System and methods for smoothing sensed toner levels

    公开(公告)号:US07102770B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-09-05

    申请号:US09881442

    申请日:2001-06-13

    IPC分类号: G06F15/00 G06K15/02

    CPC分类号: G03G15/0856

    摘要: The system and methods described herein relate to reporting the supply level of a marking agent (e.g., toner) in a print device cartridge. An algorithm executes to smooth over inaccuracies in measured values received from a hardware supply level sensor. Through seeding an initial report level and adjusting that level based on average groups of sensor readings that exclude outlying values, the algorithm facilitates supply level reports that follow a naturally decreasing trend throughout the life of a print device cartridge.

    Predicting supplies required for completion of unattended print jobs
    3.
    发明授权
    Predicting supplies required for completion of unattended print jobs 有权
    预测完成无人值守打印作业所需的耗材

    公开(公告)号:US06275664B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-08-14

    申请号:US09560536

    申请日:2000-04-25

    IPC分类号: G03G1500

    摘要: A method and apparatus for determining whether or not sufficient consumable supplies such as toner or ink and print media, for example, are available to an imaging device such as a printer to complete a submitted print job. The method determines the amount of selected consumable supplies remaining and, based on the requirements of a submitted print job and historical data gathered over the lifetime of the imaging device, calculates the amount of consumable supplies required for the print job and compares that to the amount of consumable supplies available. If insufficient consumable supplies are available, the user is notified of the condition. The user then knows at the time the print job is submitted that sufficient consumable supplies are available and that the print job will be complete and available at the printer. The user is further notified that specific consumable supplies are in need of replenishment.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于确定诸如调色剂或墨水和打印介质的足够消耗品如果是否可用于诸如打印机的成像装置来完成所提交的打印作业的方法和装置。 该方法确定剩余的所选消耗品的数量,并且基于所提交的打印作业的要求和在成像设备的整个使用寿命期间收集的历史数据,计算打印作业所需的消耗品的量并将其与量 可用耗材。 如果可用的耗材不足,则向用户通知状况。 然后,用户在提交打印作业时知道有足够的耗材可用,并且打印作业将在打印机完成并可用。 进一步通知用户特定的耗材需要补充。

    Operation mode scheduling
    5.
    发明授权
    Operation mode scheduling 失效
    操作模式调度

    公开(公告)号:US07069462B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-06-27

    申请号:US10449274

    申请日:2003-05-30

    IPC分类号: G06F1/04

    CPC分类号: G06F1/3203

    摘要: Scheduling operation modes of a managed device. A method embodiment of the present invention includes providing a device remote from the managed device with an interface enabling selection of options for scheduling the occurrence of operation modes for the managed device. Options selected through the interface are received from the remote device. The occurrence of operation modes of the managed device are then scheduled according to received options.

    摘要翻译: 受管设备的调度操作模式。 本发明的方法实施例包括提供远离被管理设备的设备,其具有能够选择用于调度被管理设备的操作模式的发生的选项的接口。 从远程设备接收通过接口选择的选项。 然后根据接收到的选项来调度被管理设备的操作模式的发生。