Method for controlling the ink refilling procedure of a print engine

摘要

A method of controlling refilling of a printing unit by a printing fluid refill cartridge is provided. In the method, information on an amount of printing fluid contained in the refill cartridge is stored in an information storage element of the cartridge, the refill cartridge is mounted to the printing unit, the information on the amount of printing fluid is read with an information reader incorporated in the printing unit, and the refilling of the printing unit with printing fluid contained in the refill cartridge is controlled based on the information read.