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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1999
Hideki Matsuzaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sublimating card printing apparatus, the size of which is reduced with a simple construction while providing multiple functions. A sublimating card printing apparatus for recording predetermined information in a magnetic recording medium and/or semiconductor memory provided on a card material and printing an image based on a supplied printing signal on the card material. The apparatus comprises a rotary transporting device for switching a transporting direction of the card material, provided along a linear transport path of the card material, a card tray for containing the card material transported by the rotary transporting device where errors occur in recording onto the magnetic recording medium or memory recording medium, and both a memory recording/reproducing device and a magnetic recording/reproducing device provided on the rotary transport path through the rotary transporting device, the length of the transport path thereby being reduced and the card tray being contained in the apparatus, the whole apparatus thereby being minimized in size and complexity while retaining multiple functions.