EP3015270B1 - Automatic desktop printer for security booklet documents - Google Patents
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Description
- The present invention relates to desktop printers for security booklet documents, and in particular to automatic desktop printers, where security booklet documents are documents such as e.g. passports.
- Two categories of printers exist. A first category relates to manual feeding printers. Such printers have a good print quality but are not suitable with industrial needs because of the time that is required to insert the booklet in the printer and to take it out.
- Such printers are known for instance form document
EP1520715 which discloses a passport that is moved in a shuttle along a Y direction under a printing device that is standing still at least along the Y direction. Accordingly, a passport needs to pass twice under the printing device before being fed out of the printer. In addition, the position of the shuttle must be known and controlled very precisely to get a good printing quality. JPH10329376 discloses another type of passbook printer, using rollers or possibly a transport belt to transport the passbook. - A second category of printers relates to automatic feeding printers. Such printers are more suitable for industrial needs and are known for instance from documents such as
US7931270 , in which a large number of security documents or smart cards are arranged in an input station and are picked up in a direction by means of a shuttle system which can be displaced back and forth parallel to the longitudinal axis. The shuttle is designed in such a way that it can feed to or remove documents from output areas of processing stations by means of a pivoting movement or by means of a pusher. As for manual printers, such printers face the issue by which the position of the shuttle must be known and controlled very precisely. - Thus, specific printers for printing on security booklet document exist but are complex, especially their printing head assembly, heavy (not desktop), and therefore very costly.
- In this context, it is therefore an aim of the present invention to provide a simple desktop printer for security booklet such as e.g. passports.
- According to a first of its objects, the present invention relates to an automatic desktop printer for security booklet documents comprising:
- a chassis (11), and
- a security booklet document transport mechanism, configured to automatically transport a security booklet document (1) along a Y axis linear direction, from an entrance to an exit of the printer (10) through a printing position.
- It is essentially characterized in that said transport mechanism further comprising:
- a first set of at least one roller (105);
- a casing (101) comprising a first flat surface (102) on which a security booklet document can slide when being gripped with said first set of at least one roller;
- And in that the printer (10) further comprises:
- a flattening mechanism (201, 202, 203, 204, 205),
- a pair of transporting belts (106, 107), positioned downstream of the rollers (105) in the Y axis direction, each belt being elongated along the Y axis direction and being positioned such that a security booklet document (1) slides from the flat surface (102) on top of the transporting belts (106, 107) when rollers (105) are activated and grips said security booklet document (1), each belt being positioned on a respective side of the security booklet document; said transporting belts being configured to move the security booklet document from the entrance of the printer (10) to its exit, through said flattening mechanism; wherein the entrance of the printer (10) is different to its exit,
- at least one printing bridge (301), which can move longitudinally along a pair of guiding rails (304, 305) and which comprises a set of at least one ink cartridge (302), a printing shaft (308) and a printing head,
wherein said printing head is- a movable printing head (315) which can slide over said security booklet document (1) along an X axis direction, which is perpendicular the Y axis direction, or
- a standstill printing head, said standstill printing head having a printing width that is sufficient to cover the width of the page or the pages of said security booklet document (1).
- Preferably, the chassis (11) comprises a set of legs (12) having an adjustable height.
- In one embodiment, the printer further comprises an input stacker wherein security booklet documents (1) are stacked at least partially open on the page(s) that is(are) to be printed.
- In one embodiment, the printer further comprises a detection sensor to detect the entrance of a security booklet document into the transport mechanism.
- In one embodiment, the transport mechanism comprises a first set of at least one roller (105) located on top of the flat surface (102), a roller being designed to be in contact with the page of a security booklet document that is to be printed such that when activated, said roller grips that page and slides the security booklet document along the Y axis direction on the flat surface.
- In one embodiment, the printer further comprises a second set of rollers (105),
in which the first set and the second set of rollers are arranged such that a roller of the first set faces a roller of the second set though a through hole (104) of the flat surface (102). - In one embodiment, the security booklet document transport mechanism is configured to transport automatically the security booklet document from the printing position to the exit of the printer along the Y axis linear direction.
