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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2005
Filed:
May. 15, 2003
Alan P. Russell, Boise, ID (US);
Santiago I. Rodriguez, Boise, ID (US);
Richard M. Wilson, Caldwell, ID (US);
Alan P. Russell, Boise, ID (US);
Santiago I. Rodriguez, Boise, ID (US);
Richard M. Wilson, Caldwell, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are described herein for estimating a number of remaining pages that may be printed from a printing device using a replaceable component installed in the printing device. If less than a page count threshold has been printed using the replaceable component, then one or more default values pertaining to a consumable item contained in the replaceable component are used for the estimation. After the page count threshold number of pages has been printed using the replaceable component, actual printer usage data relating to the consumable item in the replaceable component is used to derive the estimate.