Printing apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8919900
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13904541

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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.

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  • SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kosugi, Yasuhiko Nagano-ken, JP 63 680
Yamagata, Shinya Nagano-ken, JP 15 124

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