JPH04224977A - Printer for passbook - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make processing executed without putting a burden upon an operator even in the case where a form in a length long enough to reach a printing part if processed when a medium is placed in the said printing part is processed in preference to processing to be applied to said medium. CONSTITUTION:When a form 3 in the length longer than a specified one is inputted into a form read part 5 while a medium is being placed in a printing part 8, the said medium in the printing part 8 is temporarily retreated to the side of a passbook input part positioned in the upstream side of a meeting part 7 for allowing the said form 3 in the length longer than the specified one to be processed in preference to printing to be applied to the aforementioned medium, and after the processing is made to the said form in the length longer than the specified one, the aforementioned medium is put back to the printing part 8 and printing is made on the said medium.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention provides a passbook suction port and a form suction port that are independently provided, merge in the middle, and connect to a medium conveyance path.
The present invention relates to a bankbook printer that includes a printing unit on the medium conveyance path and performs input processing of a form and printing processing on the medium conveyance path in an overlapping manner (performs overlap processing).

0002

2. Description of the Related Art An example of a passbook printer that performs overlap processing will be explained with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing such a passbook printer. In the figure, 1 is a form transport path, 2 is an image sensor (IOCR) provided on the form transport path 1 and reads the form 3, 4 is a bankbook transport path,
Reference numeral 5 denotes a magnetic reader (MSR) which is provided on the passbook conveyance path 4 and reads the magnetic part of the passbook 6. Reference numeral 7 denotes a confluence section where the form conveyance path 1 and passbook conveyance path 4 meet. Reference numeral 8 denotes a confluence section where the form and the passbook are printed. 9 is a print head that prints on forms and passbooks; 10 is a magnetic writing unit (MSW) that is provided downstream of the printing unit 8 and writes on the magnetic part of the passbook 6; 11 is a downstream part of this magnetic writing unit 10; This is a discharge path provided in the

By the way, some forms are long. When such a long form is read, the front end of the form crosses the merging part 7 and enters the printing part 8 when the rear end of the form is read. A long form like this is the form conveyance path 1.
When a bankbook is set in the printing section 8 and it is desired to process this long form in priority to the bankbook process, the following process is performed.

FIG. 9 is a timing chart showing this process. First, a passbook is sucked in, magnetic data is read by the MSR 5, and the data is set on the printing section 8. Almost parallel to this, an OCR form (a form read by an image sensor) is inhaled. In order to give priority to the processing of this OCR form, the passbook set in the printing section 8 is ejected once, the OCR form is read, printed, and ejected, and then the ejected passbook is sucked in again and set on the printing section 8. and eject it after printing.

[0005]

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] As mentioned above, when a passbook is set in the printing unit 8, a long form whose front end enters the printing unit 8 when the entire document is read is input and has priority over the passbook. When processing is requested, it is necessary to eject the passbook, then read and print it again. Moreover, the operator has to perform the task of re-inhaling the passbook once discharged, which increases the burden on the operator.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and when a medium is installed in the printing section, long forms that reach the printing section when read are processed with priority over the medium. To provide a passbook printer capable of processing even if there is a request to do so without imposing a burden on an operator.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the passbook printer of the present invention includes a passbook reader which is provided on a form input path and reads the length and contents of the form conveyed on this input path, and a passbook printer. the passbook input section for inputting the information, a merging section where the passbook conveyed from the passbook input section and the form conveyed from the form reading section merge, and a printing section provided downstream of the merging section; When a form having a predetermined length or more is input to the form reading section and a medium is placed in the printing section, when processing the form having a predetermined length or more in priority to printing on this medium, The medium in the printing section is intermediately evacuated to the passbook input section upstream from the merging section, and after processing the form longer than the predetermined length, it is conveyed to the printing section again for printing.

[0008] Furthermore, the form reading section detects that the form is longer than the predetermined length by means of an indicator written on the form in advance.

[0009]

[Operation] When a medium is set in the printing section, a form is input and the length of this form is such that when the entire length of this form is read by the reading section, the front end enters the printing section. When a request is issued to perform this form processing with priority over the processing of the media set in the printing section, first the media set in the printing section is intermediately evacuated to the passbook input section upstream of the merging section. After reading, printing, and ejecting the form, the medium is again set in the printing section, printed, and ejected. This operation is automatically performed inside the passbook printer, and the operator does not have to worry about saving or resetting the medium, so such document priority processing does not burden the operator.

[0010] Furthermore, if an indicator indicating that the length of the form is longer than a predetermined length is written on the form, and the form reader reads this indicator, the length of the form can be easily detected. can do.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of this embodiment, and each component is as already explained. From Figure 1 to Figure 4,
In the case where a document whose front end enters the printing section 8 when the entire length is read as a document is input, the bankbook 6 is set in the printing position at that time, and a request for priority processing of the document has been issued. This shows each operation. Figure 5~
FIG. 7 is a flow diagram showing the flow of the above-mentioned operation. below,
The operation of this embodiment will be explained using these drawings. First, as shown in FIG. 1, a form 3 and a bankbook 6 are inhaled almost in parallel, and the image sensor 2 reads the length of the form 3 represented by a predetermined display. Further, after the magnetic data of the passbook 6 is read by the magnetic reading section 5, the passbook 6 is set at the position of the print head 9 as shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing on the application side, in which an inhalation request for this form 3 is requested (step 51).

