Victor Company of Japan, Limited

Toshiro Kohno

Naomi Osada

Satoshi Kanbe

Kazunori Namiki

Manabu Sakane

Yoshinari Yokochi

Kenji Narusawa

Haruo Matsuo

Tadashi Aizawa

The CGH (computer generated hologram) readout section ( ) reproduces an image of the CGH ( ), which is formed in the data storage area ( ) of the crude card ( ). The CGH certifying section ( ) judges whether the card is genuine or fake and obtains an ID (identification) information. In a case that the card is genuine, the ID information is supplied to the data processing section ( ). The data processing section ( ) inputs a personal information of a person to be a cardholder and also inputs a face picture of the person. These data are registered in the database ( ) in response to the ID information. A part of or all of the personal information is outputted to the IC reader/writer ( ) and written into the IC module ( ). Further, a part of the personal information and the face picture are outputted to the color printer ( ) as a printing information and printed on the surface of the crude card ( ). Then the personal ID card ( ) can be issued after forming a protection film over the printed surface of the card.

System of issuing card and system of certifying the card

A color printer comprises a recording sheet tray 3 capable of storing numerous recording sheets 2, a sheet feed/discharge roller 293 feeding an uppermost recording sheet 2 from the recording sheet tray 3 to a platen roller 7, and a clamp mechanism section 13 clamping a front end of a recording sheet 2 loaded on the platen roller 7 at a predetermined fixed position. A driving device rotates the platen roller 7 to reciprocate the loaded recording sheet 2 in forward and backward directions every time when each of plurality of color images, such as yellow (Y), magenta (M), and cyan (C), is printed on the loaded recording sheet 2. A sheet transportation path is defined between the sheet feed/discharge roller 293 and the clamp mechanism section 13 for transporting the loaded recording sheet 2 forward and backward. This sheet transportation path is shorter in length than the recording sheets 2. The sheet feed/discharge roller 293 is released, when the loaded recording sheet 2 is returned backward, from the recording sheets 2 stored in the recording sheet tray 3 so as to provide a clearance through which a rear end of the loaded recording sheet 2 reaches an X position beyond the sheet feed/discharge roller 293.

Color printer feeding mechanism

A color printer for recording an image having at least two colors on a recording sheet with a recording head being brought into contact with a platen roller in a state that the recording sheet is interposed therebetween, the two colors being successively printed on a surface of the recording sheet with the recording sheet being operated to reciprocate with respect to a recording position on the platen roller. The printer includes a clamping device provided at a downstream side of the recording head in a sheet-travelling path from a supply section of the recording sheet to a discharging section of the recording sheet for holding the recording sheet when recording the image. The clamping device is fixed with respect to the recording position so that a distance between a holding position of the recording sheet taken by the clamping device and the recording position on the platen roller is always constant during the image recording. This arrangement can make easy the positioning of the recording sheet in the recording process to provide a high-quality image on the recording sheet. Also included is a reversing device provided at an upstream side of the recording head in the sheet-travelling path for moving the recording sheet toward an upstream side in the sheet-travelling path before the image recording. Thus, it is possible to remove the looseness of the recording sheet between the clamping device and the platen roller.

Thermal transfer type color printer

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Yokosuka, Japan

Toshiro Kohno