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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2004
Yoshihiko Aihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiko Aihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an ink jet recording apparatus. According to the present invention, in the operating mode wherein a recording operation can be continued even when the amount of ink on which the management process is based is exhausted, when an instruction for performing the recording operation is issued, whether a predetermined operation has been performed using manipulation means provided for the recording apparatus is confirmed, and the recording operation is initiated after the predetermined operation has been performed by a user. Thereby, when the actual amount of ink is exhausted, there is prevented such trouble that the main body of a printer or a recording head would be damaged.
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