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US 7,802,860 B2Granted
Liquid ejecting apparatus and method for determining liquid depletion to maintain a pressure differential between an ink jet head and ink cartridge
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorHidekazu Mizuno
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Abstract
A liquid-ejecting apparatus includes a liquid-ejecting section that ejects a liquid onto an object, a liquid container containing the liquid and detachably attached to the liquid-ejecting section, and a depletion-determining section. The liquid container supplies a predetermined amount of liquid to the liquid-ejecting section by a pressure corresponding to the amount of ink remaining in the liquid container. The depletion-determining section determines depletion of the liquid if the amount of ink remaining falls below a threshold depending on temperature.
Claims4
A liquid-ejecting apparatus comprising:
- a liquid-ejecting section that ejects a liquid onto an object;
- a liquid container containing the liquid, the liquid container supplying a predetermined amount of liquid to the liquid-ejecting section by a pressure corresponding to an amount of ink remaining in the liquid container;
- and
- a depletion-determining section that determines depletion of the liquid depending on temperature;
- wherein
- the liquid has a first viscosity at a first temperature and a second viscosity lower than the first viscosity at a second temperature higher then the first temperature;
- the depletion-determining section defines an ink depletion threshold depending on temperature;
- and
- the amount of ink remaining in the reservoir is different depending on temperature when the depletion-determining section determines the ink depletion.
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