(57) A card issuing apparatus comprising a convey path for a card, a conveying section
(13, 14, SR) for moving the card along the convey path, a magnetic card reading/writing
device (5) and a thermal printer (6) which are arranged on the convey path and sequentially
subject the card to magnetical recording and printing, respectively. The card issuing
apparatus further comprises a main processor (11) connected to receive boarding information,
for converting the boarding information into control data for the magnetical recording
and the printing, a memory section (15) for storing the control data supplied from
the main processor (11), and a sub-processor (12) for causing each of the magnetic
card reading/writing device (5) and the thermal printer (6) to process the card according
to corresponding control data stored in the memory section (15) while the card passes
through the magnetic card reading/writing device (5) and the thermal printer (6).
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