Patent ID: 11868955
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 4:
5. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a processor to:
determine, via an input, whether to sustainably process a print consumable associated with a printing device, based on whether the print consumable has reached an end of life in that an amount of life remaining of the print consumable is less than a threshold amount;
in response to a determination to sustainably process the print consumable:
usage attributes of the print consumable;
whether to refill, refurbish, or recycle the print consumable; and
a shipping location associated with whether the print consumable has been determined to be refilled, refurbished, or recycled;

generate a shipping label for the print consumable associated with the shipping location; and
transmit the shipping label to at least one of:
the printing device to cause the printing device to print the shipping label; and
a mobile device associated with a user of the printing device,

wherein the print consumable is shipped to the shipping location using the shipping label, and upon receipt at the shipping location is refilled, refurbished, or recycled as has been determined.