Method for error handling in the toner refill process
US11209762B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 8, 2019 |
| Grant date | Dec 28, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 8, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/1823
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a print engine to perform a print job by using a toner filled in a toner cartridge, a communication apparatus to communicate with a memory chip attached to a toner refill apparatus refilling the toner in the toner cartridge, and a processor to, based on an error being found in a toner injection process for the toner cartridge by using the toner refill apparatus, store information related to the error in the toner cartridge.
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