JP5334244B2 - Card printer - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a card printing apparatus for printing information such as images and characters on a card-like recording medium, and in particular, an image printed on a film-like intermediate transfer medium is finally transferred onto the card-like recording medium. The present invention relates to a transfer type card printing apparatus.

  On a card-like recording medium such as a credit card, cash card, license card, ID card, etc. on which a data recording medium such as a magnetic stripe or IC chip is provided on a card made of plastic or thick paper, figures, characters, symbols, etc. As a technique for printing an image, an image is printed once on a film-like intermediate transfer medium (referred to as “primary transfer” in this application), and this primary transferred image is finally transferred onto a card-like recording medium (this application). Then, a transfer type card printing apparatus that performs “secondary transfer” is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In such a conventional card transfer device using a retransfer type thermal transfer printing method, there is a burr called so-called “foil residue” in which the transfer layer of the intermediate transfer film peels off from the outer shape of the card after the printing process. It has occurred.

  The foil residue becomes dust inside the printing device and gets into the printing surface of the card during the secondary transfer, causing the quality of card printing to deteriorate. Or will be reprocessed.

In order to prevent the deterioration of printing due to such foil residue, a technique (half-cut process) in which an intermediate transfer film is cut in advance has been known (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
Japanese Patent No. 3737037 JP 2000-238439 A

  However, when the half-cut process as described above is used, a sensor is required for aligning the cut part of the intermediate transfer film that has been half-cut in advance with the end part of the card, so that the apparatus configuration is complicated. Had the problem of becoming. In addition, if the cut portion of the film subjected to the half-cut process is shifted from the end portion of the card, even if the film is peeled off beautifully, the film protrudes from the card, resulting in burrs. Furthermore, when the size of the card is different from the standard or the like, it is necessary to prepare a dedicated film each time or perform a half-cut process in the printing apparatus.

  In view of the above-described conventional problems, the present invention provides a card printing apparatus that can crease the transfer layer on the intermediate transfer film along the outer shape of the card and reduce the generation of foil residue on the intermediate transfer film. The purpose is to do.

For this reason, the present invention provides a transfer means for transferring a film-like transfer medium to a card-like recording medium and a card-like recording medium disposed on the downstream side of the transfer means, after transferring the film-like transfer medium to the card-like recording medium. between the recording medium until peeling the film Joten copy medium, pressing means for pressing the said and said card-like recording medium film Joten copy medium in a state where the film Joten shooting medium is pressed against the elastic member And the pressing means includes a first roller having an elastic member surface that presses the film-shaped transfer medium against the front surface side of the card-shaped recording medium, and a rigid member surface that supports the back surface side of the card-shaped recording medium. And a second roller having a pair of rollers, and a card printing apparatus. Here, the apparatus further includes printing means for printing characters or images on the film-like transfer medium.

Here, before Symbol first roller has a first position for pressing the said card-like recording medium wherein the film Joten copy medium, and vertically movable between the second position disengaged from said first position It is preferable to do this.

Further, the pressing means, in place of the roller pair, a first plate having the elastic member pressed against the film Joten shooting medium, and a second plate for supporting said card-like recording medium from the back side , A pair of plates composed of At this time, the first plate is vertically movable between a first position for pressing the said card-like recording medium wherein the film Joten shooting medium, and a second position disengaged from said first position Is preferred.

  According to the card printing apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to greatly reduce the occurrence of foil residue of the intermediate transfer film only by adding a simple configuration. Further, it is not necessary to perform half-cut processing, and the apparatus configuration is simple. Furthermore, since the foil residue is effectively reduced only by pressing with the pressing means, it can be applied regardless of the size of the card.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a card printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the printing apparatus 1 according to this embodiment includes a third card conveyance path serving as a card conveyance path for recording information on a card C serving as a card-like recording medium in a housing 2 serving as a housing. P ₃ , first card transport path P ₁ that is a card transport path for forming (printing) an image on the card C by a direct transfer method, and temporarily held on an intermediate transfer sheet F as a film-like intermediate transfer medium and a second card transport path P ₂ to be a card transport path for transferring the card C by the indirect transfer method the images are. The second card transport path P ₂ and the third card transport path P ₃ are substantially arranged in a horizontal direction, the first card transport path P ₁ is substantially arranged in a vertical direction. The second card transport path P ₂ are arranged substantially parallel to the third card transport path P ₃ from the third card transport path P ₃ on the upper side (arrow U side in FIG. 1), the conveyance path P ₂ and a second card a third card transport path P ₃ from the first card transport path P ₁ intersect each substantially perpendicularly at an intersection X ₁ and X _2.

