Patent ID: 8201726

Claim:
A point-of-sale register apparatus, comprising: a user input device to input information indicative of one or more products in a transaction, the input device being selected from a group consisting of a keyboard, a mouse, a credit card reader, an optical scanner, and a touch screen; a display device to display transaction information from the transaction; a coupon printer and a receipt printer each having a footprint width of less than about eight inches, at least one of the coupon printer and the receipt printer outputting a transaction document indicative of the transaction; and a printer stand to support the coupon printer and the receipt printer in generally vertical alignment relative to the other, the printer stand including two opposing side panels coupled to an elevated support surface that define a lower cavity to receive one of the coupon printer and the receipt printer, and the printer stand including a plurality of retaining wall portions extending general vertically from the elevated support surface so that the other of the coupon printer and the receipt printer is supported on the elevated support surface between the retaining wall portions, wherein the side panels of the printer stand include non-linear front edges that at least initially recess rearwardly from the elevated support surface toward the lower cavity to at least partially define a lateral hand access path for lateral hand movements of a user, and wherein a paper output of the one of the coupon printer and the receipt printer in the lower cavity is disposed in the lateral hand access path defined by the non-linear front edges.