CN102950901A - Inkjet cartridge group and method for detecting installed inkjet cartridge group - Google Patents
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The invention aims to provide an inkjet cartridge group and a method for detecting an installed inkjet cartridge group. The inkjet cartridge group is detachably installed on an inkjet printer and comprises a plurality of inkjet cartridges; the inkjet printer is communicated with the inkjet cartridges through equipment electric contacts which are arranged, and an optical receiver is arranged on the inkjet printer; a container electric contact, an information-storing device, a light-emitting part and a control part are arranged on each inkjet cartridge; and each control part controls the light of the light-emitting part when receiving the information which is sent out from the inkjet printer to control the light of any light-emitting part. According to the method for detecting the installed inkjet cartridge group, when a certain inkjet cartridge is detected, all the light-emitting parts send out lights. After the inkjet cartridge group and the method for detecting the installed inkjet cartridge group, the detection stability of the installed inkjet cartridges of the printer can be ensured completely, so that the phenomenon that installed inkjet cartridge detection error is caused by the manufacturing error of the light-emitting parts is avoided.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to the ink-jet technology field of ink-jet recording apparatus, relate in particular to a kind of be removably mounted on the color ink-jetting record device the ink-jet box group with and the installation detection method.
Background technology
Color inkjet printer is provided with one group of print cartridge as required, and the ink of various different colours is encased in the different print cartridges, and all print cartridges are installed on the printer.In order to guarantee the normal printing of ink-jet printer, prevent because print cartridge is installed in wrong position and deviation occurs printing, usually need to when print cartridge is installed, detect print cartridge and whether correctly be installed in appropriate location in the ink-jet printer.Fig. 1 is that the installation of prior art print cartridge detects principle schematic, as shown in Figure 1, supposes that ink-jet printer is provided with four print cartridges, and each print cartridge is installed in respectively on the corresponding print cartridge installation site; The tram that print cartridge a is corresponding is that tram corresponding to position A, print cartridge b is that tram corresponding to position B, print cartridge c is that tram corresponding to position C, print cartridge d is position D.
Be provided with a smooth emission part on the chip of print cartridge, such as the LED lamp, be fixedly installed one on the housing of ink-jet printer and can receive the light receiver that the light emission part emits beam.The light emission part of detected print cartridge will be lit, and light receiver and print cartridge should the tram aims at, if light receiver can receive the light quantity that reaches setting threshold in this position, then show to be detected correctly installation of print cartridge; If light quantity does not reach setting threshold, show that then print cartridge not yet is installed to the tram, the prompting setup error.For example, as shown in Figure 1, when detecting print cartridge b, light emission part on the print cartridge b is lit luminous, and light receiver and print cartridge b should tram B aim at, if light receiver can receive the light quantity that reaches threshold value in this position, show that then print cartridge b installation site is correct.Then, under the drive of the balladeur train of print cartridge a-d integral body in ink-jet printer, move along the direction of arrow shown in Fig. 1, so that position C alignment light acceptance division, and light print cartridge c, detect according to the method described above print cartridge c and whether correctly install.So analogize, until all print cartridges all are detected complete getting final product.
Yet; in the testing process of reality; although print cartridge often can occur is loaded on the correct position and but is not judged as the correct or suitable locational situation that is not installed in owing to optical receiver receives enough light quantities; return and make a thorough investigation of at the end; the basic reason that the problems referred to above occur is because in actual production process; because inevitable foozle; so that the light quantity that each LED lamp sends difference to some extent; therefore the light quantity of sending when the LED lamp of detected print cartridge hour; because the light that sends is scattered light; the light quantity that light receiver easily occurs arriving does not reach threshold value, thereby even occurs that print cartridge correctly is in place but light receiver is judged the uninstalled phenomenon of print cartridge.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide and a kind ofly need not to change print cartridges structure, and can solve above-mentioned optical receiver and receive the installation detection method that light quantity does not reach the ink-jet box group of threshold value and utilizes above-mentioned ink-jet box to install and detect.
