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公开(公告)号:US12160553B2
公开(公告)日:2024-12-03
申请号:US17809609
申请日:2022-06-29
Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Inventor: Yoshinori Osakabe , Sosuke Kuroyanagi , Masahiro Hoga , Hiroyuki Ishikawa , Jun Morikawa , Taichi Shirono , Fumio Nakazawa
IPC: B41J29/393 , B41J2/175 , B41J2/21 , H04N1/401 , H04N1/60
Abstract: A printing device is provided with a print head having a plurality of nozzles configured to eject ink droplets therefrom, a supplier configured to supply ink contained in a container to the print head, and a controller. The controller is configured to perform obtaining ink information having correlation with a height of a liquid surface of the ink contained in the container, obtaining subject image data representing an image to be printed, generating print data based on the subject image data, and causing the print head to eject ink droplets based on the print data. The generating includes adjusting the print data in accordance with the ink information.
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公开(公告)号:US11738583B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-29
申请号:US17939242
申请日:2022-09-07
Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor: Satoshi Miyase , Yoshinori Osakabe , Tsuyoshi Kuwayama , Jun Morikawa , Haruka Azechi , Yasuo Ono , Yuto Chiba
IPC: B41J29/13
CPC classification number: B41J29/13
Abstract: A first cover moves between a first closed position and a first open position. The first cover is located at another end of a housing when the first cover is located at the first closed position. A second cover moves between a second closed position and a second open position. The second cover is located closer to one end than the first cover is at the first closed position and at the second closed position. A first portion of a first conveyance path is formed between the first cover and the second cover at the first closed position and at the second closed position. A second portion of a second conveyance path is formed at a side of the second cover facing the one end at the second closed position. When the first cover opens the first portion, the second cover is located at the second closed position.
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公开(公告)号:US11720044B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-08
申请号:US17816478
申请日:2022-08-01
Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Inventor: Satoshi Miyase , Yoshinori Osakabe , Tsuyoshi Kuwayama , Yasuo Ono , Yuto Chiba , Jun Morikawa , Haruka Azechi
IPC: G03G15/00
CPC classification number: G03G15/70
Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a casing having a front end and a rear end, a first tray, a first print engine, a second tray, a second print engine and a controller. The controller configured to perform: receiving first image data representing the first image and second image data representing the second image; executing a first process including a first conveying process and a first recording process; executing a second process including a second conveying process and a second recording process; determining whether an error has occurred in the second process; and in a case where the error has occurred in the second process, stopping the second process while continuing the first process.
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公开(公告)号:US11198304B2
公开(公告)日:2021-12-14
申请号:US16857410
申请日:2020-04-24
Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Inventor: Jun Morikawa , Sadaaki Miyazaki , Shinya Esaki , Kenta Horade
Abstract: In an image-recording device, a mount body detachably holds a cartridge. The cartridge has a first chamber configured to store consumable therein. A tank is in communication with the cartridge, and the tank has a second chamber. Consumable in the first chamber is capable of moving into the second chamber. A controller determines whether a residual quantity of consumable stored in the first chamber of the cartridge held by the mount body is lower than or equal to a prescribed threshold. The controller expands, when a specific condition is satisfied, a maximum quantity of consumable up to which consumable is capable of being stored in the second chamber. The specific condition includes a first condition that the residual quantity of consumable stored in the first chamber is higher than the prescribed threshold, and a second condition that information notifying that the cartridge is to be replaced is received.
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公开(公告)号:US11724525B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-15
申请号:US17215743
申请日:2021-03-29
Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor: Satoshi Miyase , Yoshinori Osakabe , Tsuyoshi Kuwayama , Jun Morikawa , Haruka Azechi , Yasuo Ono , Yuto Chiba
CPC classification number: B41J13/0009 , B41J3/46 , B41J3/543 , B41J11/58 , B41J13/025 , B41J13/106
Abstract: A first conveyance path and a second conveyance path are formed in a housing. The first conveyance path extends in a conveyance direction to reach a first discharge port for discharging a sheet. The second conveyance path extends in the conveyance direction at a position higher than the first conveyance path to reach a second discharge port for discharging a sheet. The second discharge port is located at a position upstream of the first discharge port in the conveyance direction. A first print engine is provided at the first conveyance path. The first print engine is configured to print an image by using a recording agent on a sheet conveyed along the first conveyance path. A second print engine is provided at the second conveyance path. The second print engine is configured to print an image by using a recording agent on a sheet conveyed along the second conveyance path.
