EP4014094A1 - Procédé et système de conversion d'une imprimante à cartouche de toner - Google Patents

Procédé et système de conversion d'une imprimante à cartouche de toner

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EP4014094A1
EP4014094A1 EP21754884.1A EP21754884A EP4014094A1 EP 4014094 A1 EP4014094 A1 EP 4014094A1 EP 21754884 A EP21754884 A EP 21754884A EP 4014094 A1 EP4014094 A1 EP 4014094A1
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toner
printer
cmyw
cartridge
printing cartridge
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EP4014094A4 (fr
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Michael Raymond Josiah
Joseph Dovi
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UI Technologies Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • G03G15/01—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for producing multicoloured copies
    • G03G15/0142—Structure of complete machines
    • G03G15/0178—Structure of complete machines using more than one reusable electrographic recording member, e.g. one for every monocolour image
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • G03G15/06—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for developing
    • G03G15/08—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for developing using a solid developer, e.g. powder developer
    • G03G15/0822—Arrangements for preparing, mixing, supplying or dispensing developer
    • G03G15/0865—Arrangements for supplying new developer
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • G03G15/65—Apparatus which relate to the handling of copy material
    • G03G15/6582—Special processing for irreversibly adding or changing the sheet copy material characteristics or its appearance, e.g. stamping, annotation printing, punching
    • G03G15/6585—Special processing for irreversibly adding or changing the sheet copy material characteristics or its appearance, e.g. stamping, annotation printing, punching by using non-standard toners, e.g. transparent toner, gloss adding devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • G03G15/06—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for developing
    • G03G15/08—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for developing using a solid developer, e.g. powder developer
    • G03G15/0894—Reconditioning of the developer unit, i.e. reusing or recycling parts of the unit, e.g. resealing of the unit before refilling with toner

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  • the present disclosure relates generally to printer cartridge replacement. More specifically, this disclosure relates to methods and systems of converting a white toner cartridge printer to a printer that prints with black toner.
  • Cyan (C), Magenta (M), Yellow (Y), and White (W) (or CMYW) laser or Light Emitting Diode (LED) type printers come standard with Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and White toner and/or drum cartridges.
  • CMYW toner printers are generally unable to be converted to print with toner other than cyan, magenta, yellow, and white, as these printers lack the appropriate toner and/or drum cartridges and the appropriate raster image processor (RIP) software for printing cartridge re-mapping.
  • RIP raster image processor
  • the toner printer converting, refilling, and refurbishment systems and methods disclosed herein preferably allow a user to convert a CMYW printer into a CMYK or one that prints using black toner.
  • the methods and systems may be used to convert a four cartridge white toner cartridge(s) and/or drum(s) printing machine to a printing machine that prints with black toner.
  • a white CMYW toner cartridge printer is converted by replacing one of the standard color or white toner printing cartridges, from any slot, with a black toner cartridge and then using raster image processing (RIP) software to match or set in which printer slot each of the cartridges resides.
  • RIP raster image processing
  • a standard white toner cartridge printer is converted by replacing the color or white toner printing cartridge in the last toner printing cartridge position with a black toner cartridge.
  • the cartridge re-mapping is used to allow a black toner printing cartridge to be put in the “W” (White) slot (which may be the first slot in the printer) of a CYMW printer and the CYM cartridges are all in their original slots.
  • W White
  • the printing cartridge integrated circuits may be swapped along with the toner printing cartridges, and the RIP software is configured to ensure that the correct colors print regardless of which slot the colors or black toner cartridges are placed.
  • the RIP software may allow or feature color rasterization, which enables the printer to use less toner by selectively removing pixels to use less toner. This feature gives a nicer feel and ads more durability to the finished product.
  • One embodiment may be a method of converting a CMYW toner printer to print with black toners, comprising the steps: providing a CMYW toner printer; wherein the CMYW toner printer has four starting toner printing cartridges; wherein the four starting toner printing cartridges comprise a white toner printing cartridge, a cyan toner printing cartridge, a magenta toner printing cartridge, and a yellow toner printing cartridge; removing one or more of the four starting toner printing cartridges from the CMYW toner printer, such that there are one or more empty toner cartridge slots; providing a black toner printing cartridges that are each filled with one type of one or more non-standard toners; and installing the black toner printing cartridge into the one or more empty toner cartridge slots.
  • the method may also comprise providing raster image processor (RIP) software, such that the CMYW toner printer is able to incorporate the black toner into one or more images printed by the CMYW toner printer.
  • the RIP software allows for remapping of the CMYW toner printer.
  • the black toner printing cartridge may each have an appropriate chip, such that when the black toner printing cartridge is installed in the CMYW printer the appropriate chip is configured to allow the black toner printing cartridges to be recognized by the CMYW toner printer.
  • the CMYW toner printer may be a laser toner printer.
  • the CMYW toner printer may be a LED toner printer.
