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Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016

Filed:

May. 11, 2015
Applicant:

Static Control Components, Inc., Sanford, NC (US);

Inventor:

William Eli Thacker, III, Sanford, NC (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/50 (2013.01); B41J 2/17546 (2013.01); B41J 2/17559 (2013.01); G03G 15/0894 (2013.01); G06K 15/40 (2013.01); G06K 15/4095 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of operating a cartridge chip installed in an imaging device includes: causing, by the cartridge chip, the imaging device to enter an error condition; monitoring the timing or sequence of communication signals received from the imaging device during at least a portion of the error condition; and operating, based on the timing or sequence of the communication signals received from the imaging device during at least a portion of the error condition, in a first mode of operation compatible with a first type of imaging device or in a second mode of operation compatible with a second type of imaging device.


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