device according to the determination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.