Media cartridge with printed circuit board for use in a printing system
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1. A printing system comprising:
- a media cartridge having a printed circuit board including a first side and a second side, the printed circuit board having a plurality of conductive traces with fusible links connected together in a circuit pattern on the first side and the second side of the printed circuit board, wherein the circuit pattern on the first side of the printed circuit board comprises an encoding of a media type number identifying the type of media source for the media cartridge, and the circuit pattern on the second side of the printed circuit board comprises an encoding of a serial number identifying the media cartridge; and
a printing machine including a housing, a printing mechanism connected to the housing, a processing unit connected to the housing, and a media cartridge interface having a first end connected to the processing unit and a second end connected electronically to the printed circuit board of the media cartridge.
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Abstract
A printing system includes a printing machine and media cartridge. The printing machine has a housing, a printing mechanism and a processing unit connected to the housing, a media cartridge interface connecting the media cartridge to the printing machine, and a look-up table for storing media cartridge parameters. The media cartridge has a media support for a media source, and a printed circuit board. The printed circuit has a plurality of conductive traces with fusible links connected together in a circuit pattern on at least one of its sides. The circuit pattern includes an encoding of at least one media cartridge parameter that may be stored in the look-up table of the printing machine.
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1. A printing system comprising:
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a media cartridge having a printed circuit board including a first side and a second side, the printed circuit board having a plurality of conductive traces with fusible links connected together in a circuit pattern on the first side and the second side of the printed circuit board, wherein the circuit pattern on the first side of the printed circuit board comprises an encoding of a media type number identifying the type of media source for the media cartridge, and the circuit pattern on the second side of the printed circuit board comprises an encoding of a serial number identifying the media cartridge; and
a printing machine including a housing, a printing mechanism connected to the housing, a processing unit connected to the housing, and a media cartridge interface having a first end connected to the processing unit and a second end connected electronically to the printed circuit board of the media cartridge. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A printing system comprising:
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a media cartridge; and
a printing machine including a housing, a printing mechanism connected to the housing, a processing unit connected to the housing, a media cartridge interface with a first end connected to the processing unit and a second end connected electronically to the media cartridge, and a look-up table for storing at least one variable parameter associated with the media cartridge, the at least one variable parameter associated with the media cartridge being sent electronically from the media cartridge to the look-up table of the printing machine across the media cartridge interface, wherein the at least one variable parameter associated with the media cartridge comprises an index array identifying the number of entries in the look-up table. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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