Method and device for preventing unintended use of print cartridges

A first level carriage lockout scheme employs one set of cartridge tabs (14, 20, 24, 28) to differentiate print cartridges (17, 18, 22, 26) from each other for a first family of print cartridges, and another first level carriage lockout scheme employs another set of cartridge tabs (32,34; 38,40; 44,...

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Hauptverfasser: THOMAN, JEFFREY A, GRAGG, BRIAN D
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A first level carriage lockout scheme employs one set of cartridge tabs (14, 20, 24, 28) to differentiate print cartridges (17, 18, 22, 26) from each other for a first family of print cartridges, and another first level carriage lockout scheme employs another set of cartridge tabs (32,34; 38,40; 44,46; 50,52; 56,58; 62,64) to differentiate print cartridges (30, 36, 42, 48, 54, 60) from each other for a second family of print cartridges. A second level carriage lockout employs cartridge wings (70, 72) to differentiate between different families of print cartridges.