Card printer apparatus and method

Printing – Processes – With heating or cooling

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400120, 400635, 400130, 346 76PH, 198494, 1988441, 12102, 121035, 271 33, 395108, 101425, 101474, B41J 302, B65H 320

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ABSTRACT:
A printer apparatus including a print head assembly and a transport belt for transporting a workpiece such as a plastic card through the printer apparatus. The transport belt includes a surface self-adhering to a surface of the plastic card. In a preferred embodiment, the printer apparatus includes a print head which is moved across a surface of the card while printing on the card. The printer apparatus includes a print head controller for interfacing between at least one microprocessor and at least one continuous tone print head, the number of print intensities either fixed or selected by the microprocessor.

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