(19)
(11) EP 0 689 936 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
31.07.1996 Bulletin 1996/31

(43) Date of publication A2:
03.01.1996 Bulletin 1996/01

(21) Application number: 95202370.3

(22) Date of filing: 07.08.1990
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6B41J 2/175
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT NL

(30) Priority: 19.04.1990 JP 103755/90

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
90308663.5 / 0452585

(71) Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Hiramatsu, Soichi
    Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)
  • Hashimoto, Kenichirou
    Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)
  • Fukuzawa, Hideo
    Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis et al
BERESFORD & Co. 2-5 Warwick Court High Holborn
London WC1R 5DJ
London WC1R 5DJ (GB)

 
Remarks:
This application was filed on 02 - 09 - 1995 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 60.
 


(54) Recording apparatus and ink cassette therefor


(57) A recording apparatus includes a recording head for effecting an recording operation on a recording material while it is being moved; a plurality of detectors for detecting plural conditions of the apparatus; a controller for effecting the recording operation in accordance with the conditions detected by the detectors; the plurality of detectors includes a detecting element movable together with the recording head and a plurality of members to be detected corresponding to the conditions of the apparatus and disposed along a movement path of the detecting element.







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