JP2003346104A - Method for producing magnetic card - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for efficiently producing a small-lot magnetic card without increasing the number of kinds of base cards. <P>SOLUTION: The method 1 for producing a magnetic card comprises the steps of adding a shielding layer, pattern, ground color, instruction or back side magnetic tape 16 to a white card 10 having two core sheets laminated with front and back over sheets 13 and 14 at the stage where the card is in a piece form, and subjecting the card to hot press and finish punching. The method 2 for producing a magnetic card comprises the steps of adding a shielding layer or a pattern to a white card having two core sheets laminated with one over sheet at the stage where the card is in a piece form, further temporarily applying a back side over sheet to the card, adding a back side magnetic tape thereto, and then subjecting the card to the hot press and the finish punching. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a magnetic card. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing cards of a small lot in a short delivery time, and more specifically, to a manufacturing method in which cards are printed one by one with a small printing machine, and then post-processed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the case of a membership card or identification card of a small organization, it may be sufficient if the required number of cards is small and several tens of cards are provided. If such a card is manufactured in a large-scale production facility using multi-faced sheets, the loss is rather increased. For this reason, a card issuance method in which a small number of cards are issued has been conventionally adopted, which is a small-size printing method. Hereinafter, the issuing method will be described.

[0003] In this method, a small offset or silk-screen printing machine is used to actually print one card at a time and perform necessary processing for small lots.
First, after a card base is manufactured in a large-format process, a base card is manufactured by punching or cutting, a required pattern is printed on the base card in small pieces, and a glazing press is performed. Done.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a conventional large format base card process flow. The process of manufacturing the base card is performed as follows. The base card is usually two core sheets 3
The oversheets 33 and 34 on the front and back are temporarily attached to the first and second 32 and then press-laminated. First, the magnetic tape (MT) is transferred to front and back over sheets (Over Sheet; hereinafter, also referred to as “OS”) 33, 34 (S51, S52). A registration mark for magnetic tape alignment is printed on the front core sheet 31 with offset (S53), and a background color printing by silk screen printing and a registration mark printing by offset printing are performed on the back core sheet (S54). ). The register mark is an alignment mark, and is used for printing and alignment of a magnetic tape.

[0005] The printed surface of the front and back core sheets is made to be the outer surface, and the oversheets 33 and 34 to which the magnetic tape has been transferred are aligned and overlapped with each other with reference to the register marks.
Temporary attachment (S55). The temporary bonding is performed by fixing several places in a spot-like manner with an impulse seal in an aligned state. After the temporary attachment, it is inserted between the mirror plates and hot-pressed to laminate (S56). The steps up to this point are performed in a large format (usually with 30 faces), and after lamination, concealed silver printing by silk screen is performed (S5).
7). Concealed silver printing refers to printing with a silver concealed color to make the magnetic tape invisible. Next, the individual card size is cut out (S58) to obtain a base card for subsequent printing and processing. The conventional base card has a size without a dove (meaning a portion extending four rounds and having a portion to be finished).

The small-piece printing and processing steps of the base card are performed as follows. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a conventional small piece printing and small piece processing step flow. First, as shown in FIG.
White silk screen printing under the mark is performed on the surface of the base card prepared in advance (S59). Next, white silk screen printing under the mark is also performed on the back surface of the base card (S60). The white silk screen printing under the mark means that white printing is specially performed on the base of the mark part of the card issuing company.

[0007] Then, the picture and mark on the front and back sides are printed by offset or silk screen (S61, S6).
2) Further, anchor printing by silk screen printing and overprint by silk screen printing are performed on the front side (S63). Overprinting is also performed on the back side by silk screen printing (S64). Anchor printing refers to the printing of a transparent varnish for the purpose of strengthening the adhesion between the picture and the overprint. Although not shown, a CP image receiving layer (a dye receiving layer for sublimation transfer printing for a face photograph or the like) is formed by silk screen printing if necessary. Then, as a small cutting process, a glazing press for applying heat and pressing the card between mirror plates is performed (S65). If necessary, further processing such as sticking a sign panel, embossing, and encoding is performed as post-processing.

[0008]

However, in the case of the conventional small-slice printing method, it is necessary to increase the number of types of base cards in order to increase the number of items that can be manufactured. The number of types depending on the combination of the color to be concealed), the background color, the type of magnetic tape, and the base material is enormous, and there are various problems in practical use, such as complicated inventory management and incorrect delivery.

