Patent ID: 6953154
Filing Date: 2005-10-11
Classification: B41J,G06K

Abstract:
1. A card recording apparatus for recording image information and magnetic information on a surface of a card shaped recording medium provided with a magnetic stripe thereon being disposed to the longitudinal direction, comprising: a storage section for storing a plurality of cards shaped recording mediums being disposed in a perpendicular direction to each surface of the plurality of cards shaped recording mediums; a card reversing section for changing a transport direction of the card shaped recording medium transported from the storage section; a transferring section for transferring the image information to the card shaped recording medium transported from the card reversing section by aligning the lateral direction of the card shaped recording medium as a transporting direction and recording the image information thereon; transportation suspending means for temporarily suspending transportation of the card shaped recording medium when the image information is transferred to the card shaped recording medium transported from the card reversing section by aligning the lateral direction of the card shaped recording medium as the transporting direction; and magnetic information recording means for recording the magnetic information on the magnetic stripe alone the longitudinal direction of the card shaped recording medium when the transportation of the card shaped recording medium is temporarily suspended; the card recording apparatus is further characterized in that an axis perpendicular to each surface of the plurality of cards shaped recording mediums stored in the storage section is arranged in the horizontal direction, and that the storage section is disposed under both the card reversing section and the transferring section.