JP3285749B2 - Card issuing device and card issuing method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card issuance apparatus and a card issuance method, which prints image information and character information on a card-like medium, and then forms a protective layer for protecting the printed surface of the card and issues the card. About.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There has been known a card issuing apparatus for printing image information and character information on a card-shaped medium having a cash card size, and then forming a protective layer for protecting the printed surface and issuing the card. I have.

[0003] For example, a conventional card issuing device that issues an employee ID card includes a card removal unit that stores a card to be printed, an image printing unit that prints image information such as a face image, and the like. It comprises a character printing section for printing character information such as an expiration date, a protection layer forming section for forming a protection layer for protecting a card printing surface, and an accumulation section for accumulating completed cards.

Further, in this conventional card issuing apparatus, in order to reduce the time required for issuing a card, each processing unit is independently controlled so that it can operate in parallel to process a plurality of cards simultaneously. Has become. For example, one card can be processed by each processing unit at the maximum in the continuous issuing operation.

[0005]

However, in the case of the above-described conventional apparatus, when cards are continuously issued while performing parallel processing in each of the above-described processing steps, the card is not issued due to a conveyance failure or the like in a certain processing step. If a failure occurs, the issuing operation is interrupted, the occurrence of the failure is notified to the operator, the operator removes the cards on the transport path of all processing steps including the card at the failure location, and issues the removed card again. Had gone.

For this reason, every time an issue failure occurs, consumables such as cards and printing ribbons are wasted. Also,
Since it was necessary to remove all cards, it was not possible to issue cards efficiently.

In view of the above, the present invention has been made in view of the above, and provides a card issuing apparatus and a card issuing method capable of reducing waste of consumables such as cards and print ribbons and efficiently issuing. The purpose is to do so.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes a card-like medium one by one and conveys the card-like medium along a plurality of independently driveable conveyance paths. In a card issuing apparatus that performs various processes on a medium in parallel and completes cards to be issued one after another, a plurality of cards that are arranged in each unit of the apparatus and detect a failure that hinders card issuance and output a failure detection signal. When a failure detection signal is output from the detection means, the processing before the point where the failure occurred is interrupted based on the failure detection signal, and the subsequent processing is issued. Control means for performing issuance control so as to continue the medium and complete the card.

According to the present invention having the above-described structure, when a failure occurs, the card-like medium that is being issued after the failure location is continued to be processed and is completed as a card to be issued. For this reason, it is not necessary to reissue a card subsequent to the location where the failure has occurred, so that waste of consumables and the like is reduced. In addition, when a failure occurs, it is not necessary to remove all the card-like media on the transport path in order to recover the failure, but only the card-like media before the failure location has to be removed. It can be performed.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a card issuing device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

The card issuing apparatus 1 includes a card issuing machine 2 for issuing an employee ID card 10 having a cash card size, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, an image information such as a face image of the employee, a name of the employee, and a date of birth. And a host computer 3 as an external device, for example, a personal computer or the like, which transfers character information such as an expiration date to the card issuing machine 2 and manages the issuance of the card issuing machine 2.

The host computer 3 includes a card issuing machine 2
The image data and character information of each employee to be transferred to the card issuing machine 2 are stored as a database, so that even if an issue failure occurs during the issuing operation on the card issuing machine 2 side, it can be reissued.

The card issuing machine 2 is a box-shaped issuing machine body 2
A card removal unit 4 for storing cards (card-shaped media) 10 to be printed in a stacked state in the issuing machine main body 2A, and taking out one card at a time from the stored cards 10 during a card issuing operation. An image printing unit 5 for printing image information such as a color face image on the card 10 taken out from the card taking out unit 4;
A character printing unit 6 for printing character information such as a date of birth and an expiration date; an ultraviolet absorbing layer forming unit 7 for transferring an ultraviolet absorbing layer for protecting a face image printed on the card 10 from ultraviolet light such as sunlight; The printed surface is scratched by mechanical action such as friction,
Protective layer forming section 8 for forming a protective layer for protecting against deterioration, etc., completed card 10 and rejected card 1
A stacking unit 9 for stacking 0s is provided.

The above-mentioned card take-out section 4, image printing section 5, character printing section 6, ultraviolet absorbing layer forming section 7, protective layer forming section 8 and stacking section 9 are hereinafter also referred to as "processing section". Further, the processing units 4 to 9 are provided on a plurality of transport paths that can be independently driven.

