A printing cartridge for a printing system is provided. The printing cartridge comprises a housing configured so as to be insertable within a printing system and an integrated circuit device positioned on the housing so as to interface with the printing system when the printing cartridge is inserted therein. The housing holds a supply of media (and media colorant). The integrated circuit device has memory circuitry carrying data relating to the media (and media colorant) and communicates the data relating to the media (and media colorant) to the printing system when the integrated circuit device is interfaced therewith.