  • One embodiment may be a method of converting a CMYW toner printer to print with a non-standard toner, comprising the steps: providing a CMYW toner printer; wherein the CMYW toner printer has four starting printing cartridges; wherein the four starting printing cartridges comprise a white toner printing cartridge, a cyan toner printing cartridge, a magenta toner printing cartridge, and a yellow toner printing cartridge; removing the white toner printing cartridge from the CMYW toner printer, such that there is an empty toner cartridge slot; providing a black toner printing cartridge that is filled with black toner; and installing the black toner printing cartridge into the empty toner cartridge slot.
  • the method may also comprise the step of providing raster image processor (RIP) software, such that the CMYW toner printer is able to incorporate the black toner into one or more images printed by the CMYW toner printer.
  • the RIP software may allow for remapping of the CMYW toner printer.
  • the black toner printing cartridge may have an appropriate chip, such that when the black toner printing cartridge is installed in the CMYW printer the appropriate chip is configured to allow the black toner printing cartridge to be recognized by the CMYW toner printer.
  • the CMYW toner printer may be a laser toner printer.
  • the CMYW toner printer may be a LED toner printer.
  • the printer settings and/or RIP software may allow the user to utilize those swapped in toners by telling the printer to print using the toners that were removed. So, for example, if the cyan toner cartridge was removed, then the printer may print 100% cyan to print using the black swapped in cartridge.
  • system and method may use new empty or recycled empty toner cartridges that have been pre-cleaned and filed with a black toner.
  • original cartridge(s) that are removed do not have to be cleaned and filed, they can immediately be replaced by a prefilled new or used cartridge.
  • FIG. 1 is a flow block diagram of one embodiment of the method of converting a CMYW toner printer to print with a black toner with a single cartridge conversion.
  • FIG. 2 is a flow block diagram of one embodiment of the method of converting a CMYW toner printer to a CMYK toner printer.
  • FIG. 3 is a flow block diagram of one embodiment of the method of converting a CMYW toner printer to print with black toner printing cartridge.
  • the term “substantially” refers to the complete or nearly complete extent or degree of an action, characteristic, property, state, structure, item, or result.
  • an object that is “substantially” located within a housing would mean that the object is either completely within a housing or nearly completely within a housing.
  • the exact allowable degree of deviation from absolute completeness may in some cases depend on the specific context. However, generally speaking, the nearness of completion will be so as to have the same overall result as if absolute and total completion were obtained.
  • the use of “substantially” is also equally applicable when used in a negative connotation to refer to the complete or near complete lack of an action, characteristic, property, state, structure, item, or result.
  • the terms “approximately” and “about” generally refer to a deviance of within 15% of the indicated number or range of numbers. In one embodiment, the term “approximately” and “about”, refer to a deviance of between 0.0001-40% from the indicated number or range of numbers.
  • printing cartridge(s) generally refers to a toner cartridge, a laser toner cartridge, a LED toner cartridge, a drum cartridge, and/or a combined toner and drum cartridge.
  • toner generally refers to a powder, particulate, or dry ink that is used in laser printers, printers, and printing machines to form the printed text and images on the medium being printed. Generally, toner particles are melted by the heat of a fuser, and bound to the media.
  • the letter “W” preferably stands for white.
  • K refers to a standard (or non-standard) black toner.
  • the present specification discloses a system and method for converting a four cartridge white toner cartridge printer to a CMYK (color and black) toner printer.
  • the method and system for converting a toner cartridge printer to a black and color toner printer preferably requires no special or dedicated printer drivers.
  • the present method and system for converting a white toner cartridge printer to a CMYK toner printer may allow the conversion of: (1) a conversion of a CMYW machine that has combined toner and drum cartridges; (2) a conversion of a CMYW machine that has separate toner and drum cartridges; and (3) a conversion of a CMYW machine with a single drum and separate toner printing cartridges.
  • the conversion may comprise replacing one or more of the color cartridges or the white cartridge with a black toner printing cartridge and replacing the accompanying drum with a black drum.
  • the conversion may comprise replacing the white or one or more of the color cartridges with a black toner printing cartridge and cleaning the accompanying drum portion of the respective toner(s) and priming it with black toner(s).
  • the one or more black toner printing cartridges may be provided by disassembling the removed printing cartridges to create one or more empty cartridges, which are then cleaned and refilled with a black toner.
  • the starting cyan, yellow, magenta, and white toner printing cartridges are original/new cartridges. In another embodiment the starting cyan, yellow, magenta, and white toner printing cartridges themselves were previously used and/or refurbished.
  • the positioning of the non-standard toner cartridge(s) and the programming of the RIP software allows the user to print with the black toner cartridge(s) concurrently with the other colors in a single layer or print the black toner as a separate layer before and/or after the other colors have printed.
  • FIG. 1 is a flow block diagram of one embodiment of the method of converting a CMYW toner printer to print with a black toner with a single cartridge conversion.
