Title:
プリンタに装填される消耗品に一義的に関係するデータを検知できるプリンタおよび方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4360741
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An inkjet printer adapted to sense type of supplied consumable such as receiver media (20), inks (14), printhead (22), and cleaning fluid (16). A transponder (54) attached to a consumable is coupled to a memory device (55) capable of storing information characteristic of the consumable. A transceiver (50) is disposed within the inkjet printer, with antennae (56) disposed for polling an individual transponder attached to each consumable. The transponder is capable of receiving a first RF frequency electromagnetic field from the transceiver and deriving power and address information from the first frequency, then generating a second RF frequency electromagnetic field in response, where the second electromagnetic field is characteristic of the data stored in memory. As instructed by a machine control logic processor (32), the transceiver can both read manufacturing data from the transponder about the consumable and write usage and processing data to the transponder for storage in memory. The transponder can also be coupled with a transducer for taking measurements from the consumable.
Inventors:
Michael Joseph Shiwinsky
Scott Cleon Robinson
Robert Warren Spur
Timothy John Treadwell
Scott Cleon Robinson
Robert Warren Spur
Timothy John Treadwell
Application Number:
JP2000168894A
Publication Date:
November 11, 2009
Filing Date:
June 06, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company
International Classes:
B41J2/175; B41J2/01; B41J29/38; B41J29/393
Domestic Patent References:
| JP10133529A | ||||
| JP2000503921A | ||||
| JP2001525140A |
Foreign References:
| WO1998052762A1 | ||||
| WO1997028001A1 | ||||
| WO1998052142A1 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Aoyama Aoi