Supply reservoir
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsPeter G Hwang, Matthew B Clark, Christopher M Rives, Delvin T Edmond
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Abstract
Examples disclosed herein relate to displaying, on a user interface, an approximate amount of a supply material in a supply reservoir. Upon receiving, in a receptacle, a new supply container, the supply reservoir may be filled with supply material from the new supply container. The user interface may further display an updated approximate amount of the supply material in a supply reservoir and an approximate amount of the supply material in the supply container.
Claims15
An apparatus, comprising:
- a receptacle configured to receive a supply container;
- a supply reservoir coupled to the receptacle;
- a control panel to display a user interface, wherein the user interface displays:
- an indicator of an amount of supply material in the supply container,
- an indicator of an amount of supply material in the supply reservoir, and
- upon a determination that the supply container is empty of supply material:
- an alert to replace the supply container;
- and
- an estimated number of additional pages available to be printed according to an amount of supply material in the supply reservoir before the supply container is replaced;
- and
- print hardware to print the additional pages using the supply material in the supply reservoir prior to replacement of the supply container.
A method comprising:
- upon a determination that a supply container is empty of supply material, displaying, on a user interface, an approximate amount of a supply material in a supply reservoir that is available for printing additional pages before the supply container is replaced;
- printing the additional pages using the supply material in the supply reservoir prior to replacement of the supply container;
- receiving, in a receptacle, a new supply container in replacement of the supply container that is empty;
- filling the supply reservoir with supply material from the new supply container;
- and
- displaying on the user interface:
- an updated approximate amount of the supply material in a supply reservoir, and
- an approximate amount of the supply material in the supply container.
A non-transitory machine readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor to:
- upon a determination that a supply container is empty of supply material, display, on a user interface, a first indicator indicating an amount of a supply material in a supply reservoir that is available for printing additional pages before the supply container is replaced;
- print the additional pages using the supply material in the supply reservoir prior to replacement of the supply container;
- receive, in a receptacle, a new supply container;
- fill the supply reservoir with supply material from the new supply container;
- and
- display, on the user interface:
- an updated first indicator indicating a new approximate amount of the supply material in the supply reservoir,
- a second indicator indicating an approximate amount of the supply material in the new supply container, and
- an animation of the supply material flowing to the first indicator from the second indicator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.