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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Katsuyuki Tanaka, Matsumoto, JP;
Yasumasa Nakajima, Shiojiri, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 29/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17546 (2013.01); B41J 2/04508 (2013.01); B41J 2/04581 (2013.01); B41J 2/14201 (2013.01); B41J 2/16517 (2013.01); B41J 2/16552 (2013.01); B41J 2/1752 (2013.01); B41J 2/17509 (2013.01); B41J 2/17553 (2013.01); B41J 2/2103 (2013.01); B41J 29/02 (2013.01); B41J 29/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printing apparatus provided with a carriage provided with a mounting unit which can be mounted with a cartridge in which ink is accommodated and a printing head, an ink tank which stores ink, and a control unit which controls ejecting of ink using the printing head, in which, in a case in which the control unit obtains information for blocking ejecting of ink corresponding to the mounting unit, ejecting of ink, by the printing head, corresponding to the mounting unit is blocked.