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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 19, 2023
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kenji Kubozono, Tokyo, JP;

Akira Kuronuma, Tokyo, JP;

Hideya Tabeta, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17509 (2013.01); B41J 2/1753 (2013.01); B41J 2/17546 (2013.01); G06F 3/121 (2013.01); G06F 3/1229 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17579 (2013.01);
Abstract

A printing apparatus includes a liquid storage unit that stores liquid to be supplied to a printhead, which performs printing by discharging the liquid, a liquid amount detection unit that detects an amount of the liquid stored in the liquid storage unit, and a control unit that performs control to, in response to a start of liquid filling into the liquid storage unit, provide notification of the amount of the liquid detected by the liquid amount detection unit.


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