Electrical storage device for a replaceable printing component

A replaceable printing component for an ink-jet printing system having at least one replaceable printing component, the replaceable printing component including an electrical storage device responsive to printing system control signals for transferring information between the replaceable printing component and the ink-jet printing system, the replaceable printing component comprising:

• a non-protected electrical storage portion responsive to write control signals for storing information provided to the non-protected electrical storage portion;
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• a protected electrical storage portion having a protected state in response to an occurrence of a write protect active signal and a non-protected state, wherein the protected electrical storage portion in the non-protected state is responsive to write control signals for storing information provided to the protected electrical storage portion, and wherein the protected electrical storage portion in the protected state preventing storage of information in the protected electrical storage portion, and wherein the protected and non-protected electrical storage portions are responsive to read control signals for transferring information stored in the protected and non-protected electrical storage portions, respectively, to the ink-jet printing system;
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• a write once electrical storage portion, the write once electrical storage portion responsive to only a first occurrence of write control signals for storing information provided to the write once electrical storage portion, the write once electrical storage portion responsive to read control signals for transferring information stored in the write once electrical storage portion to the ink-jet printing system, wherein the write once electrical storage portion has a corresponding write once electrical storage size associated therewith and wherein the replaceable printing component contains information specifying the write once electrical storage size.

A replaceable printing component for an ink-jet printing system having at least one replaceable printing component, the replaceable printing component including an electrical storage device responsive to printing system control signals for transferring information between the replaceable printing component and the ink-jet printing system, the replaceable printing component comprising:

• a non-protected electrical storage portion responsive to write control signals for storing information provided to the non-protected electrical storage portion;
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• a protected electrical storage portion having a protected state in response to an occurrence of a write protect active signal and a non-protected state, wherein the protected electrical storage portion in the non-protected state is responsive to write control signals for storing information provided to the protected electrical storage portion, and wherein the protected electrical storage portion in the protected state preventing storage of information in the protected electrical storage portion, and wherein the protected and non-protected electrical storage portions are responsive to read control signals for transferring information stored in the protected and non-protected electrical storage portions respectively, to the ink-jet printing system;
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• a write once electrical storage portion, the write once electrical storage portion responsive to only a first occurrence of write control signals for storing information provided to the write once electrical storage portion, the write once electrical storage portion responsive to read control signals for transferring information stored in the write once electrical storage portion to the ink-jet printing system, wherein one of the write once, non-protected and protected electrical storage portions contains a size associated with the write once electrical storage portion, a size associated with the protected electrical storage portion and a size associated with the non-protected electrical storage portion.

A replaceable printing component for an ink-jet printing system having at least one replaceable printing component, the replaceable printing component including an electrical storage device responsive to printing system control signals for transferring information between the replaceable printing component and the ink-jet printing system, the replaceable printing component comprising:

• a non-protected electrical storage portion responsive to write control signals for storing information provided to the non-protected electrical storage portion;
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• a protected electrical storage portion having a protected state in response to an occurrence of a write protect active signal and a non-protected state, wherein the protected electrical storage portion in the non-protected state is responsive to write control signals for storing information provided to the protected electrical storage portion, and wherein the protected electrical storage portion in the protected state preventing storage of information in the protected electrical storage portion, and wherein the protected and non-protected electrical storage portions are responsive to read control signals for transferring information stored in the protected and non-protected electrical storage portions, respectively, to the ink-jet printing system;
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• a control portion, the control portion containing a size associated with the protected electrical storage portion and a size associated with the non-protected electrical storage portion.

