Method of and apparatus for personalising a series of portable objects

摘要

Embodiments of the invention provide a method of and apparatus for graphically marking a series of portable objects, such as a card, each portable object being graphically marked on a respective zone by a respective marking device, wherein the marking devices are configured to perform the same marking operation simultaneously on a plurality of portable objects.

主权项

1. A method of graphically marking a series of portable objects, each portable object being graphically marked by a plurality of graphical marking procedures, the method comprising:
receiving a first portable object at a first graphical marking station for graphical marking of a first zone of the first portable object by a first graphical marking means of the first graphical marking station; receiving a second portable object at a second graphical marking station for graphical marking of a first zone of the second portable object by a second graphical marking means of the second graphical marking station; graphically marking a first marking layout on the first zone of the first portable object by means of the first graphical marking means and simultaneously graphically marking the same first marking layout on the first zone of the second portable object by means of the second graphical marking means; transferring the first portable object to the second graphical marking station for graphical marking of a second zone of the first portable object by the second graphical marking means, wherein the second zone is different to the first zone; receiving a further portable object at the first graphical marking station for graphical marking of a second zone of the further portable object, by the first graphical marking means of the first graphical marking station; graphically marking a second marking layout on the second zone of the first portable object by means of the second graphical marking means, wherein the second marking layout is different to the first marking layout, and simultaneously graphically marking the same second marking layout on the second zone of the further portable object by means of the first graphical marking means; wherein the further portable object is subsequently transferred to the second graphical marking station for graphical marking of a first zone of the further portable object, by the second graphical marking means with the first graphical marking layout.