US 11,884,078 B2
Control device setting order condition for ordering cartridge to be mounted in recording device provided with tank
Masafumi Miyazawa, Nagoya (JP); and Kenta Horade, Tokai (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Jan. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/151,495.
Application 18/151,495 is a continuation of application No. 17/098,583, filed on Nov. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,548,288.
Application 17/098,583 is a continuation of application No. 16/229,570, filed on Dec. 21, 2018, granted, now 10,836,177, issued on Nov. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-252676 (JP), filed on Dec. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0145170 A1, May 11, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17566 (2013.01) [B41J 2/17506 (2013.01); B41J 2/17546 (2013.01); B41J 29/38 (2013.01); G06K 15/402 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control device comprising:
a controller configured to perform:
acquiring an index value from a recording device, the recording device including:
a case in which a cartridge accommodating a printing agent is mountable;
a tank configured to accommodate the printing agent supplied from the cartridge; and
a recording portion configured to record an image on a sheet with the printing agent supplied from the tank, the index value being representative of one of a first residual quantity, a second residual quantity, and a third residual quantity, the first residual quantity being a residual quantity of the printing agent remaining in a first cartridge, the second residual quantity being a residual quantity of the printing agent remaining in the tank, the third residual quantity being a residual quantity of the printing agent remaining in the first cartridge and the tank, the first cartridge being currently mounted in the case;
storing the index value in a memory;
determining whether an order condition is satisfied based on the index value stored in the memory; and
transmitting an order command to a relevant device after the order condition is satisfied, the order command instructing to order a second cartridge for replacement with the first cartridge.