US 12,420,557 B2
Recording apparatus, management server, ordering system, recording method using recording apparatus, and storage medium
Keiichi Iimoto, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/176,531.
Application 18/176,531 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/027401, filed on Jul. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-150473 (JP), filed on Sep. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0202187 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17566 (2013.01) 14 Claims
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1. A recording apparatus including (1) an ink tank storing ink supplied from an ink bottle and (2) a head to which ink is supplied from the ink tank, the recording apparatus comprising:
a determination unit configured to determine, based on a first value related to ink consumption in the ink tank, a second value related to ink consumption in the ink bottle;
a transmission unit configured to transmit a notification including information related to the ink consumption in the ink bottle to a server; and
an update unit configured to update automatically the second value related to ink consumption in the ink bottle to a value obtained by subtracting a value corresponding to one ink bottle from the second value related to ink consumption in the ink bottle in a case where the second value related to ink consumption in the ink bottle reaches a first threshold value,
wherein the update unit is further capable of receiving an instruction from a user to reset the second value related to ink consumption in the ink bottle, and the update unit resets the second value related to ink consumption in the ink bottle in accordance with the instruction from the user.