Consumable management method and equipment thereof
US9299017B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 24, 2014 |
| Grant date | Mar 29, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 24, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J35/36
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A consumable management method includes the following steps. A general consumable and an enabling key storage device are provided to a dealer. The general consumable includes an enabling chip. The enabling key storage device stores an exclusive enabling key. The dealer is instructed to use a burning tool to burn the exclusive enabling key into the enabling chip of the general consumable, so as to make the general consumable become an exclusive consumable, which is exclusively available to at least one first printing device that is only authenticated by the exclusive enabling key.
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