ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,208, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to KONICA MINOLTA INC. (Tokyo).
"Inkjet recording apparatus and abnormality detection method for ink channel" was invented by Hiroyuki Tokimatsu (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inkjet recording apparatus, including: an ink channel that connects a recording head and an ink tank containing ink to be supplied to the recording head; a pressure sensor that detects a liquid pressure in the ink channel or the ink tank; and one or more hardware processors. The one or more hardware processors determine whether or not there is an abnormality in the ink channel based on a liquid pressure of the ink ...