Printing apparatus and control method of printing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYuriko Harai
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Abstract
A printing apparatus that replenishes ink by exchanging an exchange ink tank is provided. The printing apparatus comprises a code reader for inputting ink information representing an ink type, a float sensor for detecting that the exchange ink tank has changed to an empty state, and a main controller, wherein the main controller determines that the exchange ink tank can be exchanged if the float sensor detects that the exchange ink tank is in the empty state, and if first ink information associated with the exchange ink tank and second ink information associated with an installation location of the exchange ink tank, which are input by the code reader, are compared, and it is determined that the first ink information and the second ink information are compatible.
Claims11
A printing apparatus that replenishes ink by exchanging an exchange ink tank, comprising:
- an input unit configured to input ink information representing an ink type;
- a detection unit configured to detect that the exchange ink tank has changed to an empty state;
- and
- a control unit,
- wherein the control unit determines that the exchange ink tank can be exchanged if the detection unit detects that the exchange ink tank is in the empty state, and if first ink information associated with the exchange ink tank and second ink information associated with an installation location of the exchange ink tank, which are input by the input unit, are compared, and it is determined that the first ink information and the second ink information are compatible.
A control method of a printing apparatus that replenishes ink by exchanging an exchange ink tank, the printing apparatus including:
- an input unit for inputting ink information representing an ink type;
- and
- a detection unit for detecting that the exchange ink tank has changed to an empty state, and
- the control method comprising:
- determining that the exchange ink tank can be exchanged if the detection unit detects that the exchange ink tank is in the empty state, and if first ink information associated with the exchange ink tank and second ink information associated with an installation location of the exchange ink tank, which are input by the input unit, are compared, and it is determined that the first ink information and the second ink information are compatible.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.