(19)

(11)

EP 1 283 781 A2

(12)

(88) Date of publication A3: 08.08.2002 (43) Date of publication: 19.02.2003 Bulletin 2003/08 (21) Application number: 01939527.6 (22) Date of filing: 25.05.2001

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B41J 13/12 (86) International application number: PCT/US0117/146 (87) International publication number: WO 0109/2019 (06.12.2001 Gazette 2001/49)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR (30) Priority: 26.05.2000 US 207494 P (71) Applicant: Fargo Electronics, Inc. Eden Prairie, MN 55344 (US)	(72) Inventors: KLINEFELTER, Gary, M. Eden Prairie, MN 55347 (US) PHILLIPS, Kathleen St. Louis Park, MN 55416 (US) PRIBULA, Martin, A. Eden Prairie, MN 55346 (US) UPIN, Jeffrey, D. Edina, MN 55436 (US) LENZ, Gary, A. Eden Prairie, MN 55346 (US) (74) Representative: McLeish, Nicholas Alistair Maxwell et al Boult Wade TennantVerulam Gardens70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB)