Card printer in a card information management system

A card information management apparatus to be connected to a card printer through communication means, the apparatus comprising:

• print information generation means for generating print information based on data acquired by a user of an electric apparatus, the electric apparatus being configured with at least one of a game machine for home, a portable game machine, and a robot and returning the print information to the card printer;
• approval information generation means for generating approval information of an official organization and sending the approval information to the card printer, wherein the approval information confirms the authenticity of a card associated with the use of the electric apparatus and is associated with the user of the electric apparatus;
• and
• management means for managing the print information and the approval information generated by the approval information generation means;
• wherein the approval information generation means generates the approval information based on a user identification which is input at the user identification input section that is provided at the card printer.

A card print information management system comprising:

• data input means for inputting data acquired by a user of an electric apparatus, the electric apparatus being configured with at least one of a game machine for home, a portable game machine, and a robot;
• print information generation means for generating print information based on data inputted by the data input means;
• approval information generation means for generating approval information of an official organization, the approval information confirms the authenticity of a card associated with the use of the electric apparatus and is associated with the user of the electric apparatus;
• a printer which prints the print information generated by the print information generation means and the approval information generated by the approval information generation means on the card;
• and
• management means for managing the print information and the approval information
• wherein the approval information generation means generates the approval information based on a user identification which is input at the user identification input section that is provided at the card printer.

A method for printing on a card, comprising:

• generating character information of a character by a program stored in an electric apparatus configured with at least one of a game machine for home, a portable game machine, and a robot, the program generating the character information according to predetermined operations of a user of the electric apparatus;
• forming an image based on the character information and approval information of an official supplier of the card, the approval information confirms the authenticity of the card and is associated with the user of the electric apparatus;
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• printing the image on the card.

A method for printing on a card, comprising:

• obtaining character information regarding a character using an electric apparatus configured with at least one of a game machine for home, a portable game machine, and a robot;
• forming an image of the character based on the character information and an image expressing approval information of an official supplier of the card, the approval information confirms the authenticity of the card and is associated with the user of the electric apparatus;
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• printing the images on the card.