JPH04299791A - Ticket issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide stable reliability and a high-speed processing as the most important features by processing an airplane ticket carried in a lengthwise direction in a breadthwise direction only in the case of printing at an airplane ticket printing and issuing device. CONSTITUTION:The source ticket taken out by a hopper part 21 is carried in the lengthwise direction to a carrier path 28 and after writing and reading magnetic information to the magnetic stripes of the source ticket carried on this carrier path 28 by a magnetic processing part 22, the direction of carriage is switched to the breadthwise direction by a direction switch part 25. After printing the source ticket carried in the breadthwise direction at a printing part 24, the direction of carriage is switched again by the direction switch part 25 so as to carry the card in the lengthwise direction along the carrier path 28.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[Purpose of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device such as an airline ticket printing and issuing device for issuing airline tickets at an airport counter or an agent.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, airline ticket printing and issuing devices have been used to issue airline tickets at airline counters at airports, agencies, and the like. This airline ticket printing and issuing device prints the boarding sector name, fare, reservation number, flight number, class (first,
Ticket data such as executive, economy, etc.), boarding date, issue date, issuer name, seat number, boarding gate name, and non-smoking/smoking seat classification are recorded as magnetic information, and the above information is written on the ticket surface. Airline ticket data is printed and issued as visible character information.

[0003] In the case of this type of airline ticket printing/issuing device, since the airline ticket is horizontally long and a magnetic stripe is provided along the longitudinal direction, the airline ticket is processed while being conveyed in the longitudinal direction. It is configured. For this reason,
There is a drawback that the number of printed dots in the transport direction increases, and it takes time to print the above-mentioned airline ticket data, and it takes time to issue the airline ticket.

On the other hand, if processing is performed in the lateral direction, it is necessary to stop the ticket when writing the magnetic information (a moving head that moves in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction is used to write the magnetic information). (used), it takes time to write magnetic information.

[0005] Therefore, as a method for shortening the time required for each process, for example, when printing the airline ticket data on the ticket surface, the airline ticket is processed while being conveyed in the lateral direction, and the direction of conveyance of the airline ticket is switched midway through. It is conceivable that the airline ticket data be recorded on the magnetic stripe in the longitudinal direction.

[0006] However, if the orientation of the airline ticket is changed during transportation, there is a high possibility that a jam will occur, resulting in a corresponding decrease in reliability.

[0007]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As mentioned above, in the past, it took time to print tickets in the longitudinal direction, and it took time to write magnetic information in those that processed them in the transverse direction. However, if the orientation of the ticket is changed during transportation, there is a high possibility that a jam will occur, resulting in a decrease in reliability.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a ticket issuing device that can shorten the time required to issue tickets without reducing reliability.

[Configuration of the invention]

0010

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the ticket issuing device of the present invention includes a magnetic stripe on which magnetic information is recorded along a first direction, and a magnetic stripe in which magnetic information is recorded along a first direction.
storage means for storing a ticket having a printing surface on which character information is printed along a second direction orthogonal to the direction;
a first conveyance means for conveying the ticket body stored in the storage means in the first direction; and a writing device for writing magnetic information on the magnetic stripe of the ticket body conveyed by the first conveyance means. means, a second conveying means for conveying the ticket with magnetic information recorded on the magnetic stripe by the writing means in the second direction, and a second conveying means for conveying the ticket in the second direction; It is composed of a printing means that prints characters arranged in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction.

[0011]

[Function] By using the above-described means, the present invention allows the paper to be processed only in the transverse direction during printing, without increasing the possibility of jamming, while leaving the paper in the same orientation. This makes it possible to reduce the number of printing dots in the transport direction.

0012

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a ticket issuing device according to the present invention, which issues an airline ticket at an airline counter at an airport or at an agent in response to input of issuance conditions by an attendant or insertion of a reservation ticket (not shown). It shows a printing and publishing device.

