US 4,598,780 A · Electronic scale printer

Abstract

This invention provides an electronic scale printer, and more particularly an electronic scale printer in which a printer is connected electrically to the electronic scale used in a department store or supermarket etc., and required data are printed on a printing sheet under an instruction from the electronic scale and issued from the printer. The invention provides a printer capable of issuing both a label and a receipt through one printing means and more particularly an electronic scale printer in which either a label or a receipt corresponding to the kind of printing sheet stored in a cassette is printed and issued under proper replacement of the cassette having printing sheet for label stored therein with a cassette having a printing sheet for receipt stored therein.

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Dependent claims

An electronic scale printer having a main body electrically connected to an electronic scale, desired data being printed on a printing sheet which is issued said printer, comprising:

(a) a receipt cassette for storing a receipt printing sheet;
(b) a label cassette for storing a label printing sheet;
(c) cassette installing means arranged at the main body of the printer for removably attaching either the receipt cassette or the label cassette to the printer;
(d) means for discriminating whether the printing sheet stored in the cassette installed in the installing means is the receipt sheet or the label sheet;
(e) printing control means comprising receipt printing control means and label printing control means for controlling selection of either the receipt printing control means or the label printing control means;
and
(f) printing means for printing the receipt sheet or the label sheet.

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An electronic scale printer comprising:

(a) receipt means for storing a plurality of blank receipt sheets;
(b) label means for storing a plurality of blank label sheets;
(c) means for removably attaching said receipt means and said label means to said electronics scale printer;
(d) detecting means for generating a first signal when said receipt means is attached to said electronic scale printer and for generating a second signal when said label means is attached to said electronic scale printer;
(e) printer control means operatively connected to a printer whereby a receipt is printed on one of said plurality of blank receipt sheets when said first signal is generated and a label is printed on one of said plurality of blank label sheets when said second signal is generated.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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