Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Printing system and printing apparatus
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Application No.: US18185131Application Date: 2023-03-16
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Publication No.: US11889041B2Publication Date: 2024-01-30
- Inventor: Masaharu Iwamoto
- Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: WORKMAN NYDEGGER
- Priority: JP 22042510 2022.03.17
- Main IPC: G03G15/095
- IPC: G03G15/095 ; H04N1/34 ; H04N1/00

Abstract:
A printing system includes a company server and a printing apparatus. The printing apparatus is used in business-use printing and private-use printing. The printing apparatus includes: a printing section performing printing on a medium by using a printing agent; and a waste agent collecting section collecting as a waste agent, the portion of the printing agent that is consumed by the printing section but is discarded without being used in printing on the medium. The printing system includes a determination section and an estimation section. The determination section determines whether the printing agent as the waste agent is discarded in business-use printing or private-use printing. The estimation section estimates an amount of printing agent determined by the determination section to be discarded in business-use printing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230300273A1 PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2023-09-21
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