EP1159137B1 - Grafische druckvorrichtung für ein kartenspeichermedium, grafische druckverfahren dafür und medium - Google Patents

Grafische druckvorrichtung für ein kartenspeichermedium, grafische druckverfahren dafür und medium Download PDF

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EP1159137B1
EP1159137B1 EP00907707A EP00907707A EP1159137B1 EP 1159137 B1 EP1159137 B1 EP 1159137B1 EP 00907707 A EP00907707 A EP 00907707A EP 00907707 A EP00907707 A EP 00907707A EP 1159137 B1 EP1159137 B1 EP 1159137B1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/0015Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing
    • B41J11/002Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating
    • B41J11/0021Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating using irradiation
    • B41J11/00214Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating using irradiation using UV radiation
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J13/00Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in short lengths, e.g. sheets
    • B41J13/10Sheet holders, retainers, movable guides, or stationary guides
    • B41J13/12Sheet holders, retainers, movable guides, or stationary guides specially adapted for small cards, envelopes, or the like, e.g. credit cards, cut visiting cards
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01Ink jet
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01Ink jet
    • B41J2/07Ink jet characterised by jet control
    • B41J2/125Sensors, e.g. deflection sensors
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J3/00Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
    • B41J3/54Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed with two or more sets of type or printing elements
    • B41J3/543Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed with two or more sets of type or printing elements with multiple inkjet print heads
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42DBOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D15/00Printed matter of special format or style not otherwise provided for
    • B42D15/02Postcards; Greeting, menu, business or like cards; Letter cards or letter-sheets
    • B42D15/04Foldable or multi-part cards or sheets
    • B42D15/045Multi-part cards or sheets, i.e. combined with detachably mounted articles

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  • the invention relates to a machine and a method printing for storage medium including type plastic cards and storage media printed according to the method.
  • Graphic printing means the realization surfaces having a patterned aesthetic effect decorative, photographic, etc. as opposed to printing alphanumeric characters online.
  • the invention applies to all applications cards and in particular to plastic cards such payment cards, credit cards, phone, mobile phone cards, cards authentication whether it is cards with a track magnetic and / or memory cards.
  • the memory cards include a electronic micromodule containing a circuit chip integrated with flush or contactless contacts, with one or more memories and most often a microprocessor or a magnetic track.
  • the invention also applies to smart cards with contact flush or contactless or with cards with electromagnetic antenna and / or chip integrated circuit.
  • EP-A-0 341 524 discloses a graphic printing machine such as defined in the preamble of claim 1.
  • the present invention makes it possible to remedy these disadvantages.
  • the invention makes it possible to print at rates industrial plastic cards of sizes and variable thicknesses which may include elements such as an electronic micromodule, a track magnetic, an electromagnetic antenna or other, which of course should not be printed and that without the need to have physical contact between the printing machine and print media.
  • the machine makes it possible to have the possibility of partially or completely changing information to print between two successive cards in the chain continues printing.
  • the printing machine according to the invention is suitable to print plastic supports what is the case the more often supports such as smart cards but also low-cost cards made of cardboard or paper.
  • the present invention therefore more particularly purpose of a printing machine for memory card type having at least one head ink jet and means for controlling said head to operate an inkjet printing on the said support.
  • Print media are plastic cards or cardboard or paper cards.
  • the ink or inks used are cross-linking inks by radiation.
  • the radiation used for the crosslinking is a ultraviolet radiation.
  • the ink or inks used are preferably aqueous inks or phase change or based on solvents.
  • said machine has a reader capable of reading information contained in said memory cards, particular information useful to the means of command and able to communicate said information read to said control means.
  • the information read, useful to the means of commands correspond to the information that one wants to print on the storage medium.
  • the machine comprises means for dynamically measuring parameters geometrical and / or positioning of a support for communicate this measurement information to the means of command.
  • the measuring means comprise a device for computer-aided vision including a camera video.
  • the machine comprises means for controlling the quality of the printing, disposed after the printhead (s) and adapted to communicate to the control means, information relating to any anomaly detected.
  • the machine comprises a support element to receive a plurality of board-type media to be continuously printed, said print media being disposed on the element support so that the head or heads of the machine scroll through the media to be printed.
