Personalized identification document processing systems and methods

A method of processing a an identification document in a personalized identification document processing system, comprising:

• inputting the identification document to be processed onto a document transport path;
• transporting the identification document into a print station located along the document transport path, the print station includes:
• a retransfer film with a carrier film and a dry to the touch or substantially dry to the touch transferrable radiation curable material on the carrier film;
• a thermal print head;
• a print ribbon that is engageable by the thermal print head to thermally transfer thermally transferrable color material from the print ribbon to the retransfer film;
• and a transfer station that is configured to simultaneously transfer at least a portion of the transferrable radiation curable material from the retransfer film to the identification document;
• printing data on the retransfer film by using the thermal print head to transfer thermally transferrable color material from the print ribbon to the retransfer film, and thereafter simultaneously transferring the printed data and at least a portion of the radiation curable material from the retransfer film to the identification document;
• thereafter transporting the identification document into a radiation curing station along the document transport path, and applying radiation to the portion of the radiation curable material on the identification document to cure the portion of the radiation curable material;
• thereafter transporting the identification document to a document output and outputting the identification document.