EP2006809A1 - Method for delivering a printed ticket - Google Patents

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EP2006809A1
EP2006809A1 EP08290495A EP08290495A EP2006809A1 EP 2006809 A1 EP2006809 A1 EP 2006809A1 EP 08290495 A EP08290495 A EP 08290495A EP 08290495 A EP08290495 A EP 08290495A EP 2006809 A1 EP2006809 A1 EP 2006809A1
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B1/00—Machines for printing and issuing tickets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/36—Blanking or long feeds; Feeding to a particular line, e.g. by rotation of platen or feed roller
    • B41J11/38—Manually-operated feeding devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J15/00—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in continuous form, e.g. webs
    • B41J15/005—Forming loops or sags in webs, e.g. for slackening a web or for compensating variations of the amount of conveyed web material (by arranging a "dancing roller" in a sag of the web material)
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J15/00—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in continuous form, e.g. webs
    • B41J15/04—Supporting, feeding, or guiding devices; Mountings for web rolls or spindles
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/42—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for ticket printing or like apparatus, e.g. apparatus for dispensing of printed paper tickets or payment cards
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07G—REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS
    • G07G5/00—Receipt-giving machines

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  • the present invention relates to the issue of tickets, receipts ... forming the printed summary of a particular transaction such as a purchase, an access authorization ..., in the form of an invoice, a ticket entrance ...
  • the recording devices of a payment edit a receipt or an invoice of the transaction carried out.
  • This receipt is given to the user by the cashier or the person in charge.
  • some devices are provided with a command by which the ticket is edited at the request of the user and after printing is ejected.
  • the means implemented to achieve this improvement are a source of increase in the price of the device and add to maintenance needs, especially as any organ whose operation is subject to a user, inevitably undergoes damage .
  • the edition resulting from the expression of a will of the user is made with a certain delay at term of which only the ticket is delivered by an ejector. During this period, the user may have forgotten, having in the meantime attended to other occupations.
  • the installation of an audible or visual alert that starts at the end of printing with, as a corollary, an increase in the complexity of the device.
  • thermal printers The performance of thermal printers is constantly increasing, particularly with regard to the printing speed and the cutting time for tickets from a roll of paper.
  • the invention is intended to propose an alternative solution to the question of the unnecessary edition of tickets or coupons which, by the optimal use of modern performing printers, allows to leave the user no initiative other than that of grab the ticket for him.
  • the device thus no longer fears the damage due to misuse nor the increase in operations of the cost of maintenance.
  • the means of the invention are further minimized with respect to the hardware, the commands of the printer being provided in software form in response to the detection or not of an event because of the user indicating his will to take possession of the ticket.
  • the method of the invention has the advantage of eliminating any unnecessary or unused printing. Indeed, the printing is performed simultaneously with the extraction of the ticket by the user; there is no delay between the expression of the will of the user to obtain a ticket and even obtaining this ticket. Thus, the user can not have forgotten to take what he wished to have.
  • the device For the sake of saving paper, if the device has not detected the receipt of the ticket by the user within a specified time, the ticket is retracted inside the machine so that the unused paper included enter the print head and the gripping area is not lost.
  • the invention mainly relates to tickets detached by cutting a printed section at the end of a continuous ribbon. It can also be applied to pre-cut tickets.
  • the second object of the invention is the printer which makes it possible to implement the above method.
  • This comprises a frame carrying a printing head cooperating with a motorized capstan and defining downstream of these bodies a guide for the movement of the ticket, so that the guide opens out of the frame by an opening equipped with a paper presence detector while the printer comprises a detector of the aforementioned event.
  • the invention comprises a frame 1 represented very schematic to which are connected in a known manner on the one hand a printhead 2 and secondly a capstan 3 driving a support ribbon P for printing under the head 2, this capstan being connected to a drive motor 4.
  • a print controller 5 controls the operation of the print head 2 and the capstan 3 and their synchronism.
  • the apparatus of the invention also comprises cutting members 6 to detach a printed ticket of a carrier tape, in general the thermal paper, these cutting members comprising a fixed part 6a and a movable part 6b, which is connected to an actuator 7.
  • these organs 6 in the figure in the form of a guillotine. There are many other embodiments of cutting members for performing this function.
  • the actuator 7 is also controlled by the controller 5.
  • the frame 1 Downstream of the cutting members 6, the frame 1 defines a guide 8 for the passage of the paper P which opens out of the apparatus through a slot-shaped opening 9.
  • the frame comprises a paper presence detector 10 whose output is connected to the controller 5. It also has a light device 11 which can be activated when the paper has come out of the slot 9 in a state to be entered by a user.
  • the frame comprises a sensor 12 of the tension exerted on the paper, this sensor being also connected to the controller 5.
  • controller 5 is in communication with a microprocessor 13 from which it will process the data to be printed on the paper ribbon by means of the print head 2 and the capstan 3.
  • the free end of the paper ribbon is located at point A in the figure.
  • the controller 5 receives from the microprocessor 13 all the data to be printed on the ribbon to make a ticket. It stores this data in an appropriate memory and at the same time controls the operation of the capstan 3 so that the free edge of the paper ribbon located at point A is led to a point B located outside the apparatus out of the slot 9.
  • the user takes the ticket by the end reached point B, which leads to create a voltage in the ribbon which is recognized by the detector 12, for example by contacting the paper on the latter.
  • the signal emitted by the detector 12 is interpreted by the controller 5 as a print command on the ribbon of the data that it kept in memory.
  • the speed of printing is sufficient for the user to feel that it is he who appropriates the ticket by its action.
  • the controller 5 comprises means for detecting a rotation of the capstan 3 by the engine 4. This detection instantly generates the order of ticket printing and delivery as described previously.
  • the detector 12 is replaced by a detector 14 for the presence of the hand of the user (this detector may be a heat detector, a proximity detector, a photoelectric cell, etc.). Transmitted to the controller 5, the output signal of this detector generates the immediate printing of the ticket.
  • the controller controls the tape cutting section by the knife 6 has becomes a ticket in the hand of the user.
  • the device is ready to edit a next ticket again.
  • the sensor 12 is therefore silent with respect to the controller 5 and the latter counts a delay time at the end of which it erases the data that it had previously placed in memory. At the same time, it controls the motor 4 of the capstan 3 in the opposite direction to that of the printing to retract the ticket in order to pass the free edge of the latter from point B to point A of the figure.
  • the controller 5 will have kept in mind the fact that it has already printed the signs on a ticket and, at the next editing operation, it will not repeat this printing phase simultaneously with the displacement of the front edge of point A to point B.

