Patent ID: 8823756

Claim:
A double-sided receipt printing method for a device that prints transaction information and store information for each transaction on paper, and produces a receipt using both sides of the paper, wherein: the device has a first printhead that prints on one side of the paper, a second printhead that prints on the other side of the paper, and a cutter disposed to the paper conveyance path with a specific gap therebetween approaching a paper exit for the paper, and a conveyance unit that conveys the paper through the conveyance path; and the printing method comprises steps of: starting conveyance of the paper by the conveyance unit, printing part of the transaction information by the first printhead, and printing the remaining part of the transaction information by the second printhead, based on reception of a transaction end statement; printing the store information, the length of which in the paper conveyance direction is a length that fits between the cutter and the first printhead, by the first printhead after printing the transaction information; and stopping conveyance by the conveyance unit after printing the store information, and cutting the paper by the cutter at a position between the area where the transaction information was printed and the area where the store information was printed.