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公开(公告)号:US11465429B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-11
申请号:US17210968
申请日:2021-03-24
Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor: Satoshi Miyase , Yoshinori Osakabe , Tsuyoshi Kuwayama , Jun Morikawa , Haruka Azechi , Yasuo Ono , Yuto Chiba
IPC: B41J29/13
Abstract: A first cover moves between a first closed position and a first open position. The first cover is located at another end of a housing when the first cover is located at the first closed position. A second cover moves between a second closed position and a second open position. The second cover is located closer to one end than the first cover is at the first closed position and at the second closed position. A first portion of a first conveyance path is formed between the first cover and the second cover at the first closed position and at the second closed position. A second portion of a second conveyance path is formed at a side of the second cover facing the one end at the second closed position. When the first cover opens the first portion, the second cover is located at the second closed position.
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公开(公告)号:US20200338900A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-29
申请号:US16857410
申请日:2020-04-24
Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Inventor: Jun Morikawa , Sadaaki Miyazaki , Shinya Esaki , Kenta Horade
Abstract: In an image-recording device, a mount body detachably holds a cartridge. The cartridge has a first chamber configured to store consumable therein. A tank is in communication with the cartridge, and the tank has a second chamber. Consumable in the first chamber is capable of moving into the second chamber. A controller determines whether a residual quantity of consumable stored in the first chamber of the cartridge held by the mount body is lower than or equal to a prescribed threshold. The controller expands, when a specific condition is satisfied, a maximum quantity of consumable up to which consumable is capable of being stored in the second chamber. The specific condition includes a first condition that the residual quantity of consumable stored in the first chamber is higher than the prescribed threshold, and a second condition that information notifying that the cartridge is to be replaced is received.
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公开(公告)号:US10540580B2
公开(公告)日:2020-01-21
申请号:US16000000
申请日:2018-06-05
Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor: Jun Morikawa
Abstract: A non-transitory storage medium stores a program readable by a computer of an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a communication interface configured to communicate with a printing apparatus. When executed by the computer, the program causes the information processing apparatus to perform: creating irreversibly-compressed data representing a to-be-printed image and reversibly-compressed data representing the to-be-printed image as print image data, the to-be-printed image being an image to be printed on a sheet, the print image data being image data for printing; and transmitting the created print image data to the printing apparatus.
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公开(公告)号:US12005720B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-11
申请号:US18344132
申请日:2023-06-29
Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Inventor: Satoshi Miyase , Yoshinori Osakabe , Tsuyoshi Kuwayama , Jun Morikawa , Haruka Azechi , Yasuo Ono , Yuto Chiba
IPC: B41J29/13
CPC classification number: B41J29/13
Abstract: A first cover moves between a first closed position and a first open position. The first cover is located at another end of a housing when the first cover is located at the first closed position. A second cover moves between a second closed position and a second open position. The second cover is located closer to one end than the first cover is at the first closed position and at the second closed position. A first portion of a first conveyance path is formed between the first cover and the second cover at the first closed position and at the second closed position. A second portion of a second conveyance path is formed at a side of the second cover facing the one end at the second closed position. When the first cover opens the first portion, the second cover is located at the second closed position.
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公开(公告)号:US11442394B2
公开(公告)日:2022-09-13
申请号:US17364933
申请日:2021-07-01
Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Inventor: Satoshi Miyase , Yoshinori Osakabe , Tsuyoshi Kuwayama , Yasuo Ono , Yuto Chiba , Jun Morikawa , Haruka Azechi
IPC: G03G15/00
Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a casing having a front end and a rear end, a first tray, a first print engine, a second tray, a second print engine and a controller. The controller configured to perform: receiving first image data representing the first image and second image data representing the second image; executing a first process including a first conveying process and a first recording process; executing a second process including a second conveying process and a second recording process; determining whether an error has occurred in the second process; and in a case where the error has occurred in the second process, stopping the second process while continuing the first process.
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