US 12,187,046 B2
Memory, cartridge, and printing system
Shuichi Nakano, Shiojiri (JP)
Assigned to SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/884,173.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-130678 (JP), filed on Aug. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0053200 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 3/46 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17546 (2013.01) [B41J 2/17506 (2013.01); B41J 3/46 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory memory that is attached to a cartridge, the non-transitory memory comprising:
a first area that stores manufacturing information including at least a number of refills, the number of refills being a number of times that, after consumption of a liquid contained in the cartridge, the cartridge is refilled with the liquid;
a second area, different form the first area, that stores an electronic signature of the manufacturing information; and
a third area, different from the first area and the second area, that stores a first error-detecting code of the manufacturing information,
wherein the second area is located between the first area and the third area.