In the figure, a control unit 11 that controls the entire device includes a ROM 12 that stores control programs and character fonts, a RAM 13 that stores programs read from a floppy disk, external character fonts, and information from the host computer. A floppy disk unit 14 that reads programs and external character fonts from a floppy disk, a transmission interface section 15 that connects with a host computer, an attendant display section 16 that displays flight numbers, vacant seats, seat information, device status, etc. to attendants; Connected are an attendant operation unit 17 for inputting flight numbers, seat information, etc., and an airline ticket issuing unit 20 for issuing airline tickets requested by passengers.

[0015] The airline ticket issuing unit 20 includes a hopper unit 21,
Magnetic processing section 22, barcode reading section 23, printing section 24,
It is composed of a direction change section 25, a discharge section 26, a collection section 27, and a transport mechanism section 28.

The hopper section 21 is for taking out original tickets (ticket bodies) for forming airline tickets, which will be described later, stored in the hopper one by one using a take-out roller.

The magnetic processing unit 22 has a write magnetic head and a read magnetic head, and each magnetic head writes magnetic information (airline ticket data, etc.) onto the magnetic stripe provided on the original ticket. It is for reading.

The barcode reading section 23 is for reading the barcode provided on the reservation ticket, and is designed to be able to read barcodes in two directions with one barcode sensor.

The printing unit 24 is used, for example, to print the above-mentioned airline ticket data as visible character information on the face (front side) of the original ticket, and to record seat number changes, encoding errors, etc. . In addition, in the printing section 24,
It is also possible to print boarding pass information (details will be described later) such as seat numbers on the reservation tickets held by passengers.

The direction changing section 25 is for temporarily switching the direction of conveyance of the original note being conveyed in the longitudinal direction, for example, to the transverse direction, and guiding it to the printing section 24 in this state. Note that details of the printing section 24 and the direction changing section 25 will be described later.

[0021] After printing boarding pass information such as a seat number on the original ticket with correctly recorded airline ticket data or the loaded reservation ticket, the dispensing unit 26 issues this as an airline ticket to the passenger from the takeout port. It is for.

[0022] The collection unit 27 is for collecting original tickets and reservation tickets for which airline ticket data could not be recorded correctly.

The conveyance mechanism section 28 is for supplying original tickets taken out from the hopper section 21 and reservation tickets inserted therein to each of the above-mentioned sections while conveying them along the conveyance path in the longitudinal direction.

Note that 18 shown in the figure is a power supply for supplying power supply voltage for operation to each of the above-mentioned parts.

Next, the configuration of the airline ticket issuing section 20 will be explained.

[0026] As shown in FIG. 2, the airline ticket issuing unit 20
An input port 31 and an output port 32 are provided on the upper surface thereof.

[0027] Inside thereof, a transport mechanism section 2 is installed in a substantially L-shape through both the input port 31 and the output port 32.
A conveyance path 8 is formed, and along this conveyance path 28, a collection section 27, a discharge section 26, a direction changing section 25, a printing section 24, a barcode sensor 23a as a barcode reading section 23, a magnetic processing The section 22 and the hopper section 21 are arranged in this order.

The hopper section 21 is composed of a hopper 21a in which the original note is stored, and a take-out roller 21b for taking out the original note from the hopper 21a.

The magnetic processing section 22 has a write magnetic head 22.
a and a reading magnetic head 22b, and these two magnetic heads are arranged in order from the hopper section 21 side.

The discharge section 26 has a selector 26a provided corresponding to the outlet 32.
Depending on the selected operation of step a, the tickets are sorted toward the exit 32 or the collection section 27.

The collection section 27 includes a selector 27a and a collection storage 27b for collecting airline tickets that have been issued incorrectly (for example, due to an encoding error) and are guided from the discharging section 26 side.

[0032] The above-mentioned printing section 24 is arranged at a position perpendicular to the conveyance path 28, and the direction changing section 25
The direction of conveyance is switched by the controller, and printing is performed on the original airline ticket or reservation ticket that is guided.

FIG. 3 shows an original airline ticket.

The original ticket 50 of the airline ticket is divided into a collection ticket part 50a that is collected by an automatic ticket gate when boarding an airplane at the boarding gate of the airport, and a boarding pass part 50b that is released to the passenger (passenger). are integrally formed into a rectangular shape, and both are cut along the broken line shown in the figure.

