Patent attributes
Private information, such as a face image, to specify an applicant is input through input terminal devices. An ID number is read from an identification medium, using an IC reader/writers contained in printers. The private information is printed on a printing surface of the identification medium along with the ID number. The printing history at this time is stored in an issuance server in association with the ID number. The identification medium with surface information printed on the printing surface is set in a recording terminal device. The ID number is read from the identification medium, using the IC reader/writer, and the printing history is read form the issuance server, using the ID number as a key. Based on the read-out printing history, the personal information is recorded in an IC chip of the identification medium along with the ID number.