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US 2010/0245502 A1Published application
Ink supply device and method of determining type of ink cartridge
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTomohiro Kanbe
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AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTomohiro Kanbe
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An ink supply device includes a cartridge mounting portion to which an ink cartridge is configured to be mounted, a first detector configured to detect a first detection target portion of the ink cartridge and to output first detection information when the first detector detects the first detection target portion, a second detector configured to detect a second detection target portion of the ink cartridge and to output second detection information when the second detector detects the second detection target portion, and a controller configured to perform a first determination process of determining a type of the ink cartridge based on a temporal precedence between a time at which the first detector begins outputting the first detection information and a time at which the second detector begins outputting the second detection information during insertion of the ink cartridge into the cartridge mounting portion in an insertion direction.
An ink supply device comprising:
A method of determining a type of an ink cartridge configured to be mounted to a cartridge mounting portion, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.