Patent ID: 6639688
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A value-sheet issuing device comprising:a medium supplying section for holding a sheet-like printing medium and supplying said printing medium to a stage for issuing a value sheet; a control unit for issuing an instruction to said medium supplying section to supply said printing medium; an upper level device for issuing a print command to said control unit and for assigning individual information for said printing medium; a security processing section for selectively assigning a security characteristic, for preventing attempted fraudulent use of said value sheets, to said printing medium received from said medium supplying section in response to an instruction received from said upper level device; local storage for storing common images used common to each issued value sheets; a printer section for printing said common image read out of said local storage means and/or individual information received from said upper level device, said individual information being different for each said issued value sheet; and a print verifying section for verifying a print quality of said printed printing medium, wherein said control unit judges whether or not the individual information assigned from said upper level device is already stored in the local storage, and, if said individual information is stored in said local storage, said control unit instructs said printer section to print said individual information from said local storage without reading said information from said upper level device to facilitate a reduction in data transfer time.