CN1720482A - Card printing system and method - Google Patents

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CN1720482A
CN1720482A CN 200380104747 CN200380104747A CN1720482A CN 1720482 A CN1720482 A CN 1720482A CN 200380104747 CN200380104747 CN 200380104747 CN 200380104747 A CN200380104747 A CN 200380104747A CN 1720482 A CN1720482 A CN 1720482A
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D·W·哈亚斯
I·T·豪根
B·A·波森
R·J·恩内斯
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Abstract

The card printing system of the present invention includes a cartridge sub-assembly and a printer sub-assembly. The cartridge sub-assembly encloses a stack of horizontally positioned cards that have each been plied with photosensitive microcapsules. The printer sub-assembly interfaced with the cartridge sub-assembly to obtain a card from the stack. The printer sub-assembly then forms a latent image upon the photosensitive microcapsules upon the obtained card and develops that image by applying a mechanical pressure to the photosensitive microcapsules with a developer array. The develop array is a block containing a number spring-loaded developer balls.

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Card print system and method
The present invention requires on October 2nd, 2002 to submit to, the U.S. Provisional Patent Application No.60/415 that is entitled as " printer, print system and Method of printing that use has the identification card (identificationcard) of the photosensitive microcapsules (Photosensitive Microcapsule) that is added on it ", 653 right of priority.Described provisional application is quoted in full as a reference.
Technical field
The present invention relates to print system, particularly relate to the print system that is used to print the card that comprises photosensitive microcapsules.
Background technology
A kind of universal method of making the identification card of printing is utilized the pigment thermal dye sublimation transfer printing, and perhaps D2T2 is used for the pigment that has color is transferred to blank identification card from ink ribbon.In this process, the colour band that has the pigment in the polymeric binder is heated from behind by a thermal printing head (TPH), contacts with vinyl compound or Polyvinylchloride (PVC) surface simultaneously.Along with each pixel heats colour band, dye melts and diffuse into the vinyl compound surface from colour band.Print in substrate with continuous Huang, magenta and cyan plate, on described surface, produce image three-colo(u)r.Because the amount of pigment of transfer printing heat direct and that respective pixel is sent is proportional, therefore in the image of printing real color representation can be arranged.Yet, when using the D2T2 method to print hard, plastic identification card, the apparent mass of the image of printing often depend on mechanical printing machine system superimposed exactly each print sequence, yellow, pinkish red, blue or green and black performance and the performance of mobile substrate and colour band below TPH reposefully in printing the sequence process.And, because depend on contact closely to the efficient of the surface transfer pigment of card,, on the image of printing, stay corresponding blank and vacancy so exist foul, chip or surface imperfection with overslaugh colour band and surperficial contacting from warmed-up pixel.
Often the D2T2 ink ribbon also contains resin plate that is used to bar code applications print black chromoresin and the transparent protectiveness film coated plate that is used in above the print image.A large amount of transfer printings of resin plate and film coated plate are all along with THP heating colour band, and material disengages from colour band on the surface that sticks to card then and finishes.The apparent mass of the resin image of printing, and the cohesiveness of film coated plate still depend on mechanical printing machine system exactly superimposed every ribbon panel performance and in printing the sequence process performance of mobile substrate and colour band below TPH reposefully.Because the transfer printing of the not good interference pigment of surface smoothness, thereby surface contaminant, for example oil disturbs is that resin and overlay film are to blocking the adhesion on surface.
Recently the technical renovation of the effect on card surface comprises that to middle offset medium the D2T2 of InTM prints in the printing of reduction identification card, and described intermediate transfer medium is transferred to the surperficial also inkjet printing of card to accepting on the card surface.Although these technology can reduce the compliance of the visual quality of print data to the quality of the character of surface of card, remain printing mechanism to the surface transfer colorant from the storage pond.Therefore the quality of print speed and print data is inverse correlation basically; In other words, obtain optical imagery more true to nature by reducing print speed, otherwise and, print identification card non-optical imagery true to nature is provided usually apace.
