Printer and ribbon cartridge

• US 7,154,519 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2005
• Issued: 12/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Assa Abloy AB
• Original Assignee: Fargo Electronics Inc. (Assa Abloy AB)
• Inventors: Meier, James R., Johnson, Chadwick M., Pribula, Martin A., Lukaskawcez, Stacy W., Dunham, Matthew K., Gershenovich, Leon, Platner, Thomas C., Klinefelter, Gary M., Park, Ryan G., Upin, Jeffrey D., Lenz, Gary A., Ibs, Jon J., Countryman, Jr., Gary P.
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAN, HUAN HUU
• Application Number:
  US11/135,619
• Publication Number:
  US 20050271439A1
• Time in Patent Office: 582 Days
• Field of Search: 347180-182, 347/211
• US Class Current: 347/211
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 17/32 Detachable carriers or holders for impression-transfer material mechanism

Abstract

A printer includes a substrate input, a substrate transport, a printhead, a removable ribbon cartridge, a ribbon cartridge receiver, and a substrate output. The substrate transport is configured to feed a substrate from the substrate input along a print path. The printhead is positioned below the print path and is configured to print an image on a surface of the substrate. The ribbon cartridge is received in the ribbon cartridge receiver and contains a supply of print ribbon that extends between supply and take-up spools and over the printhead. The substrate can then be discharged through the substrate output.

Claims

1. A method of aligning active print elements of a printhead to a substrate comprising:

a) receiving a print job from a substrate processing application;

b) receiving an offset value for the printhead;

c) offsetting a set of active print elements of the printhead designated by the print job by the offset value to designate a modified set of active print elements; and

d) processing the print job using the modified set of active print elements.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the offsetting step c) includes ripping the print job with a printer driver to generate a print file that has been modified in accordance with the offset value, whereby the print file designates the modified set of active print elements.