JP2002293066A - Recycle card and equipment for treating card - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recycle card which enables recycling of a card whereon information is printed, and enhances the visibility of indicating information divided by the contents. SOLUTION: The recycle card 1 has a printing layer 5 formed of a first printing area 5A wherein the indicating information not to be rewritten after issuance of the card is printed and a second printing area 5B wherein the indicating information to be rewritten after the issuance of the card is printed, and the card is so constituted that the first printing area 5A is made to be a thermal printing area formed of an irreversible thermosensitive material and the second printing area 5B to be a leuco rewrite printing area formed of a reversible thermosensitive material being different in a print color from the material of the first printing area 5A.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recyclable card and a card processing apparatus in which display information can be rewritten, and more particularly to printing of display information which is not rewritten and display information which may be rewritten after the card is issued. The present invention relates to a recycle card suitable for use in such a case and a card processing apparatus for printing the recycle card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, certificates such as a health insurance card (hereinafter referred to as a health insurance card) and a company employee card are easily displayed by printing the personal information of the owner and the information of the issuer. It is common to be able to confirm. For example, in the example of a health insurance card, the name, date of birth, address, etc. are printed as personal information of the insured person, and the name of the insurer (health insurance union), the location of the business office, etc. as the information of the issuer. Printed. Such display information includes display information that does not need to be changed after issuance (owner name, date of birth, etc.) and display information that may be changed after issuance (owner address,
Insurers' names, business locations, etc.) are mixed, but conventionally, for example, when the address of the owner changes, the certificate is newly re-issued.

[0003]

In recent years, it has been proposed to use a personal card for a health insurance card so that not only the insured but also individual dependents can own the card. When the personalization of such certificates is put to practical use, the number of issued cards is expected to increase. It is also conceivable to use an IC card. In such a case, if the card is newly reissued and the old card is discarded every time the display information to be printed is changed as in the related art, resources are wasted, and the cost of an expensive IC card increases.

[0004] Therefore, in practical use of personal cards, it is desirable to use a card that can rewrite only display information that may be changed after issuance and that can recycle even if the display information changes. It is also desirable that the person who confirms the display information can easily determine and confirm the content to be confirmed. The present invention has been made in view of the above problems,
Provided is a recycle card in which display information can be rewritten and the display information can be easily visually recognized for each content, and a card processing device for the recycle card.

[0005]

Therefore, the recycled card according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a first print area for printing display information that is not rewritten after the card is issued, and a display area that may be rewritten after the card is issued. A printing layer formed of a heat-sensitive material that changes state in response to heat energy, wherein at least the second printing area changes state reversibly in response to heat energy. Formed of a reversible thermosensitive material.

In such a configuration, display information that is not rewritten after the card issuance is placed in the first print area of the print layer, and display information that may be rewritten after the card is issued is placed in the rewritable second print area of the print layer. Each is printed using a printing device. In this case, if the heat-sensitive material is selected such that the print colors of the first print area and the second print area are different, the display information can be easily determined for each content.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the first print area is formed of an irreversible thermosensitive material whose state changes irreversibly in response to thermal energy. In addition, as in claim 3, the first printing area is reversibly changed in state in response to heat energy, and the reversible thermosensitive material of the second printing area is different in color development at the time of printing. It is good also as a structure formed with. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a print layer having the first and second print areas is provided on at least one side of both sides of the card.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, it is preferable that at least one side of the front and back surfaces of the card is provided with an information display area in which other information can be freely selected and displayed. In such a configuration,
By displaying display information for another purpose in the information display area, one recycle card can be used for multiple purposes. According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, a configuration is provided having a function of a non-contact IC card.

With this configuration, it is possible to record and manage a large amount of information on a single card, so that the card can have higher functions and more functions. When applied to a health insurance card as in claim 7, a new health insurance card can be reissued simply by rewriting the changed display information when the address or the like is changed or updated as in the past. You don't have to.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a card processing apparatus for printing a recycled card according to any one of the first to seventh aspects, wherein the card processing apparatus generates heat energy to apply a heat energy to the printed layer. A thermal printing unit for printing display information, a conveying unit for conveying the inserted recycled card, and a display method and a printing position for each display information to be printed on the first and second printing areas of the printing layer. Storage means for attaching and storing, a position detection means for detecting a transport position of the recycle card, and a thermo-sensitive type for generating a thermal energy according to the printing method based on the information on the printing method stored in the storage means. Controls the printing means,
Control means for controlling the transport operation of the transport means so that each display information is printed in a predetermined print area associated with each display information based on the detection output of the position detection means and the print position information. .

