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Abstract

A printing apparatus for negotiable instruments and securities which can print visually unrecognizable data consisting of MICR characters, barcodes or the like on negotiable instruments or securities and judge whether or not the visually unrecognizable data are exactly printed thereon, the printing apparatus for negotiable instruments and securities including a blank storing section (2) for storing stacked blanks (1) for instruments or securities, a first printer (11, 14) for printing visually recognizable data on the blanks (1), a second printer (23, 24) for printing visually unrecognizable data on the blanks (1), a reader (32, 33) for reading out the visually unrecognizable data, an instrument or security storing section (36) for storing the stacked blanks (1) for which the printing operation and the reading operation have been completed as instruments or securities (1a), a blank transporting mechanism (3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 21, 22, 25, 31) for transporting the blanks (1) from the blank storing section (2) to the instrument or security storing section (36) via the first printer (11, 14), the second printer (23, 24) and the reader (32, 33), a controller (52) for controlling the first printer (11, 14), the second printer (23, 24), the reader (32, 33) and the blank transporting mechanism (3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 21, 22, 25, 31), and a discriminator (54) for judging whether or not the visually unrecognizable data have been exactly printed on the blanks (1) by the second printer (23, 24).

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