EP0119720A2
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A document issuing apparatus
Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp
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Filing: 1984-02-10
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2004-02-10
Abstract
Abstract A document issuing apparatus is described for use in a department store. The apparatus includes an optical reader (11), an operation panel (13), a digital printer (21), and a computer mechanism which includes a data reading section (14), a data storage section (15), a data recognizing section (16), and a control section (17). The apparatus prints control slips from transaction control data provided on an order form. To do this, a set of blank control slips is read, binary coded and stored in storage section (15) as format data for subsequent use. Then, order forms containing transaction control data including classification data are read. The control data is arranged in accordance with the classification data and organized into a format compatible with the format of the control slips. The control slips are then printed using the format data and the control data. The control slips are printed in order determined by the classification data.
Inventors
- 👤 Saburo Suganuma
- 👤 Hiroyuki Kataoka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 19:07
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07B; G07B1/00; G07B1/02; G06; G06F; G06F40/00; G06F40/10; G06F40/166; G06F40/174; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/08; G06Q20/20; G06Q20/209
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
186 words
A document issuing apparatus for printing transaction control information, presented on an order form for each of a plurality of transactions, onto individual sets of transaction control slips, said apparatus comprising: (a) optical means for reading from the order forms transaction control data representing transaction control information for a plurality of transactions, said transaction control data including classification data; (b) storage means for storing said transaction control data and for also storing format data representing the format of said control slips making up a set of transaction control slips; (c) processing means for ordering said control data for said plurality of transactions in response to said classification data contained in said transaction control information for each transaction, and for organizing said transaction control data for each transaction into a format compatible with the format of said control slips; and (d) printing means for simultaneously printing both said transaction control information data and said format data to form a set of said transaction control slips for each transaction, said set of transaction control slips being printed in an order determined by said classification data for each transaction.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
186 words
A document issuing apparatus for printing transaction control information, presented on an order form for each of a plurality of transactions, onto individual sets of transaction control slips, said apparatus comprising: (a) optical means for reading from the order forms transaction control data representing transaction control information for a plurality of transactions, said transaction control data including classification data; (b) storage means for storing said transaction control data and for also storing format data representing the format of said control slips making up a set of transaction control slips; (c) processing means for ordering said control data for said plurality of transactions in response to said classification data contained in said transaction control information for each transaction, and for organizing said transaction control data for each transaction into a format compatible with the format of said control slips; and (d) printing means for simultaneously printing both said transaction control information data and said format data to form a set of said transaction control slips for each transaction, said set of transaction control slips being printed in an order determined by said classification data for each transaction.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
90 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 1 further including a classifying sheet holder for containing sheets which are adapted to distinguish said sets of transaction control slips bearing one form of classification data from sets of transaction control slips bearing another form of classification data; and wherein said printing means includes means for supplying one of said sheets from said classifying sheet holder whenever printing of sets of transaction control slips bearing a certain classification data has been completed to distinguish said sets from subsequent sets of transaction control slips.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 1 further including a plurality of bins and including a sorter for distributing'said sets of transaction control slips into said bins in accordance with said classification data.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
An apparatus recited in claim 1 wherein said apparatus further includes print indicating means for indicating when said printing means has completed outputting a group of sets of transaction control slips in accordance with a certain form of classification data.
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