FIG. 6 shows a detailed flowchart of the inhalation request for this form. First, perform the inhalation process for form 3 (step 61)
. This inhalation process is an operation of detecting the length of the form 3 by downloading the display to the device and checking the recorded information before inhaling the form 3. Based on the detected length, if the bankbook 6 is set at the printing position, it is determined whether the operation of reading the form 3 with the image sensor 2 and the printing operation of the bankbook 6 can be performed in parallel (step 62). . If the length of the form 3 is normal and the reading of the form and the printing of the passbook can be done in parallel (step 62), it is decided to continue the parallel work and a completion notification is sent (step 64). If parallel work cannot be performed, a flag is set for intermediate evacuation of the passbook 6 to the passbook input section upstream from the merging section 7 (step 63).
), a completion notification is issued (step 64). Returning to FIG. 5, a request is made to read the form 3 (step 52).

FIG. 7 shows a detailed flowchart of this form reading request. First, it is checked whether the intermediate save flag is ON and there is a medium (in this case, the passbook 6) in the printing section 8 (step 71). If there is no medium, image sensor 2
The document 3 is then read (step 73), and a completion notification is sent (step 74). When the bankbook 3 is set in the printing section 8 (step 71), the bankbook 6 is moved to an intermediate position (step 72). In Figure 3, the passbook 6 is connected to the confluence part 7.
This shows a state where the bankbook has been temporarily saved to the passbook input section side. After this,
The image sensor 2 reads the form 3 (step 73) and notifies completion (step 74). Figure 4
indicates that the form 3 is being read to the rear end.

FIG. 8 is a timing chart showing the above-mentioned operation in chronological order. First, the bankbook 6 and the form 3 are sucked in almost simultaneously. When the passbook 6 is sucked in, the magnetic data is read by the magnetic reader 5 and set at the printing position. On the other hand, by downloading the display to the device using the image sensor 2 and checking the recorded information, the printing process of the passbook 6 and the reading process of the form 3 using the image sensor 2 are performed in parallel because the length is longer than a predetermined value. It is determined that this cannot be done, and the bankbook 6 is temporarily evacuated. When this intermediate evacuation is completed, the form 3 is read by the image sensor 2, and then the form 3 is set in the printing unit 8, printed, and discharged after printing is completed. Next, the intermediately evacuated passbook 6 is again set at the printing position, printed, and ejected. In this case, the passbook data such as the printing start position remains, so printing can be performed as is. Previously, the data was completely discharged once, so no such data remained and it was necessary to inhale the passbook again.

[0015] The above operation has been explained for the case where the length of the form 3 is too long and it is impossible to perform the printing process in parallel with the printing process of the passbook, and there is a request for priority processing of the form 3 with respect to the passbook 6. If the length of the form 3 is normal and printing and reading can be performed in parallel, parallel processing is performed, and if there is no priority processing request for the form 3, the reading and printing process of the form 3 is performed after the printing process of the bankbook 6.

[0016]

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above description, the present invention enables intermediate evacuation of bankbooks even when the length of the form is longer than a predetermined value and it is not possible to process the reading of the form and the printing of the bankbook in parallel. Since the form processing is performed automatically, the operator does not need to be aware of parallel processing of the form and passbook, and there is no burden on the operator.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a state in which a form and a bankbook are sucked almost in parallel.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state in which a form is temporarily saved.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a long form that cannot be read and printed in parallel is read.

FIG. 5 is a flow diagram showing the operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a detailed flow diagram of one step of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a detailed flow diagram of other steps in FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a timing chart of this embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a timing chart of the prior art.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. Form conveyance path 2 Image sensor 3. Report 4 Passbook conveyance path 5 Magnetic reading section 6 Passbook 7 Confluence section 8 Printing section 9 Print head 10 Magnetic writing section 11 Discharge path

Claims (2)

[Claims] [Claim 1] A form reading unit provided on a form input path and reading the length and content of the form conveyed on this input path, a bankbook input unit inputting a bankbook, and a bankbook conveyed from the bankbook input unit. It includes a merging section where the forms conveyed from the form reading section merge, and a printing section provided downstream of this merging section, and when a form of a predetermined length or more is input to the form reading section and the printing section When a medium is placed in the
When processing a form with a length longer than the predetermined length giving priority to printing on this medium, the medium in the printing section is intermediately retracted to the passbook input section upstream from the merging section, and the paper with a length longer than the predetermined length is processed. A passbook printer characterized in that after being processed, the passbook is conveyed to a printing unit again for printing processing. 2. The passbook printer according to claim 1, wherein the form reading section detects that the form is longer than the predetermined length by means of an indicator written on the form in advance.