JP3612930B2 - Securities issuing equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a securities issuing device that prints and issues securities such as bills and checks.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In securities issuing devices used for issuing bills and checkbooks, which have been used in the administrative centers of financial institutions in the past, a page printer that prints necessary items on the face of the securities, In addition, an encoder device for a magnetic reading device for reading MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) is integrated. The page printer used in this securities issuing apparatus has a performance equivalent to that of an ordinary general use. The unit portion of the MICR encoder is the same as that of a single MICR encoder device for printing the amount of bills and checks normally used in banks and the like.
[0003]
In order to obtain printing speed and running cost, such a securities issuing device uses a double check type of bill check paper, and after printing a necessary item on the face of the paper in a page printer, two pieces of top and bottom are printed. This is a method in which MICR characters are printed by a hammer impact method after cutting. In addition, there are two sets of paper output stackers of the securities issuing device, one of which is a normal stacker, which stores normally printed ones, and the other is an error stacker, which has some error. This is used to store items that have occurred, and the corresponding ticket is discarded as a lost letter.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in such a conventional securities issuing device, the requirements for bills / checks (required items and contents to be established as bills / checks: determined by the bill / check method) are printed on a page printer. MICR character printing is performed by a hammer impact MICR encoder. In other similar systems, the page printer is replaced with a dot printer.
[0005]
With regard to MICR character printing, printing is usually performed with a one-time dedicated ribbon (cassette type and pancake type exists) in which a magnetic material is coated on a polyethylene base. Care must be taken in handling, including operations. Also, the printing with the dedicated ribbon is greatly affected by the transfer side (MICR paper) due to the transfer method (void generation due to transfer failure) and the distribution stage (peeling due to rubbing etc.), At present, various technical ideas have been made to maintain the quality of the MICR characters.
[0006]
In order to solve these problems of MICR character printing, a method of printing MICR characters with a page printer using a toner (referred to as MICR toner) containing an appropriate amount of a magnetic component (iron oxide) has been implemented.
[0007]
However, the MICR character standard is detailed, and this standard is naturally applied to the MICR character printed by the page printer. The print density is determined from the volume of the page printer body (print density setting range) or the operation panel. Since the user can easily set the print density level as desired, the ease of changing the print density setting affects the MICR character to be printed. Further, if the print density is fixed for MICR characters, another print item is restricted.
[0008]
An object of the present invention is to unify all the printing and issuing processes for bills and checks of securities, improve the efficiency of securities issuing processing, reduce the work load, and improve the quality of issued securities It is to provide an issuing device.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The invention according to claim 1 is a securities issuing device that prints and issues a security, and includes a special code that is readable by a reading means and other print information that constitutes the bill face of the security other than the special code. The same printing means for printing on the bill face of the security, and a print density setting means for setting the print density, and when the print density of the entire face of the note is set by the user, the special code is The print density is controlled differently from the other print information, and the special code is printed at a print density based on a special code standard not related to the other print information.
[0015]
The invention according to claim 6 is the certificate issuing apparatus for printing and issuing the certificate, the print density setting means for setting the print density, and the character of the special code printed on the bill surface and readable by the reading means A character font setting means for setting a plurality of types of character fonts having different line thicknesses, and a print density set in the print density setting means by a user before printing the securities, In response, a character font having a line thickness corresponding to the print density is read out from a plurality of types of character fonts set in the character font setting means according to the character of the special code to be printed on the bill of the securities. Printing means for printing the character of the special code, the printing means for the character of the special code print density set in the print density setting means If it is too dark, the character font set in the character font setting means is read out with a character font whose line thickness is narrower than the current character font, and if the print density is too light for characters with special codes, A character font having a thicker line than a character font is read out, and the special code is printed at a print density based on the special code standard.
[0021]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0022]
(First embodiment)
FIGS. 1-16 is a figure which shows the securities printing issue system of 1st Embodiment to which the securities issuing apparatus of this invention is applied. This securities issuing system is installed in an office center of a financial institution, and is used to print and issue securities (prints, checks, etc.) including MICR characters standardized by the JIS X9002.
[0023]
First, the configuration will be described.
[0024]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall schematic configuration of the securities print issuing system according to the first embodiment. In FIG. 1, the securities printing / issuing system includes a computer system 1 that controls and manages operations of the securities inspection device 10 and the MICR toner printer 20, a securities inspection device 10, and an MICR toner printer 20. The securities inspection device control signal cable C1 and the printer control signal cable C2 are connected between the computer system 1, the securities inspection device 10 and the MICR toner printer 20.
[0025]
In FIG. 1, the computer system 1 is configured by a CPU 2, a display device 3, an input device 4, a RAM 5, a storage device 6 and a storage medium 7 as shown in the block diagram of FIG. Each unit except for the storage medium 7 is connected to each other by a bus 8. Also, the securities inspection apparatus 10 and the MICR toner printer 20 are connected to the bus 8 via the cables C1 and C2.
[0026]
A CPU (Central Processing Unit) 2 executes a security printing control process, which will be described later, in accordance with a security printing control processing program stored in the storage device 6, and a printer control signal for controlling the printing process on the paper sheet surface in the MICR toner printer 20. Is output to the MICR toner printer 20 via the bus 8 and the printer control signal cable C2.
[0027]
In the securities printing control process executed by the CPU 2, a request file (including various item data such as a bank code, a branch code, an account code, an ID, and a customer name) stored in a request file 6a in the storage device 6 to be described later. , Confirms the validity of the various item data in the request file, acquires various data corresponding to the various item data from the corresponding file in the storage device 6, and stores it in an issue file 5 a in the RAM 5 described later. Store. The CPU 2 further obtains a corresponding signature book image from the signature book file in the storage device 6 and starts sending bill / check certificate print data to the MICR toner printer 20 for printing the bill / check certificate. The necessary basic format and print control file are downloaded from the corresponding file in the storage device 6 to the MICR toner printer 20 to execute the bill / check certificate printing process.
