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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard W Wendt, Shakopee, MN (US);
Brian Johnson, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Assignee:
DataCard Corporation, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364519 ; 235380 ; 364518 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for printing graphics images on plastic cards comprises a computer, a graphics printer connected to the computer, and control means executing on the computer for supplying graphic images to said graphics printer. The control means parse commands from an input data stream by identifying a delimiter preceding each command. The control means create images to be printed on the plastic card in response to the commands. The control means combine the images into a composite image and supply the composite image to the graphics printer.