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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2024
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Ryota Takahashi, Shiojiri, JP;
Sawako Tsujimura, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head, an attachment unit, and an operation unit including a display unit. The attachment unit includes a first attachment portion for a first liquid reservoir unit that reserves a first liquid, and a second attachment portion fora second liquid reservoir unit that reserves a second liquid having a sedimentation property inferior to that of the first liquid. A control method includes, in a case in which execution of a replacement mode is instructed, displaying information for prompting removal of the first liquid reservoir unit, displaying information for prompting attachment of a different second liquid reservoir unit from the second liquid reservoir unit attached to the second attachment portion, to the first attachment portion, and supplying the second liquid to nozzles that discharge the first liquid when the different second liquid reservoir unit is attached to the first attachment portion.