WO2017173702A1 - 一种墨盒芯片、墨盒及响应打印作业的操作方法 - Google Patents

一种墨盒芯片、墨盒及响应打印作业的操作方法 Download PDF

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WO2017173702A1
WO2017173702A1 PCT/CN2016/082285 CN2016082285W WO2017173702A1 WO 2017173702 A1 WO2017173702 A1 WO 2017173702A1 CN 2016082285 W CN2016082285 W CN 2016082285W WO 2017173702 A1 WO2017173702 A1 WO 2017173702A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
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    • B41J2/175—Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
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    • B41J2/175—Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B41J2/17566—Ink level or ink residue control
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/17—Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/175—Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B41J2/17503—Ink cartridges
    • B41J2/17543—Cartridge presence detection or type identification
    • B41J2/17546—Cartridge presence detection or type identification electronically
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J29/00—Details of, or accessories for, typewriters or selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for
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  • the present invention relates to the field of printing systems using replaceable printing components, and more particularly to an ink cartridge chip for an printing system, an ink cartridge, and a method of operating in response to a print job.
  • a typical printing system includes a printer, an ink cartridge, a chip mounted on the ink cartridge, and the like. At the time of the print job, images and characters are formed on the print medium according to the control information outputted in the printing system.
  • replaceable printing parts such as ink cartridges
  • long-term use of expensive original ink cartridges printing costs are too high to meet the needs of all users, while limiting the fair competition of other suppliers.
  • the firmware of the printer generally upgrades once in two to three years and releases a new machine model.
  • the user has purchased unused ink cartridges because they are not the same compatible ink cartridges, and have to be repurchased and upgraded.
  • the printer's compatible compatible ink cartridges not only increase the cost of printing, but also cause a lot of waste of resources. Residual inks and ink cartridges may even cause environmental pollution.
  • the utilization of the amount of ink in the ink cartridge is not sufficiently high.
  • the amount of ink is not 100% consumed.
  • the low ink state is displayed when approximately 15% of the ink amount remains; when the printing system displays the ink, the ink needs to be refilled to print the second round of the ink cartridge, or directly replace the new one.
  • the ink cartridge is printed in the second round. At this time, when about 30% of the ink is printed, the printing system displays a low ink state.
  • the printing of the wheel is informed that the ink is exhausted, and the amount of ink remaining in the ink cartridge of the wheel is more than the first.
  • the amount of ink remaining in the wheel cartridge In the long run, the ink utilization rate of the ink cartridge is not high, the consumption of the consumables is large, the cost is high, and the printing operation efficiency is low.
  • the compatible ink cartridge manufacturer has successfully set up an analog sensor for detecting the recording material in the ink cartridge, such as the amount of ink, whether it is filled, and actually controls the amount of ink used by the data in the cartridge chip to realize the ink amount. Accurate meter the amount. But the problem is different models, this program is poorly versatile. Because different models have different thresholds for setting the printing ink consumption to stop printing, some settings stop printing when the ink consumption reaches 120% or 100%, so we need to inject different ink amounts for different models to accurately measure. The amount of ink is consumed and no additional ink is wasted. It can be seen that this scheme is limited and even generates extra ink waste.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide an ink cartridge chip, an ink cartridge, and an operation method for responding to a print job which are compatible with a printing system, are applicable to various models, and have high ink utilization rate of the ink cartridge.
  • the invention provides an ink cartridge chip, comprising a storage module, the storage module having at least a first ink amount data block and a second ink amount data block shared with the printer data and having the printer have a printing mode; the first ink The quantity data block is a fixed ink amount data block in the printing mode; the second ink amount data block is a variable ink amount data block in the printing mode.
  • the ink cartridge chip is authenticated with the printer through the first ink amount data block and the second ink amount data block, and when authenticated by each other, normal communication is established, the printer operation is allowed, and the print job is maintained in a print mode after being turned on. get on.
  • the printing mode refers to printing in which the amount of ink is kept in a specific state, and is not limited to constraints such as a printing rate, a printing color, and the like. In this way, the ink cartridge chip can be loaded on the ink cartridge for recycling, and the ink in different types of ink cartridges can be efficiently utilized without switching the printing mode, thereby avoiding waste of resources and efficient printing.
