Printing or copying appliance with exchangeable part units which have an identification device, method for operating an appliance of this type and toner containers for use in the same

US6181885A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Oce Printing Systems GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Arno Best · Hanstedt, DE
• Volker Rademacher · Borgo San Lazzaro, DE
• Christian Schmidt-Hoenow · Germering, DE
• Kurt Zietlow · Grafing, DE
• Volker Warbus · Oberhaching, DE
• Heinrich Lay · Töging, DE
• Karola Scheidig · Pliening, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 3, 2000
• Grant date: Jan 30, 2001
• Expiry date: Jan 3, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41J2202/17
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In a printing or copying device which has one or several exchangeable part units with a modular assembly, the part unit to be identified has an identification device with a non-volatile memory for storing function-relevant operating data of the part unit, said operating data being allocated to operating states. The part unit also has a communication interface for detachably connecting the identification device to a process control device of the printing or copying device.