JP3754853B2 - Ticketing printer - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a ticket printer for use in automatic ticketing system, particularly to a useful ticket printer to automatically discard the waste media so that it can not misuse.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Generally, automatic ticketing devices are known that are installed in stations, airports, and the like and have a built-in ticketing printer for issuing train tickets, aircraft boarding passes, and the like.
As a conventional ticket-issuing printer, a roll medium is loaded, the roll is fed out, various data is printed (this is referred to as “printing process”), and writing to a magnetic stripe (this is referred to as “magnetic encoding process”). Etc.) are processed, and are cut into appropriate lengths, and printers for issuing tickets that issue various tickets effective as money tickets such as train tickets and boarding passes for aircraft are known. .
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the above conventional ticketing printer, the medium remaining in the roll medium that cannot be used at the next start-up, the medium that is cut and discarded for face-to-face alignment when the roll medium is loaded into the ticketing printer, etc. If there is an unnecessary medium, maintenance personnel must remove it each time. For this reason, when a waste medium remains without being removed by maintenance personnel or when it is simply discarded as garbage, a third party can process the waste medium such as printing or magnetic encoding. By improperly giving the effect as a cash voucher, there is a possibility that a useless medium is intentionally illegally used as a cash voucher, and there is a problem in the security of the cash voucher management.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention is to print the data for use as a ticket by feeding the medium from the roll media printing unit, the ticket printer to issuing cut into appropriate lengths, roll media to be cut when loading the roll media to the tip portion, the feature that a control means for controlling to perform printing for disposing of the tip portion as waste medium by the printing unit.
[0005]
According to the present invention, in the printer, detection means for detecting a near end and an end of the roll medium is provided, and the control means turns off the power supply after the detection means detects the near end of the roll medium. And until the detection means detects the end of the roll medium, the printing unit controls to perform printing for discarding the roll medium .
[0006]
Furthermore, the present invention is the above-mentioned printer, in which a plurality of the roll media are loaded and one of the roll media is used as a ticket issue target medium to be printed by the printing unit, and the detection is performed for each roll medium. And a means for issuing a ticket when the ticket to be issued is either a long ticket or a plurality of tickets after the near end of the roll medium to be issued is detected by the detector. Control is performed so that the roll medium is switched to a roll medium that is not in a near-end state .
[0007]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited thereby.
FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of an automatic ticket issuing apparatus provided with a ticket issuing printer according to an embodiment, wherein (1) shows a customer service surface, (2) shows an inner side surface, and (3) shows an essential part of an inner rear surface. This automatic ticketing device 100 is a device that is installed at a station and issues a ticket by a customer's operation. As shown in (1), an eye catcher 101 that senses the presence of a customer and a customer's operation are guided. A customer operation unit LCD 102 for displaying and operating the customer, an account SW 103 for selecting an account, a call SW 104 for calling an attendant, a cancellation SW 105 for canceling a transaction, a fee indicator 106 for displaying a transaction fee, numbers, and the like 10, a coin slot 108 for inserting coins, a commuter pass / card slot 109 for receiving and returning commuter passes and cards, a coin outlet 110 for releasing coins such as change, and a bill In addition, a bill insertion / release port 111 for discharging change etc. and a ticket discharge port 112 for discharging a ticket to be issued are served. As shown in (2) and (3), a control unit 113 that controls the entire system arranged in the vicinity of the eye catcher 101, and a clerk operation unit 114 that a clerk inputs instructions to the control unit 113. A banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 115 for storing and depositing / dispensing banknotes, a coin deposit / withdrawal unit 116 for storing and depositing / dispensing coins, and a coin supply cassette 117 for supplying coins to the coin deposit / withdrawal unit 116 , A coin collection cassette 118 for collecting coins from the coin deposit / withdrawal unit 116, a power source 119 for supplying the entire power, and a commuter pass issuing / card handling unit that issues commuter passes and handles cards such as prepaid cards 120 and a ticket issuing printer 121 as a ticket issuing function for printing and issuing a ticket are incorporated. The ticket-issuing printer 121 is a part that executes processing that characterizes the present invention, and this will be described below.
[0008]
2A and 2B are explanatory diagrams of the ticket issuing printer. FIG. 2A is an internal configuration diagram of the printer, and FIG. As shown in (1), the ticket issuing printer 121 detects two roll papers 2a and 2b that are rotatably mounted in a predetermined position in the housing 1 and detects the near ends of the roll papers 2a and 2b. Near-end sensors 3a and 3b, a sagging prevention bar 4 for preventing sagging of the roll paper 2b, a printing unit 5 for printing on the paper fed from the roll papers 2a and 2b, and paper fed from the roll papers 2a and 2b A cutter unit 6 for cutting the paper, a turn unit 7 for turning the cut paper, a magnetic unit 8 for writing on a magnetic stripe formed on the cut paper, and collection boxes 9a and 9b for collecting unnecessary media, The take-in mechanism unit 10 for taking unnecessary media into the collection boxes 9a and 9b, the punch-and-pull collection box 11 for collecting punch debris, the temporary holding unit 12 for temporarily holding a ticket to be issued, Yes and an outlet 13 for issuing a cash voucher to the outside of the automatic ticketing device 100 from the ticket discharge opening 112, the conveying path is formed so as paper passes through the respective units.
[0009]
In the ticket issuing printer 121, as shown in (2), the near-end sensors 3a and 3b, the printing unit 5, the cutter unit 6, the turn unit 7, the magnetic unit 8, and the A take-in mechanism unit 10, a storage unit 14 for storing a program, and the like, and a conveyance control unit 15 for feeding out the roll papers 2a and 2b and conveying the cut paper are instructions from the control unit 113 of the automatic ticketing apparatus 100. In accordance with the above, the program stored in the storage unit 14 is executed to be connected to the main control unit 16 that controls the entire system. Under the control of the main control unit 16, in the present embodiment, particularly when the roll papers 2a and 2b are faced together, a process of destroying the bill surface with respect to the cut unused medium, or each roll When each of the near end sensors 3a and 3b detects the near end of the paper 2a and 2b, the power supply (not shown) is turned off, and a process for destroying the bill surface of the corresponding roll paper 2a or roll paper 2b that has become the near end is executed. Disposal processing function, and processing to minimize the generation of unnecessary media by switching the roll media 2a, 2b to be used according to the length of the ticket piece to be issued after detecting the near end of the roll media Realize the ticketing function at the near-end detection. In the present embodiment, the main control unit 16 is described as controlling the ticket issuing printer 121, but the control unit 113 may directly control the ticket issuing printer 121.
[0010]
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a waste medium disposal process according to the embodiment. The waste medium P is subjected to a discarding face print P1 to destroy the face. For example, as shown in the figure, an X-shaped line is drawn on a diagonal line. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it can be seen that the ticket surface was destroyed by printing different from normal printing. You can do it. In addition, in this figure, in this unnecessary medium P, the direction of the white broken line arrow is represented as the bill piece conveyance direction, and the two-dot chain line is represented as the face-to-face cut surface.
[0011]
First, the roll medium 2a, to the 2b instrumentation Hama, if the target feed the roll paper 2a, the operator, through the upper conveying path feeding the paper leading edge of the roll media 2a, paper portion of the printing section 5 Insert the tip. Then, the main control unit 16 recognizes that the front end of the paper has been inserted by a sensor (not shown), etc., and operates the cutter unit 6 to cut the paper front end to an appropriate length in order to perform surface matching. Then, when the cut piece of paper is passed through the printing unit 5, it is printed on the face of the discard process described with reference to FIG. 3, and is stored in the collection boxes 9a and 9b or discharged.
[0012]
When the near end of the remaining amount of the roll media 2a and 2b is detected by the near end sensors 3a and 3b, the main control unit 16 notifies the control unit 113 of the fact, and the control unit 113 displays a display unit and the like (not shown). To inform the operator. At this time, when the operator turns off a switch (SW) (not shown) of the power source 119, the control unit 113 notifies the main control unit 16, and the main control unit 16 performs a disposal process on the roll medium in which the near end is detected, that is, Until the near-end sensor detects the medium end, a mark for distinguishing the regular medium from the unused medium is provided, for example, printing is performed. This case will be described in more detail with reference to a flowchart.
[0013]
FIG. 4 shows a flowchart of the discarding process according to the embodiment.
Sa1: The main control unit 16 determines whether or not a switch (SW) (not shown) of the power source 119 is turned off. If turned off, the process proceeds to Sa2 to start the discarding process.
Sa2: The main control unit 16 determines whether one of the roll papers 2a and 2b is near-end based on the output of each near-end sensor 3a and 3b. If it is near-end, the process proceeds to Sa3, and if normal, the process proceeds to Sa7.
[0014]
Sa3: The main control unit 16 determines whether the roll is a near-end target roll, that is, whether the roll medium is set in the printing unit 5, and is set in the printing unit 5 that is not set, for example. If it is the roll paper 2b and the near-end sensor 3b detects the near-end of the roll paper 2b, the process proceeds to Sa4. If the set paper, for example, the roll paper 2a is set in the printing unit 5, and the near-end sensor 3a detects the near-end of the roll paper 2a, the process proceeds to Sa5.
[0015]
Sa4: The main control unit 16 switches to feeding the other roll paper. For example, the roll paper 2a is switched to the roll paper 2b. When both roll papers 2a and 2b are near-end, the maintenance staff is urged to feed paper by display or the like.
Sa5: The main control unit 16 performs a discard process for one sheet. For example, when the roll paper 2a is set in the printing unit 5 and the near end sensor 3a detects the near end of the roll paper 2a, the front end portion of the roll paper 2a is used with reference to FIG. The card surface print of the disposal process demonstrated is performed, it cut | disconnects to appropriate length, and it accommodates in the collection boxes 9a and 9b, or discharges | emits.
[0016]
Sa6: The main control unit 16 determines whether or not the roll paper subjected to the discarding process is the end. If it is not the end, the process returns to Sa5, and if it is the end, the process proceeds to Sa7.
Sa7: The main control unit 16 notifies the control unit 113 that the power source 119 may be turned off, and turns off the power source 119.
[0017]
When the near end is detected by the near end sensor, for example, when the ticket piece to be issued is, for example, an Edmonson ticket, the ticket is issued on the roll paper side where the near end is detected. For example, a large ticket larger than the Edmonson ticket When issuing a ticket, it is preferable to suppress the length of the medium that becomes an unnecessary roll medium by switching the roll medium and issuing the ticket. Here, according to the Japan Railway Cybernetics Council, the Edmonson ticket is standardized as an ordinary short-distance ticket having a rectangular shape having a longitudinal direction of about 57.5 mm and a short side direction of about 30 mm. The large ticket is not a standard by the council, but is generally about 85 mm in the longitudinal direction and about 57.5 mm in the short direction (regular ticket size), or about 10 mm in the longitudinal direction. In the short direction, a rectangular shape of about 57.5 mm is known. Therefore, in order to issue the above-mentioned Edmonson ticket or large ticket, for example, roll papers 2a and 2b having a width of 57.5 mm are set in the ticket issuing printer 121, and are cut into an appropriate size to be issued. . Next, the ticketing process at this time will be described. FIG. 5 shows a flowchart thereof.
[0018]
Sb1: The main control unit 16 monitors the near end sensor 3a, the output of 3b, ticketing subject of the paper roll 2a, 2b is to determine Taka not become near-end. If it is near-end, the process proceeds to Sb2, and if it is not near-end, the process proceeds to Sb4. Here, the ticket issue target refers to roll paper in which the leading end of a piece of paper is inserted into the printing unit 5.