  • said first ink amount data block includes a first ink amount parameter for sensing said second ink amount data block change; and an ink amount threshold.
  • said first amount of ink parameter is less than said ink amount threshold.
  • said first amount of ink data is determined based on a final ink consumption value of the ink cartridge initially applied to the printer system.
  • said second amount of ink data comprises a second amount of ink parameter, said second amount of ink being set in an initial state within the cartridge chip, followed by printer control.
  • the initial state is set to a state in which the ink remains in the ink cartridge when the printer reaches the ink level.
  • the second ink amount parameter is positively changed from being controlled by the printer.
  • the printer displays a printing mode in a state in which the ink amount display state of the ink cartridge is maintained within a fixed range.
  • the ink cartridge chip of the present invention further comprises a logic operation module for calculating the first ink amount data block and the second ink amount data block.
  • the present invention also provides an ink cartridge comprising the above described ink cartridge chip.
  • the ink cartridge can be applied to a variety of different types of printing systems, compatible with the efficient use of ink, avoiding waste of resources and further reducing the cost of the enterprise.
  • the present invention also provides an operation method in response to a print job for use in a printing system, including
  • the ink cartridge chip receives a read command of the printer for a print job
  • the ink cartridge chip sends the preset first ink amount data block and the second ink amount data block to the printer. If the printer responds successfully, the printer is set to a printing mode, and returns the printer to consume data to the ink cartridge chip; otherwise, Respond to a print job;
  • the first ink amount data block remains unchanged from the preset value; the second ink amount data block is changed by the printer consumption data change.
  • two ink amount data blocks are preset in the ink cartridge chip, and the preset value is a memory value of the matching ink cartridge chip before the printer, and the two ink amount data blocks can be matched with the printer for the authentication process.
  • This authentication process is simpler and more convenient than the encryption-intermediate transmission-decryption method.
  • the print mode is also set in one state, and after the start of the print job, in order to maintain the print mode, the first The ink amount data block remains unchanged, and the second ink amount data block is affected by the consumption data of the printer, and exists as the consumption record data inside the ink cartridge chip.
  • This method is applicable to a variety of printing systems, and makes full use of the ink volume in one printing mode, which is efficient and avoids waste of resources.
  • said first ink amount data block includes a first ink amount parameter for sensing said second ink amount data block change; and an ink amount threshold.
  • said first amount of ink parameter is less than said ink amount threshold.
  • said first amount of ink data is determined based on a final ink consumption value of the ink cartridge initially applied to the printer system.
  • the preset value of the second ink amount data block is a state in which the ink remains in the ink cartridge when the printer reaches the ink level.
  • the second amount of ink data block increases positively from the print job response as the printer consumes data.
  • the ink cartridge chip, the ink cartridge and the operation method for responding to the printer operation of the invention are simple and convenient to be authenticated with the printing system, have strong versatility, and realize high ink consumption utilization printing in a printing mode, thereby avoiding waste of resources and loss of consumables. High cost and other issues.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of an ink cartridge chip of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a method of operating a response print job of the present invention.
  • a brand new ink cartridge will go through three processes from full ink to ink consumption.
  • the process can be divided into three printing states according to the change of ink amount or ink surface.
  • the first state is that the printer is normal.
  • the ink consumption state is displayed, which can be defined in the stage of 100% to 20% of the ink remaining amount;
  • the second state is that the printer displays the low ink state, which can be defined in the stage where the remaining amount of ink is about 20%;
  • the third state Displaying the ink status for the printer, probably defined in The remaining amount of ink is close to the 0% range.
  • two area data related to the amount of ink are stored in the ink cartridge chip, and the two area data exhibit different changes in the three printing states.
  • the two area data are defined as the ink amount data A and the ink amount data B, wherein the ink amount data A further includes an A1 ink amount parameter and an A2 ink amount parameter, and the ink amount data A is stored in the address area A, the ink amount data B Stored in address area B.
  • the A1 ink amount parameter and the A2 ink amount parameter increase with the ink amount consumption
  • the ink amount data B increases with the ink amount consumption
  • the A1 ink amount parameter continues with the ink amount.