On the third card transport path P _3, the card supply unit 3 for feeding the third card transport path P ₃ are separated one by one (the previous magnetically recording processing and printing processing is performed) card C blank , cleaner 4, the first card transport path rotates to invert while nipping the card C as the center of rotation of the intersection X ₂ on the downstream side of the cleaner 4 P ₁ to clean the surface of the blank card C at the downstream side of the card supply section 3 The second reversing unit 5 capable of switching the conveyance path of the card C in the direction orthogonal to the direction, and the magnetism formed on the card surface (back surface) seen on, for example, a credit card on the downstream side of the second reversing unit 5 Information recording sections 8 for performing processing such as data writing and reading to the stripe are provided.

On the first card transport path P ₁ , the card C is rotated or reversed with the intersection point X ₁ as the center of rotation, and the transport path is set to either the first card transport path P _{1 or} the second card transport path P _2. A first inversion unit 6 that selectively switches is arranged. Incidentally, before and after the second reversing unit 5 in the third card transport path on P _3, also between the second inverting section 5 according to the first card transport path P on _a first inverting unit 6, and the first reversing portion 6 for detecting the presence of the card C between the first reversing unit 6 and the horizontal conveyance roller pair 11 (described later) in the second card conveyance path P ₂ . Integrated transmission sensors are respectively provided.

On the first card transport path P _1, on the downstream side of the first reversing unit 6 (the arrow U side in FIG. 1), the thermal transfer ink is used on the card C or an intermediate transfer sheet to be described later according to image information such as images and characters. An image forming unit 9 as a printing unit for forming an image is arranged. The image forming unit 9 adopts a thermal transfer printer configuration, and a platen roller 21 that supports the card C when printing on one surface of the card C and a thermal head 20 that is disposed so as to be movable back and forth with respect to the platen roller 21. Have. A thermal transfer sheet R is interposed between the platen roller 21 and the thermal head 20.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, the thermal transfer sheet R has a width slightly longer than the longitudinal length of the card C on the film, for example, Y (yellow), M (magenta), C (cyan), and Bk ( (Black) ink is applied in order, and after Bk (black), the protective layer region T that protects the surface of the card C on which the image is formed has a belt-like shape that is repeated in the surface order. .

  As shown in FIG. 1, the thermal transfer sheet R is supplied from a thermal transfer sheet supply unit 14 obtained by winding the thermal transfer sheet R in a roll shape. The film is wound around a thermal transfer sheet winding unit 15 that is wound into a roll. The thermal transfer sheet supply unit 14 and the thermal transfer sheet take-up unit 15 are disposed at positions on both sides of the thermal head 20, and the central portions are respectively loaded on the spool shafts.

  As shown in FIG. 1, when an image is formed on the card C by indirect transfer, an intermediate transfer sheet F is stretched around the platen roller 21. As shown in FIG. 6B, the intermediate transfer sheet F protects the base film Fa, the back coat layer Fb formed on the back side of the base film Fa, the receiving layer Fe that receives ink, and the surface of the receiving layer Fe. An overcoat layer Fd that is formed on the surface side of the base film Fa, and a release layer Fc that promotes the peeling from the base film Fa by heating the overcoat layer Fd and the receiving layer Fe as a unit. The base film Fa, the release layer Fc, the overcoat layer Fd, and the receiving layer Fe are laminated in this order. The intermediate transfer sheet F is stretched so that the receiving layer Fe side faces the thermal transfer sheet R and the back coat layer Fb side contacts the platen roller 21.

As shown in FIG. 1, on the second card transport path P ₂ is the downstream side of the first inversion section 6 (arrow L side), horizontal conveyor roller pair 11 for conveying the card C horizontally, the image forming unit 9, the image formed on the intermediate transfer sheet F is transferred to the card C. The transfer unit 10 serving as transfer means has a plurality of conveying roller pairs and conveys the card C to the arrow L side. The horizontal conveyance part 12 which has the discharge roller pair discharged | emitted to the exterior of 2 is arrange | positioned in order.

