JP5482034B2 - Marked card and card manufacturing method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention belongs to the technical field of cards used for identification cards and credit cards.

  A card printer capable of printing on the entire surface of the card has been developed, and the card printer is used for card printing of an employee ID card on which a photograph of the cardholder's face is printed. When printing on a card using a card printer, cards with the front and back sides of the card sheet (hereinafter referred to as a plain card) are stacked on the paper printer's paper stocker, and a face photo or company logo is displayed on the card face of the plain card. Printed.

  If the front and back card face is a plain card, it may seem that you are not aware of the right and left sides of the plain card when setting it to the card printer, but depending on the specifications of the plain card, the front and back card face There are cases where you have to be aware of the top and bottom when setting to a card printer, even if is plain.

  For example, if the plain card is a non-contact IC card, the surface of the card where electronic components such as antennas and non-contact IC chips are mounted has irregularities that can be finally confirmed visually, and the print quality is low. If a severe face photo is printed at this location, irregularities will appear on the face photo, making the cardholder's impression worse, resulting in poor printing.

  Therefore, if the plain card is a non-contact IC card, set the card to the card printer by checking the top and bottom of the plain card so that face photos are not printed at the places where electronic parts such as antennas and non-contact IC chips are mounted. It becomes necessary to do.

  If the plain card is a non-contact IC card, you can visually check the top and bottom of the plain card by visually checking minute irregularities caused by electronic components such as antennas and non-contact IC chips, but the workability is extremely deteriorated. There is a problem.

  Further, as in the invention disclosed in Patent Document 1, if a mark that cannot be seen at the corner of the front face of the card ticket is formed, a device that can visually recognize the mark without impairing the design of the card face is utilized. Although it becomes possible to visually check the top and bottom of the plain card, the worker must check the plain card one by one.

  In order to be able to perform a plurality of operations for visually confirming the right and left sides of a plain card collectively, as in the invention disclosed in Patent Document 2, a plain card is not placed on the card side of the plain card. However, the invention disclosed in Patent Document 2 focuses on printing a CP code or the like encoded information on the side of the card. However, there is no contrivance for visually recognizing the top and bottom of the plain card.

JP 2000-99671 A JP 2000-30027 JP

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a marked card and a method for manufacturing the marked card, in which the top and the left of the card can be visually recognized by a mark formed on the side of the card.

  A first invention that solves the above-described problem is a card having a multi-layer structure in which the front and back card face is plain, and a predetermined card side face is provided on a face that does not become the front and back faces of at least one sheet used for the multi-layer structure. A colored band of a predetermined size is formed at a position shifted to the left or right from the center of the finished line, and a linear mark corresponding to the length of the colored band is formed on the side of the card. It is a marked card that features.

  Furthermore, the second invention is the marked card according to the first invention, wherein the antenna is a non-contact IC card on which a non-contact IC chip is mounted.

  Furthermore, a third invention is the marked card according to the first invention or the second invention, wherein the colored band is formed of any one of ink, metal foil, and winding. is there.

  Further, the fourth invention is a card manufacturing method for manufacturing a card having a multi-layer structure, and is intended for a surface that does not become the front and back of at least one sheet used for a multi-layer structure, according to the card imposition drawing, Each of the steps for forming a colored band of a predetermined size so as to straddle the finished line at a position shifted to the left or right from the center on the finished line on the side of the prescribed card, and for each of the cards used to manufacture the card. And a card manufacturing process in which the sheet is punched into a card shape after the sheets are bonded together.

  Furthermore, a fifth invention is the card manufacturing method according to the fourth invention, wherein the colored band is formed of any one of ink, metal foil, and winding.

  According to the above-described invention of the present application, it is possible to provide a marked card and a method of manufacturing the marked card that can visually recognize the top and bottom of the card by the marks formed on the side of the card.

The figure explaining a card with a mark. The figure explaining the card with a mark after printing. The figure explaining the operation | work which performs card printing of the card with a mark. The figure explaining the state on which the card with a mark was piled up. The figure explaining an example of the multilayer structure of a card with a mark. The figure explaining the intermediate | middle layer sheet on which a colored belt is printed. The figure explaining the other example of the multilayer structure of a non-contact IC card.

  From this, the embodiments of the present invention will be described to the extent that those skilled in the art of the present invention can understand the contents of the present invention and implement the present invention.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a marked card 1 according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a marked card 1a after printing.

  The marked card 1 shown in FIG. 1 is a plain card in which a non-contact IC chip 11 connected to an antenna 12 is mounted inside the card, and the front and back of the card face are plain. A predetermined pattern is printed on the front and back of the card.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the top and bottom of the marked card 1 is determined on the basis of the mounting position of the non-contact IC chip 11 inside the marked card 1. The mark 10 (a colored line with a width of 5 mm in FIG. 1) for visually distinguishing the left and right is shifted to either the left or right from the center of the card side on the ground side (in FIG. 1, it is shifted to the right by 15 mm). Position).

