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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2016
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Shirotori, Azumino, JP;
Tadahiro Mizutani, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a carriage including a recording head that performs recording on a medium, the carriage being movable in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a control portion that controls the recording head and the carriage. The carriage has a first disposal section in which a first cartridge that supplies a liquid to the recording head is disposed and a second disposal section in which a second cartridge that does not supply a liquid to the recording head is disposed. The first cartridge includes a first information holder that holds information about the first cartridge. The second cartridge includes a second information holder that holds information about the second cartridge. The control portion executes a control of performing recording by using only the liquid contained in the first cartridge on the basis of the information held by the second information holder.