Patent ID: 9643401
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A credential production device configured to transfer print images using a transfer ribbon, the device comprising: a printing device configured to print an image to the transfer ribbon; a laminating device configured to transfer printed images from the transfer ribbon to a substrate; a transfer ribbon accumulator configured to adjust a length of a portion of a ribbon path, along which the transfer ribbon is routed, in response to different feed rates at which the transfer ribbon is fed along the ribbon path through the printing and laminating devices; a processing assembly supporting the transfer ribbon, at least a portion of the printing device or a portion of the laminating device, and at least a first portion of the transfer ribbon accumulator; and a frame supporting a second portion of the transfer ribbon accumulator; wherein the processing assembly and the frame are configured to move relative to each other between first and second positions.