Patent ID: 9522546
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: B31D,B32B,B41J,G06K

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for making business cards comprising a supply operating unit to supply a plurality of pairs of sheets and a printing unit configured to print distinctive signs on at least one printable surface of at least one of said sheets for each pair, wherein said apparatus further comprises: an application operating unit to apply an electronic device conformed as a sheet on a coupling surface of one of said sheets, said coupling surface being opposite to a corresponding one of said printable surfaces; a coupling unit configured to reciprocally couple said sheets of each of said pairs with their coupling surfaces; and an electronic writing unit configured to electronically introduce encoded information readable by a reader into said electronic device; wherein said supply operating unit is configured to supply to said printing unit at least one support substrate, said sheets being associated with said at least one support substrate; and wherein said apparatus also comprises a separation unit, disposed downstream of the printing unit, configured to separate at least one of said pairs of sheets from said at least one support substrate.