In such a configuration, when the card is inserted, the card is conveyed by the conveying means, and the conveying position of the card is detected by the position detecting means. The control means, based on the detection output of the position detecting means and the display information stored in the storage means, the correspondence information between the printing method and the printing position, determines the predetermined printing position and printing method in which the respective display information is stored. The thermal energy generation state of the thermal printing unit and the transport operation of the transport unit are controlled so that printing is performed.

More specifically, the control means generates heat energy for erasing display information at the time of printing on the second print area and stores the heat energy in the storage means. The thermal energy generation state of the thermal printing means is controlled so as to generate thermal energy for printing the displayed display information. With this configuration, the display information printed in the second print area is rewritten with the newly stored display information.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, the print setting for printing the display information so that the character direction of the printed display information is different from the card conveyance direction and the character direction of the printed display information are the same as the card conveyance direction. If the print setting for printing the display information can be switched and set, a vertical card or a horizontal card can be created. Claim 1
Read data from IC chip and IC
If a read / write means capable of writing data to a chip is added, it is possible to support a non-contact IC card.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, if the display information of the health insurance card is printed, the personalized health insurance card can be handled. In this case, if a data management means for recording and managing the display information of the health insurance card for each individual is added, a health insurance card card is issued,
Update or change of display information becomes easy.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a stacked state of a first embodiment of a recycled card according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, a recycled card 1 according to the present embodiment is shown.
Is an IC buried layer 2 in which an IC chip (not shown) is buried.
Are provided on both sides of the base material layer 3 made of, for example, PET (polyethylene terephthalate) as a base material of the card 1, and the present invention is provided on the surface of the base material layer 3 on the card surface side (upper side in the figure). The printing layer 5 which is the feature of the above is laminated. The print layer 5 has a first print area 5A for printing display information that is not rewritten after a card is issued and a second print area 5B for printing display information that may be rewritten after a card is issued. 5A and the second print area 5B are formed of different heat-sensitive materials whose states change in response to heat energy. On the printing layer 5, for example, a printing layer 6 for normal offset printing is laminated. Further, a printing layer 7 for offset printing similar to the printing layer 6 is laminated on the surface of the base material layer 4 on the back side of the card (the lower side in the figure).

The first printing area 5A of the printing layer 5 is made of an irreversible thermosensitive material whose state changes irreversibly in response to heat energy, for example, a thermosensitive material for thermal printing, etc. This is a thermal print area where (rewrite) cannot be performed. The second printing area 5B is formed of a reversible thermosensitive material whose state is reversibly changed in response to heat energy, for example, a leuco dye-based leucolite printing thermosensitive material, and is capable of performing a rewriting process on print contents. This is a print area. Therefore, the first and second print areas 5A and 5B are
Printing processing can be performed by a thermal printing mechanism, and display information can be printed in each printing area only by controlling the state of thermal energy generation during printing so as to be suitable for each printing method.

The recycled card 1 according to the first embodiment.
Is applied to, for example, a health insurance card or an identification card. In this case, print content common to the cards to be issued (for example, borders, display items, notes, etc.)
The outermost print layers 6 and 7 are printed in advance at the time of card production.
By doing so, there are advantages that a large number of cards of the same type can be manufactured at the same time, and that print data can be reduced at the time of card issuance, thereby shortening the print processing time. At the time of card issuance, display information that is not rewritten after issuance (for example, the owner's name, date of birth, date of issuance, etc.) may be printed in the first print area (thermal print area) 5A and rewritten after issuance. Display information (eg owner address, expiration date, etc.)
Is printed in the second print area (leucolite light print area) 5B. Further, in addition to the display information, other personal management data and the like can be written on the IC chip in the IC embedding layer 2.