The present invention provides a kind of ink-jet box group that is comprised of at least two ink-jet boxes in order to realize its goal of the invention, and be specially: a kind of ink-jet box group comprises a plurality of ink-jet boxes that are removably mounted on the ink-jet printer; Described ink-jet printer is communicated by letter with described a plurality of ink-jet boxes respectively by several apparatus electrical contacts disposed thereon, and described several apparatus electrical contacts conllinear connect, and also is provided with on the described ink-jet printer for the optical receiver that receives light; Each ink-jet box of described ink-jet box group comprises: the container electric contact that is electrically connected with described corresponding apparatus electrical contacts; At least store the information-storing device of the relevant information of this ink-jet box; Towards the luminous light emission part of described optical receiver with send the luminous luminous instruction of control light emission part according to ink-jet printer and control the luminous control part of described smooth emission part, it is characterized in that: when the control part of each ink-jet box of described ink-jet box group received the luminous luminous instruction of any one light emission part of the described ink-jet box group of control that described ink-jet printer sends, control light emission part separately was luminous respectively.
Further, in the above-mentioned ink-jet box group, comprise the toner cartridge type identifying information corresponding with the characteristic of described each ink-jet box in the described information-storing device institute canned data.
Further, in the above-mentioned ink-jet box group: the control part of described each ink-jet box comprises Card read/write control module and luminous controling unit;
Described ink-jet printer also can send the installation not identical with described luminous instruction and reply instruction;
Described Card read/write control module responds when receiving that described ink-jet printer sends and replying instruction with the installation that described toner cartridge type identifying information is complementary; Described luminous controling unit is controlled described smooth emission part luminous when receiving arbitrary luminous instruction that described ink-jet printer sends.
Further, in the above-mentioned ink-jet box group: the ink of different colours is housed respectively in described a plurality of ink-jet boxes, and described toner cartridge type identifying information is relevant with described ink color.Further, in the above-mentioned ink-jet box group: described smooth emission part is for sending the LED lamp of visible light or black light.
Further, in the above-mentioned ink-jet box group: described ink-jet box quantity is 5, wherein has at least one to be the black ink print cartridge that black ink is housed, and the volume of described black ink print cartridge is greater than the volume of other any one ink-jet box.
It is a kind of when being installed to above-mentioned ink-jet box group on the ink-jet printer that the present invention provides simultaneously, and to the installation detection method of ink-jet box group, in the method, described ink-jet box group comprises a plurality of ink-jet boxes that are removably mounted on the ink-jet printer; Described ink-jet printer is communicated by letter with described a plurality of ink-jet boxes respectively by several apparatus electrical contacts disposed thereon, and described several apparatus electrical contacts conllinear connect, and also is provided with on the described ink-jet printer for the optical receiver that receives light; Each ink-jet box of described ink-jet box group comprises: the container electric contact that is electrically connected with described corresponding apparatus electrical contacts; At least store the information-storing device of the relevant information of this ink-jet box; Towards the luminous light emission part of described optical receiver with send the luminous luminous instruction of control light emission part according to ink-jet printer and control the luminous control part of described smooth emission part, may further comprise the steps:
Step 1: described ink-jet printer sends the luminous luminous instruction of light emission part of a print cartridge of the described ink-jet box group of control;
Step 2: after the control part of each ink-jet box in the described ink-jet box group received described luminous instruction, control light emission part separately was luminous respectively.
Adopt ink-jet box group of the present invention and installation detection method can guarantee fully that the installation of the print cartridge of printer detects stability, prevent that the wrong phenomenon of installation detection that ink-jet box is caused by the foozle of light emission part from producing.
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Fig. 1 is that the installation of prior art print cartridge detects principle schematic.
Fig. 2 a is the schematic appearance of embodiment of the invention print cartridge group.
Fig. 2 b is the structural representation of the invention process spr chip.
Fig. 3 a is the schematic diagram of the luminous instruction of embodiment of the invention ink-jet printer control circuit transmission, and Fig. 3 b is the luminous instruction schematic diagram that the light emitting control module of ink-jet box is understood.
Fig. 4 a-4d is that embodiment of the invention print cartridge kludge detects schematic diagram.
Fig. 5 is the communication scheme between embodiment of the invention print cartridge and the printer control circuit.
