Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toner refill control using reusable refill apparatus
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Application No.: US17049733Application Date: 2018-10-30
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Publication No.: US11249417B2Publication Date: 2022-02-15
- Inventor: Sun Kye Hwang , Jang Geun Kim
- Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Spring
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Spring
- Agency: Jefferson IP Law, LLP
- Priority: KR10-2018-0077743 20180704
- International Application: PCT/KR2018/012973 WO 20181030
- International Announcement: WO2020/009280 WO 20200109
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a print engine to perform a printing job using toner filled in a toner cartridge, a communicator to communicate with a memory chip attached to a toner refill apparatus which refills the toner cartridge with toner, a memory to store group information corresponding to a plurality of image forming apparatuses for sharing the toner refill apparatus, and a processor to determine whether or not the toner refill apparatus is usable based on information stored in a memory chip of the toner refill apparatus and group information stored in the memory.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210048763A1 TONER REFILL CONTROL USING REUSABLE REFILL APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-02-18
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