Consumable verification system and method

Abstract

The invention provides a consumable verification system and a consumable verification method. The system comprises a printer, wherein the printer is provided with a consumable container; a consumable chip is arranged on the consumable container, and is provided with an electronic module and a communication interface; the electronic module stores serial number information of the consumable container; the system also comprises a verification server which is provided with a communication unit and a memory; and the memory stores configuration information and status information of the consumable container. The method comprises the following steps of: after the printer performs printing work once, transmitting the serial number information and the real-time status information to the server by using the consumable chip; and when the printer performs the next printing work, transmitting the real-time status information to the server again, and judging whether the consumable container is available by using the server, if so, returning information allowing printing, otherwise, returning error information. The invention can remotely configure and verify the consumable chip, the printer is prevented from using the consumable chip with tampered data for printing operation, and the printing quality is ensured.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of printing consumables, in particular to a verification system for a consumable container installed on a printer and a verification method using the system. Background technique [0002] As a common office equipment, printers provide great convenience for modern office. Existing printers are divided into inkjet printers and laser printers. Inkjet printers use ink cartridges containing ink as consumable containers to provide printers with printing ink to form characters or patterns that need to be printed on paper; The toner cartridge with toner is used as a consumable container to provide the printer with toner for printing to form text or patterns that need to be printed on the medium. [0003] see figure 1 , The existing ink cartridge has a housing 11, the housing 11 encloses a cavity 15, and the cavity 15 contains ink. An ink outlet 14 is provided below the housing 11 , and the ink in the cavity 15 can flow to ...

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Problems solved by technology

[0008] The same as the use of the ink cartridge, there is also the problem that the state data is improperly modified during the use of the toner cartridge, which affects the printing quality

In addition, the use of existing toner cartridges lacks remote verification, that is, the initial configuration information such as the model of the toner cartridge and the applicable laser printer model is written into the toner cartridge chip 23 when the toner cartridge chip 23 is produced If the configuration information is improperly modified before the toner cartridge is installed in the laser printer, the toner cartridge cannot be recognized by the laser printer, and the toner cartridge cannot be used.

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