RECORDER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a recorder comprising an on-carriage ink tank carried on a carriage reciprocating while carrying a recording head, and a main ink tank disposed while being spaced apart from the carriage wherein ink is supplied from the main tank to the on-carriage ink tank at an appropriate timing. SOLUTION: Received image data is developed into record data convenient for recording (S2), a quantity of ink IS required for recording the developed record data is calculated (S3), a quantity of ink IM required for recording the remaining part using ink to the maximum is calculated (S4), and then IS+IM is compared with the quantity of ink Iy in an on-carriage ink tank (S5). The operation is repeated and recording is started at a moment of time when a decision is made that IS+IM