# US 9,519,449 B2 · Network printer system

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- Number: US 9,519,449 B2
- Document ID: US9519449B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/745,560
- Filed: 2015-06-22
- Published: 2015-10-08
- Granted: 2016-12-13
- Earliest claimed: 2012-06-29
- Assignees: Static Control Components, Inc.
- Applicants: Static Control Components, Inc.
- Inventors: William Eli Thacker; Scott M. Babish
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9519449B2

## CPC

- B41J 2/17543: {Cartridge presence detection or type identification}
- B41J 2/17546: {electronically}
- B41J 29/38: Drives, motors, controls or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism
- G03G 15/0856: {Detection or control means for the developer level}
- G03G 15/0863: {provided with identifying means or means for storing process- or use parameters, e.g. an electronic memory}
- G03G 15/5004: {Power supply control, e.g. power-saving mode, automatic power turn-off}
- G03G 15/5079: {for maintenance}
- G03G 15/553: {Monitoring or warning means for exhaustion or lifetime end of consumables, e.g. indication of insufficient copy sheet quantity for a job}
- G06F 3/121: {Facilitating exception or error detection and recovery, e.g. fault, media or consumables depleted}
- G06F 3/1231: {Device related settings, e.g. IP address, Name, Identification}
- G06F 3/1293: {Printer information exchange with computer}
- G06F 3/1294: {Status or feedback related to information exchange}
- H04N 1/00928: {Initialisation or control of normal start-up or shut-down, i.e. non failure or error related}
- G03G 15/556: {for toner consumption, e.g. pixel counting, toner coverage detection or toner density measurement}
- B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- G03G: ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

Electronic systems, such as printing systems, often use components that have integral memory. The integral memory can be used to store information about the component. In some printing systems this memory includes a portion that stores a value indicative of a print yield. Disclosed is a method and system for allowing the memory to have data indicative of an increased print yield.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for resetting a print chip mounted on a cartridge for use in a printing device, wherein the print cartridge has an identifier associated therewith and the print cartridge has an expected print yield that is different than an expected print yield of a standard yield cartridge manufactured for use in the printing device, the method comprising:
determining that a print cartridge installed in a printing device has an identifier associated therewith;
determining that a predetermined condition has been met; and
providing a message indicating that the printing device should be powered off, wherein powering off the printing device after the predetermined condition has been met resets the print chip,
wherein the identifier is stored in a memory located on the print cartridge,
wherein the identifier is stored in a specific location in the memory, and
wherein a management information base (MIB) database is utilized to identify the specific location in the memory.

### Claim 2

A system for resetting a print chip mounted onto a print cartridge, the system comprising:
a printing device having a print cartridge loaded therein, wherein the print cartridge has an identifier associated therewith, wherein the print cartridge has an actual expected print yield that is a percentage higher than a standard expected print yield of a standard yield cartridge manufactured for use in the printing device; and
a processor configured to:
determine that the print cartridge installed in the printing device has an identifier associated therewith;
determine that a predetermined condition has been met; and
provide a message indicating that the printing device should be powered off, wherein powering off the printing device after the predetermined condition has been met resets the print chip,
wherein the identifier is stored in a memory located on the print cartridge,
wherein the identifier is stored in a specific location in the memory, and
wherein a management information base (MIB) database is utilized to identify the specific location in the memory.