A magnetic stripe 51 is provided on the back side of the original note 50 along its longitudinal direction, as shown in FIG.

When issuing the original ticket 50 as an airline ticket, the magnetic stripe 51 is used to display the boarding section name, fare, reservation number, flight number, class (first, executive, economy, etc.) according to the passenger's request, for example. etc.),
Boarding date, notes, issue date, issuer name, destination name, seat number,
Ticket data such as boarding gate name and non-smoking/smoking seat classification is magnetically encoded and recorded.

As shown in FIG. 5B, on the surface of the original ticket 50, the above-mentioned airline ticket data is provided with visible character information and text corresponding to the above-mentioned collection ticket section 50a and boarding pass section 50b, respectively. Airline ticket information 54 and boarding pass information 55 are printed. The above-mentioned ticket information 54 includes the above-mentioned ticket data, such as boarding section name, fare, reservation number, flight number, class, boarding date, notes, issue date,
and the name of the issuing company are printed. As the boarding pass information 55, information such as destination name, boarding date, flight number, seat number, boarding gate name, non-smoking/smoking seat distinction, etc. from the above-mentioned airline ticket data are printed. .

FIGS. 4 and 5 schematically show the configuration of the printing section 24 and direction changing section 25 described above.

The direction changing section 25 constitutes a conveyance path 28,
It is also provided between a pair of upper and lower conveyance rollers 28a provided after the magnetic processing section 22 and a pair of upper and lower conveyance rollers 28b provided before the discharge section 26. The direction changing unit 25 includes a pair of longitudinal pressing rollers provided along the conveying path 28 in order to take in the original ticket (or reservation ticket) 50 conveyed in the longitudinal direction along the conveying path 28 in that state. 25a, a pair of longitudinal conveying rollers 25b, a stopper 25c for stopping the original note 50 at the direction changing section 25, and a stopper 25c for conveying the original note 50 stopped at the direction changing section 25 in the transverse direction. , a pair of width direction pressing rollers 25d and a pair of width direction conveyance rollers 25e, which are provided in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance path 28.

The pair of longitudinal pressing rollers 25a is driven in the vertical direction by a solenoid 25f, and is lowered only when taking in the original note 50, and conveys the original note 50 while holding it between the pair of longitudinal conveying rollers 25b. It looks like this.

The transversal direction holding roller pair 25d is driven in the vertical direction by a solenoid 25g, and is lowered only during printing operation to hold the original note 50 between the transverse direction conveying roller pair 25e. is conveyed in the transverse direction.

The stopper 25c is connected to the rotary solenoid 2.
It is designed to be driven in the vertical direction by 5h,
It is interposed in the conveyance path 28 only when stopped to prevent the original note 50 from being conveyed.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 6, 7 and 8, the original note 50 sent to the direction changing section 25 is moved by a pair of longitudinal pressing rollers 2 driven by a solenoid 25f.
5a and a pair of longitudinal conveyance rollers 25b. Then, it is conveyed in the upper direction of the figure, that is, in the longitudinal direction of the original note 50, until it comes into contact with a stopper 25c driven by a rotary solenoid 25h.

[0044] Also, the original note 50 guided to the direction changing section 25
9, FIG. 10, and FIG. 11, after the clamping between the longitudinal pressing roller pair 25a and the longitudinal conveying roller pair 25b is released, the solenoid 25g drives the It is held between a transverse direction pressing roller pair 25d and a transverse direction conveying roller pair 25e. Then, the original note 50 is conveyed toward the front in the figure, that is, in the lateral direction of the original note 50 while being held between the pair of lateral pressing rollers 25d and the pair of lateral conveying rollers 25e.

In addition to the thermal head 24a, the platen roller 24b, and the ink ribbon 24c, the printing unit 24 also prints the original document 50, which is fed by the above-mentioned pair of lateral pressing rollers 25d and pair of lateral conveying rollers 25e, using the thermal head 24a, the platen roller 24b, and the ink ribbon 24c. Guides 24d, 24e and a guide roller pair 24f for guiding between the head 24a and the platen roller 24b,
It is made up of 24g.