  • the support element is a flat treadmill.
  • the support element is a drum.
  • the machine has a suction device, the drum being perforated, so as to maintain the print media on the support element during its displacement.
  • the machine has a system for reversing the supports to print for double-sided printing.
  • the machine has one or more printheads, these heads printing lines aligned in the direction of moving the support element and facing this latest.
  • the machine has one or more color printheads to print images of the photographic type or colored, and monochrome for marking.
  • the machine includes means to effect a transformation of the gel ink being printed and means for perform a crosslinking of the ink at the end of printing.
  • the means to operate a transformation of the gel ink comprises an optical fiber placed after each print head, connected to a source of light radiation.
  • Means for effecting a crosslinking of the ink at the end of printing include a lamp ultra violet radiation.
  • the invention also relates to a method graphical printing as defined in the claim 16.
  • the process comprises a step of freezing the surface of the ink droplet just after the impact of the drop on the support and especially before moving on to a new jet head ink for the next print.
  • the gel is carried out by UV radiation.
  • the printing is done according to geometrical parameters and / or pre-determined positions on each support to print.
  • the media printing method with sample collection geometric and / or positioning parameters can apply to any media to print.
  • the method comprises a varnishing step performed by inkjet.
  • FIG. 1 shows the case where the machine comprises several inkjet printing heads in particular, a head Tq making it possible, for example, to write text and the other heads T 1 , T 2 making it possible to make of color printing.
  • a head Tq making it possible, for example, to write text
  • the other heads T 1 , T 2 making it possible to make of color printing.
  • Each of the heads corresponds to a particular color
  • the inks used in this example are UV cross-linked inks.
  • UV ink such as adhesion, crosslinking speed, viscosity depending on the nature of the support.
  • Printheads are driven by a unit 40, which can be connected as it was says to a card reader 20 in case the card is a smart card and it contains a information relating to the reason to print.
  • the control unit 40 is produced by means of a microcomputer loaded with a printing program P 4 capable of driving the heads T 1 -T q for printing, either in a single pass or in several passes, of the cards in front of said heads.
  • the unit also controls the movements of the support element 60.
  • the player of 20 is placed right after this exit the hopper and allows you to read the content L information present in the map that the card is a smart card or a card without contact or a magnetic stripe card.
  • the information L from this reading are transmitted to the driving unit 40 of the machine that converts this electrical information in printable data for the heads.
  • the card is then routed under a 40-30 computer-aided vision device.
  • This device comprises, in addition to the video camera 30, a program P 3 loaded in the control unit 40 for example, to interpret the images from the video camera 30.
  • the program P 3 makes it possible to measure the external dimensions of the card as well as the size and the position of the elements on the surface of the card which must not be printed.
  • the computer-assisted vision device for example to measure the location of the electronic micromodule which includes a chip for a smart card, the magnetic stripe for a card magnetic, etc.
  • One or more heads T 1 -Tq are arranged above the cards Cp succeeding each other on the support 60.
  • the ink jet heads are aligned along the axis of movement of the cards above said cards.
  • an F1-Fq optical fiber after each print head to apply a radiation from a source SL able to start the crosslinking, ie transforming the drops gel ink and thus prevent the osmosis of the inks from color, the cross-linking being done at the end of the chain of printing by a radiation device by example UV providing more powerful radiation than that of the fibers.
  • the printing machine comprises a second camera 50 so as to achieve by the computer vision system a control of the quality of printing that has been performed on the cards.
  • the unit 40 comprises a program P 5 for analyzing the images taken by the camera 50. This program is capable of analyzing the colors, the ink marks, the possible scratches and to control the ejection of the images. cards considered as bad and / or to change the settings of inkjet printing in order to correct any colorimetric drift for example.
  • the radiation device 70 preferentially a UV radiation lamp (ultraviolet) for the ink used for printing on plastic, allows to cross-link the ink, that is to say to cause a rapid transformation of the state liquid or gel, in the solid state.
  • a UV radiation lamp ultraviolet
  • the cards then fall into a hopper 80 of recovery.
  • the machine is equipped with a device for reversing cards 90.
