Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Printing apparatus, print processing system, and computer-readable medium to provide supply-related information based on supply-consumed status
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Application No.: US17448928Application Date: 2021-09-27
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Publication No.: US11599315B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Yuka Hattori
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: Burr Patent Law, PLLC
- Priority: JPJP2020-182353 20201030
- Main IPC: G06F3/12
- IPC: G06F3/12

Abstract:
A printing apparatus includes a holder configured to hold an expendable supply attached thereto, a print engine configured to perform printing using the supply, a display configured to display information regarding the supply, and a controller configured to determine whether a supply-consumed status amount of the supply attached to the holder has reached a first threshold, the supply-consumed status amount representing how much the supply is consumed, and when determining that the supply-consumed status amount of the supply attached to the holder has reached the first threshold, cause the display to show supply-related information related to a contract concluded on the supply used for the printing.
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