Patent ID: 6332062
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: B41J,G03G,G06Q

Abstract:
In a printing device having memory and using a replaceable component with integrated component memory, a method comprising:detecting a first trigger event;retrieving a first message identifier from the component memory;accessing a message lookup table that contains a plurality of user messages;locating a first user message in the message lookup table, the first user message corresponding to the first message identifier;displaying the first user message via a user interface;detecting a second trigger event;retrieving a second message identifier from the component memory;accessing the message lookup table;locating a second user message in the message lookup table, the seconduser message corresponding to the second message identifier;displaying the second user message via the user interface; andwherein the first message identifier and the second message identifier include information that identifies a location of the message lookup table.