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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2007
Eric Meyerhofer, Pasadena, CA (US);
John J. Hilbert, Torrance, CA (US);
Wayne Loynes, Altadena, CA (US);
Eric Meyerhofer, Pasadena, CA (US);
John J. Hilbert, Torrance, CA (US);
Wayne Loynes, Altadena, CA (US);
FutureLogic, Inc., Glendale, CA (US);
Abstract
A modular gaming transaction printer for grayscale printing which may interface with multiple host systems and multiple gaming machine protocols, download application code or code patches, receive printer maintenance instructions, arbitrate print jobs received from various communication interfaces, support worldwide languages, and utilize firmware version consolidation. The printer further includes security features and memory protection. The printer further includes segmented memory for content related to each communication interface, gaming machine, or host system, among others. Additionally, the printer supports Unicode, configuration to worldwide languages, configuration to multiple protocols, and configuration to prior firmware versions for backward compatibility, among others. The printer may include a plurality of paper trays to hold media of the same size, but different characteristics.