Method of issuing a printed ticket
AssigneeAxiohm
InventorPhilippe MICHON
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of issuing a printed ticket coming from a thermal printer, which printer comprises in a structure, a print head and a capstan for driving the ticket, a ticket travel guide being provided in the structure downstream from the print members, the method consisting in: a) storing in a memory of the printer the data for printing on the ticket; b) causing the ticket to advance by a determined amount so as to enable the user to grasp the ticket manually at the end of the guide; c) within a determined length of time from the end of step b), detecting the user applying a traction force to the ticket; and d) in response to said detection, simultaneously causing printing to take place on the ticket and the ticket to be ejected towards the user.
Claims10
A method of issuing a printed ticket coming from a thermal printer, which printer comprises in a structure, a print head and a capstan for driving the ticket, a ticket travel guide being provided in the structure downstream from the print members, the method consisting in:
- a) storing in a memory of the printer the data for printing on the ticket;
- b) causing the ticket to advance by a determined amount so as to enable the user to grasp the ticket manually at the end of the guide;
- c) within a determined length of time from the end of step b), detecting an event that is directly representative of the user manifesting the desire to take possession of the ticket;
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- d) in response to said,detection, simultaneously causing printing to take place on the ticket and the ticket to be ejected towards the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.