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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2007
Keiji Ihara, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Toshinori Takahashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Seiichi Tanabe, Tokyo-to, JP;
Victor Company of Japan, Limited, Yokohama-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A card manufacturing method for manufacturing the card and a card manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing the card are provided. The cardincludes a card basea first receptor layerarranged on one side of the card baseto contain a sublimation-ink imagea protecting layer OClaminated on the first receptor layerand an invisible-ink imageformed on the protecting layer OCOwing to the interposition of the protecting layer OCbetween the sublimation-ink imageand the invisible-ink imagethe cardis capable of suppressing color fading of a sublimation ink in the imagein spite of a card structure where the sublimation ink and an invisible ink are printed so as to overlap each other, allowing the cardto be used for a long time.