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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2016
Primera Technology, Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Robert P. Cummins, Deephaven, MN (US);
Darren W. Haas, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Todd A. Britz, Maple Grove, MN (US);
PRIMERA TECHNOLOGY, INC., Plymouth, MN (US);
Abstract
A printer and corresponding method of printing a selected plurality of horticultural identification tags comprising providing a printing system having a housing comprising a first printer, a second printer, a tag creasing mechanism and a tag separating mechanism where a supply of unprinted tags on a continuous roll and connected along a first side to a subsequent tag are directed to an automatic feed mechanism configured to feed at least a first tag through an inlet in the housing to the first printer and printing a selected image on a first side of the tag. Flipping the tag to expose a reserve, unprinted side and feeding the first tag to a second printer for printing a selected image on a reverse side of the tag and flipping the tag to expose the first printed side and automatically feeding the printed tag to a mechanism configured to crease a selected portion of the tag. Providing the tag to a cutter configured to cut a first side of the tag to separate the tag from a subsequent tag and collecting the printed and cut tags in a stack.