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Securely processing and tracking consumable supplies and consumable material

  • US 20070056027A1
  • Filed: 08/18/2006
  • Published: 03/08/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A credential production system comprising:

  • a consumable supply;

    a memory containing a state identifier that defines a state of the supply;

    a supply manager configured to access the memory and set the state identifier to one of a production disabled state and a production enabled state; and

    a credential production device configured to receive the state of the supply, wherein the credential production device is authorized to process a credential substrate using the consumable supply when the state identifier is set to the production enabled state, and the credential production device is prevented from processing the credential substrate using the supply when the supply identifier is set to the production disabled state.

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