JPH02125747A - Ink-jet recording apparatus - Google Patents

Ink-jet recording apparatus

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Publication number
JPH02125747A
JPH02125747A JP27863888A JP27863888A JPH02125747A JP H02125747 A JPH02125747 A JP H02125747A JP 27863888 A JP27863888 A JP 27863888A JP 27863888 A JP27863888 A JP 27863888A JP H02125747 A JPH02125747 A JP H02125747A
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Prior art keywords
ink
time
refilling operation
recording apparatus
filling
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Inventor
Shuichi Yamaguchi
修一 山口
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Seiko Epson Corp
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Seiko Epson Corp
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/17—Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/175—Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B41J2/17503—Ink cartridges
    • B41J2/17506—Refilling of the cartridge
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/17—Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/175—Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B41J2/17503—Ink cartridges
    • B41J2/17513—Inner structure
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/17—Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/175—Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B41J2/17503—Ink cartridges
    • B41J2/17536—Protection of cartridges or parts thereof, e.g. tape

Abstract

PURPOSE:To completely finish refilling operation of an ink from an ink reservoir to a recording head via an ink passage by indicating where a process which is being performed is positioned among the whole of the refilling operation. CONSTITUTION:A display panel 8 is provided in an upper part of a recording apparatus. The display panel 8 is constituted of an LCD, LED or the like. The total time required for filling the ink is counted down from the start of the refilling operation when the refilling operation is conducted, and 0 is indicated at the end of the refilling operation. In place of counting down the time, the remaining time (a) or the elapsed time may be counted down and indicated by a percentage to the total time. Both the total time necessary for the refilling operation and the consumed time so far may be indicated in the panel in terms of sec (b).

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 〔産業上の利用分野〕 本発明はインクジェット記録装置に関し、特に記録ヘッ
ドにインク貯蔵部からインク経路を通してインクを充て
んしたのち記録を行なうインクジェット記録装置に関す
る。DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an inkjet recording apparatus, and more particularly to an inkjet recording apparatus in which recording is performed after a recording head is filled with ink from an ink reservoir through an ink path.

〔従来の技術〕[Conventional technology]

第６図に示すようにインク′４４５を記録紙４に向けて
吐出する記録ヘッド１と、インク貯蔵部３と、このイン
ク貯蔵部から記録ヘッドへインクを供給する経路２から
なるインクジェット記録装置においては、初めて記録を
行なう際や輸送後に使用する際にはインク経路２を通し
てインク貯蔵部３のインク６を記録ヘッド１に満たす必
要があるが、この動作はインク経路中の気泡を完全に排
出することが安定した印字を行なわせるのに不可°欠で
ある。この動作においては気泡を排出するために長時間
記録装置内に設けられた図示されていないポンプ手段を
動作させたり、気泡をインク中へ溶解させる目的で一定
時間記録装置を強制的に待機状態にして動作を停止させ
たりする方法がとられている。このための一連の動作は
所用時間が長いため、使用者に動作が行なわれている最
中であることを知らせるための手段が設けられている。As shown in FIG. 6, an inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head 1 that discharges ink '445 toward recording paper 4, an ink storage section 3, and a path 2 that supplies ink from the ink storage section to the recording head. When recording for the first time or when using after transportation, it is necessary to fill the recording head 1 with ink 6 from the ink reservoir 3 through the ink path 2, but this operation completely discharges air bubbles in the ink path. This is essential for stable printing. In this operation, a pump means (not shown) installed in the recording device is operated for a long time to discharge air bubbles, or the recording device is forced into a standby state for a certain period of time in order to dissolve the air bubbles into the ink. A method is used to stop the operation. Since the series of operations for this purpose takes a long time, means are provided to notify the user that the operations are in progress.

第７図は従来の表示部を有する記録装置の簡略図であり
、記録装置７に設けられた表示パネルＢ上の「インク充
填」という表示に隣接して発光ダイオードよりなる表示
ランプ９が設けられている。FIG. 7 is a simplified diagram of a conventional recording apparatus having a display section, in which an indicator lamp 9 made of a light emitting diode is provided adjacent to the display "ink filling" on a display panel B provided in the recording apparatus 7. ing.

記録ヘッドにインク貯蔵部のインクを充てんする際、こ
の表示ランプが点灯して動作中であることを取り扱い者
に知らせる。When filling the recording head with ink from the ink reservoir, this indicator lamp lights up to notify the operator that the recording head is in operation.

〔発明が解決しようとする課題〕[Problem to be solved by the invention]

しかし従来の方法では、インク経路中の気泡をインク中
に溶解させる目的で、インク吸引動作を行なわず停止状
態にするような場合、取り扱い者がインク充てん動作が
終了したと思いこみ、動作完了前に印字を開始したり、
印字が開始できない場合にはエラー状態と考え、リセッ
トする目的で電源をオフ状態にし再起動の後印字を開始
するため、気泡を完全に排出できず、記録品質を低下さ
せる原因となっていた。However, in the conventional method, when the ink suction operation is not performed and the ink suction operation is stopped in order to dissolve air bubbles in the ink path into the ink, the operator may assume that the ink filling operation has finished, and the ink filling operation may be completed before the operation is completed. Start printing or
If printing cannot be started, it is assumed to be an error condition, and the power is turned off for the purpose of resetting and printing is started after restarting, which prevents air bubbles from being completely ejected, causing a decline in recording quality.