According to the recycle card 1 having such a configuration, when the card is updated or when the display information needs to be changed, the second print area 5B may be rewritten without using a new card. Issued cards can be recycled. Also, the first print area 5A that cannot be rewritten.
Is provided to print the display information that is not rewritten after the card is issued, so that the display information in the first print area 5A can be prevented from being erroneously rewritten and the display information can be prevented from being illicitly changed. In addition, since it also has a function as a non-contact IC card, it can be used as a high-functional and multi-functional card. Furthermore, since the printing is black in the thermal printing area 5A, if the leucolite printing area 5B is formed of a leuco dye-based heat-sensitive material that is printed in a color other than black, for example, blue, the thermal printing area 5A and the leucolite printing area 5B display information can be distinguished,
The display information can be easily determined for each content.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a stacked state of a second embodiment of the recycled card according to the present invention. still,
The same parts as those in the first embodiment of FIG. The recycle card 1 ′ of the second embodiment shown in FIG. 2 has a second print area (leucolite light print area) 5 B of the print layer 5 between the back layer 4 and the print layer 7.
This is a configuration in which a printing layer 8 formed of the same leuco dye-based heat-sensitive material as that of Example 1 is provided. The other configuration is the card 1 of the first embodiment.
Is the same as

According to the recycle card 1 'of the second embodiment, display information which can be rewritten after issuance can be printed on the back side of the card. The print layer 8 may be formed of the same irreversible thermosensitive material as the first print area (thermal print area) 5A of the print layer 5,
In this case, it goes without saying that the display information to be printed on the back side of the card is display information that is not rewritten after issuance.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a stacked state of a third embodiment of a recycled card according to the present invention. still,
The same parts as those in the second embodiment shown in FIG. The recycled card 1 ″ of the third embodiment shown in FIG. 3 has a configuration in which a printed layer 9 is provided instead of the printed layer 5 and a printed layer 10 is provided instead of the printed layer 8 of the card 1 ′ of the second embodiment. The print layer 9 has a first print area 9A for printing display information that is not rewritten after a card is issued and a second print area 9B for printing display information that may be rewritten after a card is issued. For example, the first print region 9A is formed of a heat-sensitive material having a black print and the second print region 9B is formed of a heat-sensitive material having a blue print. It has the same configuration as the layer 9, and has a printing area 10A made of a heat-sensitive material whose printing is black and a printing area 10B made of a heat-sensitive material whose printing is blue.

In the recycle card 1 ″ of the third embodiment, when display information that is not rewritten after issuance (for example, the owner's name, date of birth, date of grant, etc.) is erroneously printed, a rewrite process is performed. In each of the above embodiments, an example of printing on a non-contact IC card has been described, but the present invention is not limited to the non-contact IC card, but may be a magnetic card, a normal card, or the like. Needless to say.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show an example in which the recycle card 1 'of the second embodiment is applied to a health insurance card. FIG.
Shows a print example of a vertical card in which the display information is printed such that the character direction of the printed display information is different from the card transport direction. FIG. 5 shows that the character direction of the printed display information is the same as the card transport direction. 9 shows a print example of a horizontal card on which display information is printed. 4A and 4B show the front side and the back side, respectively.

In FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the print contents (frame line, insurer number, health insurance group name, display items, notes, etc.) common to the cards are stored in the outermost offset print layer 6 when the card is manufactured. , 7 are printed with, for example, green printing. Display information that is not rewritten after issuance (grant date, owner's name, date of birth, gender, insured name, qualification acquisition date, etc.)
Is a first printing area (thermal printing area) 5A of the printing layer 5
And the print is black. Display information (owner's address, symbol, number, expiration date, business location and name, etc.) that may be rewritten after issuance is printed on the second print area (leucolite light print area) 5B of the print layer 5. However, the print is blue. The hatched portions in the drawings indicate portions to be printed, and do not necessarily indicate the entire print layer 5 including the first print region 5A and the second print region shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the print area of the print layer 8 on the back side of the card is shown as a second print area 5B for convenience.

When all the health insurance card data is displayed on the front side as shown in FIG. 4, the print area 5B on the back side is used as a free area which is an information display area where other information can be freely selected and displayed. It can be used as an area other than an insurance card, for example, in combination with an employee ID card.
FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing a cross-sectional state of the card after printing the common print content on the outermost offset print layer 6.

