Inkjet recording apparatus with tank including notification features
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYuki Matsui, Kenta Horade, Mana Honoki, Tomoya Oguchi
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Abstract
An inkjet recording apparatus includes a tank forming an ink chamber and including an injection inlet, a recording head, a cover, a monitor, a cover sensor, an operation panel, and a controller. The controller controls operation of the recording head and the monitor. The controller performs decision processing deciding whether ink injection into the ink chamber after complement of an initial process is completed, and counts an amount of ink discharged from the recording head. The controller controls the monitor to display notification depending on the decision processing and the counted amount of discharged ink.
Claims28
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising:
- a tank forming an ink chamber and including an injection inlet;
- a recording head configured to discharge ink from the ink chamber;
- a monitor, and
- a controller configured to control operation of the recording head and the monitor, wherein the controller is configured to:
- decide whether complement of ink injection into the ink chamber is a first time or a second time;
- count an amount of ink discharged from the recording head;
- based on decision that the complement of the ink injection into the ink chamber is the first time and based on the counted amount of discharged ink being greater than or equal to a first threshold value, control the monitor to display a first notification on the monitor;
- and
- based on decision that the complement of the ink injection into the ink chamber is the second time and based on the counted amount of discharged ink being greater than or equal to a second threshold greater than the first threshold value, control the monitor to display a second notification on the monitor.
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising:
- a tank forming an ink chamber and including an injection inlet;
- a recording head configured to discharge ink from the ink chamber, and
- a controller configured to control operation of the recording head, wherein the controller is configured to:
- decide whether complement of ink injection into the ink chamber is a first time or a second time;
- count an amount of ink discharged from the recording head;
- based on decision that the complement of the ink injection into the ink chamber is the first time and based on the counted amount of discharged ink being greater than or equal to a first threshold value, decide that the ink chamber is empty irrespective of the amount of ink in the ink chamber;
- based on decision that the complement of the ink injection into the ink chamber is the second time and based on the counted amount of discharged ink being greater than or equal to a second threshold greater than the first threshold value, decide that the ink chamber is empty irrespective of the amount of ink in the ink chamber.
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising:
- a tank forming an ink chamber and including an injection inlet;
- a recording head configured to discharge ink from the ink chamber;
- a monitor, and
- a controller configured to control operation of the recording head and the monitor, wherein the controller is configured to:
- decide whether complement of ink injection into the ink chamber is a first time or a second time;
- count an amount of ink discharged from the recording head;
- based on decision that the complement of the ink injection into the ink chamber is the first time and based on the counted amount of discharged ink being greater than or equal to a first threshold value, control the monitor to display a notification on the monitor;
- and
- based on decision that the complement of the ink injection into the ink chamber is the second time and based on the counted amount of discharged ink being greater than or equal to a second threshold greater than the first threshold value, control the monitor to display the notification on the monitor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.