Printing apparatus and ink cartridge therefor

Details Printing apparatus and ink cartridge therefor Printing apparatus and ink cartridge therefor

2006-10-31

2006-10-31

Nguyen, Thinh (Department: 2861)

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Fluid or fluid source handling means

C347S007000, C347S019000

Reexamination Certificate

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07128408

ABSTRACT:
A printing apparatus which may effectively manage information related to each ink cartridge and an ink cartridge therefor are provided. A printing apparatus having a cartridge mounting portion on which a plurality of ink cartridges are detachably mountable, each ink cartridge having an element which may be written with information, an accumulating means for accumulating a discharge amount of ink discharged for every ink cartridge mounted on the cartridge mounting portion, and a writing member for writing information into the element, in which the writing member writes information into an element in the ink cartridge selected according to an accumulated result of the accumulating means, out of the plurality of ink cartridges mounted on the cartridge mounting portion.

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Japanese Patent Abstract No. JP 2000-255080A, Publication Date Sep. 19, 2000.
English translation of Notification of Reasons for Rejection that was issued in a counterpart Chinese patent application.

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