The card take-out unit 4 includes a card cartridge 4a which can be attached to and detached from the issuing machine main body 2A. The card 10 to be printed is loaded and stored in the card cartridge 4a. The weight 4b is placed. The card 10 is printed with a company name, a location, and the like in advance. In addition, this card cartridge 4a
Has a structure in which the lowest card 10 can be taken out one by one by the picker 4c. Further, a transport roller 11 for transporting the card 10 taken out is provided.

The image printing section 5 prints a color image by, for example, a sublimation type thermal transfer recording method, and mainly includes a platen roller 12 and a first thermal print head 1.
3, a transport roller 14, a ribbon cassette 15 detachable from the issuing machine main body 2A, and a drive system for driving these.

The ribbon cassette 15 contains a thermal transfer ribbon 16 coated with three color inks of yellow, magenta and cyan. This thermal transfer ribbon 16
It is taken out from the supply roll 17, and is taken up by a take-up roll 19 via a stay 18.

The first thermal print head 13 facing the thermal transfer ribbon 16 is a line head having a print area of approximately a card width, and can press and release the platen roller 12 with the thermal transfer ribbon 16 interposed therebetween. It can be moved.

The image printing unit 5 configured as described above includes:
First thermal print head 13 and platen roller 1
2 and the thermal transfer ribbon 16 is pressed against the card 10 to cause the first thermal print head 13 to generate heat during transportation, and the three color inks of the thermal transfer ribbon 16 are sequentially transferred onto the card 10 and superimposed by three colors. After a color image is formed and the color printing is completed, the card 10 is conveyed to the character printing unit 6 downstream by the conveying roller 14.

The character printing unit 6 prints character information by, for example, a fusion type thermal transfer recording method, and has the same configuration as the image printing unit 5 except for the thermal transfer ribbon 24. That is, the character printing section 6 mainly includes the platen roller 20, the second thermal print head 21, the transport roller 22, and the ribbon cassette 2 detachably attached to the issuing machine main body 2A.
3. It is constituted by a drive system for driving these.

The ribbon cassette 23 contains a thermal transfer ribbon 24 coated with black ink. The heat-sensitive transfer ribbon 24 is taken out from the supply-side roll 25, and is taken up by a take-up roll 27 via a stay 26.

The second thermal print head 21 facing the thermal transfer ribbon 24 is a line head having a print area having a substantially card width, and can press and release the platen roller 20 with the thermal transfer ribbon 24 interposed therebetween. It can be moved.

The ultraviolet absorbing layer forming section 7 transfers an ultraviolet absorbing layer which protects the face image printed by the image printing section 5 from sunlight and ultraviolet rays irradiated by the protective layer forming section 8 which is the next processing. The configuration is the same as that of the image printing unit 5 except for the thermal transfer ribbon 32. That is, the ultraviolet absorbing layer forming section 7 is mainly composed of the backup roller 28, the heat roller 29, the transport roller 30, the ribbon cassette 31 detachable from the issuing machine main body 2A, and a drive system for driving these.

The ribbon cassette 31 contains a thermal transfer ribbon 32 coated with an ultraviolet absorbing layer. The thermal transfer ribbon 32 is taken out from the supply roll 33,
It is configured to be taken up by a take-up roll 35 via a stay 34.

Heat roller 29 facing thermal transfer ribbon 32
Is a backup roller 28 sandwiching the thermal transfer ribbon 32.
It can rotate so that it can be pressurized and released.

The sublimation type thermal transfer recording system employed in the image printing unit 5 can control the density of pixels in an image according to the amount of heat generated by the heat generating resistor of the first thermal head 13, and can be used for silver halide photography. Although a close high-quality image can be obtained, the image is faded by ultraviolet rays of sunlight or the like. Therefore, the ultraviolet absorbing layer forming section 7 forms an ultraviolet absorbing layer on a face image to prevent deterioration.

The ultraviolet absorbing layer forming section 7 configured as described above presses the thermal transfer ribbon 32 toward the backup roller 28 against the card 10 by the heat roller 29, and conveys the card 10 by the rotation of the heat roller 29. Sometimes the UV absorbing layer is transferred.

The protective layer forming section 8 is for forming a protective layer for protecting the printed surface of the card from abrasion and the like, and mainly includes a gravure roller 37, a conveying belt 38, and an ultraviolet lamp 3.
9. Driving system for driving these and ultraviolet curing resin tank 36
Is provided.

