JP2000190539A - Printing method by rewrite card reader writer printer of erase bar printing erasing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the generation of inferiority caused by erase bar printing erasure by continuously using a rewrite card for a hot stamp printing erasing system issued to a user in large quantities and reduced in erasing temp. width by a change with the elapse of time as it is without taking the cost replacing the rewrite card with a rewrite card for erase bar erasure when a shop wants to replace a rewrite card reader writer printer of a hot stamp printing erasing system with a small-sized one of an erase bar printing erasing system. SOLUTION: Before an erase bar printing erasing feed process to a rewrite card RC using a rewrite card reader writer printer 1 of an erase bar printing erasing system, an annealing processing feed process performed by applying overall printing by a thermal head 3a is interposed to be executed. By this anneal processing, erasing temp. width narrowed by a change with the elapse of time is restored to be increased and the generation of erasing inferiority can be perfectly eliminated even by printing erasing processing due to an erase bar 4a having a defect hard to impart constant heat energy.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention has a thermoreversible property,
A rewritable card reader that uses a rewritable card that can be used repeatedly by printing (white turbidity) on the printed portion by heating with a thermal head or by erasing (transparent) by heating the print with an erase bar. Regarding the writer printer, the rewritable card inserted in this process goes through various processing and transport processes, completes the printing of the printed portion, and is discharged during the entire process. The present invention relates to an improvement in a printing method using a rewritable card reader / writer printer in which a printing method is added.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a known rewritable card reader / writer printer A, when a rewritable card b is inserted through an insertion slot a as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the card b is sequentially subjected to a predetermined printing process after passing through a read process transport process, a write process transport process, a verify operation transport process, a print erase transport process, and a thermal print transport process. Rewrite card reader / writer printer A
From the customer.

In the above-mentioned process, a hot stamp printing / erasing method has been adopted as a printing / erasing / conveying step from before, and in this method, a hot stamper heated to a required temperature by energizing a heater or the like has been adopted. Plate
By pressing the entire print portion of the rewritable card b, the print specified by white turbidity is erased. For this reason, according to this method, the hot plate having a large heat capacity comes into contact with the surface of the printing portion for a certain period of time such as about 1 second. Is provided.

[0004] In contrast to the above advantages, the disadvantage of the hot stamp printing and erasing method is that the rewritable card reader / writer printer A becomes large because the hot plate must have a considerable size. Has been pointed out. Therefore, for the purpose of eliminating this defect and realizing miniaturization, an erase bar print erasure method has recently been adopted as a new print erasure means, and recently, from the advantage of the above miniaturization, the erase bar print erasure method has been adopted. Things tend to be preferred and increase.

Here, the above-mentioned erase bar print erasing method is to heat and erase a print by moving a small erase bar, which is heated as is known, while pressing it against the surface of a print portion of the rewritable card b. Actually, the erase bar having a small heat capacity moves at a high speed of about 40 mm / sec. For this reason, the contact time between the rewritable card b and the erase bar is shortened as a matter of course, so that it is difficult to reliably apply constant thermal energy to the rewritable card b at a constant temperature.

Considering the characteristics of the rewritable card b, it is possible to make the rewritable card b transparent (print erasure) or opaque (print) by changing the heating temperature of the print portion. In the case of, the heating temperature of the erase bar must be controlled so that the printing portion is kept within the erasing temperature range of temperatures T1 to T2 (for example, 83 ° C to 98 ° C).
It must be heated to a temperature higher than the predetermined temperature T3. Therefore, in view of the above characteristics of the rewritable card b, in the case of printing and erasing using the erase bar, it is required that the temperature control be within the above erasing temperature range. ~ 98 ° C
Has a time-dependent characteristic that becomes narrower with the passage of months.

That is, when one month has passed at room temperature from immediately after printing on the rewritable card b, the erasing temperature range has decreased from 16 ° C. to 15 ° C., and has decreased to 12 ° C. in five months. 12 months after one month
After 5 months, the temperature decreases to about 8 ° C. As a result, as the elapsed time after printing becomes longer, the printing of the rewritable card cannot be properly erased depending on the erase bar printing / erasing method. Therefore, in recent years, a rewrite card that is suitable for use in a rewrite card reader / writer printer A using an erase bar print / erase method and that suppresses the change over time in which the erase temperature width becomes narrower has been developed and already used. I have.

