Credential production using a secured consumable supply
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1. A consumable supply comprising:
- a consumable material for use in forming a credential product selected from a group consisting of print ribbon cartridges, ink cartridges, substrates and overlaminate; and
a programmable memory selectively encoded to indicate whether the consumable material can be consumed by a credential production device to form the credential product, wherein the consumable supply is usable with a credential production device when the memory indicates a production enabled state and is prevented from use with the credential production device when the memory indicates a production disabled state, the selective encoding of one of the production enabled state and the production disabled state being independent of an amount of consumable material in the consumable supply.
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Abstract
A method and system for securely processing a credential substrate using a credentials production system and secured consumable supply. The consumable supply is selectively in one of a plurality of states including a production disabled state and a production enabled state. The state of the consumable supply is changed from the production disabled state to the production enabled state. The state in the consumable supply is verified as being in the production enabled state prior to processing the credential substrate using the consumable supply.
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19 Claims
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1. A consumable supply comprising:
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a consumable material for use in forming a credential product selected from a group consisting of print ribbon cartridges, ink cartridges, substrates and overlaminate; and a programmable memory selectively encoded to indicate whether the consumable material can be consumed by a credential production device to form the credential product, wherein the consumable supply is usable with a credential production device when the memory indicates a production enabled state and is prevented from use with the credential production device when the memory indicates a production disabled state, the selective encoding of one of the production enabled state and the production disabled state being independent of an amount of consumable material in the consumable supply. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A credential production system comprising:
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a consumable supply including a programmable memory, the programmable memory selectively encoded to indicate a production enabled state and a production disabled state to specify whether the consumable supply selected from a group consisting of print ribbon cartridges, ink cartridges, substrates and overlaminates can be consumed for forming a credential product, the selective encoding of one of the production enabled state and the production disabled state being independent of an amount of consumable material in the consumable supply; a credential production device comprising; a credential processing device configured to process the credential substrate using the consumable supply, wherein the credential processing device is selected from a group consisting of a printing device and a laminating device; and a controller configured to; read the programmable memory of the consumable supply; process a credential substrate using the credential processing device and the consumable supply when the programmable memory of the consumable supply indicates the production enabled state; and prevent the processing of the credential substrate using the consumable supply when the programmable memory of the consumable supply indicates the production disabled state. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of securely processing a credential substrate using a credential production system, the method comprising:
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providing a consumable supply including a consumable material and a programmable memory, the programmable memory selectively indicative of one of a plurality of states including a production enabled state and a production disabled state, the selective indication of one of the production enabled state and the production disabled state being independent of an amount of consumable material in the consumable supply; changing the state of the programmable memory from the production disabled state to the production enabled state; verifying that the state of the consumable supply is in the production enabled state; and processing the credential substrate using the consumable material of the consumable supply if the programmable memory is in the production enabled state. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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