MODULE CAPABLE OF BEING INSTALLED IN PRINTER

    公开(公告)号:JPH10324043A

    公开(公告)日:1998-12-08

    申请号:JP8553998

    申请日:1998-03-31

    Applicant: XEROX CORP

    Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for managing a fixing module for a printer by an information interchange between a module and the printer in the circumstances of the printer/copier. SOLUTION: A distribution board 30 mutually acts with a memory called 'CRUM' specially adjusted to be coupled to one or a plurality of client's interchangeable modules in the printer. A fixing module 12 is designed to be client's interchangeable, simply removed from the printer, and can be replaced with an instant module. The client can purchase or lease and replaced as needed. The CRUM 13 coupled to the module 12 holds information regarding operating requirement/using state in the printer of the module. A control system of the printer reads a code stored in a memory of the CRUM 13 to acquire a parameter for operating the module at the time of installing, and operates the printer in response to the information.

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