Patent ID: 6293469
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: B41J,G07B,G07F,G07G

Abstract:
Apparatus for issuing payment instruments to a purchaser comprising:a) a printing member located at a printing station and mounted for translation motion in a direction transverse to a path of movement for print media, said print media comprising a chain of interconnected payment instruments;b) a sensor carried by said printing member and operative to sense preprinted identifying indicia on said print media, said sensor located a predetermined distance from a printing region of said printing member and aligned therewith along a direction parallel to said path of movement such that said sensor is located a predetermined distance upstream of said printing region of said printing member with respect to said path of movement of said print media;c) a print media feeder including a compartment for holding a supply of print media to be printed on by said printing member;d) a first drive mechanism associated with said feeder and operative to feed print media from said compartment towards said printing station;e) a burster mechanism operative to sever a leading one of said chain of interconnected payment instruments; andf) means for advancing said severed payment instrument through said printing station whereby indicia is printed on at least a portion of said one payment instrument by said printing member.