公开(公告)号：US11607897B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-21

申请号：US17245404

申请日：2021-04-30

申请人： Entrust Corporation

发明人： Donald Galles ,  Mark Sobania

IPC分类号： B41J13/12 ,  B42D25/23 ,  B41J3/36 ,  B41J3/407 ,  B41J3/50 ,  B42D25/22

摘要： A desktop plastic card printer that is configured to allow installation of a smart card cartridge within an interior space of the printer housing through an opening, for example an opening in a side wall, in the printer housing. Both the mechanical installation and electrical installation of the smart card cartridge occurs via the opening. This allows the desktop plastic card printer to be quickly and easily retrofitted to have the ability to electronically read data from and/or electronically program data on an integrated circuit chip of a plastic card. The retrofitting can take place without using any mechanical tools and without having to remove the entire, or a substantial portion of, the printer housing.

公开(公告)号：US10967661B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-06

申请号：US16567734

申请日：2019-09-11

申请人： ENTRUST CORPORATION

发明人： Scott Svensson ,  Bryan Hoeve ,  Donald Galles

IPC分类号： B41J29/12 ,  B41J3/28 ,  B41J13/12 ,  B41J3/38 ,  B41J25/304 ,  B41J29/13 ,  B41J2/32

摘要： A plastic card printer that is provided with a printhead guard that is movable between a covering position, where the printhead guard covers one or more sensitive portions of a printhead of the plastic card printer, and a non-covering position, where the printhead guard does not cover the one or more sensitive portions of the printhead thereby allowing the printhead to perform a printing function on a plastic card. The printhead guard can be at the covering position when the printhead is at a non-printing position, for example during servicing of the card printer, to protect the one or more sensitive elements when the printhead is at the non-printing position, and the printhead guard can be at the non-covering position when the printhead is at a printing position where the printhead is ready to perform printing.

公开(公告)号：US20210339546A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-04

申请号：US17245404

申请日：2021-04-30

申请人： Entrust Corporation

发明人： Donald Galles ,  Mark Sobania

IPC分类号： B41J13/12 ,  B42D25/23

摘要： A desktop plastic card printer that is configured to allow installation of a smart card cartridge within an interior space of the printer housing through an opening, for example an opening in a side wall, in the printer housing. Both the mechanical installation and electrical installation of the smart card cartridge occurs via the opening. This allows the desktop plastic card printer to be quickly and easily retrofitted to have the ability to electronically read data from and/or electronically program data on an integrated circuit chip of a plastic card. The retrofitting can take place without using any mechanical tools and without having to remove the entire, or a substantial portion of, the printer housing.