本発明はかかる欠点を改善したもので、その目的はイン
ク充てん動作を完全に完了させるための手段を有したイ
ンクジェット記録装置を提供することである。The present invention has been made to overcome these drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide an inkjet recording apparatus having means for completely completing the ink filling operation.

〔課題を解決するための手段〕 本発明のインクジェット記録装置は、記録ヘッドとイン
ク貯蔵部と、このインク貯蔵部から記録ヘッドにインク
を供給するインク経路からなるインクジェット記録装置
において、記録ヘッドにインク貯蔵部からインク経路を
通してインクを充てんする際、この充てん動作の全動作
に対して進行中の動作がどこに位置する動作であるかを
示すための表示手段を有することを特徴とする。[Means for Solving the Problems] An inkjet recording apparatus of the present invention includes a recording head, an ink storage section, and an ink path that supplies ink from the ink storage section to the recording head. When filling with ink from the reservoir through the ink path, the apparatus is characterized by having a display means for indicating where an ongoing operation is located with respect to the entire filling operation.

〔実施例〕〔Example〕

以下図面に示す実施例に基づいて本発明の詳細な説明す
る。The present invention will be described in detail below based on embodiments shown in the drawings.

インク充てん中に前述のような目的で記録装置のポンプ
の動作を停止させる場合、取り扱い者にこの動作が一連
の動作の途中の動作であることを知らせるには、停止中
も一連の動作が進行中であり、その停止動作は一連の動
作の一部であることを知らしめればよい、そのため一連
の動作の中で現在行なわれている動作が全動作のどのへ
んに位置する動作であるかを示せばよい。When stopping the operation of the recording device's pump during ink filling for the purpose described above, in order to let the operator know that this operation is part of a series of operations, it is necessary to make sure that the series of operations continues even when the ink is stopped. It is only necessary to make it known that the stopping action is part of a series of actions, so it is possible to know where in the series of actions the current action is located in the whole set of actions. All you have to do is show.

第１図は本発明の第１の実施例であり、図示されていな
い記録装置の一部上にＬＣＤやＬＥＤなどにより構成さ
れた表示パネル８を有している。FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the present invention, which has a display panel 8 constituted by an LCD, LED, etc. on a part of a recording device (not shown).

そしてインク充てん動作の最中は充てんに要する総時間
を動作開始時よりカウントダウンし、動作終了時にＯを
表示する。または、時間をカウントダウンするかわりに
、総時間に対する残りの時間のパーセンテージをカウン
トダウンする。あるいは総時間に対する、すでに経過し
た時間のパーセンテージを、または第２図に示すように
パネル部に全所用時間を表示し、それに対する現在まで
の経過時間を表示する。なお時間以外の文字もＬＣＤな
どにより表示してもよく、その内容も限定するものでは
ない。During the ink filling operation, the total time required for filling is counted down from the start of the operation, and O is displayed at the end of the operation. Or instead of counting down the time, count down the percentage of time remaining relative to the total time. Alternatively, the percentage of the time that has already passed with respect to the total time is displayed, or the total time required is displayed on the panel section as shown in FIG. Note that characters other than the time may also be displayed on an LCD or the like, and the contents are not limited.

一方、時間のかわりに総時間に対する現在までの所用時
間のパーセンテージや割合を経過状態に応じて表示する
。なおこの場合、現在までの所要時間の総時間に対する
割合のかわりに総時間に対する残存時間の割合を示して
もよい、また文字が表示できればよ＜ＬＣＤや、ＬＥＤ
にその表示手段を限定するものではない。On the other hand, instead of the time, the percentage or ratio of the required time up to the present to the total time is displayed according to the elapsed state. In this case, instead of showing the ratio of the time required up to the present to the total time, the ratio of the remaining time to the total time may be shown.Also, it would be better if characters could be displayed.
However, the display means are not limited to the above.

第３図は本発明の他の実施例であり図示されていない記
録装置の一部に発光ダイオードよりなる数個のセグメン
ト１０よりなる表示パネル８がある。このセグメント１
０は経過時間の全売てん時間に対する割合に従って発光
セグメント数をふやしていく１図の場合４０％を示すセ
グメントまでが点灯している状態を示す、新たに発光を
したセグメントのみ点滅をすればよりわかりやすい表示
となる。FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the invention, in which a part of the recording device (not shown) includes a display panel 8 consisting of several segments 10 made of light emitting diodes. This segment 1
0 increases the number of light-emitting segments according to the ratio of the elapsed time to the total sales time. In the case of Figure 1, it indicates that up to 40% of the segments are lit. It is better if only the newly emitted segments blink. The display is easy to understand.