Fig. 6 is the installation testing process schematic diagram of embodiment of the invention print cartridge group.
Among the figure: 1 print cartridge A, 2 print cartridge B, 3 print cartridge C, 4 print cartridge D, 5 print cartridge E, 6 optical receivers, 7 fax wires, 8 chips, 81 substrates, 82 container electric contacts, 83 memory cells, 84 control parts, 841 read-write control modules, 842 light emitting control modules.
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For making the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in the embodiment of the invention, the technical scheme in the embodiment of the invention is clearly and completely described, obviously, described embodiment is the present invention's part embodiment, rather than whole embodiment.Give the embodiment among the present invention, the every other embodiment that those of ordinary skills obtain under the prerequisite of not making creative work belongs to the scope of protection of the invention.
The present invention mainly mentions a kind of ink-jet box group that is installed on the ink-jet printer, and it comprises a plurality of ink-jet boxes that are removably mounted on the ink-jet printer; A plurality of ink-jet boxes refer to two or more ink-jet box.
Above-mentioned ink-jet printer also comprises with lower member except comprising above-mentioned print cartridge group: balladeur train, and it can move around in ink-jet printer inside, and moving direction and paper input direction are perpendicular, and also are formed with the print cartridge mounting portion on it to load above-mentioned print cartridge group; Optical receiver, be installed on the housing of ink-jet printer one side, after print cartridge is assembled into printer, each print cartridge that above-mentioned balladeur train can drive in the above-mentioned print cartridge group is corresponding with optical receiver with the detection of installing one by one, and this optical receiver is connected with the control circuit of ink-jet printer, is converted to the signal of telecommunication with the light quantity that will receive and is sent to control section and is judged by control circuit; Several apparatus electrical contacts, it is electrically connected with control circuit via a fax wire 7, and namely above-mentioned several apparatus electrical contacts are that conllinear connects, and namely several apparatus electrical contacts utilize a communication bus to couple together.
Correspond to the structure of ink-jet printer, be provided with on each ink-jet box: the container electric contact that is electrically connected with corresponding apparatus electrical contacts; At least store the information-storing device of this ink-jet box relevant information, wherein comprise the print cartridge identifying information in the above-mentioned relevant information, the identifying information of each print cartridge is not identical; Towards optical receiver luminous light emission part and the luminous control part of the above-mentioned smooth emission part of control, wherein, control part comprises Card read/write control module and luminous controling unit, when the luminous luminous instruction of the light emission part that receives any one ink-jet box of the above-mentioned ink-jet box group of control that ink-jet printer sends, it is luminous that luminous controling unit is controlled the light emission part of this ink-jet box; And when receiving print cartridge installation that ink-jet printer sends and reply instruction, the Card read/write control module is then judging that above-mentioned print cartridge identifying information and the identifying information of self Shi Caihui that is complementary that replys in the instruction returns an answer signal to printer, namely respond, otherwise, need not response.In addition, above-mentioned smooth emission part both can send visible light, also can send black light.
Obviously, according to above-mentioned print cartridges structure as can be known, the light emission part that can control on it during the luminous instruction of the light emission part of the control part of each print cartridge on receiving certain print cartridge of control that printer sends is luminous, be that each printer is when sending the luminous instruction of light emission part of certain print cartridge of control, light emission part on all print cartridges all can be lit, like this, even the light quantity that the light emission part of certain print cartridge sends is less, under the light strengthening action of other print cartridge, can guarantee that also it can correctly be identified by printer.
For describing clearlyer to technical scheme of the present invention, existing structure to the print cartridge in the embodiment of the invention and print cartridge group describes.
In the present embodiment, " print cartridge group " refers to be installed in the combination of print cartridge dissimilar on same the ink-jet printer, such as different capabilities, different colours etc.Fig. 2 a then is the schematic appearance of print cartridge group.Shown in Fig. 2 a, the print cartridge group comprises a print cartridge A1, print cartridge B2, print cartridge C3, print cartridge D4, print cartridge E5.Above-mentioned print cartridge A only is mutually different on the ink type that stores from print cartridge B, C, D, E, other setting, such as internal structure etc., all be the same, in the present embodiment, print cartridge A～E distinguishes according to the ink that loads, that is to say, explanation can be used for print cartridge B, C, D, E about the structure of print cartridge A, for this reason, below only describe the structure of print cartridge A in detail, will be removed about the detailed description of print cartridge B, C, D, E.
