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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2009
Katsuhiko Nishizaka, Kitakyushu, JP;
Hisataka Kugimachi, Matsumoto, JP;
Tsutomu Iwanaga, Kitakyushu, JP;
Katsuhiko Nishizaka, Kitakyushu, JP;
Hisataka Kugimachi, Matsumoto, JP;
Tsutomu Iwanaga, Kitakyushu, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When the number of sheets that have been printed has reached the number of sheets guaranteed for printing, a number representing a upper limit of the number of sheets that can be printed, an ink jet printer declines to perform printing with an ink cartridge for which the number of sheets guaranteed for printing has been set, but when the number of sheets printed has not reached the number of sheets guaranteed for printing, performs printing of an image onto a recording sheet S by using the ink cartridge, the ink jet printer determining the number of sheets remaining N on the basis of the number of sheets printed that have been printed, and displaying on a display unitthe number of sheets remaining information display screenincorporating a number of sheets remaining display unitthat causes visual recognition of a relation between the number of sheets guaranteed for printing and the number of sheets remaining.