- In one embodiment, the transporting belts (106, 107) each comprise a set of abutments (108), the distance between two consecutive abutments preferably being equal to the length of the security booklet document.
- In one embodiment, said security booklet document (1) comprises a seam, said automatic desktop printer (10) further comprising a flattening mechanism designed to come underneath the security booklet document (1) so as to compensate a difference in thickness between thickness of said security booklet document (1) on one side of its seam and thickness of said security booklet document (1) on the other side of its seam, such that both pages to be printed on are substantially comprised in a same horizontal plane.
- In one embodiment, the flattening mechanism further comprises a flap (203) which is movable between a resting position and the printing position wherein,
- in the resting position, the flap is open and the security booklet document can be transported underneath the flap by the transporting belts; and
- in the printing position, the flap is operated to cover a non printable part of an edge of the security booklet document.
- In one embodiment, the transport mechanism comprises a pair of covering rails (109, 110), each covering rail being located above a respective transporting belt (106, 107) and comprising a flat portion which is parallel to the Y axis direction, and configured to cover a lateral edge of the security booklet document when said security booklet document is transported by the transporting belts.
- In one embodiment, the printer further comprises a second printing bridge located along said pair of guiding rails.
- In one embodiment, one of the first printing bridge and the second printing bridge comprises a first set of cartridges comprising visible inks, and the other of the first printing bridge and the second bridge comprises a second set of cartridges comprising invisible ink or a set of at least one marking heads.
- According to the invention, the printer comprises a first electronic circuit that controls the movement of the security booklet document along the Y axis direction from the entrance to the exit of the printer; and a second electronic circuit that controls both the movement of the printing bridge and the printing head.
- In one embodiment, the printer further comprises a laminator, configured to laminate said security booklet document once printed.
- The present invention enables fully automatic printers to perform feeding, printing and retrieving of a security booklet document from the printer.
- In particular, desktop printers available on the market can be easily converted into printers according to the present invention.
- In addition, security booklet documents are fed to the printer until a full stop for the printing operation to occur, since there is no feeding of the booklet while printing, there is no need to synchronize the printing advance; accordingly, there is no need to a full access to the printer firmware from the printer manufacturer.
- Advantageously, according to the present invention, the entrance of a security booklet document on the one side of the printer is opposite to its way out on the other side of the printer, enabling operations in series such as e.g. lamination just after printing.
- The belts and clamping device of the present invention is much more simple than the shuttle systems according to the prior art solutions.
- Thanks to the invention, transport means are independent, disconnected, from the printing means.
- Other features and advantages of the present invention will appear in the detailed description that is given as a mere illustrative and non limitative example.
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figure 1 illustrates a partial view of a printer according to the invention, -
figure 2 illustrates a partial view of a printer according to the invention emphasizing a casing at the entrance of a printer according to the invention, -
figure 3 illustrates a partial view of the entrance of a printer according to the invention, -
figure 4 illustrates another partial view of a printer according to the invention, -
figure 5 illustrates a partial view of the printer offigure 4 from a different angle, with a partial view of a printing bridge according to the invention, -
figure 6 illustrates a partial view of the printer offigure 5 , from a different angle, with a partial view of a printing bridge according to the invention, -
figure 7 illustrates a partial view of the entrance of a printer according to the invention, and -
figure 8 illustrates a simplified cross section of a printer according to the invention where the printing bridge slides between a first position A and a second position B . - For the sake of simplicity, the
printer 10 will be described as based on a horizontal support, such as e.g. a desktop. - The
printer 10 comprises a longitudinal axis, here called Y axis, along whichsecurity booklet documents 1 are moved as described later. - A partially exploded view of a
