FR2845808A1 - Printing of receipts from automated transaction machines with lottery information to encourage retention of receipt, combines transaction receipt with lottery entry - Google Patents

Abstract

The roll (1) of paper on which the receipt is printed is divided into alternate zones (2,3). One zone is left blank to carry details of the transaction, while the other zone is preprinted with an entry to a lottery or other game. The entry can be a number which is submitted for a draw or an instant lottery with a layer (15) covering the prize value, which is revealed by scratching off the layer.

Description

Roll or screen for ATM. The present invention relates to

  at a point-of-sale terminal, for example a supermarket checkout counter, or at a self-service terminal, for example a bank ATM, a point of sale terminal, for example a parking box, a motorway toll, a ticket sales terminal and train or plane tickets, etc. as well as a roll or screen of printing paper, for a point terminal of

  sale or self-service terminal of this kind.

  A point-of-sale or self-service terminal, such as an automated teller machine or vending machine, generally includes a keyboard for interfacing with the user, a control means in the form of a processor for managing the user. together a given transaction, and printing means under the control of the processor for printing a final transaction receipt, on which are printed information about the transaction that has been performed. A

  A major problem in self-service windows or terminals of this kind is that the user tends to discard his receipt in the immediate vicinity of the distributor. At the end of the day, the floor is littered, which gives a bad image of the company owner of the distributor and is contrary to the preservation of the environment.

  The present invention aims at providing a point-of-sale terminal or a self-service terminal which is more ecological than those of the prior art, and in particular a terminal where the people who use it have

  less likely to throw their receipt in the immediate vicinity of it.

  According to a first aspect of the invention, it relates to a point-of-sale terminal or a self-service terminal, in particular an automatic bank teller, comprising a processor, printing means and a roll spool for a roll. or a paper screen, the processor controlling the printing device to print on the paper that is unwound from the paper roll a receipt for the user, concerning the transaction that has just been performed, the roll or paper screen consisting of a paper ribbon, the paper ribbon being divided into a plurality of successive areas of length substantially equal to a length of a receipt for a transaction, each area of the plurality of successive areas comprising respectively at least a first region and a second region, the first region being substantially blank, characterized in that each second region is either blank or covered with an ink layer, this ink layer being of a shape selected from one or more forms given in advance, the second

  regions are not all identical to each other.

  Thus, it is possible in the second regions of each receipt to print in advance an ink layer to indicate to the user who has just made a transaction and who retrieves his receipt on which are printed in the first blank region information concerning this transaction, which he has for example won in a lottery, or also not to print anything in the case of a second virgin region (no gain), or to indicate to him that he has no gain for the receipt in question. Thus, the user not only retrieves a receipt for his transaction (first region), but also a sort of lottery ticket (second region) on which he has a probability of winning something. In the case in particular where the inscriptions do not make it possible to know, when one knows how to read, if one has won, for example when there is only a displayed number and one has to go to the bank to know the winning number, the user will keep his receipt

  and will not throw it near the ATM.

  In the case where the inscription allows to read immediately if one

  won, people who can not read (children, etc.), people with reduced visual ability, foreigners who do not know the language in which the result of the draw is written and the winners will not throw their receipt either, thus greatly reducing the number of receipts thrown near the ATM.

  According to a particularly effective embodiment and ecological, the second region is at least partly covered with ink

to scratch.

  Thus, in addition, a terminal in which the user tends to want to keep his receipt rather than throw it as is currently the case, to know if he won. Indeed, he can either scratch

  immediately to see if he has won, either keep this ticket longer to scratch later for example when he will have enough to clean his fingers knowing that scrape scratch ink has a messy effect.

  Thus, the user will have a tendency to keep his ticket on him rather than throwing it out of order next to the ATM. In addition, the organization and implementation of a lottery by the organization that owns the terminal is particularly simplified compared to the prior art.

  requiring almost no additional equipment.

  According to a particularly effective embodiment from a standpoint of conservation of the roll or screen, there is provided a

  layer of varnish between the second region and the layer of ink to scratch.

