JPH10198775A - Information card - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information card that is inconspicuous even when a flaw due to any cause, or sorting by dirst, discoloring at the time of printing work or attaching of the dirt of ink occur, the defect rate of products can be reduced, and printing cost is low. SOLUTION: This information card is composed of any one of magnetic card provided with a magnetic recording layer formed on one face at least on a holder and an IC card loading a semiconductor on this holder and a printing layer formed on one face at least on this holder is provided. In this case, one part of this printing layer is equipped with a printing pattern at least and concerning this printing pattern, string-shaped flaw patterns 3 and 4 and fine spot-shaped patterns 5, 6 and 8 are formed from continuous patterns distributedly existent at arbitrary positions in arbitrary directions.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information card such as a magnetic card or an IC card in which a printing pattern of a printing layer provided on a base material has a specific continuous pattern.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional magnetic card or IC card is generally printed with a clear image, a beautiful pattern, or a character or symbol such as a trademark, service mark, or cautionary note. is there.

[0003]

However, on the surface of a card on which a beautiful and clear image, pattern, or a symbol such as a trademark or a service mark is printed, the surface of the card for some reason is flawed or missing in color at the time of printing. If the ink becomes dirty, the aesthetic value of the image or picture is reduced by half.

[0004] Also, symbols such as trademarks, services,
Characters can cause incorrect recognition. Similarly, in a continuous tone pattern such as a stitch pattern and a striped pattern, if there is a flaw such as a flaw or printing ink, the pattern becomes conspicuous. That is, there is a disadvantage that the commercial value of the card is significantly impaired, that high precautions and measures are required, and the card becomes expensive.

Therefore, the technical problem of the present invention is that the occurrence of scratches and stains due to any cause, color omission during printing work, ink stains, etc. is inconspicuous and the product defect rate can be reduced. It is to provide a low-cost information card.

[0006]

According to the present invention, at least one of a magnetic card having a magnetic recording layer formed on at least one surface of a support and an IC card having a semiconductor mounted on the support is provided. In an information card having a printing layer formed on at least one surface of the support, at least a part of the printing layer has a printing pattern, and the printing pattern has a streak-like scratch pattern and a fine spot-like pattern. Is formed from an arbitrary position and a continuous pattern scattered in an arbitrary direction.

According to the present invention, in the information card, the printed pattern is a continuous pattern mixed with an arbitrary pattern and scattered at an arbitrary position and an arbitrary direction. Can be obtained.

Further, according to the present invention, in the information card, at least one of the stripe-shaped scratched pattern, the fine spot-shaped pattern, and the optional pattern is a leuco dye and an organic pattern. An information card, which is substantially composed of a compound and an organic resin filler and has a hidden pattern in which a specific hidden pattern is developed by physical means, is obtained.

Here, in the information card of the present invention, the arbitrary pattern includes a trademark or service mark of a person who manufactures and / or sells the information card.

[0010] The physical means may be any of heating, ultraviolet irradiation, energization, friction, compression and the like, and is selected according to the leuco dye, the organic compound, and the organic resin filler. It is preferable to use a combination of a method of developing a color with a phenolic compound containing a phenol compound which is colored by heating contained in a hidden pattern.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments.

(First Embodiment) FIGS. 1 to 3 show an information card according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a raw material on which an example of a design of an information card is printed, FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion A of the design in FIG. 1, and FIG.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an information card created by punching out a printing material.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 3, a background pattern 1
Is a stone wall-shaped random pattern to enhance the effect of the invention. The optional pattern 2 is indicated by a card name, a trademark, a service mark, or the like, but in the first embodiment, for convenience, "SAMPLE CARD" is used.
The name "1000" was used, and an arbitrary typeface was used for each character, and the characters were arranged at an arbitrary position in an arbitrary direction and an arbitrary direction. Further, a streak colored scratch pattern 3 and a white scratch pattern 4 are formed, having a width of 0.1 to 0.5 mm and a length of 5 to 15 m.
m, and these flaws were arranged at arbitrary positions in arbitrary directions and arbitrary directions.