Under the above circumstances, according to the erase bar printing / erasing method, there is an advantage that the size can be reduced, so even in a store where a rewritable card reader / writer printer using the hot stamp printing / erasing method has already been introduced. In order to replace this with an erase bar print / erase method, such stores have already issued a large number of rewrite cards for hot stamps that conform to the hot stamp print / erase method to users. In the case of the above-described erasure bar printing / erasing method, since the aging characteristics such that the erasing temperature width is narrowed have been corrected, the erasing bar printing / erasing method can be used even for the hot stamp printing / erasing method. Even if you use it for a rewrite card reader / writer printer,
There is no hindrance to the print erasure. However, when using a rewrite card for the hot stamp erasing method, it is of course compatible with the hot stamp erasing method and there is no problem. Therefore, the control temperature in the erase bar printing / erasing method does not match the narrowed erasing temperature width, and a state in which printing cannot be erased or a defective state may occur.

Therefore, in a store where the erase bar printing and erasing method described above is desired to be replaced, in order to realize this, the rewriting card for the hot stamp printing and erasing method which has already been issued in large quantities is replaced with the erasing card for the erasing bar. This would have to be exchanged, which would incur a large amount of expense, making the wishes of the store practically very difficult to realize.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a rewritable card reader / writer of an erase bar print / erase system according to claim 1, which aims at solving the above problem by focusing on the above-mentioned situation. In the printing method of the printer, by using the mechanism of the rewritable card reader / writer printer as it is, the read processing transfer step, the write processing transfer step, the verify operation transfer step, the erase bar erase transfer In this case, the thermal print transport process is performed. At this stage, the annealing process transport process performed by performing full printing by a thermal head is intervened at a stage prior to the erase bar print erase transport process. It is. As described above, by performing the reprinting process using the existing thermal head, a so-called annealing process for making the printed portion of the rewritable card opaque again is performed appropriately, so that the erasing temperature width after the printing is narrowed. By returning the rewrite card that has changed over time to its original state before the change over time and widening the erase temperature range,
Even if a rewrite card for hot stamping is used, it is possible to guarantee sufficient printing and erasing results, and at stores that want to replace with a rewritable card reader / writer printer using the erase bar printing and erasing method, without extra expense It is an object of the present invention to satisfy such a desire and to eliminate the necessity of modifying the conventional rewritable card reader / writer printer.

A second aspect of the present invention is an embodiment of the first aspect, wherein an annealing process is performed after each of the read process, the write process, and the verify operation, and then the erase bar print erasure and the thermal print are performed. It is intended to achieve the same object as in claim 1 by carrying out each transport step. According to the third aspect of the present invention, the above-mentioned annealing process and the transport process are performed after the read process and the transport process, and then the write process, the verify operation, the erase bar print / erase, and the thermal print are sequentially performed. Thus, the same purpose as that of the first aspect can be sufficiently achieved.

[0012]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, magnetic data is sequentially read into an electric control device for a rewritable card inserted into a card transport path. A read processing / transporting step for storing; a write processing / transportation step for writing magnetic data written by the electric control device to the rewrite card; a magnetic data written in the write processing / transportation step; A verification operation and transport step of comparing and comparing the data read by the device to determine whether the two data are inconsistent with each other, an erase bar print erasing and transporting step of erasing a rewritable card by heating with an erase bar, and a thermal head. After the thermal printing transport process of heating and printing the printed part of the rewritable card, In the rewritable card reader / writer printer in which the rewritable card is ejected from the card transport path, before the erase bar print erasure transport step described above, the annealing process transport step performed by full printing by the thermal head is performed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a printing method using a rewritable card reader / writer printer of an erase bar print erasing method, which is characterized in that it is carried out.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the rewritable card reader / writer printer according to the first aspect, after the rewrite card is sequentially subjected to a read processing transport step, a write processing transport step, and a verify operation transport step, After the annealing process carried out by the entire printing according to the carrying process, the erase bar print erasing carrying process-thermal printing carrying process is performed sequentially, and then the rewritable card is discharged from the card carrying path. The content of the method is a printing method using a rewrite card reader / writer printer of the erase bar print erasing method which is a feature.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the rewritable card reader / writer printer according to the first aspect, wherein the rewritable card is sequentially subjected to a read processing and transporting step and an annealing processing and transporting step performed by full printing by the thermal head. An erase bar printing / erasing method, wherein the rewritable card is ejected from the card conveying path after the write processing / conveying step-verify operation conveying step-erasing bar print erasing / conveying step-thermal printing conveying step is performed. And a printing method using a rewritable card reader / writer printer.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The printing method according to the first aspect of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 3 shows the same rewritable card RC that can be used repeatedly.
P is a print portion due to the cloudiness and a print portion where the print can be erased. The print portion is located between the imaginary lines L1 and L2 and printed by heating. The rewritable card reader / writer printer 1 shown in FIG. 1 also has a known structure, although not disclosed in detail. The rewritable card reader / writer printer 1a includes an insertion slot for a rewritable card RC, and an electric control device (not shown). The airframe 1b is provided with a read / write unit 2, a thermal printing unit 3, an erase bar print / erase unit 4, a reverse transport roller 5, and the like along a card transport path 6. The read / write unit 2 in FIG. Discloses only the forward transport roller 2a and the magnetic head 2b.

