| CPC B41J 2/17566 (2013.01) [B41J 2/17509 (2013.01); B41J 2/17513 (2013.01); B41J 2/1752 (2013.01); B41J 2/17523 (2013.01); B41J 2/17553 (2013.01); B41J 29/13 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17573 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17576 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17589 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
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1. A printing system comprising an information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprising:
a first display; and
a first controller;
wherein the image forming apparatus comprises:
a second display;
a first cartridge configured to store first ink, the first ink having a first color;
a second cartridge configured to store second ink, the second ink having a second color which is different from the first color;
a first tank configured to receive the first ink from the first cartridge and to store the first ink therein;
a second tank configured to receive the second ink from the second cartridge and to store the second ink therein;
a head mounted on a carriage and configured to receive both the first ink from the first tank and the second ink from the second tank to discharge both the first ink and the second ink;
a second controller, the second controller being configured to generate data including information concerning an amount of the first ink in the first cartridge and information concerning an amount of the second ink in the second cartridge for composing a first screen, the first screen including a first rectangle including a first sign indicating the amount of the first ink in the first cartridge and a second rectangle including a second sign indicating the amount of the second ink in the second cartridge,
wherein the first rectangle has a first side extending along an up-down direction and a second side extending along a cross direction intersecting with the up-down direction,
wherein the first rectangle is arranged below the second rectangle on the first screen,
wherein the second side is longer than the first side, and
wherein the second controller is configured to transmit the data to the first controller,
wherein the first controller is configured to cause the first display to display the first screen based on the data transmitted from the second controller,
wherein the first controller is configured to cause the first display to display a particular screen, or the second controller is configured to cause the second display to display the particular screen,
wherein the particular screen includes a first object,
wherein the first object represents a plurality of cartridges for storing ink,
wherein the first controller is configured to cause the first display to display the first screen, the first screen including a first mark and a second mark thereon,
wherein the first mark is displayed when the first ink in the first cartridge has been exhausted,
wherein the second mark is displayed when the first ink in both the first cartridge and the first tank has been exhausted,
wherein the first mark has a first shape and the second mark has a second shape,
wherein the first shape is different from the second shape,
wherein the first object is different from both the first shape and the second shape and is displayed in the particular screen without indicating whether the first ink in the first cartridge has been exhausted or not,
wherein the first object is different from both the first shape and the second shape and is displayed in the particular screen without displaying the first shape and the second shape,
wherein both the first shape and the second shape do not represent ink in or out of a plurality of cartridges,
wherein the first object is not displayed in the first screen displaying the first shape or the second shape, and
wherein the first screen and the particular screen are not displayed at the same time.
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