Altering print configurations for authorized users
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorJeffrey Scott Weaver
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Abstract
Methods for altering configurations of printing devices are provided. A representative method includes: receiving information corresponding to an authorization of a user, the information including a designation of a first configuration of a printing device the user desires to enable; retrieving information adapted to enable the first configuration of the printing device; and enabling the printing device to exhibit the first configuration using the information retrieved. Systems, computer-readable media and other methods also are provided.
Claims28
A method for altering a configuration of a printing device, said method comprising:
- receiving information corresponding to an authorization of a user, the information including a designation of a first configuration of the printing device the user desires to enable;
- and
- enabling the printing device to exhibit the first configuration in response to receiving the information.
A print system comprising:
- a printing device having a first print cartridge and an identification reader, the first print cartridge containing a print substance for printing on a print medium, the first cartridge having a readable identification tag for providing first information, the identification reader being configured to receive the first information from the identification tag, such that, if the first information corresponds to the printing device, the identification reader enables the printing device to print;
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- a configuration-enabling system communicating with the printing device, the configuration-enabling system being configured to receive information corresponding to an authorization of a user, the information including a designation of a first configuration of the printing device the user desires to enable, retrieve information adapted to enable the first configuration of the printing device, and enable the printing device to exhibit the first configuration.
A computer readable medium for use with a printing device, said computer readable medium comprising:
- logic configured to:
- receive information corresponding to an authorization of a user, the information including a designation of a first configuration of the printing device the user desires to enable;
- retrieve information adapted to enable the first configuration of the printing device;
- and
- enable the printing device to exhibit the first configuration by using the information retrieved.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.