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US 2010/0140339 A1Published application
Combination Printer and its Paper
AssigneeCatalina Marketing Corporation
InventorsBAXTER BYERLY, Jeffrey Mount
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Abstract
A computer network system and method for printing purchase transaction receipts includes a novel printer physical structure, data structure, and control logic for printing on both sides of a register receipt, business rules designed to facilitate the two sided printing, and print paper designed to facilitate two sided printing.
Claims15
1-20. (canceled)
A POS printer, comprising:
- a paper tape roller, a first print head, and a second print head;
- said paper tape roller for advancing or retracting a paper tape roll, said paper tape roll having a first side and a second side;
- said first print head designed to face a first side of said paper tape roll;
- said second print head designed to face a second side of said paper tape roll;
- a controller for controlling signals to said first print head and said second print head and said roller to print on said paper tape both a register receipt on a first side of said paper tape and advertising content on a second side of said paper tape;
- and
- logic for controlling said printer to hold printing of a register receipt for a purchase transaction at a POS based upon data transmitted to said printer from either a POS terminal or a POS computer until expiration of a specified time after receipt by said POS printer of an EOT signal for said purchase transaction.
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A POS printer comprising:
- a paper tape roller, a first print head, and a second print head;
- said paper tape roller for advancing or retracting a paper tape roll, said paper tape roll having a first side and a second side;
- said first print head designed to face a first side of said paper tape roll;
- said second print head designed to face a second side of said paper tape roll;
- a controller for controlling signals to said first print head and said second print head and said roller to print on said paper tape both a register receipt on a first side of said paper tape and advertising content on a second side of said paper tape;
- and
- wherein said POS printer comprises logic for determining remnant space for a register receipt for a purchase transaction.
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A POS printer comprising:
- a paper tape roller, a first print head, a second print head;
- said paper tape roller for advancing or retracting a paper tape roll, said paper tape roll having a first side and a second side;
- said first print head designed to face a first side of said paper tape roll;
- said second print head designed to face a second side of said paper tape roll;
- a controller for controlling signals to said first print head and said second print head and said roller to print on said paper tape both a register receipt on a first side of said paper tape and advertising content on a second side of said paper tape;
- and
- logic for determining whether said POS printer should print transaction information for a transaction based upon instructions received at said POS printer and sent from a POS terminal, or print said transaction information for said transaction based upon instructions received at said POS printer and sent from a marketing computer.
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A method for making a POS printer comprising a paper tape roller, a first print head, a second print head, comprising:
- providing said paper tape roller for advancing or retracting a paper tape roll, said paper tape roll having a first side and a second side;
- providing said first print head designed to face a first side of said paper tape roll;
- providing said second print head designed to face a second side of said paper tape roll;
- and
- providing a controller for controlling signals to said first print head and said second print head and said roller to print on said paper tape both a register receipt on a first side of said paper tape and advertising content on a second side of said paper tape;
- providing logic for determining whether said POS printer should print transaction information for a transaction based upon instructions received at said POS printer and sent from a POS terminal or print said transaction information for said transaction based upon instructions received at said POS printer and sent from a marketing computer.
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A method of printing employing a POS printer, said POS printer comprising;
- a paper tape roller, a first print head, and a second print head;
- said paper tape roller for advancing or retracting a paper tape roll, said paper tape roll having a first side and a second side;
- said first print head designed to face a first side of said paper tape roll;
- said second print head designed to face a second side of said paper tape roll;
- a controller for controlling signals to said first print head and said second print head and said roller to print on said paper tape both a register receipt on a first side of said paper tape and advertising content on a second side of said paper tape;
- logic for determining whether to print transaction information for a transaction based upon instructions received at said POS printer and sent from a POS terminal, or print said transaction information for said transaction based upon instructions received at said POS printer and sent from a marketing computer;
- using said logic to determine whether to print transaction information for said transaction;
- and
- printing said transaction information.
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A method of printing employing a POS printer, said POS printer comprising;
- a paper tape roller, a first print head, and a second print head;
- said paper tape roller for advancing or retracting a paper tape roll, said paper tape roll having a first side and a second side;
- said first print head designed to face a first side of said paper tape roll;
- said second print head designed to face a second side of said paper tape roll;
- a controller for controlling signals to said first print head and said second print head and said roller to print on said paper tape both a register receipt on a first side of said paper tape and advertising content on a second side of said paper tape;
- logic for determining remnant space for a register receipt for a purchase transaction;
- said method comprising:
- using said logic to determine remnant space for a register receipt for a purchase transaction;
- printing from said POS printer said register receipt;
- and
- printing marketing information on said remnant space.
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A method of using a POS printer, said a POS printer comprising;
- a paper tape roller, a first print head, and a second print head;
- said paper tape roller for advancing or retracting a paper tape roll, said paper tape roll having a first side and a second side;
- said first print head designed to face a first side of said paper tape roll;
- said second print head designed to face a second side of said paper tape roll;
- a controller for controlling signals to said first print head and said second print head and said roller to print on said paper tape both a register receipt on a first side of said paper tape and advertising content on a second side of said paper tape;
- said method comprising:
- delaying printing by said POS printer of a register receipt for a purchase transaction until either:
- (1) a time out period expires or (2) receipt by said POS printer of print instructions from a marketing computer occurs;
- and then, printing from said POS printer of said register receipt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.