Printing apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKenji Kubozono, Akira Kuronuma, Hideya Tabeta
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Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a liquid storage unit that stores liquid to be supplied to a printhead, which performs printing by discharging the liquid, a liquid amount detection unit that detects an amount of the liquid stored in the liquid storage unit, and a control unit that performs control to, in response to a start of liquid filling into the liquid storage unit, provide notification of the amount of the liquid detected by the liquid amount detection unit.
Claims19
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a storage unit configured to store liquid to be supplied to a printhead, which performs printing by discharging the liquid;
- a liquid amount detection unit configured to detect an amount of the liquid stored in the storage unit;
- a filling detection unit configured to detect a start of liquid filling into the storage unit based on a flow of the liquid;
- and
- a control unit configured to perform control to provide notification of the amount of the liquid detected by the liquid amount detection unit, in response to the filling detection unit detecting the start of liquid filling.
A method of controlling a printing apparatus including a storage unit configured to store a liquid to be supplied to a printhead, which performs printing by discharging the liquid, the method comprising:
- detecting an amount of the liquid stored in the storage unit;
- detecting, by a filling detection unit, a start of liquid filling into the storage unit based on a flow of the liquid;
- and
- controlling notification of the amount of the liquid detected by the liquid amount detection unit, in response to the filling detection unit detecting the start of liquid filling.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method of controlling a printing apparatus including a storage unit configured to store a liquid to be supplied to a printhead, which performs printing by discharging the liquid, the method comprising:
- detecting an amount of the liquid stored in the storage unit;
- detecting, by a filling detection unit, a start of liquid filling into the storage unit based on a flow of the liquid;
- and
- controlling notification of the amount of the liquid detected by the liquid amount detection unit, in response to the filling detection unit detecting the start of liquid filling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.