The known rewrite card reader / writer printer 1 inserts the rewrite card RC into the insertion slot 1.
The normal process from insertion into the print portion P of the rewritable card RC until it is discharged from the insertion port 1a or another discharge port is as follows. That is, in the read / write section 2, when the rewritable card RC is inserted from the insertion slot 1 a toward the card transport path 6, this is detected by a position detection sensor (not shown), and the known electrical The motor (not shown) is started by the dynamic control device, whereby the magnetic data of the rewritable card RC is read and stored via the magnetic head 2b, whereby the above-described read processing and transporting step is performed.

Next, the process shifts to the above-mentioned write processing / transportation step, in which the rewrite card RC is transported toward the insertion slot 1a by the reverse transport roller 5 by a position detection sensor (not shown). That is, the write data by the electric control device is written to the rewrite card RC, thereby ending the write processing transport step. Thus, the rewrite card RC is moved from the position CP1 to the position CP2 in FIG. To reach the position CP3. Further, the rewrite card RC shifts to a verify operation transfer step as is known. In this case, the rewrite card RC is transferred again in the forward direction by the motor and passes through the magnetic head 2b. The written magnetic data is compared with the data read by the above-mentioned electric control device, and if they do not match, it is judged to be abnormal. For example, the rewrite card RC is ejected. A verify operation transfer step which is determined to be normal is performed. At this time, the rewritable card RC is at the position CP4 in FIG.

Further, the rewritable card RC is sent back through the card transport path 6 by the reverse transport roller 5, and the printing performed on the rewritable card RC as described above is heated by the erase bar 4a in the erase bar printing section 4 by heating. By erasing, the erase bar print erasing and conveying step is completed, and the process shifts to the final step of thermal printing and conveying step. Here, 4b in FIG. 1 indicates a platen roller. In this case, heating printing is performed on the printing portion P of the rewrite card RC by the known thermal head 3a and the platen roller 3b in the thermal printing section 3,
When this is completed, the printed rewritable card RC is discharged from the insertion slot 1a in the illustrated example.

According to the present invention, a rewritable card reader / writer printer 1 capable of performing each of the above-described transport steps is provided.
Thus, the annealing process transport process is performed on the rewritable card RC before the erase bar print erase transport process. The annealing process is carried out by the thermal printing unit 3 provided in the rewritable card reader / writer printer 1. Therefore, the thermal control unit 3 uses the thermal head 3a and the platen roller 3b to control the rewritable card. The entire heating printing process is performed on the printing portion P of the RC. As is experimentally known, even if the erasing temperature width becomes narrow due to a change with time after printing, the annealing treatment performed in this manner causes the erasing by heating as described above to make the erasing cloudy. The temperature range will be restored. Therefore, if the annealing transfer process is appropriately interposed in the known transfer process of the rewritable card reader / writer printer 1 as described above, the rewritable card RC is always kept in a state having a sufficient erasing temperature range and the subsequent process. Then, the process moves to the erase bar print erasing and conveying process. As a result, even if the rewritable card RC is for the hot stamp erasure method, the print in the print portion P is surely erased in the erase bar print erasure conveyance process.

Next, as shown in FIG. 1, as described in FIG. 1, the rewritable card RC sequentially shifts from the position CP1 to the position CP2 to perform the read processing and transporting process, and then performs the position transfer from the position CP2 to the position CP2. The transfer to CP3 reaches the write processing transfer step, and the transition from the position CP3 to the position CP4 reaches the verify processing transfer step. Here, as the next step, the above-described annealing transfer processing is performed between the position CP4 and the position CP5. It is. Then, from the position CP5 to the position CP6, the rewrite card R
After the C is transported in the forward direction, the known erase bar print erasure transport process and the thermal print transport process are sequentially performed between the position CP6 and the position CP7, and discharge is performed.

In contrast to the second aspect, in the third aspect, as shown in FIG. 2, first, a lead processing / conveying step is performed between the position CP1 and the C position P2, and thereafter, the position CP2 to the position CP3 During that time, an annealing treatment transfer step is performed. Then, after the rewrite card RC is shifted rightward from the position CP3 to the position CP4, the position CP4 is shifted to the position CP.
5 and the light processing and transporting step, and the position CP5
To the position CP6, the verifying and carrying step, and the erase bar print erasing and carrying step and the thermal printing and carrying step are successively carried out from the position CP6 to the position CP7.

