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Media cartridge with printed circuit board for use in a printing system

  • US 6,830,391 B2
  • Filed: 09/21/2001
  • Issued: 12/14/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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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