Method and apparatus for communicating between printer or laminator and supplies

US6386772B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Fargo Electronics, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Gary M. Klinefelter · Eden Prairie, US
• Bradley A. Paulson · Northfield, US
• Matthew K. Dunham · Eagan, US
• Kevin Campion · Minnetonka, US
• Jeffrey D. Upin · Edina, US
• Gary A. Lenz · Eden Prairie, US
• Aurelian Dumitru · Eden Prairie, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 21, 2000
• Grant date: May 14, 2002
• Expiry date: Jan 21, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41J35/36
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A printer for printing onto a substrate includes a substrate feed mechanism configured to secure the substrate during printing and a print mechanism configured to print on the substrate. A transceiver is configured to transfer power through a non-physical link to a radio frequency (RF) circuit carried on a printer supply to thereby power the RF circuit. The transceiver also responsively receives printer supply data through a non-physical link from the RF circuit.