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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2007
Applicants:
Takayuki Tanaka, Matsumoto, JP;
Yoshiaki Shibasaki, Suwon, JP;
Inventors:
Takayuki Tanaka, Matsumoto, JP;
Yoshiaki Shibasaki, Suwon, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ink supply control apparatus includes: a driver, operable to drive a selector provided between a recording head and an ink tank to control an ink supply from the ink tank to the recording head; a detector, operable to detect that the selector is disposed in a predetermined position between two positions of at least two control positions; and a controller, operable to control the driver so as to stop the selector in one of the two positions in a predetermined time after the detector detects that the selector is disposed in the predetermined position.