Laminator printer
AssigneeZIH Corp.
InventorsDanny Louie, Faustin Marentes
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Abstract
A laminator/printer for laminating, cleaning, imprinting and trimming print media, capable of printing on the print media and the laminate with a single print head.
Claims52
A printer and laminator for printing information on a print media and laminating the print media to thermoplastic material, comprising:
- input means for directing print media and thermoplastic material into the printer laminator;
- print means having a single print head capable of printing on both the thermoplastic material and on the print media;
- lamination means for fusing the thermoplastic material to the print media;
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- output means for directing the laminated product out of the printer laminator.
An apparatus for printing on media and laminate and fusing the printed media and laminate together, said apparatus comprising:
- a print assembly having at least one printhead for printing on said media and on said laminate in a pre-determined order;
- a feeder mechanism for feeding said media and said laminate into said print assembly in accordance with said pre-determined order;
- means for aligning said printed media and laminate in overlying fashion;
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- laminator mechanism for receiving and fusing said aligned printed media and laminate together under heat and pressure to produce a laminated article.
An apparatus for printing on media and laminate and fusing the printed media and laminate together, said apparatus comprising:
- a print assembly having at least one printhead for printing on said media and on said laminate in a pre-determined order;
- a first feeder assembly for feeding said laminate into said print assembly for printing in accordance with said pre-determined order;
- a second feeder assembly for feeding said media into said print assembly for printing in accordance with said pre-determined order;
- means for aligning said printed media and laminate in overlying fashion;
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- laminator mechanism for receiving and fusing said aligned printed media and laminate together under heat and pressure to produce a laminated article.
An apparatus for printing on media and laminate and fusing the printed media and laminate together, said apparatus comprising:
- a print assembly having at least one printhead for printing on said media and on said laminate in a pre-determined order;
- a first feeder assembly for feeding said laminate into said print assembly for printing in accordance with said pre-determined order;
- a second feeder assembly for feeding said media into said print assembly for printing in accordance with said predetermined order;
- means for aligning said printed media and laminate in overlying fashion;
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- at least one pair of heat and pressure rollers for receiving and holding said aligned printed media and laminate between said heat and pressure rollers over a period of time to produce a laminated article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.