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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Uetsuki, Yokohama, JP;
Taku Yokozawa, Yokohama, JP;
Toshimitsu Danzuka, Tokyo, JP;
Masataka Kato, Yokohama, JP;
Tsuyoshi Ibe, Yokohama, JP;
Asako Tomida, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroaki Komatsu, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a carriage with the recording head mounted thereon, a main tank, a sub-tank configured to be supplied with ink from the main tank via a tube, a supply tube configured to connect the recording head and the sub-tank, a supply unit connected to the supply tube and configured to supply ink from the main tank to the sub-tank, and a control unit configured to control acceleration of the carriage and to control the supply unit, wherein, when an empty volume in the sub-tank is greater than or equal to an ink volume in the main tank, the supply unit is controlled to supply ink to the sub-tank.