Method and apparatus for acquiring replacement products for a printing device or accessory
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorSharon Ann Whaley
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Abstract
A printing system includes a staple sensor that senses a low staple condition in a stapling device. A low staple message is generated in response to sensing the low staple condition in the stapling device. The printing system identifies a computing device designated to manage the replacement of staples. The low staple message is then communicated to the identified computing device. The computing device contains an application capable of determining whether replacement staples are in stock and capable of ordering more staples if replacement staples are not in stock.
Claims22
A method comprising:
- receiving a low staple message;
- identifying a computing device designated to manage the replacement of staples;
- and
- communicating the low staple message to the computing device, wherein the computing device contains an application capable of determining whether replacement staples are in stock and capable of ordering more staples if replacement staples are not in stock.
A method implemented by a printing device, comprising:
- receiving a low staple message associated with the particular printing device;
- determining whether replacement staples are in stock for the particular printing device;
- generating a work order to refill staples in the particular printing device if replacement staples are in stock;
- and
- ordering more replacement staples if replacement staples are not in stock wherein a computer readable medium is used to carry out the above steps automatically.
A method comprising:
- receiving a low staple message associated with a particular printing device;
- presenting an option to order replacement staples for the particular printing device;
- and
- selecting the presented option if additional replacement staples are needed, wherein selecting the presented option causes a web browser application to navigate to a web page that allows a user to order replacement staples for the particular printing device.
An apparatus comprising:
- a sheet binding device configured to bind a plurality of media sheets together;
- a binding sensor coupled to the sheet binding device, the binding sensor configured to detect when the sheet binding device requires additional materials;
- and
- a print engine coupled to the binding sensor, the print engine located in a printing device and configured to generate a low binding material message in response to detection that the sheet binding device requires additional materials by the binding sensor, the print engine further configured to communicate the low binding material message to a computing device that includes an application capable of determining whether replacement binding materials are in stock and capable of ordering more binding materials if replacement binding materials are not in stock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.