公开(公告)号：US12043038B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-23

申请号：US17697892

申请日：2022-03-17

申请人： BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

发明人： Yuki Yada

IPC分类号： B41J2/175

CPC分类号： B41J2/17566 ,  B41J2/17546 ,  B41J2/17553 ,  B41J2002/17589

摘要： First information about a remaining amount of a first printing material in a first cartridge is acquired, second information about to a remaining amount of a second printing material in a second cartridge is acquired, and display screen data is generated. The display screen data indicates a display screen including a first display image including a first object and a second object for displaying a first value based on the first information and a third object for displaying a second value based on the second information. The first and third objects indicate a value corresponding to a state where a printing material remains in the cartridges, and the second object indicates a value corresponding to remaining of the first printing material in a tank connected to the first cartridge. The first and third objects are displayed in a first area, and the second object is displayed in a second area.

公开(公告)号：US20230234366A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-27

申请号：US18194752

申请日：2023-04-03

申请人： BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

发明人： Noriaki KISHIMOTO

IPC分类号： B41J2/175 ,  G06Q10/087

CPC分类号： B41J2/17546 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  B41J2/17566 ,  B41J2/17523 ,  B41J2002/17589

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes: a main casing; a supply cartridge attachable to the main casing; a printing mechanism; a display; and a controller configured to perform: determining, based on information inputted into the controller, whether an agreement is made for the image forming apparatus; setting, when an agreement is made for the image forming apparatus, an operation mode for the image forming apparatus to a pre-contract mode; determining under the pre-contract mode whether a type of the supply cartridge attached to the main casing is a normal type or a subscription type; displaying, when the type of the supply cartridge attached to the main casing is the normal type, information related to the pre-contract mode on the display; and setting, when the type of the supply cartridge attached to the main casing is the subscription type, the operation mode from the pre-contract mode to a formal contract mode.

公开(公告)号：US20180281394A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-04

申请号：US15937951

申请日：2018-03-28

申请人： BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

发明人： Kenta HORADE ,  Mikio OGAWA ,  Toshiro UEDA

IPC分类号： B41J2/045 ,  B41J2/175

CPC分类号： B41J2/04586 ,  B41J2/17509 ,  B41J2/1752 ,  B41J2/17523 ,  B41J2/17546 ,  B41J2/17553 ,  B41J2/17566 ,  B41J29/13 ,  B41J29/38 ,  B41J2002/17569 ,  B41J2002/17589

摘要： An apparatus, for discharging a liquid through a head based on a first discharge instruction, is configured to: update a liquid amount V stored in the memory with a value equivalent to the amount of liquid instructed to be discharged by the first discharge instruction; determine whether the updated liquid amount V is equal to or larger a threshold amount; update the liquid amount V stored in a memory to a predetermined value in response to determining that the updated liquid amount V is equal to or larger than the threshold amount and receiving a second signal from the liquid level sensor; and prohibit the liquid from being discharged through the head in response to determining that the updated liquid amount V is less than the threshold amount and receiving the first signal from the liquid level sensor.

公开(公告)号：US20180272720A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-27

申请号：US15915692

申请日：2018-03-08

申请人： SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

发明人： Akira MASHIMA ,  Seijun HORIE

IPC分类号： B41J2/17

CPC分类号： B41J2/1721 ,  B41J2/17566 ,  B41J2/185 ,  B41J2002/17569 ,  B41J2002/17589 ,  B41J2002/1853 ,  B41J2002/1856

摘要： A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge section configured to discharge liquid onto a medium, a holding section capable of holding a waste liquid container capable of containing waste liquid exhausted from the liquid discharge section, a sensor capable of detecting a state in which a containing amount of the waste liquid container has reached a threshold value, and a calculation section configured to calculate a waste liquid amount based on an exhaust amount of the waste liquid exhausted by the liquid discharge section. In the case where the sensor has detected the state in which the containing amount has reached the threshold value, the calculation section calculates the waste liquid amount by adding the exhaust amount of the waste liquid exhausted after the detection of the state by the sensor to the threshold value.

公开(公告)号：US20180147853A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-31

申请号：US15713958

申请日：2017-09-25

申请人： BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

发明人： Yoichiro SHIMIZU

IPC分类号： B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/17 ,  B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/17566 ,  B41J2/135 ,  B41J2/16523 ,  B41J2/16526 ,  B41J2/1721 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/17506 ,  B41J2/17509 ,  B41J2/17553 ,  B41J2/17596 ,  B41J29/38 ,  B41J2002/17569 ,  B41J2002/17589

摘要： In a fluid ejection apparatus, fluid flows from a tank, through a fluid inlet, to a fluid supply passage which extends to nozzles. A driver is configured to apply energy to fluid in the fluid supply passage to eject fluid from the nozzles. A purge unit is configured to purge fluid from the nozzles to execute first purging. A controller is configured to receive, from a user input unit, a refill completion signal indicating that the tank is refilled with fluid, obtain an amount of fluid consumed since receipt of the refill completion signal by counting an amount of fluid discharged from the nozzles, and determine an amount of fluid to be purged by the first purging by subtracting the amount of fluid consumed from a total capacity of the fluid supply passage.

公开(公告)号：US20180095398A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-05

申请号：US15697985

申请日：2017-09-07

申请人： CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

发明人： Satoshi YOSHIDA

IPC分类号： G03G15/00

CPC分类号： G03G15/556 ,  B41J2/17509 ,  B41J2/17566 ,  B41J29/38 ,  B41J2002/17569 ,  B41J2002/17589 ,  G03G15/0856

摘要： First prediction data indicating a timing at which a consumable for use in a printing apparatus is to be replenished in the printing apparatus, and second prediction data indicating a timing at which a part of the printing apparatus is to be replaced, are obtained. The obtained first and second prediction data are arranged in time series on the basis of the timings indicated by the first and second prediction data. The first and second prediction data arranged in time series are displayed.

