JPH01111269A - Settlement data printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operation rate of the title device, to minimize its setting space, and to lower its costs by connecting the plural settlement data printing devices with a card processor, and attaining a printout in an arbitrary sequence. CONSTITUTION:When a card for a settlement is inserted into a CAT 16 at the time of a transaction, data are read, a sales amount, etc., are inputted. Next, after the identification processing of the card, the processed data are transmitted through a LAN to printer 1a, and when the transmission is abnormal, the printed data are transmission-processed for a printer 1b. When the receiving of the printers 1a and 1b is normal, the data are stored into a printing data buffer area based on the identification code added to the data. That is, the settlement data transmitted from the CAT 16, etc., are successively received by the printer, when the transmission destination printer has a trouble, the transmission destination is automatically switched to the other printer, and since the printout is attained in the arbitrary sequence, the plural CATs are shared, the operation rate can be improved, and the costs can be lowered.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of the Invention) The present invention relates to a payment data printing device that prints out payment data sent from a card processing machine during a transaction in the distribution industry, financial industry, or the like.

(Summary of the Invention) This invention enables a payment data printing device to be connected to multiple card processing machines, temporarily stores each payment data input from the card processing machines, and prints out the data in any order. It has been made possible.

(Prior art and its problems) Conventionally, in systems that process sales by card, there is a method in which a printer is built into the card processing machine in order to print out the processing results, and a method as shown in Figure 7. There was a method in which a dedicated payment data printing device, such as a slip printer, was connected one-to-one to a card processing machine such as a credit terminal or a debit terminal.

In any case, the operating time of the printer is shorter than the sales processing time of card processing machines such as credit terminals and debit terminals, so (a) the operating rate of the printer is poor.

(b) The total installation space for the printer becomes larger.

(C) The total cost of the printer increases.

There were problems such as.

(Purpose of the Invention) This invention was proposed in view of the above-mentioned problems, and makes it possible to configure a system in which a payment data printing device shares a plurality of card processing machines. The purpose of the present invention is to improve the operation rate of the payment data printing device, and at the same time reduce the installation space of the payment data printing device in the entire system, thereby reducing the cost of the entire system.

(Structure and Effects of the Invention) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides means for receiving payment data sent from one or more card processing machines via a transmission line, and a means for receiving payment data sent from one or more card processing machines via a transmission line. means for storing the payment data in the corresponding card processing machine buffer 1 based on the identification code attached thereto; means for displaying the presence or absence of payment data on each card processing machine buffer 1; The present invention is characterized by comprising means for instructing the buffer 1, and means for printing out the payment data stored in the indicated buffer for the card processing machine.

With this configuration, the payment data printing device of the present invention can be used in connection with a plurality of card processing machines, thereby providing the following excellent effects.

(a) The operating rate of the payment data printing device is improved.

(b) At the same time, the installation space for the payment data printing device per card processing machine is reduced.

(C) As a result, the cost of the entire system is reduced.

(d) In general, by connecting multiple payment data printing devices in parallel, if one payment data printing device breaks down, it is possible to switch to another payment data printing device. becomes.

(Description of Embodiment) Figures 1 to 6 show an embodiment of the payment data printing device according to the present invention. A display lamp 2 that displays that payment data has been stored for each processing machine, and a CAT number key 3 that instructs to print out the payment data for each card processing machine are provided, and a slip paper 4 is inserted into this printer 1. Then, the built-in slip printer prints out the payment data of the card processing machine specified by the CAT number key 3.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal electrical configuration of the printer. As shown in the figure, the control unit 5 is controlled by the CPU 6
．． ROM7. It is composed of a microcomputer including a RAM 8, etc., and further includes a slip printer 92, which is a printing mechanism, and a display 11, consisting of a display lamp 2, etc. CA
Key switch 12 consisting of T number keys 3. external CAT
(Turret Authorization Terminal), a LAN interface 13 for connection to a transmission control device, etc.

