US 7,029,105 B2Granted

Ink-jet recording device and control method thereof

AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

InventorsHiroyuki Matsuba, Hiroyuki Ogata, Yoshinobu Ishimoto, Tetsuya Matsuzaki, Masaharu Tanaka, Takashi Yoshihara, Tadashi Maki

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Abstract

An ink-jet recording device according to the present invention includes: a paper supply tray arranged inward of a predetermined face of a main body to supply recording sheets; a paper display tray arranged inward of the same face as the paper supply tray to receive recording sheets discharged after recording; an ink cartridge loading unit, which is arranged inward of the same face as the paper supply tray, and into which an ink cartridge containing ink used for recording is loaded detachably; and a controller which disables removal of the ink cartridge during a removal inhibited period.

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Dependent claims

An ink-jet recording device comprising:

a medium feeding unit arranged inward from a first face of a main body for feeding a recording medium;
a medium ejection unit arranged inward from the first face for ejecting the recording medium after recording;
an ink supply member loading unit arranged inward from the first face for detachably loading an ink supply member wherein ink used for recording is retained;
an operation detector for detecting a start of an ink supply member removal operation;
and
a removal controller for, when the operation detector has detected the start of the ink supply member removal operation during a removal inhibited period for the ink supply member, shifting the ink-jet recording device to the recording standby state to enable the removal of the ink supply member.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.