printer 10 is illustrated onfigure 1 , illustrating the entrance and the right side of the printer viewed from above. - The
printer 10 comprises achassis 11. Thechassis 11 comprises a substantially flat horizontal surface on which a transport mechanism, a printing bridge and a flattening mechanism, which are all described later, are mounted. Preferably, thechassis 11 comprises a set oflegs 12 having an adjustable height. - According to the present domain,
security booklet documents 1 must be printed on one or two pages only. Both pages must be consecutive and on a same plane, meaning a leaf shall not be turned to print from one page to the other. - A
security booklet document 1 comprises aseam 2 in its centre. -
Security booklet documents 1 are stacked in an input stacker (not shown). Preferably, they are stacked at least partially open on the page(s) that is(are) to be printed. This avoids the necessity of implementing a page-turning mechanism within theprinter 10.Security booklet documents 1 are fed from the input stacker to the entrance of a transport mechanism along the Y axis in a feeding direction. In this case security booklet documents are fully opened (180 degrees) by an input hopper (not shown) and pushed into the printer. A sensor inside the printer detects the presence of a security booklet document and automatically activates the transporting belts. Thus they enter into the transport mechanism in a substantially flat position, opened on the page(s) that is(are) to be printed. Preferably, the seam is parallel to the Y axis. - The
printer 10 comprises a security booklet document transport mechanism, here after transport mechanism by concision, which enables asecurity booklet document 1 to automatically move along the Y axis from an entrance IN to an exit OUT of theprinter 10. - The entrance of a
security booklet document 1 into the transport mechanism can be detected by sensor (not shown), typically an optical sensor, and for instance a photocell, or by any other detection mechanism. - The transport mechanism comprises a
casing 101 that substantially fits into a parallelepiped shape, which simplifies the construction of the printer. -
Figure 2 is the same view asfigure 1 , focusing on thecasing 101, i.e. where several elements of the printer, such as e.g. the printing bridge that is further described, are omitted. As illustrated onfigure 2 , thecasing 101 of the transport mechanism comprises, at its entrance, aflat surface 102 on which asecurity booklet document 1 can slide in this case asecurity booklet document 1 faces up and slides on its back. - Preferably, a
security booklet document 1 can slide on theflat surface 102 with help of at least one set of at least oneroller 105 which grips said document. - In one embodiment, a single
flat surface 102 and a single set of at least oneroller 105 can be implemented. In that case, the set ofrollers 105 is preferably located above theflat surface 102. In that case, the flat surface can be plain. Alternatively, the set ofrollers 105 can be located underneath the flat surface, in which case said flat surface comprises a set of at least one throughholes 104, i.e. one throughhole 104 perroller 105. Oneroller 105 protrudes through its respective throughhole 104 so as to grip the back of thesecurity booklet document 1. - In one embodiment, a single
flat surface 102 and two sets of at least oneroller 105 can be implemented. This embodiment is the same as the previous one, with the second set of at least oneroller 105 located opposite to the first set of at least oneroller 105 with reference to theflat surface 102. This way, the first set of at least oneroller 105 can grip the back of thesecurity booklet document 1 and the second set of at least oneroller 105 can grip the front (i.e. the pages to be printed) of thesecurity booklet document 1. - Preferably, the transport mechanism comprises at its entrance a first set of at least one
roller 105 located on top of the flat surface, and a second set of at least oneroller 105 located underneath the flat surface. The first set and the second set ofrollers 105 are arranged such that aroller 105 of the first set faces aroller 105 of the second set though a throughhole 104 of the flat surface.Rollers 105 are operated by an electric motor (not shown). - Preferably, the first set and the second set each comprises two
rollers 105. The position of therollers 105 is chosen such that eachroller 105 faces a page that is to be printed. Alternatively, only oneroller 105 per set can be used and positioned either side of the seam of thesecurity booklet document 1. - Preferably,
rollers 105 located on top of the flat surface are secured to an end of aspring 112 that applies a vertical force so that said roller(s) can grip a security booklet document 1 (seefigure 8 ). - The axis of rotation of the
rollers 105, called X axis, is perpendicular the Y axis direction, as illustrated onfigure 3 which represents a front view of the entrance of the printer illustrated onfigure 2 , viewed slightly from above.
