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US 2021/0240125 A1Published application
Combination cartridge
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsKenneth SMITH, Dean RICHTSMEIER, Jeff LUKE, Mathew LAVIGNE, Sean Daniel FITZGERALD
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Abstract
An example device can include a reserve print materials container, an access port coupled to the reserve print materials container to receive, from a replenishment device, print materials directly to the reserve print materials container in-situ, and a main print materials container coupled to the reserve print materials container to receive print materials from the reserve print materials container.
Claims15
A device, comprising:
- a reserve print materials container;
- an access port coupled to the reserve print materials container to receive, from a replenishment device, print materials directly to the reserve print materials container in-situ;
- and
- a main print materials container coupled to the reserve print materials container to receive print materials from the reserve print materials container.
1 more element
A system, comprising:
- a combination cartridge device, comprising:
- an organic photo conductor drum (OPC);
- a developer roller;
- a main print materials container;
- a waste collection container;
- an access port coupled to the main print materials container to receive, from a replenishment device, print materials directly to the main print materials container in-situ;
- and
- a replenishment device resiliently coupled to the access port.
5 more elements
A method, comprising:
- receiving a replenishment device at an access port of a cartridge device while the cartridge device is in a printing device;
- receiving print materials deployed from the replenishment device at a print materials container of the cartridge device while the cartridge device is in the printing device;
- performing a print job using the print materials;
- collecting waste to a first waste collection container of the cartridge device;
- and
- moving the waste to a second waste collection container of the cartridge device for storage of the waste.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.