[0028]
In addition, the CPU 2 outputs various control signals for monitoring and controlling the operation of each unit in the securities inspection device 10 to the securities inspection device 10 via the bus 8 and the securities inspection device control signal cable C1, and also the securities inspection device 10. MICR character data, bill face image data, and the like input from are sent and received via the securities inspection device control signal cable C1 and the bus 8.
[0029]
The display device 3 displays various display data input from the CPU 2, for example, an input screen for inputting various parameters necessary for the security stamp issue control processing executed by the CPU 2, and each processing step of the security print issue processing. Is displayed, or the details of errors that occur in the securities print issuance process are displayed.
[0030]
The input device 4 inputs various parameters necessary for the securities print issuing process executed by the CPU 2, inputs instructions for starting and stopping the securities print issuing process, and outputs the various input instruction signals to the CPU 2.
[0031]
A RAM (Random Access Memory) 5 forms a memory area for storing files and parameters necessary for the security printing control process executed by the CPU 2, and its internal memory configuration is shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, a RAM 5 includes an issue file 5a for storing various data corresponding to various item data acquired from the storage device 6 in the securities print control process executed by the CPU 2, and a print density setting memory 5b for setting the print density. And comprising.
[0032]
The storage device 6 includes a storage medium 7 in which programs, data, and the like are stored in advance, and the storage medium 7 is configured by a magnetic or optical recording medium or a semiconductor memory. This storage medium 7 is fixedly attached to the storage device 6 or is detachably mounted. The storage medium 7 is processed by the above-mentioned securities printing control processing program, MICR character control program, and each processing program. Store the data.
[0033]
The program, data, and the like stored in the storage medium 7 may be configured to be received from other devices connected via the public line network or the like by the communication interface 7 and stored. A storage device provided with the above storage medium may be provided on the other device side connected via the network, and the program and data stored in the storage medium 7 may be used via a communication line.
[0034]
Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the storage device 6 includes a request file 6a for storing a request file in which print items of bills / check securities to be issued are set, and an account master file 6b for storing customer account number data. A branch master file 6c for storing a branch code, a customer master file 6d for storing customer information, a check number file 6e for managing a check number to be given to an issued check, and a signature for storing a customer signature image. Directory file 6f, parts image file 6g for storing the actual image of the bill / check certificate to be issued, print control file 6h for the print control file for printing the bill / check certificate, and in the bill of each print item The securities format file 6i that stores the securities format file and the MICR character font are stored in the print position of It includes a MICR character font files 6j, a density setting parameter table 6k setting the density setting parameters, the.
[0035]
As print items set in the request file stored in the request file 6a, as shown in FIG. 5, print items such as a bank code, a branch code, an account code, an ID, and a customer name are stored in association with each other. .
[0036]
Further, as the securities format file stored in the securities format file 6i, area coordinates are set for each field name (securities type, securities number, signature book, MICR characters) as shown in FIG. Furthermore, as a signature book image stored in the signature book file 6f, as shown in FIG. 7, a branch code, an account code, and an ID are set and stored for each signature book image data of the customer.
[0037]
Here, FIG. 8 shows an example of the check face printing on the check to be printed by the security printing control process of the CPU 2 in the first embodiment.
[0038]
In the check face printing example shown in FIG. 8, the print target portion is roughly classified into the following two groups.
[0039]
(1) The part stored in the part image file 6g in the storage device 6 as an image part created in advance with graphics or the like, that is, the following items shown in FIG.
[0040]
・ Receive part (excluding check number)
・ "Check" title
・ Title of "Payment Place"
・ "Please pay to" above
・ Titles of “Date of withdrawal”, “Location of origin”, “Drawer”
・ Dotted dashed line
・ Logo mark of “XX Co., Ltd.”
(2) Fluctuating item parts in the book for each client, that is, the following items enclosed in circles in FIG.
[0041]
・ Check number
・ Payment name
・ Branch name
・ Name of origin
・ Code in exchange frame
-Applicable MICR characters
・ Signature data
For the above variable items, all the variable items except the check number are printed as an image. In FIG. 8, for example, the address “Chuo-ku, Tokyo” of the origin is not code data, but a font image is assembled in advance and printed as a rectangular image.
[0042]
Further, FIG. 9 shows a specific example of double-sheets that can simultaneously print bills and checks to be printed by the security printing control process of the CPU 2 in the first embodiment.
[0043]
The double-sheets shown in FIG. 9 are two-sided bills and check sheets, and the bills and checks are printed in the area for printing MICR characters, that is, 15. 8 mm area (shaded area): An area called a clear band is also standardized, and printing including magnetism other than MICR characters in this area is prohibited (however, a preprinted background pattern that does not include magnetism) Printing is usually done). Therefore, in the securities print control process of the CPU 2, the print control distinguished from the other areas in the clear band is necessary. The print control within the clear band is executed in the MICR font control process described later by the controller unit 23 in the MICR toner printer 20 described later.
[0044]
In FIG. 1, the inside of the securities inspection apparatus 10 includes a curl correction mechanism 11, a slitter mechanism 12, a printed ticket surface check mechanism 13, and a stack mechanism 14.
[0045]
The curl correction mechanism 11 corrects the curl state of the bill / check paper discharged after printing from the MICR toner printer 20 and discharges it to the slitter mechanism 12.
[0046]
The slitter mechanism 12 includes a slitter (not shown) in the inside thereof, and the first bill and the first sheet are printed by the slitter on the two sheets of paper printed on the bill / check paper discharged after the curl correction. Each side of the two securities is cut in half and separated, and the cut and separated first and second securities are discharged to each travel route in the printed ticket surface check mechanism 13.
