Ink supplies and methods to prepare ink supplies

Abstract

Ink supplies and methods to prepare an ink supply are disclosed. An example ink supply ( 106 ) for a printer ( 100 ) includes an ink chamber ( 108 ) to store ink ( 1308 ), and a machine readable storage medium ( 110 ) to store a priming parameter ( 202 - 226 ), the priming parameter ( 202 - 226 ) having a value to cause a printer ( 100 ) to configure a priming procedure of the printer ( 100 ).

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An ink supply for a printer, comprising:
 an ink chamber to store ink; and   a machine readable storage medium to store a priming parameter, the priming parameter having a value to cause a printer to configure a priming procedure of the printer.   
     
     
         2 . An ink supply as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the priming parameter comprises a value to cause the printer to permit priming procedures associated with the ink supply subsequent to an initial priming procedure. 
     
     
         3 . An ink supply as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the priming parameter comprises a value to cause the printer to disable priming procedures based on the ink supply. 
     
     
         4 . An ink supply as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the priming parameter comprises a value to cause the printer to establish a time-based trigger for performing a priming procedure based on elapsing of a period of time specified by the value. 
     
     
         5 . An ink supply as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the priming parameter comprises a value to cause the printer to establish a usage-based trigger to initiate a priming procedure when the usage of an amount of the ink in the ink chamber satisfies a threshold specified by the value. 
     
     
         6 . An ink supply as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the priming parameter comprises a value to cause the printer to establish a trigger to initiate a priming procedure immediately before a print job. 
     
     
         7 . An ink supply as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the priming parameter comprises a count of a number of priming procedures to be performed by the printer. 
     
     
         8 . An ink supply as defined in  claim 7 , wherein the machine readable storage medium is to store an updated priming parameter when a priming procedure is completed. 
     
     
         9 . An ink supply as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the machine readable storage medium is to store a plurality of priming parameters to instruct a printer to configure at least two different priming procedures of the printer. 
     
     
         10 . An ink supply as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the machine readable storage medium comprises a non-volatile memory device to continue storing a value for the priming parameter when the ink supply is transferred to another printer. 
     
     
         11 . A method, comprising:
 filling an ink chamber of an ink supply with ink; and   storing a value for a priming parameter in a machine readable storage medium carried by the ink supply.   
     
     
         12 . A method as defined in  claim 11 , wherein the priming parameter comprises a value to cause a printer to permit priming procedures associated the ink supply subsequent to an initial priming procedure. 
     
     
         13 . A method as defined in  claim 11 , wherein the priming parameter comprises a value to cause the printer to disable priming procedures that are based on the ink supply. 
     
     
         14 . A method as defined in  claim 11 , wherein the priming parameter comprises a count of a number of priming procedures to be performed in association with the ink supply. 
     
     
         15 . A method as defined in  claim 11 , wherein the priming parameter comprises a count of a number of priming procedures that have been performed in association with the ink supply.