Printing apparatus, method of controlling printing apparatus, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakeshi Suzuki
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Abstract
A printing apparatus having a container with a plurality of containers containing printing materials of the same color type, includes an obtainment unit that obtains a request of information related to a state of the printing apparatus; and a transmission unit that transmits the information related to a state of the printing apparatus including first information related to a combined amount of the printing materials included in the plurality of containers containing the printing materials of the same color type, respectively, based on the request obtained by the obtainment unit.
Claims16
A printing apparatus including a container that includes a plurality of containers containing printing materials of the same color type, comprising:
- an obtainment unit that obtains a request of information related to a state of the printing apparatus;
- and
- a transmission unit that transmits the information related to a state of the printing apparatus including first information related to a combined amount of the printing materials included in the plurality of containers containing the printing materials of the same color type, respectively, based on the request obtained by the obtainment unit.
A method of controlling a printing apparatus including a container including a plurality of containers containing printing materials of the same color type, comprising:
- obtaining a request of information related to a state of the printing apparatus;
- and
- transmitting the information related to a state of the printing apparatus including first information related to a combined amount of the printing materials included in the plurality of containers containing the printing materials of the same color type, respectively, based on the request obtained in the obtaining.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program which functions in a printing apparatus and causes a computer of the printing apparatus including a container including a plurality of containers containing printing materials of the same color type to execute:
- obtaining a request of information related to a state of the printing apparatus;
- and
- transmitting the information related to a state of the printing apparatus including first information related to a combined amount of the printing materials included in the plurality of containers containing the printing materials of the same color type, respectively, based on the request obtained in the obtaining.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.