[0047]
The printing ticket surface check mechanism 13 includes a paper transport path having two paper transport mechanisms therein, and a MICR reader 131 and an image reader 132 are provided on each paper transport path. The printed voucher surface check mechanism 13 conveys the first and second securities that are separately ejected from the slitter mechanism 12 to each paper conveyance path inside, and is read by the MICR reader 131 and the image reader 132. The sheet is conveyed at a possible speed in the direction of the stack mechanism 14 in the figure, and discharged from the printing ticket surface check mechanism 13 to the stack mechanism 14.
[0048]
The MICR reader 131 reads the MICR characters printed on the bills of the first securities and the second securities conveyed on the respective travel routes, and each of the read MICR character data is a securities inspection device control signal cable. The data is output to the computer system 1 via C1. The image reader 132 reads the print images printed on the bills of the first securities and the second securities conveyed on the travel routes, respectively, and the read print image data is the securities inspection device control signal cable. The data is output to the computer system 1 via C1.
[0049]
The stack mechanism 14 includes a paper transport path having two paper transport mechanisms therein, and the bills and check tickets transported through the respective paper transport paths as a normal processing ticket and an error processing ticket for each stage. A stacker is provided for each bill and check ticket.
[0050]
The internal configuration of the MICR toner printer 20 is as shown in the block diagram of FIG. 10. The display operation unit 21, interface (I / F) unit 22, controller unit 23, hopper 24, engine unit 25, stacker unit 26. And a power supply unit 27.
[0051]
The display operation unit 21 includes operation keys for inputting various parameters necessary for print processing, and a display unit for displaying input information, various parameters, a print processing mode, and the like. The operation display unit 21 outputs various instruction signals input from the operation keys to the interface unit 22, operation information based on the various instruction signals, display information such as various parameters input from the interface unit 22, and a print processing mode. Is displayed on the display.
[0052]
The interface unit 22 is connected to an external interface 22a to which the printer control signal cable C2 for connecting to the external computer system 1 is connected, and a video to which an internal cable for connecting to the controller unit 23 is connected. And an interface 22b.
[0053]
The interface unit 22 converts various print control signals, print data, and the like input from the computer system 1 to the external interface 22a via the printer control signal cable C2 into a predetermined signal form, and then connects from the video interface 22b via the internal cable. The print response signal at the time of printing input to the video interface 22b from the controller unit 23 is converted into a predetermined signal form, and the computer is output from the external interface 22a via the printer control signal cable C2. While outputting to the system 1, the display information according to the response signal is output to the display operation unit 21.
[0054]
The controller unit 23 includes a video interface 23a to which an internal cable for connecting to the interface unit 22 is connected, and a printer control 23b to which an internal cable for connecting to the engine unit 25 is connected. Prepare.
[0055]
When various print control signals, print image data, and the like are input from the interface unit 22 to the video interface 23a, the controller unit 23 outputs various control signals for controlling the printing operation of each unit in the engine unit 25 according to the various print control signals. In addition to outputting to the engine unit 25 from the control 23b, a print image data of each bill / check is output from the printer control 23b to the head control 25a in order to generate a latent image of the bill / check by the head control 25a in the engine unit 25. To do.
[0056]
When various response signals output from the engine unit 25 according to the printing operation are input to the printer control 23b, the controller unit 23 performs processing for responding to the computer system 1 according to the various response signals. And a predetermined print response signal is output from the video interface 23 a to the interface unit 22, and display information such as an operation mode display signal for displaying the print mode in operation is output from the video interface 23 a to the interface unit 22. To do. The video interface 23 a in the controller unit 23 includes a reception buffer (not shown) that temporarily stores print image data and the like input from the interface unit 22.
[0057]
The hopper 24 feeds the two-sided bill / check printing paper shown in FIG. 9 and the bill / check printing paper set in the paper cassette to the engine unit 25 one by one. And an automatic paper feeding mechanism APF (Auto Paper Feeder).
[0058]
The interior of the engine unit 25 includes a head control 25a, a latent image unit 25b, a developing unit 25c, a resist unit 25d, a drum 25e, a transfer unit 25f, a separation unit 25g, a cleaning unit 25h, and a fixing unit 25i.
[0059]
The head control 25a controls the latent image portion 25b based on the print data of the bill / check input from the controller 23, and each of the bill / check is applied to the photosensitive film on the drum 25e in the latent image portion 25b. An electrostatic latent image is formed. The latent image portion 25b has a charging function for charging the photosensitive film on the drum 25e and a recording function for irradiating the photosensitive film with light modulated with print image data. After charging, the photosensitive film on the drum 25e is irradiated with light modulated from each print image data input from the head control 25a to print the electrostatic latent image of the handprint / check on the photosensitive film. Let it form.
[0060]
The developing unit 25c attaches MICR toner supplied from a toner supply tank (not shown) for supplying MICR toner to the surface of the photosensitive film on which an electrostatic latent image is formed on the drum 25e.
[0061]
The registration unit 25d includes a jam sensor for detecting a jam of a bill / check printing paper fed one by one from the hopper 24 (paper jam at the time of feeding), and detects a jam of the bill / check printing paper at the time of feeding. When detected, a jam detection signal is sent to the controller unit 23, and the paper feeding operation of the hopper 24 is stopped.
[0062]
The drum 25e has a photoreceptor film (not shown) wound around the outer peripheral surface thereof, and rotates in the direction of the arrow in the drawing so that each electrostatic latent image of a bill / check is applied to the photoreceptor film by the latent image portion 25b. After the formation, the MICR toner is attached to the portion where the electrostatic latent image is formed by the developing unit 25c. When the drum 25e further rotates, the MICR toner is transferred to the face of the bill / check printing paper conveyed by the transfer unit 25f on the photosensitive film to which the MICR toner is attached. When the drum 25e further rotates, the remaining MICR toner is removed by the cleaning unit 25h from the photosensitive film on which the transfer of the MICR toner onto the bill / check printing paper is completed, and is again used for recording.
