Ink jet identification card printer with lamination station
AssigneeFargo Electronics, Inc.
InventorsGary M. Klinefelter, Erick Hagstrom, Robert P. Cummins
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Abstract
An identification card printer is adapted to receive a supply of identification cards and print material onto the cards sequentially. A lamination station is provided for laminating over the ink jet printing to protect the printing on the printed card from the environment.
Claims17
An identification card printer and laminator system, comprising:
- an identification card supply configured to hold a stack of individual identification cards;
- a first roller configured to transport an identification card along a printing path;
- an ink jet printhead positioned in the printing path and configured to move in a direction perpendicular to a direction of the printing path, the ink jet printhead further configured to print on a surface of the identification card with an aqueous ink;
- a second roller configured to transport the identification card from the ink jet printhead through an intermediary station of the system;
- a lamination station positioned to receive a printed identification card from the intermediary station, the laminator configured to laminate a printed identification card with an individual laminate carried on a web;
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- a single housing enclosing the first roller, the ink jet printhead, the second roller, the intermediary station and the lamination station.
An identification card printer and laminator system comprising a supply of identification cards, an ink jet printer having an ink jet printhead to print ink jet ink on the cards sequentially, and a lamination station to adhere a cover laminated over a printed card to protect the ink jet ink on the printed card from the environment, the ink jet printer and the laminator contained within a single housing, a flipping mechanism positioned between the ink jet printer and the lamination station for selectively rotating an identification card, wherein the lamination station laminates a first side of the identification card and the flipping mechanism is configured to flip the identification card whereby the lamination station subsequently laminates a second side of the identification card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.