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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Pyramid Technologies Llc, Meriden, CT (US);
Inventor:
George Bucci, Southington, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pyramid Technologies LLC, Meriden, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/0045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A card printer is disclosed which uses shaped-illumination to illuminate the portion of a card upon which printing will occur. The shaped-illumination is produced by passing light from a light source through a light source shaping assembly. In an embodiment, the light source shaping assembly is composed of a plurality of baffles molded into the portion of the printer which defines the path of motion of the printer's print head. In this way, alignment between the shaped-illumination and the printing process is guaranteed with essentially no increase in the cost of printer and, in many cases, a reduction in cost.