The thermal head 24a has a plurality of heat generating resistors arranged in a line along the longitudinal direction of the original ticket 50, and as the original ticket 50 is fed, the thermal head 24a generates heat according to the above-mentioned airline ticket data. The ink on the ink ribbon 24c is melted. As a result, the ticket information 5 is added line by line in the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction (lateral direction) of the original ticket 50.
4, boarding pass information 55, etc. will be printed.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a barcode sensor 23a is provided at one end of the direction changing section 25 to read barcodes provided in two directions of the reservation ticket when it is conveyed in each direction. It is arranged.

Next, the procedure for printing the airline ticket information 54 and the boarding pass information 55 on the front surface of the original ticket 50 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 12 to 18.

First, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the original note 50 guided to the direction changing section 25 (initial position) is conveyed in the lateral direction by a pair of lateral pressing rollers 25d driven by a solenoid 25g. It is held between the pair of rollers 25e and conveyed in the lateral direction of the original note 50. Then, as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the paper is guided along a guide 24d, led to a pair of guide rollers 24f, and sequentially sent between the thermal head 24a of the printing section 24 and the platen roller 24b.

At this time, the plurality of heating resistors of the thermal head 24a are selectively driven, that is, according to the above-mentioned airline ticket data, etc., to melt the ink on the ink ribbon 24c. As a result, the ticket information 5 is added line by line in the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction (lateral direction) of the original ticket 50.
4 and boarding pass information 55 are printed.

The original ticket 50, on which the airline ticket information 54 and the boarding pass information 55 have been printed in sequence, is guided by a pair of guide rollers 24g and moved along a guide 24e, as shown in FIGS. 16 and 17. You will be guided.

After that, printing of the airline ticket information 54 and boarding pass information 55 is completed, and the original ticket 50 that has passed between the thermal head 24a and the platen roller 24b is now moved in the opposite direction to the above-mentioned direction. That is, the guide 24e, the pair of guide rollers 24g and 24f, and the guide 24d are conveyed in this order and returned to the initial position of the direction changing section 25. Then, as shown in FIG. 18, after the pair of transverse direction pressing rollers 25d and the pair of transverse direction conveying rollers 25e are released, the pair of longitudinal pressing rollers 25a and the longitudinal conveying roller driven by the solenoid 25f are released. It is held between pair 25b.

After the printing of the airline ticket information 54 and the boarding pass information 55 has been completed, the original ticket 50 is returned to the initial position of the direction changing unit 25, and the stopper 25c driven by the rotary solenoid 25h is retracted from the conveyance path 28. After that, the pair of longitudinal pressing rollers 25a and the pair of longitudinal conveying rollers 2
5b in the longitudinal direction of the original note 50. Then, it is returned onto the transport path 28 from the transport roller pair 28b side and is transported in the direction of the outlet 32.

In the above-described printing operation, in addition to printing the airline ticket information 54 and the boarding pass information 55, the original ticket 5 on which the airline ticket data could not be accurately recorded on the magnetic stripe 51 is
0, an encoding error indicating that fact is printed at the same time.

Therefore, among the original tickets 50 taken out on the conveyance path 28 and conveyed in the direction of the exit 32, the original tickets 50 on which airline ticket data have been correctly recorded are sent to the boarding unit from the exit 32 as airline tickets by the discharging unit 26. issued to the customer. In addition, the original ticket 50 with an encoding error printed on it, where the airline ticket data could not be recorded correctly, is guided by the collection unit 27 via the selectors 26a and 27a to the collection warehouse 27b, where it is collected. .

Note that printing of the boarding pass information 55 and the like on the reservation ticket is also performed in the same manner as described above.

Next, the ticket issuing operation in the above-described configuration will be explained.

FIG. 19 schematically shows the flow of processing related to input of issuance conditions by the staff member.

For example, assume that a flight number is input by an attendant operating the attendant operation section 17 in response to a passenger's request. Then, an inquiry is made to a host computer (not shown) via the transmission interface unit 15 regarding the availability of seats and the like regarding the flight number. When vacant seat information is received as a response to this inquiry from the host computer, the vacant seat information is displayed on the staff display section 16.