Thereby the method supposition colorant of the identification card that a kind of improved quick generation optics is true to nature is during perhaps the colorant precursor Already in blocks.The United States Patent (USP) 6,229,558 of Saigo etc. proposes a kind of like this printer and Method of printing.This printer comprises a cartridge that is used for scanning red, green and blue light on printer paper, described printer paper contains photosensitive microcapsules, dress colour development material and photo-curing material and have image receiving layer and be used for reaction solution by colour development material and image receiving layer in the described photosensitive microcapsules.Yet light applies with a kind of scanning mechanism, and the inverse correlation that has repeated inkjet printing basically concerns-pass through the resolution that reduces print resolution raising print speed and pass through reduction sweep velocity raising print image.Also have, owing to apply mechanical pressure by scanning ball mechanism (scanningbal1) to described medium, this process is called as colour developing, therefore has same inverse relationship, and wherein more high-resolution colour developing causes longer developing time.
Summary of the invention
The present invention tackles the limitation of above-mentioned prior art.Card print system of the present invention comprises cartridge (cartridge) sub-component and a printer sub-component.Each of card case assembly sealing one folded horizontal positioned is for the card that photosensitive microcapsules is arranged.Printer sub-component butt joint card case assembly is to obtain a card from described folding.The printer sub-component forms sub-image then and makes this image developing by applying mechanical pressure with developer array to photosensitive microcapsules on the photosensitive microcapsules on the card that obtains.The colour developing array is the piece that includes a plurality of spring-loaded developer balls.
Method of the present invention may further comprise the steps: (1) provides one in advance for the identification card that photosensitive microcapsules is arranged; (2) on described identification card, form a sub-image; (3) by on sub-image, applying a spot pressure array so that image development.
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Fig. 1 is the sectional view of observing previously from the printer of a preferred embodiment of the invention,
Fig. 2 is the top plan view of the printer of a preferred embodiment of the invention,
Fig. 3 is the sectional view of observing previously from the printer of light source, reverberator and the LCD display of the card of a preferred embodiment of the invention that is used to expose,
Fig. 4 A is the bottom plan view of the spring-loaded development ball array in the toning system that is used in a kind of preferred implementation of the present invention,
Fig. 4 B is the top plan view of seven sections roller arrays in the toning system that is used in the optional embodiment of another kind of the present invention,
Fig. 4 C is one a front cross-sectional view in the roller section in seven sections roller arrays shown in Fig. 4 B,
Fig. 4 D is the front view of a single roller developer in the toning system that is used in the optional embodiment of another kind of the present invention,
Fig. 5 illustrates developer ball and the spring structure in the developer array,
Fig. 6 is the skeleton view of the toning system of a preferred embodiment of the invention, and described toning system comprises developer array and developer crossing system,
Fig. 7 be an optional magnetic coded portion of the present invention side view and
Fig. 8 is the side view of the cartridge that contains card that has constant force slip clutch of a preferred embodiment of the invention.
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Print system of the present invention comprises a printer, wherein by on the media recognition card that has applied photosensitive microcapsules on it, providing red, green and blue light, and form sub-image by on the identification card that has sub-image formed thereon, applying mechanical pressure through a ball array through a fixture transmitted light.
Referring to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, card print system 100 of the present invention generally comprises a printer subsystem 120 and a card case system 121.
I. print system-printer subsystem
Printer subsystem 120 itself comprises several mechanical parts and exposure system 122, toning system 124, a card overturn system of selecting for use 126 and a magnetic-encoded system of selecting for use 128, in them each be all by suitable framework or bracket supports, and they each all be enclosed in the housing 129 of opaque, a light sealing.Mechanical part comprises the card conveying roller 130 and the card conveying belt 132 of motor driven, and described card conveying belt 132 is by constant force slip clutch 134 tensions.Mechanical part comprises that also the card of a motor driven transmits pulley spindle 135 and a pair of card travelling belt 138, and described card travelling belt 138 transmits pulley 136 tensions by a card.Card travelling belt 138 preferably utilizes a plurality of push rods 140 to link together, and described push rod 140 makes described card move through printer (referring to Fig. 2) on guide rail 142 and 144 reposefully.
