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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 1977
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1976
Okun Kwan, Trumbull, CT (US);
Nicholas V Zaccagnino, Jr, Stamford, CT (US);
Bunker Ramo Corporation, Oak Brook, IL (US);
Abstract
A printing apparatus is provided for printing on a document, such as a bank passbook, which has affixed thereto a magnetic stripe on the cover on which information with respect to the print operation to be performed is written and/or read by a magnetic scanning assembly. The magnetic stripe is positioned on the document parallel to the centerfold and the unbound edge of the cover nearest the last line to be printed on the document. When inserted in the print apparatus, the platen of the printing apparatus clamps the document with stripe positioned above and aligned with the platen to facilitate the scanning of the magnetic stripe by the magnetic head of the scanner assembly. The magnetic head is spring loaded to accommodate surface variations of the magnetic stripe and different passbook thicknesses.