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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2003
Darren W. Haas, Bloomington, MN (US);
I. Tony Haugen, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Bradley A. Paulson, Northfield, MN (US);
Robert J. Innes, Savage, MN (US);
CyCard Technologies, Inc., Bloomington, MN (US);
Abstract
The card printing system of the present invention includes a cartridge sub-assembly and a printer sub-assembly. The cartridge sub-assembly encloses a stack of horizontally positioned cards that have each been plied with photosensitive microcapsules. The printer sub-assembly interfaced with the cartridge sub-assembly to obtain a card from the stack. The printer sub-assembly then forms a latent image upon the photosensitive microcapsules upon the obtained card and develops that image by applying a mechanical pressure to the photosensitive microcapsules with a developer array. The develop array is a block containing a number spring-loaded developer balls.