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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2008
Christopher Ryan Gold, Tigard, OR (US);
Ernest Israel Esplin, Sheridan, OR (US);
Frederck T. Mattern, Portland, OR (US);
Brent Rodney Jones, Sherwood, OR (US);
Michael A. Fairchild, Vancouver, WA (US);
Christopher Ryan Gold, Tigard, OR (US);
Ernest Israel Esplin, Sheridan, OR (US);
Frederck T. Mattern, Portland, OR (US);
Brent Rodney Jones, Sherwood, OR (US);
Michael A. Fairchild, Vancouver, WA (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
An ink status conveyance system comprises a maximum monitored ink level sensor operable with respect to an ink source for holding a supply of ink and delivering the ink to a printhead. The ink level sensor is configured to detect when an available amount of ink in the ink source corresponds to an ample ink level. A notification controller is configured to track the available amount of ink in the ink source between an ample ink level and an ink out level. A user interface is configured to enable a user to designate a low ink notification set point for the ink source at any ink level between the ample ink level and the ink out level. The notification controller is configured to compare the user designated low ink notification set point to the available ink volume value to generate a low ink notification when the available ink volume value corresponds to the user designated low ink notification set point.