JPH06143753A - Slip printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a slip printer capable of legibly printing numeral strings, such as an ID number and a date of birth. CONSTITUTION:Data of a patient card 61 is read by a card reading means 64 and stored in a patient card information storage means 66. Numeral strings, such as an ID number and a date of birth, out of the patient data srtored in the patient card information storage means 66 are transmitted to a delimiting character inserting means 71. A delimiting character, such as a hyphen, is inserted to an ID number every five digits, or to the date of birth after a numeral representing the year and the month. The numeral strings with the delimiting characters inserted are outputted from the delimiting character inserting means 71 to a printing control means 74 at the time of printing to be printed, for example, as '1234-5678-9012' or 'S40-05-08'. As a result, numeral strings, such as an ID number and the date of birth, are made legible.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a slip printer,
In particular, the present invention relates to a slip printer in which data such as ID number and date of birth printed on a slip can be easily read.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In some hospitals, a voucher as shown in FIG. 17 is handed to a patient after the patient finishes the examination. As shown in the figure, this voucher is composed of a voucher title, patient card data, reservation data, comment data, etc., and the voucher title, comment data, “name” in the patient card data, “customer”, and reservation data The characters "reservation date", "month day", and "day of the week" have been printed on the slip, and by reading the patient card, the patient ID number,
I printed my name, date of birth, and gender on a printer. In addition, the clerk entered the reservation date and the day of the week with a ballpoint pen.

Further, as another conventional example, a magnetic card (hereinafter, referred to as a doctor card) of each doctor working at a hospital and a plurality of magnetic cards storing different comments ( (Hereinafter referred to as a comment card) and prepare a patient card when issuing a slip to a patient.
Select the doctor card of the doctor in charge and the comment card that matches the patient, read the card data from the card reader,
By printing the read data on a slip having a prepared format, a slip as shown in FIG. 17 is issued. In this example, the data of the doctor in charge is
The comment data is added to the slip shown in FIG. 17 and printed each time.

At schools such as swimming schools, cards for students, cards for teaching professors, and comment cards are prepared. For example, when the rank of swimming ability rises, the time to get a monthly fee is approaching. At some point, a slip of the format shown in FIG. 17 was issued to the student.

[0005]

In the above slip printer, for example, the ID number and the date of birth are each "036".
There is a problem in that it is difficult to read because only the number strings such as "601110007" and "S200329" are printed.

In view of the above-mentioned problems of the conventional apparatus, an object of the present invention is to provide a voucher printer which can easily print legible numbers of numbers, such as ID numbers and dates of birth. It is in.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention of claim 1 stores the data read from the patient card in a patient card content storage means and in the patient card content storage means. It is characterized in that it is provided with a delimiter insertion means for inserting a delimiter into the existing digit string data.

[0008]

According to the present invention, a delimiter can be inserted in the numeral string data stored in the patient card content storage means, so that the ID number is, for example, 0366-0111.
-0007 can be printed and the date of birth is S20-03-
It can be printed as 29. Therefore, the number string can be easily read and misreading can be reduced.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of an embodiment of the slip printer of the present invention. It should be noted that, in the following, a slip printer used in a hospital will be described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a top cover, which covers a mechanism portion arranged inside. Stop, doctor, comment, and slip keys 11 are arranged on the front surface of the top cover 1, and a liquid crystal display for displaying a part of the input data or a message to the user is provided on the upper part thereof. The device 12 is assembled.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a front cover which can be opened when an ink ribbon (not shown) is replaced or when a jam occurs, and can be opened by putting a finger on the recess 3.

4 is a magnetic card storing data,
A card insertion hole for reading data, and a guide protrusion 5 is provided behind the card insertion hole to facilitate determination of the insertion direction of the magnetic card. A card pocket 6 is provided at the rear of the liquid crystal display device 12, and is used for storing a plurality of cards 13 such as doctor cards and comment cards.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a printing table on which a slip having a blank print portion is placed when printing. Reference numeral 8 is a guide for laterally positioning the slip.

Next, with reference to FIG. 3, the slip feeding mechanism arranged inside the front cover 2 will be described. In the figure, 20 is a paper feed motor, 21 and 22 are gears, and 23 is a first roller to which power is transmitted via the gears 21 and 22. A second roller 24 is urged downward by a spring (not shown).
Reference numeral 25 denotes a print head which moves in the X direction and prints on the inserted slip paper by an ink ribbon (not shown). Reference numeral 26 is a print stand stopper. The distance between the print stand stopper 26 and the print head 25 is determined in consideration of the maximum value of the top margin of the slip and the maximum number of print lines.

Further, 27 and 28 are first and second paper detection sensors for detecting a slip conveyed on the printing table 7. In this embodiment, an actuator type photo sensor is used as the first paper detection sensor 27, and a reflection type photo sensor is used as the second paper detection sensor 28. The reference numerals other than the above indicate the same or equivalent parts as in FIG.

In FIG. 3, when a slip sheet is placed on the printing table 7 and is inserted in the back and the leading edge of the slip sheet is detected by the first sheet detection sensor 27, the sheet feed motor 20 is detected by the detection signal. Is started. Then, the power of the paper feed motor 20 is transmitted to the first roller 23 via the gears 21 and 22.

The slip sheet is composed of first and second rollers 23,
When the slip paper is further inserted so as to be inserted between 24, the slip paper is sent to the inner side (Y direction in the drawing) by the rotation of the first roller 23. After the slip sheet passes under the print head 25, the leading edge of the slip sheet is detected by the second sheet detection sensor 28, and the print head 25 and the slip sheet are positioned. Then, after the paper is further fed by a predetermined top margin, the print head 25 starts printing the first line around the print center 25a. Here, the top margin is, as shown in FIG. 16, the first non-printed portion of the slip,
Normally, the title of the slip is printed in advance. The description of FIG. 16 will be given later.

As described above, the printing is advanced line by line, and when all necessary printing is completed, the paper feed motor 2
0 rotates in the reverse direction. As a result, the first roller 23 also rotates in the reverse direction, and the slip is automatically ejected from the slip feeding mechanism.

Next, the hardware configuration of the slip printer of this embodiment will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG.

In FIG. 4, 31 is a CPU, 32 is a ROM in which the control program and control data of this slip printer are stored, 33 is a memory for holding the data read from the card, etc. until the power is turned off, and data editing. It is a RAM that provides a work area such as. Further, 34 is a writable EEPROM. Various parameters are stored in the EEPROM 34, and these parameters are stored and held even after the power is turned off.

Reference numeral 35 is a Kanji conversion ROM. The Kanji conversion ROM 35 stores font data of JIS first, second level Kanji and non-Kanji. A card reader 36 reads data recorded on a magnetic card.
The card reader 36 can determine the insertion / removal of the card by the card load signal (CLD), and the read data signal (RD) at the timing of the read clock signal (RCL).
T) is read. Reference numeral 37 is a clock IC, which provides data for the date and time when the slip is issued. The timepiece IC 37 is backed up by a large-capacity capacitor, and continues to operate for several days even after the power is turned off.

Numeral 38 is a first input / output device (I / O)
In the first input / output device 38, the key 11
And the first and second paper detection sensors 27 and 28 are connected. A second input / output device (I / O) 39 is connected to the liquid crystal display device 12 and the buzzer 40.

Further, 41 is a third input / output device (I /
O), which is connected to the Y-direction (see FIG. 3) motor, that is, the driver 42 of the paper feed motor 20. 43 is a fourth input / output device (I / O),
The driver 44 of the X-direction (see FIG. 3) motor, that is, the head moving motor 45 is connected to this. In addition, a control signal is provided to a solenoid 49 forming the print head via the solenoid driver 48. 46 is a home position sensor (HP
SENS), and 47 is a dot pulse sensor (DP SENS) for determining the operation timing of the solenoid. Further, 50 is a data bus line.

The head moving motor 45, the home position sensor 46, the dot pulse sensor 47, and the solenoid 49 constitute a printer unit.

Next, the outline of the configuration of the patient card, doctor card and comment card read by the card reader 36 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5, 6 and 7.

As shown in FIG. 5, the patient card has card discrimination information (ID), patient code, name (Katakana), name (Kanji), date of birth, sex, and parity check information. ing.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the doctor card has card discrimination information (DR), name (Katakana), doctor code, name (Kanji), affiliation and parity check information. . The name (Katakana) is used for displaying on the liquid crystal display device.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7A, the comment card has card discrimination information (CT), first line comment information, second line comment information, third line comment information, and parity check. It is composed of information. FIG. 7B shows a specific example of the comment information on the first to third lines.

Next, the storage area set in the RAM 33 will be described with reference to FIG.

The CD storage pointer is a pointer used for storing magnetic card data at the time of interruption by a read clock signal (RCL) described later. The card data buffer uses the read clock signal (RCL).
This is a memory area for storing the magnetic card data read in synchronization with 1 bit for 1 address. In this card data buffer, regardless of the type of card,
The read data will be temporarily stored.

The next ID card data is a memory area for storing the data of the patient card. Next, a DR storage pointer, a DR read pointer, # 1DR card data, # 2DR card data, ..., # 5DR card data are provided. The DR storage pointer is a pointer indicating a storage position of doctor card data, that is, any of # 1 to # 5 DR card data. The DR read pointer is a read position of the doctor card data, that is, #
It is a pointer indicating any of 1 to # 5 DR card data. The # 1DR card data is a memory area in which the data of the doctor card # 1 is stored. The # 2 to # 5 DR card data is a memory area in which the data of the doctor cards # 2 to # 5 is stored.

It should be noted that when the doctor key is pressed and the DR read pointer is set to 0, the liquid crystal display device 12 displays [chuckling].
Is displayed. Then, when printing is performed in this state, the doctor name is not printed and is blank.

Next, a CT storage pointer, a CT read pointer, # 1 CT card data, # 2 CT card data, ..., # 5 CT card data are provided. C
The T storage pointer is a storage position of the comment card data,
That is, it is a pointer indicating any of # 1 to # 5 CT card data. The CT read pointer is a pointer indicating the read position of the comment card data, that is, any of # 1 to # 5 CT card data. # 1 to #
The 5CT card data is a memory area in which the data of the comment cards # 1 to # 5 are stored.

When the CT key is set to 0 by pressing the comment key, the LCD display device 12 displays [Quhaku]. When printing is performed in this state, the comment is not printed and is blank.

In this embodiment, five storage areas for DR card data and CT card data are provided so that five pieces of card data can be stored, but the present invention is not limited to this, and six or more storage areas are provided. The card data storage area of
It may be possible to store data of six or more cards.

Next, time data is provided. This time data is a memory area for storing the data of the clock IC, which is the clock means. The data in this memory area is updated by the data of the clock IC 37. This time data is used to print the issue date of the slip.

Next, there are an EX storage pointer, an EX read pointer and expanded data. The EX storage pointer is
It is a pointer for designating the storage positions of the 9 dot data for outputting the character string data to the 9-pin head. The EX read pointer is a pointer for designating a read position when outputting a set of dot data to the print head.

The expanded data is the first detection sensor 27.
Character string data consisting of ID card data at the time when is turned on, DR card data pointed to by the DR read pointer, CT card data pointed by the CT read pointer, and time related data pointed to by the date mode data. It is converted to the print font data of.

Next, there are a PP storage pointer, a PP read pointer, and paper feed data. The PP storage pointer is a pointer that specifies the storage position of the paper feed data for each line feed. The PP read pointer is a pointer that specifies the read position of the paper feed data at the time of line feed. The paper feed data is data indicating the line feed amount created when dot data is created from card data or the like. The line feed amount between lines is 4 dots, and the line feed amount when printing the lower half after printing the upper half of Chinese characters is 1/2 dot.

Next, there are SP storage pointer, SP read pointer and # 1 to # 5 SP parameters. The SP storage pointer is a pointer for designating the storage position of the SP parameter, that is, the slip parameter (for example, top margin, paper thickness, character arrangement, etc.). The SP read pointer is a SP parameter read position, that is, # 1 to # 1.
It is a pointer indicating one of the # 5SP parameters.
This pointer is updated every time the slip key is pressed. # 1 to # 5 SP parameters are slip parameters # 1
This is a memory area in which data of # 5 to # 5 are stored. By pressing the slip key, the slip parameters set when the slip printer is installed are displayed together with the slip name. If printing is performed in this state, printing is executed with the displayed slip parameters, and the printing shown in FIG. 16 is performed. can get.

The other storage areas are used as a working area, a stack area and the like.

Next, the reading operation of the card reader 36 for reading the above card will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 9A, reading of card data is performed by interruption by the read clock signal (RCL). In step S1, it is determined whether a card has been inserted into the card insertion hole 4. This judgment is made based on whether the card load signal is high or low. If it is high, it is determined that it is inserted, and the process proceeds to step S2. In step S2, it is determined whether or not the read clock signal (RCL) has fallen. When it has fallen, the process proceeds to step S3 and interrupt processing is performed.
In the interrupt processing, as shown in FIG. 8B, 1 bit of the card data is written in the address of the card data buffer designated by the CD storage pointer (see FIG. 8) (step S301). Then, the CD storage pointer is incremented for writing the next data (step S302). By the above interrupt processing,
The data read by the card reader 36 is temporarily stored in the card data buffer.

Next, the operation before printing using the slip printer of the present invention, that is, the operation of the normal print mode process will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

In step S11, the time data is read from the clock IC 37 and the time data in the RAM 33 is updated. In step S12, the card reader 3
6, the key 11 and the sensor 27 are processed.

In step S13, when it is detected that the card is removed from the card reader 36 by the low level of the card load signal, the contents of the card data buffer are prevented from being rewritten by inserting a new card. Therefore, the interrupt by the read clock signal is prohibited. In step S14, the read card data is checked. This check is made based on whether the specified data (DEL function character) exists at the beginning and end of the data string and whether the parity is correct.

If it is determined by the above-mentioned check that the card data is correct, the process proceeds to step S16. On the other hand, when it is determined that it is not correct, the process proceeds to step S15,
The liquid crystal display device 1 so that the card can be inserted again.
An error is displayed on 2. Then, it progresses to step S21.

In step S16, an operation of checking predetermined card type discrimination data is performed. This determination is performed based on the card determination information registered in advance on each card. In step S17, the value of the card data buffer is converted into character string data of alphabets, numbers, kana (ANK) or kanji, and stored in the card data area. For example, doctor card data is stored in the DR card data storage area in FIG.

In step S20, the above card data is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 12.

As described above, the transfer of the data from the card data buffer to the card data storage area corresponding to the card is completed. Therefore, the process proceeds to step S21, and the operation of initializing the CD storage pointer is executed. Then, the process proceeds to step S22, the interrupt by the read clock RCL is permitted, and the process returns to step S11.

Next, in step S12, when it is determined that the doctor key is turned on, the process proceeds to step S23, the DR read pointer is incremented, and the DR card data at the next position is read from the DR card data storage area. And is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 12 (step S24). By repeating this, a desired doctor name is selected.

Next, in step S12, when the comment key is turned on, the process proceeds to step S25 and C
The T read pointer is incremented and C at the next position
The T card data is read from the CT card data storage area and displayed on the liquid crystal display device 12 (step S
26). By repeating this, a desired comment is selected.

Next, when it is determined in step S12 that the first paper detection sensor 27 is turned on, the operation proceeds to print control. The details of the print control are described in Japanese Patent Application No. 4-25986 “Voucher printer having a voucher parameter setting function” of the same applicant, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

When the chit key is turned on in step S12, the flow advances to step S29 to increment the SP read pointer (see FIG. 8) by one. Next, in step S30, the slip parameter pointed to by the SP read pointer is displayed on the liquid crystal display (LCD) 12.

Each time the slip key is turned on, the SP read pointer is incremented and the preset slip parameters for slips 1 to 5 are sequentially displayed. Therefore, the operator can select a slip parameter suitable for the type of slip to be printed.

Next, the print control operation in step S27 will be described with reference to the flow charts of FIGS.
This will be described in detail with reference to the print example of FIG.

In step S12, the sensor 27
If it is determined that the ON state has been turned on, the process proceeds to step S501, and the content of the patient card data, that is, the content of the ID card data is taken into the working area of the RAM.
Next, the process proceeds to the subroutine S502, and a delimiter character is inserted in the ID number.

