PRINTING DEVICE CONSUMABLE ITEM END OF LIFE PREDICTION

    公开(公告)号:US20240070421A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-29

    申请号:US18271214

    申请日:2021-01-15

    IPC分类号: G06K15/00

    CPC分类号: G06K15/4075 G06K15/402

    摘要: The number of days until a consumable item of a printing device reaches end of life is predicted based on a usage scenario of the printing device. An expected fulfillment time period is subtracted from the predicted number of days to determine a number of days until a fulfillment event occurs. A threshold remaining life of the consumable item is correlated with the number of days until the fulfillment event occurs. That the remaining life of the consumable item has reached the threshold remaining life is detected, and fulfillment of a replacement consumable item to replace the consumable item is responsively initiated.

    Fuser rollers
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11385575B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-12

    申请号:US17256671

    申请日:2018-11-02

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20 G03G15/00 G01B7/34

    摘要: An example print apparatus is described as including a fuser roller, a pressure device that generates wear on a section of the fuser roller surface, and a wear detection engine that identifies a degree of wear on the surface of the fuser roller. An example fuser roller may include a tube, a heating element, and a plurality of layers having a detectable pattern. An example print apparatus may include a wear detection engine having an emitter, a detector, and a controller that identifies a wear pattern based on data provided by the detector in response to activation of the emitter and determines a degree of wear based on the identified wear pattern.

    DEVICE TO SUPPLY PRINTING MATERIAL

    公开(公告)号:US20220118765A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-21

    申请号:US17311812

    申请日:2019-07-08

    IPC分类号: B41J2/175

    摘要: A device to supply printing material to a printing material container of a printing apparatus includes a container including a plunger and to contain the printing material, a portal couplable to a refill port to the printing material container. The portal includes a discharge port through which the printing material is transferrable from the container, and a connector to receive power to move the plunger, to cause a transfer of the printing material contained in the container to the printing material container through the discharge port.