Patent ID: 6786566
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An ink jet recording apparatus, comprising:an ink tank that stores ink; an ink jet print head that performs recording onto a recording medium by ejecting the ink stored in the ink tank, the ink jet print head having an ink ejection surface on which nozzles are formed; a purge device that recovers an ink ejection condition by sucking the ink from the nozzles formed on the ink ejection surface; a remaining ink amount detection device that detects a remaining ink amount in the ink tank; a determination device that determines whether the remaining ink amount detected by the remaining ink amount detection device is less than a predetermined amount; and a display that indicates an ink low condition when a user has selected a purge operation a preselected number of times while the ink stored in the ink tank is determined to be less than the predetermined amount by the determination device.