A card manufacturing method for manufacturing the card and a card
manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing the card are provided. The card
51 includes a card base 1, a first receptor layer 1a arranged on one side
of the card base 1 to contain a sublimation-ink image 8, a protecting
layer OC1 laminated on the first receptor layer 1a and an invisible-ink
image 10 formed on the protecting layer OC1. Owing to the interposition
of the protecting layer OC1 between the sublimation-ink image 8 and the
invisible-ink image 10, the card 51 is capable of suppressing color
fading of a sublimation ink in the image 8 in spite of a card structure
where the sublimation ink and an invisible ink are printed so as to
overlap each other, allowing the card 51 to be used for a long time.