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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2023
Masanori Igarashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Igarashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a discharge unit to discharge a liquid; multiple liquid containers to contain the liquid having an identical color to each other; multiple insertion ports to which the multiple liquid containers are respectively detachably attachable; an acquisition unit to acquire information of the multiple liquid containers attached to the multiple insertion ports; a display; and circuitry configured to: in response to an acquisition of the information of the multiple liquid containers containing the liquid of identical color of different versions by the acquisition unit, cause the display to display information prompting an exchange of a liquid container containing the different versions to a liquid container containing the liquid having an identical color of an identical version to other of the multiple liquid containers.