Media processing device and associated components for spool type detection and/or status

A method, comprising:

• supporting, via a spindle in a media processing device, a spool of installed consumable media, the installed consumable media being selected from a plurality of different possible types of consumable media, the spindle including an encoder wheel having a plurality of encoder patterns, the spindle configured to translated in an axial direction to accommodate the plurality of different possible types of consumable media;
• sensing, via a sensor of the media processing device, at least one of a first encoder pattern of the plurality of encoder patterns based on rotation of the encoder wheel and an axial position of the spindle when a first type of consumable media of the plurality of different possible types of consumable media is the spool of installed consumable media or a second encoder pattern of the plurality of encoder patterns based on rotation of the encoder wheel and an axial position of the spindle when a second type of consumable media of the plurality of different possible types of consumable media is the spool of installed consumable media;
• determining, via a logic circuit, whether the first type of consumable media or the second type of consumable media corresponds to the spool of installed consumable media supported by the spindle based on a signal received from the sensor corresponding to the first encoder pattern or the second encoder pattern;
• and
• tracking, via the logic circuit, a usage of the consumable media based on the signal.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instruction that when executed by a logic circuit causes the logic circuit to perform a method comprising:

• sensing, via a sensor of a media processing device, at least one of a first encoder pattern of the plurality of encoder patterns based on rotation of the encoder wheel and an axial position of the spindle when a first type of consumable media of the plurality of different possible types of consumable media is the spool of installed consumable media or a second encoder pattern of the plurality of encoder patterns based on rotation of the encoder wheel and an axial position of the spindle when a second type of consumable media of the plurality of different possible types of consumable media is the spool of installed consumable media;
• determining whether the first type of consumable media or the second type of consumable media corresponds to the spool of installed consumable media supported by the spindle based on a signal received from the sensor corresponding to the first encoder pattern or the second encoder pattern;
• and
• tracking, via the logic circuit, a usage of the consumable media based on the signal.