Patent ID: 7441702

Claim:
A card processing device that handles a first card on which magnetic information is recorded and a second card on which magnetic information is not recorded, comprising: transportation means for transporting the first and second cards; and control means for controlling said transportation means according to a type of a card, wherein, when a card is taken in and/or ejected, said control means controls said transportation means in such a way that the first card is intermittently transported and the second card is continuously transported; and wherein, when a card is taken in and if the card inserted from a card insertion slot is the first card, said transportation means takes in the first card by intermittently transporting the first card to a predetermined position and, from the predetermined position, by continuously transporting the first card and, if the card inserted from the card insertion slot is the second card, said transportation means takes in the second card by continuously transporting the second card regardless of a position thereof.