Ink supply devices
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTomohiro KANBE, Hirofumi KONDO, Yasuhiro KATO, Hirotake NAKAMURA
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AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTomohiro KANBE, Hirofumi KONDO, Yasuhiro KATO, Hirotake NAKAMURA
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An ink supply device includes an ink cartridge and a cartridge mounting portion including a first detector, a second detector, and a determiner. The ink cartridge includes a first detectable portion, a second detectable portion, and a third detectable portion. The determiner is configured to execute a first determination process in which it is determined whether or not the second detector detects the second detectable portion when the first detector initially detects the first detectable portion during an insertion of the ink cartridge into the cartridge mounting portion, and the determiner is configured to execute a second determination process in which it is determined whether or not the second detector detects the second detectable portion when the first detector stops detecting the first detectable portion during the insertion of the ink cartridge into the cartridge mounting portion.
An ink supply device (100) comprising:
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