US2020274974A1PendingUtilityA1

Configuring printer operation using colorant information on colorant units

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Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT CO LPPriority: Jan 28, 2013Filed: May 14, 2020Published: Aug 27, 2020
Est. expiryJan 28, 2033(~6.5 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Peter MorovicJan Morovic
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Abstract

A printer apparatus comprises one or more ports (2011 to 201M) for receiving one or more colorant units (INK1 to INKN), and a processing unit. The processing unit is adapted to determine which one or more colorant units (INK1 to INKN) have been loaded into the printer apparatus. The processing unit is adapted to retrieve colorant information from each loaded colorant unit (INK1 to INKN), and determine an ink-set configuration using the colorant information retrieved from each loaded colorant unit (INK1 to INKN). Operation of the printer apparatus is configured according to the determined colorant-set configuration.

Claims

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1 . A colorant unit comprising:
 a container for one or more colorants;   an information storage device attached to the container;   an interface to provide communication between the information storage device and a printer apparatus;   the information storage device comprising information that identifies one or more characteristics of one or more colorants contained in the container of the colorant unit including data relating to a constituent part that each colorant plays in an overall colorant-set configuration for the printer apparatus.   
     
     
         2 . The colorant unit of  claim 1 , wherein the information further comprises reflectance information relating to the one or more colorants. 
     
     
         3 . The colorant unit of  claim 1 , wherein the information further comprises reflectance information relating to the one or more colorants. 
     
     
         4 . The colorant unit of  claim 1 , wherein the information further comprises reflectivity information relating to the one or more colorants. 
     
     
         5 . The colorant unit of  claim 1 , wherein the information further comprises opacity information relating to the one or more colorants. 
     
     
         6 . The colorant unit of  claim 1 , wherein the information further comprises transmissivity information relating to the one or more colorants. 
     
     
         7 . The colorant unit of  claim 1 , wherein the information further comprises information relating to a drop or particle weight of the one or more colorants. 
     
     
         8 . The colorant unit of  claim 1 , wherein the information further comprises information relating to a drop or particle shape of the one or more colorants. 
     
     
         9 . The colorant unit of  claim 1 , wherein the information further comprises information relating to a drop or particle size of the one or more colorants. 
     
     
         10 . The colorant unit of  claim 1 , wherein the colorant is any one of liquid ink, dry ink, wax, powder, dye and toner. 
     
     
         11 . The colorant unit of  claim 1 , wherein the information comprises data to configure a hardware resource of the printing apparatus according to the overall colorant-set configuration.

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