In view of the above, the present invention aims to improve the manufacturing process of the conventional small piece printing method and to increase the number of card items that can be manufactured by adding features in small pieces without increasing the number of base cards. The research has led to the completion of the present invention.

[0010]

The first magnetic card manufacturing method of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is described in the following (1) to (1).
(9) Step, (1) Step of printing registration marks for magnetic tape alignment on white front and back core sheets, (2) Step of transferring magnetic tape to front transparent oversheet, (3) The two core sheets of the step (1) are laminated with the register mark printing surfaces on the outside, and the oversheet of the step (2) is laminated on the outer surface side with the magnetic tape aligned, and the magnetic sheet on the opposite side. A step of laminating and laminating transparent oversheets without tape transfer, and temporarily bonding four sheets in the superimposed state; (4) after the four temporarily bonded sheets are hot-pressed and fused to be integrated; A step of cutting into a white card having a portion extending around four circumferences of each card size, (5) a step of silk-screen printing a concealing layer on the front and back surfaces of the white card, and (6) a step of printing on the concealing layer on the front and back surfaces of the card. , Offset or silk screen printing of patterns and marks, (7) Step of transferring magnetic tape to the backsheet on the back side, and simultaneously removing and removing the transfer base material, (8) Step of polishing and polishing the front and back surfaces of the card , (9) finishing the card.

A second magnetic card manufacturing method of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems includes the following steps (1) to (10):
(1) a step of printing registration marks for magnetic tape alignment on the white front and back core sheets; (2) a step of transferring the magnetic tape to the front transparent oversheet;
(3) The two core sheets of the step (1) are laminated with the register mark printing surfaces of the two core sheets on the outside, and further on the outer surface side,
Step (2): laminating and laminating the oversheets with their magnetic tapes aligned in position, and temporarily bonding three sheets in the superimposed state; and (4) melting the three temporarily bonded sheets by hot pressing. After being attached and integrated, a step of cutting into white cards having a portion extended to four circumferences of each card size,
(5) a step of silk-screen printing a concealing layer on the front and back sides of a white card; (6) a step of offset or silk-screen printing a pattern and a mark on the concealing layer on the front and back sides of the card; (7) the back side of the card (8) transferring the magnetic tape to the oversheet on the back side and simultaneously removing and removing the transfer base material; (9) laminating the backside oversheet by hot pressing. It is characterized by comprising a step of polishing and polishing the front and back surfaces of the card, and (10) a step of finishing and punching the card.

In the above-described manufacturing method, the steps (1) to (4) can be performed in a large-sized multi-faced size, and the steps subsequent to (5) can be printed and processed by cutting small pieces.
Further, the polishing press can be performed by an impulse press machine.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION According to the production method of the present invention, an opaque color
Since this method is to add the back surface ground color and the back surface magnetic tape in small pieces, the object is to increase the card specifications that can be manufactured without increasing the number of base card types. Of the card hiding color, back ground color, magnetic tape type, and base material that will increase the number of base card types, the front side magnetic tape and the base material have unique characteristics and cannot be added or added in a later process. Although it is difficult, the card concealing color, the backing background color, and the backing side magnetic tape can be added in a later step. Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a first embodiment of a method for manufacturing a magnetic card according to the present invention, and shows only a changed state of the front and back surfaces. The first embodiment is a white card 1 having a four-layer structure of two core sheets and two oversheets.
There is a feature in that a magnetic card is manufactured by using a No. 0 and attaching a back magnetic tape. The white card is expressed in the same manner as the base card because it is not colored. In FIG. 1, the printing on the back side of the oversheet 14 is actually printed so as to be seen from the lower side (opposite side) of the paper. Is illustrated in FIG. The same applies to the magnetic tape 16.

The white card 10 shown in FIG. 1A is in an unprinted state except for register marks (not shown). Since the position of the magnetic tape is determined by the standard, the position of the register mark does not increase so much depending on the specification. The magnetic tape 15 has been transferred to the front side oversheet 13, but the magnetic tape has not been transferred to the back side oversheet 14. In FIG. 1B, the concealing layer (hatched with diagonal lines) is silk-screen printed on the front side oversheet 13, and the ground color (hatched with diagonal lines) is silk-screen printed on the back side oversheet 14. The concealing layer and ground color are often printed in silver or gold, and window printing is performed as necessary. This is because by opening the window, the white color of the core sheet can be used as it is without printing the white ground color on the lower surface of the issuing company mark in white. Thereby, the white silk printing under the mark, which is essential in the conventional method, can be omitted.

