Patent ID: 6338436
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: G07B

Abstract:
A ticket printer for magnetically recording and printing ticket data on a ticket blank for issuance, comprising:ticket blank holder means for holding a continuous form of medium having perforations that can be separated along said perforations into an individual ticket blank; pre-feeder means for feeding said continuous form of medium from said ticket blank holder means, pre-cutting said medium along said perforations into the individual ticket blank, holding said pre-cut ticket blank and feeding said held ticket blank responsive to instruction; magnetic recording means for magnetically recording ticket data on a magnetic recording layer of the fed ticket blank; printing means for printing the ticket data on each magnetically recorded ticket blank for issuance; and control means for controlling said pre-feeder means so as to feed said held ticket blank to said magnetic recording means and to pre-cut said medium into a next ticket blank.