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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2016
Assa Abloy Ab, Stockholm, SE;
Jeffrey L. Stangler, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
James Andrew Rieck, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Tanya Jegeris Snyder, Edina, MN (US);
Andrew Slotto, Crystal, MN (US);
Lyndon James Hanson, Plymouth, MN (US);
Jon Everett Freise, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assa Abloy AB, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
In a method of operating a transfer printing device, which includes a transfer ribbon having a series of transfer sections, a print unit, and a mark sensor, the transfer ribbon is fed in a feed direction. A transfer section that is available for printing is selected through the detection of an absence of a used mark in a predetermined position on the transfer ribbon corresponding to the transfer section using the mark sensor. An image is printed to the selected transfer section using the print unit. A used mark corresponding to the selected transfer section is printed in a predetermined position on the transfer ribbon.