B41J 2002/17589
Using ink level as input for printer mode selection or for prediction
Official title: {using ink level as input for printer mode selection or for prediction of remaining printing capacity}
B41J2002/17589 (Using ink level as input for printer mode selection or for prediction) appears on 140 US grants and 150 published applications in this corpus.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for predicting and displaying toner usage of a printer107US 5,802,420 ALexmark International, Inc. · 1998
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- Ink ejection device with ink saving mode used when remaining ink amount is small61US 5,663,750 ABrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1997
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