In the present embodiment, the print cartridge group is removably mounted on the ink-jet printer.This ink-jet printer has the parts such as aforesaid balladeur train, optical receiver 6, several apparatus electrical contacts, fax wire 7 equally, and ditto described, several apparatus electrical contacts are electrically connected with control circuit via fax wire 7, be that above-mentioned several apparatus electrical contacts are that conllinear connects, fax wire 7 is equivalent to a bus.
Shown in Fig. 2 b, in order to guarantee better print quality, also be provided with on the print cartridge A storage print cartridge relevant information and with the chip 8 of the intercommunication of printer.Particularly, comprise on the chip substrate 81: container electric contact 82, be electrically connected with above-mentioned corresponding apparatus electrical contacts, thereby print cartridge is connected with printer via apparatus electrical contacts, because being conllinear, above-mentioned several apparatus electrical contacts connect, that is to say, also be that conllinear is connected via separately container electric contact 82 and with several print cartridges of above-mentioned several apparatus electrical contacts respectively, in addition, in the present embodiment, ink box chip is provided with 4 container electric contacts, and 4 container electric contacts respectively corresponding signal are GND, Vcc, CLK, Data; Information-storing device, namely memory cell 83, and all independent, relevant information of storage print cartridge A are comprising the color that the ink among the print cartridge A is arranged; The light emission part can be towards above-mentioned optical receiver and luminous, and particularly, in the present embodiment, it is the LED lamp; Control part 84, control part 84 comprise read-write control module 841 and light emitting control module 842, the instruction that can send according to printer and above-mentioned information-storing device or light emission part are controlled.
Shown in Fig. 2 a, in the present embodiment, what print cartridge A loaded is black ink, and what print cartridge B, C, D, E loaded is color inks, such as inks such as Indigo, carmetta.The consumption of considering black ink is larger, the size of print cartridge A is compared print cartridge B, C, D, E arrange greatlyr, that is to say, print cartridge A can be arranged to different sizes according to different real needs from print cartridge B, C, D, E, but still has substantially identical structure and outward appearance.Those of ordinary skills should be understood that the size of above-mentioned print cartridge A-E also can be arranged to formed objects.
Because several print cartridges are all via the container electric contact, apparatus electrical contacts, fax wire 7 and being connected with the control circuit of printer, the equal conllinear of chip that is above-mentioned several print cartridges connects, that is to say, several control parts of above-mentioned print cartridge group are connected with above-mentioned control circuit via above-mentioned fax wire 7, the control part of each ink-jet box can receive all command informations that printer control circuit sends, the control part of each ink-jet box can receive the luminous command information of control light emission part to any one ink-jet box that printer sends, during such as the luminous luminous instruction of the light emission part that sends to control print cartridge B when printer, print cartridge A, C, D, control part on the E also can receive above-mentioned luminous instruction.
For printer, the installation testing process of print cartridge comprises two parts: (1) is packed into and judged the stage: printer judges whether that according to whether receiving to reply accordingly all print cartridges have all packed in the printer by sending successively print cartridge installation and replying instruction, if, then carry out next stage, otherwise the prompting user print cartridge is not packed into fully; (2) pack into the correct judgement stage: after confirming that all print cartridges are all packed into fully, control successively above-mentioned a plurality of smooth emission part (LED lamp) by the luminous luminous instruction of light emission part that sends successively each print cartridge of control, to judge according to the light quantity that is received whether print cartridge is loaded in correct position, wherein, above-mentioned print cartridge installation is replied instruction and generally is comprised of the identifying information of each print cartridge, luminous instruction then generally is comprised of the identifying information of print cartridge and the state control information of light emission part, obviously, installation is replied instruction and luminous instruction is different.
