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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2019
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Toru Homma, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Hashidume, Tokyo, JP;
Hisanobu Ajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuo Tohata, Shizuoka, JP;
Takahiro Nakajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Takumi Hatano, Kanagawa, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA AMERICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, INC., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A toner cartridge for use with an image forming apparatus includes a memory storing identification data of the toner cartridge and parameter information including image formation process parameters dependent on toner characteristic or ambient conditions. A transceiver unit communicates with the image forming apparatus to send the process parameter information stored in the memory to the image forming apparatus when the identification data is authentic.