摘要:
Improvements relating to identification tags on consumable supply items used in identity document production equipment. The use of identification tags on the consumable supply items allows the document production equipment to recognize the consumable supply items that are loaded into each piece of equipment. The equipment can then initiate a variety of activities that are based on the loaded supply item. The activities are designed to enhance the operation of the equipment for the equipment operator and to provide added value to those customers who utilize consumable supply items that are recognized by the equipment. The identification tag is a radio frequency identification tag (20) comprising a tag body having an aperture formed therethrough, an antenna (22) formed on the tag body and surrounding the aperture, and a memory element (24) disposed on the tag body.
摘要:
A method of operating a piece of data bearing document production equipment, comprising: loading a roll of a consumable supply into the equipment, the supply including a supply cylinder, unused material wound onto the supply cylinder waiting to be used, and a take-up cylinder for taking-up used material, at least one of said supply cylinder and said take-up cylinder containing a read/write memory element (24) having stored data therein relating to the amount of material remaining to be used; operating the equipment to perform a document production task so that at least some of the material remaining to be used is used; and changing the data stored in the memory element relating to the amount of material remaining to be used based at least in part on the amount of material expected to be used for the production task.
摘要:
A method of operating a piece of data bearing document production equipment, comprising: loading a roll of a consumable supply into the equipment, the supply including a supply cylinder, unused material wound onto the supply cylinder waiting to be used, and a take-up cylinder for taking-up used material, at least one of said supply cylinder and said take-up cylinder containing a read/write memory element (24) having stored data therein relating to the amount of material remaining to be used; operating the equipment to perform a document production task so that at least some of the material remaining to be used is used; and changing the data stored in the memory element relating to the amount of material remaining to be used based at least in part on the amount of material expected to be used for the production task.
摘要:
Improvements relating to identification tags on consumable supply items used in identity document production equipment. The use of identification tags on the consumable supply items allows the document production equipment to recognize the consumable supply items that are loaded into each piece of equipment. The equipment can then initiate a variety of activities that are based on the loaded supply item. The activities are designed to enhance the operation of the equipment for the equipment operator and to provide added value to those customers who utilize consumable supply items that are recognized by the equipment. A consumable supply item (10,60) for data bearing document production equipment comprises a cylinder (14,64) for supply material having first and second open ends and a spindle passageway extending along a rotation axis between the first and second open ends to enable the cylinder to be disposed on a rotatable spindle (12,70,72) of the production equipment; and a radio frequency identification tag comprising a tag body (20,76) having an aperture formed therethrough that is configured to allow passage through the tag body (20,76) of at least a portion of the spindle (12,70,72) when the cylinder (14,64) is disposed on the spindle (12,70,72), an antenna (22) formed on the tag body (20,76), and a memory element (24) disposed on the tag body (20,76), wherein the antenna (22) surrounds the aperture.