Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drop-on-demand identification document printing with surface pre-treatment
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Application No.: US15915291Application Date: 2018-03-08
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Publication No.: US10576769B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: Cory Wooldridge , Norbert Kill , Lex Prenevost , Brendan Hinnenkamp , Jon Wawra , Thomas Wagener
- Applicant: Entrust Datacard Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MN Shakopee
- Assignee: ENTRUST DATACARD CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: ENTRUST DATACARD CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Shakopee
- Agency: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.
- Main IPC: B41M5/00
- IPC: B41M5/00 ; B41J11/00 ; H01J37/32
Abstract:
A single plasma nozzle of a plasma treatment station is used to treat the card surface prior to performing drop-on-demand printing on the card surface. The single plasma nozzle has a plasma discharge width that is less than the width of the card. The card and the plasma nozzle are moved relative to one another using a two direction control scheme during plasma treatment in order to be able to plasma treat a desired area of the card surface. The card and the plasma nozzle may also be moveable toward or away from one another to change the distance therebetween.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180257416A1 DROP-ON-DEMAND IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT PRINTING WITH SURFACE PRE-TREATMENT Public/Granted day:2018-09-13
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