The subroutine S502 will be described with reference to FIG. First, in step S601, the ID
The number of characters in the number is required. In step S602, it is determined whether the number of characters is smaller than 4, and if it is larger than 4, the process proceeds to step S603. Step S60
In 3, a hyphen (-) is inserted after the fourth character.
On the other hand, if it is smaller than 4, no processing is performed and the process proceeds to step S503.

Similarly, steps S604 to S607.
By the process of, a hyphen is inserted after the eighth character and after the twelfth character, and the process returns to step S503 in FIG. The delimiter may be a space or a slash.

In step S503, print font data corresponding to the patient ID number in which the delimiter is inserted is generated, stored in the expanded data area, and the EX storage pointer is updated. As described above, the print font data of the first line in FIG. 16 is created.

Next, in step S504, 13 pitches, which is 4 pitches between line spaces and 9 pitches of print head pins, are stored as a line feed amount in the paper feed data area, and the PP storage pointer is updated. . Next, in step S505, print font data corresponding to the patient name (Katakana) is generated. As described above, the print font data of the second line in FIG. 16 is created.

Next, in step S506, step S
Similarly to 504, the space 4 between the first and second rows
1 pitch plus 9 pitches of print head pins
After obtaining the line feed amount of 3 pitches, the process proceeds to step S507, the upper half font data of the kanji corresponding to the patient name (kanji) is read from the kanji conversion ROM 35, and the upper half font data of the patient name (kanji) of FIG. 16 is read. To generate.

Next, in step S508, the line feed amount is set to 8 pitches in order to print the lower half 8 dots of the 16 dots in the vertical direction of the Kanji font data. Then, in step S509, font data of the lower half of the kanji corresponding to the patient name (kanji) is generated. As described above, the print font data on the third line in FIG. 16 is created.

Subsequently, the flow proceeds to step S510, and line feed is performed for 12 pitches, which is 4 pitches between line spaces and 8 pins of the print head actually printed in the lower half of the third row. When the process of step S510 ends, the process proceeds to subroutine S511. In the subroutine S511, a process of inserting a delimiter into the birth date character string is performed.

The process of the subroutine S511 is shown in FIG.
This will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step S701, the number of characters N of the birth date character string is obtained. In step S702, a hyphen is inserted after the N-4th character of the original character string. By this process, a hyphen will be inserted between the year and month characters in the original character string.

Next, in step S703, a hyphen is inserted after the (N-2) th character of the original character string. By this process, a hyphen will be inserted between the month and day characters in the original string.

The reason for defining the date of birth delimiter as described above is that the number of characters of the date of birth varies depending on the hospital, as shown below.

Original Character String Character String After Inserting Hyphen S400508 → S40-05-08 19650508 → 1965-05-08 650508 → 65-05-08 When the processing of the above subroutine ends, step S512 of FIG. The print font data corresponding to the birth date character string in which the delimiter is inserted is generated. By this processing, the character string in the first half of the fourth line in FIG. 16 is generated.

Next, in step S513, if the gender data is M, a half-width male character is inserted into the 15th character of the fourth line if it is other than M, and print font data is generated. To do.

By the above steps S510 to S513, the print font data of the fourth line in FIG. 16 is created.

Next, in step S514, the line feed amount is 17 pitches, which is the sum of 8 pitches between the 4th and 5th rows and 9 pitches of the pins of the print head. FIG.
In step S515, the DR read pointer becomes 0.
Is determined. If it is 0, the process proceeds to step S521, the doctor name (kanji) is not printed, and the process proceeds to step S521.

If the DR read pointer is not 0,
In step S516, the doctor card data pointed to by this pointer is loaded into the working area of the RAM. Succeedingly, in a step S517, a kanji font corresponding to the doctor's name (kanji) is read from the kanji conversion ROM 35,
Generates an odd-numbered print font in the paper feed direction.

Next, in step S518, the line feed amount is reduced to 1/2 pitch, and then in step S519, a kanji font corresponding to the doctor's name (kanji) is converted into a kanji conversion ROM.
It is read from 35 and an even-numbered print font in the paper feed direction is generated.

