Image forming apparatus and computer-readable storage medium
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShunsuke Minamikawa, Kenta Horade
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus, having a cartridge detachably attached to the image forming apparatus and including a first compartment configured to store a colorant, a container configured to be connected with the cartridge and including a second compartment configured to store the colorant flowing from the cartridge, and a display configured to display a first object indicating a first remainder amount and a second object indicating a second remainder amount in a single screen, is provided. The first remainder amount is a remainder amount of the colorant stored in the first compartment, and the second remainder amount is a remainder amount of the colorant stored in the second compartment.
Claims20
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a first cartridge configured to store first ink;
- a first tank configured to receive the first ink from the first cartridge and to store the first ink therein;
- a head mounted on a carriage and configured to receive the first ink from the first tank and to discharge the first ink;
- a display;
- and
- a controller configured to cause the display to display a first rectangle, a second rectangle, and a first counter thereon,
- wherein the first rectangle indicating an amount of the first ink in the first cartridge is arranged in alignment with the second rectangle indicating an amount of the first ink in the first tank along a first direction without displaying both an image of the head and an amount of the first ink in the head,
- wherein the first cartridge and the first tank are not mounted on the carriage,
- wherein the second rectangle has a second-rectangle area,
- wherein the controller is configured to change a size of the second-rectangle area based on the amount of the first ink in the first tank, and
- wherein the first counter indicates an estimated printable quantity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.