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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2001
Hitotoshi Kimura, Nagano, JP;
Atsushi Kobayashi, Nagano, JP;
Noboru Tamura, Nagano, JP;
Hiroaki Tojyo, Nagano, JP;
Yoshiharu Aruga, Nagano, JP;
Minoru Usui, Nagano, JP;
Kazunaga Suzuki, Nagano, JP;
Takashi Mano, Nagano, JP;
Toshio Kumagai, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an ink jet recording apparatus, a recording head is mounted on a carriage which reciprocately moves in a widthwise direction of recording paper. A subtank is mounted on the carriage for supplying ink. A main tank stores ink which is replenished to the subtank. An ink amount detector detects an amount of ink stored in the subtank. A replenishment controller controls replenishment of ink stored in the main tank to the subtank, in accordance with the ink amount detected by the ink amount detector.