The protective layer forming section 8 configured as described above
Is, for example, a gravure roller 37 made of a liquid ultraviolet curable resin.
Is applied uniformly on the card printing surface, and then conveyed by a conveyor belt 38, and irradiated with ultraviolet rays by an ultraviolet lamp 39 to cure the resin and form a protective layer.

The accumulating section 9 accumulates a completed card 10 on which the completed card 10 normally formed up to the formation of the protective layer is accumulated.
And a reject accumulator 41 for accumulating cards 10 that were not normally created due to some trouble in the issuing process, and a reject accumulator 4 for accumulating cards 10 that were not properly created.
1 and a transport belt 4 for transporting the normally created card 10 to the completed card stacking unit 40
3 and a drive system for driving the gate 42 and the transport belt 43. The cards 10 are sorted and stacked in the stacking units 40 and 41 by the sorting operation of the gate 42 based on the control of the CPU 101 described later.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control system of the card issuing machine 2.

This control system is roughly divided into CPU peripheral circuits 10
0, a mechanism control circuit 110, an image printing circuit 120, and a character printing circuit 130.

The CPU peripheral circuit 100 includes a CPU 101,
CPU 10 as shown in the flowcharts of FIGS.
ROM 102 for storing a control program and the like, RAM 103 for storing various information, and host computer 3
And a host I / F circuit 104 for communicating with the host.

The CPU 101 executes the card removal unit 4 based on the control program stored in the ROM 102.
The cards 10 are taken out one by one, transported along a transport path, and the parallel control is performed so that each process is performed on each transported card 10 in parallel, and a failure detection signal is output from a failure detection sensor described later. In this case, based on the failure detection signal, the processing prior to the point where the failure occurred is interrupted, and the subsequent processing is continued on the card medium being issued, so that the card is completed and integrated. Control is performed.

The mechanism control circuit 110 includes the processing units 4 to 9
Status (eg, transport failure, ribbon disconnection, electrical failure,
A sensor input system for monitoring thermal failures, etc., and a motor, a solenoid for actually operating the mechanism, and a drive system for driving them. Mechanism control circuit 114, mechanism control circuit 115 for image printing section, mechanism control circuit 116 for character printing section, mechanism control circuit 117 for ultraviolet absorbing layer forming section, mechanism control circuit 118 for protection layer forming section, mechanism control circuit for integrated section 119 are arranged separately.

The sensor input system includes a transport failure detection sensor such as a photo sensor disposed at each section of the transport path, a rebin break detection sensor such as a tension sensor for detecting a ribbon break, and a voltmeter for detecting an electrical failure. It has an electrical failure detection sensor, a thermal failure detection sensor such as a thermistor for detecting a thermal failure, and the like. These fault detection sensors
When a failure is detected, a failure detection signal is output to the CPU 101.

The image printing circuit 120 stores a color image buffer 121 for storing RGB face image signals received from the host computer 3, and converts yellow, yellow, magenta and cyan from the image signals written in the color image buffer 121. A color conversion processing circuit 122 for calculating each ink density of (Cyan), and an electric power to be applied to the first thermal head 13 are obtained in accordance with the ink density signal calculated by the color conversion processing circuit 122. A first thermal head driving circuit 123 for driving the head 13.

The character printing circuit 130 includes a font ROM 131 for storing a character shape used for card printing, an auxiliary storage device 132 for storing a print format of characters on the card 10, and a character received from the host computer 3. A code buffer 133 for storing a character code signal as information, and a page for storing a bitmap of an image of the entire card which has been bitmap-developed based on the character code in the code buffer 133 and the print format stored in the auxiliary storage device 132. Buffer 134 and a second thermal head 2 based on the contents of the page buffer 134.
And a second thermal head driving circuit 135 for driving the first thermal head.

Next, the card issuing operation of the card issuing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 4 and the flowcharts of FIGS. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the flow of the card 10 in the card issuing machine 2, and FIGS. 5 and 6 are flowcharts showing the operation of the card issuing machine 2. In the following description of the operation, a case in which five employee ID cards A, B, C, D, and E of employees A, B, C, D, and E are successively issued will be described.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the operator turns on the power (S1), the CPU 101 performs an initialization process of each part in the card issuing machine 2 (S2). Host computer 3
Are the cards A, B, C, issued based on the operation of the operator.
The D and E RGB face image signals (color image information) and character code signals (character information) are read from the database and sequentially transferred to the card issuer 2.

First, the issuing operation of the card A will be described.

The CPU 101 transmits an RGB face image signal (color image information) and a character code signal (character information) corresponding to the face image of the employee A from the host computer 3 to the host I.
When the image data is received via the / F circuit 104 (S3), the received color image information is transferred to the color image buffer 121.

