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Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 28, 2022
Applicant:

Roland Dg Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;

Inventors:

Akihiro Suzuki, Hamamatsu, JP;

Hirokazu Kakei, Hamamatsu, JP;

Assignee:

ROLAND DG CORPORATION, Shizuoka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/17 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17566 (2013.01); B41J 2/1652 (2013.01); B41J 2/1721 (2013.01); B41J 2002/1728 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17573 (2013.01);
Abstract

An inkjet printer includes a support table supporting a waste liquid tank and being displaceable in accordance with a weight of the waste liquid tank, a first sensor to detect that the support table has reached a first position, a second sensor to detect that the support table has reached a second position, a first determinator to determine that the waste liquid tank is in a near-end state when the support table is detected by the first sensor to have reached the first position, and a notifier to notify a user of the near-end state when the first determinator determines that the waste liquid tank is in the near-end state.


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