Patent ID: 9477175
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A method for storing information in a memory of a replaceable unit of an electrophotographic image forming device, the method comprising: determining an amount of toner in a reservoir of the replaceable unit; converting the amount of toner determined to an estimate of a number of pulses of an encoder device measuring rotation of a shaft to be sensed before the reservoir of the replaceable unit runs out of usable toner; storing the estimate of the number of pulses of the encoder device to be sensed before the reservoir of the replaceable unit runs out of usable toner in the memory of the replaceable unit; and setting a count of a number of passes of a paddle in the reservoir of the replaceable unit at a lowest center of gravity of the paddle to zero in the memory of the replaceable unit.