JPH054227B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device for issuing tickets such as airline tickets, admission tickets, train tickets, etc., and more specifically, the present invention relates to a ticket issuing device for issuing tickets such as airline tickets, admission tickets, train tickets, etc. The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device that records and issues magnetic information related to this visible information.

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, some tickets used for cash vouchers such as airline tickets, admission tickets, and train tickets are recorded with human-readable visual information and mechanically-readable magnetic information.

Because such tickets contain a large amount of individual information,
It goes without saying that each piece of information needs to be robust, but also that it can be easily distinguished visually. To meet this demand, a multicolor thermal transfer recording device is used as a means of recording visible information, which prints in multiple colors by transferring ink applied to a transfer material onto a ticket using the heat generated by a thermal head. .

On the other hand, if the magnetic information is not correctly recorded in the magnetic information recording section of the ticket, a visually distinguishable error display (invalid display) indicating an error in the ticket
This is done to prevent the issuance of defective tickets.

However, although conventional ticket issuing devices have a multicolor printing function, they do not have magnetic recording/reproducing functions, and conventional ticket issuing devices do not have a magnetic recording/reproducing function.
In some cases, a punch hole indicating a certain error is artificially punched, or after an error is confirmed, a printout indicating a predetermined error is printed using a separate printing and recording device.

Therefore, not only is this work extremely troublesome, but when a large number of issued cards are issued, there is a risk of forgetting to perform invalidation processing or erroneously selecting the object of invalidation processing. Furthermore, errors in magnetic information are determined before or after printing the original visible information, but in the latter case, if the magnetic information is determined to be an error after printing, transfer material is wasted. There is a problem that has been said to be uneconomical.

The present invention was made based on the above circumstances, and
The purpose of this is to be able to record and issue visible information and magnetic information related to this visible information on tickets that have a magnetic information recording section, and to ensure that the magnetic information is correctly recorded on the magnetic information recording section. When it is determined that the magnetic information is not recorded correctly, visible information is printed in multiple colors on the ticket, and when it is determined that the magnetic information is not recorded correctly, an error message is printed on the ticket in a visible manner. The present invention aims to provide a ticket issuing device with excellent performance and operability.

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

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a ticket issuing device according to the present invention, in which 1 is a hopper block as a ticket storage/supply means, 2 is a magnetic recording/reproducing block as a magnetic recording/reproducing means, and 3 is a multiplexer block. A ribbon head block is used as a color thermal transfer recording means, and 4 is a ticket feeding block.

A ticket P having a magnetic information recording section (magnetic stripe of magnetic material) integrated and stored in the hopper 11 of the hopper block 1 is made into one ticket by inputting a recorded information signal for issuing the ticket through an operation keyboard (not shown). sent out one by one. That is, in a state where the ticket presence/absence sensor 13 detects the presence of tickets, the ticket delivery motor 12 is driven and the delivery roller 14 rotates, whereby the tickets P are sent out one by one. Next, it is transported to the magnetic recording block 2 side by transport rollers 15 and 16.

At this time, the tip of the ticket P is detected by the tip detection sensor 1.
7, the ticket feed motor 1
2 and a bill feeding motor 41 of a bill feeding block 4, which will be described later, are synchronized to enable stable running of the bills P.

The first magnetic head 21 writes and records necessary magnetic information on the ticket P conveyed into the magnetic recording/reproducing block 2, and then the second magnetic recording head 22 records the magnetic information. The information is read out and reproduced, and the characters of this information are checked and the reproduction output is checked.

At the above-mentioned check stage, for tickets P whose information does not satisfy the predetermined regulations, a black thermal head 32 in the ribbon head block 3, which will be described later, prints an error indication of failure, such as an X mark, in response to a signal. Do this. This function prints on tickets P so that they can be visually identified, in order to prevent tickets with incorrect information written on them or tickets with incompletely read information from being issued carelessly. It is for the purpose of

Further, the ticket P that has passed through the magnetic recording/reproducing block 2 is conveyed into the ribbon head block 3, where necessary information is transferred to the thermal head 31 based on the information recording signal previously input from the operation keyboard. , 32.

These thermal heads 31 and 32 have heating elements in the width direction of the ticket, which selectively generate heat based on information recording signals, and which are wound around the respective payout rolls 33 and 34 on their heating surfaces. Platen pressure rollers 44 and 45 that are linked to platen pressure solenoids 42 and 43 are pressed into the ticket feed block 4 through the color transfer ribbon CR and black transfer ribbon BR as transfer materials, and the ink of the transfer ribbons CR and BR is pressed. It is configured to transfer and print on the ticket P.