  Thus, the layer of ink to scratch is well maintained on the paper and does not disperse over time.

  According to the present invention, the first substantially virgin regions are regions which are either blank or on which a background is affixed, for example a logo, which does not prevent the affixing thereon of information concerning the transaction that is discernible by the user. .

  Preferably, the first and second regions are on the same side of the ribbon.

  According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the paper roll has a thickness of between 50 g / m 2 and 100 g / m 2, preferably

between 80 and 90 g / m2.

  Preferably, the scratch ink and the varnish are inks and varnishes, printable in wet offset, UV Offset, gravure printing, flexo and screen printing of aqueous solvents, which may contain particles.

  as well as monomers or polymers.

  The present invention also relates to a self-service terminal comprising a processor, a paper reel and printing means, the processor controlling the printing means for printing.

  print on paper information relating to a transaction made, characterized in that there is also provided random draw or randomly selected random selection means, inscriptions from among one or more inscriptions given in order to their 35 printing in addition to information about the transaction made.

  According to this system, the roll or screen (set of cards disposed in succession in the form of accordion and which can be separated from each other for example by tearing along preferential tear lines) paper does not need to be printed in advance concerning the potential winnings of the lottery, the printing and the draw being done each time at the time of the transaction itself. Embodiments of the invention are now described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

  Figure 1 is a perspective view of a paper roll for use in an automated banking machine according to the invention.

  Figure 2 is a side view of the rolled portion of the roll

of Figure 1.

  Figure 3 is a block diagram of an automatic bank machine according to another embodiment of the invention.

  FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an automatic bank teller comprising a roll according to FIG.

  In Figure 1, there is shown a paper roll having an oblong ribbon of paper wrapped around a spool. One side of the paper ribbon 1 is divided into successive zones each having a first region 2 and a second region 3. The length of the successive zones, each having a first region and a second region, which are repeated, is identical. It corresponds to the length of a standard receipt

  provided to a user, for example a bank ATM.

  In Figure 1, the regions are delimited by dashed lines. However, these dotted lines serve only for a better understanding of the present description and are not

necessary in reality.

  On the second region, one can predict as in Figure 1, a virgin region that is to say without any registration. According to another embodiment, it is possible to provide a pattern which repeats itself regularly over part or all of all the first regions of this kind, for example an advertising logo or an advertising slogan. However, this or these logos allow the printing of transaction data.

  performed without hindering their reading by the user.

  All first regions 2 of the paper reel are identical to each other. The second regions are either blank, (in another embodiment, it is also possible to provide an inscription

  such as "Sorry this time you did not win" rather than leaving the second blank region in the event that the ticket or receipt (a given area) is not winning), is covered by a chosen entry among several inscriptions given. Here, the possible entries are "you won 5 20 euros", "you won 30 euros" and "Sorry no win this time".

  Preferably, the choice between not placing an inscription or putting one inscription or another is done in advance by random drawing by the roll manufacturer. They can also simply be arranged once all N received, for example once every 300 or 400 10 depending on the total amount that the bank wants to grant in batch. Preferably, the draw is done randomly knowing that there must however be a winner every 400 or 500 draws, for example,

  it is then a pseudo-random draw.

  Each of the second regions 3 is covered, so as to hide the inscriptions concerning the result of the lottery, a layer 15

  scratch ink, for example rectangular or square.

  Between a second region 3 and its respective scratch ink layer, an intermediate layer 16 of varnish can be provided.

  Inks and varnishes are inks and varnishes that can be printed in wet offset, UV Offset, gravure printing, flexo and screen printing of aqueous solvents, which can contain metallic particles as well as

monomers or polymers.

