Printing apparatus, system, and server system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYuya Tanaka
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Abstract
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technique capable of appropriately ordering an ink bottle. One embodiment of the present disclosure is a printing apparatus that includes: an ink tank that stores ink supplied from an ink bottle; and a head to which ink is supplied from the ink tank, and the printing apparatus includes a transmission unit configured to transmit status information in which at least information relating to an ink remaining amount within the ink tank is included to a server and order processing of a new ink bottle is performed based on an ink consumption amount of the ink bottle.
Claims9
A printing apparatus comprising:
- an ink tank that stores ink injected from an ink bottle that is detachably attached to the printing apparatus;
- a head to which ink is supplied from the ink tank;
- a management unit configured to manage, based on data detected by using a sensor or by dot count, an ink amount relating to an ink remaining amount within the ink tank;
- and
- a transmission unit configured to transmit, to a server, status information in which at least information based on the ink amount relating to the ink remaining amount within the ink tank is included in response to change of the ink amount relating to the ink remaining amount within the ink tank and in response to an electric power source being turned on.
A control method of a printer, the printer comprising (a) an ink tank that stores ink injected from a detachably attached ink bottle and (b) a head to which ink is supplied from the ink tank, the control method comprising:
- a management step of managing, based on data detected by using a sensor or by dot count, an ink amount relating to an ink remaining amount within the ink tank;
- and
- a transmission step of transmitting, to a server, status information in which at least information based on the ink amount relating to the ink remaining amount within the ink tank is included in response to change of the ink amount relating to the ink remaining amount within the ink tank and in response to an electric power source being turned on.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to cause a computer to execute a control method of a printer, the printer comprising (a) an ink tank that stores ink injected from a detachably attached ink bottle and (b) a head to which ink is supplied from the ink tank, the control method comprising:
- a management step of managing, based on data detected by using a sensor or by dot count, an ink amount relating to an ink remaining amount within the ink tank;
- and
- a transmission step of transmitting, to a server, status information in which at least information based on the ink amount relating to the ink remaining amount within the ink tank is included in response to change of the ink amount relating to the ink remaining amount within the ink tank and in response to an electric power source being turned on.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.