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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2000
Edward P. Maher, Oceanside, CA (US);
Thomas J. Stark, Ramona, CA (US);
Edward P. Maher, Oceanside, CA (US);
Thomas J. Stark, Ramona, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention is embodied in a printing system for printing identification cards with durable full-color images using an inkjet printing device. In general, the present invention provides an inkjet printing device that is used to print images on a plastic identification card. The images are printed reversibly on a transparent media. The transparent media is then laminated onto a plastic card with the side with the images being adhered to the card. As a result, the images are viewed as being printed correctly on the transparent media. Further, the images are protected on one side by the transparent media itself and on the other side by the plastic card.