US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on Oct. 14 for "Image forming apparatus configured to transmit print information to external device when consumable attached thereto is special consumable and when printing is performed" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,375, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus configured to transmit print information to external device when consumable attached thereto is special consumable and when printing is performed" was invented by Shinsuke Kaigawa (Kitanagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes: a consumable including a consumable memory storing type information; a main casing to which the consumable is attached; a communication interface; and a controller. The type information indicates whether the consumable is a special consumable that can be used when the imag...