Exposure system 122 comprises lamp and reflector assembly 146, LCD (LCD) 148 generally and comprises the card riser assembly 150 of riser 15.150 operations of card riser assembly with card 152 is risen to one with LCD 148 position contacting, move but remained on still on the surface of LCD 148 yet block 150 surfaces of not crossing over LCD 148.Lamp and reflector assembly 146 produce a kind of white light with near cylindrical of special spectrum temperature.Described spectroscopic temperature and more preferably is approximately 6500 ° of K preferably in the scope of 6000 ° to 7000 ° of Kelvin temperatures.White light passes LCD 148, makes card 152 exposures, and described card 152 includes the photosensitive microcapsules to specific wavelength, with a pattern activation micro-capsule that shows according to the image on the LCD 148.(image provides the external device (ED) of picture signal to obtain from one to the printer sub-component).Zoomed-in view 3 referring to lamp and reflector assembly 146 and LCD 148.Described certain wavelengths is blue light (400 to 500 λ that are used to excite gold-tinted, peak value 460 λ typically) wavelength, be used to excite green glow (450 to 600 λ of pinkish red coloured light, peak value 520 λ typically) wavelength, wavelength with the ruddiness that is used to excite blue or green light (600 to 700 λ, typically peak value 660 λ).In a preferred embodiment, LCD 148 is that Item Number is the SHARP of LQ64D343 TMLCD.Lamp in lamp and the reflector assembly 146 preferably Item Number is the Perkin Elmer lamp of AD0601, and reverberator is the Custom Design product of CyCard technology company.Should be noted that when contacting card 152 surfaces that never stride across LCD 148 are moved, thereby exempt wearing and tearing and impact failure, and increase its serviceable life the LCD imaging device with LCD 148.One type of prior art syringe, such as the ID card printer of thermal printing head will be subjected to such wearing and tearing and impact failure.And thermal printer requires repeatedly to pass through, and this has increased the time-write interval, and because each time by the last time is reduced picture quality by aiming at; To alignment request is a problem of being eliminated by the present invention.
Generally in Fig. 1 and 2, describe, and be 124 to comprise the parts of a developer array 160 and a developer traversal system 162 generally more specifically in the development of the printer subsystem 120 shown in Fig. 4 A and 6.Developer array 160 comprises a developer piece 164, and described developer piece 164 includes a plurality of cylindrical holes 165 of arranging with a series of staggered row, referring to Fig. 4.Developer array 160 also comprises a plurality of springs 166, and respectively one of each cylindrical hole 165, and a plurality of developer ball 168 also are respectively one of each cylindrical holes 165.For an example configuration of a spring 166 in cylindrical hole 165 and a developer ball 168 for instance, each spring 166 is between the developer ball 168 of the top board 170 of developer piece 164 and unmanaged flexibility, referring to Fig. 5.All hole and make the only sub-fraction of each developer ball 168 in the outside 167 of each cylindrical hole 165, for example 0.0035 inch can extend through face 167.The developer ball 168 of attention in developer array piece 164 preferably is staggered and separates and form 25 developer balls of 15 rows, preferably spaced apart 0.0059 inch of described developer ball, thereby the crush-zone crossover of the crush-zone of each single developer ball 168 developer ball 168 adjacent with each along mobile route.Should be noted that by using scanning ball array/cover pressure roller compare with the print system of prior art, the image developing time has shortened significantly.Especially, whole card 152 can one or is developed by developer array 164 for twice, rather than as the desired needs of single scanner ball of invention in the past surpass 300 times passing through.