In FIG. 1 (C), the front side oversheet 1
4, a picture and an issuing company mark (not shown) are printed by offset printing. The silk anchor and the silk OP are printed in the same manner. On the back side oversheet 14, various explanatory texts are often printed in fine characters by offset printing on the ground color printing surface. Further, the silk OP is printed on the oversheet 14. Finally, in FIG. 1D, the magnetic tape 16 is transferred to the back side oversheet 14. This magnetic tape can be selected and transferred according to the specifications of the card, with the purpose of tape width and magnetic properties (low coercive force, high coercive force, etc.). As described above, the transfer method of the magnetic tape 16 at the small cutting stage is a feature of the manufacturing method. From these steps, the magnetic card 1 having the desired specifications is completed.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a large format white card process flow of the first embodiment. The large-format white card process includes a process in which front and back oversheets 13 and 14 are temporarily attached to two core sheets 11 and 12 and then press-laminated. Magnetic tape (MT) required for the front side OS
(S11), but the MT is not transferred to the OS on the back side in the large format process. First, register marks for magnetic tape positioning are printed with offsets on the front and back core sheets (S12, S13). The printed surface of the front and back core sheets is set to the outer surface, and the front surface OS to which the MT has been transferred is positioned and overlapped with reference to the register mark, and the back surface OS to which the MT has not been transferred is further overlapped and temporarily pasted (S14). After the temporary attachment, it is inserted between the mirror plates of the press machine and hot-pressed to laminate (S15). The process so far is large format (usually,
(With 30 faces).

After lamination, punching or cutting into individual card sizes is performed (S16). At this time, it is necessary to pay attention to the positional accuracy with respect to the magnetic tape. This is referred to as a white card 10 on which subsequent printing and processing are performed. This white card shall be of a size with a bump. The reason why there is a boss is because the core material protrudes during the fusion pressing of the OS or the MT, and the standard size cannot be maintained. At the time of actual card production, a considerable amount of white cards of the process up to this point are manufactured and prepared, and then, according to the contents of the order received, the white cards are taken out, ordered by small piece printing and processing. Will be finished according to the specifications.

The process of printing and processing a small piece of a white card is performed as follows. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a small piece printing and small piece processing step flow of the first embodiment. First, FIG.
As described above, the concealing layer silk screen printing is performed on the surface of the white card prepared in advance (S17). Next, the background color silk screen printing is similarly performed on the back surface of the white card (S18). In these printings, window printing is performed as necessary to express the white under the mark. Both are often printed in silver or gold.

Next, the patterns and marks on the front and back sides are printed by offset or silk screen (S19, S2).
0), Anchor printing by silk screen printing and overprint by silk screen printing (O
P) is performed (S21). OP by silk screen printing is also performed on the back side (S22). Although not shown, after the silk anchor and the silk OP, the CP image receiving layer is formed by silk screen printing if necessary, as in the conventional method.

In the small cutting process, MT transfer is performed on the backside oversheet 14 (S23). A device for transferring the magnetic tape with high accuracy in the state of small pieces and peeling the transfer foil substrate is required. After the transfer of the MT, a glazing press for applying heat and pressure by sandwiching the card between the end plates is performed (S24), and finally, finishing is performed (S25). Thereafter, issuance processing such as embossing, attaching a sign panel, and encoding is performed in the same manner as a normal card. The polishing press for each card can be performed by an impulse press machine. The impulse press machine is a device provided with a metal foil heater and a cooler in contact with two mirror-surface plates, and by applying an impulse power to the card, the card can be rapidly heated and polished.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a second embodiment of the method of manufacturing a magnetic card according to the present invention, and shows only the changed state of the front and back surfaces. The second embodiment is a white card 2 having a three-layer structure of two core sheets and one oversheet.
Use 0 to make a magnetic card. In FIG. 4, the printing on the core sheet 22 on the back side is actually printed so as to be seen from the lower side (opposite side) of the paper, but for the sake of illustration, the printing is performed from the front side. Is illustrated in FIG. The same applies to the magnetic tape 26.

