JPH01188982A - Teller machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To share a printing means with terminals of plural teller machines and to heighten the use efficiency of the title device by providing the printing means only for a first teller machine terminal and connecting a second teller machine terminal through an in-line transmission line to the first teller machine terminal. CONSTITUTION:Plural electronic cash registers ECR1a, and 1c are connected each other through an in-line data transmission line 2 used for a local area network, and a printer 3 is built in the ECR1a. A ROM8 to respectively store a printing processing routine and a printing starting processing routine is connected to an in-line transmission interface 7 connected to a CPU4 of each of the ECR1a, 1b, and 1c. While transmitting and receiving buffers 91 and 92 and a printer existence flag storing area 94 are provided for each ROM8 of the ECR1a, 1b, and 1c, a printer status flag storing area 94 is provided for the ECR1a, and a printer built in machine number storing area 93 is provided for the ECR1b and 1c.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a transaction processing device, and in particular, to a transaction processing device that includes a first transaction processing terminal device that has a printing function and a second transaction processing terminal device that does not have a printing function. Regarding inline-connected transaction processing equipment.

[Prior Art] FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the configuration of a conventional transaction processing system. In FIG. 5, a plurality of electronic cash registers (hereinafter referred to as ECRs) 11 are installed in a store such as a supermarket. Each ECRII is connected to the store controller 1 via an inline transmission cable 12.
Connected to 3. ECRII is for registering sales information. The store controller 13 has each ECR
The sales information transmitted from 11 is stored therein. Next, the operation will be explained. The operator inputs the product code of the product purchased by the customer. The product code is entered by operating a keyboard or by reading a barcode using a scanner.

Sales data is updated based on the input product code. The sales data is displayed on the ECRII's display and printed on receipt paper by the printer. When product registration is complete, total sales amount data will be displayed. A customer hands money to an operator for payment, and the operator inputs the amount of money handed over by the customer and processes the payment. When the series of sales processing operations described above are completed, the sales data is transmitted to the store controller 13 via the inline transmission cable 12.
Stored in the store controller 13.

In addition, a receipt is printed and issued at the ECR, 11 that has processed the sales.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Some conventional ECRs allow users to select whether or not to issue a report. Stores equipped with such ECRs are increasingly issuing receipts only when requested by customers, and printers are being used less frequently. In particular, the printer costs 20% of the parts cost that make up the ECR.
It accounts for ~30% of all EC installed in stores.
There is a growing belief that it is uneconomical to incorporate a printer into R.

Therefore, the main purpose of the present invention is to provide a transaction processing terminal that solves the above-mentioned problems by providing a printing function to a specific transaction processing terminal device and sharing that printing function with other transaction processing terminal devices. The goal is to provide the following.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention is a transaction processing device in which first and second transaction processing terminal devices are connected via a transmission path for inline transmission, and the main body of the first transaction processing terminal device is A printing means is provided for printing data only in the first transaction processing terminal device, and when data to be printed is generated in the first transaction processing terminal device, the data is printed by the printing means, and the data is printed from the second transaction processing terminal device. When data is transmitted through a transmission path,
The transaction processing terminal includes a control means for controlling the printing means of the first transaction processing terminal to print the transmitted data.

[Operation] The transaction processing device according to the present invention prints the data to be printed generated by the first transaction processing terminal device using the printing means built in the terminal device, and prints the data to be printed generated by the first transaction processing terminal device, and prints the data to be printed by the printing means built in the terminal device, and performs the second transaction processing without a printing function. The data to be printed generated by the terminal device is transmitted to the first transaction processing terminal device via a transmission line for inline transmission, and is printed by the printing means of the first transaction processing terminal device.

[Embodiment of the invention] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the invention. In FIG. 1, ECRla, lb and IC are connected to each other via a data transmission line 2. In FIG. The data transmission line 2 is not a communication line such as a telephone line, but is for in-line transmission used in a local area network. The ECRIa has a built-in printer 3 for printing receipts and the like, but the ECRlb and 1c are not provided with a printer. All print data generated by each ECR is printed by the printer 3 of ECRla.

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the ECR shown in FIG. 1. ECRla to 1c has CPU4
is provided. ECRlb and 1C CPU4 have
The keypad 152 display 6° inline transmission interface 7, ROM 8 and RAM 9 are connected. ECR
In addition to the above-described configuration, the built-in printer 3 is connected to the CPU 4 of the la.

The keyboard 5 is used to input the product code of the product purchased by the customer. The display 6 is for displaying data inputted from the keyboard 5 and the like.

The inline transmission interface 7 is for transmitting data with other ECRs. ROM8 is CP
It stores the operation program of U4. ECRl
A program for a printing start processing routine shown in FIG. 3 is stored in the ROMs a to 1c. Furthermore, E
The ROM 8 of CRla stores a program for a print processing routine shown in FIG. 4 later.

The RAM 9 stores various data.

