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- Patent Title: Inkjet recording apparatus capable of performing inquiry process to inquire whether ink has been injected into ink chamber
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Application No.: US15875073Application Date: 2018-01-19
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Publication No.: US10363751B2Publication Date: 2019-07-30
- Inventor: Kenta Horade
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-Ken
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-Ken
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: JP2017-008431 20170120
- Main IPC: B41J2/175
- IPC: B41J2/175 ; B41J29/13 ; B41J29/38

Abstract:
An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a tank; a recording assembly; a cover; a memory; a display; an operation interface; and a controller. The controller performs: a first determination process to determine whether a quantity of ink in an ink chamber of the tank is less than a residual ink threshold; a second determination process to determine whether an exposing time of the cover is not less than a first time period; and an inquiry process to inquire whether ink has been injected into the ink chamber. The controller performs, based on the determination in the first determination process that the quantity of ink in the ink chamber is less than the residual ink threshold, the inquiry process without performing the second determination process; and performs, in response to receipt of a first operation in the inquiry process, an initialization process to initialize a count value for the ink chamber.
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