Patent ID: 6142370
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: B41J,G06K

Abstract:
A card processing system for processing cards at a plurality of card processing stations disposed at spaced apart locations along a card transport with the card processing stations performing card processing operations on the cards during transporting of the cards along the card transport comprising:a plurality of card supply stations located at an infeed side of the card transport with each card supply station for containing a plurality of cards to be selectively individually supplied therefrom to the card transport;a plurality of card collection stations located at an outfeed side of the card transport with each card collection station selectively collecting individual cards from the card transport after processing by the processing stations; anda controller, coupled to the plurality of card supply stations, to the plurality of card collection stations and to the card transport, for controlling individual selection of a next card from any one of the card supply stations and supply thereof to the card transport, the transporting of the individually selected cards by the card transport to the plurality of card processing stations, processing of cards with the card processing stations which are fed from the plurality of card supply stations including processing of cards fed from different card supply stations with different card processing formats and the transporting of the individually selected cards, after processing, to any selected one of the plurality of card collection stations for collection therein.