  The transfer unit 10 includes a platen roller 50 that supports the card C during transfer of an intermediate transfer sheet F or a hologram sheet H to be described later to the card C, and a heat roller 45 that is disposed so as to be movable back and forth with respect to the platen roller 50. ing. The heat roller 45 incorporates a heat generation lamp 46 for heating the intermediate transfer sheet F or the hologram sheet H. An intermediate transfer sheet F or a hologram sheet H is interposed between the platen roller 50 and the heat roller 45.

  The forward / backward movement of the heat roller 45 with respect to the platen roller 50 is performed with a holder 49 that detachably holds the heat roller 45, a driven roller 43 fixed to the holder 49, and a cam shaft 52 centered around the driven roller 43. A lifting / lowering drive unit having a non-circular heat roller raising / lowering cam 51 rotating in a direction (arrow A direction in FIG. 1) and a spring (not shown) that is built in the holder 49 and presses the upper surface of the holder 49 against the heat roller raising / lowering cam 51. Executed.

Further, on the downstream side (the arrow L side in FIG. 1) of the platen roller 50 in the transfer unit 10, there are press roller pairs 101 and 102 as pressing means that press the intermediate transfer film F and the card C from above and below. Has been placed. FIG. 2 is a perspective view for explaining the pressing means of the present embodiment. Of the pair of press rollers 101 and 102 that sandwich the card C and the intermediate transfer film F from above and below, the upper press roller 101 has a peripheral surface made of an elastic member. Further, the upper press roller 101 is connected to a solenoid SOL ₁ (see FIG. 3 to be described later), and is provided so as to be movable up and down with respect to the second card transport path P ₂ . On the other hand, the lower press roller 102, as well as composed of hard material to support the card C in the press, is disposed in a position facing the second card transport path P _2. As shown in FIG. 2, the intermediate transfer film F is creased along the end portion 103 of the card C by strongly pressing the intermediate transfer film F against the card C with the elastic upper press roller 101. It is done. Since the transfer layer (overcoat layer Fd and receiving layer Fe) of the intermediate transfer film F is peeled along this fold, generation of foil residue can be prevented. If the upper press roller 101 of the pair of press rollers 101 and 102 is too hard, the intermediate transfer film F cannot wrap the card C, so that the intermediate transfer film F cannot be folded, and the intermediate transfer film F May break. Further, if the upper press roller 101 is too soft, a sufficient pressing force cannot be applied to the intermediate transfer film F, so that the intermediate transfer film F cannot be creased. Therefore, it is desirable that the hardness of the upper press roller 101 that folds the intermediate transfer film F by using the thickness of the card C is approximately 30 to 50 degrees.

  In FIG. 2, reference numeral 104 denotes a base layer after peeling (back coat layer Fa, base film Fb, peel layer Fc). Reference numeral 105 denotes a copy layer remaining without being peeled off due to the above-described fold.

The intermediate transfer sheet F is supplied from an intermediate transfer sheet supply unit 16 obtained by winding the intermediate transfer sheet F in a roll shape, and is fixed to a frame constituting the transfer unit 10 disposed on both sides of various rollers and the heat roller 45. guided by the guide plate 47 or the like, when the sandwiched between the platen roller 50 and the heat roller 45 on the second card transport path P ₂ through the card C transferred, the intermediate transfer for winding the intermediate transfer sheet F in a roll The sheet is wound around the sheet winding unit 17. Further, the transfer unit 10, the second card transport path P ₂ interposed therebetween arrow L direction permits the conveyance of the conveying roller pair 48 in FIG. 1 the card C mutually pressed on the second card transport path P ₂ is a horizontal It is disposed downstream of the conveying roller pair 11 and upstream of the platen roller 50.

Although not shown, the housing 2 shown in FIG. 1, the region defined by the first card transport path P ₁ and the second card transport path P _2, drives the pulse motors M1, M2 can be normal and reverse rotation A drive mechanism serving as a power source is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the printing apparatus 1 according to this embodiment can manually mount a hologram sheet H instead of the intermediate transfer sheet F. In this case, the roll-shaped intermediate transfer sheet supply unit 16 and the intermediate transfer sheet take-up unit 17 are removed, and the roll-shaped hologram sheet supply unit 29 and the hologram sheet take-up unit are respectively attached to the supply spool shaft 120 and the take-up spool shaft 110. The taker 30 is loaded and the hologram sheet H is passed over. The hologram sheet H has a layer configuration similar to that of the intermediate transfer sheet F shown in FIG. 6B, but differs in that it has a hologram layer in which a hologram is formed in advance instead of the receiving layer. ing.