The white card 20 shown in FIG. 4A is in an unprinted state except for the register mark (not shown). The magnetic tape 25 has been transferred to the front side oversheet 23. In FIG. 4B, the concealing layer is printed on the front side oversheet 23 by silk screen printing, and the backside core sheet 22 is printed.
The background color printing is silk screen printed. These are often printed in silver or gold,
Window printing is performed as necessary, as in the first embodiment.

In FIG. 4C, the front side oversheet 2
3, a picture (and a not-shown issuer mark) is printed by offset printing. Silk anchors and silk OPs are also printed. Various explanatory texts are often printed on the back side core sheet 22 in fine characters on the ground color printing surface. Finally, in FIG. 4D, the magnetic tape 26 is transferred after the backside oversheet 24 is temporarily attached. As described above, the magnetic tape 26 is selected and transferred according to the specifications of the card. Through these steps, the magnetic card 2 is completed.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a large format white card process flow of the second embodiment. The large-format white card process includes a process in which the oversheet 23 on the front side is temporarily attached to the two core sheets 21 and 22 and then press-laminated. The necessary magnetic tape (MT) is transferred to the OS on the front side (S31), but the OS on the back side is not laminated in the large format process. Register marks for magnetic tape positioning are printed on the front and back core sheets with offset (S32, S3).
3).

The printed surface of the front and back core sheets is set to the outer surface, and the front surface OS to which the MT has been transferred is aligned with respect to the register mark to overlap and temporarily adhere (S34).
After the temporary attachment, the sheet is inserted between the mirror plates of the press machine and hot-pressed to laminate (S35). The steps so far are performed in a large format (usually with 30 faces). After lamination, punching or cutting into individual card sizes is performed (S36) to obtain a white card 20 for subsequent printing and processing. This white card is also a size with a bleed.

The printing and processing steps of a small piece of a white card are performed as follows. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a small piece printing and small piece processing step flow of the second embodiment. First, FIG.
The concealment layer silk screen printing is performed on the surface of the white card prepared in advance as described above (S37). Next, the background color silk screen printing is similarly performed on the back surface of the white card (S38). In these printings, window printing is performed as necessary to express the white under the mark.

Next, the patterns and marks on the front and back sides are printed by offset or silk screen (S39, S4).
0), Anchor printing by silk screen printing and overprint by silk screen printing (O
P) is performed (S41). Although not shown, the formation of the CP image receiving layer by silk screen printing, if necessary, is the same as the conventional method.

In the small cutting process, after the back side oversheet 24 is temporarily attached (S42), MT transfer is performed (S42).
43). A device for transferring the magnetic tape with high accuracy in the state of small pieces and peeling the transfer foil substrate is required. After the MT transfer, the card is inserted between the mirror plates and subjected to a glazing press for applying heat and pressure (S44), and finally, a finishing punch is performed (S4).
5). Thereafter, issuance processing such as attaching a sign panel, embossing, and encoding is performed in the same manner as in the case of a normal card.

As described in each of the embodiments of the manufacturing method of the present invention, in the manufacturing method of the present invention, the concealing color, the pattern, and the magnetic tape on the back side are added to the white card in the large format process at the stage of small cutting. Therefore, there is no need to prepare in advance a base card provided with the concealment color, the ground color, or the magnetic tape as in the past. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the trouble of preparing various types of base cards in advance and the complexity of inventory management.

[0031]

(Embodiment) An embodiment of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. <Preparation of white card> In the large format process (30 impositions), the core sheets 11 and 12 of the card base were formed with a thickness of 2
Using two 80μm white rigid vinyl sheets,
Registration marks for alignment are printed on the respective surfaces with offset. The two core sheets are overlapped so that the printing surfaces are on the outside, and an OS (transparent vinyl chloride sheet having a thickness of 100 μm) 13 having a 7.3 mm width magnetic tape (MT) transferred thereon is aligned on the surface side. Then, an OS (transparent vinyl chloride sheet having a thickness of 100 μm) 14 on which a magnetic tape has not been transferred is overlaid and temporarily adhered on the back side, and then introduced into a press machine to perform hot-pressure fusion (150 ° C., 20 kgf /
cm ² , 30 minutes). This large format was cut into individual cards such that the dove width of each card was about 1 to 2 mm. As a result, a four-layer white card 10 having a thickness of 760 μm was obtained.

