公开(公告)号：US06718285B2

公开(公告)日：2004-04-06

申请号：US10011331

申请日：2001-11-05

申请人： Thomas Leonard Schwartz ,  Richard Robert Tilney Carling ,  Kenneth Thomas Doty

发明人： Thomas Leonard Schwartz ,  Richard Robert Tilney Carling ,  Kenneth Thomas Doty

IPC分类号： B41F100

CPC分类号： G03G15/55

摘要： Operator Replaceable Component (ORC) devices are employed; that enable an operator that is not a skilled field engineer or service technician, to perform maintenance on a digital printer, resulting in significantly higher uptime for the press. The ORC devices have an expected life span and the system can track the remaining life for each of the ORC devices and prompts the operator when they should be replaced. Preferably, the recent use of the digital printer is compared against the remaining life of the ORC device with the shortest remaining life. The recent use of the digital printer is used to decrement the remaining life of the ORC devices until an ORC device needs replacement. The operator is then notified of the need to replace the ORC device that has expired.

摘要翻译： 使用操作员可更换部件（ORC）装置; 这使得不是熟练的现场工程师或维修技术人员的操作者能够在数字打印机上执行维护，导致印刷机的显着更高的正常运行时间。 ORC设备具有预期的使用寿命，系统可以跟踪每个ORC设备的剩余使用寿命，并提示操作员何时更换。 优选地，最近使用数字打印机与具有最短剩余寿命的ORC设备的剩余寿命进行比较。 最近使用数字打印机用于减少ORC设备的剩余寿命，直到ORC设备需要更换。 然后通知操作员需要更换已过期的ORC设备。

公开(公告)号：US06625403B2

公开(公告)日：2003-09-23

申请号：US10008283

申请日：2001-11-05

申请人： Richard Robert Tilney Carling ,  Thomas Leonard Schwartz ,  Kenneth Thomas Doty

发明人： Richard Robert Tilney Carling ,  Thomas Leonard Schwartz ,  Kenneth Thomas Doty

IPC分类号： G03G1500

CPC分类号： G03G15/553 ,  G03G15/55 ,  G03G2221/1663

摘要： Determining the operational life of Operator Replaceable Component (ORC) devices within a printer. A replacement history of the ORC device is used to predict the future life of a newly installed ORC device. The database management system of the invention provides tracking of the remaining lifetime of the ORC devices. As the system keeps track of the remaining life of the ORC devices, the system will prompt the operator when the ORC devices need to be replaced. Once replaced, the ORC device database is updated with the life span data of the ORC device that was replaced.

摘要翻译： 确定打印机内操作员可更换组件（ORC）设备的使用寿命。 使用ORC设备的更换历史来预测新安装的ORC设备的未来寿命。 本发明的数据库管理系统提供对ORC设备的剩余寿命的跟踪。 当系统跟踪ORC设备的剩余寿命时，系统将提示操作员何时需要更换ORC设备。 一旦更换，ORC设备数据库将被更新的ORC设备的使用寿命数据更新。