In the another kind of optional embodiment of toning system 124, as shown in Fig. 4 B and 4C, the stationary roll array 230 that developer array 160 is fixed motionless replaces, and this has also eliminated the needs to developer traversal system 162.As shown in FIG., roller array 230 comprises a plurality of roller sections 234, and described roller section 234 shows as a kind of staggered pattern, to guarantee to cover the All Ranges of card 152.Particularly, this embodiment is provided with the staggered pattern of seven roller sections 234.Roller section 234 is by 242 supportings of side stand plate, and described supporting plate 242 makes spring 244 can place the top of roller section 234.Top board 246 places the top of spring 244, and all is provided with roller guiding piece 247 in every side of roller section 234.Be provided with a kind of platen 248 rollers, each one of the row of each roller section 234 is used to resist the pressure support card 152 of roller array 230.Fig. 4 D illustrates another optional embodiment of developer array 160, is fixed, a single roller developer 250.As shown in the figure, single roller developer 250 is provided with a single pressure roller 252 that places the below of roller guiding piece 254.A plurality of springs 256 place on the roller guiding piece 254 and by top board 258 and keep in position.Be provided with platen 260 to resist the pressure support card 152 of single pressure roller 252.
Developer traversal system 162 the bests as shown in Figure 6, and, as shown in the figure, comprise developer traversal pulley 172 and developer traversal belt 174 of a motor driven, described developer traversal belt 174 is by developer traversal pulley 176 tension.Each end of developer traversal belt 174 is fixed to a side of top board 170, makes developer traversal belt to scan developer array 160 on the card 152 below.Be provided preferably with 178 antagonism of a platen by developer array 160 applied pressures supporting card 152.In this preferred implementation, provide about 10 at the contact point of each developer ball 168, the pressure of 000psi.It should be noted that applied pressure depends on the medium of use and should suitably select.Under the condition that does not depart from spirit of the present invention or scope, can use any pressure that is suitable for medium.
Printer subsystem 120 also comprises the mechanical part of warm-up mill 180, described warm-up mill 180 is provided for quickening the developing process on the card of delivering on the developer array 160 152, and a platen roller 184, described platen roller 184 is used to promote contacting of card 152 and warm-up mill 180.Notice that in this preferred implementation warm-up mill 180 is heated to 70 ℃ ± 10 ℃, a thermopair preferably is set to measure and to regulate the temperature of warm-up mill 180.
In warm-up mill 180 back, be transverse to the finished product of moving direction setting of card conveying belt 138 divide a word with a hyphen at the end of a line system 188, luminous and a reflector assembly 190 and an output storehouse 192.The described finished product system 188 of dividing a word with a hyphen at the end of a line comprises the traversal pulley 194 of a motor driven and the traversal belt 196 by traversal pulley 198 tensions.The card that traversal belt 196 will be developed pushes the output storehouse 192 from card travelling belt 138.Luminous and reflector assembly 190 places the top in output storehouse 192 and operation in order to the card that light is provided develops with rinsing with finish developing process.The second luminous embodiment of rinsing is provided with white light-emitting diodes (WLED) array that directly places warm-up mill 180 back.Optional land used can be provided to the card that develops in the output draw-in groove or is input in the coding section of selecting for use.
The coding section of selecting for use preferably includes the magnetic-encoded system of selecting for use 128 as shown in Figure 7, and its position in the printer sub-component is referred to by the dotted line in Fig. 2.Magnetic-encoded system 128 comprises the card conveying roller 200 of the top that places magnetic printhead 202, and described magnetic printhead 202 is used for the magnetic data of encoding on card 152.Magnetic-encoded system 128 is preferably used a plurality of belt lugs 205 on card travelling belt 201 (can operate with pulley 203) in conjunction with guide rail 207, to move card 152 to magnetic head 202 and roller 200.After finishing magnetic and printing, preferably use card travelling belt 201 to promote to enter in output storehouse 192 or the output draw-in groove of selecting for use through the card of printing with magnetic that develops.
The speed of roller 200 is faster than the speed of card conveying belt 201, make card transport belt lug 203 can be used for card 152 is transported to roller 200/ magnetic head, 202 assemblys (combo), but when card transport belt lug 203 is drawn back, do not disturb the magnetic cataloged procedure at following card 152 of the control of roller/magnetic head assembly.When finishing, thereby card conveying belt 201 will reverse directions make card transport belt lug 203 be back to printer to card 152.The main benefit of this setting is in coding, and the roller that card is had control is the roller above magnetic head just, thereby not have because clamping is closed other roller or is disengaged the shake that the magnetic card that causes writes down with other roller.
Under the situation of wishing duplex printing card 152, can use the overturn system 126 of the printer subsystem of selecting for use 120.Described card overturn system 126 includes the card transmission shaft 135 of motor driven and transmits the card travelling belt of pulley 136 tensions to 138 by a card.In order to use the card overturn system, the sense of rotation of oppositely blocking transmission shaft 135 makes can move back to its starting point on card travelling belt 138 at printed on an one side card 152.Along with card travelling belt 138 carries card 152 by its starting point, card 152 guide card returning face plates 204, referring to Fig. 1.A pair of card flip lever arms 206 and they preferably are set to rising upwards promoting card, thereby block the lip 208 of 152 angled existence to grasp card returning face plate 204 from belt 138.Along with the lip 208 of card 152 across card returning face plate 204, card flip lever arms 206 quilts are to decline, make the time to allow outbound path in card 152 upset above card flip lever arms 206, make the sense of rotation of card transmission shaft 135 can be once more oppositely and the card that has overturn is moved to developer array 160.Should be noted that the card overturn system do not need around the turning axle of rotation card, and be to use reverse direction and card returning face plate 204.The printer sub-component is provided with the card switching mechanism of a bottom counter and a cheapness, and described card switching mechanism also promotes saving of time.
II print system-card case system
Card case system 121 is shown among Fig. 1 and Fig. 8.As shown in the figure, card case system 121 preferably includes a housing 210 opaque, that light seals, and described housing is configured in order to keep the card 152 of a folded level, and in other words, card 152 stands on its elongated edge and asks in facing behind mutually and stacks.Each card 152 is in advance for photosensitive microcapsules is arranged.The card conveying roller 130 that sends from printer subsystem 120 docks with housing 210 and one by one card 152 is delivered to card travelling belt 138 (the angled diagram when cross reference card 152 leaves housing 210 is on the card travelling belt 138 in Fig. 1 of can falling to normal price when making it to leave housing 10).Card conveying roller 130 is by equally being connected to motor driven on the constant force slip clutch 134 by belt and pulley gearing 132.Described constant force slip clutch 134 is attached to by axle on another pulley of split belt and pulley gearing 212 in cartridge (can't see among the figure), is used for advancing guiding piece 214 to advance card 152 by card.Card advances guiding piece 214 preferably to be attached on belt and the pulley gearing 212, so that card stack moves forward to card conveying roller 130.Use moving limiting device, for example be attached to card and advance ratch mechanism on the guiding piece 214, the perhaps unidirectional pulley in belt and pulley gearing 212 is used to prevent that card propelling guiding piece 214 from falling back and produce a loose card stack.
A spring-loaded retractable door 216 is used to keep the light sealing when cartridge housing 210 does not dock with printer system 120.Door 216 is by opening by the mechanical shaft (can't see among the figure) that cartridge housing 210 is inserted the motion actuation of printer subsystem.Before leaving printer dark, cartridge automatically closes 216 by regaining bar 218 and the spring force on door 216.
Because constant force slip clutch 134 is by the same motor driven of driver card conveying roller 130, therefore when each single card is delivered into printer subsystem 120, its from folded first snaps into last card and advances card stacks with identical power to roller 130.Keep the ability of constant force to tackle the problem of the variable force of finding in vertical card stack, promptly card is delivered into when producing variable force in the printer, and the weight of the card of vertical pile changes.And, vertical folded being subject to them because scraping and the quantity of retainable card, described scraping can occur in owing to the effect of card weight on the card surface of several leading card of whole card stack.Because much smaller than big vertical folded weight, so the present invention can use bigger input and output cartridge/draw-in groove from the folded friction force of slip level.Horizontal feed makes it possible to that also less tank shell size is arranged when using big input and output draw-in groove.In preferred implementation of the present invention, the input cartridge preferably provides the card stack that is made of at least 100 cards, and more preferably, the level of one 300 card is folded, and the output draw-in groove of the output storehouse of 100 cards or available 300 cards.Input cartridge and output draw-in groove extend with the below respectively above it preferably along the length of printer subsystem 120.These cartridge/draw-in grooves cause the height of printer sub-component 120 to increase by 3 inches, and a vertical folded meeting needs ten inches other height.