When the reception of one color image information is completed, the CPU 101 takes out the card A and prints the image (S4).

That is, the picker 4c is lifted to the card supply position, and the picker 4c is rotated to take out only one card A for the employee A in which the company name, the address, etc. are printed in advance from the card cartridge 4a. Next, the card A is transported by the transport rollers 11 to the printing start position in the image printing unit 5, the cue is moved to yellow on the thermal transfer ribbon 16, and the first thermal head 13 is moved to the printing position. Next, the operation mode of the color conversion processing circuit 122 is set to the yellow ink amount calculation mode, and a yellow image corresponding to the color image information is printed on a predetermined column of the card A. Next, the first thermal head 13 is moved to the standby position, and the card A is moved to the printing start position in the image printing section 5.
Is returned, and the thermal transfer ribbon 16 is further wound up to the magenta leading position. Then, the first thermal head 13 is moved to the printing position, and the operation mode of the color conversion processing circuit 122 is set to the magenta ink amount calculation mode,
A magenta image corresponding to the color image information is printed on a predetermined column of the card A. Next, the first thermal head 1
3 is moved to the standby position, the card A is transported back to the printing start position in the image printing unit 5, and the thermal transfer ribbon 16 is further wound up to the cyan leading position. Then, the first thermal head 13 is moved to the printing position, the operation mode of the color conversion processing circuit 122 is set to the cyan ink amount calculation mode, and the cyan image corresponding to the color image information is set in a predetermined column of the card A. Print.

Next, the first thermal head 13 is moved to the standby position, the card A on which the color image information has been printed is conveyed by the conveying rollers 14 to the printing start position in the character printing section 6, and character printing is performed. (S5).

That is, under the control of the CPU 101, the character code signal in the code buffer 133 is bit-mapped to the page buffer 134, and the second thermal head 21 is moved to the printing position to be bit-mapped. The characters are printed in each item column of the card A.

Next, the second thermal head 21 is moved to the standby position, the card A is transported to the transfer start position in the ultraviolet absorbing layer forming section 7 by the transporting roller 22, and the card is transported by the ultraviolet absorbing layer forming section 7. The ultraviolet absorbing layer is transferred onto the face image printed on A (S6).

Next, the card A is conveyed to the protective layer forming section 8 by the conveying roller 30, and a protective layer is formed on the card printing surface by the protective layer forming section 8 (S7). It is accumulated as evidence (S8). CPU 101
Transmits an issuance completion signal of the card A to the host computer 3 (S9), and stores the RGB face image signal for the employee A stored in the color image buffer 121 and the character for the employee A stored in the code buffer 133. The code signal is deleted (S10). Thus, the card A is issued.

Next, the issuing operation of the cards B, C, D and E will be described.

During the issuance processing of the card A for the employee A, the face image information and the character information of the employee B are transferred, and when the processing of the image printing unit 5 of the card A for the employee A is completed, The card B issuance processing starts. That is, the card B for the employee B is taken out from the card cartridge 4a, and the card B for the employee B is conveyed from the card take-out unit 4 to the image printing unit 5. When the process of issuing the card B for the employee B is completed, if the process of the employee A has been completed in the next processing unit, the card B is transported to the next processing unit and sequentially processed. And the same processing is performed for the employees C, D, and E.

Here, for example, as shown in FIG. 4A, cards A, B, C, and D are respectively composed of a protective layer forming section 8, an ultraviolet absorbing layer forming section 7, a character printing section 6, and an image forming section. It is assumed that it is in the printing unit 5. And since each process was completed,
As shown in FIG. 4 (2), employee ID cards A, B, C, D
Are transported to the next processing unit, namely, the stacking unit 9, the protective layer forming unit 8, the ultraviolet absorbing layer forming unit 7, and the character printing unit 6,
Further, in order to issue an employee ID card E, the employee ID card E is conveyed from the card removal unit 4 to the image printing unit 5.

