Ink-jet printing apparatus and ink cartridge therefor
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1. An ink cartridge for mounting on an ink jet printing apparatus having a plurality of contact members and a printhead which ejects ink droplets onto a recording medium, the ink cartridge comprising:
- a housing containing ink therein and having an exterior;
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 the exterior of said housing, including a terminal for electrically connecting said semiconductor storage device to the ink jet printing apparatus and a terminal for electrically connecting to at least two of the contact members of 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 mounting on an ink jet printing apparatus having a plurality of contact members and a printhead which ejects ink droplets onto a recording medium, the ink cartridge comprising:
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a housing containing ink therein and having an exterior;
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 the exterior of said housing, including a terminal for electrically connecting said semiconductor storage device to the ink jet printing apparatus and a terminal for electrically connecting to at least two of the contact members of 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, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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