Abstract: A card selecting and address printing apparatus to select a card having specified information from among a group of cards bearing thereon coded information and a master printing address and to transfer-print the specified information from the card onto another sheet, having a card hopper for the group of cards including the card to be selected, a card feeder to feed the cards therefrom one at a time, an optical card reading and signal generating means for comparing the coded information on the card being fed with stored information and generating a signal, a card pass selecting mechanism for selecting one of two card paths according to the signal generated, a workpiece hopper and feeder for feeding paper one at a time from the workpiece hopper to a waiting station, holding it there and feeding it to a printing station in response to the signal generated, a printing means for transfering the master printing address on the selected card fed through the card pass selecting mechanism onto the paper fed from the w

Abstract: A transfer-printing process and apparatus for transfer-printing from a master card onto a work piece. The process starts by manual insertion of the master card into a gap provided between press rollers. By the insertion of the master card, the work piece is fed into a work piece path and the surface thereof is wetted during its movement along the path. The work piece thus fed and the master card sustained between the gap are registered with each other as desired and pressed for transfer-printing by the rotation of the press rollers. The work piece and the master card are then delivered to the insertion inlet of the master card.

Abstract: A card sorting apparatus wherein a card is fed one by one from a card hopper, information included on the card is read at a card sensing stage provided along a card feeding path and the card with a specified information is selected comprises: (a) a card reading station at the card feeding path of the card fed one by one from the card hopper which includes means for reading the information on the card fed therethrough, for comparing the read information with a specified information already stored in the station and for generating a signal accordingly; (b) a card path shifting mechanism included after the card reading station along the card feeding path for shifting its position from a first position to a second position, the first position corresponding to a first path of the card being shifted and the second position to a second path of the card, and the width between the two paths being less than that of the card when forwarded; (c) means for driving the card path shifting mechanism from its first position t