  • the consumption increases, and the A2 ink amount parameter remains unchanged after reaching the fixed threshold M, and the ink amount data B still increases with the ink consumption; when the third state is reached, the A1 ink amount parameter remains unchanged after the ink value is reached.
  • the A2 ink amount parameter is fixed at the threshold value M, and the B ink amount data continues to increase with the ink amount consumption.
  • the printer is triggered to display the ink end state. Among them, even if the printer displays the ink out state, the printing system can still execute the print job.
  • the ink amount data B is understood to be the consumption of the verification or recording ink amount, which interacts with the printer, and if the data of the address area B is not recorded or arbitrarily changed, the printer will report an error.
  • the ink cartridge chip of the present invention includes a logic operation module, a storage module, a communication module and the like as a conventional ink cartridge chip.
  • the storage module has a first ink amount data block and a second ink amount data block, and the two data blocks are new definitions of the ink amount data A and the ink amount data B, although the first ink amount of the present invention
  • the data block and the ink amount data A have the same address bit number and area
  • the second ink amount data block and the ink amount data B also have the same address bit number and area, but the data stored in the first ink amount data block and The data stored in the ink amount data A is different
  • the data stored in the second ink amount data block is different from the data stored in the ink amount data A.
  • the printing mode refers to printing performed in a specific state in which the amount of ink is maintained in a fixed range, and is not limited to constraints such as printing speed, printing color, etc., and the present invention is preferably in a third state, that is, an ink-out state, which will be exemplified below.
  • the ink exhaust state does not mean that the remaining amount of ink is absolutely zero, and means that the remaining amount of ink is about 0% to 3% of the total amount of ink, and a state in which a small amount of ink remains in the ink cartridge.
  • the first ink amount data block includes a first ink amount parameter and an ink amount threshold.
  • the second ink amount data block includes a second ink amount parameter.
  • the first ink amount parameter is preset to be the ink value
  • the ink amount threshold is the threshold value M described above.
  • the first ink amount data block is determined according to a final ink consumption value of the ink cartridge applied to the printing system for the first time, that is, the ink amount data
  • a recording value of the existing ink cartridge at the end of the third state which can be calculated by the ink cartridge logic operation module or The primary ink cartridge chip recording data is directly read, and the second ink amount data block is also obtained as such.
  • the first ink amount parameter is smaller than the ink amount threshold, and the first ink amount parameter and the ink amount threshold are used as identifiers for different ink quantity precision changes.
  • a second ink amount data block is further set in advance, and is set to an ink end state with a threshold value of N.
  • the second ink amount data block is touched by the first ink amount parameter, and once the printing system responds to the print job, the first ink amount data block is When the preset value is kept unchanged in the ink exhaust state, when the second ink amount data block is touched to the ink exhaust state, it is controlled by the printer in this print mode to become the changed ink amount data block.
  • the printer ink amount recording method for example, the recording method of the number of printed pages, as the number of printed pages in the printer continues to increase, the second ink amount data block continues to increase from the threshold value N.
  • the ink cartridge chip of the above design is mounted on an ink cartridge and applied to a printing system.
  • the ink cartridge may be a recycled old ink cartridge or an old ink cartridge to reduce excessive waste of resources and protect the ecological environment.
  • the ink cartridge chip receives a read command of the printer for the print job. Secondly, the ink cartridge chip sends the first ink amount data block and the second ink amount data block set in advance to the printer to perform matching authentication between the printer and the ink cartridge.
  • the first ink amount data block and the second ink amount data block of the redesigned ink cartridge chip adopt the same address bits and regions as the original chip, and the preset states of the first ink amount data block and the second ink amount data block
  • the data is in the state of the first print job, that is, the address and the data match degree are high, the printing system is quick and effective to respond to the print job, and once successfully responded, the printer is set to a print mode, and the printer consumes data to the ink cartridge chip; Otherwise, it does not respond to the print job.
  • the first ink amount data block remains unchanged from the preset value, and the second ink amount data block is changed by the printer consumption data change.

