Replaceable cartridge for a printer including resident memory with stored message triggering data

A method for communicating to a user of a printing system which employs a pluggable module including a memory, the printing system adapted to couple to a print data source, the method comprising the steps of:

• upon occurrence of an event, accessing data from said memory and determining if communication data for causing a message to be communicated is output from said memory;
• and
• if such communication data is accessed, automatically communicating said message for user review, without requiring user intervention.

An ink cartridge whose installation updates a printing systems, said printing system including a processor that is electrically coupled to a receptacle which includes a connector, said printing system having a printhead that ejects ink onto media, said ink cartridge comprising:

• a housing adapted to be releasably mounted in said receptacle, said housing containing an ink reservoir;
• and
• a memory element that couples to said connector when said housing is releasably mounted to said receptacle, said memory element storing notification data that includes at least one parameter, said memory element providing said notification data to said processor, said processor executing a parameter checking algorithm that compares said at least one parameter to expected parameters, and executing a further procedure in response to said comparison.

A replaceable module whose installation into a printing system provides an end user with a message, said printing system including a print data source, said pluggable module comprising:

• a memory element;
• connector means for coupling said memory element to a processor in said printing system, said memory element including parameters which, upon being automatically accessed by said processor, cause a message to be communicated for user review, without requiring user intervention.