  As shown in FIG. 1, the mark 10 that is a colored line is formed only on the ground side of the marked card 1 and is not formed on the top side of the card. If not, the top and bottom of the marked card 1 can be confirmed.

  Further, since the mark 10 is formed at a position shifted to the right side from the center of the side surface of the marked card, when the mark 10 is visible, the mark 10 is marked depending on whether the mark 10 is on the right side. The left and right sides of the card 1 can be confirmed.

  The mark 10 as described above is formed on the side surface of the marked card 1 so that the top and left sides of the marked card 1 whose front and back card faces are plain can be visually confirmed. This is to increase the efficiency of checking the top and bottom of the marked card 1 when printing with No. 2 and to reduce the work mistake of checking the top and bottom of the marked card 1.

  When a face photograph is printed on a place where the non-contact IC chip 11 or the antenna 12 is mounted, minute irregularities generated by the non-contact IC chip 11 or the antenna 12 are generated on the face photograph, and the card holder's impression However, the printed picture is designed so that the face photo is printed avoiding the location where the non-contact IC chip 11 and the antenna 12 are mounted. When set in the card printer 2, a face photograph is printed on the non-contact IC chip 11 and the antenna 12, and printing defects frequently occur. Therefore, it is necessary to check the top and left sides of the marked card 1 and set it on the card printer 2. become.

  When the mark 10 is not attached, it is possible to check the top and bottom from the minute unevenness generated by the non-contact IC chip 11 and appearing on the card ticket surface. The work becomes one by one, and the work efficiency deteriorates.

  On the other hand, when the mark 10 is attached, the mark 10 provided on the side surface of the marked card 1 is visually recognized. This can be done with the number of sheets set on the paper stacker being stacked, and the work efficiency can be improved.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an operation for card printing of the marked card 1.

  When the marked card 1 is printed using the card printer 2, as shown in FIG. 3, the number of marked cards 1 to be set on the sheet feeding side stacker 20 of the card printer 2 is overlaid by the operator. The card 1 is set on the paper feeding side stacker 20 of the card printer 2 with the cards 1 being stacked. Then, after a predetermined pattern (here, the printed pattern in FIG. 2) is printed one by one on the card face of the marked card 1 by the printing unit of the card printer 2, the marked card 1a after printing is printed on the card printer 2. Are discharged to the paper discharge side stacker 21.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a state in which the marked cards 1 are stacked, and FIG. 4 (a) is a diagram for explaining a state in which all the marked cards 1 are vertically aligned. ) Is a diagram illustrating a state in which the top and bottom of one marked card 1 are reversed, and FIG. 4C is a diagram illustrating a state in which the left and right of one marked card 1 are reversed.

  As shown in FIG. 4, there is one mark 10 formed on the marked card 1, but when viewed from the ground side of the marked card 1 by stacking a large number of marked cards 1. The marks 10 are regularly arranged in the vertical direction at positions shifted to the right side from the center, and a barcode pattern is formed by a large number of marks 10, and from the change of the barcode pattern, the top and the left of the superimposed marked cards 1 are left and right. Can be confirmed.

  As shown in FIG. 4 (a), when the top and bottom left and right of all of the stacked marked cards 1 are aligned, the barcode pattern formed by a large number of marks 10 is not interrupted, and the barcode pattern is If it is not interrupted, it can be confirmed that the top and bottom of all the stacked marked cards 1 are aligned.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4B, if there is a card with an upside down in the stacked marked cards 1, the barcode pattern formed by a large number of marks 10 is interrupted in the middle ( Part A) in FIG. Since many marks 10 are provided only on the ground side of the marked card 1, the barcode pattern formed by the many marks 10 is interrupted in the middle, and the left side of the place where the barcode pattern is interrupted If the mark 10 is not present, it can be confirmed that the top and bottom of the marked card 1 at the place where the barcode pattern is interrupted (the place A in FIG. 4B) is reversed. Even if the barcode pattern is not interrupted, if the mark 10 is on the side of the top card where the mark 10 is not printed, it can be confirmed that the top of the marked card 1 is reversed.

  As shown in FIG. 4 (c), if the left and right cards are in the stacked card 1 with marks, the bar code pattern formed by a large number of marks 10 is interrupted in the middle ( FIG. 4C, location B). Since many marks 10 are provided only on the ground side of the marked card 1, the barcode pattern formed by the many marks 10 is interrupted in the middle, and the left side of the place where the barcode pattern is interrupted If it is in the mark 10, it can be confirmed that the left and right sides of the marked card 1 at the place where the bar code pattern is interrupted (the place B in FIG. 4C) are reversed.

