JP4373526B2 - Label issuing device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a label issuing device that prints print data including a product name and a price on a label.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In general, in supermarket backyards and convenience store pack centers, in the normal mode of issuing labels for each product, a label that prints the product name, unit price, weight, price, etc. is issued by a label issuing device. It is affixed to packed products.
[0003]
The label printing format includes the layout of the printing unit corresponding to the printing fields such as product name, price, weight, etc., the size of printing, and the like, and is created according to the needs of the user. Here, the user may want to change the print color for each print unit after temporarily registering the print data in the print format. For example, in order to give consumers a sense of purchase, the price after discount (M (marked down) special price) is printed in red in the price printing column.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the above case, the conventional label issuing device specifies the label color in the registration mode that registers the label print format and data to be printed separately from the normal mode. There is a problem that it is necessary to change from the mode to the registration mode, which is complicated.
[0005]
An object of the present invention is to provide a label issuing device that solves the above-described problems and can easily change the color designation.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
To achieve the above object, a label issuing apparatus according to claim 1, the print data including the product name and price of the product written in the registration mode, there is for issuing a label printed on the label in the normal mode , A change command input means for inputting a color designation change command for each print unit corresponding to the print field on the label in a normal mode for issuing a label, and a change unit storage means for storing the color designation change for each print unit And a print control means for performing printing corresponding to the changed color-designated print data based on the stored change unit.
[0007]
According to the label issuing device, by inputting a color designation change command for each printing unit in the normal mode, printing corresponding to the changed color designation print data is performed based on the color change command. Therefore, it is possible to easily change the color designation.
[0008]
The label issuing device according to claim 2, which prints the print data including the product name and price of the product written in the registration mode on the label in the normal mode and issues the label, the product information including the product name, Product master storage means for storing color designation for each product information, change command input means for inputting change of color designation of individual product information stored in the product master storage means, and change of input color designation The print control means for performing printing corresponding to the print data of the product information, the print format storage means for storing the print format including the color designation for each print unit corresponding to the print field on the label, The color designation input from the change command input means is used as the color designation for the print format for each print unit stored in the print format storage means. Comprises a priority means earlier for the.
[0009]
Since the printing control means can perform printing corresponding to the print data of the product information based on the priority color change, the color designation can be easily changed.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a weighing printer including a label issuing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the label issuing device. In FIG. 1, the weighing printer includes a label issuing device 6 that prints print data including a product name and price on a label 9, a touch panel 10 in which data input means and display means are integrated, and a weighing device 5. The weighing device 5 measures the weight of the product placed on the weighing table 50 and outputs it to the CPU 7 of the label issuing device in FIG.
[0012]
FIG. 3 shows an example of the contents printed on the label 9 displayed on the screen of the touch panel 10. On the label 9, print data is printed in the print fields 31 to 35 of the product name, price 1, processing date, expiration date, price 2 and the like. The label issuing device 6 is a printer capable of color printing, and various types such as a laser beam printer, an LED printer, an inkjet printer, and a thermal printer are adopted. In the case of a thermal type, the label 9 is For example, a multi-color label base paper that can selectively develop two or more colors of black, yellow, red, blue, etc. according to the difference in heating temperature is used. In the present embodiment, black and red two-color label base paper 9 is used. The printing device 14 in FIG. 2 is of a thermal type, and its thermal head 15 performs printing by heating the surface of the two-color label base paper 9 arranged on the label sheet 16 to develop color. Black and red have different color development temperatures, and the thermal head 15 has a plurality of heating elements and a plurality of switching elements for controlling energization to each heating element. By opening and closing, the amount of heat generated by the heating element is controlled to change the coloring temperature.
[0013]
The print format of the label 9 is stored in the print format storage means 20. In this print format, for each print unit corresponding to the print field on the label 9, a print size, a print assignment location, a print color designation, and the like are attached. Print format No. Is written in the product master for each product stored in the product master storage means 18 described later. FIG. 4 shows an example of the data structure of the print format. For each of the printing units 27 to 29, a color flag (F / G) column 41 into which a color to be printed is input, an XY coordinate data column 42 into which a printing area is input, a product name “Hamachi”, a price “755”, etc. A print data field 43 is provided for inputting print data. For example, if the color F / G column is 1, black is indicated, and red is indicated if it is 2. The print data in these print formats is written in the registration mode. In this registration mode, all the color F / G fields of each printing unit are set to 1 and set to black. For example, the color F / G column of the printing unit 28 corresponding to the price 1 column (32 in FIG. 3) indicating the normal price (755) is 1, and is set to black. Note that the color F / G column of the printing unit 29 corresponding to the price 2 column (35 in FIG. 3) indicating the M special price (595) is 2, indicating a state in which the color is changed to red.
[0014]
The CPU 7 of this apparatus controls the overall operation of the label issuing apparatus 6 and operates according to a program stored in the ROM 12. In the normal mode for issuing a label, the CPU 7 calculates a sales price by multiplying the weight of the input product by the unit price, and for each data and each printing unit, for example, a change command for red designation from the change command input means 17. Is input, the changed red designation is written in the change unit storage means 19.
[0015]
The change command input means 17 includes the touch panel 10 and a change screen displayed on the touch panel 10. Then, the print data is displayed in the form of printing on the label as shown in FIG. 3, and in that state, if the user wants to change the color designation, for example, the price column 32 on the display screen, the print color, A screen for selecting a display mode for displaying the print data is newly displayed. If the color designation or display mode is selected there, the registered color designation or print data is changed.
[0016]
The priority unit 21 gives priority to the color designation input from the change command input unit 17 over the print color designation assigned to the print format for each print unit stored in the print format storage unit 20.
