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US 2019/0084322 A1Published application
Method for protecting printed data
AssigneeEvolis
InventorDidier GODARD
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InventorDidier GODARD
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The invention relates to a method (400) for protecting printed data on a transfer film of a heat-transfer printer for a plastic card comprising a print head (112), the protection method (400) comprising: a first printing step (402) during which the transfer film and the plastic card advance simultaneously over a printing length L0 under the print head and during which the print head heats according to the text to be printed, a rewinding step (404) during which the transfer film is rewound over a rewinding length L0+/−d different from the printing length L0, and during which the plastic card is brought upstream of the print head, a subsequent printing step (408) during which the transfer film and the plastic card (10) advance simultaneously over another printing length under the print head and during which the print head heats according to the text to be printed, and an ejection step (410) during which the plastic card is expelled from the printer.
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Method (400) for protecting printed data on a transfer film (12) of a heat-transfer printer (100) for a plastic card (10) comprising a print head (112), the protection method (400) comprising:
Protection method (400) according to claim 1, wherein it comprises a looping step (412) during which the subsequent print step (408) loops back onto the rewinding step (404).
Protection method (400) according to claim 1, wherein it comprises, between the rewinding step (404) and the subsequent printing step (408), a formatting step (406) during which, if the rewinding length is less than the previous printing length, the part of the original text that extends at the end of the text over a length equal to the difference between the printing length and the rewinding length is omitted and, if the rewinding length is greater than the printing length, the part of the original text that extends at the start of the text over a length equal to the difference between the rewinding length and the printing length is omitted.
Protection method (400) according to claim 1, wherein the first printing step (402) is accompanied by a counting substep during which the number N0 of pulses generated during the first printing is counted, and during which a number of pulses corresponding to the rewinding length is calculated, and wherein the rewinding step (404) is accompanied by a counting substep during which the number of pulses generated during the rewinding is counted and during which the rewinding stops when said number of pulses has reached the number of pulses corresponding to the rewinding length calculated previously.
Heat-transfer printer (100) comprising:
Printer (100) according to claim 5, wherein the processor (204) is arranged so as, if the rewinding length is less than the previous printing length, to omit the part of the original text that extends at the end of the text over a length equal to the difference between the printing length and the rewinding length, and, if the rewinding length is greater than the printing length, to omit the part of the original text that extends at the start of the text over a length equal to the difference between the rewinding length and the printing length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.