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一种墨盒芯片、墨盒及响应打印作业的操作方法，属于打印技术领域。本发明墨盒芯片包括存储模块，存储模块至少具有与打印机数据共享且使打印机具有一种打印模式的第一墨量数据块和第二墨量数据块；第一墨量数据块在打印模式下为固定墨量数据块；第二墨量数据块在打印模式下为变化墨量数据块。本发明墨盒包括上述墨盒芯片。本发明响应打印作业的操作方法包括墨盒芯片接收打印机读取指令，墨盒芯片将预先设置的两个墨量数据块发送至打印机，进行响应认证；响应成功后，其一墨量数据块保持不变，另一墨量数据块变化。本发明与打印系统认证简单便捷，通用性强，且在一种打印模式下实现高墨量利用率的打印，避免了资源浪费、耗材损耗、成本高昂等问题。

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一种墨盒芯片、墨盒及响应打印作业的操作方法 技术领域
本发明涉及使用可更换打印部件的打印系统技术领域，尤其涉及一种用于打印系统的墨盒芯片、墨盒及响应打印作业的操作方法。
背景技术
一般打印系统包括打印机、墨盒、安装在墨盒上的芯片等。在打印作业时，根据打印系统内输出的控制信息在打印介质上形成图像和文字。在打印过程中，可更换打印部件如墨盒损耗大，需要时常在其寿命将尽时更换。而在更换时需要更换原装墨盒或者是同代兼容墨盒，这样打印机才能与之兼容，正常响应打印作业。但长期使用价格昂贵的原装墨盒，打印消耗成本过高，无法满足所有用户需求，同时限制了其他供应商的公平竞争。并且随着打印技术的不断升级，打印机的固件一般两到三年时间升级一次并发布新的机器型号，用户已经购买尚未使用的墨盒因不是同代兼容墨盒而被废弃，又得重新购买与升级后打印机匹配的同代兼容墨盒，不仅使打印消耗成本提高，且造成了大量的资源浪费，残留的墨水和墨盒甚至会造成环境污染。
另外，在长期使用中发现，墨盒中墨量的利用率不够高。墨量未百分之百消耗完。同时当某打印系统首次利用墨盒进行喷墨打印时，大致剩余15％墨量时显示低墨状态；等打印系统显示墨尽时，需要重新加墨进行墨盒的第二轮打印，或直接更换新的墨盒进行第二轮打印，此时当打印了约剩余30％墨量时，打印系统显示低墨状态，没过多久，此轮打印被告知墨尽，而此轮墨盒残留墨量多于首轮墨盒残留墨量。长期以往，墨盒中墨量利用率不高，耗材损耗大，成本很高，打印作业效率低。
为此，兼容墨盒厂商为了兼容各大品牌的打印系统，一些厂商采用数据加密-中间传送-解密的方式，进行可更换部件与打印系统兼容；而一些厂商，是对相关部件，如检测墨量的传感器进行功能性模拟，但这仅仅是解决了兼容的问题，但未能同时解决墨量利用率不高、打印作业效率低的问题。
针对墨量利用率不高问题时，兼容墨盒厂商成功设置了用于检测墨盒中记录材料，如墨量，是否充盈的模拟传感器，用墨盒芯片中的数据实际控制墨水的使用量，实现墨量准确计 量。但问题是不同机型，此方案通用性差。因为不同机型在设置打印消耗墨量达到停止打印的阈值不同，有些设置为墨量消耗达到120％或100％时停止打印，这样我们需要对不同机型灌注不同墨量，才能做到准确计量墨量消耗且不产生额外墨水浪费。可见此方案是有局限性的，甚至产生额外墨水浪费。
发明内容
为了解决上述技术问题，本发明的目的是提供一种与打印系统兼容、适用各种机型、墨盒墨量利用率高的墨盒芯片、墨盒及响应打印作业的操作方法。
本发明提供一种墨盒芯片，包括存储模块，所述存储模块至少具有与打印机数据共享且使打印机具有一种打印模式的第一墨量数据块和第二墨量数据块；所述第一墨量数据块在所述打印模式下为固定墨量数据块；所述第二墨量数据块在所述打印模式下为变化墨量数据块。