[0019]
Sb2: Based on an instruction from the control unit 113, the main control unit 16 moves the process to Sb3 when the ticketing type is an Edmonson ticket, and moves the process to Sb5 when the ticketing type is not an Edmonson ticket.
Sb3: Based on an instruction from the control unit 113, the main control unit 16 determines whether or not the number of issued tickets is one. If the number is one, the process proceeds to Sb4. If the number is not one, the process proceeds to Sb5.
[0020]
Sb4: The main control unit 16 performs only one ticket issuing process. For example, the sheet is printed by the printing unit 5 and cut to an appropriate length by the cutter unit 6. Further, when there is a magnetic surface on the side opposite to the printed surface of the ticket, magnetic writing is performed by the magnetic unit 8.
Sb5: The main control unit 16 switches from roll paper in the near end state to feeding from roll paper that is not in the near end state.
[0021]
Sb6: The main control unit 16 performs ticketing processing for the requested number of tickets issued. For example, the sheet is printed by the printing unit 5 and cut to an appropriate length by the cutter unit 6. Further, when there is a magnetic surface on the opposite side to the printed surface of the ticket, magnetic writing is performed by the magnetic unit 8.
Sb7: The main control unit 16 switches to feeding from the near end roll paper.
[0022]
Sb8: The main control unit 16 determines whether or not the roll paper to be issued is the end. If it is an end, the process proceeds to Sb9. If it is not an end, the process ends.
Sb9: The main control unit 16 switches from roll paper in the end state to feeding from roll paper that is not in the end state.
[0023]
According to the above-described embodiment, when the roll paper is loaded or at the end time, the waste ticket is printed on the waste ticket that has not been printed. Therefore, the waste ticket is illegally used. Can be prevented.
In addition, when the near end is detected, the remaining amount of the roll medium is considered from the length corresponding to the ticket issue type, so that the two roll media can be used up to the printable range, and the length of the remaining roll medium can be used. It will be possible to minimize it and it will be economical.
[0024]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, when the medium piece cut out from the roll medium is a waste medium, a mark for distinguishing the regular medium from the waste medium is given to the medium piece, for example, printing. Since the medium piece is discarded after performing the discarding process such as performing the above, an effect of preventing the unnecessary use of the medium piece can be obtained. For this reason, there is no fear that the unused medium is intentionally illegally used as a cash voucher, and the effect of increasing the security of the cash voucher management can be obtained.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an automatic ticketing apparatus equipped with a ticket issuing printer according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a ticket issuing printer according to an embodiment. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of waste medium disposal processing according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of disposal processing according to the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of ticketing processing at the near end according to the embodiment.

Claims (3)

In ticket for a printer to print the data to be used as a ticket from a roll medium feed medium in the printing unit, ticketing and cut into appropriate lengths,
To the tip portion of the roll media is cut during the loading of the roll medium, characterized by comprising control means for controlling to perform printing for disposing of the tip portion as waste medium by the printing unit ticketing Printer. In claim 1,
A detecting means for detecting the near end and end of the roll medium is provided,
When the power supply switch is turned off after the detection means detects the near end of the roll medium, the control means detects the end of the roll medium until the detection means detects the end of the roll medium. A ticket-issuing printer that controls to perform printing for disposal processing . In claim 2 ,
A plurality of the roll media are loaded and one of the roll media is set as a ticket issue target medium printed by the printing unit, and the detection unit is provided for each roll medium,
When the ticket to be issued is either a long ticket or a plurality of tickets after the near end of the roll medium to be ticketed is detected by the detecting means, the control means sets the roll medium to be ticketed as a near end. A ticket-issuing printer characterized by controlling to switch to a roll medium that is not in a state .