Abstract

The method involves storing data in a memory of a printer for printing on a ticket. The ticket is caused to advance by determined amount so as to enable a user to grasp the ticket manually at an end of a guide. An event is detected, where the event directly represents user manifesting desire to take possession of the ticket within determined length of time. Printing is simultaneously caused to take place on the ticket and the ticket to be ejected towards the user, in response to the detection. An independent claim is also included for a thermal printer comprising a structure carrying a print head co-operating with a motor-driven capstan.

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La présente invention concerne l'émission de tickets, de reçus... formant le récapitulatif imprimé d'une transaction particulière telle qu'un achat, une autorisation d'accès..., sous forme d'une facture, d'un billet d'entrée,...The present invention relates to the issue of tickets, receipts ... forming the printed summary of a particular transaction such as a purchase, an access authorization ..., in the form of an invoice, a ticket entrance ...

ARRIERE PLAN DE L'INVENTIONBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

De manière extrêmement courante, les appareils d'enregistrement d'un paiement éditent un reçu ou une facture de la transaction réalisée. Ce reçu est remis à l'usager par la caissière ou la personne préposée à cet effet.In an extremely common way, the recording devices of a payment edit a receipt or an invoice of the transaction carried out. This receipt is given to the user by the cashier or the person in charge.

Or, la tendance est à la suppression de toute intervention humaine dans ce domaine. C'est le cas par exemple dans de nombreuses stations essence où le ticket est délivré à l'usager au moyen d'un éjecteur après qu'il a été imprimé et stocké dans la machine le temps de son impression complète.However, the trend is to eliminate any human intervention in this area. This is the case for example in many petrol stations where the ticket is delivered to the user by means of an ejector after it has been printed and stored in the machine for the time of its complete printing.