[0060] Next, based on this vacant seat information, information such as class, non-smoking/smoking seat classification, passenger name, age, adult/child classification, etc. according to the passenger's request is input. These pieces of information are sent to the transmission interface section 15 again.
is sent to the host computer via the host computer, which registers the passenger. Additionally, airline ticket data necessary for issuing an airline ticket such as seat information returned from the host computer is transferred to the RAM via the transmission interface unit 15.
13. Thereafter, by inputting a ticket issuance instruction from the staff operation section 17, the ticket issuing section 2
0 starts the ticket issuing process.

That is, when the issuing instruction is given, the take-out roller 21b of the hopper section 21 is operated, and the hopper 21
One of the original notes 50 stored in a is taken out. In FIG. 2, this original ticket 50 has the back side on which the magnetic stripe 51 is provided on the left side, and the ticket information 54
and boarding pass information 55 with the printed side (front side) on the right side,
It is conveyed upward on the conveyance path 28 (normal rotation conveyance).

The original ticket 50 transported on the transport path 28 has the above-mentioned airline ticket data recorded on its magnetic stripe 51 by the write magnetic head 22a of the magnetic processing section 22. The original ticket 50 on which the airline ticket data is recorded is further read by the reading magnetic head 22b of the magnetic processing section 22 to check whether writing has been performed accurately. In this case, each process on the magnetic stripe 51 can be performed in conjunction with the conveyance operation of the original note 50, that is, the original note 50 can be
Encoding can be recorded as the paper is transported in the longitudinal direction without stopping the transport.

After that, the original note 5 that has passed through the magnetic processing section 22
0 is sent to the direction changing section 25 via a pair of transport rollers 28a. In this case, first, the solenoid 25f is turned on, the solenoid 25g is turned off, and the pair of longitudinal pressing rollers 2
5a and a pair of longitudinal conveyance rollers 25b, the original note 50 is taken in. And rotary solenoid 25
When h is turned on, the paper is transported until it comes into contact with a stopper 25c interposed in the middle of the transport path 28.

[0064] The original note 50 that has been stopped at the direction change section 25 has the solenoid 25f turned off and the solenoid 25g turned off.
is turned on, and the paper is held between the transverse direction pressing roller pair 25d and the transverse direction conveying roller pair 25e. Then, it is transported in the lateral direction by driving the lateral transport roller pair 25e and sent to the printing section 24.

On the original ticket 50 sent to the printing unit 24, airline ticket information 54 and boarding pass information 55 are printed based on the airline ticket data. In this case, since printing is performed line by line in the direction of conveyance of the original note 50, that is, in the direction orthogonal to the transverse direction, the number of dots printed in the direction of conveyance can be reduced, and the processing time required for printing can be shortened. can be achieved.

[0066] Thus, on the original ticket 50 on which the airline ticket data has been accurately written on the magnetic stripe 51, printing as shown in FIG. 20(a) is performed, for example. In addition, the original note 5 where the writing was not done accurately
0, for example, as shown in FIG. 20(b), in addition to airline ticket information 54 and boarding pass information 55, information 56 indicating an encoding error is printed.

After printing, the original note 50 is conveyed in the opposite direction through the printing section 24, and is then conveyed through the transverse direction conveyance roller pair 25e.
The direction changing section 25 is returned to its initial position by reversing the direction. At this time, solenoid 25g is off, solenoid 25f
is turned on, and the original note 50 is pressed against the longitudinal pressing roller pair 25a.
and a pair of longitudinal conveyance rollers 25b. Then, by turning off the rotary solenoid 25h, the stopper 2
5c is avoided from the conveyance path 28, the longitudinal direction conveyance roller pair 25b is driven to move the conveyance path 2 again.
8 in the normal rotation in the longitudinal direction.

[0068] In this way, the original note 50 guided to the discharge section 26
However, if the airline ticket data has been correctly written on the magnetic stripe 51 as shown in FIG. As a result, the original ticket 50 is ejected from the takeout port 32 and issued to the passenger as an airline ticket.

