Patent ID: 11904613
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 1:
2. The inkjet recording device according to claim 1, further comprising a memory for storing therein an ink count value, a reference value, and an ink threshold value, the ink count value being updated on the basis of an amount of ink that is ejected from the head,
wherein the controller is configured to further perform:
executing a printing process of controlling the head to eject ink from the nozzle while moving the support member in a scanning direction; and
in a case where a difference between the ink count value and the reference value reaches the ink threshold value,
controlling the actuator to move the valve from the closing position to the opening position; and
storing a specific ink count value in the memory as the reference value, the specific ink count value being the ink count value at the time of the completion of the printing process that is executed immediately before the controlling the actuator to move the valve is performed.