US 2026/0042299 A1 · IDENTIFICATION CARD PRINTER THERMAL PRINT HEAD WITH CUSTOM THERMAL COMPENSATION ROUTINE DETERMINATION

Abstract

A card printing system having a thermal print head and a thermal print ribbon is described. Operation of the thermal print head is controlled using a custom (or new) thermal compensation routine that is generated based on an analysis of test printing that is applied using the thermal print head and the thermal print ribbon onto a test card using a pre-generated thermal compensation routine. Once the custom thermal compensation routine is generated, the custom thermal compensation routine can then be used to print on a card, with the resulting printing being of higher quality than printing resulting from use of the pre-generated thermal compensation routine.

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Dependent claims

A method of thermal printing data on a card in a card printing system having a thermal print head and a thermal print ribbon, comprising:

applying test printing, in the card printing system using the thermal print head and the thermal print ribbon, on a test card using at least one pre-generated stored thermal compensation routine;
thereafter generating a new thermal compensation routine that is based on results of the applied test printing on the test card, and storing the new thermal compensation routine;
thereafter inputting the card and printing, in the card printing system using the thermal print head and the thermal print ribbon, the data on the card using the new thermal compensation routine, and thereafter outputting the card.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Identification card printer thermal print head with custom thermal compensation routine determination

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Identification card printer thermal print head with custom thermal compensation routine determination

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Abstract

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