JPS63120695A - Manufacture of identification card - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an identification card that allows personal information etc. to be clearly written on the inner layer of the card.

[Conventional technology]

Recently, various highly reliable plastic cards such as IC cards have been proposed, and this type of card is very useful when used as a credit card or the like. In addition, in identification cards (hereinafter referred to as ID cards), personal information is written on the inner layer of the card, and cards that are laminated and molded are counterfeit-proof.

It is well known that this method is highly effective in preventing bunching.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

Cards made of laminated hard vinyl chloride, which are seen in many of the ID cards mentioned above, are printed using silk printing,
It is constructed by overlaying a transparent sheet (overlay) on a sheet with a design printed using offset printing, etc., and integrating it.

However, for cards such as ID cards, personal information must be written on each card, and cannot be printed using the normal printing method described above. For this reason, it is conceivable to write personal information directly on a sheet of card material, but with ordinary plastic ID cards, problems often occur with ordinary ink, such as not drying or bleeding. Therefore, measures have been taken such as printing personal information on paper separate from the sheet that is the constituent material of the card and embedding several pieces of paper inside the card. For this reason, there were manufacturing and technical problems, such as an increase in the number of card manufacturing steps and problems with the adhesion between the card material and the printing paper.

By the way, as a highly versatile method for printing, there is a method of using a word processor printer. Although this method is useful for ordinary paper materials, it is still problematic when printing on plastic card materials such as hard vinyl chloride sheets. In other words, in the case of dot printers that use ink directly, there are problems such as ink smearing, dirt due to handling, and ink adhering to unnecessary areas other than the printed area.Also, in the case of thermal transfer type printing such as thermal printers, there are problems such as ink smearing, dirt due to handling, etc. During heating and pressure molding of the card, the transfer ink melts and flows, causing the same problems as above.

The present invention has been made to solve these problems, and provides a method for manufacturing identification cards that can easily and clearly print identification information such as personal information using a normal word processor printer or the like. The purpose is to obtain.

[Means for solving problems]

In the method for manufacturing an identification card according to the present invention, for example, the common design portion of each card is printed in the same way as for ordinary plastic cards, and the area where necessary personal information is printed on each card is printed on the card. A paint or ink layer is formed on the printing area so that the area to be printed on the surface of the core material becomes the surface through which printing is performed, and information is printed on the printing area using a normal word processor printer, etc., and at least the above printing area is printed. A transparent layer is formed to cover the.

[Effect]

In the present invention, the printing area of the card constituent material is coated with ink or paint that creates a surface condition with fine irregularities that can absorb the printed ink, so that the printed printer ink is It is thinly and uniformly dispersed and adsorbed on the surface, eliminating bleeding caused by local accumulation, which is the case with the surface of untreated card components.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 shows a plastic ID card manufactured according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a cross-sectional structure of the ID card. In these figures, 2 is a core material, 4 is a common design portion printed on the surface of this core material 2, and 1.3 is a transparent protective film (overlay). Further, 5 is a print area in which personal information is written, and 6 is a magnetic stripe. In this way, the ID card according to this embodiment is formed integrally by overlaying the overlays 1 and 3 forming the card surface and the core material 2 on which the design 4, etc. are printed, and then heating and press-molding them. . In addition, the said core material 2 is comprised from 1-5 layers.

Next, the manufacturing method, especially the printing method, will be explained. First, a common design part 4 such as a company name on an employee ID card is printed on a core material 2 made of a hard vinyl chloride sheet using a silk screen printing method. Next, mud ink such as medium ink is printed on the printing area 5 where personal information such as the name is printed by the same silk screen printing method, and the printing area 5 is made into a transparent cloak-like surface, that is, a surface having fine irregularities. . Here, the printing area 5 is silk screen printed using the same printing method as the common design section 4,
This is to make the thickness uniform.

Thereafter, personal information such as the name 1 and date of issue is printed on the matte printed printing area 5 of the core material 2 using a dot printer of an ordinary word processor.

Then, the printed core material 2 and the overlay 1.degree. 3 are overlapped, heated and pressure-molded to form an ID card.

In this way, even the vinyl chloride sheet that is the material for ordinary plastic ID cards is matte.

By applying matte printing, it becomes possible to print reliably using a regular printer such as a word processor.
Handling during the cart manufacturing process.

Even during molding, etc., it is possible to easily write clear characters without smearing or staining due to printing.

In the above embodiment, there is one printing area 5, but as shown in FIG. 3, there are two printing areas 5a.

5b may be provided.

In addition, in the above embodiment, an example was shown in which transparent matte printing was used as the paint or ink layer applied to the printing area, but depending on the order in which the common design part and the personal information part are written,
Colored printing may be applied to provide a similar surface condition, and the same effects as in the above embodiments can be obtained.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, printing was performed using a dot printer of a word processor, but other printers or handwritten signatures are also possible, and are highly reliable against forgery covered with a transparent sheet layer and integrated, and against several layers. You will get a card.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, since ink, paint, etc. are printed in advance on the core material, etc., which is the constituent material of the ID card, to create a surface condition suitable for printing, signatures, etc. Printing without etc.

Information such as a signature can be directly written on the core material, etc., and it is possible to obtain a card with clear personal information printed and embedded without being affected by the card manufacturing process.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an identification card according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the identification card, and FIG. 3 is a front view of an identification card according to another embodiment of the present invention. 1.3... Overlay, 2... Core material, 4... Common printing section, 5.5a, 5b... Printing area, 6...
magnetic stripe. Note that the same reference numerals in the figures indicate the same or equivalent parts.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A method for manufacturing an identification card which is formed by laminating sheet-like resin materials and has a printing section for personal information, etc. on the inner layer, wherein the area to be printed on the surface of the core sheet of the identification card is suitable for printing. A method for manufacturing an identification card, comprising: forming a paint or ink layer on the printing area so as to form a surface, printing information directly on the printing area, and forming a transparent layer so as to cover at least the printing area.