Next, a card processing apparatus according to the present invention for printing the above-mentioned recycled card will be described. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a health insurance card issuance management device provided with an embodiment of the card processing device of the present invention. In FIG. 7, a health insurance card issuance management device 20 includes a keyboard 21 as an input unit for inputting data and the like, and data (name and address of the insured person, date of birth, dependents) Person name,
And a memory unit 23 for temporarily storing data read by a card processing device 30, which will be described later when data is changed, such as when updating a card. A display unit 24 for displaying guidance on input operation and the like;
2, the card processing device 30 of the present invention for printing the designated display information on the recycle card 1 (may be the recycle card 1 'or 1 "), the database 22 and the memory unit 23 according to the input operation of the keyboard 21. , Display unit 2
4 and a control unit 25 for controlling the operation of the card processing device 30
And Here, keyboard 21, database 2
2. The memory unit 23, the display unit 24, and the control unit 25 constitute a data management unit.

As shown in FIG. 8, the card processing device 30 fetches the specified insured person data from the database 22, and based on the display information set in advance, the correspondence between the printing method and the printing position, and the card processing unit. A thermo-sensitive type including a memory unit 31 as storage means arranged and stored in a display print data table described later in an actual print layout format, and a thermal head for printing display information of the display print data table in the memory unit 31 A print processing unit 32 as a printing unit, and a read / write unit 3 for writing data to an IC chip of the card 1 and erasing data in the IC chip
3, a card transport processing unit 34 as a transport unit for transporting the card, a card detection unit 35 as a position detecting unit for detecting a transport status of the card, and a guidance on a processing status of the card and a card issuing operation. Display section 36 to be displayed
The memory unit 31, the print processing unit 32, the read / write unit 33, the card transport processing unit 34, and the display unit in accordance with the detection output from the card detection unit 35 and the storage contents of the memory unit 31 by issuing command operation from the keyboard 21. And a control unit 37 as control means for controlling the operation of the control unit 36. Although not shown, the card processing device 30 is provided with a keyboard unit for setting the card processing device 30 in accordance with a change in the printing form of the card, such as a vertical type or a horizontal type.

Next, the health insurance card issuance management device 20
Will be described below. First, the case of new issuance will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In step 1 (S1 in the figure, the same applies hereinafter), the input guidance is displayed on the display unit 24 by turning on the power of the health insurance card issuance management device 20.

In step 2, a symbol and a number are entered on the keyboard 21 as health insurance card data of the insured person who is issued a card in accordance with the input guidance. In the database 22, as shown in FIG. 11, insured person data is assumed to be already stored in a database and recorded and managed in association with symbols and numbers. In step 3,
The data relating to the insured person is transmitted from the database 22 to the memory unit 31 of the card processing device 30 based on the input symbols and numbers.

In step 4, guidance for prompting insertion of a card is displayed on both display units 24 and 36. In step 5, the card 1 is inserted into a card insertion slot (not shown) of the card processing device 30 according to the displayed guidance. In step 6, it is determined whether the inserted card is a health insurance card or not. In the case of an IC card or a magnetic card, if data indicating a health insurance card is recorded in advance, the determination can be made by reading the data. Further, in the case of a normal card, for example, a bar code or the like is attached to a predetermined position of the card, and the determination can be made by adding a bar code reader.

In step 7, it is determined whether the card has been correctly inserted. That is, it is determined whether or not the front and back and the insertion direction of the card are correct. If the recording data cannot be read with a magnetic card, the front and back sides and the insertion direction can be determined. Also, in the case of an IC card or a normal card, it is possible to determine the front and back sides and the insertion direction by attaching a bar code or the like to a predetermined position of the card, for example. If NO is determined in any of the steps 6 and 7, the process proceeds to a step 8 to control the card transport processing unit 34 to discharge the inserted card, and returns to the step 4 to provide guidance for prompting the re-insertion of the card. Is displayed.

In step 9, in step 3, the memory unit 3
1 is written to the IC chip of the card 1 by the read / write unit 33. In step 10, these data are arranged in the display print data table based on the display information of the data taken into the memory unit 31, the correspondence between the printing method and the print position, and based on the display print data table, the data shown in FIG. The print processing unit 32 is divided into a thermal print area and a leuco lite print area according to the flowchart of FIG.

