JPS6020791B2 - Ticket printing and issuing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a ticket printing and issuing device for printing and issuing, for example, commuter passes or train tickets.

In recent years, advances have been made in the improvement of ticket printing and issuing devices among labor-saving equipment for station operations, and devices have been developed that can print and issue simple tickets as well as complex ticket printing such as those seen on commuter passes and train tickets in a matter of seconds. and has been put into practical use.

These commuter passes, train tickets, etc. require printing of characters for the departure station name, destination station name, and transit station name, and the number of characters used for this is approximately 7.
A huge amount is required, ranging from 00 to over 1000 pieces. At the same time, a high-speed printing function is also required, and electrostatic printing or optical printing using microfilm has conventionally been used to achieve the purpose of high-speed printing. Furthermore, recently, multiple issuing terminals are connected to a single control device, and the functions that can be shared by each issuing terminal, data generation and processing, and other controls are combined into one control device. A centrally controlled printing and issuing apparatus has been developed, and along with this, a large amount of data such as the aforementioned printing characters is also centrally installed, and there is a system in which each printing terminal can share this data.

One way to do this is to express various character patterns as a collection of dots, representing them as black and white dots, and converting them into digital signals of "0" and "1" to store large-capacity devices such as magnetic disks or magnetic drums. This purpose is achieved by storing it in memory and centrally managing it. However, the above-mentioned subordinate device had the following problems.

That is, magnetic disks, magnetic drums, and the like generally have a large storage capacity, but on the other hand, they have the disadvantage of extremely slow access times. Therefore, the printing time on the issuing terminal is limited by its access time, making it impossible to increase the speed. Conversely, the printing method of the printing section on the issuing terminal is much slower than its access time. There are restrictions on system upgrades that must be used. This is the most obstructive factor in creating a system, and the flexibility is extremely low, making it unavoidable to use expensive large-capacity memory with particularly fast access times. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to provide an inexpensive and highly flexible vehicle in which the printing unit itself is not subject to any restrictions and the printing means can be freely selected. The present invention aims to provide a ticket printing and issuing device.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an input unit provided in each issuing terminal, into which conditions for printing and issuing tickets are inputted by key operations or the like.

2 is a large-capacity memory such as a magnetic disk, and as mentioned above, this is located on the central control system side and separates various character patterns into dots and stores them as a collection of digital signal points ( memory).

3 is a data processing unit, for example, an arithmetic unit, which is the input unit 1 mentioned above.
When print issue conditions are input from , data processing necessary for print issue is performed accordingly, and then predetermined character patterns necessary for printing are sequentially read from the large capacity memory 2 and converted into a predetermined print format. Edit and output.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a buffer memory, which temporarily stores the print character pattern edited and output by the arithmetic unit 3.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a printing section provided in each issuing terminal.

This printing section 5 prints the print character pattern stored in the buffer memory 4. Next, the operation in the above configuration will be explained.

For example, if you are printing a ticket from the input section 1 of each issuing terminal, the issuance conditions, for example, for a commuter pass, the name of the station of departure, the name of the destination station, the name of the transit station, the valid start date, commuting or school, ticket type such as gender, discount etc. When the presence/absence etc. is inputted by the key operation of the staff member, the calculation unit 3 of the corresponding issuing terminal receives the information and then
Data processing necessary for printing issuance, such as route determination, distance calculation, fare calculation, etc. After that, the characters necessary for printing are transferred from the large capacity memory 2 on the control device side to digital signals "1" and "0". The information is sequentially expressed in a form expressed as a collection of information, and is sequentially transferred and written into the buffer memory 4 of the corresponding issuing terminal according to a predetermined print format. For example, if the name of the departure station is "Tokyo", the character pattern "Higashi" is first proposed, followed by the character pattern "Kyoto", which is then edited and output to the buffer memory 4. As a result, in the case of a commuter pass, for example, in the format shown in Figure 2, an electric signal is stored in the buffer memory 4, which is represented by digital signals such as "1" for the black part and "0" for the white part. The latent image print pattern on the card is completed. When all character pattern editing necessary for printing is completed, the calculation section 3 issues a print start command to the printing section 5 of the corresponding issuing terminal. As a result, the printing unit 5 receives the command from the calculation unit 3 and prints out the data in accordance with the “1” and “0” of the banknote printing pattern that has already been completed as an electrical latent image in the buffer memory 4. Printing is done simply by restoring it to a visible image using unique speeds and means without any other constraints.
In this way, when printing tickets in response to input signals from the input unit 1 using the calculation unit 3 and the large capacity memory 2 that accommodates character patterns, the large capacity memory 2
By providing a buffer memory 4 and editing the print pattern on the card surface as a temporary electrical latent image without outputting the character pattern extracted directly to the printing unit 5 and printing it,
Thereafter, under the control of the printing section 5, printing can be performed without any restrictions at high speeds or at very low speeds using a printing means that matches the characteristics of the printing section 5. Even when high-speed printing is particularly desired, There is no need to choose an expensive large-capacity memory for storing character patterns that has a particularly fast access time.