また現動作に相当するセグメントのみを点灯するか点滅
させ、すでに経過した分のセグメントは表示しなくても
よい、あるいは開始時に全セグメントを点灯させ、動作
の経過にともなってセグメントを消していってもよい、
この場合の表示部は発行ダイオードに限るものではなく
視覚的にＯＮとＯＦＦの状態を識別することができる手
段であればよい。It is also possible to light up or blink only the segment corresponding to the current action, without displaying the segments that have already passed, or to light up all segments at the start of the action and turn them off as the action progresses. Good,
The display unit in this case is not limited to a light emitting diode, but may be any means that can visually identify the ON and OFF states.

第４図は第３図に示す実施例のセグメントをパー状に連
結させた場合の他の実施例であり表示の方法は第３図に
示した例と同様である。FIG. 4 shows another embodiment in which the segments of the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 are connected in a par shape, and the display method is the same as the example shown in FIG.

第５図は本発明の他の実施例であり表示部にアナログメ
ーターを使用している。この場合動作の経過にともなっ
てメーターの針が移動し動作の進行状態を表示する。FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the present invention, in which an analog meter is used as the display section. In this case, the meter needle moves as the operation progresses to display the progress of the operation.

以上に示した実施例においては取り扱い者にその表示す
る意味をより理解してもらえるよう短い説明文が隣接し
て表示されたり、印刷されていたり印刷物が貼られてい
ればより一層理解しやすい表示部を提供できる。In the embodiments shown above, the display would be easier to understand if a short explanatory text was displayed adjacent to it, or printed or a printed matter was attached so that the operator could better understand the meaning of the display. can provide the following.

〔発明の効果〕〔Effect of the invention〕

以上の説明から明らかなように、本発明のインクジェッ
ト記録装置によれば、インク充てん動作中現在性なわれ
ている動作がどこに位置する動作であるか、あるいは動
作が完了するまでにあとどのくらいの時間やパーセンテ
ージ等でどのくらいの割合の動作が残っているかを知る
ことが可能となり動作を途中で中断させることがなくな
り、そのため完全にインク動作を完了させることができ
る。それによって安定した印字が充てん動作直後も補償
される。また再充てん動作により余分なインクの消費も
防止することができる。As is clear from the above description, according to the inkjet recording apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to determine where the current operation is located during the ink filling operation, or how much time is left until the operation is completed. It is possible to know how much of the ink operation is left in terms of percentages, etc., and there is no need to interrupt the operation midway, so that the ink operation can be completely completed. This ensures stable printing even immediately after the filling operation. Further, the refilling operation can also prevent unnecessary consumption of ink.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of drawings]

第１図は本発明の実施例を示す表示部の図であり、第２
図、第３図、第４図、第５図は本発明の佃の実施例を示
す表示部の図。 第６図は記録装置の簡略図、第７図は従来の表示部を有
する記録装置の簡略図。 １・・・記録ヘッド ２・・・インク経路 ３・・・インク貯蔵部 ４・・・記録紙 ５・・・インク滴 ６・・・インク ７・・・記録装置 ８・・・表示パネル ９・・・表示ランプ １０・・・セグメント −（’Ｊ　（”）ぐい■トリ■FIG. 1 is a diagram of a display section showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
3, 4, and 5 are diagrams of a display section showing an embodiment of the Tsukuda of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a simplified diagram of a recording device, and FIG. 7 is a simplified diagram of a recording device having a conventional display section. 1... Recording head 2... Ink path 3... Ink reservoir 4... Recording paper 5... Ink droplets 6... Ink 7... Recording device 8... Display panel 9. ...Indication lamp 10...Segment-('J ('')Gi■Tori■

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 記録ヘッドとインク貯蔵部と、このインク貯蔵部から記
録ヘッドにインクを供給するインク経路からなるインク
ジェット記録装置において、記録ヘッドにインク貯蔵部
からインク経路を通してインクを充てんする際、この充
てん動作の全動作に対して進行中の動作がどこに位置す
る動作であるかを示すための表示手段を有することを特
徴とするインクジェット記録装置。In an inkjet recording device consisting of a print head, an ink storage section, and an ink path that supplies ink from the ink storage section to the print head, when filling the print head with ink from the ink storage section through the ink path, the entire filling operation is performed. An inkjet recording apparatus characterized by having a display means for indicating where an ongoing operation is located with respect to an operation.
JP27863888A 1988-11-04 1988-11-04 Ink-jet recording apparatus Pending JPH02125747A (en)

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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
AU2005244241B2 (en) * 2004-04-30 2010-04-29 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Pre-wipes for improving anal cleansing

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
AU2005244241B2 (en) * 2004-04-30 2010-04-29 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Pre-wipes for improving anal cleansing

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