该墨盒芯片通过第一墨量数据块和第二墨量数据块，与打印机进行认证，当彼此认证通过，则建立正常通信，允许打印机作业，并使得打印作业开启后维持在一种打印模式下进行。所述打印模式指的是保持墨量处于特定状态下进行的打印，不限于打印速率、打印色彩等约束。这样使得墨盒芯片能装载在墨盒上，进行再生利用，无需切换打印模式就能高效利用完不同型号墨盒内的墨水，避免资源浪费且打印高效。
作为优选，所述第一墨量数据块包括第一墨量参数，用以触动所述第二墨量数据块变化；以及墨量阈值。
作为优选，所述第一墨量参数小于所述墨量阈值。
作为优选，所述第一墨量数据块根据墨盒初次应用于打印机系统的最终墨量消耗值确定。
作为优选，所述第二墨量数据块包括第二墨量参数，所述第二墨量参数在墨盒芯片内被设置初始状态，之后随打印机控制。
作为优选，所述初始状态设定为打印机达到墨尽时墨盒中始终残留有墨的状态。
作为优选，所述第二墨量参数自受打印机控制起，其变化呈正增长。
作为优选，当安装有墨盒芯片的墨盒应用于打印系统中时，打印机显示的打印模式为墨盒墨量显示状态为墨量值保持在固定范围内的状态。
作为优选，本发明墨盒芯片还包括计算所述第一墨量数据块和所述第二墨量数据块的逻辑运算模块。
本发明还提供一种墨盒，其包括上述墨盒芯片。
该墨盒可适用于多种不同型号的打印系统，兼容的同时高效利用墨水，避免资源浪费，进一步降低企业成本。
本发明还提供一种响应打印作业的操作方法，用于打印系统中，包括
墨盒芯片接收打印机进行打印作业的读取指令；
墨盒芯片将预先设置的第一墨量数据块和第二墨量数据块发送至打印机，若打印机成功响应，所述打印机设置为一种打印模式，且返回打印机消耗数据给墨盒芯片；否则，不响应打印作业；
打印作业开始后，所述第一墨量数据块保持预先设置值不变；所述第二墨量数据块受所述打印机消耗数据变化而变化。
该响应打印作业的操作方法，在墨盒芯片内预先设置两个墨量数据块，该预先设置值为打印机之前匹配墨盒芯片的记忆数值，通过这两个墨量数据块可与打印机进行匹配认证过程，此认证过程相较于加密-中间传输-解密的方式来说，更为简单便捷。一旦认证成功，打印作业正常响应，此时因将两个墨量数据块预先设置在固定值，使得打印模式也设置在一个状态下，在打印作业开始后，为了维持该打印模式，使得第一墨量数据块保持不变，而第二墨量数据块会受打印机的消耗数据影响，作为墨盒芯片内部的消耗记录数据存在。此方法适用多种型号的打印系统，且在一种打印模式下充分利用墨量，高效作业，避免了资源浪费。
作为优选，所述第一墨量数据块包括第一墨量参数，用以触动所述第二墨量数据块变化；以及墨量阈值。
作为优选，所述第一墨量参数小于所述墨量阈值。
作为优选，所述第一墨量数据块根据墨盒初次应用于打印机系统的最终墨量消耗值确定。
作为优选，所述第二墨量数据块的预先设置值为打印机达到墨尽时墨盒中始终残留有墨的状态。
作为优选，所述第二墨量数据块自打印作业响应起，随打印机消耗数据的变化呈正增长。
本发明具有以下有益效果：
本发明墨盒芯片、墨盒和响应打印机作业的操作方法，其与打印系统认证简单便捷，通用性强，且在一种打印模式下实现高墨量利用率的打印，避免了资源浪费、耗材损耗、成本高昂等问题。
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在实际应用时，我们尚未发现兼容多种型号打印系统，且简便快速与打印机匹配进入打印作业，同时又能高效利用墨盒墨量的方案。为此我们对整个打印系统的作业全过程做了深入研究。
