TRANSFER OF CONSUMER PRODUCT CLASSIFICATION Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC G06F21/44 G06F3/12 

FIELD: printing industry.

SUBSTANCE: cartridge memory contains an identifier for the print cartridge, which, when authenticated, triggers the transfer of the cartridge's classification for printing to the printer. The cartridge memory also contains a classification field and functional data of the master device to identify the print cartridge classification and supply data for provision, based on the print cartridge classification, advanced or additional printer function. At that, the classification field further comprises data for printer instruction whether to use the functional data of the master device.

EFFECT: reduced likelihood of using of a non-genuine printer cartridge.

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