Method and apparatus for checking compatibility of a replaceable printing component

• US 6,722,753 B2
• Filed: 10/15/2002
• Issued: 04/20/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Helterline, Brian L., Paulsen, Ronald R., Childers, Winthrop D., Bullock, Michael L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Thinh
• Assistant Examiner(s): Huffman, Julian D.
• Application Number:
  US10/271,422
• Publication Number:
  US 20030035017A1
• Time in Patent Office: 553 Days
• Field of Search: 347/19, 347/49, 347/86, 347/23, 347/711, 347/103
• US Class Current: 347/19
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17546 electronically

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an ink jet printing system configured for receiving replaceable printing component. The ink jet printing system includes a replaceable printing component having an electrical storage device associated therewith. The electrical storage device has a data field therein specifying data organization within the electrical storage device. Also included is a printer portion configured to receive the replaceable printing component. The printer portion is adapted to read the data field within the electrical storage device and selectively access data within the electrical storage device based on the specified data organization.

Claims

1. A replaceable marking component for a marking system, the marking system having at least one replaceable marking component, the replaceable marking component comprising:

an information storage device responsive to marking system control signals for transferring information between the replaceable marking component and the marking system, the information storage device having a plurality of data organizations for storing data therein; and

data stored within the information storage device for specifying a particular data organization from a plurality of data organizations so that information can be selectively transferred between the information storage device and the marking system, wherein the data specifying the particular data organization is a three-bit value representing that the data format is a fixed data format.

2. The replaceable marking component of claim 1 further including data stored within the information storage device for specifying a particular marking media associated with the replaceable marking component.

3. The replaceable marking component of claim 1, wherein the information storage device is a serial device for communicating with the marking system in a serial fashion.

4. A replaceable marking component for a marking system, the marking system having at least one replaceable marking component, the replaceable marking component comprising:

an information storage device responsive to marking system control signals for transferring information between the replaceable marking component and the marking system, the information storage device having a plurality of data organizations for storing data therein; and

data stored within the information storage device for specifying a particular data organization from a plurality of data organizations so that information can be selectively transferred between the information storage device and the marking system, wherein the data specifying the particular data organization is a three-bit value representing that the data format is a variable data format.

5. The replaceable marking component of claim 4 further including a tag family identifier for selecting a family of tags from a plurality of families of tags.

6. The replaceable marking component of claim 4 further including data stored within the information storage device for specifying a particular address value from a plurality of address values with each address value unique to each replaceable marking component within the marking system.

7. A method for specifying data organization in an electrical storage device, the electrical storage device associated with a replaceable marking component of a marking system, the electrical storage device responsive to marking control signals for transferring information between the marking component and the marking system, the method comprising:

providing an electrical storage device;

storing a data element indicative of a variable data format in the electrical storage device, the

data element specifying a particular data organization from a plurality of data organizations, the particular data organization indicative of data organization of data stored on the electrical storage device, the data element specifying the particular data organization being readable by the marking system thereby allowing the marking system to properly identify data transferred between the electrical storage device and the marking system based upon the particular data organization; and

storing in the electrical storage device a tag family identifier for selecting a family of tags from a plurality of families of tags.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising storing a particular address value in the electrical storage device from a plurality of address values with each address value unique to the particular replaceable marking component.

9. A method for verifying compatibility of a marking component, the marking component having an electrical storage device associated therewith, the electrical storage device responsive to control signals for transferring information between the marking system component and a marking system, the method comprising:

reading selected data from an address location of an electrical storage device corresponding to each replaceable consumable associated with the marking system, wherein the selected data is stored in the electrical storage device associated with each replaceable consumable, and wherein the selected data is organization information for specifying a particular data organization from a plurality of data organizations within the corresponding electrical storage device; and

determining compatibility of each replaceable consumable based on the selected data;

wherein the selected data is a family identifier for selecting a family of tags from a plurality of families of tags.