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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1997
Kazumichi Shimada, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink jet recording apparatus including a supply roller for supplying a sheet in a sheet feed direction. A carriage is slidably mounted within the ink jet printer for displacement in a scanning direction. A head is mounted on the carriage, and a first ink cartridge containing high color-density inks of a plurality of colors and a second ink cartridge containing low color-density inks of a plurality of colors are mounted on the carriage for supplying ink to the head. First and second ink cartridges are removably attached to the head and may be positioned adjacent to each other in a sheet feed direction, in a scanning direction or in a direction orthogonal to the sheet feed direction and the scanning direction.
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