一般，一个全新的墨盒从满墨到墨水消耗完的过程中会经历3个过程，则此过程按照墨量或墨液面的变化，可以划分为三种打印状态，第一种状态为打印机正常显示墨量消耗状态，大概可定义在墨水剩余量100％至20％的阶段；第二种状态为打印机显示低墨状态，大概可定义在墨水剩余量在20％左右的阶段；第三种状态为打印机显示墨尽状态，大概可定义在 墨水剩余量接近0％范围的阶段。在进行上述3个过程打印时，墨盒芯片内存储有与墨量相关的两个区域数据，这两个区域数据在此三种打印状态下呈现不同变化。此处定义这两个区域数据为墨量数据A和墨量数据B，其中墨量数据A还包括A1墨量参数和A2墨量参数，墨量数据A存储在地址区A，墨量数据B存储在地址区B。在第一种状态时，A1墨量参数和A2墨量参数随墨量消耗增大，墨量数据B随墨量消耗增大；当达到第二种状态时，A1墨量参数继续随墨量消耗增大，而A2墨量参数达到固定阈值M后保持不变，墨量数据B仍随墨量消耗增大；当达到第三种状态时，A1墨量参数到墨尽值后保持不变，A2墨量参数固定在阈值M保持不变，B墨量数据随墨量消耗继续增大，当达到阈值N时触发打印机显示墨尽状态。其中，即使打印机显示墨尽状态，打印系统仍然能执行打印作业。
由此可知，我们可将上述墨量数据A理解为墨盒芯片自身墨量记录数据，随着墨量不停消耗，其数据终将会达到最后墨量耗尽时的最终记录数值。墨量数据B理解为验证或者记录墨量的消耗，其与打印机相互影响，如果地址区B的数据不被记录或被随意改动，打印机将会报错。
为此，为了能再生利用墨盒，且该墨盒能与不同型号打印机匹配并充分利用墨水，我们根据上述研究，做了如下设计。如图1，本发明墨盒芯片包括逻辑运算模块、存储模块、通讯模块等与常规墨盒芯片一样的模块。其中，所述存储模块具有第一墨量数据块和第二墨量数据块，这个两个数据块就是对上述墨量数据A和墨量数据B的新定义，虽然本发明的第一墨量数据块和墨量数据A具有相同的地址位数和区域，以及第二墨量数据块和墨量数据B也具有相同的地址位数和区域，但存储在第一墨量数据块的数据与存储在墨量数据A的数据是有差异的，存储在第二墨量数据块的数据与存储在墨量数据A的数据是有差异的。
考虑到一方面地址区B的数据会影响到打印机是否正常响应打印作业，另一方面如果保持上述三种状态下的打印模式，仍然会存在不同型号墨量利用率有差异，甚至额外产生资源浪费的问题。我们将预先设置第一墨量数据块和第二墨量数据块，以此来限定打印系统在一种打印模式下工作。所述打印模式指的是保持墨量在固定范围的特定状态下进行的打印，不限于打印速率、打印色彩等约束，本发明优选在第三种状态，即墨尽状态，下文以此为例叙述。所述墨尽状态，不是指墨水剩余量为绝对零，是指墨水剩余量大约在满墨量的0％-3％，墨盒中始终残留有少许墨的状态。
所述第一墨量数据块包括第一墨量参数以及墨量阈值。所述第二墨量数据块包括第二墨量参数。在打印之初，预先设置第一墨量参数为墨尽值，墨量阈值为上文所述的阈值M。所述第一墨量数据块根据墨盒初次应用于打印系统的最终墨量消耗值确定，也就是现有墨盒在第三状态结束时墨量数据A记录值，这个可由墨盒逻辑运算模块计算获得或直接读取初次墨盒芯片记录数据，同样所述第二墨量数据块也可如此获得。其中，第一墨量参数小于墨量阈值，第一墨量参数和墨量阈值用以作为不同墨量精度变化的标识。另外还预先设置第二墨量数据块，设置为阈值为N的墨尽状态，此第二墨量数据块由第一墨量参数触动，一旦打印系统响应打印作业，第一墨量数据块在墨尽状态下保持预设值不变，第二墨量数据块触动为墨尽状态时，在此打印模式下由打印机控制，成为变化墨量数据块。打印机墨量记录方式，例如打印页数的记录方式，随着打印机内打印页数的不断增加，第二墨量数据块自阈值N起不停增长。
将上述设计的墨盒芯片装设在墨盒上，应用于打印系统。所述墨盒可以是回收的旧墨盒或旧版本的墨盒，以减少过多资源浪费，保护生态环境。
在此打印系统下，进行响应打印作业操作。首先，墨盒芯片接收打印机进行打印作业的读取指令；其次，墨盒芯片将预先设置的第一墨量数据块和第二墨量数据块发送至打印机，进行打印机和墨盒之间的匹配认证。因重新设计的墨盒芯片其第一墨量数据块和第二墨量数据块采用与原芯片相同的地址位数和区域，且第一墨量数据块和第二墨量数据块的预设状态为首次打印作业墨尽状态时数据，即地址与数据匹配度高，打印系统易快速有效响应打印作业，一旦成功响应，所述打印机设置为一种打印模式，且返回打印机消耗数据给墨盒芯片；否则，不响应打印作业。打印作业开始后，所述第一墨量数据块保持预先设置值不变，所述第二墨量数据块受所述打印机消耗数据变化而变化。
