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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alberto Colombi, Banchette, IT;
Attilio De Ambrogio, Cigliano, IT;
Assignee:
Olivetti Tecnost S.p.A., Ivrea (Turin), IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/9393 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/9393 ;
Abstract
An ink jet color printer ( ) comprises a printer body ( ) having a casing with a rear wall ( ) provided with a slot ( ) in which an interchangeable, disposable type paper cassette ( ) containing printing media with given common characteristics is removably inserted; the paper cassette bears are at least 5-bit binary ( ) indicating the characteristics of the printing media it contains inside and which is read by the electronic controller ( ) of the printer so as to automatically select the optimum printing mode in relation to the specific characteristics of the printing media, thus avoiding mistakes on the part of the user.