Apparatus for reading and identifying data carriers in card form which can be printed upon

摘要

PCT No. PCT/AT94/00150 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 19, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 19, 1996 PCT Filed Oct. 17, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO95/11493 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 27, 1995To print a card-type data medium that has a thermosensitive layer, the data medium is passed through a flat channel defining a level transport path provided with a bulge. Situated in the bulge is a thermal print head set at a distance outside the transport path. Opposite the thermal print head, on the other side of the channel is a pressure contact roller which can be moved through the transport path toward the thermal print head. The device preferably has a bar code reader, a magnetic strip reader and an IC reader.