上面所述的实施例仅是对本发明的优选实施方式进行描述，并非对本发明的构思和范围进行限定。在不脱离本发明设计构思的前提下，本领域普通人员对本发明的技术方案做出的各种变型和改进，均应落入到本发明的保护范围，本发明请求保护的技术内容，已经全部记载在权利要求书中。

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  1. 一种墨盒芯片，包括存储模块，其特征在于，所述存储模块至少具有与打印机数据共享且使打印机具有一种打印模式的第一墨量数据块和第二墨量数据块；所述第一墨量数据块在所述打印模式下为固定墨量数据块；所述第二墨量数据块在所述打印模式下为变化墨量数据块。
  2. 根据权利要求1所述的一种墨盒芯片，其特征在于，所述第一墨量数据块包括第一墨量参数，用以触动所述第二墨量数据块变化；以及墨量阈值。
  3. 根据权利要求2所述的一种墨盒芯片，其特征在于，所述第一墨量参数小于所述墨量阈值。
  4. 根据权利要求1所述的一种墨盒芯片，其特征在于，所述第一墨量数据块根据墨盒初次应用于打印机系统的最终墨量消耗值确定。
  5. 根据权利要求1所述的一种墨盒芯片，其特征在于，所述第二墨量数据块包括第二墨量参数，所述第二墨量参数在墨盒芯片内被设置初始状态，之后随打印机控制。
  6. 根据权利要求5所述的一种墨盒芯片，其特征在于，所述初始状态设定为打印机达到墨尽时墨盒中始终残留有墨的状态。
  7. 根据权利要求5所述的一种墨盒芯片，其特征在于，所述第二墨量参数自受打印机控制起，其变化呈正增长。
  8. 根据权利要求1所述的一种墨盒芯片，其特征在于，当安装有墨盒芯片的墨盒应用于打印系统中时，打印机显示的打印模式为墨盒墨量显示状态为墨量值保持在固定范围内的状态。
  9. 根据权利要求1所述的一种墨盒芯片，其特征在于，还包括计算所述第一墨量数据块和所述第二墨量数据块的逻辑运算模块。
  10. 一种墨盒，其特征在于，包括上述权利要求1-9之一的墨盒芯片。
  11. 一种响应打印作业的操作方法，其特征在于，包括：
    墨盒芯片接收打印机进行打印作业的读取指令；
    墨盒芯片将预先设置的第一墨量数据块和第二墨量数据块发送至打印机，若打印机成功响应，所述打印机设置为一种打印模式，且返回打印机消耗数据给墨盒芯片；否则，不响应打印作业；
    打印作业开始后，所述第一墨量数据块保持预先设置值不变；所述第二墨量数据块受所述打印机消耗数据变化而变化。
  12. 根据权利要求11所述的一种响应打印机作业的操作方法，其特征在于，所述第一墨量数据块包括第一墨量参数，用以触动所述第二墨量数据块变化；以及墨量阈值。
  13. 根据权利要求12所述的一种响应打印机作业的操作方法，其特征在于，所述第一墨量参数小于所述墨量阈值。
  14. 根据权利要求11所述的一种响应打印机作业的操作方法，其特征在于，所述第一墨量数据块根据墨盒初次应用于打印机系统的最终墨量消耗值确定。
  15. 根据权利要求11所述的一种响应打印机作业的操作方法，其特征在于，所述第二墨量数据块的预先设置值为打印机达到墨尽时墨盒中始终残留有墨的状态。
  16. 根据权利要求11所述的一种响应打印机作业的操作方法，其特征在于，所述第二墨量数据块自打印作业响应起，随打印机消耗数据的变化呈正增长。
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