Patent ID: 8708448
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image recording apparatus, comprising: an apparatus body; a cartridge containing a recording material; a cartridge installing section which is provided in the apparatus body and to which the cartridge is removably installed; a first communication section which is provided in the apparatus body; a second communication section which is provided in the cartridge and which communicates with the first communication section by using a near field communication; a light source which is provided in the apparatus body and emits light to illuminate the cartridge installing section; an installation/removal detector which is provided in the apparatus body and detects whether or not the cartridge is installed to the cartridge installing section; and a controller which controls the light source and the first communication section; wherein the controller controls the light source to emit the light in a case that the first communication section receives a predetermined information from the second communication section; wherein the controller turns the first communication section on in a case that the installation/removal detector detects a removal of the cartridge from the cartridge installing section; wherein the controller turns the light source off, in a case that the cartridge removed from the cartridge installing section is moved outside a communication area in which the second communication section communicates with the first communication section by using the near field communication, and that the first communication section does not receive the predetermined information from the second communication section; and wherein the controller turns the first communication section off in a case that the installation/removal detector detects an installation of the cartridge to the cartridge installing section.