Abstract: A liquid supply apparatus includes a holding member configured to detachably hold a tray on which a flexible container provided with a supply port for supplying a liquid to a printhead is placed; a press member configured to press the container attached to the liquid supply apparatus; a movable member configured to move the press member to a first position where the press member presses the container and a second position where a press amount of the press member for the container is smaller than at the first position; a first spring having one end locked on the press member and the other end locked on the holding member; and a second spring having one end locked on the press member and the other end locked on the movable member.

Abstract: A liquid storage apparatus includes storage portions arranged in a first direction, each storage portion configured to store a liquid container for storing a liquid, status display units, each status display unit corresponding to one of the storage portions and configured to display a status of the liquid container, and type display units, each type display unit corresponding to one of the storage portions and configured to display a type of liquid assigned to the storage portion. Each storage portion and the corresponding status display unit are arranged so as to be aligned in a second direction that intersects the first direction. The storage portion and the corresponding type display unit are arranged so as to be aligned in the second direction. The type display unit is arranged on a side of the status display unit with respect to the storage portion.

Abstract: A liquid supply apparatus configured to supply a liquid to a printing unit, comprising a tray holder configured to hold a tray on which a flexible retaining container configured to retain a liquid is placed, the tray holder allowing insertion of the tray in a first direction, wherein the retaining container has a foldable gusset portion, and the tray holder is provided with a folding unit configured to fold the gusset portion in a state in which the tray is held by the tray holder.

Abstract: A liquid supply apparatus configured to supply a liquid to a printing unit, comprising a tray on which a flexible retaining container that retains a liquid is configured to be placed, and a tray holder configured to hold the tray so as to allow insertion of the tray in a first direction, wherein the retaining container includes a supply port configured to supply a liquid to the printing unit and an inlet coupled to the supply port and configured to take in a liquid into the retaining container, and the tray is provided with a concave shape overlapping the inlet from a viewpoint in an up-down direction in a state in which the tray is inserted in the tray holder.

Abstract: A liquid supply apparatus includes a holding member and a receiving member. The holding member detachably holds a tray on which a container, that is flexible and is provided with a supply port for supplying liquid to a recording head, is placed with respect to the liquid supply apparatus. The receiving member is provided below the holding member attached to the liquid supply apparatus and receives a liquid leaking from the container. An angle of a bottom surface of the holding member with respect to a horizontal plane is different from an angle of a bottom surface of the receiving member with respect to the horizontal plane.

Abstract: The carriage apparatus includes a carriage configured to reciprocally move in a first direction, a first motor arranged on a side of one end of a range of movement of the carriage and configured to drive the carriage, a second motor arranged on a side of the other end of the range of movement of the carriage and configured to drive the carriage, a carriage belt suspended between the first motor and the second motor, attached with the carriage, and configured to move the carriage in the first direction, and a support portion configured to mount the second motor so that the second motor is displaceable in the first direction with respect to the first motor.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage, a tank, and a flow passage. The carriage includes a liquid ejecting recording head and reciprocates in first and second directions. The flow passage supplies liquid from the tank to the recording head, and includes a fixed flow passage, a first flow passage, and a second flow passage. The fixed flow passage is connected to the tank and does not to follow a movement of the carriage. The first flow passage is branched off from the fixed flow passage, is connected to the recording head in the first direction, and follows the carriage movement. The second flow passage is branched off from the fixed flow passage, is connected to the recording head in the second direction, and follows the carriage movement. After the carriage moves in the first direction, stops, and moves in the second direction, liquid is sucked from the recording head.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a carriage mounted with a printing unit configured to perform printing on a print medium, a first motor used to move the carriage, a second motor used together with the first motor to move the carriage, and a control unit configured to control the first motor and the second motor. When moving the carriage, the control unit controls the first motor with a first control amount and controls the second motor with a second control amount. The first control amount and the second control amount are different from each other, and a ratio therebetween is a predetermined ratio.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a carriage mounted with a printing unit, a belt, a first motor configured to drive the belt at one end in a widthwise direction, a second motor configured to drive the belt at the other end in the widthwise direction, and a control unit configured to control the first motor and the second motor. The control unit performs first control by driving the first motor in which the carriage moves from a state in which the carriage is stopped. In the control, the second motor is controlled from a first state in which its torque is lower than that of the first motor to a second state in which its torque is higher than that in the first state.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a carriage mounted with a printing unit; a first motor configured to move the carriage in a predetermined direction; a second motor configured to move the carriage in the predetermined direction; and a control unit. The control unit executes a first mode in which, when causing the printing unit to perform printing under a first printing condition, the first motor is driven in a first direction and the second motor is driven in the first direction, and a second mode in which, when causing the printing unit to perform printing under a second printing condition different from the first printing condition, the first motor is driven in the first direction and the second motor is driven in the first direction while changing an output ratio between the first motor and the second motor.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage, a tank, and a flow passage. The carriage includes a liquid ejecting recording head and reciprocates in first and second directions. The flow passage supplies liquid from the tank to the recording head, and includes a fixed flow passage, a first flow passage, and a second flow passage. The fixed flow passage is connected to the tank and does not to follow a movement of the carriage. The first flow passage is branched off from the fixed flow passage, is connected to the recording head in the first direction, and follows the carriage movement. The second flow passage is branched off from the fixed flow passage, is connected to the recording head in the second direction, and follows the carriage movement. After the carriage moves in the first direction, stops, and moves in the second direction, liquid is sucked from the recording head.

Abstract: A carriage apparatus characterized by comprising a carriage configured to reciprocally move in a predetermined direction, a first motor arranged on a side of one end of a range of movement of the carriage and configured to drive the carriage, a second motor arranged on a side of the other end of the range of movement of the carriage, configured to drive the carriage, and has the same kind of driving characteristics as driving characteristics of the first motor, detection means for detecting a position of the carriage related to the predetermined direction, and control means for controlling driving of the first motor and the second motor by feeding back a detection result detected by the detection means.

Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage, a tank, a flow passage, and a valve. The carriage includes a recording head that ejects liquid contained in the tank and supplied from the flow passage. The flow passage includes (i) a fixed flow passage connected to the tank without following a movement of the carriage, (ii) a first flow passage that follows the movement of the carriage and is branched off from the fixed flow passage and connected to the recording head, and (iii) a second flow passage that follows the movement of the carriage and is branched off from the fixed flow passage and connected to the recording head. The valve is provided in one of the first and second flow passages and limits a flow of liquid from the tank to the recording head and allows liquid to flow from the recording head to the tank.