The ROM 7 in FIG. 2 stores various control programs for controlling each part of the printer, as shown in FIG. 3. FIG. 4 shows the memory contents of the same RAM 8, in which data is written in each area according to the operation of the printer 1.

An example of a system that combines a printer configured in this manner and a card processing machine is shown in Fig. 6. In the figure, a CATa machine that is a card processing machine and two printers are connected to a LAN.
connected via.

14 is a transmission control device that controls the LAN, and also controls the transmission line 15 to the card center.

Next, the operation of the system shown in FIG. 6 will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, when a transaction is made, CATl 6 [When a payment card is inserted, data is read from the card (step 501), and then the sales amount is entered using the input device of the built-in keyboard (step 501). 502)
, reading of the password (step 503) is performed in order.

Thereafter, a payment card authentication process (step 504) is performed based on the input data.

When the authentication process is completed, the processed payment data is transmitted to the printer 1a via the LAN as print data for the printer (step 505).

Thereafter, based on the response from the slip printer, it is determined whether the transmission has been completed normally (step 5).
If the transmission is normal (Yes), the program ends immediately, but if the transmission is not successful (No at Step 5'06), the destination of the slip printer to which the transmission is to be changed is changed (Step 507). Similarly, the print data is transmitted to the next printer, such as printer 1b, via the LAN.

Next, the operation on the printer side will be explained.

Similarly, when the program is started by turning on the power, etc., it first enters a state of waiting for transmission from the CAT (step 508, negative). In this state, CAH
When some print data is transmitted from the side (step 508tll determination), it is immediately determined whether the reception is normal or abnormal (step 509). If the reception is abnormal here (No in step 509), transmission error processing is performed (
Step 511), the program ends.

On the other hand, if the reception is normal (step 509N), the card processing machine stores the print data received at that time in buffer 1 based on the identification code attached to the data (step 509). 510).

Here, as shown in FIG. 4, a print data buffer area is provided in RAMa, and this print data area is divided into areas for each printer Ia and lb shown in FIG. There are 1 or 2 in each area.
The above print data can be stored in order.

Once the received data is stored in buffer 1 for the card processing machine in this way (step 510),
Next, display lamp 2 corresponding to the CAH that received the data
(Step 512)
.

Then, the indicator lamp 2 installed on the surface of the printer 1 whose appearance is shown in FIG. 1 lights up.
The operator can confirm which CAT is currently receiving and storing print data.

After that, the printer side sequentially searches the print data buffer 1 area in the RAM to check whether the currently received and stored data is one or more pieces of data (step 513). , the received data is immediately printed on the inserted slip paper (step 515).

On the other hand, if there is a plurality of pieces of data being received and stored at that time (No in step 513), the process waits for the operator to press the CAT number key 3.

Here, if the CAT number key 3 is pressed (step 51
4) On the printer side, the print data buffer area corresponding to the CAT number is searched and the print data stored there is similarly printed out on slip paper (step 515).

In this system, payment data sent from multiple CATs is sequentially received by the printer, and if the destination printer is out of order or is receiving data from another CAT, the destination is automatically selected. You can switch to another printer.

In addition, printers can receive multiple pieces of payment data and print them out in any order, making it possible to configure a highly efficient system that combines multiple CATs and a smaller number of printers. This greatly contributes to cost reduction during system introduction.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 6 show an embodiment of the payment data printing device according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of the printer body, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of the ROM, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of the RAM. A diagram showing the configuration, FIG. 5 is a flowchart explaining the operation,
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a system combining a printer and a card processing machine, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a conventional system. 1...Printer 2...Display lamp 3...CAT number key 5...Control unit 6...CPU 7...ROM 8...RAM 9...Slip printer 11...Display 12...Key switch

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) means for receiving payment data sent from one or more card processing machines via a transmission line; means for storing payment data in a buffer; means for displaying the presence or absence of payment data in each card processing machine buffer; means for instructing a card processing machine buffer to be printed out; A payment data printing device comprising means for printing out stored payment data.