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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2006
Applicant:
Alan K. Chan, Fairport, NY (US);
Inventor:
Alan K. Chan, Fairport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Nu-Kote International, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/06 (2006.01); B41J 2/195 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A replaceable consumable for use in an associated printing device is provided wherein the consumable includes an electronic member having a memory element storing marking material quantity data corresponding to a quantity of marking material contained in the cartridge body and being responsive to data maintenance signals from the printing apparatus to modify the marking material quantity data in the memory element as a non-linear function of the data maintenance signal.