The spotted patterns 5 to 8 have a diameter of 0.1 to
Spots having a size of about 0.5 mm are arranged at arbitrary positions in white and in color. The spot pattern 5 is a spotted large pattern, the spot pattern 6 is a spotted small pattern and spots. The spot-like pattern 7 is a white spot-like large pattern, and the spot-like pattern 8 is a white spot-like small pattern.

Here, the respective patterns may be overlapped with each other or may be interspersed with each other, but the streak-like scratched patterns 3, 4, or the spot-like patterns 5 to 8 are the background pattern 1 and the card. It is more preferable to overlap the name 2.

Next, an information card according to the first embodiment of the present invention was manufactured as follows.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, the pattern configured as described above was actually printed on a card stock. Next, FIG.
As shown in (1), a card sample was obtained by punching the printing material. Here, since the print material of FIG. 1 has a similar pattern configuration at any point, a sample of the information card 10 as shown in FIG. 3 can be obtained regardless of where it is punched.

Further, as shown in the enlarged view of FIG. 2, since a scratch pattern and a large and small spot pattern are scattered in various places, even if there is a color omission, a scratch or the like in the printing process, it is visually observed. Since it is not possible to determine the error, it is not necessary to take any trouble during the printing operation, and continuous operation is possible.

(Second Embodiment) The scratch pattern 3, the spot pattern 5, and the spot pattern 6 according to the first embodiment are formed by using a leuco dye, a phenol compound and a resin filler. An information card was manufactured in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

When the entire surface is almost entirely heated by the thermal printer, the above-mentioned scratched pattern 3, spotted pattern 5, and spotted pattern 6 are colored, and an information card having the pattern shown in FIG. 3 is obtained. Was done.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the hidden layer of the printing layer is formed by using a heat-sensitive agent. However, the hidden layer of the printed layer is colored by physical means, for example, pressure-sensitive, energizing, ultraviolet irradiation, friction and the like. If present, it is not limited to the above leuco dyes and phenol compounds.

[0022]

As described above, in the present invention, the printed pattern is a continuous pattern in which a streak-like flaw pattern and a fine spot-like pattern are scattered at an arbitrary position and an arbitrary direction. Or a streak-like scratch pattern and a fine spot-like pattern, or mixed with an arbitrary pattern to form a continuous pattern scattered at an arbitrary position and in an arbitrary direction, so that scratches, dirt, or printing due to some cause may occur. Even if color loss or ink stains during operation are not noticeable, the product defect rate can be reduced, and an information card with low printing cost can be provided.

Further, in the present invention, the printed pattern has the same pattern everywhere, and a high-precision positioning mechanism is not required in the punching process, and the manufacturing equipment and the manufacturing process are simplified, so that the manufacturing cost is reduced. It is possible to provide an information card capable of reducing the number of information cards.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a printed pattern of an information card according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view showing a printed pattern in a portion A of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an information card using the printed pattern of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Background pattern 2 Arbitrary pattern 3, 4 Scratched pattern 5, 6, 7, 8 Spotted pattern 10 Information card

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Hiromi Sato 6-7-1, Koriyama, Taishiro-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken Tokin Co., Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] At least one of a magnetic card having a magnetic recording layer formed on at least one surface of a support and an IC card having a semiconductor mounted on the support is provided on at least one surface of the support. In the information card provided with the formed printing layer, at least a part of the printing layer has a printing pattern, and the printing pattern has a streak-like scratch pattern and a fine spot-like pattern at any position and in any direction. An information card characterized in that the information card is formed from a continuous pattern scattered in the information card. 2. The information card according to claim 1, wherein the printed pattern is a continuous pattern mixed with an arbitrary pattern and scattered at an arbitrary position and an arbitrary direction. 3. The information card according to claim 2, wherein at least one of the streak-like scratch pattern, the fine spot-like pattern, and the arbitrary pattern is a leuco dye and an organic compound. An information card comprising a hidden pattern substantially made of an organic resin filler and exhibiting a specific hidden pattern by physical means.