Effectively using a consumable in two printers
US8582988B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 27, 2010 |
| Grant date | Nov 12, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 29, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/553
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In a multi-printer system with two marking engines, the jobs printed are monitored and the remaining lives of consumables in replaceable units (RUs) in the engines are estimated. A decision unit responsive to the estimated lives of the consumables determines that the first RU in the first marking engine should be moved to the second marking engine at a selected service time, so that a remaining amount of the consumable in the first RU is not discarded.
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