Method of filling recording material in recording material container and filling apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsYukiharu Suda, Hisashi Koike, Noboru Asauchi, Koichi Otsuki
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Abstract
An ink filling apparatus is constituted by an access unit (61) for reading an amount of ink consumed in an ink cartridge (10) which needs to be refilled from a storage unit (15) provided on the relevant cartridge and a filling controlling unit (60) for determining an amount of ink on the basis of the data. Ink in an amount corresponding to the amount of ink consumption stored in the storage unit of the ink cartridge (10) is filled by a filling apparatus (66).
Claims33
A method of filling an ink cartridge provided with a container including an ink chamber for accommodating ink and an ink supply port for discharging the ink in the ink chamber to a recording head, and a storage unit for storing data concerning the ink, comprising the step of:
- filling the ink in an ink filling amount corresponding to an amount of ink consumption stored in the storage unit.
An apparatus for filling an ink cartridge comprising:
- a reading unit for reading out an amount of ink consumed in an ink cartridge from a storage unit provided on the ink cartridge requiring refilling;
- and
- controlling unit for determining an amount of ink on the basis of the data.
A method of filling a recording material in a recording material container in response to a user's request, comprising the steps of:
- receiving the request;
- filling the recording material in the recording material container in response to the request;
- and
- receiving a counter value corresponding to an amount filled.
A recording material filling apparatus for filling a recording material in an ink cartridge in response to a user's request, comprising:
- a recording material container loading unit for loading a refillable recording material container;
- a request input unit for inputting the request from an outside;
- and
- a recording material filling unit for filling the recording material in the recording material container in response to the request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.