Processor for forms with multi-format data
US4895466A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 20, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jan 23, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 20, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07B1/00
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A multi-format document printer and processor has a plurality of data writing and reading means for data in different formats, disposed along a transport path. Forms are separated from a continuous perforated form supply and advanced along the transport path. Bidirectional drive rollers disposed along the path advance the documents and reverse them for reprocessing as necessary. At the end of the transport path, the documents are routed to an exit hopper or a reject hopper and a sensor at the exit detects already-issued forms manually loaded by an operator, which already-issued forms can be likewise bidirectionally processed for reading, verification, modification and the like. The processor is preferably embodied for transportation tickets and boarding passes, having: optical character recognition (OCR) write and read devices, magnetic strip write and read devices and a dot matrix printer having an array of print heads operable to print a document in one pass. Reversible feed and take-up spools for a wide ribbon movably disposed under the dot matrix array are provided with separate bidirectional two-speed drives. Movable tension arms along the ribbon path detect a near-empty condi…
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