# US 12,182,457 B2 · Ink jet system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,182,457 B2 - Document ID: US12182457B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/519,185 - Filed: 2023-11-27 - Published: 2024-05-30 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2022-11-29 - Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation - Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation - Inventors: Akira Miyagishi; Toshiro Murayama; Nobuaki Ito - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12182457B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/1203: {Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management} - B41J 2/0451: {for detecting failure, e.g. clogging, malfunctioning actuator} - B41J 2/04551: {using several operating modes} - B41J 2/04553: {detecting ambient temperature} - B41J 2/04563: {detecting head temperature; Ink temperature} - B41J 2/04566: {detecting humidity} - B41J 2/04581: {controlling heads based on piezoelectric elements} - G06F 3/1229: {Printer resources management or printer maintenance, e.g. device status, power levels} - G06F 3/1236: {Connection management} - G06F 3/1285: {Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server} - B41J 2002/14354: {Sensor in each pressure chamber} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS ## Abstract An ink jet system includes a recording apparatus with a head unit that ejects ink, a processing apparatus that performs data processing for causing the recording apparatus to perform a recording operation, and a server connectable to either the recording apparatus or the processing apparatus. A first storage unit is disposed in either the recording apparatus or the processing apparatus. A second storage unit is disposed in the server. An acquiring section acquires first data during the recording operation, an accepting section accepts first selection information indicating a result of having a user select any one or more of the first storage unit and the second storage unit to store the first data, and a storing section that stores the first data to the selected one or more of the first storage unit and the second storage unit based on the first selection information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An ink jet system, wherein a first storage unit is disposed in either a recording apparatus or a processing apparatus, a second storage unit is disposed in a server, and the ink jet system further comprises: an acquiring section that acquires first data during the recording operation; an accepting section that accepts first selection information indicating a result of having a user select any one or more of the first storage unit and the second storage unit to store the first data; and a storing section that stores the first data to the selected one or more of the first storage unit and the second storage unit based on the first selection information, wherein, when the first selection information indicates that the first data is to be stored to the second storage unit, and connections between both of the recording apparatus and the processing apparatus and the server are interrupted, the storing section stores the first data to the first storage unit, and when the first selection information indicates that the first data is to be stored to the second storage unit and a connection between either the recording apparatus or the processing apparatus and the server is established, the storing section stores the first data to the second storage unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The ink jet system according to claim 1, wherein when the first selection information indicates that the first data is to be stored to the second storage unit and a connection between either the recording apparatus or the processing apparatus and the server is established after being interrupted, the storing section copies the first data stored in the first storage unit to the second storage unit, and deletes the first data stored in the first storage unit after copying the first data to the second storage unit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The ink jet system according to claim 1, wherein the first storage unit includes a fourth storage unit disposed in the recording apparatus and not disposed in a head unit, and a fifth storage unit disposed in the processing apparatus, the first selection information indicates a result of having the user select any one or more of the fourth storage unit, the fifth storage unit, and the second storage unit to store the first data, and the storing section stores the first data to the selected one or more of the fourth storage unit, the fifth storage unit, and the second storage unit based on the first selection information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The ink jet system according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring section acquires the first data and second data different from the first data during the recording operation, the accepting section accepts the first selection information and second selection information indicating a result of having the user select any one or more of the first storage unit and the second storage unit to store the second data, and the storing section stores the second data to the selected one or more of the first storage unit and the second storage unit based on the second selection information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The ink jet system according to claim 1, wherein the recording apparatus includes a temperature sensor, and the first data indicates a result of measurement by the temperature sensor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The ink jet system according to claim 1, wherein the recording apparatus includes a humidity sensor, and the first data indicates a result of measurement by the humidity sensor. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The ink jet system according to claim 1, wherein a head unit includes a piezoelectric element that is deformed by supply of a drive signal, a pressure chamber in which pressure is increased and reduced by the deformation of the piezoelectric element, and a nozzle that communicates with the pressure chamber and from which ink is ejected, and the first data is data based on a residual vibration that occurs in the pressure chamber after the drive signal is supplied to the piezoelectric element. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The ink jet system according to claim 1, wherein a head unit includes a drive element that is driven by supply of a drive signal, and the first data indicates the number of times that the drive element is driven. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The ink jet system according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring section acquires third data different from the first data in a state in which the recording operation is not performed, the accepting section further accepts third selection information indicating a result of having the user select any one or more of the first storage unit and the second storage unit to store the third data, and the storing section stores the third data to the selected one or more of the first storage unit and the second storage unit based on the third selection information. ### Claim 10 An ink jet system, wherein a first storage unit is disposed in either a recording apparatus or a processing apparatus, a second storage unit is disposed in a server, and the ink jet system further comprises: an acquiring section that acquires first data during the record operation; an acquiring section that accepts first selection information indicating a result of having a user select any one or more of the first storage unit and the second storage unit to store the first data; and a storing section th stores the first data to the selected one or more of the first storage unit and the second storage unit based on the first selection information, wherein the first storage unit includes a third storage unit disposed in a head unit, and a fourth storage unit disposed in the recording apparatus and not disposed in the head unit, the first selection information indicates a result of having the user select any one or more of the third storage unit, the fourth storage unit, and the second storage unit to store the first data, and the storing section stores the first data to the selected one or more of the third storage unit, the fourth storage unit, and the second storage unit based on the first selection information. ### Claim 11 An ink jet system, wherein a first storage unit is disposed in either a recording apparatus or a processing apparatus, a second storage unit is disposed in a server, and the ink jet system further comprises: an acquiring section that acquires first data during the recording operation; an accepting section that accepts first selection information indicating a result of having a user select any one or more of the first storage unit and the second storage unit to store the first data; and a storing section that stores the first data to the selected one or more of the first storage unit and the second storage unit based on the first selection information, wherein the first storage unit includes a third storage unit disposed in a head unit, and a fifth storage unit disposed in the processing apparatus, the first selection information indicates a result of having the user select any one or more of the third storage unit, the fifth storage unit, and the second storage unit to store the first data, and the storing section stores the first data to the selected one or more of the third storage unit, the fifth storage unit, and the second storage unit based on the first selection information.