Title:
印刷装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP7298173
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
Provided is a printer including an ink tank provided with, at a side surface, an optical separator for separating light in a vertical direction, a print head performing printing by using ink in the ink tank, a photoelectric conversion device detecting light incident from the ink tank after passing through the optical separator, and a processing unit detecting an amount of ink in the ink tank based on an output of the photoelectric conversion device.
Inventors:
Takahiro Netsu
Application Number:
JP2019022318A
Publication Date:
June 27, 2023
Filing Date:
February 12, 2019
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation
International Classes:
B41J2/175; G01D5/32
Domestic Patent References:
JP2009250817A | ||||
JP8187873A | ||||
JP4038435U | ||||
JP6320746A | ||||
JP2017013242A | ||||
JP2004074618A | ||||
JP5042680A | ||||
JP2007144744A | ||||
JP2016190354A |
Foreign References:
US20090109266 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Noboru Takekoshi
Hajime Inoue
Yasushi Kuroda
Hiroaki Nishikawa
Yukazu Aihara
Hajime Inoue
Yasushi Kuroda
Hiroaki Nishikawa
Yukazu Aihara
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