At this time, if for some reason the card D is transported poorly during the transport from the image printing unit 5 to the character printing unit 6, a failure occurs because the card D does not reach the card stop position in the character printing unit 6. I do. In this case, the CPU 10
1 receives a failure detection signal from the transport failure detection sensor of the sensor input system of the character printing unit mechanism control circuit 116, and receives the card D from the failure detection signal during transportation to the character printing unit 6.
Recognizes that a transport failure has occurred, and interrupts processing before the location where the failure occurred. Therefore, cards D and E are stopped at that location. On the other hand, the processing of the cards A, B, and C is located downstream of the location where the failure occurred, and does not hinder the issuance processing. Therefore, the ultraviolet absorbing layer forming unit is configured to continue the issuance processing of the cards A, B, and C. 7. Control the protection layer forming section 8 and the accumulation section 9. As a result, as shown in FIG. 4C, the card A is stacked in the stacking section 9, and the cards B and C are processed in the protective layer forming section 8 and the ultraviolet absorbing layer forming section 7, respectively. Is And cards B and C
When each process is completed, (4), (5), (6),
As shown in (7), each is transported to the next processing unit, and after the normal processing is sequentially performed, it is accumulated in the accumulation unit 9 in the same manner as the card A.

After the cards C are stacked, the CPU 101
Notifies the host computer 3 of failure occurrence information indicating that a failure has occurred in the character printing unit 6 of the card issuing machine 2 (S11). The host computer 3 displays failure occurrence information indicating that a failure has occurred in the character printing unit 6 on a display screen such as a CRT display or the like, and displays an employee ID card D in which the operator has a fault and an employee ID card located upstream thereof. The card E is removed (S12).

Thereafter, the operator operates the host computer 3
The host computer 3 sends a return signal to the CPU 101 via the host I / F 104 by operating the keyboard or the like of the user.

As shown in FIG. 6, upon receiving the return signal, the CPU 101 performs an initialization process, and performs a process of issuing cards D and E that could not be normally issued (S21).

One card 10 for employee D is taken out from the card cartridge 4a, and a face image is printed by the image printing section 5 (S22). At this time, since the RGB face image signals for the employee D and the employee E are stored in the color image buffer 121 without being deleted, the printing of the face image of the employee D is performed based on the RGB face image signals. Done.

Next, character printing is performed by the character printing unit 6 (S23). At this time, since the character code signals for employee D and employee E are stored in the code buffer 133 without being deleted, the character information for employee D is printed based on the character code signals.

Next, the card D is transported to the ultraviolet absorbing layer forming section 7, and the ultraviolet absorbing layer is transferred onto the face image printed on the card D by the ultraviolet absorbing layer forming section 7 (S24).

Subsequently, the card D is conveyed to the protective layer forming section 8, and the protective layer forming section 8 forms a protective layer on the card printing surface (S25). Thereafter (S26), the CPU 101 transmits a card D issue completion signal to the host computer 3 (S2).
7). The CPU 101 deletes the RGB face image signal for the employee D stored in the color image buffer 121 and the character code signal for the employee D stored in the code buffer 133 (S28).

The issuing process of the card E for the employee E is performed in the same manner as the card D for the employee D.

According to the present card issuing apparatus 1,
Since processing subsequent to the location where the failure has occurred is continued, there is no need to reissue the card 10 subsequent to the location where the failure has occurred.
Waste of consumables such as 6, 24, and 32 is reduced. In addition, when a failure occurs, it is not necessary to remove all the cards 10 on the transport path and only the card 10 before the failure location needs to be removed in order to recover the failure. It can be carried out.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various embodiments are possible.

[0064]

According to the present invention described above, the processing at the subsequent stage is continued from the location where the failure has occurred, so that waste of consumables such as cards and print ribbons can be reduced.

Further, since it is possible to recover only by removing only the card-shaped medium before the failure occurrence location, it is possible to issue the card efficiently.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a card issuing device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control system of the card issuing device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a card issued by the card issuing device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flow of cards in a card issuing machine of the card issuing device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the card issuing machine in the card issuing device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the card issuing machine in the card issuing device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 Card issuing device 2 Card issuing machine 3 Host computer 4 Card removal unit 4a Card cartridge 5 Image printing unit 6 Character printing unit 7 Ultraviolet absorbing layer forming unit 8 Protective layer forming unit 9 Stacking unit 10 Card 101 CPU 102 ROM 110 Mechanism control circuit

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Claims (8)

