| 摘要 |
A recording apparatus, including a reciprocating carriage equipped with a record head, an on-carriage first ink tank, a second ink tank distant from the carriage, an ink supply unit for supplying the ink from the second ink tank to the first ink tank, and a remaining ink amount detection unit for detecting a remaining ink amount in the first ink tank, calculates and stores an ink amount required to record a part of the image data while the image data reception, calculates and stores a maximum ink amount required to record the image data except for the above calculated portion, and then starts the record operation at a time when a sum total value of the stored ink amount required and the stored maximum ink amount becomes lower than the remaining ink amount, whereby the ink can be supplied and refilled effectively and appropriately.
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