Card recording apparatus
AssigneeJVC Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.
InventorsYoshitaka Suzuki, Satoshi Yonemitsu, Masaki Takahashi, Osamu Tajima
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Abstract
The present invention provides a card recording apparatus capable of printing in high speed as well as reducing overall dimensions of the apparatus. After a card is transported to an information recording section 200 in a lateral (short length) direction of the card, an information signal is recorded on the card thereby. Then, the card is transported to a second heating section 300. An ink image formed on an intermediate recording medium 7 by a first heating section 500 is re-transferred to the card by the second heating section 300. A warp developed on the card by the second heating section 300 is corrected by a card warp correcting section 400.
Claims6
A card recording apparatus for recording image information on a surface of a card having magnetic stripes formed in a longitudinal direction thereof and for recording/reproducing magnetic information on/from the magnetic stripes, wherein the card is inserted into the card recording apparatus upon operation, the card recording apparatus comprising:
- transport means for transporting the card in a lateral direction of the card and temporarily stopping a transportation of the card when the magnetic information is recorded/reproduced on/from the magnetic stripes;
- recording/reproducing means capable of being transported in a longitudinal direction of the card for recording/reproducing magnetic information on/from the magnetic stripes of the card when the card is stopped, and
- image information recording means for recording image information on the card along the lateral direction of the card.
A card recording apparatus for recording image information on a surface of a card provided with an IC having an outer terminal and for recording/reproducing information in/from the IC of the card, wherein the card is inserted into the card recording apparatus upon operation, the card recording apparatus comprising:
- transport means for transporting the card in a lateral direction of the card and temporarily stopping a transportation of the card when the information is recorded/reproduced in/from the IC of the card through the outer terminal;
- recording/reproducing means capable of being transported in a longitudinal direction of the card for recording/reproducing the information in/from the IC of the card through the outer terminal when the card is stopped, and
- image information recording means for recording image information on the card along the lateral direction of the card.
A card recording apparatus comprising:
- an ink film having a tape-like base film coated with a sublimate ink or a defusing ink thereon, the ink film being extended between a first supply reel and a first take-up reel;
- an intermediate recording medium having a transparent image acceptance layer separably provided on a base sheet, the intermediate recording medium being extended between a second supply reel and a second take-up reel;
- a first heating section for transferring the ink of the ink film to the transparent image acceptance layer of the intermediate recording medium so as to form an ink image thereon by heating the ink of the ink film with the first heating section after the intermediate recording medium and the ink film closely attached to each other are transported thereto, and
- a second heating section for transferring the ink image along with the transparent image acceptance layer to the recording medium by heating the intermediate recording medium with the second heating section after the intermediate recording medium having the ink image is transported to the second heating section,
- wherein the transparent image acceptance layer without the ink image is transferred again to the recording medium after the ink image together with the transparent image acceptance layer is transferred to the recording medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.