Printer or copier system having re-employable container for consumables and method for the employment of the container
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1. A method for coding a container for acceptance of consumables for printer or copier devices, comprising the steps of:
- providing a machine-readable and machine-writable information carrier on the container;
providing the information carrier with a first memory area in which a container-individual identifier number is non-erasably stored; and
writing consumable-specific data in encoded fashion in machine-readable form in a multiply writable and erasable second memory area of the information carrier.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for coating a container for acceptance of consumables. An information carrier is provided on the container for the first memory area in which a container-individual identifier number is non-erasably stored, and an erasable second memory area is provided of the information carrier providing consumable-specific data.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for coding a container for acceptance of consumables for printer or copier devices, comprising the steps of:
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providing a machine-readable and machine-writable information carrier on the container;
providing the information carrier with a first memory area in which a container-individual identifier number is non-erasably stored; and
writing consumable-specific data in encoded fashion in machine-readable form in a multiply writable and erasable second memory area of the information carrier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 8)
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3. A method for filling a container with a consumable for a printer of copier device, comprising the steps of:
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providing a machine-readable and machine-writable information carrier on the container;
providing the information carrier with a first memory area in which a container-individual identifier number is non-erasably stored; and
writing consumable-specific data in encoded fashion in machine-readable form in a second memory area of the information carrier that is multiply writable and erasable.
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4. A method for multiple employment of a supply container for consumables of printer or copier devices, comprising the steps of:
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providing the information carrier with a first memory area in which a container-individual identifier number is non-erasably stored and a second memory area that is multiply writable and erasable and in which consumable-specific data can be written in encoded fashion in machine-readable form;
filling the supply container with fresh consumable;
depositing information about at least one of the type and amount of consumable filled in the supply container in the second memory area of the information carrier;
enabling the supply container for emptying in a printer or copier device;
emptying the container during the course of the printing or copying process;
employing the information deposited in the second memory area for controlling parameters of the printing or copying process;
enabling the at least partially emptied container for refilling; and
refilling the container with fresh consumable, and wherein information about at least one of the type and amount of consumable filled in the supply container are written in the second memory area of the information carrier. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 9)
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10. A printer or copier device, comprising:
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a container for acceptance of consumables provided with an information carrier that contains machine-readably encoded information about the consumable most recently situated in the container;
the information carrier comprising a first memory area in which a container-individual identifier number is permanently and non-erasably stored;
consumable-specific data being written encoded in machine-readable form in a second memory area of the information carrier; and
information stored in the information carrier being useful for control of parameters of the printing process. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A container for consumable of a printer or copier device, comprising:
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an information carrier;
the information carrier comprising a first memory area in which a container-individual identifier number is permanently non-erasably stored; and
the information carrier also comprising a second memory area in which consumable-specific data are multiply readable, writable and erasable. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A filling station for filling and coding containers with consumables for printer and copier devices, comprising:
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an information carrier comprising a first memory area in which a container-individual identifier number is permanently non-erasably stored attached to the container; and
a data transmission device provided with which consumable-specific data are machine-readably encodable in a second memory area of the information carrier. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A read/write station for reading or writing information from or onto an information carrier permanently attached to a container for consumables for printer or copier devices, the information carrier comprising a first memory area in which a container-individual identifier number is permanently non-erasably stored, comprising:
a data transmission device with which machine-readably encoded consumable-specific data is transmitted into a second memory area of the information carrier or can be read from the information carrier.
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24. A method for filing a container with a consumable for a printer or copier device, comprising the steps of:
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providing a machine-readable and machine-writable information carrier on the container;
writing in encoded fashion an individual non-erasable identifier number in a first memory area and consumable-specific data in machine-readable form in a second memory area of the information carrier; and
storing the data deposited in the information carrier in a central data bank. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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