  • This device comprises for example a hatch in the recovery hopper 80, the opening of which is driven by the unit 40 which sends a command signal R for this purpose. It also includes a mechanism for flipping the card with recovery in a second hopper 10B distribution.
  • the printing can be done in one or several passages depending on the types of jet heads of ink used.
  • cards When cards are printed, they can to undergo a painting which consists of depositing by jet a layer of finishing material (varnish) which can have a protective and / or aesthetic function.
  • the opening can be done by a reserved head for this purpose for example.
  • the invention it is possible to deposit and to quickly cure drops of varnish selectively on a printed surface. Where appropriate, we can level the printed surface by depositing exactly the number of drops of varnish needed as far as the treatment is digital.
  • Figure 2 illustrates in a non-detailed and non-detailed complete an inkjet printing machine according to a first embodiment.
  • the element 60 card support comes in the form of a rug rolling 61 which allows to scroll the cards Cp which are placed on the carpet in front of several heads printing.
  • This embodiment illustrates a case where the machine has 8 inkjet heads.
  • the machine has corresponding heads in 4 basic colors and other colors such as orange, light cyan, or varnishes specific color (spot color in English terminology Saxon).
  • These print heads make it possible to realize the printing of photographic type images or colored.
  • the machine also has a monochrome head (black) for the printing of, for example, texts, barcodes or other).
  • black monochrome head
  • the control unit (no represented) is able to control the entire chain of to obtain 20,000 cards (faces) printed at time.
  • the carpet has a length, for example included between 4 and 5 meters. The impression is made in one single run.
  • Figure 3 illustrates in a non-detailed and non complete a printing machine according to a second embodiment, particularly adapted to printing in several passages.
  • the support 60 is consisting of a drum 62 rotatable about its X.
  • the cards are placed on the surface of the drum.
  • a suction device 63 will be provided to the inside of the drum 62 to maintain the cards Cp plated on the surface of the drum, said surface being perforated to allow suction under the cards.
  • the drum is one meter twenty diameter, we can have 36 cards and print them each in 6 turns.
  • the printing of each card in several passages can be made either by moving the drum compared to the heads either by moving the heads by compared to the drum.
  • control unit 40 The main purpose of the control unit 40 is to manage monochrome or color inkjet heads to reproduce the pattern (s) to be printed in taking into account information from reading electric card (if applicable), non-hazardous areas printable (card edge, micromodule, track magnetic) and color corrections of inks used.
  • faults or controlled printing drifts by the invention are, for example, non-linear lines printed or printed with different colors compared to the original.
  • the diagnosis made by the analysis program can be for example a problem nozzle which must then be purged or cleaned automatically.
  • the analysis program may include a definition of a signal acceptance model resulting from an image analysis that is compared to regular interval to a received signal corresponding to a determined analysis.
  • the printing machine can understand ways to implement several types of analysis requiring algorithms known to those skilled in the art and corresponding to subprograms a main program of analysis.
  • the different analyzes may be performed alternately or simultaneously and incidentally implemented by means of input and parallel processing or multitasking associated with VAO devices.
  • the main program can trigger signals acting in particular on print parameters of the head such as time or excitation voltage, the operating temperature (influencing the viscosity of the ink), the distribution of the pixels.
  • piezoelectric-type inkjet heads is to be able to accept strong inks viscosity, of different natures and operate at a high frequency.
  • the invention it is possible to perform a precise varnishing with a layer of finish on all or part of the surface of the support.
  • the finishing material can extend to the edges of the support and without encroaching on the conveyor system supports or even without overflowing on the edge of the support.

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  1. Graphische Druckmaschine auf wenigstens einem Träger, wie zum Beispiel einer Chipkarte (Cn) mit Speicher aus Plastik, Pappe oder dergleichen; wobei die Maschine wenigstens einen Tintenstrahlkopf (T1-Tq) und Steuermittel (40) des Kopfes zur Durchführung eines Drucks durch Tintenstrahl auf der Karte (Cn) sowie Messmittel mit einer computergestützten Anzeigevorrichtung mit einer oder einer Vielzahl Videokamera(s) umfasst, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass Sie Folgendes umfasst:
    dynamische Messmittel geometrischer und / oder Positionierungsparameter der Karte (Cn) zur Kommunikation dieser Messinformationen an die Steuermittel (40).
