US Patent Application 18325274. PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS WITH CONSUMABLE ITEM simplified abstract

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PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS WITH CONSUMABLE ITEM

Organization Name

BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor(s)

Masahiro Hayashi of Anjo (JP)

Sadaaki Miyazaki of Nagoya (JP)

Tetsunori Mori of Kariya (JP)

Naoya Okazaki of Hashima (JP)

Satoru Oki of Nagoya (JP)

PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS WITH CONSUMABLE ITEM - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18325274 titled 'PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS WITH CONSUMABLE ITEM

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes a printing apparatus that operates in a contract mode and includes an installing part, a printer, and a controller.

  • The printing apparatus can be used in a contract mode, where specific consumable items are required.
  • The consumable items used in the printing apparatus have a memory that stores information about their type.
  • The consumable item information can indicate whether the consumable item is of the first type (corresponding to the contract mode) or the second type (corresponding to a non-contract mode).
  • The controller of the printing apparatus is configured to write predetermined information in the memory of a consumable item if it is of the second type and the printing apparatus needs to operate in the contract mode.


Original Abstract Submitted

There is provided a printing apparatus including: an installing part; a printer; and a controller. The printing apparatus is configured to operate in a contract mode. The consumable item includes a memory. Consumable item information includes first type information indicating that the consumable item has a first type corresponding to the contract mode or second type information indicating that the consumable item has a second type corresponding to a non-contract mode. The controller is configured to execute an information writing process of writing, in the memory, a predetermined information for treating the consumable item as the consumable item of the first type, in a case that the second type information is included in the consumable item information stored in the memory of the consumable item installed in the installing part and that the printing apparatus is required to operate in the contract mode.

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