As shown in FIG. 1, the extension of the second card arrow L direction of the transport path P ₂ of the housing 2, the outlet process such as printing to eject the card C has been completed to the outside of the housing 2 27 Is formed. A stacker 13 for stacking and stocking cards C is detachably attached to the housing 2 below the discharge port 27. An integral transmission sensor (not shown) is disposed between the horizontal conveyance unit 12 and the discharge port 27. Further, the defective card C in which the data writing defect in the information recording unit 8 is found out, the defective card C in which the defect has occurred in the image forming unit 9 or the transfer unit 10, and the second reversing unit 5 as indicated by the arrow D in FIG. An ejection port 28 that is rotated in the tilt direction, which is an intermediate position of R, and ejects downward in the tilt direction is formed. A defective card holder or the like that temporarily holds the defective card C may be attached to the eject port 28.

  The printing apparatus 1 also includes a power supply unit 18 that converts a commercial AC power source into a DC power source that can drive / activate each mechanism unit, control unit, and the like in the housing 2 and a control unit that controls the operation of the entire printing apparatus 1. 19. Furthermore, the printing apparatus 1 has a touch panel (not shown) that displays the state of the printing apparatus 1 and the like on the upper part of the housing 2 according to information from the control unit 19 and can instruct operation commands to the control unit 19 by an operation by an operator. doing.

  The control unit 19 includes a CPU block that performs control processing of the printing apparatus 1. The CPU block includes a CPU that operates with a high-speed clock as a central processing unit, a ROM that stores control operations of the printing apparatus 1, a RAM that functions as a work area for the CPU, and an internal bus that connects these. In addition, an external bus is connected to the CPU block, a touch panel display operation control unit that controls display and operation instructions of the touch panel, a sensor control unit that controls signals from various sensors, a motor driver that sends drive pulses to each motor, An actuator control unit that controls an electromagnetic clutch, a thermal head control unit that controls the thermal energy of the thermal head 20, an external input / output interface that communicates between the external computer and the printing apparatus 1, and image information to be printed on the card C A storage RAM and the like are connected. The touch panel display operation control unit, sensor control unit, actuator control unit, and thermal head control unit are connected to the touch panel, sensor, motor driver, electromagnetic clutch, and thermal head 20, respectively.

  The printing apparatus 1 configured as described above operates as follows. Here, an operation when performing indirect transfer on the surface of the card C will be described.

First, the blank card C of the card supply unit 3 is conveyed in the direction of arrow L in FIG. As a result, the blank card C is sent out onto the third card transport path P ₃ , both surfaces are cleaned by the cleaning roller 34 of the cleaner 4, and reaches the information recording unit 8 from the second reversing unit 5. The information recording unit 8 performs processing such as writing of magnetic data and / or IC data on the blank card C using the recording information sent from the control unit 19. If the writing is defective after the process is completed, the card C is ejected to the ejection port 28 described above. In the case of good writing, the card C is conveyed from the second reversing unit 5 to the first reversing unit 6 in the direction of arrow U in FIG.

  Next, the CPU forms an image on the receiving layer Fe of the intermediate transfer sheet F by heating the ink of the thermal transfer sheet R with the thermal head 20. During image formation, the platen roller 21 is rotated counterclockwise, the intermediate transfer sheet F is wound around the intermediate transfer sheet supply unit 16, and the thermal transfer sheet R is wound around the thermal transfer sheet winding unit 15 in synchronization. Is called. The CPU sequentially repeats this process to form an image with the YMC dye on the intermediate transfer sheet F, and then retracts the thermal head 20 from the platen roller 21.

Next, the CPU conveys the intermediate transfer sheet F to the position of the heat roller 45 that is previously separated from the platen roller 50. Also during this time, the card C from the first reversing portion 6 is positioned on the second card transport path P _2, to convey the direction of arrow L in FIG.

