Consumables consumption apparatus and consumables consumption system
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorShuichi Koganehira
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Abstract
A consumables consumption apparatus includes a cartridge determination section that determines one of a specified cartridge and an unspecified cartridge which is attached to the consumables consumption apparatus in accordance with maintenance subject information indicating a subject of a maintenance contract and a notification section that requests a selection of one of use agreement of the unspecified cartridge and replacement of the unspecified cartridge by the specified cartridge when the cartridge determination section determines that the unspecified cartridge is attached and that makes a notification indicating at least one of information on cancellation of the maintenance contract and information on replacement by the specified cartridge when the use agreement is selected.
Claims11
A consumables consumption apparatus comprising:
- a case configured to receive a specified cartridge which has maintenance subject information indicating a subject of a maintenance contract and which is capable of accommodating consumables or an unspecified cartridge which does not have the maintenance subject information and which is capable of accommodating the consumables is selectively attached;
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- a controller configured to:
- determine one of the specified cartridge and the unspecified cartridge which is attached to the consumables consumption apparatus in accordance with the maintenance subject information,
- request a selection of one of use agreement of the unspecified cartridge and replacement of the unspecified cartridge by the specified cartridge when the cartridge determination section determines that the unspecified cartridge is attached, and
- make a notification indicating information on cancellation of the maintenance contract and information on replacement by the specified cartridge when the use agreement is selected.
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