The platen pressure rollers 44 and 45 are moved up and down by solenoids 42 and 43, and when printing is not being performed, they are moved downward to release the pressure between them and the thermal heads 31 and 32, and the ribbon winding motor 35 , 36 is stopped, and the transfer ribbon CR,
By transporting only the tickets P without transporting the BR, waste of the transfer ribbons CR, BR can be minimized, and furthermore, the waste of the transfer ribbons CR, BR can be minimized, and the tickets P can be prevented from getting dirty due to friction between the transfer ribbons CR, BR and the tickets P. This prevents the transfer ribbons CR and BR from being cut due to tension or tension.

The color transfer ribbons CR are color-coded in the width direction of the ticket P, and are provided with a mechanism (not shown) that can be moved to a predetermined position by a color ribbon selection motor 37.
The position detection of CR and BR is checked by ribbon color selection sensors 38 and 39.

The bills P printed by the thermal heads 1 and 32 are discharged through a pair of transport rollers 46 and 47.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operating state when the device according to the present invention is applied to issuing commuter passes (referred to as passes). First, in STEP1, the host computer receives the information necessary for printing.
The print pattern is edited based on the information received in STEP 2, edited for magnetic recording in STEP 3, and thermally transferred to the edited print pattern in STEP 4.
This magnetic data is recorded using a magnetic head of
The data is read using the second magnetic head in STEP 5, and the data recorded in STEP 6 is compared with the data to be recorded. If they match,
In STEP 7, confirm the completion of thermal transfer and magnetic recording to the path, and if it is completed, finish, and if it is not completed, feed back to STEP 4 again.
If they do not match in STEP 6, editing is performed to thermally transfer the error display pattern to the path in STEP 8, and then the edited error display pattern is thermally transferred to the path in STEP 9, and the process ends.

It should be noted that the above description is only one embodiment of the present invention, and it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to this embodiment in any way.

As explained above, this invention provides magnetic recording/
Distinguishing the magnetic information recorded/reproduced by the reproducing means and causing the thermal transfer/recording means to perform a printing operation to record visible information and magnetic information related to this visible information on a ticket having a magnetic information recording section and issue the same. Moreover, when it is determined that the magnetic information is correctly recorded in the magnetic information recording section, visible information is printed in multiple colors on the ticket, and when it is determined that the magnetic information is not recorded correctly, an error is printed on the ticket. This allows the display to be printed in a visible manner.

With this, it is possible to record and issue manually readable multicolored visual information and mechanically readable magnetic information with one device.

Moreover, since visible information is printed in multiple colors on the ticket when it is determined that the magnetic information is correctly recorded in the magnetic information recording section, transfer materials and the like are not wasted.

In addition, when it is determined that the magnetic information is not recorded correctly, an error message is printed on the ticket so that it can be known at the time of issuance that the ticket is invalid, so if the ticket is invalidated or forgotten. There is no mistaking the target.

As a result, it is possible to provide a ticket issuing device that is prompt, economical, and easy to operate.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing the configuration of a ticket issuing device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows the operating state when applied to issuing commuter passes. It is a flowchart. 1...Hopper block (ticket storage and supply means),
2...Magnetic recording/reproducing block (magnetic recording/reproducing means), 3...Ribbon head block (multicolor thermal transfer recording means), 4...Ticket feeding block, 11
... Hopper, 15, 16 ... Conveyance roller, 2
1, 22... Magnetic head, 31, 32... Thermal head, 44, 45... Platen pressure roller,
CR, BR...Transfer ribbon (transfer material), P...tickets.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A ticket issuing device that records and issues visible information and magnetic information related to the visible information on a ticket having a magnetic information recording section, the ticket issuing device having a magnetic information recording section of the ticket. On the other hand, there is a magnetic recording/reproducing means for recording magnetic information or reproducing the magnetic information recorded in the magnetic information recording section, and a magnetic recording/reproducing means provided after the magnetic recording/reproducing means so that the magnetic information is correctly recorded in the magnetic information recording section. multicolor thermal transfer recording means that prints visible information in multiple colors on the ticket when it is determined that the magnetic information has been recorded incorrectly, and prints an error indication on the ticket in a visible manner when it is determined that the magnetic information is not correctly recorded; A ticket issuing device comprising: