发明名称 Method and apparatus for printing on smartcards and the like
摘要 A method for printing on a smart card using the printer of a postage meter is disclosed. The postage meter has a feed mechanism for feeding mail items past a print head and the construction of the feed mechanism is such that the spacing of adjacent feed rollers is greater than the length of the smart card. As a result the feed mechanism is incapable of feeding smart cards. Therefore in the method a carrier is provided for the smart card, the carrier being of sufficient length as to be engaged by the feed rollers during feeding thereof. Preferably the carrier comprises a sheet having a recess therein to receive the smart card so that the print receiving surface of the smart card is approximately co-planar with the surface of the carrier sheet.
申请公布号 US6880996(B2) 申请公布日期 2005.04.19
申请号 US20010770184 申请日期 2001.01.29
申请人 NEOPOST LIMITED 发明人 HERBERT RAYMOND JOHN
分类号 B41J13/12;G07B17/00;(IPC1-7):B41J13/12 主分类号 B41J13/12
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