Method and system of printing identification card (ID) using an inkjet printer
First Claim
1. An inkjet printing device for printing identification cards, comprising:
- an input area for holding transparent media;
a processor configured to receive input images that define the identification card and to translate and transpose the input images into reverse images; and
an inkjet printhead coupled to the processor and configured to receive and print the reverse images on portions of the transparent media, wherein each printed portion of the transparent media is laminated to a plastic card, the side of the transparent media containing the images being adhered to the card.
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Abstract
The present invention is embodied in a printing system for printing identification cards with durable full-color images using an inkjet printing device. In general, the present invention provides an inkjet printing device that is used to print images on a plastic identification card. The images are printed reversibly on a transparent media. The transparent media is then laminated onto a plastic card with the side with the images being adhered to the card. As a result, the images are viewed as being printed correctly on the transparent media. Further, the images are protected on one side by the transparent media itself and on the other side by the plastic card.
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18 Claims
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1. An inkjet printing device for printing identification cards, comprising:
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an input area for holding transparent media; a processor configured to receive input images that define the identification card and to translate and transpose the input images into reverse images; and an inkjet printhead coupled to the processor and configured to receive and print the reverse images on portions of the transparent media, wherein each printed portion of the transparent media is laminated to a plastic card, the side of the transparent media containing the images being adhered to the card. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of producing an identification card using a processor of a host computer coupled to an inkjet printhead of an inkjet printing device comprising:
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creating a digital file on the host computer having images and text; translating and transposing, with the processor, the images and the text to define reversed data; sending the reversed data to an inkjet printhead to be printed by the inkjet printing device that includes an input area for holding transparent media; printing the reversed data on a portion of the transparent media with the inkjet printhead; and laminating the transparent media to a plastic card, the side of the transparent media containing the images being adhered to the card. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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