Patent ID: 7201314

Claim:
A settlement terminal comprising: a housing; a keyboard disposed on a front side of an upper surface of the housing; a display unit disposed on a rear side of the upper surface of the housing; a printer mechanics unit disposed just under the keyboard in the interior of the housing; a control board with a microcomputer mounted thereon, the control board being disposed on a back side of the display unit in the interior of the housing; a roll paper receptacle portion disposed just under the display unit and the control board in the interior of the housing, the roll paper receptacle portion removably receiving therein roll paper to be fed to the printer mechanics unit; an issue port for discharge of the roll paper; a paper path that connects the roll paper receptacle portion and the issue port with each other so as to extend through the printer mechanics unit; and means for executing settlement processing on the basis of acquired settlement information and with use of the microcomputer.