Patent ID: 9524517
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: G06Q,G07B,G07F

Claim Text:
1. A publicly-accessible self-service terminal for enabling a self-service terminal user to purchase on-demand postage stamp labels in advance, the publicly-accessible self-service terminal comprising: a user interface arranged to receive a request from a postage stamp buyer to purchase on-demand postage stamp labels in advance; a payment acceptor arranged to receive payment from the postage stamp buyer for purchase of on-demand postage stamp labels in advance; a roll paper printer including (i) a print head, (ii) a first roll of media, a second loll of pre-printed self-adhesive media, the second roll including a liner substrate layer, a release coating layer disposed on the liner substrate layer, and adhesive coating layer disposed on the release coating layer, and a label substrate layer disposed on the adhesive coating layer, (iv) a first transport mechanism arranged to feed a panel portion of the first roll of media from the first roll to the print head, a second transport mechanism arranged to feed a panel portion of the second roll of pre-printed self-adhesive media from the second roll to the print head, a third transport mechanism arranged to dispense a printed panel portion from the print head to the postage stamp buyer, and each postage stamp label having a release force from the liner substrate layer of approximately 100 g/2″ at 90 degrees and 300 fpm; a controller arranged to (i) control the first transport mechanism to feed a panel portion of the first roll of media from the first roll to the print head when a request is received from the postage stamp buyer to purchase on-demand postage stamp labels in advance and payment is received from the postage stamp buyer for the purchase of on-demand postage stamp labels in advance, (ii) control the print head to print transaction information on the panel portion of the first roll to provide a transaction receipt, control the second transport, mechanism to feed a panel portion of the second roll of pre-printed self-adhesive media from the second roll to the print head when a request is received from the postage stamp buyer to purchase on-demand postage stamp labels in advance and payment is received from the postage stamp buyer for the purchase of on-demand postage stamp labels in advance, control the print head to print information onto the panel portion of the second roll of pre-printed self adhesive media so as to provide at least one on-demand postage stamp label in advance, and control the third transport mechanism to dispense the receipt and the at least one on-demand postage stamp label from the print head to the postage stamp buyer, and a receipt slot adapted to dispense both the on-demand postage stamp labels and the receipt; and wherein the first roll media is wound about a first core and the second roll of pre-printed self-adhesive media is wound about a second core having a larger diameter than a the first core to minimize curling of the second roll of pre-printed self-adhesive media within the publicly-accessible self-service terminal when exiting the roll paper printer to reduce jamming incidents and when dispensed from the publicly-accessible self-service terminal.