Il n'est pas rare de constater que l'usager ne s'approprie pas le ticket soit par omission, soit volontairement et qu'ainsi le ticket est édité inutilement, cause d'une consommation inutile de papier, d'une pollution de l'environnement de la machine et d'un vieillissement accéléré des organes de cette machine d'impression engendrant une augmentation des frais et des besoins de maintenance.It is not uncommon to note that the user does not appropriated the ticket either by omission or voluntarily and thus the ticket is edited unnecessarily, because of unnecessary paper consumption, pollution of the the environment of the machine and accelerated aging of the printing machine's components, resulting in increased costs and maintenance requirements.

Pour pallier cet inconvénient, certains appareils sont pourvus d'une commande par laquelle le ticket est édité à la demande de l'usager puis après impression est éjecté. Les moyens mis en oeuvre pour la réalisation de cette amélioration sont une source d'augmentation du prix de l'appareil et ajoutent encore aux besoins de maintenance, d'autant que tout organe dont le fonctionnement est soumis à un usager, subit immanquablement des dégradations. Enfin, l'édition résultant de l'expression d'une volonté de l'usager s'effectue avec un certain délai au terme duquel seulement le ticket est délivré par un éjecteur. Pendant ce délai, l'usager peut avoir oublié, ayant dans l'intervalle vaqué à d'autres occupations. D'où l'installation d'une alerte sonore ou visuelle qui se met en branle à la fin de l'impression avec, en corollaire, une augmentation de la complexité de l'appareil.To overcome this drawback, some devices are provided with a command by which the ticket is edited at the request of the user and after printing is ejected. The means implemented to achieve this improvement are a source of increase in the price of the device and add to maintenance needs, especially as any organ whose operation is subject to a user, inevitably undergoes damage . Finally, the edition resulting from the expression of a will of the user is made with a certain delay at term of which only the ticket is delivered by an ejector. During this period, the user may have forgotten, having in the meantime attended to other occupations. Hence the installation of an audible or visual alert that starts at the end of printing with, as a corollary, an increase in the complexity of the device.

Les performances des imprimantes thermiques sont en constante augmentation et notamment en ce qui concerne la vitesse d'impression et le temps de coupe pour les tickets issus d'un rouleau de papier.The performance of thermal printers is constantly increasing, particularly with regard to the printing speed and the cutting time for tickets from a roll of paper.

OBJET DE L'INVENTIONOBJECT OF THE INVENTION

Par l'invention, on entend proposer une solution alternative à la question de l'édition inutile de tickets ou de coupons qui, par l'utilisation optimale des imprimantes performantes modernes, permet de ne laisser à l'usager aucune initiative autre que celle de saisir le ticket qui lui est destiné. L'appareil ainsi ne craint plus les dégradations dues à un mauvais usage ni l'accroissement des opérations du coût de la maintenance. Les moyens de l'invention sont en outre minimaux en ce qui concerne le matériel, les commandes de l'imprimante étant assurées sous forme logicielle en réponse à la détection ou non d'un évènement du fait de l'usager indiquant sa volonté de prendre possession du ticket.By the invention, it is intended to propose an alternative solution to the question of the unnecessary edition of tickets or coupons which, by the optimal use of modern performing printers, allows to leave the user no initiative other than that of grab the ticket for him. The device thus no longer fears the damage due to misuse nor the increase in operations of the cost of maintenance. The means of the invention are further minimized with respect to the hardware, the commands of the printer being provided in software form in response to the detection or not of an event because of the user indicating his will to take possession of the ticket.

