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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2009
Takayuki Ochiai, Inagi, JP;
Akira Kuribayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuhiko Ikeda, Sagamihara, JP;
Mitsuyuki Fujibayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenji Kitabatake, Kawasaki, JP;
Takayuki Ochiai, Inagi, JP;
Akira Kuribayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuhiko Ikeda, Sagamihara, JP;
Mitsuyuki Fujibayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenji Kitabatake, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a carriage, ink containers mounted in the carriage and including respective light emitters, a driving unit for moving the ink tanks, a light receiver receiving light from the light emitters, a light control unit controlling lighting the light emitter of a predetermined ink container, and a determining unit for determining whether the predetermined ink container is mounted at a correct position, based on the light emitted from the light emitter of the predetermined ink container at positions. When the driving unit does not move the carriage to a position where at least one of the ink containers is facing the light receiver, the determining unit determines whether the at least one of the ink containers is mounted at the correct position, based on the light received from the light emitters at a position adjacent to the facing position.