In step 11, the card is ejected after the printing process in step 10 is completed. The details of the print processing operation in step 10 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. In step 21, when the data is taken into the memory unit 31, the data is arranged in the display print data table as shown in FIG. 13 based on the display information stored in the table format as shown in FIG. I do.

In step 22, it is determined whether or not there is thermal print data with reference to the display print data table.
And skip to step 24. In step 23,
Based on the card position detection output from the card detection unit 35, the card conveyance processing unit 34 and the print processing unit 32 are synchronized to print the thermal energy generation state of the thermal head of the print processing unit 32 at a predetermined position in the thermal print area. And print the corresponding thermal print data. When the thermal printing operation is completed, the card is returned to the initial position at the start of printing.

In step 24, the thermal energy generation state of the thermal head of the print processing unit 32 is switched and controlled for leuco lite printing, and the corresponding leuco lite printing is performed at a predetermined position in the leuco lite printing area in the same manner as in step 23. Print the data. Next, the case of updating (or changing) will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

Steps 31 to 35 are the same as steps 4 to 8 in the new issuing operation of FIG. If it is determined in step 34 that the insertion of the card is correct, the process proceeds to step 36. In step 36, the symbols and numbers recorded on the IC chip of the inserted card 1 are read.

In step 37, the corresponding insured person data in the database is read into the memory unit 22 from the read symbol / number data. In step 38, the data to be changed is input by the keyboard 21. In step 39, the changed data in the memory unit 22 is transmitted to the database to update the database, and is also transmitted to the memory unit 31 of the card processing device 30.

In step 40, the print area of the changed portion is determined based on the correspondence table and the display print data table shown in FIGS. If the print data is not the print data, the process proceeds to step 41. If the print data is in the leuco-light write area, the process proceeds to step 43. If the process proceeds to step 41 instead of the print data, the corresponding data of the IC chip is rewritten in step 41, the card is ejected in step 42, and the process ends.

If it is determined that the area is a leuco-light print area and the process proceeds to step 43, the process proceeds to step 43,
After rewriting the data in the IC chip in the same manner as in step 1, the display information in which the leuco lite print area has been changed is rewritten in step 44, the card is ejected in step 42, and the process is terminated. If it is determined that the print area is the thermal print area and the process proceeds to step 45, the data cannot be rewritten. Therefore, after the card is discarded, a new card is issued.

That is, in steps 46 to 47, after erasing data in the IC chip, erasing display information in the leuco lite print area, and performing erased printing in the thermal print area, the card is ejected in step 48. Thus, the card disposal processing ends. Then, in step 49,
A new card issuing process is executed. The new issuance process of step 49 is performed in steps 4 to 11 of the flowchart of FIG.
The operation is the same as.

According to such a configuration, the corresponding display information can be printed in a single process in a predetermined area determined for each content of the display information to be printed on the recycle card. In addition, if a database is provided, by recording and managing personal information, it is possible to easily issue and update health insurance cards and the like. Further, since it has a data processing function for an IC chip, printing of display information and data processing can be simultaneously performed on an IC card. In addition, since the card has the erased printing function for the non-rewritable thermal printing area of the card, the card can be securely erased and the discarded invalid card and the effective card can be prevented from being mixed.

The free area as shown in FIG. 4B is not limited to the back side of the card, but may be provided on the front side or both sides of the card. In addition, the display information of the free area,
It can be freely selected according to the purpose of use, such as pasting a photo or the like without being limited to print information.

[0043]

As described above, according to the recycled card of the present invention, display information that can be rewritten after the card is issued is printed in the rewritable print area.
The card can be recycled for resource saving and the running cost of the card can be reduced. In addition, since the printing area can be distinguished according to the content of the display information and the printing can be performed, by changing the printing color, the display information can be satisfactorily visually recognized according to the content and the confirmation of the display information becomes easy.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the display information that is not rewritten after the card is issued is not erroneously rewritten, and the display information can be prevented from being illegally rewritten.
According to the invention of claim 5, the card can be used for various purposes. According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the card can be made multifunctional and highly functional.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, it is possible to deal with a personalized health insurance card. According to the card processing device of the present invention, when the card is issued, the display information for each content can be printed in a predetermined print area by one process. According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, a card can be updated and issued in accordance with a change in display information. According to the tenth aspect, printing of a horizontal card or a vertical card can be supported.

