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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2005
Michele Kayla Mae Durham, Tualatin, OR (US);
Robert C. Tidrick, Tigard, OR (US);
Heinz Erwin Grellmann, Beaverton, OR (US);
Michele Kayla Mae Durham, Tualatin, OR (US);
Robert C. Tidrick, Tigard, OR (US);
Heinz Erwin Grellmann, Beaverton, OR (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A printing machine including a material supply module adapted to expel a marking material contained in a collapsible package having an information-bearing tag. The material supply module includes a reader for obtaining information from the information-bearing tag, a package opening actuator configured to cause the collapsible package to open, and at least one hopper for receiving the marking material. The printing machine also includes a marking device module configured to receive the marking material from the at least one hopper. Other aspects are a method of supplying marking material and a method of verifying the contents of a marking material package.