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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2018
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Mok Hwa Lim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus and method for determining whether a toner refill apparatus is available are provided. The image forming apparatus includes a print engine to carry out a print job using a toner from a toner cartridge, a communication apparatus to communicate with a memory chip attached to a toner refill apparatus for refilling a toner in the toner cartridge, and a processor to identify whether the toner refill apparatus is available based on information stored in the memory chip of the toner refill apparatus.
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