Accordingly, each control part inside comprises in the present embodiment: the read-write control module 841 of control chip read-write and the luminous light emitting control module 842 of control light emission part.In general, can store the identifying information of print cartridge on the information-storing device of each print cartridge.Accordingly, after the print cartridge group is installed in printer, printer sends print cartridge and installs when replying instruction, when only having the identifying information of working as certain print cartridge and the cognizance code that printer sends to be complementary, the read-write control module 841 of this print cartridge just can be returned an answer signal to printer, namely responds, and then this moment, printer can think that this print cartridge packs into, otherwise the nonreply signal returns printer, and printer can think that this print cartridge do not pack into; And when printer sent the luminous instruction of print cartridge, the light emission part that the light emitting control module of above-mentioned print cartridge then can be controlled on it was luminous.
As previously mentioned, ink-jet printer inside is provided with judges whether print cartridge is packed into and be installed in the installation testing process of tram, namely, printer can detect each print cartridge one by one, and when only obtaining corresponding answer signal and optical receiver at each print cartridge place and receiving suitable light quantity, printer can think that just print cartridge packed into and be loaded in correct position, just can finish initialization process, otherwise printer can be pointed out and reported an error.Equally, as previously mentioned, the light emission part that has print cartridge in the prior art owing to foozle send in various degree light and so that print cartridge obviously is installed in the situation that is judged as setup error on the correct position.
In order to solve the existing problem of prior art, and satisfy the installation testing process of print cartridge, the present embodiment connects and read-write control module and the separate situation of light emitting control module based on several light emission part conllinear, propose: each print cartridge control part all can be lighted the light emission part that is positioned on above-mentioned each print cartridge after receiving the luminous luminous instruction of any one control light emission part that printer sends, namely the tape/tube printer luminous instruction of sending does not make for which print cartridge in the print cartridge group, the light emission part that the light emitting control module of each print cartridge in the above-mentioned print cartridge group all can be controlled on it is luminous, namely so that several light emission parts of print cartridge group be lit simultaneously or extinguish.What it was concrete is operating as: be positioned at each control part of different print cartridges when the luminous instruction that receives printer, ignore the print cartridge identifying information in its luminous instruction, directly control light emission part lights or extinguishes, that is to say, no matter when detecting which print cartridge, several light emission parts of above-mentioned several print cartridges all can be lighted or be extinguished simultaneously; Exactly, no matter when detecting which print cartridge, as long as receiving the luminous instruction that printer sends, above-mentioned each control part will light corresponding light emission part.That is to say, in the present embodiment, the light emitting control module of each print cartridge only need to be controlled the light emission part print cartridge according to the light emission part state control information in the luminous instruction, and ignore print cartridge identifying information in the luminous instruction, in the present embodiment namely, the light emitting control module is separate with the read-write control module.
Obviously, when adopting above-mentioned smooth emission part light emitting control mode, only there is one-way communication between light emitting control module and the printer, be that the light emitting control module can only be accepted the instruction of printer and control lighting/extinguishing of light emission part, need not to return relevant information to printer, and action from answer signal to printer that return is performed by above-mentioned read-write control module, as shown in Figure 5, is the controller of the present embodiment and the communication scheme between the printer.In addition, the read-write control module also can receive and respond the read write command that printer sends, and allows printer that the chip of print cartridge is carried out read-write operation.
In the present embodiment, the color ID that arranges for the ink of the different colours that loads according to print cartridge of above-mentioned print cartridge identifying information.
