JPH02284220A - Printer for passbook and slip - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a high order device side to adopt individual fault histories even if a printer is changed or its connection is altered by providing a means to inform the high-order device of peculiar information such as a manufacture machine number, etc. CONSTITUTION:Control information and data 101 to be informed from the high-order device through a high-order interface part 11 is classified by a control part 12, and in he case of a request for the peculiar information, the peculiar informatin 110 to be set in a peculiar information setting part 15 is sensed by an peculair information sense command 109, and is informed to the high-order device as a control information response 102 common to other control information. As the actual example of the intrinsic information setting part 15, there are various kinds of switches such as DIP switch. Thus, it is possible for the high-order device side to adopt individually the fault hysteresis of the printer for a passbook and a slip even if the change or the replacement of the printer arises, and the fault can be easily classified into the fault of system or the fault peculiar to the device.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a passbook slip printer used in financial institutions that prints on passbooks and slips, reads/writes magnetic stripes on passbooks, etc. Regarding information provision functions.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of passbook slip printer has not had a function of notifying a host device of unique information such as a manufacturing number.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention With the conventional passbook and slip printers mentioned above, even if the host device manages the history of failure information, it is not possible to know information specific to the device, so the connection of the passbook slip printer must be changed. Considering that the failure information is often exchanged or exchanged, there is a drawback that it is not possible to specify in which passbook slip printer the failure information occurred.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional situation,
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a new passbook slip printer that eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks inherent in the conventional technology and that makes it possible to collect individual failure history on the host device side even if the printer is replaced or the connection is changed. Our goal is to provide the following.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the passbook and slip printer according to the present invention includes means for setting unique information such as a manufacturing number,
It is configured to include means for analyzing control information requesting notification of this unique information and notifying it to a higher-level device.

Embodiment Next, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be specifically explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 is a higher-level interface unit that provides a hardware interface with a higher-level device (not shown), and 12 is a higher-level interface unit that analyzes control information and data from the higher-level device and transmits the control information to the mechanism unit. 13 is a printing mechanism that performs printing operations on passbooks and slips; 14 is a passbook;
A magnetic stripe read/write mechanism reads and writes the magnetic stripe attached to the slip, and 15 indicates a unique information setting section that allows unique information to be set.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a processing flow related to notification of unique information of the control unit 12 to a higher-level device.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, control information and data 101 notified from the higher-level device via the higher-level interface unit 11 are controlled by the control unit 12 (11 information judgment processing 20
1, and if it is related to print control, the printing mechanism 13 is operated as print data 103 and print control information 104 in a print control process 203, and if it is related to a magnetic stripe, the magnetic stripe is separated in a magnetic stripe control process 204. When writing control Irrt information 106, write data 1
07, the magnetic stripe read/write mechanism 14 is operated.

In the case of a unique information request, the unique information 110 set in the unique information setting unit 15 is sensed by the unique information sense command 109 in the unique information sense processing 202, and the unique information 110 set in the unique information setting unit 15 is sensed by the unique information sense command 109, Specific examples of the six information setting units 15 that are notified to the host device as the control information response 102 in the information response processing 205 include not only various switches such as dip switches, but also software settings such as memories with backup batteries. It is also possible to do so.

As described in detail, according to the present invention, means for setting unique information and analyzing control information requesting notification of unique information,
By having a means to notify the higher-level device, it becomes possible for the higher-level device to collect failure history of passbook and slip printers individually even if the printer is replaced or replaced, and whether it is a system failure or an individual failure of the device. This makes it easier to determine whether the problem is a problem or not.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the passbook slip printer according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the processing flow of the control section of FIG. 1. 11... Upper interface section, 12... Control section,
13... Printing mechanism, ■4... Magnetic stripe read/write mechanism, 15... Unique information setting unit 101... Control information, data, 102... Control information response, 103... Print data , 104... Print control information, 105... Print control response, 106
... Magnetic stripe control information, 107... Write data, 108... Magnetic stripe response, read data, 109... Unique information sense command, 11o.
...Private information 201...Control information judgment processing, 202.
...Private information sense processing, 203...Print control processing,
204...Magnetic stripe control processing, 205...Control information response processing Patent applicant NEC Corporation Representative Patent attorney Yutabe Kumagai

Claims (1)

[Claims] A means for setting unique information such as a manufacturing number in a passbook or slip printer that prints on passbooks or slips or reads/writes the magnetic stripe of the passbook based on control information from a host device, and notification of the unique information. A passbook slip printer is characterized in that it has a means for analyzing control information requesting and notifying a higher-level device, and enables the higher-level device to record individual failure histories.