Identification card printer
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1. An identification card printer comprising:
- a cartridge receiver adapted to receive a card cartridge; and
a card transport mechanism including a pair of feed rollers, portions of which extend into the cartridge receiver and define a card transport plane.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to an identification card printer that can be used with a card cartridge that protects a stack of cards stored therein from environmental contamination and establishes a card transport plane, from which other components of the identification card printer can be aligned, independent of the card cartridge. The identification card printer includes a cartridge receiver adapted to receive the card cartridge and a card transport mechanism. The card transport mechanism includes a pair of feed rollers, portions of which extend to the cartridge receiver and define the card transport plane.
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49 Claims
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1. An identification card printer comprising:
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a cartridge receiver adapted to receive a card cartridge; and
a card transport mechanism including a pair of feed rollers, portions of which extend into the cartridge receiver and define a card transport plane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An identification card printer comprising:
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a card cartridge including a housing having an interior cavity that is sized to accommodate a stack of cards, a pair of opposing side walls, a top, a base, a front wall, a back wall opposite the front wall, and a card output slot, the base having first and second apertures that form a card access;
a cartridge receiver adapted to receive the card cartridge; and
a card transport mechanism including a pair of feed rollers, portions of which extend into the cartridge receiver and through the card access of the card cartridge when the card cartridge is seated on the cartridge receiver, the feed rollers defining a card transport plane. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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