摘要:
An ink-jet recording apparatus has an ink container which has a plurality of defined chambers for containing ink and a detecting device which detects the residual ink quantity in the chambers. The detecting device has photosensors fixed in the recording apparatus which can detect the residual ink quantity in the chambers optically based on an amount of light passing through the chambers. As the ink container moves with a printhead carried by a carriage, the photosensors detect the residual ink quantities in the chambers one after another, whereby a simple detecting device for an ink container having multiple ink chambers can be provided.
摘要:
A liquid container for containing liquid includes a plurality of defined chambers, a liquid supply port for supplying the liquid from the container, the supply port being formed in one of the chambers, an air vent formed in the one of the chambers, and a porous liquid supply material only through which the chambers communicate.