1. An apparatus comprising an image projection lighting device comprising: a base; a yoke; a lamp housing; the lamp housing comprising a lamp, and a first light valve; a communications port; a processing system; a memory; wherein a cutoff value representing an amount of accumulated operating time at which the lamp may begin to operate improperly is stored in the memory; wherein an accumulated value representing an actual accumulated amount of operating time of the lamp is stored in the memory; wherein the processing system prevents the lamp from operating when the accumulated value is within a limit of the cutoff value, unless the processing system grants a request for a variance; wherein when the processing system grants a request for a first variance, the processing system allows the lamp to operate after the accumulated value is within the limit of the cutoff value.