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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
May. 23, 2005
James R. Meier, St. Paul, MN (US);
Chadwick M. Johnson, Savage, MN (US);
Gary P. Countryman, Jr., Columbia Heights, MN (US);
Stacy W. Lukaskawcez, Shakopee, MN (US);
Gary M. Klinefelter, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Ryan G. Park, Burnsville, MN (US);
Matthew K. Dunham, Eagan, MN (US);
Jeffrey D. Upin, Edina, MN (US);
Gary A. Lenz, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Martin A. Pribula, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Thomas C. Platner, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Leon Gershenovich, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jon J. Ibs, Minneapolis, MN (US);
James R. Meier, St. Paul, MN (US);
Chadwick M. Johnson, Savage, MN (US);
Gary P. Countryman, Jr., Columbia Heights, MN (US);
Stacy W. Lukaskawcez, Shakopee, MN (US);
Gary M. Klinefelter, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Ryan G. Park, Burnsville, MN (US);
Matthew K. Dunham, Eagan, MN (US);
Jeffrey D. Upin, Edina, MN (US);
Gary A. Lenz, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Martin A. Pribula, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Thomas C. Platner, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Leon Gershenovich, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jon J. Ibs, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Fargo Electronics, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
A printer includes a substrate input, a substrate transport, a printhead, a removable ribbon cartridge, a ribbon cartridge receiver, and a substrate output. The substrate transport is configured to feed a substrate from the substrate input along a print path. The printhead is positioned below the print path and is configured to print an image on a surface of the substrate. The ribbon cartridge is received in the ribbon cartridge receiver and contains a supply of print ribbon that extends between supply and take-up spools and over the printhead. The substrate can then be discharged through the substrate output.