| CPC B41J 2/17566 (2013.01) [B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17569 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17589 (2013.01)] | 8 Claims |
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1. A printing apparatus comprising:
an ink storage unit configured to be refilled with ink;
a printing head configured to eject the ink supplied from the ink storage unit to a printing medium;
a display unit; and
a control unit configured to manage ink remaining amount information indicating an amount of the ink stored in the ink storage unit and ink usage amount information indicating a cumulative value of an amount of the ink ejected from the printing head, wherein
the control unit
executes at least one of processing of updating the ink remaining amount information to an initial remaining amount or processing of updating the ink usage amount information to an initial usage amount when an input indicating that the ink storage unit is refilled with the ink is received,
displays, on the display unit, a first ink indication indicating a usage state of the ink based on the ink remaining amount information and a second ink indication indicating the usage state of the ink based on the ink usage amount information, and
switches an indication on the display unit from the first ink indication to the second ink indication or from the second ink indication to the first ink indication when an input instructing switching of the indication on the display unit is received.
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