Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
235002000 | CASH REGISTERS AND RECORDERS | 23 |
20120181327 | VALUABLE MEDIUM PROCESSING SYSTEM - Provided is a valuable medium processing system capable of improving the work efficiency of a person in charge when continuously storing a quantity of valuable media collected from a plurality of valuable medium transaction machines into a storage unit. The valuable medium processing system comprises: a valuable medium processing machine for performing a count process on a predetermined kind of valuable media from among the valuable media collected from the valuable medium transaction machines; and a control machine for storing and managing the quantity of valuable media collected from the valuable medium transaction machines on a per valuable medium transaction machine basis. While the processing machine is performing the counting process on the valuable media collected from one of the valuable medium transaction machines, if the quantity of valuable media which are collected from a different valuable medium transaction machine and on which the processing machine cannot perform the counting process is inputted by an input operation means, the control machine controls a predetermined storage means to store the inputted quantity of valuable media as the quantity of valuable media collected from the different valuable medium transaction machine. | 07-19-2012 |
235003000 | Check printing | 22 |
20090308916 | POS TERMINAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING POS TERMINAL APPARATUS - In a POS terminal apparatus, a specific commodity is selected as a reserved commodity from advertised commodities displayed on a display with touch panel for customers during execution of commodity registration processing by a commodity-registration processing section Then, the commodity-registration processing section causes the display with touch panel for customers and a display with touch panel for salesclerks to additionally display details information of the reserved commodity in details spaces of commodity lists displayed on respective screens of the displays. When a subtotal key is depressed, a deposit processing section calculates an amount of a deposit and causes the display with touch panel for customers to display the amount of the deposit. When a total key is depressed, a change calculating section calculates a change amount. A receipt printing section causes a printing device to print account settlement contents of purchased commodities and the reserved commodity and reservation indication on a receipt sheet, | 12-17-2009 |
20100044425 | METHOD OF PRINTING RECEIPTS - An electronic payment terminal and method are provided for printing tickets. The method includes: carrying out payment transactions with the terminal; after each transaction, simultaneously printing several tickets concerning the transaction made. Accordingly, when several transactions are carried out successively, the time required for printing the tickets is shortened since the tickets are printed at the same time. | 02-25-2010 |
20100140339 | Combination Printer and its Paper - A computer network system and method for printing purchase transaction receipts includes a novel printer physical structure, data structure, and control logic for printing on both sides of a register receipt, business rules designed to facilitate the two sided printing, and print paper designed to facilitate two sided printing. | 06-10-2010 |
20110017816 | DOCUMENT PRODUCTION USING IMAGE TRANSFER TO MATED SUBSTRATE - A system in which a check and its duplicate are formed. In an embodiment, a mating device mates a base stock of a negotiable instrument with a base stock of a duplicate negotiable instrument to form mated base stock. In one embodiment, the base stock of the duplicate negotiable instrument has a photosensitive coating applied to a portion of the duplicate negotiable instrument. A printing device may be used to print personalized information on the base stock of negotiable instrument portion of the mated base stock. Also, an exposure unit may be used to apply light to the mated base stock, wherein the application of the light to the mated base stock transfers a portion of the personalized information on the negotiable instrument to the duplicate negotiable instrument. | 01-27-2011 |
20110068163 | Point-of-Sale Printer System - Some embodiments of a point-of-sale register apparatus may include first and second printers supported by a printer stand. The printer stand may arrange the first and second printers in a vertical array so as to efficiently use the space at the point-of-sale register. In some embodiments, the vertical array of printers is positioned near a user's hands and within a user's immediate line of sight when viewing the register's display screen. | 03-24-2011 |
20110084125 | MERCHANDISE SALES DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A receipt issuance facility included in a receipt printer incorporated in a merchandise sales data processing apparatus is utilized in order to print a role assigned to a key together with a frame matched with the size of the key. | 04-14-2011 |
20110101084 | MODULAR GAMING TRANSACTION PRINTER - A modular gaming transaction printer for grayscale printing which may interface with multiple host systems and multiple gaming machine protocols, download application code or code patches, receive printer maintenance instructions, arbitrate print jobs received from various communication interfaces, support worldwide languages, and utilize firmware version consolidation. The printer further includes security features and memory protection. The printer further includes segmented memory for content related to each communication interface, gaming machine, or host system, among others. Additionally, the printer supports Unicode, configuration to worldwide languages, configuration to multiple protocols, and configuration to prior firmware versions for backward compatibility, among others. The printer may include a plurality of paper trays to hold media of the same size, but different characteristics. | 05-05-2011 |
20110315755 | Receipt Printing Processing Method, Receipt Printing Processing System, and Printer - When a customer places a special order that changes the content of a product or processing thereof (non-standard order information), a receipt printing processing method and system also produces a special order seal in connection with printing the sales receipt. The receipt printing processing system has a receipt printer and a label printer that is in communication with the receipt printer. When the system receives transaction processing data generated by a POS register used to take orders, a control unit determines if non-standard order information is contained in the transaction processing data. If so, the control unit controls the generation of seal printing data for printing a special order seal, along with controlling the processing of receipt data and the printing of the receipt. | 12-29-2011 |
20120043375 | LABEL ISSUING DEVICE AND LABEL ISSUING METHOD - A label issuing device includes an imaging portion, an image output portion that outputs images captured by the imaging portion, an object recognition portion that recognizes a specific object by reading a feature amount of the output images, an information reading portion that reads information for the recognized object from a file storing information related to the object, and a label issuing portion that prints the read information for the object on a label and issues the label. | 02-23-2012 |
20120132700 | METHODS OF TWO-SIDED PRINTING - An application or print driver on a point-of-sale terminal determines the break point of a transaction record to be printed on two sides of media. The print data is sent to the printer in a particular amount of print data for print on the front side followed by a particular amount of print data for print on the back side. The application or print driver then alternates between the print data on the front and the print data on the back until the end of the transaction record is transmitted. When all print data for the front is transmitted, an end of front data indicator is sent. When all print data for the back is transmitted, an end of back data indicator is sent. When both indicators are sent, the printer is allowed to cut the transaction record. | 05-31-2012 |
20120187183 | RECEIPT AND CLAIM TICKET PRINTING DEVICE, AND RECEIPT AND CLAIM TICKET PRINTING SYSTEM - Accidents such as mistakenly delivering products belonging to a different buyer to the wrong person can be prevented. A receipt and claim ticket printing device that issues to a buyer of a product a receipt showing the product name and price and the total purchase amount, and a claim ticket for the product purchased by the buyer, has a product image storage unit that stores product images of the products that are sold; a product image extraction unit that extracts the product image of at least one of the purchased products from the product image storage unit when the receipt is issued; and a print unit that prints the claim ticket on which the extracted product image is printed with the receipt. | 07-26-2012 |
20120228372 | INSPECTION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Tab positions of tab sheets that are inserted between printed pages while a print job is performed are determined to be correct or incorrect using a control method for controlling an inspection apparatus which is connectable to a printing apparatus. The method includes reading tab sheets conveyed from the printing apparatus, detecting positions of tabs of the tab sheets conveyed from the printing apparatus according to the reading result, and determining whether each of the detected positions is correct or incorrect. | 09-13-2012 |
20130056530 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device comprises an input section arranged in a main body, a printing section which is arranged in the main body at the position adjacent to the input section and holds a continuous-feed paper in its interior and prints various information onto the continuous-feed paper, a connecting member which is connected to the main body via a first shaft at the position adjacent to the input section and the printing section and a display section which is connected to the connecting member via the second shaft. The display section is located at the position where the transfer of the continuous-feed paper into and from the printing section is impeded in usual usage state, and the continuous-feed paper can be transferred into and from the printing section by the action of the connecting member via the first shaft and the action of the display section via the second shaft. | 03-07-2013 |
20130146652 | Receipt Printing Processing Method and Receipt Printing Processing System - When a customer places a special order that changes the content of a product or processing thereof (non-standard order information), a receipt printing processing method and system also produces a special order seal in connection with printing the sales receipt. The receipt printing processing system has a receipt printer and a label printer that is in communication with the receipt printer. When the system receives transaction processing data generated by a POS register used to take orders, it is determined if non-standard order information is contained in the transaction processing data. If so, seal printing data for printing a special order seal is generated. Receipt data is also processed for the printing of the receipt. | 06-13-2013 |
20130221081 | TWO-SIDED SHEET CONTAINING A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT TRAVEL-RELATED DOCUMENT ITEMS AND A METHOD OF OPERATING AN APPARATUS TO PROVIDE SUCH A TWO-SIDED SHEET - A two-sided sheet contains a plurality of different travel-related items. The two-sided sheet includes a first travel-related item in the form of a baggage tag having a front major surface facing a first direction and on which baggage tag information is printed. The two-sided sheet also includes a second travel-related item which is other than a baggage tag and which second travel-related item has a front major surface facing a second direction which is opposite the first direction and on which other information is printed. The two-sided sheet further includes adhesive disposed between the first and second travel-related items to provide a single sheet in which the second travel-related item can be peeled away and separated from the baggage tag. | 08-29-2013 |
20130233913 | PRINTER AND PAPER FEEDING METHOD FOR PRINTER DEVICE - A printer includes a printing unit having a platen roller, a power unit including a stepping motor and a gear train, a cutting unit provided at a further downstream of a forward direction than the platen roller to cut a paper at a predetermined position, the forward direction in which the paper printed by the printing unit is fed by the forward rotation of the platen roller, and a control unit to control the driving of the stepping motor and the operation of the cutting unit. The control circuit controls the platen roller to rotate forward and place a certain portion of the paper at a predetermined position of the cutting unit on standby for a predetermined time, then controls the cutting unit to cut the paper, and after the cutting, controls the platen roller to rotate forward by a minimal number of steps necessary to remove backlash. | 09-12-2013 |
20140034718 | TICKET PRINTER - A ticket printer includes a path along which a strip of paper advances. The path terminates at a presentation outlet of a ticket separated from the strip. On the path, there is a movable deviating body that can selectively close or open an accumulating zone that branches off from the path and can receive a part of a strip that will be severed to form the ticket. | 02-06-2014 |
20140084049 | Printing System, Printing Device, and Printing Method - A first printer | 03-27-2014 |
20140312111 | COMBINATION PRINTER AND ITS PAPER - A computer network system and method for printing purchase transaction receipts includes a novel printer physical structure, data structure, and control logic for printing on both sides of a register receipt, business rules designed to facilitate the two sided printing, and print paper designed to facilitate two sided printing. | 10-23-2014 |
20150028094 | INTEGRATED SUBLIMATION TRANSFER PRINTING APPARATUS - A safe, integrated dye sublimation transfer printer apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus is configured to print one or more images onto transfer media, then align the transfer media onto a substrate. A selected product to receive the sublimated image is positioned on top of the transfer media, and one or more heating platens then engage the transfer media to sublimate the image. The heating platen is configured to sublimate one or more opposing sides of a product substantially simultaneously in a single thermal cycle. In some embodiments, the apparatus may be incorporated into a fully-enclosed vending machine to provide on-demand personalized sublimated products and accessories for a consumer. | 01-29-2015 |
20150102096 | PRINTING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR A PRINTING DEVICE, AND A CONTROL PROGRAM - Without needing reserve printers of plural different types in preparation for an equipment failure, printing as desired can be quickly resumed by simply connecting a replacement printer. The printer | 04-16-2015 |
20150290950 | MULTIFUNCTION PRINTING DEVICE - A small, compact multifunction printing device provides excellent ease of use with little possibility of slips and continuous paper jamming inside. The multifunction printer has a check processing unit and a continuous paper processing unit. The check processing unit has a U-shaped check conveyance path P | 10-15-2015 |