Patent ID: 7938590

Claim:
Dual-purpose printer for printing receipts and validating forms, comprising: a receipt drive roller for driving paper through a receipt path; a dual-purpose roller capable of contacting the drive roller, said receipt path formed between the receipt drive roller and the dual-purpose roller; a validation idler roller adapted to be brought into and out of engagement with said dual-purpose roller; a print station, said validation idler roller being mounted in said print station; a validation lift assembly for moving said print station between an open and a closed position; and a validation path formed between said validation idler roller and said dual-purpose roller; wherein: a rotation of said receipt drive roller in a first direction enables driving of said paper through said receipt path; when said validation idler roller is in engagement with said dual-purpose roller, a rotation of the dual-purpose roller in said first direction enables discharging of a form from said validation path when validation is completed; in said open position said validation idler roller is out of engagement with said dual-purpose roller; and in said closed position said validation idler roller is in engagement with said dual-purpose roller.