Rollers 105 of the first set androllers 105 of the second set rotate in opposite directions. Aroller 105 is designed to be in contact withsecurity booklet document 1 trough a respective throughhole 104. When activated, aroller 105 grips thesecurity booklet document 1 and its rotation slides thesecurity booklet document 1 along the Y axis on theflat surface 102. - Accordingly, the flat surface preferably comprises at least one through
hole 104.
The first set ofrollers 105 is located above the flat surface, and the second set ofrollers 105 is located underneath the flat surface. Aroller 105 of the second set is capable of being in contact with the back of asecurity booklet document 1 that is to be printed through said set of at least one throughhole 104. - In one embodiment, the
printer 10 comprises a secondflat surface 103, which advantageously also comprises a set of at least one throughhole 104, i.e. one throughhole 104 perroller 105. The first set ofrollers 105 is located above the secondflat surface 103. Onerollers 105 of the first set protrudes in a corresponding throughhole 104 of the secondflat surface 103 and is capable of being in contact with the page of asecurity booklet document 1 that is to be printed through said set of at least one throughhole 104. -
Flat surface 102 and secondflat surface 103 are advantageously of a similar shape and size but non parallel, and present a cross section having a V shape so as to ease the entrance of asecurity booklet document 1 on the transporting belts described here under. - The transport mechanism comprises a first transporting
belt 106 and a second transportingbelt 107, positioned downstream of therollers 105 in the Y axis direction. Each belt is elongated along the Y axis direction and is positioned such that asecurity booklet document 1 slides from the flat surface on top of the transporting belts, each belt being positioned on a respective side of thesecurity booklet document 1. First transportingbelt 106 and a second transportingbelt 107 are activated by amotor 111, preferably one motor shared for both belts. - Preferably, the transporting belts each comprise a set of (longitudinal) abutments or
indexes 108. The distance between twoconsecutive abutments 108 is preferably equal to or slightly greater than the length of thesecurity booklet document 1, and the distance between the two transporting belts is substantially equal to the width of thesecurity booklet document 1. By "slightly greater than" it is understood strictly greater than a predetermined value. - Preferably, the transport mechanism comprises a
first covering rail 109 and asecond covering rail 110, each covering rail located above a respective transporting belt and having preferably a cross section of an L, C or a U shape. Each covering rail comprises a flat portion, or lip, parallel to the Y axis direction, and configured to cover a lateral edge of thesecurity booklet document 1 when saidsecurity booklet document 1 slides within the transport mechanism on the transporting belts. - A printable page of a
security booklet document 1 comprises a non printable portion located at its periphery. Preferably, the width of each lip is chosen so as to be inferior or equal to the width of said non printable portion. - Since the back of the
security booklet document 1 is maintained by both the flat surface of the transport mechanism and the transporting belts, and its lateral edges are maintained underneath the covering rails, thesecurity booklet document 1 is maintained substantially flat during its transport within the transport mechanism. - The rotation of the transporting belts moves the
security booklet document 1 from the entrance of the transport mechanism to its exit, through a flattening mechanism. - A
security booklet document 1 comprises multiple pages secured together along a seam, dividing the booklet in two sides. Because pages that are to be printed are generally among the first ones of the booklet, when asecurity booklet document 1 is open on these pages, one side of thesecurity booklet document 1 is usually thicker than the other one. - A flattening mechanism is designed to come underneath a
security booklet document 1 so as to compensate this difference of thickness such that both pages to be printed on are substantially comprised in a same horizontal plane. - Preferably, the flattening mechanism is stand still, secured to the
chassis 11 and is independent from the movement of the printing bridge. - Alternatively, the flattening mechanism can be integral in translation with the printing bridge but the construction is then more complex.
