WEB-BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELLING A REPLACEMENT SUPPLY ITEM BASED ON THE SALES CHANNEL OF THE ORIGINAL ITEM

摘要

A method for selling a replacement supply item according to one embodiment includes in response to a scan of an encoded uniform resource identifier provided on a supply item, identifying a product type and a source type of the scanned supply item. A web page specific to the identified product type of the scanned supply item is then displayed that facilitates ordering the replacement supply item. The displayed web page varies depending on the identified source type of the scanned supply item.