Patent ID: 6325479
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An ink jet recording apparatus comprising:a movable carriage for carrying, thereon, a recording head selected from a plurality of different types of recording heads for discharging ink to record characters and images and an ink tank selected from a plurality of different types of ink tanks for storing ink to be supplied to said recording head, said recording head and said ink tank being changeable;restoring means for restoring said recording head;detection means for determining one of the type of said recording head and the type of said ink tank; andcontrol means for causing said restoring means to restore said recording head in a case where said detection means has detected one of a change of said recording head and a change of said ink tank on said movable carriage to a same type of said recording head or said ink tank, wherein said control means inhibits said restoring means from restoring said recording head in a case where said detection means has detected one of a change of said recording head and a change of said ink tank to a different type of said recording head or said ink tank.