Shown in Fig. 3 a, the luminous command information form of driving light emission part that printer control circuit sends is: color ID (or claiming the type identification code) code+state (such as ON, OFF, CALL etc.) code.For example, suppose print cartridge A, B respectively code black (K) and yellow print cartridge (Y), its code is respectively 110,101, the code of ON, OFF is 000,100, and then instruction " 110000 ", " 110100 ", " 101000 ", " 101100 " represent respectively " print cartridge A is bright ", " print cartridge A goes out ", " print cartridge B is bright ", " print cartridge B goes out ".As previously mentioned, in the present embodiment, the light emitting control module of above-mentioned control part is ignored above-mentioned color ID code, that is to say, the light emitting control module of above-mentioned control part can not sent response signal to control circuit, but it is luminous directly to drive light emission part (LED lamp), no matter what it received is the instruction of " print cartridge A is bright ", still the instruction of " print cartridge B is bright ", in other words, in the present invention, the light emitting control module is understood information that printer control circuit sends shown in Fig. 3 b, the color ID that ignores its front three fully only need to detect the LED lamp according to rear three LED lamp state code and gets final product.In like manner, the mode extinguished of control light emission part is also similar.For this reason, after print cartridge adopted above-mentioned light-emitting control method, above-mentioned light emitting control module only needed to light/extinguish the light emission part according to the light emission part status information of luminous instruction and gets final product.But, if do not return answer signal to printer, then the control circuit of printer can think that print cartridge do not pack into and can't finish initialization process, for this reason, in the technical program, the read-write control module is not only controlled read-write operation in the chip read-write stage, also need to be responsible for replying instruction and returning answer signal to printer according to the print cartridge installation of printer at the installation detection-phase.
Fig. 4 a-4d is the schematic diagram that the print cartridge group is installed and detected in the present embodiment, and Fig. 6 is the flow chart that the print cartridge group is installed and detected in the present embodiment.
The print cartridge assembling that 1, will comprise several print cartridges is loaded on the ink-jet printer;
2, ink-jet printer sends successively for the print cartridge installation of several print cartridges and replys instruction, then correspondingly, the read-write control module of above-mentioned several print cartridges is returned answer signal to printer successively and is packed into to represent it, if certain is replied instruction and is not obtained answer signal, represent that then certain print cartridge do not install, printer stops to detect, the prompting user print cartridge of packing into;
3, after judging that all print cartridges have all been packed into, balladeur train drives the print cartridge that is located thereon and moves around under the driving of printer motor, and when moving to above-mentioned print cartridge A and optical receiver corresponding section, balladeur train stops mobile;
4, shown in Fig. 4 a, printer control circuit sends the luminous instruction of control print cartridge A, then the light emitting control module of the control part of print cartridge A～E is obtained above-mentioned luminous instruction via the fax wire, and directly control the light emission part that is positioned at above-mentioned each print cartridge according to above-mentioned luminous instruction luminous, the light emission part is the LED lamp in the present embodiment, shown in Fig. 4 b;
5, at this moment, optical receiver judges whether to receive abundant light quantity, the light quantity that receives when optical receiver is during greater than threshold value, control circuit judges that namely print cartridge A packs into and loads on the correct position, otherwise if optical receiver does not receive light or the light quantity that receives when being lower than threshold value, control circuit can think that print cartridge A does not pack into or packed into but is not positioned at correct position, the prompting mistake, testing process is ended;
6, then, shown in Fig. 4 c, it is corresponding with optical receiver that the printer driver balladeur train moves forward to print cartridge B, when balladeur train moves to print cartridge B and optical receiver corresponding section, control circuit sends the luminous instruction of control print cartridge B, similarly, print cartridge A, C, D, the light emitting control module of the control part of E is obtained above-mentioned luminous instruction and is directly controlled the LED lamp luminous (shown in Fig. 4 d) that is positioned at above-mentioned each print cartridge, the light quantity that receives when optical receiver is during greater than threshold value, control circuit judges that namely print cartridge packs into and be loaded on the correct position, otherwise, judge that then print cartridge loads mistake;
7, repeat above-mentioned steps, until detect print cartridge C, D, E all be judged be encased on the correct position after, testing process finishes.
Obviously, from above-mentioned implementation process as can be known, the tape/tube printer luminous instruction of sending not is that the LED lamp of which print cartridge of control print cartridge group is lighted/extinguished, several LED lamps of above-mentioned print cartridge group all can be lit or extinguish, that is to say, the light emission part that the control part of each print cartridge of above-mentioned print cartridge group (light emitting control module) all can be controlled respectively separately when receiving arbitrary luminous instruction that printer sends is luminous.Like this, in the testing process of installing, even the luminosity of certain LED lamp hour, the scattered beam that can be sent by the LED lamp of adjacent print cartridge carries out supplying to a certain degree, thereby it is satisfied detect needed light quantity threshold value, do not cause printer to judge that print cartridge is not enclosed on the correct position and can not occur obviously being installed on the correct position because the light emission measure of LED lamp is little.