A replaceable printing component for an ink-jet printing system having at least one replaceable printing component, the replaceable printing component including an electrical storage device responsive to printing system control signals for transferring information between the replaceable printing component and the ink-jet printing system, the replaceable printing component comprising:

• a write once electrical storage portion, the write once electrical storage portion responsive to only a first occurrence of write control signals for storing information provided to the write once electrical storage portion;
• a non-protected electrical storage portion responsive to write control signals for storing information provided to the non-protected electrical storage portion;
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• a protected electrical storage portion having a protected state in response to an occurrence of a write protect active signal and a non-protected state, wherein the protected electrical storage portion in the non-protected state is responsive to write control signals for storing information provided to the protected electrical storage portion, and wherein the protected electrical storage portion in the protected state preventing storage of information in the protected electrical storage portion, wherein the write once, protected and non-protected electrical storage portions are responsive to read control signals for transferring information stored in the write once, protected and non-protected electrical storage portions, respectively, to the ink-jet printing system, and wherein one of the write once electrical storage portion, the non-protected electrical storage portion and protected electrical storage portion contains information relating to a size associated with each of the write once, protected and non-protected electrical storage portions.

A replaceable printing component for an ink-jet printing system having at least one replaceable printing component, the replaceable printing component including an electrical storage device responsive to printing system control signals for transferring information between the replaceable printing component and the ink-jet printing system, the replaceable printing component comprising:

• a write once electrical storage portion, the write once electrical storage portion responsive to only a first occurrence of write control signals for storing information provided to the write once electrical storage portion;
• a non-protected electrical storage portion responsive to write control signals for storing information provided to the non-protected electrical storage portion;
• a protected electrical storage portion having a protected state in response to an occurrence of a write protect active signal and a non-protected state, wherein the protected electrical storage portion in the non-protected state is responsive to write control signals for storing information provided to the protected electrical storage portion, and wherein the protected electrical storage portion in the protected state preventing storage of information in the protected electrical storage portion, and wherein the write once, protected and non-protected electrical storage portion are responsive to read control signals for transferring information stored on the write once, protected and non-protected electrical storage portions, respectively, to the ink-jet printing system;
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• a control portion, the control containing a size associated with the write once electrical storage portion, a size associated with the protected electrical storage portion and a size associated with the non-protected electrical storage portion.

A replaceable printing component for an ink-jet printing system having at least one replaceable printing component, the replaceable printing component including an electrical storage device responsive to printing system control signals for transferring information between the replaceable printing component and the ink-jet printing system, the replaceable printing component comprising:

• a write once electrical storage portion, the write once electrical storage portion responsive to only a first occurrence of write control signals for storing information provided to the write once electrical storage portion;
• a non-protected electrical storage portion responsive to write control signals for storing information provided to the non-protected electrical storage portion;
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• a protected electrical storage portion having a protected state in response to an occurrence of a write protect active signal and a non-protected state, wherein the protected electrical storage portion in the non-protected state is responsive to write control signals for storing information provided to the protected electrical storage portion, and wherein the protected electrical storage portion in the protected state preventing storage of information in the protected electrical storage portion, wherein the write once, protected and non-protected electrical storage portions are responsive to read control signals for transferring information stored in the write once, protected and non-protected electrical storage portions, respectively, to the ink-jet printing system, and wherein each of the write once electrical storage portion, non-protected electrical storage portion and protected electrical storage portion are configured for storing data arranged in bytes with each data byte having a corresponding address wherein addresses associated with the protected storage portion is between addresses associated with each of the write once electrical storage portion and the non-protected electrical storage portion.

A method for specifying data locations in an electrical storage device, the electrical storage device associated with a replaceable printer component of an ink-jet printing system, the electrical storage device responsive to printing system control signals for transferring information between the printer component and the ink-jet printing system, the method comprising:

• providing a write once, a protected and a non-protected electrical storage portion of the electrical storage device;
• storing size information associated with each of the write once, protected and non-protected electrical storage portions of the electrical storage device into the electrical storage device wherein installation of the replaceable printer component associated with the electrical storage device into the printing system establishes electrical connection between the electrical storage device associated with the replaceable printer component and the printing system to allow reading of the stored size information associated with each of the write once, protected and non-protected electrical storage portions of the electrical storage device to determine address locations based on the size information for each of the write once, protected and non-protected electrical storage portions of the electrical storage device, the printing system using the determined address locations to transfer information between the electrical storage portion and the printing system.