Image forming apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorHiroshi Sawase
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a recording head, a head tank, a main tank, and a controller. The recording head includes nozzles to discharge liquid droplets. The head tank includes a liquid containing part to contain liquid supplied to the recording head. The main tank contains the liquid supplied to the head tank. The controller controls, after detection of an end state of the main tank, post-end printing using the liquid remaining in the head tank corresponding to the main tank in the end state. The controller permits the post-end printing when an amount of the liquid remaining in the head tank to which the liquid is supplied from the main tank in the end state is a predetermined threshold remaining amount or greater.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a recording head including nozzles to discharge liquid droplets;
- a head tank including a liquid containing part to contain liquid supplied to the recording head;
- a main tank to contain the liquid supplied to the head tank;
- and
- a controller to control, after detection of an end state of the main tank, post-end printing using the liquid remaining in the head tank corresponding to the main tank in the end state,
- wherein the controller permits the post-end printing when an amount of the liquid remaining in the head tank to which the liquid is supplied from the main tank in the end state is a predetermined threshold remaining amount or greater.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program to cause a computer to execute a process for an image forming apparatus including a liquid discharge head including nozzles to discharge liquid droplets, a head tank including a liquid containing part to contain liquid supplied to the liquid discharge head, and a main tank to contain the liquid supplied to the head tank,
- the process comprising:
- controlling, after detection of an end state of the main tank, post-end printing using the liquid remaining in the head tank corresponding to the main tank in the end state;
- and
- permitting the post-end printing when an amount of the liquid remaining in the head tank to which the liquid is supplied from the main tank in the end state is a predetermined threshold remaining amount or greater.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.