Patent ID: 7649638
Filing Date: 2010-01-19
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a printing apparatus, the printing apparatus having associated therewith a removable module, comprising: reading a service plan code associated with the removable module, the service plan code relating to a business arrangement associated with the printing apparatus and concerning an entity responsible for replacement of the removable module; and the service plan code influencing print-quality algorithms within the printing apparatus, so that the printing apparatus outputs prints of a first print quality level as a result of the service plan code being of a first predetermined value and outputs prints of a second print quality level as a result of the service plan code not being of the first predetermined value, the first predetermined value being associated with a first entity responsible for replacement of the removable module and if the predetermined value is not the first predetermined value, an entity other than the first entity is responsible for replacement of the removable module.