Incremental printing of symbolic information – Ink jet – Controller
Reexamination Certificate
2006-11-21
2006-11-21
Meier, Stephen (Department: 2853)
Incremental printing of symbolic information
Ink jet
Controller
C347S070000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07137679
ABSTRACT:
The present method detects an ink consumption condition in an ink cartridge loaded on an ink jet recording apparatus having a recording head for jetting ink drops, using a piezo-electric device mounted on the cartridge. The method detects the ink consumption condition using the piezo-electric device when the recording head is in a non-recording state. A complicated seal structure is not necessary and the ink residue can be detected surely.
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Kanaya Munehide
Tsukada Kenji
Liang Leonard
Meier Stephen
Seiko Epson Corporation
Sughrue & Mion, PLLC
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