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A method and apparatus for dispensing money orders at a plurality of retail establishments is provided, including one or more data collector devices connected to a host device. Preferably, each of the money order dispensers include a digital processor for controlling the overall operation thereof, a

A method and apparatus for dispensing money orders at a plurality of retail establishments is provided, including one or more data collector devices connected to a host device. Preferably, each of the money order dispensers include a digital processor for controlling the overall operation thereof, a keyboard for entering transaction data to request the printing of a money order, a display for displaying the transaction data, and a dot matrix printer for printing the requested money order. Each dispenser further includes an electrically-eraseable programmable read only memory (E2PROM) for storing a security inhibit printing code, this code being automatically changed to prevent actuation of the printer when the security of the dispenser is compromised. The physical dimensions of the money order dispenser are reduced by providing a dot matrix printer for receiving money orders in a transverse fashion, and software routines are provided to control the dot matrix printer to “rotate”the printed characters whereby money orders are dispensed in a readable fashion.

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A system for dispensing negotiable instruments at a plurality of retail establishments, including one or more data collector devices connected to a host device, comprising: one or more sets of dispensers connected to said one or more data collector devices, respectively, each of said dispensers incl

A system for dispensing negotiable instruments at a plurality of retail establishments, including one or more data collector devices connected to a host device, comprising: one or more sets of dispensers connected to said one or more data collector devices, respectively, each of said dispensers including: digital processing means for controlling the operation of said dispenser; keyboard means connected to said digital processing means for entering transaction data to request the printing of a negotiable instrument; display means connected to said digital processing means for displaying said transaction data entered on said keyboard means; memory means associated with said digital processing means for storing operating programs, transaction and control data, and a security inhibit printing code; means for detecting the security inhibit printing code; printing means responsive to said detection means for printing alphanumeric indicia on said negotiable instrument in response to a money order request input to said keyboard means; and control means responsive to tampering with said dispenser for changing the security inhibit printing code stored in said memory means to thereby prevent operation of said printing means when the security of the dispenser is compromised.