Printer and ribbon cartridge

US7154519B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Fargo Electronics, Inc. · US

Inventors

• James R. Meier · Windom, US
• Chadwick M. Johnson · Savage, US
• Gary Countryman · Columbia Heights, US
• Stacy Lukaskawcez · Shakopee, US
• Gary M. Klinefelter · Eden Prairie, US
• Ryan G. Park · Farmington, US
• Matthew K. Dunham · Eagan, US
• Jeffrey D. Upin · Edina, US
• Gary A. Lenz · Eden Prairie, US
• Martin Pribula · Eden Prairie, US
• Thomas C. Platner · Eden Prairie, US
• Leon Gershenovich · Eden Prairie, US
• Jon Ibs · Minneapolis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 23, 2005
• Grant date: Dec 26, 2006
• Expiry date: May 23, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41J17/32
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A printer includes a substrate input, a substrate transport, a printhead, a removable ribbon cartridge, a ribbon cartridge receiver, and a substrate output. The substrate transport is configured to feed a substrate from the substrate input along a print path. The printhead is positioned below the print path and is configured to print an image on a surface of the substrate. The ribbon cartridge is received in the ribbon cartridge receiver and contains a supply of print ribbon that extends between supply and take-up spools and over the printhead. The substrate can then be discharged through the substrate output.