Ink tank and printing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsToshihiko Ujita, Satoshi Oikawa
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Abstract
A light emitting portion of an ink tank emits light after a delay time in accordance with a mounting speed of the ink tank has elapsed after connecting second electrode pads on an ink tank side and a second contact on a holder side.
Claims20
An ink tank that is capable of being mounted on a mount portion, the ink tank comprising:
- a tank side contact that is capable of being connected to a mount portion side contact provided on the mount portion;
- and a notifying portion controlled by a controller that is capable of performing a notification operation, wherein when the ink tank is mounted on the mount portion, the notifying portion performs the notification operation after a delay time, the delay time being set in accordance with a mounting speed of the ink tank that has elapsed from when the tank side contact has been connected to the mount portion side contact.
A printing apparatus that includes a mount portion in which an ink tank including a notifying portion capable of performing a notification operation is mounted, the printing apparatus printing an image using a print head to which ink inside the ink tank is supplied, the printing apparatus comprising:
- a mount portion side contact that is located on the mount portion, the mount portion side contact being capable of being connected to a tank side contact provided on the ink tank;
- and a controller that controls the notifying portion, wherein when the ink tank is mounted in the mount portion, the controller makes the notification operation be performed after a delay time, the delay time being set in accordance with the mounting speed of the ink tank that has elapsed after the mount portion side contact has been connected to the tank side contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.