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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2017
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Katsunori Nishida, Toyoake, JP;
Yoshinori Kato, Nagoya, JP;
BROTHER KYOGO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A processor of a print device performs empty processing in a case where it has determined that it has received, from a remaining ink amount detector, a first signal that indicates that a remaining amount of an ink is not greater than a first prescribed amount. The processor also performs the empty processing in a case where it has not determined that it has received the first signal, but has determined that it has received a second signal. In the empty processing, the processor performs soak cleaning of a nozzle face and stores an empty soak standby flag in an EEPROM. The empty soak standby flag is a flag that prohibits the performing of a printing operation. Therefore, the print device is able to reduce the possibility that a decline in print quality will occur.