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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2010
Mark William Amann, Lexington, KY (US);
Alan Stirling Campbell, Lexington, KY (US);
David Lee Merrifield, Lexington, KY (US);
Mark William Amann, Lexington, KY (US);
Alan Stirling Campbell, Lexington, KY (US);
David Lee Merrifield, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A method for delaying the start of a gage for tracking the life of a consumable item for an imaging device according to one exemplary embodiment includes counting the number of revolutions of a rotating imaging component having a correlation with the life of the consumable item and determining whether a predetermined delay threshold is satisfied based on the number of revolutions of the imaging component counted. Until the predetermined delay threshold is satisfied, starting the gage and tracking the remaining life of the consumable item are delayed.