Incremental printing of symbolic information – Ink jet – Controller
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-05
2006-09-05
Nguyen, Thinh (Department: 2861)
Incremental printing of symbolic information
Ink jet
Controller
C347S019000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07101008
ABSTRACT:
Provided is a printing apparatus having a device which is capable of intuitively deciding whether the indication of printing start is possible. Platen installation (S10), ink cartridge installation (S20), residual ink amount (S30), waste ink tank installation (S40), residual capacity of waste ink tank (S50), printing data reception (S60), and maintenance execution (S70) are confirmed, as conditions at which printing can be conducted, with a platen detection sensor, ink cartridge detection sensor, residual ink amount detection sensor, water ink tank detection sensor, residual capacity of waste ink tank detection sensor, reception flag, and maintenance flag, respectively, and a printing possibility LED provided in a printing start button is switched on at the point of time when all the printing possibility-conditions are satisfied (S90).
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patent: 6312177 (2001-11-01), Nureki
patent: A 2003-72105 (2003-03-01), None
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Nguyen Thinh
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