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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2007
Malcolm J. Moodie, Banbury, GB;
Helen Frances Kirby, Letchworth Garden, GB;
Timothy David Jonathan Spink, Welwyn, GB;
Derek John Milton, Welwyn Garden, GB;
Stephen John Abbott, Welwyn Garden, GB;
Patrick Leo Hoover, Rochester, NY (US);
Eugene J. Carle, Fairport, NY (US);
Dennis J. Reed, Fairport, NY (US);
Malcolm J. Moodie, Banbury, GB;
Helen Frances Kirby, Letchworth Garden, GB;
Timothy David Jonathan Spink, Welwyn, GB;
Derek John Milton, Welwyn Garden, GB;
Stephen John Abbott, Welwyn Garden, GB;
Patrick Leo Hoover, Rochester, NY (US);
Eugene J. Carle, Fairport, NY (US);
Dennis J. Reed, Fairport, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A printer includes at least one replaceable module which is removable from the printer. A processor discontinues an operation of the printer when the processor determines that an end of life value for the replaceable module is reached unless an appropriate identifier is input which allows the operation of the printer to continue beyond the end of life value. The identifier may be provided by a supplier at the end of life point, provided that an order for a replacement module is received.