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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2019
Entrust Corporation, Shakopee, MN (US);
Scott Svensson, Shakopee, MN (US);
Bryan Hoeve, Shakopee, MN (US);
Donald Galles, Shakopee, MN (US);
Entrust Corporation, Shakopee, MN (US);
Abstract
A plastic card printer that is provided with a printhead guard that is movable between a covering position, where the printhead guard covers one or more sensitive portions of a printhead of the plastic card printer, and a non-covering position, where the printhead guard does not cover the one or more sensitive portions of the printhead thereby allowing the printhead to perform a printing function on a plastic card. The printhead guard can be at the covering position when the printhead is at a non-printing position, for example during servicing of the card printer, to protect the one or more sensitive elements when the printhead is at the non-printing position, and the printhead guard can be at the non-covering position when the printhead is at a printing position where the printhead is ready to perform printing.