In the above embodiment, the calculation section 3 processes all the input data from the input section 1 and then edits the card print pattern. However, in order to shorten this editing time, the input section 1
By receiving detailed input data from the printer, it is also possible to first process character patterns necessary for printing according to sequential inputs such as key operations.

The buffer memory 4 is not particularly specified as long as it is a high-speed memory for temporary storage, such as an IC memory or a core memory. Any buffer memory with a speed that satisfies the requirements may be used. Furthermore,
The buffer memory 4 temporarily stores a pattern similar to that of the ticket surface to be actually printed, but the contents of the buffer memory 4 are not limited to this, for example, the contents of the buffer memory 4 may be processed with a specific code, and then decoded by the printing unit 5 to obtain a real image. You can also do that. Also,
In the above-mentioned embodiments, a case has been described in which the present invention is applied to a printing and issuing device for commuter passes or train tickets, but the present invention is not limited to this, and can be similarly applied to, for example, a printing and issuing device for meal tickets at a cafeteria. Of course.

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, various character patterns are separated into dots and stored in a large-capacity memory of a central control device, and printing and issuance conditions for tickets can be determined from the input section of the issuance terminal device. When input, the data processing unit of the issuing terminal device performs the data processing necessary for printing according to the input, and also extracts the predetermined character pattern necessary for printing from the large-capacity memo IJ and submits this proposal. Each character pattern is edited in the buffer memory of the issuing terminal device according to a predetermined printing format, and printing is performed under the control of the printing section according to this edited information, so it can be used especially for commuter passes and train tickets. In cases where a large amount of character printing is required, such as, a large amount of character data can be stored in an inexpensive large-capacity memory regardless of the printing method, and a temporary print format is created in the buffer memory. The printing section and large-capacity memory are separated, and the printing section itself is not subject to any restrictions, and the printing method can be freely selected.
To provide cheap and highly flexible ticket printing and issuance bag counterfeiting.

Further, in the present invention, character patterns necessary for printing are sequentially determined from a large capacity memory according to print issue conditions inputted from the input section, and the calculation section performs calculations for freight charges, etc., based on the determined character patterns. After that, the print format of the ticket to be printed is edited, including the calculation information, and the edited format is stored in the buffer memory, so that all information on the ticket, including the fare, is stored in the buffer memory. Since the information is printed after editing is completed in this buffer memory, it is possible to provide a ticket printing/issuing device that issues tickets with complete face information and no misalignment in printing.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of electrical melting of a print pattern edited and formed in a buffer memory in the same embodiment. 1...Input section, 2...Large capacity memory,
3...Calculation unit, 4...Buffer memory, 5...Printing unit. Figure 1 Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a ticket printing and issuing device that is equipped with a plurality of issuing terminal devices for printing and issuing tickets, and a control device that centrally controls these issuing terminal devices, the ticket printing device on the control device side A large-capacity memory that separates and stores various character patterns necessary for printing and issuing, and an issuing terminal device for inputting printing and issuing conditions for reading out the character patterns necessary for printing and issuing from this large-capacity memory. The character patterns necessary for printing are sequentially read out from the large-capacity memory according to the print issue conditions inputted from the input part provided in the input part, and the tickets to be printed and issued are printed based on the read character patterns. A calculation section provided in the issuing terminal device for editing the printing format; a printing section provided in the issuing terminal device for printing the tickets according to the printing format edited by this calculation section; An issuing terminal device interposed between the printing section and the calculation section and provided corresponding to the printing section, for temporarily storing the print format of tickets to be edited by the calculation section and printed by the printing section. 1. A ticket printing and issuing device comprising: a buffer memory provided in a buffer memory;