Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ink supply control method for an inkjet printer, and an inkjet printer
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Application No.: US14051961Application Date: 2013-10-11
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Publication No.: US09033475B2Publication Date: 2015-05-19
- Inventor: Yuichi Urabe
- Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
- Agent John J. Penny, Jr.
- Priority: JP2012-225748 20121011; JP2012-226677 20121012
- Main IPC: B41J2/175
- IPC: B41J2/175 ; B41J29/38

Abstract:
An inkjet printer 1 has an elastic ink pack 10 that holds ink, and an ink supply mechanism 5 that pressurizes the ink pack 10 and supplies ink to the ink path 4 side. The ink supply mechanism 5 has a pressure pump 15; a remaining ink monitor 52 that watches if the ink in the ink pack 10 has dropped to a specific remaining ink level; a first pressure control unit 56 that drives the pressure pump 15 until the pump pressure reaches a preset first set pressure P1 when the remaining ink has not reached the specific remaining ink level; and a second pressure control unit 57 that drives the pressure pump 15 until the pump pressure reaches a second set pressure P2 that is higher than the first set pressure P1 when the remaining ink has reached the specific remaining ink level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140104350A1 INK SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD FOR AN INKJET PRINTER, AND AN INKJET PRINTER Public/Granted day:2014-04-17
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