Systems and methods for imaging components
AssigneeStatic Control Components, Inc.
InventorsLynton Burchette, Mark Reeves
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Abstract
A cartridge chip for use with a first type of imaging cartridge and a second type of imaging cartridge comprises a controller and a resistive element connected between the controller and a reference potential, the cartridge chip adapted for operation in a first mode of operation compatible with the first type of imaging cartridge when the controller detects the reference potential through the resistive element, the cartridge chip adapted for operation in a second mode of operation compatible with the second type of imaging cartridge when the controller cannot detect the reference potential through the resistive element.
Claims17
A method of configuring a cartridge chip for an imaging cartridge comprising:
- providing the cartridge chip comprising a controller and a resistive element connected between the controller and a reference potential, said cartridge chip adapted for operation in a first mode of operation compatible with a first type of imaging cartridge when the controller detects the reference potential through the resistive element, said cartridge chip adapted for operation in a second mode of operation compatible with a second type of imaging cartridge when the controller cannot detect the reference potential through the resistive element;
- and
- instructing a user to remove the resistive element from the cartridge chip if the imaging cartridge is the second type of imaging cartridge.
A cartridge chip for use with a first type of imaging cartridge and a second type of imaging cartridge, the cartridge chip comprising:
- a controller and a resistive element connected between the controller and a reference potential, said cartridge chip adapted for operation in a first mode of operation compatible with the first type of imaging cartridge when the controller detects the reference potential through the resistive element, said cartridge chip adapted for operation in a second mode of operation compatible with the second type of imaging cartridge when the controller does not detect the reference potential through the resistive element.
A cartridge chip for use with a first type of imaging cartridge and a second type of imaging cartridge, the cartridge chip comprising:
- means for controlling the cartridge chip;
- and
- a resistive element connected between the controller and a reference potential,
- wherein said means for controlling the cartridge chip is adapted for operation in a first mode of operation compatible with the first type of imaging cartridge when the means for controlling the cartridge chip detects the reference potential through the resistive element,
- wherein said means for controlling the cartridge chip is adapted for operation in a second mode of operation compatible with the second type of imaging cartridge when the means for controlling the cartridge chip does not detect the reference potential through the resistive element.
A cartridge chip for use with a first type of imaging cartridge and a second type of imaging cartridge, the cartridge chip comprising:
- a controller comprising a port;
- and
- a resistive element connected between the port and a reference potential,
- said cartridge chip for operating in a first mode of operation compatible with the first type of imaging cartridge when the controller detects the presence of the resistive element, said cartridge chip adapted for operation in a second mode of operation compatible with the second type of imaging cartridge when the controller does not detect the presence of the resistive element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.