Patent ID: 6932527

Claim:
A card cartridge for use with an identification card printer comprising: a housing having an interior cavity that is sized to accommodate a stack of cards, the housing including: a pair of opposing side walls; a top; a front wall and a back wall opposite the front wall; a card access, through which a card transport mechanism can engage a lead card; a card output slot; and a connector attached to the housing for mounting the cartridge to a cartridge receiver of the identification card printer, wherein the connector includes a pair of tab members attached to the side walls of the housing at a proximal end, a distal end of the tab members including a latching component adapted to engage a cooperating component of the cartridge receiver to facilitate mounting the card cartridge to the cartridge receiver when the tab members are in a locking position and disengage the cooperating component of the cartridge receiver when in a release position.