Ink-jet printing apparatus and ink cartridge therefor
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1. An ink cartridge for an ink jet printing apparatus having a printhead which ejects ink droplets onto recording medium, the ink cartridge comprising:
- a housing containing ink therein;
an ink supply port formed on a wall of said housing for directing ink in said housing to the printhead;
a semiconductor storage device storing information of ink disposed on said housing; and
a plurality of terminals provided on said housing, at least one of which terminals electrically connects said semiconductor storage device to said ink jet printing apparatus and at least one of which terminals electrically connects to at least two contact members of the printing apparatus when the ink cartridge is mounted on the printing apparatus.
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Abstract
An ink jet type printing apparatus in which an ink supply needle is located near one side in a direction perpendicular to the reciprocated directions of a carriage, a circuit board is mounted on a wall of an ink cartridge in the vicinity of the side on which an ink supply port is formed and plural contacts for connecting to external control means are formed on the exposed surface of the circuit board.
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1. An ink cartridge for an ink jet printing apparatus having a printhead which ejects ink droplets onto recording medium, the ink cartridge comprising:
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a housing containing ink therein;
an ink supply port formed on a wall of said housing for directing ink in said housing to the printhead;
a semiconductor storage device storing information of ink disposed on said housing; and
a plurality of terminals provided on said housing, at least one of which terminals electrically connects said semiconductor storage device to said ink jet printing apparatus and at least one of which terminals electrically connects to at least two contact members of the printing apparatus when the ink cartridge is mounted on the printing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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