Should be pointed out that card case assembly 121 is designed in order to other cartridge of identical or different cards type can freely be changed, even there are some cards to remain in wherein.The type that is contained in the card in the cartridge is preferably by a device regulation on cartridge, makes it possible to side by side freely exchange cartridge what print.
Card case assembly 121 can be provided with a smart card that has storage chip in it selectively, described smart card removably is attached on the cartridge and is used for providing possible colour correction setting value based on the particular medium of cartridge, and the report of all incidents that take place when being used to be provided at cartridge and docking with the printer sub-component.In addition, smart card can be used for discerning the quantity of the card in the type, supplier information, cartridge of the card of cartridge selectively, and is used to the security feature that provides additional.
III print system-operation
In operation, the card print system is docked startup by card case system 121 with printer sub-component 120.Card case assembly 121 has loaded a level that is made of a plurality of cards 152 in advance and has folded, and described card 152 supplies to have photo-curing material in advance for the photosensitive microcapsules that includes colour developing material is arranged, and for an image receiving layer is arranged.Card conveying roller 130 is carried card 152 one by one to guide rail 142,144 angularly, and pulls down card 152 with blocking conveying belt 138 gravity thus.
In case on guide rail 142,144, card conveying belt 138*** utilizes push rod 140 forward card 152 to be shifted onto a position on card riser 150 tops, wherein block riser 150 and lift card 152 with contact LCD 148, and wherein under the condition backlight that is subjected to luminous and reflector assembly 146, LCD 148 forms a sub-image on card 152.Card riser 150 reduces then, and along card guide rail 142,144 card 152 is shifted onto a position on platen 178 tops then, the developer array 160 that wherein has its spring-loaded developer ball 168 applies mechanical pressure to break not to the light exposure of specific wavelength and those micro-capsules that do not solidify to card 152.When applying mechanical pressure, image develops by the reaction of colour developing material in the micro-capsule that breaks and image receiving layer.Just after submitting developer array 160 to, immediately card 152 is delivered to the development of warm-up mill 180 with the image on the accelerator card 152.
By after the warm-up mill 180, card 152 is sent to the finished product device system 188 of dividing a word with a hyphen at the end of a line, and wherein is pushed into card 152 in the output storehouse 192 and is subjected to a kind of irradiation of the rinsing light that is sent by luminous and reflector assembly 190.Another kind of optional mode is, can be pushed into card 152 in the output draw-in groove, perhaps can carry out magnetic and print selectively.Carry out in hope under the situation of duplex printing, the direction that can oppositely block transfer roller 138* causes card 152 its starting point of oppositely dividing a word with a hyphen at the end of a line, and at these card flip lever arms 206 rising push card 152 contact card returning face plates 204, causes card 152 to fall back on the card conveying belt 138.The direction of card transfer roller 138* once more oppositely and the back side of card 152 is shown prints to use the mode according to the printing front.
The timing of the operation of printer sub-component 120 and order preferably are attached on the printer sub-component 120 by one or are built in the firmware control of pre-programmed wherein.
The present invention can implement with other specific forms and not depart from the spirit of its base attribute; Therefore illustrated embodiment all will be understood that it is descriptive rather than restrictive aspect all, should show scope of the present invention with reference to appended claim rather than with reference to above explanation.

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1, a kind of card print system comprises:
The card case assembly, wherein said card case assembly seals a plurality of cards, and wherein said a plurality of cards have been provided with a plurality of photosensitive microcapsules in advance; And
The printer sub-component, wherein said printer sub-component docks described card case assembly to obtain in described a plurality of card, wherein said printer sub-component forms a sub-image on the photosensitive microcapsules of the card that obtains, and wherein said printer sub-component makes described image development by applying mechanical pressure with developer array to described photosensitive microcapsules.
2, card print system according to claim 1, wherein said card case assembly and described printer sub-component both are fully light sealings basically, and described card case assembly and described printer sub-component both keep described light sealing when butt joint.
