Printing Cartridge Refill Method And Associated Cartridge Refill System
OwnerThomas Daniel Brown, William Henry Reed +1inventors
InventorsThomas Daniel Brown, William Henry Reed, Michael David Stilz
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Abstract
A method for refilling a printing cartridge includes installing a printing cartridge in a cartridge refill system; establishing communication with a memory device associated with the printing cartridge to read cartridge data stored in the memory device; determining aspects of refilling of the printing cartridge based on at least a portion of the cartridge data; and refilling the printing cartridge based on a result of the determination.
Claims20
A method for refilling a printing cartridge, comprising:
- installing a printing cartridge in a cartridge refill system;
- establishing communication with a memory device associated with said printing cartridge to read cartridge data stored in said memory device;
- determining aspects of refilling of said printing cartridge based on at least a portion of said cartridge data;
- and
- refilling said printing cartridge based on a result of said determining.
A cartridge refill system for refilling a printing cartridge having a memory device, comprising:
- a print engine configured to mount said printing cartridge to be refilled;
- a cartridge refill device having a refill reservoir containing at least an imaging substance, and having a refill interface device coupled to said refill reservoir and configured to engage said printing cartridge;
- and
- a controller communicatively coupled to said print engine and said cartridge refill device, said controller executing program instructions to perform the acts of:
- establishing communication with said memory device associated with said printing cartridge to read cartridge data stored in said memory device;
- determining aspects of refilling of said printing cartridge based on at least a portion of said cartridge data;
- and
- refilling said printing cartridge based on a result of said determining.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.