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Patent Inventor Names
Yasuhiko Ikeda0
Kenji Kitabatake0
Mitsuyuki Fujibayashi0
Takayuki Ochiai0
Akira Kuribayashi0
Date of Patent
April 7, 2009
Patent Application Number
11424940
Date Filed
June 19, 2006
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Patent abstract
A recording apparatus and method for identifying positions of ink tanks within the recording apparatus whereby when an ink tank is correctly mounted within the recording apparatus, detection of the position of the ink tank is performed in a timely manner, and whereby when an ink tank is incorrectly mounted, the incorrect position as well as the color of the incorrectly mounted ink tank are identified using light emitting portions of the ink tanks.
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