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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
May. 20, 2005
Douglas Anthony Able, Shelbyville, KY (US);
Thomas Neal Barnes, Versailles, KY (US);
Patrick O. Bischel, Paris, KY (US);
Rickey Carter Brown, Bardstown, KY (US);
William Keith Richardson, Salvisa, KY (US);
Louann Behymer Samuels, Lexington, KY (US);
Kevin Dean Schoedinger, Lexington, KY (US);
Gregory Scott Tigges, Frankfort, KY (US);
Douglas Anthony Able, Shelbyville, KY (US);
Thomas Neal Barnes, Versailles, KY (US);
Patrick O. Bischel, Paris, KY (US);
Rickey Carter Brown, Bardstown, KY (US);
William Keith Richardson, Salvisa, KY (US);
Louann Behymer Samuels, Lexington, KY (US);
Kevin Dean Schoedinger, Lexington, KY (US);
Gregory Scott Tigges, Frankfort, KY (US);
Lexmark International Inc, Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A printing device () such as a laser printer includes a fuser assembly () with a fuser wiper () that can be removed and replaced by a user during normal maintenance to extend the useful life of the fuser assembly (). Indicators (b, b) stored in a memory device () can be read by a print engine () of a printer () either when a print cartridge () is first inserted into the printer () or at specified times thereafter. Depending on the contents of the memory device (), the print engine () may send a notification message to the printer's raster image processor () to cause a message to be displayed on the printer's operational/display panel () that informs a user the fuser wiper () should be replaced.