- The flattening mechanism is located between the transporting belts and comprises two pistons; a
first piston 201 and asecond piston 202. Each piston comprises a flat surface that can move vertically between an up position and a down position, and whose height is adjustable, in this case with apiston drive 204 and a spring 205 (figure 7 andfigure 8 ).Figure 7 illustrates a zoomed view of the entrance of the printer offigure 6 where the firstflat surface 102, the secondflat surface 103 and the first set of rollers located on top of secondflat surface 103 are omitted to better illustrate the transportingbelt 106 and itsabutments 108 within thecasing 101. - The flat surface of a piston that comes into contact with the back of the
security booklet document 1 is designed to fit the design of thatsecurity booklet document 1 and acts as a support for a side of the booklet. - The flattening mechanism has two sensors (not shown): one for the up-position of the piston and one for the down-position of the piston. These position sensors are in this case optical sensors. These two sensors control the
piston drive 204. Both pistons, also called flatteners, are spring loaded with aspring 205 to compensate the thickness of the security booklet document. - Advantageously, the flattening mechanism can be triggered by the mere position of the printing bridge or, as it is the case here, by the position of the security booklet document on the transporting
belt 106, which is detected by a position sensor, in this case an optical sensor (not shown) which detects the position of the security booklet document and stops the forward movement of the transportingbelt 106. - At the entrance of the
printer 10, the back of asecurity booklet document 1 is in contact with both the transporting belts and the flat surface. When theprinter 10 is operated, the transporting belts drag along thesecurity booklet document 1 which slides along the flat surface from the entrance of theprinter 10 to the top of the pistons of the flattening mechanism where it reaches a printing position. The transporting belts then stop so that thesecurity booklet document 1 remains in a stand still position for the printing operation. - Preferably, the transport mechanism comprises, at its entrance, a flat cover that is located over the flat surface on which
security booklet document 1 are placed, such that at least a part of asecurity booklet document 1 lying on the flat surface is covered by the flat cover. - Here, the flat cover is the second
flat surface 103 described here above. - The flat cover has one straight edge that is perpendicular to the Y axis direction and is designed to cover at least part of the non printable zone of a
security booklet document 1. - Preferably, the flat cover enables a
security booklet document 1 to slide underneath. - Preferably, the flattening mechanism also comprises a
flap 203, which is located opposite to the straight edge of the flat cover and approximately at the same height, and has a straight edge that is perpendicular to the Y axis direction. - The
flap 203 is movable in a translation or a rotation movement between a resting position and the printing position where the printing operation that is described here after can occur. - In the resting position, the
flap 203 is open and thesecurity booklet document 1 is transported underneath theflap 203 by the transporting belts. - In the printing position, the
flap 203 is operated in its closed position to cover the non printable part of an edge of the booklet. - Assuming that a
security booklet document 1 is introduced into theprinter 10 with its seam parallel to the Y axis and its top first, then the straight edge of the flat cover covers the non printable bottom of the pages to be printed, covering rails cover the non printable lateral edges of the booklet and theflap 203 covers the non printable top of the pages to be printed. - The two pistons of the flattening mechanism exert an upward force, and the straight edge of the flat cover, the covering rails and the
flap 203 covers all exert a downward force, acting as vertical abutments. - The booklet is then maintained in a stand still position, called printing position, for the printing operation that is operated with help of a
printing bridge 301. - The
chassis 11 also supports at least oneprinting bridge 301, which comprises aprinting head 315 and a set of at least one ink cartridge 302 (seefigure 5 ). - The
printing bridge 301 comprises a pair of sliding members each slidingmember 303 being design to slide along a respective bridge guiding rail, the shape of each slidingmember 303 cooperating with the shape of its respective guiding rail, the guiding rails extend in a direction parallel to the Y axis. - Accordingly, the
printing bridge 301 is movable over thesecurity booklet document 1 longitudinally along the Y axis thanks to a pair of guiding rails; i.e. a firstbridge guiding rail 304 and a secondbridge guiding rail 305. The movement along the Y axis is controlled thanks to a firsttoothed wheel 311 which cooperates with atoothed rail 312 as described later. - A
caterpillar 306 having one end secured to thechassis 11 and another end secured to the bridge enables to cover the electronic cables that come from the printing bridge down to the electronic cardboards that located within the chassis of the printer. This way, electric cables are protected, sheathed, when the printing bridge moves along the Y axis. Preferably, the end of thecaterpillar 306 that is secured to the bridge is secured to the top of alateral flank 307 of the bridge, saidcaterpillar 306 being exterior to the bridge. - The
