CREDENTIAL PRODUCTION DEVICE TRANSFER RIBBON ACCUMULATOR

A credential production device (100) includes a printing device (122), a laminating device (124), a transfer ribbon accumulator (160), a processing assembly, and a frame. The printing device (122) is configured to print an image to the transfer ribbon (120). The laminating device is configured to transfer printed images from the transfer ribbon to a substrate (110). The transfer ribbon accumulator (160) is configured to adjust a length of a portion of a ribbon path, along which the transfer ribbon is routed, in response to different feed rates at which a transfer ribbon is fed along the ribbon path through the printing and laminating devices. The processing assembly supports the transfer ribbon, at least a portion of the printing device or a portion of the laminating device, and at least a first portion of the transfer ribbon accumulator. The frame supports the second portion of the transfer ribbon accumulator. The processing assembly and the frame are configured to move relative to each other between first and second positions.