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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2000
Kazuo Miyaji, Asaka, JP;
Shigekazu Fukada, Tokyo, JP;
Syusuke Mogi, Asaka, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An image medium is attached in an image input unit of a printing system, and an image to be printed and its number of prints are set through an operation panel. As contents of an order is determined, a credit card is inserted in an ID reading unit, and the printing system identifies a customer, and registers the order, then settles a payment. If the payment is done in cash, the printing system issues a magnetic card and the like on which a number is recorded for the customer to verify. The printing system has a plurality of container boxes for storing the printed material related to the customer's order by separating and keeping the printed material for each customer. A host unit verifies the properness of the person who comes to receive the prints by his/her credit card or the magnetic card and the like, and opens a corresponding outlet among the container boxes, so that the customer can receive his/her prints.