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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2018
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Wesley R. Schalk, Vancouver, WA (US);
Jesse Otto Sutherland, Vancouver, WA (US);
Erik A. Anderson, Vancouver, WA (US);
Jefferson P. Ward, Vancouver, WA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
Examples for determining printing device functionality based on consumption and payment are described herein. In some examples, signals indicative of an amount of utilized print consumable by a printing device and signals indicative of payment for the amount of utilized print consumable are received at a computing device. Signals to cause the printing device to alter a functionality based on the signals indicative of an amount of utilized print consumable and the signals indicative of payment for the amount of utilized print consumable are transmitted by the computing device.