Receipt printer and program for control thereof
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorJun IWAMOTO
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Abstract
A receipt printing apparatus comprises a printer including a processor and a printing unit that is capable of printing on a printing medium. A registration device is connected to the printer. The printer stores a control program that when implemented by the processor causes the printer to acquire transaction details from the registration device, to receive a selection of a first output receipt type and a second output receipt type, and to output the transaction details in the selected one of the first output receipt type and the second output receipt type.
Claims20
A receipt printing apparatus, comprising:
- a printer including a processor and a printing unit that is capable of printing on a printing medium;
- and
- a registration device connected to the printer, wherein the printer stores a control program that when implemented by the processor causes the printer to:
- acquire transaction details from the registration device;
- receive a selection of a first output receipt type and a second output receipt type;
- and
- output the transaction details in the selected one of the first output receipt type and the second output receipt type.
A receipt printer for a point-of-sale terminal, the receipt printer comprising:
- a processor and a memory unit;
- a printer unit capable of printing paper a receipt including transactions details supplied by a point-of-sale terminal;
- a near-field communication unit capable of wirelessly transmitting information to an external information terminal and wirelessly receiving information from the external information terminal, wherein the memory unit stores a control program that, when implemented by the processor, causes:
- an acquisition of transaction details from the point-of-sale terminal via a communication interface connected to the point-of-sale terminal,
- a waiting for a selection of a receipt output type for a predetermined time period, and
- an output of the transaction details as one of a printed receipt, printed by the printing unit, and an electronic receipt, wirelessly transmitted to the external information terminal, according to the selection of the receipt output type.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a control program that, when implemented by a processor in a receipt printer, causes:
- an acquisition of transaction details from a point-of-sale terminal via a communication interface of the receipt printer connected to the point-of-sale terminal;
- a waiting for a selection of a receipt output type for a predetermined time period;
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- an output of the transaction details as one of a printed receipt, printed by a printing unit of the receipt printer, and an electronic receipt, transmitted to an external information terminal, according to the selection of the receipt output type.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.