Reusable ticket processing apparatus and ticket regenerating apparatus

A ticket processing apparatus for reusable tickets, having a thermal print portion capable of repeatedly printing by heating at a predetermined write temperature and deleting the printed characters and the like by heating at a deletion temperature, and also capable of setting information about the number of times of printing done, said ticket processing apparatus comprising:

• printed-character-deletion heating means for deleting reservation information by heating a thermal print portion of a reservation ticket to a deletion temperature when a reusable reservation ticket on which reservation information has been printed is inserted;
• reuse decision means for deciding whether or not said reservation ticket is reusable by reading said information about the number of times of printing done on said reservation ticket;
• real ticket conversion means for, when said ticket is decided to be reusable by said reuse decision means, converting said reservation ticket into a real ticket by printing real-ticket information on said thermal print portion of said reservation ticket by controlling a thermal head, and issuing a real ticket;
• storage means for storing a reusable ticket as a real ticket in store;
• stored real ticket issuing means for, when said reuse decision means decides that said reservation ticket is not reusable, taking out a stored real ticket, and printing real-ticket information on said thermal print portion of said stored real ticket by controlling said thermal head;
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• number-of-times updating means for updating the number of times of printing done on a real ticket to be issued.