(57) [Claims] 1. A card to be issued by taking in card-like media one by one and transporting the card-like media along a plurality of transport paths that can be independently driven, and performing various processes on each of the transported card-like media in parallel. A plurality of detecting means arranged in each part of the present apparatus for detecting a failure that hinders card issuance and outputting a failure detection signal; and a failure detection signal is output from the detection means. In this case, on the basis of the failure detection signal, issue control is performed so as to interrupt processing before the point where the failure has occurred, and to continue processing subsequent to the card medium being issued to complete the card. A card issuing device, comprising: control means; 2. A process for taking out card-shaped media one by one from a storage, transporting the taken-out card-shaped media along a plurality of transport paths that can be independently driven, and applying various types of card-shaped media to the transported card-shaped media. A card issuing device that performs a process of completing a card to be issued by performing a process and a process of accumulating the completed card in an accumulation box in parallel with each card-shaped medium, and sequentially accumulating the cards in an accumulation box. A plurality of detection units arranged in each unit and outputting a failure detection signal by detecting a failure that hinders card issuance, and when a failure detection signal is output from the detection unit, based on the failure detection signal, Control means for interrupting the processing before the point where the failure occurred, and continuing the subsequent processing for the card-like medium being issued, and performing issuance control so as to complete the card. A card issuing device characterized by the above-mentioned. 3. A process for removing card-like media one by one from a storage, transporting the taken-out card-like media along a plurality of transport paths that can be independently driven, and printing data on the transported card-like media. A process of printing, a process of forming a protective layer for protecting the printing surface, and a process of stacking the cards to be issued completed by each of the processes in the stacking room,
In a card issuing device which performs each card-shaped medium in parallel and successively accumulates in a stacker, a plurality of detecting means arranged in each part of the device for detecting a fault which hinders card issuance and outputting a fault detection signal. And when a failure detection signal is output from the detection means, based on the failure detection signal, suspends processing before the location where the failure occurred, and performs subsequent processing for the card-shaped medium in the middle of issuance. Control means for controlling issuance so as to continue and complete and accumulate cards, and a card issuance device. 4. A print data corresponding to each card is sequentially transferred from an external device to a card issuing machine, and the card issuing machine takes in card-like media one by one and sends the card-like media along a plurality of independently driveable transport paths. A card issuing device that performs various processes including a printing process based on the print data on each transported card-shaped medium in parallel and completes cards to be issued one after another. A storage unit for storing print data from the external device; a plurality of detection units arranged in each part of the card issuing machine for detecting a failure that hinders card issuance and outputting a failure detection signal; The corresponding print data is erased from the storage contents of the storage means each time the failure detection signal is output from the detection means. Control means for interrupting the processing before the point where the failure occurred based on the issue number and continuing the subsequent processing to the card medium being issued to complete the card. A card issuing device characterized by the above-mentioned. 5. A card to be issued, which takes in card-like media one by one and conveys the card-like media along a plurality of transport paths which can be driven independently, and performs various kinds of processing on the conveyed card-like media in parallel. In the card issuance method that completes one after another, if a failure that hinders card issuance occurs, the processing before the occurrence point is interrupted, and the subsequent processing is continued for the card medium that is being issued. A card issuance method characterized by completing a card. 6. A process for taking out card-shaped media one by one from a storage, transporting the taken-out card-shaped media along a plurality of transport paths that can be independently driven, and applying various types of card-shaped media to the transported card-shaped media. A card issuance method in which a process of completing a card to be issued by performing a process and a process of stacking the completed card in a stacker are performed in parallel on each card-shaped medium, and stacked in a stacker one after another. In the event that a failure that hinders the operation occurs, processing prior to the occurrence of the failure is interrupted, and subsequent processing is continued on the card medium that is being issued, so that the card is completed and integrated. Card issuing method. 7. A process for removing card-like media one by one from a storage, transporting the taken-out card-like media along a plurality of independently transportable transport paths, and printing data on the transported card-like media. A process of printing, a process of forming a protective layer for protecting the printing surface, and a process of stacking the cards to be issued completed by each of the processes in the stacking room,
In the card issuance method that is performed in parallel for each card-shaped medium and is successively accumulated in the storage, if a failure that hinders card issuance occurs, processing before the occurrence point is interrupted, and processing after that point is interrupted. The card issuance method is continued on a card-like medium in the middle of issuance to complete and accumulate the cards. 8. The print data corresponding to each card is sequentially transferred from an external device to a card issuing machine, and the card issuing machine takes in the card-shaped media one by one and sends the card-shaped media along a plurality of independently-operable transport paths. In the card issuing method of performing various processes including the printing process based on the print data on each of the transported card-shaped media in parallel and completing cards to be issued one after another, Storing the print data in the storage means; erasing the corresponding print data in the storage contents of the storage means each time the card is completed; and Interrupting the processing before the occurrence location and continuing the subsequent processing to the card medium being issued to complete and accumulate the cards. Card issuing method according to claim.