INK CARTRIDGE, INK CARTRIDGE SET, INKJET RECORD DEVICE, INK CARTRIDGE INSTALLATION DETECTION MODULE AND METHOD

摘要

The present invention provides an ink cartridge, an ink cartridge assembly, an inkjet recording apparatus, an ink cartridge installation detection module and a method. The module comprises a light emitter, a controller, a processing unit and a control unit, wherein the light emitter is configured to provide a light source; the controller includes a receiving unit configured to receive a plurality of ink cartridge installation detection instructions sent by the inkjet recording apparatus via a bus; the ink cartridge installation detection instruction includes an emission control instruction and ink cartridge identifying information; the ink cartridge identifying information corresponds to an ink cartridge which must respond to the emission control instruction; the emission control instruction includes an on instruction or an off instruction; the processing unit is configured to analyze the ink cartridge installation detection instruction; and the control unit is configured to turn on or off the light emitter according to the analytic result of the processing unit. The present invention improves the universality of the ink cartridges and achieves ink cartridge installation detection with lower cost.