  2. Maschine gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie darüber hinaus zur Modifizierung der Druckparameter durch Tintenstrahl geeignete und nach dem Druckkopf angeordnete Kontrollmittel der Druckqualität (50) umfasst.
  3. Maschine gemäß Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die im Falle von Plastikkarten (Cn) eingesetzte Druckfarbe oder Druckfarben Druckfarben mit Vernetzung durch Strahlung sind, zum Beispiel UV-Strahlen.
  4. Maschine gemäß Anspruch 1 oder, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die im Fall von Karten aus Pappe oder Papier eingesetzte Druckfarbe oder Druckfarben wasserhaltig, mit Phasenänderung oder auf Lösungsmittelbasis ist / sind.
  5. Maschine gemäß Anspruch 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Maschine im Fall von Speicherkarten ein zum Lesen der in der Karte enthaltenen, insbesondre der für die Steuermittel (40) nützlichen Informationen geeignetes Lesegerät (1) umfasst, um ihnen diese Informationen zu übermitteln.
  6. Maschine gemäß Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die den Steuermitteln nützlichen gelesenen Informationen den Informationen entsprechen, die auf der Speicherkarte durch die Maschine aufgedruckt werden sollen.
  7. Maschine gemäß Anspruch 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie ein Trägerelement (60) zur Aufnahme einer Vielzahl von kontinuierlich zu bedruckender, auf dem Trägerelement derart angeordneter Karten umfasst, dass der Kopf der Maschine sie durchlaufen sieht.
  8. Maschine gemäß Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Trägerelement ein flaches Fließband (61) beinhaltet.
  9. Maschine gemäß Anspruch 7 oder 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Trägerelement eine Trommel (62) umfasst.
  10. Maschine gemäß Anspruch 7 bis 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie eine Ansaugvorrichtung (63) umfasst, wobei das Trägerelement derart durchbrochen ist, dass die Karten im Verlauf seiner Verschiebung festgehalten werden.
  11. Maschine gemäß Anspruch 1 bis 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie ein Umdrehsystem (90) der Karten für das doppelseitige Bedrucken umfasst.
  12. Maschine gemäß Anspruch 7 bis 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie mehrere gemäß der Verschiebungsrichtung des Trägerelements und diesem gegenüber angeordnete Druckköpfe (T1-Tq) umfasst, zum Beispiel erlaubt wenigstens ein farbiger Druckkopf das Drucken von Bildern von der Art Fotographien oder Farbbildern und / oder ein Monochromdruckkopf erlaubt eine Markierung.
  13. Maschine gemäß Anspruch 1 bis 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet; dass sie Mittel (F1-Fq, SL) zur Durchführung einer Umwandlung der Druckfarbe in Gel während des Druckens durch Modulation der Wellenlänge entfernt von der Karte (Cn) umfasst.
  14. Maschine gemäß Anspruch 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie Mittel zur Durchführung einer Umwandlung der Druckfarbe in Gel umfasst, die eine nach jedem Druckkopf platzierte, an eine Lichstrahlenquelle angeschlossene Lichtleitfaser umfasst, wobei diese Mittel (F1-Fq, SL) Strahlenausgabemittel UVC umfassen.
  15. Maschine gemäß Anspruch 1 bis 14, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie Mittel (70) zur Durchführung einer Vernetzung der Druckfarbe bei Abschluss des Druckens umfasst, zum Beispiel mit einer Lampe mit UV-Strahlung.
  16. Maschine gemäß Anspruch 1 bis 15, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Druckmittel für Endbearbeitungsmaterial, wie zum Beispiel Lack, Tintenstrahl, in Abhängigkeit der geometrischen Parameter und / oder der Positionierung der zu bedruckenden Karte (Cn) umfasst.
  17. Graphischer Druckvorgang mithilfe einer Maschine gemäß Anspruch 1 bis 16, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Druck in Abhängigkeit von den geometrischen und / oder zuvor auf jeder zu bedruckenden Karte oder dergleichen abgelesenen Positionierungsparametern erfolgt.
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