[0063]
The transfer unit 25f transfers the MICR toner attached to the photosensitive film conveyed onto the transfer unit 25f by the rotation of the drum 25e onto the bill surface of the bill / check printing paper fed one by one from the hopper 24. .
[0064]
The separation unit 25g separates the handprint / check printing paper onto which the MICR toner has been transferred from the photosensitive film on the drum 25e in the transfer unit 25f from the drum 25e, and discharges it to the fixing unit 25i.
[0065]
The fixing unit 25i includes a fixing roller heated by a fixing heater (not shown), conveys the bill / check printing paper discharged from the separation unit 25g by the fixing roller, and the MICR toner is transferred to the bill / check by the fixing roller. The paper is fixed on the printing paper and discharged to the stacker 26.
[0066]
The stacker 26 stores bill / check printing sheets discharged from the fixing unit 25 i in the engine unit 25. The power supply unit 27 converts a commercial voltage supplied from an external power line (not shown) into a predetermined power supply voltage, and supplies the power supply voltage to the interface unit 22, the controller unit 23, and the engine unit 25.
[0067]
Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described.
[0068]
The print control process executed by the CPU 2 in the computer system 1 will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG.
[0069]
First, the CPU 2 obtains print item data (bank code, branch code, account code, ID and customer name) necessary for printing from the request file 6a in the storage device 6 (step S1), and verifies these print item data. The sex is checked (step S2). Next, using the acquired print item data as a keyword, the corresponding data is acquired from the account master file 6b, branch master file 6c, customer master file 6d, and check number file 6e in the storage device 6, and an issue file is created. And stored in the issue file 5a in the RAM 5 (step S3).
[0070]
Then, signature image data corresponding to the unique code of 17 digits in total of the branch code, account code and ID acquired in step S3 is acquired from the signature file f in the storage device 6 (step S4), and the MICR toner printer 20 Transmission of print data to the printer is started (step S5). Next, the basic format of each bill and check is downloaded from the part image file 6g in the storage device 6 (step S6), and the signature image data acquired in step S4 is downloaded to the MICR toner printer (step S7). .
[0071]
Next, the printing process of the bill / check in the MICR toner printer 20 is controlled based on the issue file stored in the issue file 5a in the RAM 5 in step S3 and the print control file stored in the print control file 6h in the storage device 6. (Step S8), and the printing process is repeated until one lot (one book: 50 sheets) of bills / checks is stored.
[0072]
In the print control processing for bills and checks in the MICR toner printer 20, the issued file data and signature image data are sequentially sent from the computer system 1 to the MICR toner printer 20 via the printer control signal cable C2. That is, in the case of the check shown in FIG. 8, the item data of the part stored in the part image file 6g in the storage device 6 as an image part created in advance by graphics or the like (reserved part (excluding the check number), "Check" title, "Payment place" title, "Please pay to" above, "Drawing date", "From place", "Drawer" title, Dash line, "Logo of XX Co., Ltd." and the variable item part in the book for each client, that is, item data enclosed in circles in Fig. 8 (check number, payment place name, branch name, origination name, The exchange frame code, the corresponding MICR characters, and signature book data) are sent from the computer system 1 to the MICR toner printer 20.
[0073]
In the MICR toner printer 20, when part image data and variable item image data of each print item sent from the computer system 1 are input to the controller unit 23 via the interface unit 22, the controller unit 23 outputs the engine unit. 25, a print instruction start instruction for printing the bill / check is output, and print image data based on the component image data and the variable item image data is output to print the bill / check in the engine unit 25. Processing is controlled.
[0074]
In the engine unit 25, the head control 25a controls the latent image unit 25b based on the print data of the bill and check input from the controller unit 23. In the latent image unit 25b, the photosensitive film on the drum 25e is removed. After charging, the photosensitive film on the drum 25e is irradiated with light modulated from the print image data of the handprint / check input from the head control 25a, and the electrostatic latent image of the handprint / check is formed on the photoreceptor film. It is formed.
[0075]
The drum 25e is rotated in the direction of the arrow in the figure, and the electrostatic latent image is formed on the photosensitive film by the latent image portion 25b. Then, the electrostatic latent image is formed by the developing portion 25c. MICR toner adheres to the portion. When the drum 25e further rotates, the MICR toner is transferred to the face of the bill / check printing paper conveyed by the transfer unit 25f on the photosensitive film to which the MICR toner is attached. When the drum 25e further rotates, the remaining MICR toner is removed by the cleaning unit 25h from the photosensitive film on which the transfer of the MICR toner onto the bill / check printing paper is completed, and is again used for recording.
[0076]
In addition, the registration unit 25d jams bills / check printing paper when feeding by a jam sensor that detects jamming of bills / check printing paper fed one by one from the hopper 24 (paper jam during feeding). Is detected, a jam detection signal is sent to the controller unit 23 to stop the paper feeding operation of the hopper 24 and to stop the printing operation.
[0077]
Then, in the separating unit 25g, when the transfer unit 25f separates the handprint / check printing paper on which the MICR toner is transferred from the photosensitive film on the drum 25e from the drum 25e and is discharged to the fixing unit 25i, the fixing unit 25i In 25i, the bill / check printing paper discharged from the separation unit 25g is conveyed by a fixing roller heated by a fixing heater, and the fixing roller fixes the MICR toner on the bill / check printing paper and discharges it to the stacker 26. The bills and check printing sheets that have been printed and finished printing are sequentially stored.
