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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2003
Stephen D. Dentel, Vancouver, WA (US);
Donald J. Welch, Camas, WA (US);
Stephen D. Dentel, Vancouver, WA (US);
Donald J. Welch, Camas, WA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for altering function of a printing device is provided. The system includes a printing device having a cartridge slot configured to receive any of a plurality of different cartridge types, and a computing device including a processor, wherein the processor is linked to the printing device and is configured to control operation of the printing device. The system further includes first instructions loadable on the computing device. The first instructions are specific for a first cartridge type and control operation of a first cartridge of the first cartridge type when the first cartridge is disposed in the cartridge slot of the printing device.