Method of producing identification cards and a device for carrying out same
First Claim
1. A method for recording data from a data source on a blank data card, the data having a first portion to be erasably recorded, and a second portion to be permanently recorded the card having at least one overwritable recording medium and a medium for permanently recording data, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a blank data card;
obtaining the data to be recorded from the data source;
recording the first data portion on the overwritable recording medium of the data card;
reading the first data portion as recorded on the overwritable recording medium and comparing same with the first data portion obtained from the data source to determine whether the first data portion has been correctly recorded;
rejecting the data card if the first data portion has not been correctly entered; and
recording the second data portion on the permanent recording medium of the data card if the first data portion has been correctly entered.
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Abstract
A method of personalizing identification cards having erasable and/or overwritable and non-overwritable data. The neutral identification cards, before being written on, are first fed from an input stack to a unit in which the overwritable storage medium, e.g. a magnetic stripe, is written on with the erasable or overwritable data. After the writing process has been checked, the card is removed from the process if its writing is defective, and possibly reinserted in the input stack. If the writing is in order, however, the card is fed to another unit in which it is provided with the non-erasable or non-overwritable data.
Data records are made available by a card-issuing agency in order to personalize the identification cards. One data record is kept on hand in a buffer memory for the writing of each identification card. The buffer memory is only loaded with a new data record after the correct writing on the magnetic stripe has been signalled, while the part of the old data record necessary for writing on the non-overwritable data is transferred to a second memory. A data record is thus only assigned permanently to an identification card when the technically delicate processing steps have been successfully carried out. In this way the reject rate can be kept low at a high throughput. The produced cards are also stacked automatically in the same order as the delivered data records.
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1. A method for recording data from a data source on a blank data card, the data having a first portion to be erasably recorded, and a second portion to be permanently recorded the card having at least one overwritable recording medium and a medium for permanently recording data, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a blank data card; obtaining the data to be recorded from the data source; recording the first data portion on the overwritable recording medium of the data card; reading the first data portion as recorded on the overwritable recording medium and comparing same with the first data portion obtained from the data source to determine whether the first data portion has been correctly recorded; rejecting the data card if the first data portion has not been correctly entered; and recording the second data portion on the permanent recording medium of the data card if the first data portion has been correctly entered. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A device for recording data from a data source on a succession of data cards, the data having a first portion to be erasably recorded on the card and a second portion to be permanently recorded on the card, each card having at least one overwritable recording medium and a medium for permanently recording data, said device comprising:
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a transport system for conveying the succession of cards through the device; a first recording means coupleable to said data source for receiving the data to be recorded and for recording the first data portion on the overwritable recording medium of each card; a reading and comparison means coupleable to the data source for reading the data recorded on the overwritable recording medium and comparing it to the first data portion from the data source; and a second recording unit coupleable to the data source for receiving the data to be recorded and for recording the second data portion on the permanent recording medium of each card. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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