Next, the magnetic tape concealment printing on the surface side of the white card was performed by silver silk screen printing, and the pattern of the card and the issuing company mark were printed on the concealment layer with offset. In the concealment printing, the window (15 × 20 mm) corresponding to the issuing company mark was opened so that the white core sheet could be seen. On the back side of the white card, the ground color printing was performed by silver silk screen printing, and the black text of the explanatory text was printed on the ground color by offset printing. In addition, silk anchor and silk OP on the front side
Was screen-printed, and a silk OP was printed on the back side without an anchor.

After transferring a magnetic tape (high coercive force) having a width of 7.3 mm from the top of the silk OP on the back surface, a glazing press is performed by using an impulse press, and a finish punching is performed to obtain a predetermined card size (85). .60 × 53.98m
m). This card was subjected to post processing such as formation of a CP image receiving layer, sticking of a sign panel, and embossing of characters. The obtained magnetic card is a small piece of conventional card,
It had the same or better appearance and card characteristics.

[0034]

As described above, in the method for manufacturing a magnetic card according to the present invention, a white core sheet is used, a white card not subjected to concealment printing is used as a base material, the concealment color and pattern of the card, and the back surface are used. Since the magnetic tape is added in a small cutting step, it is not necessary to prepare various types of base cards as in the related art. By reducing the number of base card types, it is possible to solve the problem of always preparing various types of base cards and the problem of production loss due to incorrect base card types. Further, since the manufacturing process is simplified as compared with the conventional process, the efficiency of small lot card manufacturing and the short delivery time can be achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a first embodiment of a method for manufacturing a magnetic card according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a large format white card process flow of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a small piece printing and small piece processing step flow of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a second embodiment of the method for manufacturing a magnetic card according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a large format white card process flow according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a small piece printing and small piece processing step flow of the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a conventional large format base card process flow.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a conventional small piece printing and small piece processing step flow.

[Explanation of symbols]

1,2 magnetic card 10,20 white card 11, 21, 31 Front side core sheet 12,22,32 Back side core sheet 13,23,33 Front side over sheet 14, 24, 34 Backside oversheet 15,16,25,26 Magnetic tape

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. The following steps (1) to (9), (1) a step of printing register marks for magnetic tape alignment on a white front and back core sheet, and (2) a front transparent oversheet. (3) laminating the two core sheets of the step (1) with the register mark printing surfaces on the outside, and further forming the step (2) on the outer surface side.
A step of laminating the oversheets by aligning the magnetic tape positions, laminating and laminating a transparent oversheet on which the magnetic tape has not been transferred, and temporarily attaching four sheets in the laminated state;
(4) A step of hot-pressing the four temporarily bonded sheets and fusing them together to cut them, and then cutting them into white cards each having a portion extending to four circumferences of each card size; (5) Table of white cards A step of silk-screen printing a concealing layer on the back side, (6) a step of offset or silk-screen printing of a pattern and a mark on the concealing layer on the front and back sides of the card, and (7) a transfer of a magnetic tape to an oversheet on the back side. A method of simultaneously peeling and removing the transfer substrate, (8) a step of polishing and polishing the front and back surfaces of the card, and (9) a step of finishing and punching the card. 2. The following steps (1) to (10): (1)
A step of printing registration marks for magnetic tape positioning on the white front and back core sheets, (2) a step of transferring the magnetic tape to the front transparent oversheet, and (3) the two steps of the step (1). The core sheet is laminated with the register mark printing surface on the outside, and the oversheet of step (2) is laminated on the outer surface side with the magnetic tape aligned, and three sheets are temporarily provisionally laminated. Affixing step, (4) a step of cutting the temporarily attached three sheets into a white card having a portion extended to four circumferences of each card size after being fused and integrated by hot pressing,
(5) a step of silk-screen printing a concealing layer on the front and back sides of a white card; (6) a step of offset or silk-screen printing a pattern and a mark on the concealing layer on the front and back sides of the card; (7) the back side of the card (8) transferring the magnetic tape to the oversheet on the back side and simultaneously removing and removing the transfer base material; (9) laminating the backside oversheet by hot pressing. A method for manufacturing a magnetic card, comprising: a step of polishing and polishing the front and back surfaces of a card; and (10) a step of finishing and punching the card. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the steps (1) to (4) are performed in a multi-size large format, and the steps subsequent to the step (5) are printed and processed by small cutting. A method for manufacturing the magnetic card according to the above. 4. The method for producing a magnetic card according to claim 1, wherein the polishing press is performed by an impulse press.