Patent ID: 8167392
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus capable of recording an image using a recording agent in a container, the apparatus comprising: an input unit configured to input an instruction from a user; a first issuing unit configured to issue an error signal for notification of a lack of a recording agent in a container, wherein when the error signal is issued by the first issuing unit, subsequent recording using the recording agent in the container is not performed; a canceling unit configured to cancel the error signal to allow for subsequent recording based on the instruction input by the input unit; a checking unit configured to check, in response to subsequent recording being allowed by cancellation of the error signal by the canceling unit, both of a determining unit configured to a second issuing unit configured to issue another error signal for notification of a lack of the recording agent in the container when the determining unit determines either (i) or (ii) has been found; and a reset unit configured to reset the time period having been counted by the timer, when the canceling unit cancels the error signal issued by the second issuing unit, whether the canceled error signal was issued based on (i) or (ii).