Abstract: A printing apparatus using a consumable providing at least one of an image receiving tape, the consumable carrying a tag holding parameter information identifying the width of the tape and status information including the amount of tape remaining in the consumable, the printing apparatus comprising: printing means for printing an image; a tag reader arranged to receive said information from the tag via a contactless link in the form of electromagnetic waves; and a processor arranged to (i) receive said information and to control operation of the printing apparatus in dependence thereon including selecting a printing operation based on the identified width, and (ii) update the status information based on usage of the tape via the contactless link.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 23, 2003
Publication date:
October 26, 2006
Applicant:
ESSELTE Industriepark-Noord 30, B-9100
Inventors:
Kris Vandermeulen, Jos Vleurinck, Geert Heyse