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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Junichi Kimizuka, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ;
Abstract
An image recording apparatus operates a counter acting as a print timer in a printing operation. In a case where a counted value reaches a predetermined value, the image recording apparatus sets a waiting state, stops power supply from a high voltage power supply unit according to a predetermined sequence, starts to operate a nonvolatile memory in a cartridge according to a predetermined procedure, reads data from the memory, adds the read data to the counted value of the print timer, and then writes an added result.