Patent ID: 6267463
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A replaceable printing component for an ink-jet printing system having at least one replaceable printing component, the replaceable printing component comprising:an electrical storage device responsive to printing system control signals for transferring information between the printing component and the ink-jet printing system, the electrical storage device including:a storage portion containing a plurality of parameter fields associated with the replaceable printing component;a plurality of parameter values stored in each parameter field of the plurality of parameter fields the plurality of parameter fields sized in the storage portion in blocks of the parameter values having a preselected size to ensure that each parameter field of the plurality of parameter fields is transferred between the ink-jet printing system and the storage portion in a single block of parameter values of the blocks of the parameter values, the electrical storage device being responsive to control signals of the printing system for selectively transferring the blocks of the parameter values between the ink-jet printing system and the storage portion of the electrical storage device.