  After checking the top and bottom with the marked cards 1 superimposed, if a large number of marked cards 1 are placed in a predetermined orientation on the paper feed side stacker of the card printer, There will be no mistake in the left and right of 1

  Even when the card printer 2 is set on the paper feed side stacker 20, it is visually recognized when the marked card 1 is set on the paper feed side stacker 20 of the card printer 2 in order to check the top and bottom of the marked card 1. The mark 10 may be formed on the side surface of the possible card.

  In FIG. 3, since the marked card 1 is set on the paper feed side stacker 20 of the card printer 2 so that the ground side of the marked card 1 is in front, the mark 10 is marked on the side surface of the marked card 1 on the ground side. Is forming. Further, by forming the mark 10 on the ground side of the marked card 1, when the box containing the marked card 1 is opened, the barcode pattern formed by a large number of marks 10 is not visible. can get.

  Next, a method for manufacturing the marked card 1 will be described. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an example of the multilayer structure of the marked card 1.

  Although there are various types of multi-layer configurations of non-contact IC cards, FIG. 5 illustrates an example of the multi-layer configuration of the non-contact IC card. According to the multi-layer configuration illustrated in FIG. As the sheet 4, a front sheet 4a on the front side of the marked card 1 and a back sheet 4b on the back side of the marked card 1, and an intermediate layer sheet 3 as an intermediate layer having a multilayer structure, an antenna 12 and a non-contact IC chip 11 In the structure in which the inlet sheet 3b, the spacer sheet 3a, and the spacer sheet 3c are mounted, each sheet is opaque.

  As a method of forming the mark 10 on the side surface of the marked card 1, there is a method of printing the mark 10 on the side surface of the marked card 1 after punching using an inkjet printer or the like. In this embodiment, Finishing the side of the card on the ground side according to the imposition drawing of the marked card 1 for the surface that does not become the card front or back of at least one sheet of the middle layer sheet 3 or the front and back sheet 4 of the marked card 1 that is a multi-layer structure After forming a colored band 30 of a predetermined size at a position shifted to either the left or right from the center on the line, align the top and bottom, and paste each sheet used for manufacturing the marked card 1 into a card shape By punching, the mark 10 is formed on the side of the card on the ground side of the marked card 1.

  In addition, when the colored belt 30 is formed on the outer surface of the front and back sheet 4, the design of the card face is impaired. Therefore, when the colored belt 30 is formed on the front and back sheet 4, the inner surface of the front and back sheet 4, That is, the colored band 30 is preferably formed on the surfaces to be bonded. However, only when the front and back sheet 4 is an opaque sheet.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the case where the colored band 30 is formed on the intermediate layer sheet 3, FIG. 6 (a) is a diagram for explaining the card imposition of the intermediate layer sheet 3, and FIG. 6 (b) FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the formation position and size of the colored band 30.

  6 is used to explain only the content of the colored band 30 formed on the intermediate layer sheet 3, and the details of the intermediate layer sheet 3 illustrated in FIG. 6 depend on the type of the intermediate layer sheet 3. . For example, if the intermediate layer sheet 3 illustrated in FIG. 6 is the inlet sheet 3b, the antenna 12 and the non-contact IC chip 11 are formed and mounted on the intermediate layer sheet 3 in addition to the contents illustrated in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, the intermediate layer sheet 3 on which the colored band 30 is formed is provided with a number of marked cards 1 (here, 9 rows of 3 rows and 3 columns), and one card. For each imposition, in addition to the cross mark for punching, a colored band 30 for forming a mark 10 as a colored line is formed at a predetermined position.

As shown in FIG. 6B, the colored band 30 formed to form the mark 10 which is a colored line has a card imposition boundary 31a on the card imprint ground side as a lower end, It is printed so as to straddle the ground-side finished line 31b at a position 15 mm away from the center of the card side surface to the right. The colored band 30 has a line thickness of 3 mm and a line length of 5 mm.
In FIG. 6B, the reason why the thickness of the colored band is 3 mm is because the manufacturing error that occurs in the vertical direction in the manufacture of the marked card 1 is taken into consideration.

  As the density of the colored band 30, a PCS value (PCS: Print Contrast Signal) is preferably about 0.4 to 0.9. For example, when a mark is formed by printing, black printing ink is used, and the ink thickness is about 1 The density described above can be obtained by printing with solid printing of about 2 microns and offset printing.

  The cross mark mark shown in FIG. 6A is printed on the top sheet of the marked card 1, and the top and bottom of each of the top sheet 4a, the spacer sheet 3a, the inlet sheet 3b, the spacer sheet 3c, and the back sheet 4b. After being stacked and pasted together, the marked card 1 is manufactured by punching according to the cross mark printed on the top sheet 4a.

