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Printing ribbon security apparatus and method

  • US 9,079,423 B2
  • Filed: 03/26/2014
  • Issued: 07/14/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A printer, comprising:

  • a media feed assembly;

    a ribbon drive assembly;

    a printhead; and

    a controller operatively coupled to the media feed assembly, the ribbon drive assembly, and the printhead, the controller including a set of instructions which, when executed, perform a method of printing, comprising;

    causing the ribbon drive assembly and the media feed assembly to advance a print ribbon and a print media under the printhead in a first print operation to print a desired image onto a first portion of the print media;

    causing the ribbon drive assembly to rewind the print ribbon; and

    causing at least a portion of an image remaining on the ribbon from the first print operation to be obscured by advancing the print ribbon and the print media under the printhead in a second print operation to print through the print ribbon at a desired location on the print ribbon.

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