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RE40452 Image forming apparatus and replacement part used therefor  
In an image forming apparatus including a periodic replacement part detachably mounted to the apparatus main body, the periodic replacement part is provided with a storage medium storing...
7406272 Image forming apparatus and system with attachable and detachable developer container  
An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing body for bearing a latent image; a plurality of attach/detach sections to each of which a developer container for containing developer used for...
7403720 Image-forming apparatus having process cartridge and color shift estimation  
An image-forming method performed in an image forming apparatus which includes: a first memory, storing first information indicative of a first factor causing color shift; and a detachable process...
7397576 Apparatus for and method of recognizing trays in a printer  
An apparatus for and method of operating a printer recognizes and allocates a unique identification (ID) to each of a plurality of trays, which are mounted in a printer as options. The apparatus...
7394998 Image forming apparatus and developer cartridge  
A developer cartridge is configured to be detachably mounted in an apparatus main body and to accommodate developer. The developer cartridge includes a drive member and a display portion. The drive...
7394997 Anti-counterfeiting identification system and method for consumables  
Provided is an article of manufacturer with anti-counterfeit properties a consumable, having taggant nanoparticles dispersed within it. Each taggant nanoparticle has at least one known physical...
7386241 Processing cartridge rotating a drum shaft in different directions and image forming apparatus mounting such a cartridge  
A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, the process cartridge includes an...
7382990 Image forming apparatus  
An image forming apparatus includes at least two radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, an interrogator activating the RFID tags and sequentially receives tag information from the RFID tags...
7382989 Image forming system with exchange unit mounted therein  
It is judged whether or not an exchange unit mounted in an image forming apparatus is a genuine one. If judged that a nongenuine unit is mounted there, it is judged at the next step whether not a...
7382988 Image forming apparatus  
A process cartridge of the present invention is removably mounted to the body of an image forming apparatus and includes an image carrier and a developing device configured to develop a latent...
7376362 Image forming apparatus to detect a new process cartridge  
An image forming apparatus used with a replaceable process cartridge mounted therein, including: a new article detecting unit which detects whether or not the mounted process cartridge is a new...
7375834 Method of configuring a printer and ink cartridge  
A method of configuring a printer is disclosed, wherein a set of printing parameters is stored in a control unit of the printer. The method includes the steps of storing the set of printing...
7369784 Image forming apparatus and main body of the same  
The present invention provides an image forming apparatus main body for forming an image on a recording medium using consumable items removably attached thereto by at least two operation modes. The...
7369783 Image forming apparatus, process cartridge, and development unit  
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of developing devices, each of which stores a toner, a developing device installation section, in which the developing device is detachably...
7366431 Developing device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus  
In accordance with the present invention, a transparent or semitransparent window is formed in a developing device or a process cartridge to allow one to see the inside of the developing device via...
7362981 Image forming apparatus, method for controlling the same and storage medium for storing program  
An image forming apparatus, provided with replacement parts each having a storage section therein and adapted to be detachably attached to the image forming apparatus and with an image forming unit...
7356265 Image forming apparatus  
An image forming apparatus in which the consumption article can be attached to and detached from a main body has a controller, which reads first new/old information that is stored in a repetitively...
7352975 Developer supplying apparatus  
A developer supply apparatus includes a portion receiving a developer supply container and being movable between mounting/demounting and developer supply positions, a mechanism for moving the...
7343298 Method and system for supply of expendables  
In response to an order from a user, a new expendable container is supplied in exchange for an expendable container possessed by the user. Price for ink supply is determined based on...
7343106 Image forming apparatus having dismountable units necessary for image forming  
An image forming apparatus reads the amount of use of each unit from a first storage section which stores the amount of use of each unit. The image forming apparatus reads a condition, set to...
7340188 Image forming apparatus and system containing detachable developer containers  
An image forming apparatus comprises a rotatable rotating body to and from which a plurality of developer containers can be attached and detached, each of the developer containers being capable of...
7333738 Electronic apparatus, expendable item recycling apparatus, expendable item, electronic apparatus control method, expendable item recycling method, program, and computer-readable medium  
A technique is disclosed for storing in a recyclable expendable item used in an electronic apparatus first encrypted information generated by encrypting usable/unusable information pertaining to...
RE40058 TONER BOTTLE CAPABLE OF BEING DISCRIMINATED, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCRIMINATING TONER BOTTLE TYPES ACCORDING TO A SENSED OBJECT ON THE TONER BOTTLE STIRRING TONER, AND DETECTING THE AMOUNT OF REMAINING TONER  
A method and apparatus for discriminating bottle types, for stirring the toner, and for detecting the amount of toner remaining in the toner bottle. A toner bottle is adapted to fit the apparatus...
7330673 Image forming device, consumable used in the image forming device, and method of managing status information of the consumable  
A device for and method of managing status information on a consumable for an image forming device by using memory included in the consumable is provided. The image forming device having more than...
7330672 Image forming apparatus able to execute selected operating mode upon replacement of replaceable unit, and method therefore  
When a CPU receives an input signal that selects an operation mode through an operation mode selecting screen, the CPU determines whether or not the selected operation mode coincides with an...