Through the above steps S517 to S519, the size of the doctor's name (kanji) is changed to the patient name (kanji).
Can be compressed to about 1/2 the size of

Then, the process proceeds to step S520, the line feed amount is set to 16 pitches, and the process proceeds to step S521.
A determination is made whether the CT read pointer is equal to 0. If this determination is positive, the process proceeds to step S529. On the other hand, if the result is negative, the process proceeds to step S522.

At step S522, the CT card data pointed by the CT read pointer is fetched, and at step S522.
At 523, print font data for the first line of the comment is generated. As a result, the character on the sixth line of the slip has been generated.

Then, in step S524, the line feed amount is revised to 13 pitches, and in step S525, print font data for the second line of the comment is generated.
As a result, the character on the seventh line of the slip has been generated. Similarly, the line feed amount is set to 13 pitches in step S526, and the print font data for the third line of the comment (the eighth line of the slip) is generated in step S527. Next, in step S528, the line feed amount is 1
It is set to 7 pitches.

In step S529, print font data corresponding to the time data is generated. This data will be printed on the ninth line of the slip. Step S5
At 30, printing is executed.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the steps S502 and S503 and the steps S511 and S5 are performed.
Since 12 and 12 are provided, a delimiter can be inserted into the patient's ID number and date of birth.

Next, referring to FIG. 1, the function of the essential part of the present invention will be described. When the patient card 61, the doctor card 62 and the comment card 63 are read from the card reading means 64, the card discriminating means 65 discriminates the kind of the read card and stores the data of each card in correspondence with each other. Means 66, 67 and 68. The time data output from the clock means 69 is stored in the time data storage means 70.

Of the data stored in the patient card content storage means 66, the ID number and the date of birth data are inserted into the delimiter insertion means 71, and as described above, delimiters such as hyphens are placed at predetermined positions. Is inserted. Further, the doctor name (kanji) data in the doctor card content storage means 67 is sent to the doctor name compression means 72 and compressed.

Next, when printing is started on the slip by the printing start means 73, time data is stored in the time data storage means 70 and patient name (katakana and kanji) data is stored in the patient card content storage means 66. The ID number and the date of birth of the patient having the delimiter are sent from the delimiter insertion means 71, the doctor name data from the doctor name compression means 72, and the comment data from the comment card content storage means 68 to the print control means 74. To be As a result, the printing mechanism prints the contents as shown in FIG. 16 on the slip.

In FIG. 1, a solid line is a line representing data reading, and a thick line is a line representing reading during printing.

[0085]

As described above, according to the present invention, since a delimiter can be put in a numerical string such as patient ID data and date of birth, the numerical string is easy to read and is erroneously read. Is effective.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the slip printer according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a printing mechanism of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a slip printer of this embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an example of patient card information.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of an example of doctor card information.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of an example of comment card information.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a RAM map.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a reading operation of the card reader.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of normal print processing mode processing.

FIG. 11 is a continuation of the flowchart of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a print control operation according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart following on from FIG. 12;

14 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of a subroutine S502 of FIG.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the subroutine S511 of FIG.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a slip printed according to the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional slip.

[Explanation of symbols]

66 ... Patient card content storage means, 67 ... Doctor card content storage means, 68 ... Comment card content storage means, 70 ...
Time data storage means, 71 ... Delimiter insertion means, 72
... Doctor name (kanji) compression means, 73 ... Printing start means, 74
... Print control means

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Shinichi Fuchigami, 1463 Asama-cho, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo Within Jamome Machine Industry Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Toshiaki Yamaguchi 1463, Sakumacho, Hachioji City, Tokyo

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A patient card content storage means for storing data read from a patient card, and a delimiter insertion means for inserting a delimiter character in the numeral string data stored in the patient card content storage means. The slip printer is characterized in that a delimiter is inserted in the numeral string data and sent to the print control means at the start of printing. 2. The delimiter insertion means inserts a delimiter into at least one section next to the N-4th, N-8th and N-12th characters, where N is the number of characters of the ID number. The voucher printer according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The delimiter insertion means inserts a delimiter in the section next to the N-4th and N-2th characters, where N is the number of characters of the birth date. The slip printer according to claim 1.