Card-issuing device

A card-issuing device for issuing a card, the card-issuing device comprising:

• a card stack unit comprising a card housing part configured to stack and house unissued cards;
• and
• a card feeding mechanism configured to feed out a lowest card in the card housing part;
• a card reader unit configured to perform at least one of reading of data recorded on a card and recording of data onto a card;
• a printing unit configured to perform a printing on the card;
• and
• a card-flipping unit configured to flip a front and a back of the card,
• wherein the printing unit comprises a supply roll configured to wind an ink ribbon, a winding roll configured to wind up the ink ribbon supplied from the supply roll, and a thermal head configured to heat the ink ribbon to transfer ink from the ink ribbon onto the card to perform a printing,
• the thermal head is arranged between the supply roll and the winding roll in a front-rear direction of the card-issuing device, the supply roll and the winding roll are arranged above the thermal head, and
• the card stack unit, the card-flipping unit, the thermal head, and the card reader unit are arranged in that order in the front-rear direction.