Systems and methods for maintaining warranty claim information

摘要

An image forming system such as a printer ( 100 ) includes an RFID tag ( 70 ) and RFID reader ( 72 ) for storing one or more warranty parameters. A print controller ( 57 ) measures a specified warranty parameter and causes the reader ( 72 ) to write data representative of the parameter to the RFID tag ( 70 ). The data may be encrypted for security. Later, an external RFID reader ( 74 ) may be used by service personnel to retrieve the data from the RFID tag ( 70 ) for processing a warranty claim.