RESUME DE L'INVENTIONSUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

A cet effet donc, l'invention a pour premier objet un procédé de délivrance à un usager d'un ticket imprimé issu d'une imprimante thermique qui comprend, dans un bâti, une tête d'impression et un cabestan d'entraînement d'un ticket sous la tête d'impression, un guide de déplacement de ce ticket étant ménagé dans le bâti en aval des organes d'impression, qui consiste à :

  1. a) stocker dans une mémoire de l'imprimante les données à imprimer sur le ticket,
  2. b) provoquer une avance du ticket d'une valeur déterminée de sorte qu'il puisse être saisi manuellement par l'usager à l'extrémité du guide,
  3. c) détecter dans un délai déterminé à compter de la fin de l'étape b) un évènement du fait de l'usager directement représentatif de sa volonté de prendre possession du ticket, et
  4. d) exécuter en réponse à cette détection, simultanément, l'impression du ticket et son éjection en direction de l'usager.
For this purpose, therefore, the invention firstly relates to a method of delivering to a user a printed ticket from a thermal printer which comprises, in a frame, a print head and a drive capstan. a ticket under the print head, a guide for moving this ticket being formed in the frame downstream of the printing members, which consists of:
  1. a) storing in a memory of the printer the data to be printed on the ticket,
  2. b) cause the ticket to advance by a predetermined value so that it can be entered manually by the user at the end of the guide,
  3. c) detect within a determined time period from the end of step b) an event due to the user directly representative of his will to take possession of the ticket, and
  4. d) perform in response to this detection, simultaneously, printing the ticket and ejection towards the user.

Grâce à cette succession de phases, le procédé de l'invention présente l'avantage de supprimer toute impression inutile ou inutilisée. En effet, l'impression est réalisée simultanément avec l'extraction du ticket par l'usager ; il n'existe aucun délai entre l'expression de la volonté de l'usager d'obtenir un ticket et l'obtention même de ce ticket. Ainsi, l'usager ne peut pas avoir oublié de prendre ce qu'il a souhaité avoir.Thanks to this succession of phases, the method of the invention has the advantage of eliminating any unnecessary or unused printing. Indeed, the printing is performed simultaneously with the extraction of the ticket by the user; there is no delay between the expression of the will of the user to obtain a ticket and even obtaining this ticket. Thus, the user can not have forgotten to take what he wished to have.

L'évènement en question peut être de plusieurs natures, par exemple :

  • la saisie de l'extrémité du ticket se traduisant par la création d'une tension dans la partie du ticket située en aval de l'imprimante,
  • la saisie de l'extrémité du ticket se traduisant par un mouvement vers l'aval du ruban, entraînant une rotation du cabestan qui est détectée par la carte électronique du contrôleur de l'imprimante,
  • la présence, au voisinage immédiat, de la partie du ticket à saisir, de la main de l'usager qui est détectée par un capteur dédié à cet effet,
  • ...
The event in question can be of several natures, for example:
  • entering the end of the ticket resulting in the creation of a voltage in the part of the ticket located downstream of the printer,
  • the capture of the end of the ticket resulting in a downstream movement of the ribbon, causing a rotation of the capstan which is detected by the electronic card of the controller of the printer,
  • the presence, in the immediate vicinity, of the part of the ticket to be seized, of the hand of the user which is detected by a dedicated sensor for this purpose,
  • ...

Dans un souci d'économie de papier, si l'appareil n'a pas détecté de prise du ticket par l'usager dans un délai déterminé, le ticket est rétracté à l'intérieur de la machine de sorte que le papier non utilisé compris entre la tête d'impression et la zone de préhension n'est pas perdu.For the sake of saving paper, if the device has not detected the receipt of the ticket by the user within a specified time, the ticket is retracted inside the machine so that the unused paper included enter the print head and the gripping area is not lost.

L'invention concerne principalement des tickets détachés par découpe d'un tronçon imprimé à l'extrémité d'un ruban continu. Elle peut également être appliquée à des tickets prédécoupés.The invention mainly relates to tickets detached by cutting a printed section at the end of a continuous ribbon. It can also be applied to pre-cut tickets.

Le deuxième objet de l'invention est l'imprimante qui permet de mettre en oeuvre le procédé ci-dessus. Celle-ci comporte un bâti portant une tête d'impression coopérant avec un cabestan motorisé et définissant en aval de ces organes un guide pour le déplacement du ticket, de sorte que le guide débouche à l'extérieur du bâti par une ouverture équipée d'un détecteur de présence du papier tandis que l'imprimante comporte un détecteur de l'évènement susdit.The second object of the invention is the printer which makes it possible to implement the above method. This comprises a frame carrying a printing head cooperating with a motorized capstan and defining downstream of these bodies a guide for the movement of the ticket, so that the guide opens out of the frame by an opening equipped with a paper presence detector while the printer comprises a detector of the aforementioned event.

