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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2022
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Kaori Kitayama, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The inkjet recording apparatus includes a plurality of line heads each including a recording head, a plurality of waste ink collection containers, a display portion that indicates states of the line heads and the waste ink collection containers, and a control portion that detects the states of the line heads and the waste ink collection containers and controls display portion. In a case where an unused line head or an unused waste ink collection container exists and where a recording head in one of the line heads in use or one of the waste ink collection containers in use needs to be replaced, the control portion indicates, on the display portion, the recording head in the unused line head or the unused waste ink collection container as a recording head available for replacement or a waste ink collection container available for replacement.