公开(公告)号：US08132877B2

公开(公告)日：2012-03-13

申请号：US12183101

申请日：2008-07-31

申请人： Christopher Ryan Gold ,  Ernest Israel Esplin ,  Frederck T. Mattern ,  Brent Rodney Jones ,  Michael A. Fairchild

发明人： Christopher Ryan Gold ,  Ernest Israel Esplin ,  Frederck T. Mattern ,  Brent Rodney Jones ,  Michael A. Fairchild

IPC分类号： B41J2/195

CPC分类号： B41J2/17566 ,  B41J2/0057

摘要： An ink status conveyance system comprises a maximum monitored ink level sensor operable with respect to an ink source for holding a supply of ink and delivering the ink to a printhead. The ink level sensor is configured to detect when an available amount of ink in the ink source corresponds to an ample ink level. A notification controller is configured to track the available amount of ink in the ink source between an ample ink level and an ink out level. A user interface is configured to enable a user to designate a low ink notification set point for the ink source at any ink level between the ample ink level and the ink out level. The notification controller is configured to compare the user designated low ink notification set point to the available ink volume value to generate a low ink notification when the available ink volume value corresponds to the user designated low ink notification set point.

摘要翻译： 油墨状态传送系统包括最大监视墨水量传感器，其相对于墨源可操作以保持墨水供应并将墨水输送到打印头。 墨水量传感器被配置为检测墨源中的可用墨量是否对应于足够的墨水量。 通知控制器被配置为在充足的墨水量和墨水量之间跟踪墨水源中的墨水的可用量。 用户界面被配置为使得用户能够在足够的墨水水平和墨水输出水平之间的任何墨水水平处指定墨水源的低墨水通知设定点。 通知控制器被配置为当可用墨水量值对应于用户指定的低墨水通知设定点时，将用户指定的低墨水通知设定点与可用墨水量值进行比较，以产生低墨水通知。

公开(公告)号：US08186785B1

公开(公告)日：2012-05-29

申请号：US13356895

申请日：2012-01-24

申请人： Christopher Ryan Gold ,  Ernest Israel Esplin ,  Frederck T. Mattern ,  Brent Rodney Jones ,  Michael A. Fairchild

发明人： Christopher Ryan Gold ,  Ernest Israel Esplin ,  Frederck T. Mattern ,  Brent Rodney Jones ,  Michael A. Fairchild

IPC分类号： B41J2/195

CPC分类号： B41J2/17566 ,  B41J2/0057

摘要： An ink status conveyance system comprises a maximum monitored ink level sensor operable with respect to an ink source for holding a supply of ink and delivering the ink to a printhead. The ink level sensor is configured to detect when an available amount of ink in the ink source corresponds to an ample ink level. A notification controller is configured to track the available amount of ink in the ink source between an ample ink level and an ink out level. The notification controller is configured to compare the user designated low ink notification set point to the available ink volume value to generate a low ink notification when the available ink volume value corresponds to the user designated low ink notification set point.

摘要翻译： 油墨状态传送系统包括最大监视墨水量传感器，其相对于墨源可操作以保持墨水供应并将墨水输送到打印头。 墨水量传感器被配置为检测墨源中的可用墨量是否对应于足够的墨水量。 通知控制器被配置为在充足的墨水量和墨水量之间跟踪墨水源中的墨水的可用量。 通知控制器被配置为当可用墨水量值对应于用户指定的低墨水通知设定点时，将用户指定的低墨水通知设定点与可用墨水量值进行比较，以产生低墨水通知。