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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2023
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Yamagata, Matsumoto, JP;
Noriyuki Fukasawa, Matsumoto, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A supply system, in which each of a plurality of printers holds ink specification information for specifying a kind of ink to be supplied to the printer, includes an ink supply apparatus. The ink supply apparatus includes a plurality of ink storage units storing different kinds of ink, a plurality of ink discharging units each of which is coupled to a corresponding one of the ink storage units and discharges, to the printer, the ink stored in the coupled ink storage unit, an information reading unit that reads the ink specification information held by the printer, and a control unit that controls an ink discharging unit of the ink discharging units and causes the ink discharging unit to discharge ink, the ink discharging unit being coupled to the ink storage unit storing the kind of ink specified by the ink specification information read by the information reading unit.