  Next, when the leading end of the card C reaches a position where it contacts the heat roller 45, the heat roller raising / lowering cam 51 is rotated in the direction of arrow B, and the platen roller 50 is moved from the state where the heat roller 45 is separated from the platen roller 50. , The rotation operation of the heat roller lifting cam 51 is stopped. At this time, the back side of the front end of the card C is supported by the platen roller 50 and the front side is pressed against the heat roller 45 via the intermediate transfer sheet F. The card C is supported by a platen roller 50 whose back side rotates counterclockwise, and its front side is pressed against the heat roller 45 via the intermediate transfer sheet F, and is conveyed in the direction of arrow L in FIG. The peeling layer Fc of the intermediate transfer sheet F is peeled from the base film Fa by the heat of the heat generating lamp 46, and the receiving layer Fe on which an image is formed on the surface of the card C and the overcoat layer Fd are integrally transferred. In synchronization with this transfer, the intermediate transfer sheet F is wound around the intermediate transfer sheet winding unit 17.

Then, when the card C is conveyed to the position of the pair of press rollers 101 and 102, as shown in FIG. 3 (A), the second card transport path _{P 2} side upper press roller 101 from the retracted position by driving the solenoid SOL ₁ Descent to the press position. Then, the intermediate transfer film F and the card C are sandwiched and pressed against the lower press roller 102 side. In the meantime, since the card C is conveyed to the L side in FIG. 1, the entire intermediate transfer film F and the card C are strongly pressed by the press roller pairs 101 and 102. As described above, since the peripheral surface of the upper press roller 101 includes an elastic member, the intermediate transfer film F is provided with a fold along the outer shape of the card C. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3B, when the intermediate transfer film F is peeled along the guide plate 47, the transfer layer of the intermediate transfer film F follows the crease provided by the press roller pair 101, 102. Peel off.

When the transfer of the intermediate transfer sheet F to the front side of the card C and the separation of the intermediate transfer sheet F are completed, the heat roller raising / lowering cam 51 rotates again to heat the platen roller 50 as shown in FIG. The roller 45 rises. Further, the upper press roller 101 is also raised to the retracted position by the solenoid SOL ₁ . The card C passes through the horizontal conveyance unit 12 and is discharged to the stacker 13 through the discharge port 27.

In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the press roller pair 101, 102 is used as a pressing unit that presses the intermediate transfer film F and the card C from above and below is shown. Instead, as shown in FIG. A plate-like pressing means may be used. As shown in FIG. 4, the pressing means includes a pair of press plates 111 and 112. The upper press plate 111 is formed of an elastic member at least on the surface in contact with the intermediate transfer film F. The upper press plate 111 is connected to the solenoid SOL _2, it is provided to be vertically movable with respect to the second card transport path P _2.

On the other hand, the lower press plate 112, as well as composed of hard material to support the card C in the press, is disposed in a position facing the second card transport path P _2. In addition, since the press plate pair 111, 112 creases the intermediate transfer film F so as to wrap using the thickness of the card, the crease cannot be made if the upper press plate 111 is too hard. Further, even if the upper press plate 111 is too soft, a sufficient pressing force cannot be applied to the intermediate transfer film F, so that the intermediate transfer film F cannot be creased. Therefore, the hardness of the upper press plate is desirably about 30 to 50 degrees.

FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating a state in which the image on the intermediate transfer film F is transferred to the card C by the heat roller 45. At this time, the upper press plate 111 is positioned at the retracted position away from the second card transport path _{P 2} by a solenoid SOL _2. When the transfer is completed and the card C is conveyed to the position of the press plate pair 111, 112, the winding of the intermediate transfer film F is stopped first, and then the solenoid SOL ₂ is turned on as shown in FIG. driven by lowering the upper press plate 111 from the retracted position to the pressing position of the second card transport path P ₂ side. Then, the intermediate transfer film F and the card C are sandwiched between the lower press plate 112 and pressed strongly. Thereby, the crease | fold along the external shape of the card | curd C is provided to the intermediate transfer film F. FIG. Next, as shown in FIG. 4C, the upper press plate 111 is returned from the press position to the retracted position by the solenoid SOL _{2 and} the winding of the intermediate transfer film F is resumed. When the intermediate transfer film F is peeled along the guide plate 47, the transfer layer of the intermediate transfer film F is peeled along the creases provided by the press plate pairs 111 and 112.

  When the transfer of the intermediate transfer sheet F to the front side of the card C and the separation of the intermediate transfer sheet F are completed, the heat roller raising / lowering cam 51 rotates again to heat the platen roller 50 as shown in FIG. The roller 45 rises. Further, the card C passes through the horizontal conveyance unit 12 and is discharged to the stacker 13 through the discharge port 27.