Compte tenu de l'augmentation des performances notamment en ce qui concerne la vitesse d'impression des imprimantes thermiques modernes, il n'est plus besoin de mettre en oeuvre un éjecteur séparé de la tête d'impression par un espace de stockage du ticket en cours d'impression. Cette disposition simplifie sensiblement et l'installation qui devient beaucoup plus compacte, et les organes et programmes de commande dans la mise en oeuvre du procédé.In view of the increase in performance, particularly as regards the printing speed of modern thermal printers, it is no longer necessary to use an ejector separated from the print head by a storage space for the ticket. print course. This arrangement substantially simplifies and the installation becomes much more compact, and the organs and control programs in the implementation of the method.

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention ressortiront de la description donnée ci-après d'un de ses modes de réalisation.Other features and advantages of the invention will emerge from the description given below of one of its embodiments.

BREVE DESCRIPTION DES DESSINSBRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Il sera fait référence au dessin annexé dans lequel la figure unique est un schéma d'une imprimante conforme à l'invention destinée à mettre en oeuvre le procédé selon l'invention.Reference will be made to the accompanying drawing in which the single figure is a diagram of a printer according to the invention for implementing the method according to the invention.

DESCRIPTION DETAILLEE DE L'INVENTIONDETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

En se reportant à cette figure, on constate que l'invention comporte un bâti 1 représenté de manière très schématique auquel sont liés de manière connue d'une part une tête d'impression 2 et d'autre part un cabestan 3 d'entraînement d'un ruban de support P pour l'impression sous la tête 2, ce cabestan étant relié à un moteur d'entraînement 4. Un contrôleur d'impression 5 commande le fonctionnement de la tête d'impression 2 et du cabestan 3 et leur synchronisme.Referring to this figure, it can be seen that the invention comprises a frame 1 represented very schematic to which are connected in a known manner on the one hand a printhead 2 and secondly a capstan 3 driving a support ribbon P for printing under the head 2, this capstan being connected to a drive motor 4. A print controller 5 controls the operation of the print head 2 and the capstan 3 and their synchronism.

L'appareil de l'invention comporte également des organes de coupe 6 pour détacher un ticket imprimé d'un ruban de support, en général du papier thermique, ces organes de coupe comportant une partie fixe 6a et une partie mobile 6b, laquelle est reliée à un actionneur 7. On a représenté schématiquement ces organes 6 à la figure sous la forme d'une guillotine. Il existe de nombreux autres modes de réalisation d'organes de coupe pour réaliser cette fonction. L'actionneur 7 est également commandé par le contrôleur 5.The apparatus of the invention also comprises cutting members 6 to detach a printed ticket of a carrier tape, in general the thermal paper, these cutting members comprising a fixed part 6a and a movable part 6b, which is connected to an actuator 7. Diagrammatically shown these organs 6 in the figure in the form of a guillotine. There are many other embodiments of cutting members for performing this function. The actuator 7 is also controlled by the controller 5.

En aval des organes de coupe 6, le bâti 1 définit un guide 8 pour le passage du papier P qui débouche à l'extérieur de l'appareil par une ouverture en forme de fente 9. Au niveau de cette fente 9 le bâti comporte un détecteur de présence de papier 10 dont la sortie est reliée au contrôleur 5. Il présente également un dispositif lumineux 11 qui peut être activé alors que le papier est parvenu hors de la fente 9 dans un état propre à être saisi par un usager.Downstream of the cutting members 6, the frame 1 defines a guide 8 for the passage of the paper P which opens out of the apparatus through a slot-shaped opening 9. At this slot 9 the frame comprises a paper presence detector 10 whose output is connected to the controller 5. It also has a light device 11 which can be activated when the paper has come out of the slot 9 in a state to be entered by a user.

Dans le guide 8, le bâti comporte un capteur 12 de la tension exercée sur le papier, ce capteur étant également relié au contrôleur 5.In the guide 8, the frame comprises a sensor 12 of the tension exerted on the paper, this sensor being also connected to the controller 5.