公开(公告)号：US20180095397A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-05

申请号：US15573215

申请日：2015-07-24

申请人： Jose Miquel Cluet Beltran ,  Albert Crespi Serrano ,  Oriol Borrell Avila

发明人： Jose Miquel Cluet Beltran ,  Albert Crespi Serrano ,  Oriol Borrell Avila

IPC分类号： G03G15/00 ,  B41J2/175 ,  G06K15/00 ,  G06F3/12

CPC分类号： G06F3/1235 ,  B41J2/17566 ,  B41J2002/17569 ,  B41J2002/17573 ,  B41J2002/17589 ,  G03G15/556 ,  G06F3/121 ,  G06K15/4075

摘要： In examples a printing system comprises a controller and a printing device. The controller is to divide a print job into a sequence of areas, wherein an image property varies between adjacent areas. The controller is to determine a pausing point to be within a runout area at which a redivide amount of a consumable will be at or below a predetermined first amount when executing the print job when the runout area fulfills a condition. The controller is to determine the pausing point to be within a preceding area that fulfills the condition when the runout area does not fulfill the condition. The controller is to control the printing device to pause printing of the print job at the pausing point.

公开(公告)号：US09643425B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-09

申请号：US15231036

申请日：2016-08-08

申请人： SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

发明人： Manabu Munakata

IPC分类号： B41J29/393 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/045 ,  B41J2/165

CPC分类号： B41J2/17566 ,  B41J2/04508 ,  B41J2/0451 ,  B41J2/0456 ,  B41J2/04573 ,  B41J2/04581 ,  B41J2/04588 ,  B41J2/0459 ,  B41J2/165 ,  B41J2/16526 ,  B41J2/16579 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J29/393 ,  B41J2002/17569 ,  B41J2002/17573 ,  B41J2002/17589

摘要： A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a liquid discharge section configured to discharge liquid supplied from a liquid container in accordance with a drive signal; a sensor configured to measure a remaining quantity of the liquid in the liquid container; a measurement section configured to identify a measurement consumption quantity being a variation quantity of the remaining quantity in a measurement period; an estimation section configured to estimate an estimated consumption quantity of the liquid in accordance with print contents in the measurement period; a comparison section configured to make a comparison between the measurement consumption quantity and the estimated consumption quantity; if the measurement consumption quantity is smaller than the estimated consumption quantity by comparison of the comparison section, an inspection section configured to inspect whether or not there is a discharge defect in the liquid discharge section; and if the inspection section determines that there are no discharge defects, an adjustment section configured to adjust an amplitude of the drive signal.

公开(公告)号：US20150266312A1

公开(公告)日：2015-09-24

申请号：US14657946

申请日：2015-03-13

申请人： Kunihiro Yamanaka ,  Junji Nakai ,  Yohji Hirose

发明人： Kunihiro Yamanaka ,  Junji Nakai ,  Yohji Hirose

IPC分类号： B41J11/00

CPC分类号： B41J11/0015 ,  B41J2002/17589

摘要： A printing apparatus includes a plasma processing unit that processes a surface of a processing object by using plasma; a recording unit that performs ink jet recording on the surface of the processing object, which has been plasma-processed by the plasma processing unit; a setting unit that sets a print mode of an image to be recorded by the recording unit, the print mode corresponding to the processing object; and a control unit that controls the plasma processing unit to plasma-process the processing object with a plasma energy amount based on the print mode set by the setting unit.

摘要翻译： 印刷装置包括：等离子体处理单元，其通过使用等离子体处理处理对象的表面; 记录单元，其在经过等离子体处理单元等离子体处理的处理对象表面上进行喷墨记录; 设置单元，其设置由记录单元记录的图像的打印模式，对应于处理对象的打印模式; 以及控制单元，其控制所述等离子体处理单元基于由所述设置单元设置的打印模式以等离子体能量等级处理所述处理对象。

公开(公告)号：US08740335B2

公开(公告)日：2014-06-03

申请号：US13790851

申请日：2013-03-08

申请人： Yasumasa Mihara

发明人： Yasumasa Mihara

IPC分类号： B41J2/045

CPC分类号： B41J2/04501 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/17509 ,  B41J2/17566 ,  B41J29/38 ,  B41J2002/17589

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes a print head configured to fire ink droplets; a subtank configured to store therein ink and supply the ink to the print head; a subatmospheric pressure generating unit configured to generate subatmospheric pressure in the subtank; a main tank configured to supply ink to the subtank; a detecting unit configured to detect an amount of ink in the main tank; and a control unit configured to control the subatmospheric pressure generating unit to generate subatmospheric pressure in the subtank and control the print head to fire ink droplets when the detecting unit detects that an amount of ink in the main tank is less than a predetermined first threshold, and control the print head to stop firing ink droplets when a time elapsed after the subatmospheric pressure is generated in the subtank exceeds a predetermined second threshold.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括：构造成喷射墨滴的打印头; 配置成存储墨水并将墨水供应到打印头的子卡座; 一个低于大气压的压力产生单元，被配置成在所述子容器中产生低于大气压的压力; 主容器，其构造成将墨水供应到所述子容器; 检测单元，被配置为检测所述主罐中的墨水量; 以及控制单元，其被配置为当所述检测单元检测到所述主箱中的墨水量小于预定的第一阈值时，控制所述副压力产生单元在所述子容器中产生低于大气压的压力，并且控制所述打印头喷射墨滴， 并且在子容纳槽中产生低于大气压的时间经过时间后，控制打印头停止喷墨墨滴超过预定的第二阈值。