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US 8,556,171 B2Granted
Method of printing receipts
AssigneeCompagnie Industrielle et Financiere D'Ingenierie "Ingenico"
InventorDavid Naccache
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Abstract
An electronic payment terminal and method are provided for printing tickets. The method includes: carrying out payment transactions with the terminal; after each transaction, simultaneously printing several tickets concerning the transaction made. Accordingly, when several transactions are carried out successively, the time required for printing the tickets is shortened since the tickets are printed at the same time.
Claims18
A method of printing receipts for an electronic payment terminal, the method comprising:
- carrying out payment transactions with the terminal, after each transaction, simultaneously printing at least two receipts concerning the transaction made, and said receipts being already partially pre-printed at the time of the printing step, and belonging to a set of receipts comprising at least two receipts partially pre-printed,
- after the step of printing receipts relating to the transaction is carried out, partially pre-printing at least one receipt, wherein said partial printing step comprises printing the current date, and wherein the current date is no longer printed starting from a pre-determined hour, and
- performing the following steps using a processor of the terminal:
- counting the already partially pre-printed receipts,
- counting transactions carried out,
- comparing a number of partially pre-printed receipts, and
- determining a remaining number of partially pre-printed receipts.
4 more elements
A payment terminal comprising:
- at least one receipt printing head, wherein the terminal is configured to carry out a payment transaction and simultaneously print at least two receipts relating to the transaction, said at least two receipts being partially pre-printed at the time of simultaneous printing,
- wherein the terminal is configured to partially pre-print at least one further receipt after printing the at least two receipts relating to the transaction is carried out, wherein said partial pre-printing comprises printing the current date, and wherein the current date is no longer printed starting from a pre-determined hour, and
- counting the already partially pre-printed receipts,
- counting transactions carried out
- comparing a number of partially pre-printed receipts,
- determining a remaining number of partially pre-printed receipts.
3 more elements
A method of printing receipts for an electronic payment terminal, the method comprising:
- carrying out payment transactions with the terminal,
- after each transaction, simultaneously printing at least two receipts concerning the transaction made, and said receipts being already partially pre-printed at the time of the printing step, and belonging to a set of receipts comprising at least two receipts partially pre-printed,
- after the step of printing receipts relating to the transaction is carried out, partially pre-printing at least two receipts, wherein said partial printing step comprises printing the current date, and wherein the current date is no longer printed starting from a predetermined hour, and
- performing the following steps using a processor of the terminal:
- counting the already partially pre-printed receipts,
- counting transactions carried out,
- comparing a number of partially pre-printed receipts, and
- determining a remaining number of partially pre-printed receipts.
5 more elements
A method of printing receipts for an electronic payment terminal, the method comprising:
- before carrying out any transaction at the current date, partially pre-printing at least one receipt, wherein partially pre-printing comprises printing the current date, and wherein the current date is no longer printed starting from a predetermined hour,
- carrying out payment transactions with the terminal,
- after each transaction, simultaneously printing at least two receipts concerning the transaction made, and said receipts being already partially pre-printed at the time of the printing step, and belonging to a set of receipts comprising at least two receipts partially printed, and
- performing the following steps using a processor of the terminal:
- counting the already partially pre-printed receipts,
- counting transactions carried out,
- comparing a number of partially pre-printed receipts, and
- determining a remaining number of partially pre-printed receipts.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.