  In Figure 2, there is shown a block diagram of a bank ATM. The bank automatic teller is constituted by a processor 5 or CPU (Central Unit) which is connected to printing means 6, to a screen 7, and to a keyboard 10. In addition, the printing means 6 cooperate with a roll 9 of unwinding paper. There is also provided 8 drawing means under the control of the CPU (Central Unit). Every time a user makes a transaction, a receipt is printed. The CPU 5 controls the printing of the receipt by sending to the printing means 6 the data (for example account number, amount withdrawn, date, etc.) concerning the transaction relating to the receipt that is being printed. In addition, the CPU 5 commands the draw means 8 to draw and the data received back by the CPU from these draw means 8 (by conventional data links well known in the art. domain and not shown) are sent to the printing means 6 to be printed at the same time as the data of the transaction. Before printing, they can be translated in a form more understandable by the customer. That is, in general, the draw is done in the form of a draw of a number, which

  must then be compared in a comparator to the winning numbers. If the comparator (not shown and well known in the field) indicates a gain, it then emits a signal for example in the form "You have won 20 euros", if it indicates a loss, we can not say anything or indicate by For example, "Sorry, no gain this time, next time maybe!"

  It is this latter signal which is printed preferably by the printing means. The paper is so-called thermal paper, that is to say paper on which is printed by heating to "reveal" what you want to print. 15 The paper specifications are: - paper quality: standard thermal, semi too high and top, - grammage: 50 gr <x <90 gr for rolls, gr <x <170 gr for screens - thickness: 59 microns <x < 100 microns for rolls 95 microns <x <250 microns for screens - Density: 1 macbeth <x <1,5 macbeth

- Whiteness: 80% <x <98%.

  - Printing speed: 100 mm / s <x <350 mm / s

  - Archivability: 5 years <x <25 years.

  Surface (smoothness): 120B / s <x <1300 B / s

  For paper rolls, the thickness is between 59 μm and 100 μm and the basis weight is between 50 g / m 2 and 90 g / m 2.

  For screens, the thickness is between 95 μm and 250 μm and the grammage is between 80 g! m2 and 170 g! m2.

  It goes without saying that the above description of the invention as applied to an ATM is not limited to this application, the invention can also be implemented for example in cash registers of department stores, in terminals tolls, parking boxes, and generally in all ATM systems

  in which a ticket is issued.

Claims (8)

CLAIMS (filed on 07.03.2003)   A paper roll or screen for a point-of-sale terminal or a self-service terminal, in particular an automatic bank teller, comprising a processor (5), printing means (6) and a roll (9) of unwinding for the roll or screen of paper, the processor (5) controlling the printing means (6) so that they print on the paper which is unwound from the coil (9) a receipt for the user, the receipt concerning a transaction that has just been performed, the roll or screen consisting of a strip (1) of paper, the strip (1) of paper being subdivided into a plurality of successive zones of length substantially equal to a length a receipt for a transaction, each zone of the plurality of successive zones respectively comprising at least a first region (2) and a second region (3), the first region (2) being substantially blank, characterized in that each second Region (3) is either vi erge, or covered with a layer of ink, this ink layer being of a shape selected from one or more shapes given in advance, and in that the second regions (3) are not all identical to each other.   2. Roll or screen according to Claim 1, characterized in that second regions (3), in particular the second regions, are   at least partly covered with a layer (15) to be scratched.   3. Roll or screen according to Claim 2, characterized in that a layer (16) of varnish is provided between second regions (3).   and their respective scratch ink layer (15).   4. Roll or screen according to one of the claims   preceding, characterized in that the first and second regions are on the same side of the ribbon (1).   5. Roll or screen according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the paper roll has a thickness of between 50 g / m2 and 100 g / m2, preferably between 80 and 90 g / m2. 2nd   6. Roll or screen according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the paper is thermal paper said.   7. Self-service terminal comprising a processor (5), a paper unwinding coil (9) and printing means (6), the processor (5) controlling the printing means (6) for printing on the unrolled paper from the reel of information relating to a transaction made, the reel unwinding a roll or screen according to one of preceding claims.   8. Terminal according to claim 7, characterized in that there is also provided means (8) random draw randomly or pseudo-random selections given from one or more inscriptions given for printing in addition to   information about the transaction.