In sum, adopt technique scheme can guarantee fully that the installation of above-mentioned print cartridge detects stability, prevent print cartridge because the installation that the foozle of LED lamp causes detects wrong phenomenon generation.
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1. an ink-jet box group comprises a plurality of ink-jet boxes that are removably mounted on the ink-jet printer; Described ink-jet printer is communicated by letter with described a plurality of ink-jet boxes respectively by several apparatus electrical contacts disposed thereon, and described several apparatus electrical contacts conllinear connect, and also is provided with on the described ink-jet printer for the optical receiver that receives light; Each ink-jet box of described ink-jet box group comprises: the container electric contact that is electrically connected with described corresponding apparatus electrical contacts; At least store the information-storing device of the relevant information of this ink-jet box; Towards the luminous light emission part of described optical receiver with send the luminous luminous instruction of control light emission part according to ink-jet printer and control the luminous control part of described smooth emission part, it is characterized in that: when the control part of each ink-jet box of described ink-jet box group received the luminous luminous instruction of any one light emission part of the described ink-jet box group of control that described ink-jet printer sends, control light emission part separately was luminous respectively.
2. ink-jet box group according to claim 1 is characterized in that, comprises the toner cartridge type identifying information corresponding with the characteristic of described each ink-jet box in the described information-storing device institute canned data.
3. ink-jet box group according to claim 2, it is characterized in that: the control part of described each ink-jet box comprises Card read/write control module and luminous controling unit;
Described ink-jet printer also can send the installation not identical with described luminous instruction and reply instruction;
Described Card read/write control module responds when receiving that described ink-jet printer sends and replying instruction with the installation that described toner cartridge type identifying information is complementary; Described luminous controling unit is controlled described smooth emission part luminous when receiving arbitrary luminous instruction that described ink-jet printer sends.
4. ink-jet box group according to claim 3 is characterized in that: the ink of different colours is housed respectively in described a plurality of ink-jet boxes, and described toner cartridge type identifying information is relevant with described ink color.
5. described arbitrary ink-jet box according to claim 1-4 is characterized in that: described smooth emission part is for sending the LED lamp of visible light or black light.
6. ink-jet box group according to claim 5, it is characterized in that: described ink-jet box quantity is 5, wherein has at least one to be the black ink print cartridge that black ink is housed, the volume of described black ink print cartridge is greater than the volume of other any one ink-jet box.
7. the installation detection method of an ink-jet box group according to claim 1, described ink-jet box group comprises a plurality of ink-jet boxes that are removably mounted on the ink-jet printer; Described ink-jet printer is communicated by letter with described a plurality of ink-jet boxes respectively by several apparatus electrical contacts disposed thereon, and described several apparatus electrical contacts conllinear connect, and also is provided with on the described ink-jet printer for the optical receiver that receives light; Each ink-jet box of described ink-jet box group comprises: the container electric contact that is electrically connected with described corresponding apparatus electrical contacts; At least store the information-storing device of the relevant information of this ink-jet box; Towards the luminous light emission part of described optical receiver with send the luminous luminous instruction of control light emission part according to ink-jet printer and control the luminous control part of described smooth emission part, it is characterized in that: may further comprise the steps:
Step 1: described ink-jet printer sends the luminous luminous instruction of light emission part of a print cartridge of the described ink-jet box group of control;
Step 2: after the control part of each ink-jet box in the described ink-jet box group received described luminous instruction, control light emission part separately was luminous respectively.
8. installation detection method as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, also needs to carry out following steps before described step 1: a described print cartridge is moved to the position corresponding with described optical receiver.
9. the installation detection method of ink-jet box group as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, described step 2 is rear further comprising the steps of: ink-jet printer judges whether optical receiver receives enough light quantities.
10. the installation detection method of ink-jet box group according to claim 9, it is characterized in that: after described ink-jet printer judges that optical receiver receives enough light quantities, another print cartridge of described ink-jet box group is moved to the position corresponding with described optical receiver change step 1 over to, until all print cartridges in the described ink-jet box group are finished detection.
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