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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2017
Assa Abloy Ab, Stockholm, SE;
Jeffrey L. Stangler, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
James Andrew Rieck, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Tanya Jegeris Snyder, Edina, MN (US);
Andrew Slotto, Crystal, MN (US);
Lyndon James Hanson, Plymouth, MN (US);
Jon Everett Freise, Minneapolis, MN (US);
ASSA ABLOY AB, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A transfer printing device includes a transfer ribbon, a print unit, a mark sensor and a controller. The transfer ribbon includes a transfer layer that is attached to a carrier layer. The transfer layer includes a series of transfer sections. The controller is configured to perform a print operation, in which a transfer section that is available for printing is selected by detecting an absence of a used mark in a predetermined position on the transfer ribbon corresponding to the transfer section using the mark sensor. An image is printed to the selected transfer section and a used mark is printed on the transfer ribbon using the print unit. At least a portion of the used mark is in a predetermined position relative to the selected transfer section and is outside the selected transfer section.