AUTOMATIC DATA COLLECTING SYSTEM

PURPOSE:To print a collected data by collecting data from a plurality of terminals every specified time, through the provision of a clock designating time interval with a data collector. CONSTITUTION:In a data collector D/C, a clock TIM which can arbitrarily designate the data collecting time is provided, and the time setting (initial timer Ti setting) and the designation of a given output time interval T are possible, a signal is produced at the initial time Ti and every time interval T to a control section CONT, the control section CONT requests the sales data at the time point to each terminal T1-Tn and the data D1-Dn transmitted from each terminal are stored in a data collection area DAR. When the data storage is finished, the data collected Dout is printed with a print output means PRT in the predetermined document format.