LAMINATED CARD ASSEMBLY

摘要

An assembly (46) for creating laminated cards for printing by a laser printer has a backing sheet. The backing sheet (60) has a first side with a release coating, and a second side with a printable surface. The assembly also has a card (66) which has been cut from the backing sheet (60). A lamination sheet (52) adhesively adheres to the first side of the backing sheet and to the cut card (66). A lamination strip (80) which has been cut from the lamination sheet (52) has a first portion which adheres to and covers one surface of the card. The lamination strip (80) also has an integral second portion which adheres to the backing sheet adjacent to the cut card. The lamination strip (80) maintains the cut card in the same position relative to the backing sheet (60) that the card had prior to being cut. The assembly (46) has a substantially constant thickness and substantially flat upper and lower surfaces so that the assembly can pass through a complex paper path without jamming. A method for creating laminated cards from such an assembly has several steps. A user feeds the assembly into a printer. The printer prints onto the surface of the card. The user removes the card from off the assembly (90) and peels the lamination strip from the assembly. The user then folds the lamination strip to cover the printing surface of the card.