Electrical storage device for a replaceable printing component
First Claim
1. A method for storing data in an electrical storage device, the electrical storage device associated with a printing component of an ink-jet printing system, the electrical storage device responsive to printing system control signals for transferring information between the printing component and the ink-jet printing system, the method comprising:
- providing a write once, a protected and a non-protected electrical storage portion of the electrical storage device; and
selling the protected electrical storage portion to a state indicative of a refill ink in the printing component, wherein installation of the printing component associated with the electrical storage device into the printing system enables the printing system to set the protected electrical storage portion to a state indicative that the refill ink in the printing component has been used.
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Abstract
A method for storing data in an electrical storage device associated with a printing component of an ink-jet printing system. The electrical storage device is responsive to printing system control signals for transferring information between the printing component and the ink-jet printing system. The electrical storage device includes a write once portion, a non-protected portion, and a protected portion. The write once portion or the protected portion contain information indicative of a refill ink in the printing component. Installation of the printing component into the printing system enables the printing system to alter information in the write once portion or the protected portion to indicate that the refill ink in the printing component has been used.
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13 Claims
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1. A method for storing data in an electrical storage device, the electrical storage device associated with a printing component of an ink-jet printing system, the electrical storage device responsive to printing system control signals for transferring information between the printing component and the ink-jet printing system, the method comprising:
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providing a write once, a protected and a non-protected electrical storage portion of the electrical storage device; and
selling the protected electrical storage portion to a state indicative of a refill ink in the printing component, wherein installation of the printing component associated with the electrical storage device into the printing system enables the printing system to set the protected electrical storage portion to a state indicative that the refill ink in the printing component has been used. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for storing data in an electrical storage device, the electrical storage device associated with a printing component of an ink-jet printing system, the electrical storage device responsive to printing system control signals for transferring information between the printing component and the ink-jet printing system, the method comprising:
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providing a write once, a protected and a non-protected electrical storage portion of the electrical storage device; and
storing information in the write once electrical storage portion indicative of a refill ink in the printing component, wherein installation of the printing component associated with the electrical storage device into the printing system enables the printing system to alter the information in the write once electrical storage portion to indicate that the refill ink in the printing component has been used. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for storing data in an electrical storage device, the electrical storage device associated with a replaceable printing component of an ink-jet printing system, the electrical storage device responsive to printing system control signals for transferring information between the printing component and the ink-jet printing system, the method comprising:
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providing a write once, a protected and a non-protected electrical storage portion of the electrical storage device; and
setting the protected electrical storage portion to a non-protected state, wherein installation of the replaceable printing component associated with the electrical storage device into the printing system enables the printing system to store printing component information in the protected electrical storage portion. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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