Patent ID: 7208020

Claim:
A system for printing, within a user network, a label to be used to return a component, comprising: an appliance connected to the user network, the appliance comprising a removable component, wherein the removable component is provided with a memory storing information identifying the removable component; a detection unit configured to detect a condition regarding an end of lifetime of the removable component located within the appliance; a first communication unit connected to the user network and configured to communicate with a remote server through a second network, wherein the first communication unit is configured to send the remote server a request to receive data representing information to be included in images on a label to be printed and used to return the removable component, when the condition regarding the end of lifetime of the removable component located within the appliance has been detected by the detection unit, and wherein the request includes information identifying the removable component to be returned; and a second communication unit connected to the user network and configured to communicate with the remote server through the second network, wherein the second communication unit is configured to receive data from the remote server, including the data representing information to be included in images on the label to be used to return the removable component, the images representing the information identifying the removable component to be returned.