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Ink-jet printing apparatus, ink-supplying apparatus and method for supplying ink

US6447084B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 31, 2000
Grant dateSep 10, 2002
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Expiry dateMay 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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