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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2009
Noriyuki Kanno, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Kosuke Masuda, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Kuroiwa, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Kanno, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Kosuke Masuda, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Kuroiwa, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Cash Machine Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Based on information recorded on and read out from a card, a card printer erasably writes information on the card or erases information recorded on the card. The card printer comprises transport means T for transporting cardalong a passagewayhaving an inlet, reading means R provided in the vicinity of passagewayfor reading out information recorded on a surface of cardtransported along passageway, printing means P for recording information on and erasing information from the surface of card, and control means IC electrically connected to transport means T, reading means R and printing means P for determining whether to record information on or to erase information from surface of cardand for controlling operation of transport means T and printing means P depending on information forwarded from reading means R.