[0017]
As shown in FIG. 5, the product master storage unit 18 categorizes each product, and stores the product name, expiration date, price, print format No. in the product information column 51. And the color designation for each product information is stored in the color F / G column 52. As described above, when the color designation change is written in the change unit storage unit 19, the color F / G column 52 of each product information in the product master storage unit 18 is changed. For example, the expiration date column is changed to 1 for black and the price column is changed to 2 for red. Product code and print format No. Since no color designation is required for the column, the color F / G column 52 is blank. The product master storage unit 18 may be provided outside the label issuing device 6.
[0018]
In the black print format stored in the print format storage means 20, the CPU 7 converts the black print data and red print data stored in the commodity master storage means 18 into print data for the two-color label base paper 9. Expand and display on the screen of the touch panel 10 (FIG. 3).
[0019]
Upon receiving a print command from the CPU 7, the print control means 13 controls the thermal head 15 of the printing device 14 based on the print data in the black print format and the red print data changed based on the change command. Control to print.
[0020]
The operation of the label issuing device 6 having the above configuration will be described.
First, in the registration mode, the print format is stored in the print format storage unit 20 for each product, and the product name, the expiration date, the print format No. are stored in the product master storage unit 18. And product information including the color designation for each product information is stored. Next, in the normal mode for issuing a label, the apparatus operates as follows in accordance with a program stored in the ROM 12.
[0021]
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of this apparatus.
First, when a product is specified in the normal mode, data relating to the product is displayed in a print format (measurement pricing screen) as shown in FIG. 7 (step S1 in FIG. 6). For each product, the weight of the product is weighed by the weighing device 5 in FIG. 1 to determine the price of the product. Next, it is confirmed whether or not a color designation change has been input (step S2). If there is no color designation change command, printing is performed with normal black print data when the printing conditions are satisfied (step S3). For example, the normal price “755” is printed in black in both the price 1 column (32 in FIG. 3) and the price 2 column (35 in FIG. 3). On the other hand, when the displayed “M special price” is touched, the M special price mode setting screen of FIG. 8 is displayed in an overlapping manner (step S4). On this screen, it is possible to select a print color of print data and print selection. For example, red, black, yellow, and blue can be selected as the print color of the print data. “Reference” can be used to confirm the currently set color designation. In the print selection, for example, “M special price” indicating the amount after discount, “−yen” indicating the amount of discount, and “−%” indicating the rate of discount can be selected. By selecting the print color and print selection on this screen (step S5), the color of the product information stored in the product master storage means 18 is changed based on the change of the print data including the selected color designation. Printing corresponding to the designated print data is performed (step S6).
[0022]
For example, when “M special price” and the printing color “red” are selected on the screen of FIG. 8, the color F / G column 41 of the printing unit 29 is changed to 2, that is, red designation as shown in FIG. At the same time, the print data is changed from the normal price “755” to the M special price “595”, and the price of the M special price (595) is printed in red in the price 2 column 35 of the label 9 as shown in FIG.
[0023]
The color designation and display mode can be similarly changed not only in the printing unit in the special price column 35 in FIG. 3 but also in the printing unit in the expiration date column 34, the printing unit in the product name column 31, and the like. At that time, for example, only color designation may be performed for each type of vegetables, meat, and the like.
[0024]
As described above, the present invention is not a registration mode but a normal mode for issuing a label, and by inputting a color designation change command for each printing unit, a print with a changed color designation is performed based on the change command. Since printing corresponding to the data can be performed, it is possible to easily change the color designation.
[0025]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to one configuration of the present invention, in the normal mode, by inputting the color designation change command for each printing unit, it is possible to perform printing corresponding to the changed color designation print data. Therefore, the color designation can be easily changed.
[0026]
According to another configuration of the present invention, by inputting a change in color designation of individual product information stored in the product master storage unit, printing corresponding to the print data of the product information can be performed. The color designation can be easily changed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a weighing printer including a label issuing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the label issuing device.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a label printing format.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a label printing format.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a product file.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the label issuing device.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a weighing price screen.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of an M special price screen.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 9 ... Label, 13 ... Print control means, 17 ... Change command input means, 18 ... Merchandise master storage means, 19 ... Change unit storage means, 20 ... Print format storage means, 21 ... Priority means.

Claims (2)

A label issuing device that prints print data including a product name and price of a product written in a registration mode on a label and issues a label in a normal mode ,
Passing at normal mode, and change command input means for inputting a command of changing color designation for each printing unit corresponding to the print column on the label,
Change unit storage means for storing color designation changes for each printing unit;
A label issuing device comprising: a print control unit that performs printing corresponding to the changed color-designated print data based on the stored change unit. A label issuing device that prints print data including a product name and price of a product written in a registration mode on a label and issues a label in a normal mode ,
Product master storage means for storing product information including product names and color designation for each product information;
A change command input means for inputting a change in color designation of individual product information stored in the product master storage means;
Print control means for performing printing corresponding to the print data of the product information based on the input color designation change;
Print format storage means for storing a print format including color designation for each print unit corresponding to the print field on the label;
In normal mode, the color designation input from the change instruction input means, has been performed in the registration mode, a priority priority means specifying colors print format for each printing unit stored in the print format storage means, With
The label issuing device that causes the printing control means to perform printing corresponding to the printing data of the product information based on a change in the priority color designation .

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