Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-Kaisha

Shumei Mori

Yohei Kuno

Sho Mishima

Akiko Niimi

Toshiaki Mizutani

Toshinobu Ozawa

The image formation device includes a tank, a hollow member, and a sensor. The tank is configured to store ink. The hollow member is disposed inside the tank, and extends in an up-down direction. The sensor is disposed outside the tank and above the hollow member, and is configured to detect a pressure inside the hollow member.

Image formation device

A memory module has a memory mounted thereon. A support plate supports a circuit board. The circuit board is located facing and separated from the support plate. The circuit board has a first contact. A holder has a recessed housing portion and a first engagement portion. The housing portion is formed to internally house the memory module. The first engagement portion is provided to be inserted into an opening and engage with the opening. The holder is configured to be fixed to the support plate in an attitude in which the housing portion is open toward the circuit board, by the first engagement portion engaging with the opening. A lid is mounted on the holder by being inserted into the housing portion. A conductive portion is provided on the lid. The conductive portion is configured to electrically connect the memory module to the first contact of the circuit board.

Electronic device

A printer includes discharge control devices, a first ID storage device, a control data output device, a connection device, a connection control device, an assigning device, a processor, and a memory. The processor performs outputting print data, which is data to discharge the liquid by the discharge port group connected to the discharge control device, corresponding to the unique ID from the control data output device, by using a communication ID that corresponds to the unique ID, via a connection device controlled by a connection control device, to each of a plurality of discharge control devices, and controlling discharge of the liquid by the discharge port groups to which the plurality of discharge control devices are respectively connected, in accordance with the print data which corresponds to the unique ID of the individual discharge control device and which has been output from the control data output device.

Printer and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing printer control program

A printer includes a plurality of discharge control devices, a control data output device, a connection device, a connection control device, a processor and a memory. The processor performs starting output of specified print data, which is used to discharge the liquid by the discharge port group, from the control data output device to a specified discharge control device which is one of the plurality of discharge control devices that are each connected to one of the plurality of second connection ports and which is a target to perform processing that outputs print data, outputting subsequent print data, which relates is to a specified discharge target onto which the liquid is to be discharged by the discharge port group, to the specified discharge control device that is connected to the second connection port, based on the specified print data for which output has been started.

A printing device includes first and second print heads, first and second print head control units, a first print head feeding unit moving the first print head in a main scanning direction, a second print head feeding unit moving the second print head in the main scanning direction, a first medium feeding unit moving a first medium holding unit in an auxiliary scanning direction orthogonal to the main scanning direction, a second medium feeding unit moving a second medium holding unit in the auxiliary scanning direction in parallel with the movement of the first medium feeding unit, a first printing unit control unit (controlling the first print head control unit, the first print head feeding unit and the first medium feeding unit), and a second printing unit control unit (controlling the second print head control unit, the second print head feeding unit and the second medium feeding unit).

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Ichinomiya, Japan

Shumei Mori