Enfin, le contrôleur 5 est en communication avec un microprocesseur 13 à partir duquel il va traiter les données à imprimer sur le ruban de papier au moyen de la tête d'impression 2 et du cabestan 3.Finally, the controller 5 is in communication with a microprocessor 13 from which it will process the data to be printed on the paper ribbon by means of the print head 2 and the capstan 3.

Le fonctionnement de l'appareil ci-dessus décrit s'opère de la manière qui suit.The operation of the apparatus described above is carried out in the following manner.

Avant une phase d'édition de ticket à imprimer, l'extrémité libre du ruban de papier est située au niveau du point A sur la figure. Le contrôleur 5 reçoit de la part du microprocesseur 13 l'ensemble des données à imprimer sur le ruban pour en réaliser un ticket. Il stocke ces données dans une mémoire appropriée et dans le même temps commande la manoeuvre du cabestan 3 de manière que le bord libre du ruban de papier situé au point A soit conduit jusqu'à un point B situé à l'extérieur de l'appareil hors de la fente 9.Before a ticket editing phase to be printed, the free end of the paper ribbon is located at point A in the figure. The controller 5 receives from the microprocessor 13 all the data to be printed on the ribbon to make a ticket. It stores this data in an appropriate memory and at the same time controls the operation of the capstan 3 so that the free edge of the paper ribbon located at point A is led to a point B located outside the apparatus out of the slot 9.

Dans le même temps, le cas échéant, il commande l'impression sur le ticket de caractères non personnalisés, indépendants des données reçues depuis le microprocesseur, permettant de faire porter au ticket des signes de reconnaissance tels qu'un logo, une marque ou des annonces publicitaires, communs à tous les tickets.At the same time, if necessary, it controls the printing on the ticket of non-personalized characters, independent of the data received from the microprocessor, making it possible to convey the ticket with signs of recognition such as a logo, a mark or commercials, common to all tickets.

L'usager s'empare du ticket par l'extrémité parvenue au point B, ce qui conduit à créer une tension dans le ruban qui est reconnue par le détecteur 12, par exemple par contact du papier sur ce dernier. Le signal émis par le détecteur 12 est interprété par le contrôleur 5 comme un ordre d'impression sur le ruban des données qu'il maintenait en mémoire. La vitesse d'impression est suffisante pour que l'usager ait le sentiment que c'est lui qui s'approprie le ticket par son action.The user takes the ticket by the end reached point B, which leads to create a voltage in the ribbon which is recognized by the detector 12, for example by contacting the paper on the latter. The signal emitted by the detector 12 is interpreted by the controller 5 as a print command on the ribbon of the data that it kept in memory. The speed of printing is sufficient for the user to feel that it is he who appropriates the ticket by its action.

Dans une première variante non représentée de l'imprimante de l'invention, aux lieu et place du détecteur 12, le contrôleur 5 comporte des moyens de détecter une rotation du cabestan 3 par le moteur 4. Cette détection engendre instantanément l'ordre d'impression du ticket et sa délivrance comme décrit précédemment.In a first variant, not shown, of the printer of the invention, instead of the detector 12, the controller 5 comprises means for detecting a rotation of the capstan 3 by the engine 4. This detection instantly generates the order of ticket printing and delivery as described previously.

Dans une deuxième variante, le détecteur 12 est remplacé par un détecteur 14 de présence de la main de l'usager (ce détecteur peut être un détecteur de chaleur, un détecteur de proximité, une cellule photoélectrique...). Transmis au contrôleur 5, le signal de sortie de ce détecteur engendre l'impression immédiate du ticket.In a second variant, the detector 12 is replaced by a detector 14 for the presence of the hand of the user (this detector may be a heat detector, a proximity detector, a photoelectric cell, etc.). Transmitted to the controller 5, the output signal of this detector generates the immediate printing of the ticket.

L'impression terminée, le contrôleur commande la coupe du tronçon de ruban par le couteau 6a qui devient un ticket dans la main de l'usager. L'appareil est à nouveau prêt pour réaliser l'édition d'un ticket suivant.After printing, the controller controls the tape cutting section by the knife 6 has becomes a ticket in the hand of the user. The device is ready to edit a next ticket again.