printing bridge 301 can comprise aprinting bridge 301shaft 308 on which the printing head is mounted and along which it can slide in both directions. Theprinting bridge 301shaft 308 is orientated in an X axis direction, perpendicular the Y axis direction. The length of the bridge shaft is greater or equal to the width of asecurity booklet document 1. - The
printing bridge 301 can comprise afirst housing 309, which is secured to one edge of the printing shaft and which comprises one slidingmember 303 that can slide along one guiding rail of thechassis 11. Thefirst housing 309 comprises electronic circuits for the printing head. Preferably, the movable printing head also stands in an opening of the first housing whilst in the resting position, i.e. not in use. - The
printing bridge 301 can comprise asecond housing 310 which is secured to the other edge of the printing shaft and which comprises another slidingmember 303 that can slide along the other guiding rail of thechassis 11. Thesecond housing 310 comprises a set of a least a firsttoothed wheel 311, which is mounted on a drivingshaft 313. - The first toothed wheel is designed to cooperate with a
toothed rail 312 that is secured to thecasing 101 and that is parallel to the Y axis direction. Accordingly, the movement of thecasing 101 along the Y axis causes the first toothed wheel to turn. - Advantageously, the driving shaft comprises an
encoding disk 314 on the opposite side of the first toothed wheel, said encoding disk enabling to locate the actual position of the printing head along the Y axis. - In addition, the
second casing 101 may comprise a set of toothed wheels, possibly gears and an electric motor, configured to drive the movement of the pistons of the flattening mechanism, acting as an eccentric drive. -
Figure 5 illustrates the printer offigure 1 viewed from its left side, andfigure 4 illustrates the printer offigure 5 where the printing bridge is omitted. Similarly,figure 6 illustrates the printer offigure 5 where several components of the printing bridge are omitted, to better illustrate the firsttoothed wheel 311, thetoothed rail 312 and theencoding disk 314. - As can be seen on
figure 4 orfigure 5 , an electric motor (not shown) drives in rotation the drivingshaft 313 and the firsttoothed wheel 311, which is rotationally connected to the drivingshaft 313. Because thetoothed rail 312 cooperates with firsttoothed wheel 311 and is secured to theprinting bridge 301, the rotation of the firsttoothed wheel 311 about the X axis drives theprinting bridge 301 to move along the first and secondbridge guiding rails encoding disk 314 is rotationally fixed to the firsttoothed wheel 311, the position of theprinting bridge 311 along the Y axis is known. - This way, it is also possible to use the mere position of the
printing bridge 301 along the Y axis to trigger a position of the pistons of the flattening mechanism, through the piston(s) drive. - In another embodiment, the
printing bridge 301 can comprise a stand still printing head provided such printing head is wide enough to cover the page or the pages of booklet that must be printed. - For the printing operation, the
printing bridge 301 moves along the Y axis between an initial position and an end position. - In the printing operation, the
security booklet document 1 is maintained in a standstill position along the Y axis, typically by stopping the rotation of the transporting belts. - The pistons of the flattening mechanism are maintained in their up position such that the pages of the
security booklet document 1 to be printed offer a flat horizontal surface. - The
flap 203 is operated in its closed position and the covering rails act also as abutments against the vertical pressure of the pistons. - This way, the
security booklet document 1 is maintained in a standstill position both vertically and horizontally. - For the printing to occur, the bridge moves along the Y axis direction thanks to the first
toothed wheel 311 as described earlier, and the printing head moves along the X axis direction to print on the pages of thesecurity booklet document 1. - Once the printing is finished, the end position of the bridge is detected by the encoding disk which in turn releases the pistons of the flattening mechanism, driving them in their down position and the
flap 203 is operated to open. - Preferably, once the printing operation is finished, the bridge goes back into its initial position, the clamping device opens and the booklet is transported to another side (the rear) of the
printer 10, through the same transport means. Accordingly, the transporting belts are activated to move thesecurity booklet document 1 along the Y axis in the feeding direction. This way, thesecurity booklet document 1 can exit theprinting bridge 301 away from the input stacker. - The
security booklet document 1 can then be transported with help of the transporting belts along the Y axis direction to another area. - The
chassis 11 can support asecond printing bridge 301 in another area. The second bridge may be similar to the first bridge described above, located along the same guiding rails or along a second pair of guiding rails which are collinear to the first pair of guiding rails described above. - At least one of the
first printing bridge 301 and the second printing bridge may comprise a set of marking heads. By "marking head" it is understood a device whose use marks thesecurity booklet document 1 by altering locally its structure and which comprises e.g.: - needles for micro perforation,
- a laser engraving device (where the laser heat is used to burn some information in plastic, metal or treated paper of the security booklet document),
- a laser ablation device (where the laser is used to produce some additional personalization information such as photo micro perforation on the security booklet document), or
- a thermal sublimation device.
