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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2007
Jefferson P. Ward, Brush Prairie, WA (US);
Bruce A. Mcfadden, Vancouver, WA (US);
David B. Novak, Philomath, OR (US);
Jefferson P. Ward, Brush Prairie, WA (US);
Bruce A. McFadden, Vancouver, WA (US);
David B. Novak, Philomath, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment a cartridge holder includes: a body having a plurality of bays therein for holding a cartridge and each bay having an electrical connector associated therewith for connecting to a chip; an adapter removably attachable to the body at a bay, the adapter having a site for a chip at a location where a chip installed at the chip site is connected to a connector in the bay when the adapter is attached to the body; and each bay configured to hold: without an adapter attached to the body at the bay, a first cartridge having a first shape and a chip thereon, and, with the adapter attached to the body at the bay, a second cartridge having a second shape different from the first shape and the second cartridge not having a chip thereon.