Patent ID: 11858254
Assignee: ENTRUST CORPORATION
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method of retransfer printing on a plastic card in a plastic card processing machine, comprising:
inputting the plastic card into the plastic card processing machine having a card travel path along which the plastic card is transported, a retransfer printing station with a print side having a print ribbon and a print head, and a retransfer side having a retransfer film;
performing a retransfer printing operation on a surface of the plastic card in the retransfer printing station, the retransfer printing operation includes printing an image on a portion of the retransfer film, applying the portion of the retransfer film with the printed image to the surface of the plastic card and thereafter stripping the retransfer film from the surface of the plastic card;
during the retransfer printing operation, actively cooling the surface of the plastic card by directing a flow of air from a cooling fan located above the card travel path toward the surface of the plastic card.