Thomas E Barnes

US Patent:

7463836, Dec 9, 2008

Filed:

May 20, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/133523

Inventors:

Douglas Anthony Able - Shelbyville KY, US
Thomas Neal Barnes - Versailles KY, US
Patrick O. Bischel - Paris KY, US
Rickey Carter Brown - Bardstown KY, US
William Keith Richardson - Salvisa KY, US
Louann Behymer Samuels - Lexington KY, US
Kevin Dean Schoedinger - Lexington KY, US
Gregory Scott Tigges - Frankfort KY, US

Assignee:

Lexmark International Inc - Lexington KY

International Classification:

G03G 15/00

US Classification:

399 24, 399 12

Abstract:

A printing device () such as a laser printer includes a fuser assembly () with a fuser wiper () that can be removed and replaced by a user during normal maintenance to extend the useful life of the fuser assembly (). Indicators (b, b) stored in a memory device () can be read by a print engine () of a printer () either when a print cartridge () is first inserted into the printer () or at specified times thereafter. Depending on the contents of the memory device (), the print engine () may send a notification message to the printer's raster image processor () to cause a message to be displayed on the printer's operational/display panel () that informs a user the fuser wiper () should be replaced.