Image forming device, customer replaceable unit host device, and controlling methods thereof
First Claim
1. An image forming device in communication with a customer replaceable unit host device, comprising:
- a recording material storage medium;
a customer replaceable unit memory (CRUM) associated with the recording material storage medium to store usage information for replaceable units installed in the image forming device; and
a first controller to collect the replaceable unit usage information, to control the replaceable unit usage information to be stored in the CRUM, and to transmit the stored replaceable unit usage information to the customer replaceable unit host device.
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Abstract
An image forming device, a customer replaceable unit host device in communication with the image forming device, and controlling methods thereof. The image forming device includes a recording material storage medium, a customer replaceable unit memory (CRUM) associated with the recording material storage medium to store usage information for replaceable units installed in the image forming device, and a first controller to collect the replaceable unit usage information, to control the replaceable unit usage information to be stored in the CRUM, and to transmit the replaceable unit usage information to the customer replaceable unit host device. In this manner, a plurality of image forming devices can be collectively managed in an efficient manner.
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20 Claims
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1. An image forming device in communication with a customer replaceable unit host device, comprising:
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a recording material storage medium;
a customer replaceable unit memory (CRUM) associated with the recording material storage medium to store usage information for replaceable units installed in the image forming device; and
a first controller to collect the replaceable unit usage information, to control the replaceable unit usage information to be stored in the CRUM, and to transmit the stored replaceable unit usage information to the customer replaceable unit host device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A controlling method of an image forming device in communication with a customer replaceable unit host device, the method comprising:
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collecting usage information of replaceable units installed in the image forming device;
storing the replaceable unit usage information in a customer replaceable unit memory (CRUM) associated with a recording material storage medium of the image forming device; and
transmitting the replaceable unit usage information in the CRUM to the customer replaceable unit host device. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A customer replaceable unit host device in communication with at least one image forming device, comprising:
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a replacement management unit to provide a customer replaceable unit table based on usage information of replaceable units installed in the at least one image forming device, the replaceable unit usage information being obtained from a customer replaceable unit memory (CRUM) associated with a recording material storage medium of each of the at least one image forming device; and
a second controller to search the customer replaceable unit table for one or more target replacements associated with one or more of the replaceable units and to provide information about the one or more target replacements as a replacement request if the one or more target replacements exist. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A controlling method of a customer replaceable unit host device in communication with at least one image forming device, the method comprising:
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receiving usage information about replaceable units installed in the at least one image forming device from a customer replaceable unit memory (CRUM) associated with a recording material storage medium of each of the at least one image forming device;
preparing a customer replaceable unit table based on the received replaceable unit usage information;
searching the customer replaceable unit table for one or more target replacements associated with one or more of the replaceable units; and
if the one or more target replacements exist, providing information about the one or more target replacements as a replacement request. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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17. The method according to claim 17, wherein the providing of the information about the one or more target replacements comprises:
displaying a replacement request notification information containing the information about the one or more target replacements.
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