Ink-jet printing apparatus, ink-supplying apparatus and method for supplying ink
US6447084B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 31, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 10, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 31, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2/17509
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An ink-jet printing apparatus, an ink-supplying apparatus, and a method for supplying ink are configured so that a mode of ink supply is changed to another mode, for example the mode of supplying ink to an ink tank is changed to another in accordance with a fact that a next page is intended to be printed or not, when an ink tank that requires the supply of ink is detected, with the result that the printing speed is increased.
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