Filing, identifying, validating, and servicing tip for fluid-ejection device
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1. A method for using a tip capable of being placed on a fluid-ejection device comprising:
- detecting whether the tip has been placed on the fluid-ejection device, such that an electrical connector of the fluid-ejection device has electrically coupled with an electrical connector of the tip;
repeating the steps of;
reading a first instance of an identification string of the tip via electrical coupling of the electrical connector of the fluid-ejection device and of the tip until the first instance of the identification string contains at least one binary zero and at least one binary one;
waiting a predetermined length of time;
reading a second instance of the identification string of the tip via the electrical coupling of the electrical connector of the fluid-ejection device and of the tip;
until one or more conditions have been satisfied, the conditions including the first instance of the identification string of the tip matching the second instance of the identification string of the tip.
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Abstract
A tip to be placed on a fluid-ejection device is filled with fluid. The fluid may be introduced into a substantially hollow body of the tip at a first end of the body. The body of the tip has a second end at which a fluid-ejection mechanism is disposed to eject the fluid as controlled by the fluid-ejection device. The fluid may be introduced into the substantially hollow body of the tip through of the fluid-ejection mechanism disposed at the second end of the body of the tip. The tip may further be identified and/or serviced, and the tip and/or the fluid-ejection device my further be validated.
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1. A method for using a tip capable of being placed on a fluid-ejection device comprising:
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detecting whether the tip has been placed on the fluid-ejection device, such that an electrical connector of the fluid-ejection device has electrically coupled with an electrical connector of the tip; repeating the steps of; reading a first instance of an identification string of the tip via electrical coupling of the electrical connector of the fluid-ejection device and of the tip until the first instance of the identification string contains at least one binary zero and at least one binary one; waiting a predetermined length of time; reading a second instance of the identification string of the tip via the electrical coupling of the electrical connector of the fluid-ejection device and of the tip; until one or more conditions have been satisfied, the conditions including the first instance of the identification string of the tip matching the second instance of the identification string of the tip. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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