[0078]
It should be noted that an area for printing MICR characters, that is, the size of one side in the figure, is provided on the double paper that can simultaneously print the bill or check shown in FIG. 9 to be printed in the first embodiment. An area 15.8 mm from the bottom edge of the paper (shaded area): An area called a clear band is also standardized, and printing including magnetism other than MICR characters in this area is prohibited. In the securities print control process, the clear band requires print control distinguished from other areas. The print control in the clear band is executed in the MICR font control process in the controller unit 23 in the MICR toner printer 20.
[0079]
That is, the functional configurations of the head control 25a and the latent image portion 25b for controlling the formation process of the electrostatic latent image on the drum 25e in the MICR toner printer 20 are as shown in FIG. In FIG. 12, the head control 25a and the latent image unit 25b are a position control unit 251 that controls the electrostatic latent image forming position of the head control unit 253 based on the position information setting value set as a control parameter, and a control parameter. A voltage control unit 252 for controlling the charging potential at the time of electrostatic latent image formation of the head control unit 251 based on the set value for voltage control, and control of the electrostatic latent image formation position by the position control unit 251; Then, by controlling the charging voltage value at the time of forming the electrostatic latent image by the voltage control unit 252, the electrostatic latent images of the MICR character print areas A and C and the normal print areas B and D are formed on the photosensitive film of the drum 25 e. A head control unit 253.
[0080]
In FIG. 12, in the parameter table in which position information setting values are set as control parameters, the MICR print areas A and C of the electrostatic latent image formed on the drum 25e are set as "MICR prints 1 and 2". The value is “setting 3”, the normal printing areas B and D of the electrostatic latent image are “normal printing 1 and 2”, and the position information setting value is “setting 4”. In the parameter table in which the voltage control setting value is set as the control parameter, the MICR printing areas A and C of the electrostatic latent image formed on the drum 25e are set to “MICR printing” and the voltage control setting value is set to “set”. 1 is set, the normal printing areas B and D of the electrostatic latent image are set to “normal printing”, and the setting value for voltage control is set to “setting 2”. In this way, by setting the control parameters separately for the MICR print areas A and C and the normal print areas B and D, the control parameters for the MICR print areas A and C are fixed to the settings based on the standard. The control parameters of the print areas B and D can be changed by the user.
[0081]
With the setting of each parameter table, the head controller 253 in FIG. 12 applies the photosensitive film of the drum 25e based on the position control signal input from the position controller 251 and the voltage control signal input from the voltage controller 252. In addition to distinguishing between the MICR character print areas A and C to be formed and the normal print areas B and D, and changing the set potential of each area, the electrostatic latent images of the MICR character print areas A and C of the bills and checks An electrostatic latent image in the normal printing area can be formed.
[0082]
The electrostatic control image of MICR characters and normal characters formed on the photosensitive film of the drum 25e by the head control 25a and the latent image unit 25b in the engine unit 25 of the MICR toner printer 20 by the control process based on the MICR printing area and its A specific example of the actual MICR character and normal character printing results is shown in FIG.
[0083]
The specific example of the electrostatic latent image and the print result shown in FIG. 13A is formed in the normal print area and the MICR character print area when the density setting level is set high in the normal print area. The electrostatic latent image and the printing result are shown. Further, the electrostatic latent image shown in FIG. 13B and the specific example of the printing result are shown in the normal printing area and the MICR character printing area when the density setting level is set low in the normal printing area. An electrostatic latent image to be formed and a printing result are shown.
[0084]
As shown in FIG. 13, by executing the above MICR print area control process, MICR characters conforming to the standard can be printed in the MICR character print area in distinction from the print density setting of the normal print area. it can.
[0085]
Accordingly, when the print density of the entire ticket surface is high due to the print density setting by the user, the formation of the electrostatic latent image is controlled by the density of the normal print areas B and D according to the density set by the user. In the print area, the formation of the electrostatic latent image can be controlled by density setting conforming to the standard. The same control can be performed when the print density of the entire ticket surface is low due to the print density setting by the user.
[0086]
In the first embodiment, the MICR print area is distinguished from the normal print area and the electrostatic latent image is directly controlled. As a modification of the first embodiment, MICR font control is performed. All implementations are possible. This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 15 for MICR font control processing executed by the controller unit 23 in the MICR toner printer 20 of FIG. In the MICR font control process shown in FIG. 15, the density setting parameter table shown in FIG. 14 is used as a modification of each parameter table shown in FIG.
[0087]
In the density setting parameter table shown in FIG. 14, the density level is divided into three levels of “setting A (high density), setting B (density standard), and setting C (low density)”. Control voltage level of head control 25a (more than XXXKV, XXXKV to △△△ KV, △△△ KV or less) and MICR character group (character fonts (1), (2), (3)) Is set.
[0088]
In FIG. 15, the controller unit 23 determines the print area type of the bill / check sheet to be printed from the contents of the print image data input from the computer system 1 via the interface unit 22 (step S <b> 11). It is determined whether or not it is a MICR print area (clear band area) (step S12). If the area type is the MICR print area, the density level (setting A, B, C) set in the print density setting memory (not shown) stored in the controller unit 23 is detected (step S13). The MICR character font group and density setting (high, standard, low) corresponding to the detected density level are set in the MICR character group {circle around (1)}, set in the density setting parameter table of FIG. The selected MICR character font group is read out from the MICR character font file stored in the controller unit 23 and set (step S14).
[0089]
Next, the MICR character font corresponding to the print image data is expanded by the set MICR character font group (step S15), and the character image of the selected MICR character group is expanded in a printing memory (not shown) for printing. Processing is executed (step S16). In other words, the MICR character image data is output from the controller unit 23 to the head control 25a in the engine unit 25, the print control of the head control 25a is executed, and the bills are printed on the photosensitive film of the drum 25e by the latent image unit 25b. An electrostatic latent image of MICR characters is formed at a position corresponding to the MICR character printing area on the check ticket surface.
[0090]
Then, it is determined whether or not the area type has been determined, that is, whether or not the print area type determination process for the input print image data has been completed (step S17). If the determination process has not been completed, step S11 is performed. Returning to the process, the MICR character printing process of the MICR character printing area is repeatedly executed, and if the determination process is completed, printing on the bill / check ticket surface corresponding to the normal printing area other than the MICR character printing area is performed. The image data printing process is executed (step S18), and the MICR font control process is terminated.
[0091]
In the area type determination process in step S12, if the area type is not the MICR print area, the density level (settings A and A) set in a print density setting memory (not shown) stored in the controller unit 23 is used. B, C), the control voltage levels corresponding to the density levels set in the density setting parameter table of FIG. 14 corresponding to the density levels (XXKV or higher, XXXKV to △ ΔΔKV, And the latent image forming operation of the latent image portion 25b is controlled by the head control 25a in accordance with the selected control voltage level (step S19).
[0092]
Then, it is determined whether or not the print area type determination process for the input print image data has been completed (step S17). If the determination process has not been completed, the process returns to step S11 to print MICR characters. If the MICR character printing process of the area is repeatedly executed and the determination process is completed, the printing process of the print image data on the bill / check ticket surface corresponding to the normal printing area other than the MICR character printing area is executed ( Step S18), the MICR font control process is terminated.
[0093]
As described above, in the print control by the MICR toner printer 20, as shown in FIG. 14, the MICR character font group is set corresponding to the density settings A, B, and C in the density setting parameter table. Since it is possible to distinguish the print density, ie, the print density setting as the print control parameter, between the clear band area, which is the MICR character print area, and the normal print area, the latent control is performed by the head control 25a in the engine unit 25, for example. The image portion 25b can control and control the formation process of the electrostatic latent image on the bill / check ticket surface on the photosensitive film of the drum 25e, and can also limit the formation area. By controlling the formation process and the formation area of the electrostatic latent image, the print density setting of the MICR toner transferred to the bill face of the bill / check printing paper is divided between the MICR character print area and the other normal print areas. It becomes possible to control separately.
[0094]
That is, as shown in FIG. 16, when the MICR character font is thicker or thinner than the reference font, the UP processing for changing from a thin font to a thick font is performed as a setting change processing of several types of MICR character fonts prepared in advance according to the line thickness. DOWN processing for changing from a thick font to a thin font is possible.
[0095]
Further, by the above MICR font control processing, the electrostatic control image of MICR characters and normal characters formed on the photosensitive film of the drum 25e by the head control 25a and the latent image portion 25b in the engine portion 25 of the MICR toner printer 20 and the actual state thereof. FIG. 16 shows a specific example of printing results of the MICR characters and normal characters.
[0096]
The specific example of the electrostatic latent image and the printing result shown in FIG. 16A is the normal printing area and MICR character printing when the density setting level is set to “setting A” and “density: high”. The electrostatic latent image formed in the area and the printing result are shown. Further, the electrostatic latent image shown in FIG. 16B and the specific example of the print result are the normal print area and MICR characters when the density setting level is set to “density: low”. The electrostatic latent image formed in the printing area and the printing result are shown.
[0097]
As shown in FIG. 16, by executing the MICR font control process, a MICR character font group conforming to the standardization prepared in advance is distinguished in the MICR character print area in distinction from the print density setting of the normal print area. The MICR characters can be printed using this.
[0098]
Accordingly, when the print density of the entire ticket surface is high due to the print density setting by the user, the formation of the electrostatic latent image is controlled by the density of the normal print areas B and D according to the density set by the user. In the print area, the formation of the electrostatic latent image can be controlled by density setting conforming to the standard. The same control can be performed when the print density of the entire ticket surface is low due to the print density setting by the user.
[0099]
As described above, in the securities print issuance system according to the first embodiment, since the printing of the MICR character part is controlled by hardware, the influence of the setting change of the print density of the other printing part in the ticket is not affected. Therefore, printing can be performed with a uniform printing density without receiving, and the printing quality of MICR characters can be improved.
[0100]
In the securities print issuing system according to the modified form of the first embodiment, the MICR characters are printed by switching the MICR character font group in accordance with the print density setting before printing the securities. When changed, the MICR character font can be appropriately changed for printing, and the print quality of the MICR character can be maintained even when the print density setting is changed.
[0101]
As described above, in the securities printing issuance system according to the first embodiment, the securities printing control process is executed by the CPU 2 in the computer system 1 and the MICR toner printer 20 performs the MICR. By executing the font control process, the handprint image and the check image are printed on the two-sided handprint / check paper.
[0102]
Therefore, in the securities printing and issuing system of the first embodiment, the MICR toner printer 20 prints the entire face of the bill / check on the same printing section including the MICR characters. Therefore, the MICR characters using the conventional impact method are used. Since a printing apparatus is not required, noise during impact printing is eliminated, and the equipment configuration is compact, it is possible to increase the processing speed and reliability of the securities printing issuance system.
[0103]
Also, in the securities printing and issuing system of the first embodiment, the MICR toner printer 20 prints the entire face of the bill / check on the same printing section including the MICR characters, so the conventional impact-type dedicated ribbon is unnecessary. Therefore, the number of consumables is reduced, and the waste is also reduced, so that the running cost can be reduced.
[0104]
In the MICR toner printer 20 of the first embodiment, the photosensitive film on the drum 25e is charged to form an electrostatic latent image, and the print image data of the bill / check is printed / fixed by the MICR toner. An example is shown. As a head corresponding to the electrostatic latent image, there are a laser method, an LED method, and the like. However, since any method is electrically controlled, the above control method can be applied. Is possible.
[0105]
(Second Embodiment)
FIGS. 17 to 21 are diagrams showing a security print issuing system according to a second embodiment to which the usage right issuing device of the present invention is applied. The internal configuration of the securities printing / issuing system according to the second embodiment is the same as that of the securities printing / issuing system shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and the MICR toner printer 20 shown in FIG. Therefore, illustration of the structure and description of the structure are omitted.
[0106]
In the first embodiment, the case where the print density at the time of forming a latent image in the MICR toner printer 20 is controlled by hardware by distinguishing between the MICR character print area and the normal print area has been described. In the embodiment, a case where the printing density at the time of forming the latent image is controlled by software will be described.
[0107]
A font character control process executed by the controller unit 23 in the MICR toner printer 20 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to flowcharts shown in FIGS.
[0108]
In the font character control processing shown in FIG. 17 and FIG. 18, the MICR character print area and the normal print area on the bill / check ticket surface are based on the parameters set in the control parameter (position information) table shown in FIG. Print control processing for print image data is executed.
[0109]
The MICR character control process executed by the controller unit 23 in the MICR toner printer 20 when controlling the printing process of bills and checks will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.
[0110]
When the controller unit 23 receives print data input from the computer system 1 via the interface unit 22 in the reception buffer, the controller unit 23 starts the MICR character control process. A specific example of print data input from the computer system 1 and stored in the reception buffer is shown in FIG.
[0111]
In the print data shown in FIG. 19, the data stream for MICR character control is set in units of 1 byte before and after the data stream in which the MICR character code is set. In the first input MICR character control data stream shown at the top of the figure, commands indicating the MICR character control start sequence are “ESC (control sequence start command)”, “M (MICR print control command)”, “ S (print start command) ”is set, and“ 100 ”and“ 100 ”are set as print start coordinates 1 and“ 100 ”and“ 300 ”are set as print start coordinates 2 below. In addition, “ESC”, “M”, and “E (printing end command)” are set as commands indicating the MICR character control end sequence in the last input MICR character control data stream shown in the lower part of the figure. Below that, “1500” and “100” are set as the print end coordinates 3, and “1500” and “300” are set as the print end coordinates 4.
[0112]
After the print start coordinates 1 and 2 and the print end coordinates 3 and 4 set in the MICR character control data stream are acquired by the controller unit 23, the control parameters (positions shown in FIG. An information) table is created and stored together with a parameter table in which various setting values (including print density settings and character font settings) in the engine unit 25 are stored. The relationship between the MICR print character areas in the bill / check paper designated by the print start coordinates 1, 2 and the print end coordinates 3, 4 is as shown in FIG. 21 in the two-dimensional coordinate system on the XY plane. It is set based on.
[0113]
Therefore, when the MICR character control process is started in the controller unit 23, first, one byte of MICR character print data input as the data stream shown in FIG. 19 is acquired (step S21), and the content of the acquired data is acquired. 19 corresponds to the control sequence, that is, corresponds to “ESC (control sequence start command)” of the MICR character control start sequence in FIG. 19, or corresponds to “ESC” of the MICR character control end sequence. Is determined (step S22). If it does not correspond to “ESC” in the control sequence, the process jumps to the current process print control mode and continues the print process of the print data (step S23).
[0114]
If it corresponds to “ESC” of the control sequence, the next 1-byte data is acquired (step S24), and the content of the acquired data is “M (MICR print) of the control sequence shown in FIG. Control command) ”(step S25),“ E (print end command) ”(step S27), or“ S (print start command) ”is sequentially determined (step S28). ). If the content of the acquired data does not correspond to “M”, the print processing of the print data is executed in the normal print mode (step S26), the content of the acquired data corresponds to “M”, and “E” If it does not correspond to “S” and does not correspond to “S”, the sequence error processing is executed (step S29).
[0115]
If the content of the acquired data corresponds to “M” and does not correspond to “E” but corresponds to “S”, the MICR character control mode flag is turned on and the MICR character print control process is started. (Step S30). The print start coordinates 1 (100, 100), 2 (100, 300) set after the “S” are acquired (step S31), and the MICR character print start position is set in the bill / check paper. Based on the MICR character code set after the print start coordinates 1 and 2, the MICR character printing process is repeatedly executed (step S32).
[0116]
If the acquired data corresponds to “M” and “E”, the print end coordinates 1 (1500, 100) and 2 (1500, 300) set after “E” are used. (Step S33), the MICR character print end position is set in the bill / check paper, the MICR character control mode flag is turned off, and the MICR character print control process is ended (step S34). Return to processing.
[0117]
As described above, in the print control by the MICR toner printer 20, as shown in FIG. 19, in the data stream of the print image data input from the computer system 1 to the controller unit 23, before and after the MICR character code. Since a data stream for MICR character control is set and the print control content, that is, the setting of the print control parameter, can be changed in the clear band area that is the MICR character print area and the normal print area. 25, the latent image portion 25b can control and control the formation process of the electrostatic latent image on the bill / check ticket surface on the photosensitive film of the drum 25e by the latent image portion 25b, and the formation area can be limited. . By controlling the formation process and the formation area of the electrostatic latent image, the print density setting of the MICR toner transferred to the bill face of the bill / check printing paper is divided between the MICR character print area and the other normal print areas. It becomes possible to control separately.
[0118]
Therefore, in the securities printing / issuing system of the second embodiment, the MICR character printing area is controlled by software separately from the normal printing area, so that it is not affected by the change in the print density setting of the normal printing area. Can print uniform MICR characters.
[0119]
In the securities printing and issuing system of the second embodiment, since the MICR character printing area is controlled by software separately from the normal printing area, no hardware change is necessary to realize the function. Since only a software change is required, it can be realized at low cost.
