Method and apparatus for printing
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsAaron Michael Stuckey, Karl Edwin Kurz
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Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure can provide a method for replacing a customer replaceable unit (CRU) in a printing system. The method can include determining a historic usage pattern for a CRU during a usage of the CRU, calculating a remaining time for the CRU based on the historic usage pattern, and signaling a user for ordering a new CRC when the remaining time for the CRU is substantially equivalent to a pre-determined value.
Claims23
A method for replacing a customer replaceable unit (CRU in a printing system, comprising:
- determining a historic usage pattern for a CRU during a usage of the CRU;
- calculating a remaining time for the CRU based on the historic usage pattern;
- and
- signaling a user for ordering a new CRU when the remaining time for the CRU is substantially equivalent to a predetermined value.
A printing system, comprising:
- a photoreceptor module configured to be replaceable;
- a monitor module configured to measure a usage attribute of the photoreceptor module;
- and
- a controller module configured to determine a historic usage pattern for the photoreceptor based on the measured usage attribute of the photoreceptor module, calculate a remaining time for the photoreceptor module based on the historic usage pattern, and signal a user for ordering a new photoreceptor module when the remaining time for the photoreceptor module is substantially equivalent to a pre-determined value.
A computer readable medium storing program instructions for causing a controller to perform customer replaceable unit (CRU) optimization steps, comprising:
- determining a historic usage pattern for a CRU during a usage of the CRU;
- calculating a remaining time for the CRU based on the historic usage pattern;
- and
- signaling a user for ordering a new CRU when the remaining time for the CRU is substantially equivalent to a pre-determined value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.