  • the method 1100 may comprise the steps: providing a CMYW toner printer with four toner printing cartridges, cyan (C), magenta (M), yellow (Y), and white (W) 1105; the cartridges may be in any order and the white cartridge may be in any position 1110; removing the white toner printing cartridge 1112; providing a non-standard toner printing cartridge 1115; installing the black toner printing cartridge into the cartridge position that is empty after the white cartridge was removed 1120; and providing raster image processor (RIP) software for cartridge remapping if necessary 1130.
  • RIP raster image processor
  • the RIP software may allow the printer to recognize the non-standard toner printing cartridge and specifically incorporate that toner into the image.
  • the black toner cartridge may each have a chip that allows the printer to recognize that the black toner has replaced the white cartridge, so that RIP software may automatically recognize tha black has been put into the printer to replace the white toner cartridge.
  • the user may manually enter into the RIP software where the black toner was inserted into the printer.
  • the RIP software is configured to allow the printer to print images that incorporate the black toner.
  • the user may move around the three starting color toners after taking out the white toner. The black toner is then inserted into the empty slot and the RIP software is used to remap the printer.
  • FIG. 2 is a flow block diagram of one embodiment of the method of converting a CMYW toner printer to a CMYK toner printer.
  • the method 1200 may comprise the steps: providing a CMYW toner printer with four toner printing cartridges, cyan (C), magenta (M), yellow (Y), and white (W) 1205; the cartridges may be in any order and the white cartridge may be in any position 1210; removing the white toner printing cartridge 1212; providing a black toner printing cartridge with an appropriate chip, wherein the chip allows the black toner printing cartridge to be recognized by the CMYW toner printer 1215; installing the black toner printing cartridge into the cartridge position that is empty after the white cartridge was removed 1220; providing raster image processor (RIP) software for cartridge remapping if necessary 1230; the RIP software may: (1) allow the printer to recognize the black toner printing cartridge and specifically incorporate that toner into the image.
  • RIP raster image processor
  • the black toner may have a chip that allows the printer to recognize that the black toner has replaced the white cartridge.
  • the user may manually enter into the RIP software that the black toner was inserted into the printer.
  • the RIP software is configured to allow the printer to print images that incorporate the black toner.
  • the user may move around the three color toners after taking out the white toner. The black toner is then inserted into the empty slot and the RIP software is used to remap the printer.
  • the black toner printing cartridge that is provided is the white toner printing cartridge that has been removed.
  • the method may further comprise the steps:
  • FIG. 3 is a flow block diagram of one embodiment of the method of converting a CMYW toner printer to print with black toner printing cartridge.
  • the method of converting a CMYW toner printer 2000 may comprise the steps: providing a CMYW toner printer with four toner printing cartridges: cyan (C), magenta (M), yellow (Y), and white (W) 2005; wherein the four toner printing cartridges may be in any order 2010 within the CMYW toner printer; removing one or more of the four toner printing cartridges (one, two, three, or four of the starting toner printing cartridges may be removed) 2015 ; providing a black toner printing cartridge; the provided black toner printing cartridge may be new or recycled/refurbished 2020; and installing the black toner printing cartridge into the slot or one of the slots where the one or more starting toner printing cartridges were removed 2025.
  • the method may further comprise providing raster image processor (RIP) software for cartridge remapping if necessary 2040.
  • RIP raster image processor
  • the black toner printing cartridges each have an appropriate chip, such that when it is installed the chip allows the black toner printing cartridge to be recognized by the CMYW toner printer 2050.
  • the method may comprise, as examples and not by limitation:
  • any combination of the above and the swapping may or may not include matching similar incoming toners to the outgoing toners
  • the removed starting toner Unless otherwise stated, all measurements, values, ratings, positions, magnitudes, sizes, locations, and other specifications, which set forth in this specification, including in the claims that follow, are approximate, not exact. They are intended to have a reasonable range, which is consistent with the functions to which they relate and with what is customary in the art to which they pertain.

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L'invention concerne un procédé de conversion d'une imprimante toner CMJB en une imprimante CMJN qui imprime avec du toner noir, comprenant les étapes consistant à : fournir une imprimante à toner CMJB ; l'imprimante à toner CMJB ayant quatre cartouches d'impression de toner de départ, les quatre cartouches d'impression de toner de départ comprenant une cartouche d'impression de toner blanc, une cartouche d'impression de toner cyan, une cartouche d'impression de toner magenta et une cartouche d'impression de toner jaune ; retirer une ou plusieurs des quatre cartouches d'impression de toner de départ de l'imprimante toner CMJB, de sorte qu'il y a un ou plusieurs logements de cartouche de toner vides ; fournir une cartouche d'impression de toner noir qui est remplie de toner noir ; et installer la cartouche d'impression de toner noir dans le ou les logements de cartouche de toner vides.
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