7330671 Image forming device including discriminating unit and attached with replacement unit  
Respective operation mode histories are stored in the main body NVM of an image forming device. The main body NVM stores an operation mode just before the turning-off of the power supply. When the...
7324762 Cartridge, indentification information tag and image forming device  
A cartridge is detachably attached to an image forming device, and an identification information tag that stores identification information for distinguishing the cartridge from other cartridges...
7321737 System for authenticating modules installed in machines, such as printing apparatus  
A method of operating a machine, such as a digital printing apparatus, involves installing into the machine a module having a first random number generator associated therewith, and, incidental to...
7319827 Apparatus and device unit for use in the apparatus  
An apparatus includes a plurality of installation parts, to each of which a device unit is detachably installed to be used, and a restriction device configured to restrict the device unit having...
7319826 Method of optimizing amount of toner of electrophotographic printer  
A method of optimizing the amount of toner of an electrophotographic printer is provided. The method includes measuring a life span of the development roller in use. The speed of a development...
7317880 Image forming device for controlling density adjustment based on a type of development unit  
The image forming device enables adequate density adjustment control, regardless of which toner cartridge is mounted. The image forming device for conducting image formation by using a toner has a...
7315700 Image forming apparatus capable of optimum outputting according to the grade of consumables  
An image forming apparatus capable of satisfying various demands of a user by enabling the user to determine a grade of consumables in a single image forming apparatus, and the method of employing...
7313334 Image formation device enabling switching between color printing mode and monochrome printing mode  
An image formation device has an image carrier in which is formed a latent image and a development device in which are detachably mounted a plurality of development units housing a developing...
7310492 Fixing device having release agent applying unit and image forming apparatus  
A fixing device includes a fixing member, a heat source for heating the fixing member, a pressure member urged against the fixing member so as to form a nip portion between the pressure member and...
7302196 Image forming apparatus, developer tank, and method of identifying developer tank  
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming apparatus body, and developer tanks to be removably fitted to the body. The developer tanks each have a charging current inflow terminal which...
7295787 Device unit, an image forming apparatus, a management system, and a recycling system capable of using non-genuine device unit as replacement product  
A novel device unit is detachably provided to an image forming apparatus having a control unit configured to control the image forming apparatus. The device unit includes a CPU configured to...
7292806 Image forming apparatus and an image forming method using a plurality of monochromatic developer cartridges  
Prior to the execution of a printing operation, a print preparatory operation is conducted only on a priority developer cartridge out of the plurality of monochromatic developer cartridges mounted...
7289750 Image forming apparatus and an image forming method using a plurality of monochromatic developer cartridges  
The apparatus is brought into a printable state by selecting one print preparatory process from first and second print preparatory processes and conducting the selected print preparatory process...
7289742 Printing apparatus with removable image forming section and position error processing of image forming section installation position  
What is disclosed is a printer comprising a mechanism mounting section which is able to attach plural image forming sections; a color information obtaining section to obtain color information...
7289741 Image forming apparatus, unit for installation in the image forming apparatus, and administration system monitoring use state of the image forming apparatus  
An image forming apparatus includes a unit having a first non-volatile memory holding recognition information of the unit and a main body in which the unit is installed in a replaceable manner. The...
7286775 Image formation device enabling switching display of remaining developing agent in monochrome printing mode  
An image formation device has an image carrier and a development device ( 50 ) into which development units housing toner are detachably installed. The development units have storage device storing...
7286774 Universal printer chip  
A toner cartridge having a microcontroller configured to store data necessary to create a message authentication code required by the printer. The microcontroller contains data values capable of...
7286773 Device identification method and system  
A product identification method and associated system may include providing an identification element that corresponds to a consumable product, the identification element at least one of being...
7286772 Toner monitoring network printer system and method of monitoring a toner cartridge thereof  
A toner monitoring network printer system and method of monitoring a toner cartridge thereof. A first network printer includes a communication module to communicate data with terminals through a...
7283773 Toner container, image forming apparatus, and method for identifying toner container  
A toner container installed in an image forming apparatus, the toner container including a toner container main body having a predetermined length and which accommodates toner, a mixer which stirs...
7280772 Method for detecting whether a cartridge installed in an imaging apparatus is potentially counterfeit  
A method for detecting whether a cartridge installed in an imaging apparatus is potentially counterfeit includes determining whether a usage threshold has been reached by the cartridge; determining...
7263298 Image forming apparatus mounted with replaceable unit, image forming system, and method of controlling image forming apparatus  
In the case of being mounted with any cartridge other than a genuine cartridge, which accommodates a toner other than a genuine toner, a user can select as an operation mode other than that...
RE39773 Toner cartridge identification system for a printer  
An apparatus for communicating to a printer a type of installed printer cartridge, where the combination of the cartridge and the printer form a magnetic coupling that can generate a cartridge...
7257335 Universal smart chip cartridges for multiple printing apparatus  
A printing system includes first and second printing devices operable exclusively with respective first and second consumable devices. A third consumable device is provided in the system storing...
7254346 Systems and methods for universal imaging components  
A cartridge chip for use with an imaging cartridge installed in an imaging device, the cartridge chip including a memory element storing imaging cartridge data, and a controller for controlling the...
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