On the other hand, the original note 50 shown in FIG.
It is sent to the recovery section 27 via a. And selector 2
7a into the collection warehouse 27b, where it is collected.

[0070] As described above, the orientation of the original note remains unchanged, and processing can be performed only in the lateral direction during printing.

That is, the ticket body is conveyed in the first direction in which the magnetic stripe is provided, and only during printing, it is conveyed in the second direction orthogonal to the magnetic stripe. This makes it possible to match the direction of magnetic encode recording with the direction of conveyance of the ticket without changing the orientation of the ticket, and to reduce the number of printed dots in the direction of conveyance of the ticket. Therefore, it is possible to achieve stable reliability and high-speed processing.

Furthermore, since the magnetic processing is performed before the printing processing, it is possible to easily visually confirm a ticket in which an encoding writing error has occurred.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the invention.

[0074]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a ticket issuing device capable of shortening the time required for issuing tickets without reducing reliability.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an airline ticket printing and issuing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing an airline ticket issuing department.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an original note.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a direction changing section and a printing section.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing the configuration of a direction changing section and a printing section.

FIG. 6 is an overall view similarly shown to explain the conveyance operation in the longitudinal direction of the direction changing section.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view similarly shown for explaining the conveyance operation in the longitudinal direction of the direction changing section.

FIG. 8 is a side view similarly shown to explain the conveyance operation in the longitudinal direction of the direction changing section.

FIG. 9 is an overall view similarly shown for explaining the conveying operation of the direction changing section in the lateral direction.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view similarly shown for explaining the conveying operation of the direction changing section in the lateral direction.

FIG. 11 is a side view similarly shown for explaining the conveying operation of the direction changing section in the lateral direction.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view similarly shown for explaining the transport operation to the printing section.

FIG. 13 is a side view similarly shown for explaining the transport operation to the printing section.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view similarly shown for explaining the procedure of printing operation.

FIG. 15 is a side view similarly shown for explaining the procedure of printing operation.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view similarly shown for explaining the procedure after the printing operation.

FIG. 17 is a side view similarly shown for explaining the procedure after the printing operation.

FIG. 18 is a perspective view similarly shown for explaining the conveyance operation from the printing section to the direction changing section.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart similarly shown to explain the flow of processing related to airline ticket issuing operations.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of printing an airline ticket related to the issuance operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11... Control part, 12... ROM, 13... RAM, 15... Transmission interface part, 16... Attendant display part, 17... Attendant operation part, 20... Ticket issuing part, 21... Hopper part, 22... Magnetic processing part, 22a ...Writing magnetic head, 22b...Reading magnetic head, 23...Barcode reading section, 24...Printing section,
24a...Thermal head, 24b...Platen roller, 2
4c... Ink ribbon, 24d, 24e... Guide, 24f
, 24g...Guide roller pair, 25...Direction changing section, 25a...
Longitudinal direction press roller pair, 25b...Longitudinal direction conveyance roller pair, 25c...Stopper, 25d...Short direction press roller pair, 25e...Short direction conveyance roller pair, 25f, 25g...
Solenoid, 25h...Rotary solenoid, 26...Discharge section, 27...Recovery section, 28...Transport mechanism section (transport path), 31
...Insertion slot, 32...Ejection port, 50...Original ticket, 51...Magnetic stripe, 54...Airline ticket information, 55...Boarding pass information, 56...
Encoding error information.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ticket body having a magnetic stripe on which magnetic information is recorded along a first direction and a printing surface on which character information is printed along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. a storage means for storing the ticket, a first transport means for transporting the ticket stored in the storage means in the first direction, and the magnetic stripe of the ticket carried by the first transport means. a writing means for writing magnetic information on the magnetic stripe; a second conveying means for conveying the ticket in the second direction on which the magnetic information is recorded on the magnetic stripe by the writing means; A ticket issuing device characterized by comprising a printing means for printing characters in a line in a direction perpendicular to the direction of conveyance of the ticket being conveyed.