Card printer and card printing/stacking device

A card printing/stacking device comprising:

• a card printer having a passageway with an inlet formed at one end of the passageway, and
• a stacker arranged at the other end of the passageway for stowing a card transported along the passageway,
• wherein the card printer comprises:
• transport means for transporting the card along the passageway,
• reading means provided in the vicinity of the passageway for reading out information recorded on a surface of the card transported along the passageway,
• printing means for recording information on and erasing information from the surface of the card, and
• control means electrically connected to the transport means, reading means and printing means for determining whether to record information on or to erase information from the surface of the card and for controlling operation of the transport means and printing means depending on the information forwarded from the reading means,
• the stacker comprises:
• a storage for temporarily receiving the card sent from the inlet through the passageway, and
• a collection device for storing the card through the passageway without transporting to the inlet,
• based on the information forwarded from the reading means, the control means controls the stowing operation of the card by and into the stacker or the discharging operation of the card by and from the stacker toward the inlet.