The second and third aspects of the invention exhibit the same functions and effects as those of the first aspect. Of course, before the rewrite card RC enters the erase bar print / erase / convey step. If the annealing process is carried out, the process procedure can be performed in various combinations according to various requests.

[0023]

Since the present invention can be carried out as described above, an erasing bar when printing using a rewritable card reader / writer printer as disclosed in claims 1 to 3 is disclosed. Before entering the print erasure conveyance process, the annealing process was carried out by full printing by the thermal head of the thermal printing unit, so the rewritable card processed in the erase bar print erasure conveyance process is always The narrower erasing temperature range has been returned to the original state, and if the resulting rewritable card is for the erase bar print erasing method, of course, even if it is for the hot stap print erasing method, This eliminates the concern of erasure failure in the print erasure transport process.

Therefore, even in a store that has adopted a rewrite card reader / writer printer for the hot stamp printing and erasing method and has issued a large number of rewriting cards for the hot stamp printing and erasing method, the rewritable card can be printed on the erase bar. By replacing with the one for the erasing method, it is possible to replace the rewritable card reader / writer printer of the erasable bar print erasing method which can be reduced in size without spending a large amount of money, and furthermore, as described above, the annealing process transfer step, Since the printing is performed by the thermal printing and conveying process, the conventional rewritable card reader / writer printer can be used as it is, and there is no need to add a new member, which is a great advantage for stores and users.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the relationship between a rewritable card reader / writer printer showing a printing method according to the first and second aspects of the present invention and a process procedure thereof.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a process procedure showing a printing method according to claims 1 and 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a rewritable card used in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between a rewritable card reader / writer printer showing a conventional printing method and its process procedure.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Rewrite card reader / writer printer 2 Thermal head 4a Erase bar 6 Card transport path P Print part PR Rewrite card

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A read processing / transporting step of sequentially reading and storing magnetic data in an electrical control device for a rewrite card inserted into a card transport path, and transferring the magnetic data written by the electrical control device to the rewrite card. And the magnetic data written in the write processing / transporting step is compared with the data read by the electric control device to determine whether the two data are mismatched or matched. Verify operation transfer step, erase bar print erasure transfer step of erasing the print of the rewrite card by heating with the erase bar,
After a thermal print conveying step of heating a printed portion of the rewritable card by a thermal head to perform printing, the rewritable card is ejected from the card conveying path in a rewritable card reader / writer printer, and the erase bar print erasure described above is performed. A printing method using a rewritable card reader / writer printer of an erase bar printing / erasing method, wherein an annealing process and a transferring process performed by full-scale printing by the thermal head are performed before the transferring process. 2. A read processing / transporting step of sequentially reading and storing magnetic data in an electrical control device for a rewrite card inserted into a card transport path, and transferring the magnetic data written by the electrical control device to the rewrite card. And the magnetic data written in the write processing / transporting step is compared with the data read by the electric control device to determine whether the two data are mismatched or matched. Verify operation transfer step, erase bar print erasure transfer step of erasing the print of the rewrite card by heating with the erase bar,
After a thermal print transport step of heating and printing the printed portion of the rewritable card by the thermal head is performed, the rewritable card is ejected from the card transport path in a rewritable card reader / writer printer, and the rewritable card is sequentially printed on the rewritable card. After the read process transport process, the write process transport process, the verify operation transport process, and the annealing process transport process performed by the entire printing by the thermal head, the erase bar print erase transport process described above is sequentially performed, and the thermal print transport process. Wherein the rewritable card is ejected from the card transport path. 3. A read processing / transporting step of sequentially reading and storing magnetic data in an electric control device for a rewrite card inserted into a card transport path, and transferring the magnetic data written by the electric control device to the rewrite card. A write processing step of writing the data to the memory, and comparing and comparing the magnetic data written in the write processing transport step with the data read by the electric control device to determine whether the two data are mismatched or matched. After performing an operation conveyance process, an erase bar print erasure conveyance device for erasing the print of the rewrite card by heating with the erase bar, and a thermal print conveyance process of heating and printing the print portion of the rewritable card with the thermal head, the rewrite card Rewrite card reader / writer ejected from the card transport path After the rewrite card has passed through a read process transport process and an annealing process transport process performed by full printing by the thermal head, the rewrite card has a write process transport process-verify operation transport process-erase bar print erase transport process. -A printing method using a rewrite card reader / writer printer of an erase bar print erasing method, wherein a thermal print transfer step is performed, and then the rewritable card is ejected from the card transfer path.