THERMAL PRINTER AND METHOD FOR USING

摘要

The present invention relates to a thermal printer (20) for printing a card (30). The printer includes a housing (22) having an input/output end (24) configured for both inputting the card (30) into the housing (22). A print head (32) is positioned within the housing (22) for printing the card (30). A card input station (26) and a card output station (28) are located at the input/output end (24) of the housing (22) and the print head (32). The diverter ramp (42) of the housing (22). The printer (20) is also equipped with a mechanism for feeding the card from the input station (26), past the diverter ramp (42), to the print head (32).