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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
May. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shinya Yamagata, Nagano-ken, JP;
Yasuhiko Kosugi, Nagano-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/195 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17566 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a detection unit that detects the amount of residual ink in a ink cartridge, and a control unit that controls of initial filling of a printing head, in which the control unit performs initial filling when a state of the amount of residual ink detected by the detection unit is equal to or more than a predetermined amount, and the amount of residual ink based on information on the amount of ink stored in a storage unit is equal to or more than a predetermined value.