Determining new remaining usage of cartridge
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsPaul L. Jeran, Alex Oaks
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Abstract
An example printing material cartridge may include an input/output device, a container storing printing material, and a memory. The memory may store an identifier of the cartridge, a usage counter of the cartridge, and an indicator that the cartridge has reached a usage threshold. The memory may also store a usage offset equal to a historical usage of the cartridge, the usage offset for determining a new remaining usage of the cartridge.
Claims15
A printing material cartridge comprising:
- an input/output device;
- and
- a memory,
- wherein the memory stores an identifier of the cartridge, and a usage counter of the cartridge, and
- wherein the memory is to store a usage offset indicating a historical usage of the cartridge and a usage capacity of the cartridge, and the usage offset and the usage capacity are used for determining a new remaining usage of the cartridge.
A printing material cartridge comprising:
- an input/output device;
- and
- a memory,
- wherein the memory stores an identifier of the cartridge, a usage counter of the cartridge, and an indicator that the cartridge has reached a usage threshold, and
- wherein the memory stores a usage capacity of the cartridge, the usage capacity and the usage counter are used for determining the new remaining usage of the cartridge.
A non-transitory memory for a printing material cartridge, the memory comprising:
- an identifier of the cartridge;
- a usage counter of the cartridge;
- an indicator that the cartridge has reached a usage threshold;
- and
- a usage capacity of the cartridge,
- wherein a new remaining usage of the cartridge is determined based on the usage capacity and the usage counter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.