Claims
- 1. A method of forming an ink-receptive card substrate comprising steps of:
a) providing an ink-receptive material having a backing layer and an ink-receptive coating on a surface of the backing layer; b) providing a card member; and c) laminating the ink-receptive material to a surface of the card member, wherein the ink-receptive coating is bonded to the surface of the card member.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the laminating step c) includes applying heat and pressure to the ink-receptive material and the card member.
- 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the ink-receptive material overhangs edges of the card member during the laminating step c).
- 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the ink-receptive material is in the form of an individual ink-receptive sheet.
- 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the sheet completely covers the surface of the card substrate during the laminating step c).
- 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the ink-receptive material is in the form of an ink-receptive film.
- 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the ink-receptive film is supported on a supply roll.
- 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the card member is sized in accordance with standardized identification card substrates.
- 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the card member is in the form of a sheet of card substrate material.
- 10. The method of claim 1 including e) cutting an individual card substrate from the sheet of card substrate material.
- 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the card member includes an embedded chip having exposed contacts.
- 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the ink-receptive coating does not bond to the exposed contacts during the laminating step c).
- 13. A method of forming an identification card comprising:
a) forming a card substrate in accordance with the method of claim 1; and b) printing an image on the ink-receptive coating.
- 14. The method of claim 1 including removing the backing layer from the ink-receptive coating.
- 15. A method of forming an identification card comprising steps of:
a) providing an ink-receptive material that includes a backing layer and an ink-receptive coating on a surface of the backing layer; b) providing a card member; c) printing an image to a surface of the ink-receptive coating; and d) laminating the ink-receptive material to a surface of a card member such that the ink-receptive coating is bonded to the surface of the card member.
- 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the printing step c) is performed prior to the laminating step d).
- 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the image is a reverse image.
- 18. The method of claim 15 including removing the backing layer from the ink-receptive coating.
- 19. The method of claim 18, wherein the printing step c) is performed following the removing step.
- 20. The method of claim 15, wherein the laminating step d) includes applying heat and pressure to the ink-receptive material and the card member.
- 21. The method of claim 15, wherein the ink-receptive material overhangs edges of the card member during the laminating step d).
- 22. The method of claim 15, wherein the ink-receptive material is in the form of an individual ink-receptive sheet.
- 23. The method of claim 22, wherein the ink-receptive sheet completely covers the surface of the card substrate during the laminating step d).
- 24. The method of claim 15, wherein the ink-receptive material is in the form of an ink-receptive film.
- 25. The method of claim 24, wherein the ink-receptive film is supported on a supply roll.
- 26. The method of claim 15, wherein the card member is sized in accordance with standardized identification card substrates.
- 27. The method of claim 15, wherein the card member is in the form of a sheet of card substrate material.
- 28. The method of claim 27 including cutting an identification card substrate from the sheet of card substrate material following the laminating step d).
- 29. The method of claim 15, wherein the card member includes an embedded chip having exposed contacts.
- 30. The method of claim 29, wherein the ink-receptive coating does not bond to the exposed contacts during the laminating step d).
- 31. A device for forming a card substrate comprising:
a supply of ink-receptive material having a backing layer and an ink-receptive coating on the surface of the backing layer; and a laminating section configured to laminate the ink-receptive material to a surface of a card member, wherein the ink-receptive coating is bonded to the surface of the card member.
- 32. The device of claim 31, wherein the laminating section includes a heated roller.
- 33. The device of claim 31, wherein the supply of ink-receptive material includes at least one ink-receptive sheet.
- 34. The device of claim 33 including a sheet feed mechanism configured to transport individual ink-receptive sheets from the supply of ink-receptive material to the laminating section.
- 35. The device of claim 31, wherein the supply of ink-receptive material includes an ink-receptive film contained on a supply roll.
- 36. The device of claim 35, wherein the laminating section includes a heated roller and the ink-receptive film is fed between the heated roller and the card member.
- 37. The device of claim 31, including a card supply containing a plurality of card members and a card feed mechanism configured to transport individual card members to the laminating section.
- 38. The device of claim 31, wherein the card member is sized in accordance with an identification card substrate.
- 39. The device of claim 31., wherein the card member is a sheet of identification card substrate material.
- 40. The device of claim 31 including a printhead configured to receive the ink-receptive material and print an image on the ink-receptive coating.
- 41. The device of claim 40, wherein the printhead is an ink jet printhead.
- 42. The device of claim 31 including a separator configured to remove the backing layer of the ink-receptive material from the ink-receptive coating and the card member.
- 43. The device of claim 42, wherein the separator includes at least one peeling wedge.
- 44. The device of claim 42, wherein the separator includes a peeling roller that directs the ink-receptive material away from the ink-receptive coating bonded to the card member at an acute angle relative to the card member.
- 45. The device of claim 44, wherein an axis of rotation of the peeling roller is at an acute angle relative to a direction in which the card member travels.
Parent Case Info
[0001] The present application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application Serial No. 60/439,647, filed Jan. 13, 2003; and is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application entitled “PRINTER WITH REVERSE IMAGE SHEET,” Ser. No. 09/799,196 and filed Mar. 5, 2001, the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60439647 |
Jan 2003 |
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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09799196 |
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10717800 |
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