  As described above in detail, according to the present card printing apparatus, it is possible to greatly reduce the occurrence of foil residue of the intermediate transfer film only by adding a simple configuration. Further, it is not necessary to perform half-cut processing, and the apparatus configuration is simple. Furthermore, since the foil residue is effectively reduced only by pressing with the pressing means, it can be applied regardless of the size of the card.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, the image forming unit 9 forms an image on the intermediate transfer sheet F, the transfer unit 10 transfers the image formed on the intermediate transfer sheet F to the card C, and then the intermediate transfer sheet F and Although the structure which presses the card | curd C was demonstrated, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A card-like medium and a film-form medium are pressed before peeling a film-form medium from a card-form medium. I hope I can. For example, the hologram sheet H and the card C may be pressed after the hologram sheet H is transferred to the card C printed in advance by the transfer unit 10.

  The present invention relates to a card printing apparatus that prints information such as images and characters on a card-like recording medium, and has industrial applicability.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a card printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows the outline of the press means in the card printing apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a side surface schematic diagram which shows operation | movement of the press means in the card printing apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a side surface schematic diagram which shows operation | movement of the press means in the card printing apparatus which concerns on another embodiment of this invention. It is a side view at the time of performing a hologram process in the card printer concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing of a thermal transfer sheet and an intermediate transfer sheet, (A) is a front view which shows typically a thermal transfer sheet, (B) is sectional drawing which shows an intermediate transfer sheet typically.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Printing apparatus 2 Case 3 Card supply part 4 Cleaner 5 2nd inversion part 6 1st inversion part 8 Information recording part 9 Image formation part 10 Transfer part 11 Horizontal conveyance roller pair 12 Horizontal conveyance part 13 Stacker 14 Thermal transfer sheet supply part 15 Thermal transfer sheet take-up unit 16 Intermediate transfer sheet supply unit 17 Intermediate transfer sheet take-up unit 18 Power supply unit 19 Control unit 20 Thermal head 21 Platen roller 27 Discharge port 28 Eject port 29 Hologram sheet supply unit 30 Hologram sheet take-up unit 34 Cleaning roller 43 Followed Roller 45 Heat Roller 46 Heating Lamp 47 Guide Plate 48 Conveying Roller Pair 49 Holder 50 Platen Roller 51 Heat Roller Elevating Cam 52 Cam Shaft 101, 102 Press Roller Pair 103 Edge 104 of Card C Base Layer 105 after Separation Copy Layer 110 Winding spool shaft 111, 11 Press plate pair 120 supply spool shaft

Claims (6)

Transfer means for transferring a film-like transfer medium to a card-like recording medium;
Located on the downstream side of the transfer means, the film transfer medium is elastic between the transfer of the film transfer medium to the card recording medium and the release of the film transfer medium from the card recording medium. A pressing means for pressing the card-like recording medium and the film-like transfer medium in a state of pressing a member;
Equipped with a,
The pressing means includes a first roller having an elastic member surface that presses the film-shaped transfer medium against the front side of the card-like recording medium, and a second roller having a rigid member surface that supports the back side of the card-like recording medium. A card printing apparatus comprising a pair of rollers . Said first roller, characterized in that the first position for pressing the said card-like recording medium wherein the film Joten shooting medium are vertically movable between the second position disengaged from said first position The card printing apparatus according to claim 1 . Transfer means for transferring a film-like transfer medium to a card-like recording medium;
Located on the downstream side of the transfer means, the film transfer medium is elastic between the transfer of the film transfer medium to the card recording medium and the release of the film transfer medium from the card recording medium. A pressing means for pressing the card-like recording medium and the film-like transfer medium in a state of pressing a member;
With
The pressing means includes a first plate having an elastic member surface that presses the film-shaped transfer medium against the front side of the card-like recording medium, and a second plate having a rigid member surface that supports the back side of the card-like recording medium. And a card printing apparatus comprising a pair of plates . Said first plate, characterized in that the first position for pressing the said card-like recording medium wherein the film Joten shooting medium are vertically movable between the second position disengaged from said first position The card printing apparatus according to claim 3 . Card printing apparatus according to claim 1 or 3, characterized in that the hardness of the elastic member is approximately 30 to 50 degrees. Further, the card printing apparatus according to claim 1 or 3, further comprising a printing means for printing characters or images on the film-like transfer medium.

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