- One of the
first printing bridge 301 and the second printing bridge may also comprise a set of at least oneink cartridge 302, said ink cartridge(s) being different than the ink cartridge(s) of the other one of thefirst printing bridge 301 and the second printing bridge. For instance, thefirst printing bridge 301 can support visible ink cartridge(s) and thesecond printing bridge 301 can support non visible ink cartridge(s) or needles. - For instance, the first bridge comprises a first set of cartridges comprising visible inks (cyan, yellow, magenta and black), and the second bridge comprises a second set of cartridges comprising invisible ink (e.g. UV ink) or needles etc.
- Both first and second bridges are configured to print in series on the same pages of the booklet, the bridge from the
second printer 10 being advantageously independent from the first bridge. - In one embodiment, both first and second bridges are comprised in one
printer 10. Alternatively, the first bridge is comprised in afirst printer 10, and second bridge is comprised in asecond printer 10, which works in series with thefirst printer 10. - The
printer 10 comprises two electronic circuits. A first electronic circuit controls the movement of thesecurity booklet document 1 along the Y axis direction from the input stacker to the rear end of theprinter 10 through to printing position; and a second electronic circuit controls the movement of theprinting bridge 301 and the printing head. - The present invention is not limited to the described embodiments. For instance, the flat cover can also be a movable flap. Transporting belts can be replaced with a succession of rollers or any other transporting means.
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- security booklet document
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- seam
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- printer
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- chassis
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- legs
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- casing of the transport mechanism
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- first flat surface
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- second flat surface / flat cover
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- through hole of the flat surface
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- roller
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- first transporting belt
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- second transporting belt
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- abutment of a transporting belt
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- first covering rail
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- second covering rail
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- motor for the first / second transporting belt
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- spring for roller
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- first piston
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- second piston
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- flap
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- piston(s) drive
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- spring for piston drive
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- 301 - printing bridge
- 302 - ink cartridge
- 303 - sliding member
- 304 - first bridge guiding rail for moving the printing device along the longitudinal axis
- 305 - second bridge guiding rail for moving the printing device along the longitudinal axis
- 306 - caterpillar
- 307 - lateral flank of the bridge
- 308 - printing bridge shaft
- 309 - first housing
- 310 - second housing
- 311 - first toothed wheel
- 312 - toothed rail
- 313 - driving shaft
- 314 - encoding disk
- 315 - printing head
Claims (14)
- Automatic desktop printer (10) for security booklet documents (1), comprising:- a chassis (11),- a security booklet document transport mechanism, configured to automatically transport a security booklet document (1) along a Y axis linear direction, from an entrance to an exit of the printer (10) through a printing position,
Characterized in that
said transport mechanism further comprising:- a first set of at least one roller (105);- a casing (101) comprising a first flat surface (102) on which a security booklet document can slide when being gripped with said first set of at least one roller;And in that the printer (10) further comprises:- a flattening mechanism (201, 202, 203, 204, 205),- a pair of transporting belts (106, 107), positioned downstream of the rollers (105) in the Y axis direction, each belt being elongated along the Y axis direction and being positioned such that a security booklet document (1) slides from the flat surface (102) on top of the transporting belts (106, 107) when rollers (105) are activated and grips said security booklet document (1), each belt being positioned on a respective side of the security booklet document; said transporting belts being configured to move the security booklet document from the entrance of the printer (10) to its exit, through said flattening mechanism; wherein the entrance of the printer (10) is different to its exit,- at least one printing bridge (301), which can move longitudinally along a pair of guiding rails (304, 305) and which comprises a set of at least one ink cartridge (302), a printing shaft (308) and a printing head,