According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, data processing for the IC can be performed in addition to the printing processing for the IC card.
According to the invention of claims 12 and 13, issuance of a health insurance card,
Updates can be made easily.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a recycled card according to a first embodiment of the present invention in a stacked state.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a recycled card according to a second embodiment of the present invention in a stacked state.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a recycled card according to a third embodiment of the present invention in a stacked state.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of application to a health insurance card;
(A) is a diagram showing a front surface, and (B) is a diagram showing a back surface.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another example of application to a health insurance card;
(A) is a diagram showing a front surface, and (B) is a diagram showing a back surface.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing a cross section of the card after printing on the offset printing layer according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a health insurance card issuance management device to which an embodiment of a card processing device according to the present invention is applied;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a card processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a new issuing operation.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a print processing operation in the flowchart of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a data management form of a database.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a correspondence table of display information, a printing method, and a printing position.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a display print data table.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of an update issuing operation.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart following FIG. 14;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 1 ', 1 "recycled card 2 IC embedding layer 3, 4 Base layer 5 Print layer 5A First print area 5B Second print area 30 Card processing unit 31 Memory unit 32 Print processing unit 33 Read / write unit 34 Card transport processing unit 35 Card detection unit 37 Control unit

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Jou Inoue 1-13-8 Kamikizaki, Urawa-shi, Saitama Japan Signaling Co., Ltd. Yono Office (72) Inventor Masashi Sakamoto 1-1-13 Kamikizaki, Urawa-shi, Saitama No. 8 F-term (reference) in Japan Signal Corporation Yono Works 2C005 HA03 HA22 HB08 JA26 JC02 KA27 KA40 LA26 MA04 MA28 MB01 NA06 PA03 PA21 QB03 RA06 RA10 TA22

Claims (13)

[Claims] A first print area for printing display information that is not rewritten after a card is issued and a second print area for printing display information that may be rewritten after a card is issued are both responsive to thermal energy. A recycle card, comprising: a print layer formed of a heat-sensitive material that changes in temperature, wherein at least the second print region is formed of a reversible heat-sensitive material that changes state reversibly in response to heat energy. 2. The recycled card according to claim 1, wherein the first printing area is formed of an irreversible heat-sensitive material whose state changes irreversibly in response to heat energy. 3. The reversible thermosensitive material, which changes its state reversibly in response to heat energy and has a different color at the time of printing from the reversible thermosensitive material of the second print region. Item 6. A recycled card according to Item 1. 4. A printing layer having the first and second printing areas on at least one of the front and back surfaces of the card.
3. The recycled card according to any one of 3. 5. The recycled card according to claim 4, wherein an information display area in which other information can be freely selected and displayed is provided on at least one of both sides of the card. 6. A non-contact IC card function.
The recycle card according to any one of Items 1 to 5, 7. Applicable to a health insurance card.
The recycled card according to any one of the above. 8. A card processing apparatus for printing a recycle card according to claim 1, wherein said card processing apparatus prints display information on said print layer by generating heat energy. Transport means for transporting the inserted recycled card; storage means for storing respective display information to be printed in the first and second print areas of the print layer in association with a printing method and a print position; Position detecting means for detecting a transport position of the recycled card; and controlling the thermal printing means to generate a thermal energy according to the printing method based on the printing method information stored in the storage means, and detecting the position. Control for controlling the transport operation of the transport unit such that each display information is printed in a predetermined print area associated with each other based on the detection output of the unit and the print position information. Card processing apparatus comprising: the stage, a. 9. When printing on the second print area, the control means generates heat energy for erasing the display information, and then generates heat energy for printing the display information stored in the storage means. 9. The card processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein a thermal energy generation state of said thermal printing means is controlled so as to generate energy. 10. A print setting for printing display information so that the character direction of the printed display information is different from the card conveyance direction, and the display information is printed so that the character direction of the printed display information is the same as the card conveyance direction. The card processing device according to claim 8, wherein the card processing device is configured to be able to switch between print settings. 11. Data reading from an IC chip and I
11. The card processing device according to claim 8, further comprising a read / write unit capable of writing data to the C chip. 12. The card processing device according to claim 8, wherein the display information of the health insurance card is printed. 13. The card processing apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising data management means for recording and managing the display information of the health insurance card for each individual.