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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2000
Robert E. Haines, Boise, ID (US);
Mark A. Harper, Middleton, ID (US);
Robert E. Haines, Boise, ID (US);
Mark A. Harper, Middleton, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Image forming devices and methods of facilitating ordering of an imaging consumable are described. According to one aspect, an image forming device includes an interface adapted to communicate with a communication medium external of the image forming device; imaging circuitry configured to use an imaging consumable to form hard images; a sensor configured to monitor a status of the imaging consumable; and processing circuitry coupled with the sensor and configured to generate a message indicating the status of the imaging consumable and to synchronize with another image forming device to control a timing of a communication of the message externally of the image forming device using the interface.