wherein said printing head is- a movable printing head (315) which can slide over said security booklet document (1) along an X axis direction, which is perpendicular the Y axis direction, or- a standstill printing head, said standstill printing head having a printing width that is sufficient to cover the width of the page or the pages of said security booklet document (1)Said printer (10) further comprising:- a first electronic circuit that controls the movement of the security booklet document (1) along the Y axis direction from the entrance to the exit of the printer; and- a second electronic circuit that controls both the movement of the printing bridge (301) and the printing head (315);
Wherein
In a printing operation, the security booklet document (1) is maintained in a standstill position along the Y axis, typically by stopping the rotation of the transporting belts (106, 107), thereby enabling no feeding of a second security booklet document (1) while printing a first security booklet document (1). - Automatic desktop printer according to claim 1,
wherein the chassis (11) comprises a set of legs (12) having an adjustable height. - Automatic desktop printer according to any of the preceding claims,
further comprising an input stacker wherein security booklet documents (1) are stacked at least partially open on the page(s) that is(are) to be printed. - Automatic desktop printer according to any of the preceding claims,
further comprising a detection sensor to detect the entrance of a security booklet document into the transport mechanism. - Automatic desktop printer according to any of the preceding claims,
wherein the transport mechanism comprises a first set of at least one roller (105) located on top of the flat surface (102), a roller being designed to be in contact with the page of a security booklet document that is to be printed such that when activated, said roller grips that page and slides the security booklet document along the Y axis direction on the flat surface. - Automatic desktop printer according to any of claim 5,
further comprising a second set of rollers (105),
in which the first set and the second set of rollers are arranged such that a roller of the first set faces a roller of the second set though a through hole (104) of the flat surface (102). - Automatic desktop printer according to any of the preceding claims,
wherein the security booklet document transport mechanism is configured to transport automatically the security booklet document from the printing position to the exit of the printer along the Y axis linear direction. - Automatic desktop printer according to any of the preceding claims,
in which the transporting belts (106, 107) each comprise a set of abutments (108), the distance between two consecutive abutments preferably being equal to the length of the security booklet document. - Automatic desktop printer according to any of the preceding claims,
wherein said security booklet document (1) comprises a seam,
said automatic desktop printer (10) further comprising a flattening mechanism designed to come underneath the security booklet document (1) so as to compensate a difference in thickness between thickness of said security booklet document (1) on one side of its seam and thickness of said security booklet document (1) on the other side of its seam, such that both pages to be printed on are substantially comprised in a same horizontal plane. - Automatic desktop printer according to claim 9,
wherein the flattening mechanism further comprises a flap (203) which is movable between a resting position and the printing position wherein,- in the resting position, the flap is open and the security booklet document can be transported underneath the flap by the transporting belts; and- in the printing position, the flap is operated to cover a non printable part of an edge of the security booklet document. - Automatic desktop printer according to any of the preceding claims,
Wherein the transport mechanism comprises a pair of covering rails (109, 110), each covering rail being located above a respective transporting belt (106, 107) and comprising a flat portion which is parallel to the Y axis direction, and configured to cover a lateral edge of the security booklet document when said security booklet document is transported by the transporting belts. - Automatic desktop printer according to any of the preceding claims,
Further comprising a second printing bridge located along said pair of guiding rails. - Automatic desktop printer according to claim 12,
Wherein one of the first printing bridge and the second printing bridge comprises a first set of cartridges comprising visible inks, and the other of the first printing bridge and the second bridge comprises a second set of cartridges comprising invisible ink or set of at least one marking heads. - Automatic desktop printer according to any of the preceding claims,
Further comprising a laminator, configured to laminate said security booklet document once printed.
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