  As described with reference to FIG. 6, since the colored band 30 is formed on one intermediate layer sheet 3 of the marked card 1 so as to straddle the finish line 31 b on the ground side, the manufactured marked card The cut surface of the colored band is formed as a mark 10 on the side surface of one card.

  The intermediate layer sheet 3 forming the colored band 30 is arbitrarily selected, and the intermediate layer sheet 3 may be one sheet or a plurality of sheets. As described above, when the mark is formed on the intermediate sheet of the marked card 1 by printing, since the ink thickness is about 1 to 2 microns, the mark 10 that is the cut surface of the colored band is difficult to see. However, as described with reference to FIG. 4, when a plurality of marked cards 1 are overlapped, a barcode pattern is formed by the marks 10 formed on each marked card 1. Even if it is difficult to visually recognize one mark 10, the change in the barcode pattern can be easily visually recognized. Therefore, there is no practical problem even with the mark 10 formed by such a manufacturing method.

  The present invention is not limited to the multilayer configuration shown in FIG. 5 and can be applied to various multilayer configurations. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining another example of the multilayer structure of the non-contact IC card.

  FIG. 7A shows a multilayer structure 5 of a non-contact IC card described in Japanese Patent Application No. 2009-035999. The multilayer structure 5 of the non-contact IC card illustrated in FIG. 7A includes oversheets (transparent sheets) 50a and 50b, third base sheet 51a and b, second base sheet 52a and b, first. Substrate sheet 53a, b, adhesive sheet 54a, b, and antenna sheet 55, and the first base sheet 53a, b, adhesive sheet 54a, b is a through hole for mounting a non-contact IC chip 56. 57 is provided.

  FIG. 7B shows a multilayer structure 6 in which the oversheets 50a and 50b are removed from the multilayer structure 5 of the non-contact IC card shown in FIG. 7A.

  Since the oversheets 50a and 50b are transparent, even if the back surfaces of the oversheets 50a and 50b and the colored bands of the third base material sheets 51a and 51b are formed, the visibility of the mark is lowered. In the multilayer structure 5 illustrated in a), the surfaces on which the above-described colored bands can be formed are the back surfaces of the third base material sheets 51a and 51b, both surfaces of the second base material sheets 52a and 52b, and the first base material. It becomes both surfaces of the sheets 53a and 53b, both surfaces of the adhesive sheets 54a and 54b, and both surfaces of the antenna sheet 55.

  Further, in the multilayer structure 6 illustrated in FIG. 7B, the surfaces on which the above-described colored bands can be formed are the back surfaces of the third base sheet 51a, b, both surfaces of the second base sheet 52a, b, It becomes both surfaces of the first base sheet 53 a, b, both surfaces of the adhesive sheets 54 a, b, and both surfaces of the antenna sheet 55.

  Furthermore, the method for forming the mark appearing on the side of the marked card is not limited to printing. For example, even if the colored band 30 shown in FIG. 6 is formed with a metal foil by etching used for forming an antenna or a coated wire by winding used for forming an antenna, the side surface of the marked card is formed. You can see the mark that appears on the screen.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Card with mark 10 Mark 11 Non-contact IC chip 12 Antenna 2 Card printer 20 Paper feed side stacker 21 Paper discharge side stacker 3 Intermediate layer sheet 3a, 3c Spacer sheet 3b Inlet sheet 4 Front and back sheets 4a Top sheet 4b Back sheet

Claims (4)

A card with a multi-layer structure in which the front and back card face is plain,
Prints irreversible ink in a state before stacking on a part of the edge on one side of the multi-layered sheet that cannot be seen from the card face and shifted to the left or right from the center of the card. By forming a colored band,
In the state after stacking, a linear mark in the left and right direction on the side of the card,
In the thickness direction, it is formed at a thickness position corresponding to the one surface on which the ink is printed,
A marked card, characterized in that it is formed in a left-right position shifted in one direction from the center in the left-right direction. The marked card according to claim 1, wherein a printed layer in which a pattern is printed by a card printer is provided on the plain card ticket surface . The marked card according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the card is a non-contact IC card on which an antenna and a non-contact IC chip are mounted. A card manufacturing method for a marked card according to any one of claims 1 to 3 ,
Forming the colored band on a portion of an edge on the one surface;
A card manufacturing process in which the left and right sides are combined, and each sheet used for card manufacturing is bonded together, and then punched into a card shape,
A step of checking the orientation of the marked card by stacking a plurality of the marked cards punched and confirming the position of the mark exposed on the side surface;
A card manufacturing method comprising: setting a plurality of marked cards whose orientations are confirmed in a stacked manner on a stacker of a card printer and printing a pattern.