3, card print system according to claim 1, wherein said a plurality of cards exist with the folded form of level.
4, card print system according to claim 1, wherein said printer sub-component makes described image development by applying mechanical pressure to described photosensitive microcapsules with developer array in the single single sweep of described developer array or two scanning.
5, card print system according to claim 1, wherein said developer array comprises a plurality of spring-loaded developer balls.
6, card print system according to claim 5, the contact point place of each in being suitable for described a plurality of spring-loaded developer balls of card media of each in wherein said a plurality of spring-loaded developer balls exerts pressure.
7, card print system according to claim 1, wherein said printer sub-component also comprises warm-up mill.
8, card print system according to claim 1, wherein said printer sub-component forms described sub-image by the LCD plate that backlight illumination contains image.
9, a kind of card print system comprises:
Be used to supply with the supplying device of a plurality of dielectric cards, each in wherein said a plurality of dielectric cards has been provided with a plurality of photosensitive microcapsules;
Print device, described print device are used for receiving of described a plurality of dielectric cards, are used for forming sub-image on a described card, and are used for described sub-image is applied a row mechanical pressure point and makes described image development.
10, card print system according to claim 9, wherein said supply device and described print device both are the light sealings, and when described supply device received described a plurality of dielectric card one, described supply device and described print device both kept the light sealing at described print device.
11, card print system according to claim 9, wherein said a plurality of dielectric cards are the folded configuration of level.
12, card print system according to claim 9, wherein said print device apply by single or apply described spot pressure array two times and make described image development.
13, card print system according to claim 9 wherein provides described spot pressure array by a plurality of spring-loaded developer balls.
14, card print system according to claim 13 wherein selects institute's applied pressure to make it be suitable for the medium of dielectric card.
15, card print system according to claim 9, wherein said print device also comprise the heater element that is used to make described sub-image acceleration development.
16, card print system according to claim 9, wherein said print device also comprise the luminescent device that is used for forming by the LCD plate that backlight illumination contains image described sub-image.
17, a kind of method of printing identification card said method comprising the steps of:
Provide one in advance for the identification card that a plurality of photosensitive microcapsules are arranged;
On described identification card, form sub-image; And
Make described image development by on described sub-image, applying a row spot pressure.
18, method according to claim 17 further is included in the step that keeps described identification card light sealing in described supply, imaging and the development step.
19, method according to claim 17, the step of wherein said supply identification card comprise a plurality of identification cards that supply exists with the folded form of level.
20, method according to claim 17 is wherein by once or apply described spot pressure array to described sub-image twice and make described image development.
21, method according to claim 17, wherein said spot pressure array is provided by a plurality of spring-loaded developer balls.
22, method according to claim 21 wherein selects institute's applied pressure to make it be suitable for the medium of described identification card.
23, method according to claim 17 further comprises and heating to quicken step of developing.
24, method according to claim 17, the step that wherein forms sub-image on described identification card realizes by the LCD plate that backlight illumination contains image.
25, a kind of card print system comprises:
The card case assembly, wherein said card case assembly seals a plurality of cards, and wherein said a plurality of cards have been provided with a plurality of photosensitive microcapsules in advance; And
The printer sub-component, wherein said printer sub-component docks described card case assembly to obtain in described a plurality of card, wherein said printer sub-component forms a sub-image on the photosensitive microcapsules of the card that obtains, and wherein said printer sub-component makes described image development by applying mechanical pressure with the roller array to described photosensitive microcapsules.
26, card print system according to claim 25, wherein said roller array comprises a plurality of roller sections.
27, a kind of card print system comprises:
The card case assembly, wherein said card case assembly seals a plurality of cards, and wherein said a plurality of cards have been provided with a plurality of photosensitive microcapsules in advance; And
The printer sub-component, wherein said printer sub-component docks described card case assembly to obtain in described a plurality of card, wherein said printer sub-component forms a sub-image on the photosensitive microcapsules of the card that obtains, and wherein said printer sub-component makes described image development by applying mechanical pressure with single developer roll to described photosensitive microcapsules.
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