Patent ID: 7234801
Filing Date: 2007-06-26
Classification: B41J,G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A printing cartridge that is releasably engageable with an inkjet printing device having a linear reader for reading a barcode and a central processor capable of interpreting data carried on a barcode, the printing cartridge comprising: a housing; a media supply positioned within the housing, the media supply containing a roll of media to be printed on by an inkjet printing mechanism of the inket printing device; an ink supply positioned within the housing, the ink supply being an integral unit of a plurality of ink supplies containing different colored inks to be printed onto the media by the inkjet printing mechanism; feed mechanisms positioned in the housing for feeding the media from the media roll of the media supply and the ink from the ink supply to the inkjet printing mechanism; and a barcode depicted on the housing, the barcode being readable by the linear reader and carrying data relating to both the media and the colored inks contained in the media and ink supplies.