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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2023
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Noriyuki Fukasawa, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 2/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17523 (2013.01); B41J 2/2121 (2013.01); B41J 2/442 (2013.01); B41J 2203/01 (2020.08);
Abstract
A printing material cartridge mounted by being inserted into a cartridge mounting portion of a printing apparatus, includes: an identification portion on which identification information for identifying the printing material cartridge is recorded, in which the identification portion is formed at a readable position that is optically readable by a reading portion formed inside a cartridge mounting portion of the printing apparatus in an insertion process of inserting the printing material cartridge into the cartridge mounting portion.