On envisage maintenant le cas où le ticket étant parvenu au point B, aucune traction n'est exercée sur lui par l'usager. Le capteur 12 est donc muet à l'égard du contrôleur 5 et celui-ci décompte un temps de temporisation au terme duquel il efface les données qu'il avait préalablement placées en mémoire. Dans le même temps, il commande le moteur 4 du cabestan 3 dans le sens inverse à celui de l'impression pour rétracter le ticket afin de faire passer le bord libre de ce dernier du point B au point A de la figure. Le contrôleur 5 aura gardé en mémoire le fait qu'il a déjà imprimé les signes sur un ticket et, à l'opération suivante d'édition, il ne répétera pas cette phase d'impression simultanée au déplacement du bord avant du point A au point B.We now consider the case where the ticket having reached the point B, no traction is exerted on him by the user. The sensor 12 is therefore silent with respect to the controller 5 and the latter counts a delay time at the end of which it erases the data that it had previously placed in memory. At the same time, it controls the motor 4 of the capstan 3 in the opposite direction to that of the printing to retract the ticket in order to pass the free edge of the latter from point B to point A of the figure. The controller 5 will have kept in mind the fact that it has already printed the signs on a ticket and, at the next editing operation, it will not repeat this printing phase simultaneously with the displacement of the front edge of point A to point B.

On comprend qu'ainsi les tickets ne sont édités et délivrés qu'à bon escient, c'est-à-dire lorsque l'usager manifeste clairement sa volonté de l'obtenir en se saisissant.It is understandable that tickets are edited and issued only wisely, that is to say when the user clearly shows his desire to obtain it by seizing.