[0120]
In addition, software that controls the MICR character print area separately from the normal print area by software can realize the function by a simple method by simply adding a dedicated sequence to the existing software logic. .
[0121]
In addition, when the print position is controlled uniformly on the bill / check paper sheet by hardware, the print density in the clear portion of the clear band may be restricted, but when controlled by software, It is possible to control the print density at the clear band position without being restricted.
[0122]
【The invention's effect】
According to the securities issuing device of the invention described in claim 1, the special code formed so as to be readable by the reading means and the other print information constituting the certificate face other than the special code are printed on the certificate face. A printing means, and a printing density setting means for setting a printing density. The printing means controls the printing density different from other printing information when the printing density of the entire ticket surface is set by the user. Since the special code is printed with the print density based on the special code standard that is not related to other print information, the print density of the special code printed on the bill face can be controlled separately. Thus, it is possible to perform printing with a uniform printing density without being affected by the setting change of the printing density of the other printing parts, and it is possible to improve the printing quality of special codes.
[0124]
According to the securities issuing device of the invention described in claim 6, when the print density set in the print density setting means by the user is too dark for the character of the special code, the character font set in the character font setting means is set to the current font. If a character font whose line thickness is thinner than the character font is read and the character whose print density is special code is too light, read the character font whose line thickness is thicker than the current character font and Since the special code is printed at the print density based on the standard, the print quality of the character of the special code printed on the ticket surface can be maintained even when the print density setting is changed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall schematic configuration of a securities printing and issuing system according to a first embodiment to which a securities issuing device of the present invention is applied.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an overall functional configuration of the securities issuing system in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a memory configuration in a RAM 5 of FIG. 2;
4 is a diagram showing a memory configuration in the storage device 6 of FIG. 2; FIG.
5 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of print items of a request file stored in the request file 6a of FIG.
6 is a diagram showing a specific example of a security format (print item print position) stored in a security format file 6i of FIG. 4; FIG.
7 is a diagram showing a specific example of signature book image data stored in the signature book file 6f of FIG. 4; FIG.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a check face printing example to be printed by the security printing control process of the CPU 2 of FIG. 2 in the first embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a specific example of a double-sheet that enables printing of bills and checks to be printed simultaneously by the securities printing control process of the CPU 2 in FIG. 2 in the first embodiment.
10 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the MICR toner printer 20 of FIG.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a security printing control process executed by the CPU 2 of FIG.
12 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of a head control 25a and a latent image portion 25b for controlling the formation process of the electrostatic latent image on the drum 25e of FIG.
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a specific example of an electrostatic latent image formed in each print area in a bill / check ticket surface processed by a control process using an MICR print area and a print result;
14 is a diagram showing a specific example of a density setting parameter table referred to in the MICR font control process of FIG.
15 is a flowchart of MICR font control processing executed by the controller unit 23 of FIG.
16 is a diagram showing a specific example of an MICR character font whose settings are changed in the MICR font control process of FIG.
17 is a flowchart showing a part of MICR character control processing executed by the controller unit 23 of FIG. 10;
FIG. 18 is a flowchart of MICR character control processing following FIG. 17;
19 is a diagram showing a specific example of MICR character control data input to the controller unit 23 of FIG.
20 is a diagram showing a specific example of a parameter table created from the print position coordinates set in the MICR character control data stream of FIG.
FIG. 21 is a diagram showing the relationship between the printing position coordinates in FIG. 20 in a two-dimensional coordinate system of bill / check paper.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Computer system
2 CPU
3 Display device
4 input devices
5 RAM
6 Storage device
7 Storage media
8 Bus
10 Securities inspection equipment
11 Curl correction mechanism
12 Slitter mechanism
13 Print ticket check mechanism
131 MICR reader
132 Image Reader
14 Stack mechanism
20 MICR toner printer
21 Display operation section
22 Interface section
23 Controller
24 Hopper
25 Engine part
26 Stacker
27 Power supply

Claims (7)

In securities issuing equipment that prints and issues securities,
The same printing means for printing the special code formed so as to be readable by the reading means and other print information constituting the face of the securities other than the special code on the face of the securities;
Print density setting means for setting the print density;
Comprising
When the printing density of the entire ticket surface is set by the user, the printing unit controls the printing density different from other printing information, and is based on a special code standard that is not related to other printing information. A securities issuing device characterized in that the special code is printed at a print density. 2. The securities issuing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the other print information represents a requirement of the securities consisting of a description necessary item for the securities to be issued to be established as securities and the contents thereof. 2. The securities issuing device according to claim 1, wherein the special code is a MICR character that can be read by a magnetic reader. 3. The securities issuing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the printing unit controls the printing density by changing a latent image forming voltage. 5. The securities issuing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the printing unit distinguishes the printing area of the securities certificate surface into a character printing area and a special code printing area, and changes the latent image forming voltage for each printing area. . In securities issuing equipment that prints and issues securities,
Print density setting means for setting the print density;
Character font setting means for setting a plurality of types of character fonts having different line thicknesses for special code characters printed on the ticket surface and readable by the reading means;
The printing density set in the printing density setting means by the user before the printing of the securities is detected, and the character font setting is set according to the character of the special code to be printed on the bill sheet according to the printing density. Printing means for reading a character font having a line thickness corresponding to the print density from a plurality of types of character fonts set in the means and printing the character of the special code;
Comprising
When the print density set in the print density setting means is too dark for a character with a special code, the printing means sets the character font set in the character font setting means to be thinner than the current character font. If a thin character font is read and the print density is too light for a character with a special code, a character font with a thicker line than that of the current character font is read, and the print density is based on the special code standard. A securities issuing device that prints a special code. 7. The securities issuing device according to claim 6, wherein the character of the special code printed on the bill is a MICR character readable by a magnetic reader.

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