Patent ID: 8346103
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a product company dedication information reading section configured to read product company dedication information from a consumable good the first time when any type of said consumable good is first mounted into said printing apparatus; a product company dedication information recording section configured to record said product company dedication information into a storage area provided in said printing apparatus to thereby set said printing apparatus to being a dedicated machine that is dedicated to work exclusively with replacement consumable goods having corresponding company dedication information associated with the company corresponding to the consumable good of the type that is first mounted into said printing apparatus by a consumer; a product company dedication information comparing section configured to compare product company information read from a storage area mounted on said consumable good and said product company dedication information set in said product company dedication information recording section every time a new consumable good is mounted; and a print permission controlling section configured to permit printing using said consumable good mounted in said printing apparatus when said product company dedication information of said consumable good corresponds with said product company dedication information recorded in said printing apparatus and for inhibiting printing using said consumable good mounted in said printing apparatus when said product company dedication information of said consumable good does not correspond with said product company dedication information that is recorded in said printing apparatus.