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Procédé de délivrance d'un ticket imprimé issu d'une imprimante thermique qui comprend, dans un bâti (1), une tête d'impression (2) et un cabestan (3) d'entraînement du ticket (P), un guide (8) de déplacement du ticket étant ménagé dans le bâti en aval des organes d'impression (2, 3), caractérisé en ce qu'il consiste à : a) stocker dans une mémoire de l'imprimante les données à imprimer sur le ticket, b) provoquer une avance du ticket d'une valeur déterminée (AB) de sorte qu'il puisse être saisi manuellement par l'usager à l'extrémité du guide (8), c) détecter dans un délai déterminé à compter de la fin de l'étape b) un évènement directement représentatif de la volonté de l'usager de prendre possession du ticket, et d) exécuter en réponse à cette détection, simultanément, l'impression du ticket et son éjection en direction de l'usager. Method for issuing a printed ticket issued from a thermal printer which comprises, in a frame (1), a print head (2) and a capstan (3) for driving the ticket (P), a guide ( 8) of the ticket being formed in the frame downstream of the printing members (2, 3), characterized in that it consists of: a) storing in a memory of the printer the data to be printed on the ticket, b) cause the ticket to advance by a predetermined value (AB) so that it can be entered manually by the user at the end of the guide (8), c) detecting, within a specified time period from the end of step b), an event directly representative of the user's desire to take possession of the ticket, and d) perform in response to this detection, simultaneously, printing the ticket and ejection towards the user. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'il consiste, en l'absence de détection de l'évènement susdit à la fin du délai susdit, à : e) provoquer un retrait du ticket à l'intérieur de l'imprimante d'une valeur BA sensiblement égale déterminée AB susdite. Method according to Claim 1, characterized in that , in the absence of detection of the aforementioned event at the end of the aforesaid period, it consists in: e) cause a withdrawal of the ticket inside the printer of a value BA substantially equal determined AB aforesaid. Procédé selon la revendication 1 pour la délivrance de tickets séparés d'un ruban (P) continu par un organe de coupe (6) situé en aval de l'imprimante (2, 3) thermique, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte, après l'étape d), l'étape de : f) détacher par découpe le ticket imprimé saisi par l'usager. Process according to Claim 1 for the delivery of separate tickets from a continuous strip (P) by a cutting element (6) situated downstream of the thermal printer (2, 3), characterized in that it comprises, after step d), the step of: f) cut off the printed ticket entered by the user. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte au cours de l'étape b) l'étape : g) d'imprimer sur le ticket des informations systématiques communes à chaque ticket émis. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises in the course of step b) the step: g) to print on the ticket systematic information common to each issued ticket. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'évènement susdit est un effort de traction du ticket (P) engendré par l'usager.Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the aforesaid event is a pulling force of the ticket (P) generated by the user. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que ledit évènement est un début de rotation du cabestan (3) de l'imprimante.Method according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that said event is a beginning of rotation of the capstan (3) of the printer. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que ledit évènement est la présence de la main de l'usager au voisinage immédiat de l'extrémité saisissable du ticket (P).Method according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that said event is the presence of the hand of the user in the immediate vicinity of the enterable end of the ticket (P). Imprimante thermique pour mettre en oeuvre le procédé selon la revendication 5, comportant un bâti (1) portant une tête d'impression (2) coopérant avec un cabestan (3) motorisé (4) la tête étant contrôlée par un contrôleur (5), le bâti (1) définissant en aval de ces organes un guide (8) pour le déplacement du ticket (P), caractérisée en ce que le guide (8) débouche à l'extérieur du bâti (1) par une ouverture (9) équipée d'un détecteur (10) de présence du ticket et en ce que le bâti (1) comporte sur le trajet du ticket (P) un capteur (12) de l'état de tension de ce dernier relié au contrôleur (5) de la tête d'impression.Thermal printer for carrying out the method according to claim 5, comprising a frame (1) carrying a print head (2) cooperating with a capstan (3) motorized (4) the head being controlled by a controller (5), the frame (1) defining downstream of these members a guide (8) for moving the ticket (P), characterized in that the guide (8) opens out of the frame (1) by an opening (9) equipped with a detector (10) for the presence of the ticket and in that the frame (1) comprises on the path of the ticket (P) a sensor (12) of the voltage state of the latter connected to the controller (5) of the print head. Imprimante pour mettre en oeuvre le procédé selon la revendication 6, comportant un bâti (1) portant une tête d'impression (2) contrôlée par un contrôleur (5) et coopérant avec un cabestan (3) motorisé (4), le bâti (1) définissant en aval de ces organes un guide (8) pour le déplacement du ticket (P), caractérisée en ce que le guide (8) débouche à l'extérieur du bâti (1) par une ouverture (9) équipée d'un détecteur (10) de présence du ticket, et en ce que le moteur (4) constitue un capteur de rotation du cabestan engendrée par la traction du ticket par l'usager, relié au contrôleur (5) de la tête d'impression.Printer for carrying out the method according to claim 6, comprising a frame (1) carrying a print head (2) controlled by a controller (5) and cooperating with a capstan (3) motorized (4), the frame ( 1) defining downstream of these members a guide (8) for moving the ticket (P), characterized in that the guide (8) opens out of the frame (1) by an opening (9) equipped with a detector (10) for the presence of the ticket, and in that the engine (4) constitutes a capstan rotation sensor generated by the traction of the ticket by the user, connected to the controller (5) of the print head. Imprimante pour mettre en oeuvre le procédé selon la revendication 7 comportant un bâti (1) portant une tête d'impression (2) contrôlée par un contrôleur (5) et coopérant avec un cabestan (3) motorisé (4), le bâti (1) définissant en aval de ces organes un guide (8) pour le déplacement du ticket (P), caractérisée en ce que le guide (8) débouche à l'extérieur du bâti (1) par une ouverture (9) équipée d'un détecteur (10) de présence du ticket, et en ce que le bâti (1) comporte au débouché du guide (8) à l'extérieur, un détecteur (14) de présence de la main d'un usager relié au contrôleur (5) de la tête d'impression.Printer for implementing the method according to claim 7 comprising a frame (1) carrying a print head (2) controlled by a controller (5) and cooperating with a capstan (3) motorized (4), the frame (1 ) defining downstream of these members a guide (8) for moving the ticket (P), characterized in that the guide (8) opens out of the frame (1) by an opening (9) equipped with a detector (10) of presence of the ticket, and in that the frame (1) comprises at the outlet of the guide (8) on the outside, a detector (14) of presence of the hand of a user connected to the controller (5 ) of the print head.
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