Datacard Corporation

Sarah Suzanne

Benoit Berthe

Benoît Berthe

Eric Auboussier

Yannick Suzanne

Ludovic Talon

The personalisation machine for smart cards () comprises an administration computer system () connected via at least one data personalisation transmission element () to a turning device () equipped with routing means of personalisation data to locations () of a plurality of card locations (). Said transmission element () is of wired type and has a maximal data transmission capacity greater than 100 MBps (megabytes per second). To ensure a substantial processing rate with a compact machine, it is provided with:&#x2014;means () for driving in rotation of bi-directional type for turning the device () around an axis () of rotation, said system () remaining fixed;&#x2014;a control module () regularly inverting the direction of rotation of the turning device. Stops are provided for preventing rotation of the device () beyond one turn.

Machine for personalising smart cards at high rate

The present invention relates to a digital device for printing on 'open' or 'closed' surface substrates by demand bubble-jet comprising at least one built-in ink reservoir () with a system of anti-splash partitions, at least one printhead and one buffer reservoir, the whole located in a print module () which moves in relation to the substrate (). The device comprises a means for creating, during operation of the module, on the one hand, a vacuum in the built-in reservoir, with a method of active regulation of this vacuum by adjustment of the ink level detected by a sensor attached to the built-in reservoir and, on the other hand, the air pressure in the built-in reservoir required for printhead cleaning phases.

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Montrond les Bains, France

Sarah Suzanne