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US 2020/0047509 A1Published application
Inkjet recording apparatus with cover and method therefor including inquiry and notification features
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKenta HORADE, Mana HONOKI
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Abstract
An inkjet recording apparatus includes a tank, a recording head, a cover, a monitor, a cover sensor, an operation panel, and a controller. The cover is movable to cover a plurality of injection inlets associated with a plurality of ink chambers and to expose the plurality of injection inlets. The cover sensor outputs signal depending on position of the cover. The controller controls the monitor to display one of inquiry information and notification on the monitor depending on receipt of the signal from the cover sensor.
Claims7
(canceled)
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising:
- an injection inlet;
- an ink chamber associated with the injection inlet;
- a recording head configured to eject ink retained in the ink chamber;
- a cover movable between a covered position in which the injection inlet is covered and an exposed position in which the injection inlet is exposed;
- a monitor;
- a cover sensor positioned to sense a movement of the cover, and
- a controller configured to:
- receive one positional signal from the cover sensor, the one positional signal being outputted in response to the cover being positioned in the exposed position;
- and
- based on receipt of the one positional signal from the cover sensor, control the monitor to display, on the monitor, one notification including a prompt to inject ink into the ink chamber.
7 more elements
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising:
- an injection inlet;
- an ink chamber associated with the injection inlet;
- a recording head configured to eject ink retained in the ink chamber;
- a cover movable between a covered position in which the injection inlet is covered and an exposed position in which the injection inlet is exposed;
- a monitor;
- a cover sensor positioned to sense a movement of the cover, and
- a controller configured to:
- receive one positional signal from the cover sensor, the one positional signal being outputted in response to the cover being positioned in the exposed position;
- based on receipt of the one positional signal from the cover sensor, control the monitor to display one notification on the monitor;
- receive another positional signal from the cover sensor, the another positional signal being outputted in response to the cover being positioned in the covered position;
- based on the receipt of the another positional signal after receiving the one positional signal, control the monitor to display another notification on the monitor,
- wherein the one notification and the another notification are different from each other.
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An inkjet recording apparatus comprising:
- an injection inlet;
- an ink chamber associated with the injection inlet;
- a recording head configured to eject ink retained in the ink chamber;
- a cover movable between a covered position in which the injection inlet is covered and an exposed position in which the injection inlet is exposed;
- a monitor;
- a cover sensor positioned to sense a movement of the cover,
- an operation panel configured to receive user input;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- receive one positional signal from the cover sensor, the one positional signal being outputted in response to the cover being positioned in the exposed position;
- based on receipt of the one positional signal from the cover sensor, control the monitor to display one notification on the monitor;
- receive another positional signal from the cover sensor, the another positional signal being outputted in response to the cover being positioned in the covered position;
- based on the receipt of the another positional signal after receiving the one positional signal, control the monitor to display, on the monitor, another notification including inquiry information regarding whether ink injection into the ink chamber is completed, and control the operation panel to allow receipt at the operation panel of a response to the inquiry information;
- and
- based on a response to the inquiry information corresponding to incompletion of the ink injection, control the monitor to display the one notification on the monitor.
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An inkjet recording apparatus comprising:
- an injection inlet;
- an ink chamber associated with the injection inlet;
- a recording head configured to eject ink retained in the ink chamber;
- a cover movable between a covered position in which the injection inlet is covered and an exposed position in which the injection inlet is exposed;
- a monitor;
- a cover sensor positioned to sense a movement of the cover, and
- a controller configured to:
- receive one positional signal from the cover sensor, the one positional signal being outputted in response to the cover being positioned in the exposed position;
- and
- based on receipt of the one positional signal from the cover sensor, control the monitor to display one notification on the monitor and restrict the ejection of ink from the recording head.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.