Patent ID: 7422310
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A removable cartridge for an image forming device, the cartridge including cartridge I/O logic and a computer readable medium, wherein, the cartridge I/O logic is configured to allow the image forming device to communicate with the computer readable medium allowing the image forming device to access and process electronic data contained in the computer readable medium, the computer readable medium being formatted to store a state variable and programmed with technique selection criteria configured for being accessed and processed by the image forming device to cause the image forming device to select and implement an image enhancement technique, wherein the technique selection criteria includes a state condition associated with data identifying the image enhancement technique, the state condition being a circumstance relating to a current value of the state variable accessed from the computer readable medium that when met indicates that the identified image enhancement technique is to be implemented, the accessed state variable specifying at least one of: (a) a duration that a photoconductor drum within the removable cartridge has been exposed to an energized laser source by the image forming device; and (b) a duration that the photoconductor drum within the removable cartridge has been exposed to an energized discharge lamp by the image forming device.