In particular, as shown in FIG. 2, the RAM 9 of the ECRlb and IC includes a transmission buffer 91. Receive buffer 92. A printer built-in machine number storage area 93 and a printer presence/absence flag storage area 94 are provided.
As shown in FIG. 2A, M9 includes transmission buffers 91.
Receive buffer 92, printer presence/absence flag storage area 94
and a printer status flag storage area 95 are provided. The transmission buffer 91 temporarily stores data to be sent to other ECRs, and the reception buffer 92 temporarily stores data transmitted from other ECRs. In the printer built-in machine number storage area 93, number information for specifying the ECRla in which the printer 3 is built is stored.

When ECRlb and 1c send data to be printed, they send the data to the ECR specified by the printer's built-in machine number. Printer presence/absence flag - The flag storage area 94 stores a flag indicating whether or not a printer is built-in. In this example, ECRla's printer presence/absence flag indicates that it has a built-in printer.
1'', and the printer presence/absence flags of ECRlb and 1c are set to 0, indicating that no printer is built in.Printer status flag storage area 95
A flag indicating whether or not the printer 3 is in the process of printing is stored. Printer status flags are checked and set by each ECR1a to 1c, of which ECRlb and 1c
If the data transmission is carried out via the data transmission line 2, it is carried out via the data transmission line 2.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the printing start processing operation performed in ECRla to 1c, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the printing processing operation of ECRla. Next, processing operations when printing will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

The processing operations shown in FIG. 3 are performed when an operator performs a registration operation and printing becomes necessary. First, the CPU 4 edits the print data, and then determines whether or not the ECR is equipped with a printer based on the printer presence/absence flag. If it is determined that a printer is provided, the data is printed using its own built-in printer 3. At this time, the CPU 4 checks whether the printer 3 is being used by another ECR based on the printer status flag.

If the printer 3 is in use, it waits until the use is finished. Also, if it is not in use, after setting the printer status flag to "1" indicating that it is in use,
The printer 3 prints the print data. and,
After printing is completed, the printer status flag is reset to "0" so that the printer 3 can be used by other ECRs.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the printer 3 is not provided, first, the printer status flag of the ECRla is checked via the data transmission line 2. If the printer 3 is in use, it waits until the use ends, but if it is not in use, it sends a set command via the data transmission line 2, sets the printer status flag to "1", and then , sends the print data to the ECR corresponding to the printer built-in machine number. EC that received the data
In Rla, as shown in FIG. 4, the transmitted data is printed by the printer 3, and when printing is completed, the printer status flag is reset to "0".

As described above, in the above-described embodiment, all the ECR print data is printed by one printer, so the cost of providing the printer can be saved, and a large economic effect can be obtained. Further, since a transmission line for in-line transmission is used to transmit print data, no special wiring is required.

In the above embodiment, only ECRla is equipped with a printer, but if a large number of ECRs without a printing function are installed, printers are installed on multiple ECRs in order to efficiently perform printing processing. may be provided.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the printing means of a transaction processing terminal device having a printing function can be used in a plurality of transaction processing terminal devices without providing a printing means in all transaction processing terminal devices. Since it is shared, an inexpensive transaction processing device can be provided.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the electrical configuration of the ECR shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the printing start processing operation performed in each ECR. Figure 4 shows an E with a built-in printer.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the print processing operation of CR. FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a conventional transaction processing system. In the figure, 1a is an ECR with a built-in printer. 1b and IC are ECRs without a built-in printer. 2 is a data transmission line, 3 is a printer, 4 is a CPU, 5
is a keyboard, 6 is a display, 7 is an inline transmission interface, 8 is a ROM, and 9 is a RAM. Figure 1 Structure drawing Figure 2 Figure 5 Procedural amendment (method) 1. Indication of the case Patent Application No. 13275 of 1988 2. Name of the invention Transaction processing device 3. Person making the amendment Relationship to the case Patent Applicant Address: 10, Hanazono Tsuchido-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto City Name:
(294) Tateishi Electric Co., Ltd. Representative: Yoshio Tateishi 4, Agent address: 6 Sumitomo Bank Minamimorimachi Building, 2-1-29 Minamimorimachi, Kita-ku, Osaka City, Column 7 for a brief explanation of drawings in the specification subject to amendment , Contents of correction (1) In the 5th line of page 11 of the specification, "is. Figure 3" has been changed to "is. Figure 2A is the ECR built in the printer shown in Figure 1.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a RAM. Figure 3 has been corrected. that's all

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A transaction processing device in which first and second transaction processing terminal devices are connected via a transmission path for inline transmission, wherein data is transmitted only to the main body of the first transaction processing terminal device. A printing means for printing is provided, and when data to be printed is generated in the first transaction processing terminal device, the data is printed by the printing means, and the data is printed from the second transaction processing terminal device. A transaction processing device comprising a control means for controlling the printing means to print the transmitted data when the data is transmitted via a transmission path.