JP2690912B2 - Online address printing management method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an online address printing management method, and more particularly to an online address printing management method suitable for a delivery system. [Prior Art] A conventional online address printing management method is disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 54-59.
As described in No. 32 publication, read the address pattern,
The data was printed on the address. Therefore, all the data is read and the data is transmitted, resulting in a huge amount of data. Further, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 50-26428 and 50-26430 disclose devices for storing shipping schedules, and further, fixed information and variable information are recorded on the microfilm of Japanese Patent Application No. 58-96177. It is described to output to a printer. However, regarding the address tag, there are fixed data such as company name, issue date, product name, etc., and product-specific information such as information that changes with the date and the number of items. No consideration was given to dividing required information into layers and transmitting necessary information each time. [Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the above-mentioned conventional technology, no consideration is given to an increase in the amount of data transmission when online, and there is a problem in real time that an address is created at the same timing as an object. An object of the present invention is to have fixed image data and image data of variable data, which is hierarchically divided according to frequency of use, on the address printing terminal side, and the variable data is transmitted when necessary to minimize the amount of data transmission when online. Is to [Means for Solving the Problems] The above-described object is to store the fixed image data and the variable image data according to the frequency of use in the storage device on the address printing terminal side, and to have a conversion code to perform the hierarchization. This is achieved by converting the image data of. [Operation] The operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. First
1 is a block diagram of the present invention, in which 1 is a control device, 2 is a storage device,
3 is an address printing terminal, 4 is a storage device, and 5 is a conveyor. The first control device controls the address printing terminal. 2
The storage device stores schedules for address printing and variable information according to the frequency of use. The address printing terminal 3 receives data from the controller 1 and prints the address. Image data of fixed address information, conversion table, and image data of hierarchical variable information are stored in the storage device No. 4. Here, fixed information is layout information, external character fonts, etc., and variable information is
They are hierarchized according to the frequency of use. For example, level 1 is the company name, date, etc., level 2 is the loading truck, product name, etc., and level 3 is the unloading store name, piece number information, and the like. According to the schedule of the control device of No. 1, the product flows through the conveyor of No. 5 and is put in the state of being addressed at the address printing terminal of No. 3. All information must be transmitted at the time of the first transmission, but after the second time, only changed information is needed, and the online data transmission amount will be minimized, so that smooth address printing can be performed online in real time. it can. Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 shows an online address printing management device in Shinkai production. 1 is a control device, 2 is a storage device on the control device side, 3
Is an address printing terminal, 4 is a storage device on the terminal side, 5 is a conveyor, 6 is a rotary press, 7 is a bundle of newspapers, and 8 is an address tag attached to the bundle of newspapers. The control device of 1 manages the address printing terminal of 3, and 2
In the storage device, the address tag configuration information is classified by hierarchy according to frequency of use. The composition information of the address tag includes company name, date, course, bar code, store name, drop-off place name,
There are the number of copies and the number of copies. The address printing terminal No. 3 prints the address tag at the timing of creating the object. The storage device on the address printing terminal side of No. 4 has layout information, external character fonts, codes (name correspondence table, etc.) as fixed information, and variable information has image data of the same contents as the two storage devices. ing. The printing start information of the newspaper enters the control device of 1 from the rotary press of 6 and sends the information of the address according to the schedule of the two storage devices. Initially, all the information is sent, but when the store name, the place of loading, the number of copies, the number of copies has changed, the loading truck has entered, and the plate has changed, the necessary information has been sent to each of the three address printing terminals. Transmit to. The address printing terminal 3 receives the information, receives the image data of the necessary information from the storage 4 and prints the address in real time online. The newspaper bundle passes through 5 conveyors and is made as a product (newspaper bundle) in terms of the number of copies and the number of copies. Create an address tag of 8 with the address printing terminal of 3 and attach it to the newspaper bundle (product) of 7. According to this embodiment, the amount of data transmitted online can be minimized, and the number of newspapers can be managed in real time. [Advantages of the Invention] According to the present invention, the amount of online data transmission can be minimized, the transmission network can be solved, and correction such as having the image data on the terminal side can be easily performed. Effective in managing the address printing of.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a basic configuration diagram of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment in newspaper production. 1 ... Control device, 2 ... Storage device, 3 ... Address printing terminal, 4 ... Storage device, 5 ... Conveyor.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An online address printing management method comprising an address printing terminal for printing an address on an address tag attached to a package and a controller for controlling the address printing terminal, and managing the address printing terminal by a signal from the controller. In the storage device on the control device side, image data of variable information including a company name hierarchically organized according to frequency of use is stored in the storage device on the control device side, and the layout of address cards is stored in the storage device on the address printing terminal side. Image data of fixed information and image data of variable information including the same hierarchical company name as that stored in the storage device on the control device side are stored, and the variable data stored in the storage device on the control device side is stored. An online address printing management method comprising transmitting image data of information to the address printing terminal for each layer.