Patent ID: 8899399

Claim:
A banknote processing machine comprising: an insertion unit configured to put a banknote into the banknote processing machine; a transport unit connected to the insertion unit and configured to transport the banknote inside the banknote processing machine; a recognition unit provided at the transport unit and configured to recognize the banknote put into the banknote processing machine by the insertion unit; a plurality of storing/feeding units each of which is connected to the transport unit and configured to store the banknote therein and to feed out the stored banknote; a first cassette connected to the transport unit and configured to store the banknote therein and to feed out the stored banknote; an ink spray unit configured to spray ink toward the banknote stored in the first cassette; and a controller configured to control the transport unit and the storing/feeding units, the controller selectively performing a leaving mode, in which the banknote is fed out from each of the storing/feeding units, transported to the first cassette by the transport unit, and stored and left in the first cassette.