JP6155693B2 - Label issuing device and label issuing system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a label issuing device and a label issuing system.

  2. Description of the Related Art There is known a label printer that has a scale for weighing a product, calculates a product price from a weighing result and a unit price, and prints on a label. Such a label printer is used, for example, in a supermarket to issue a label to be attached to fresh food such as fresh fish.

  In the label printer, various kinds of information necessary for issuing a label are stored in advance in the apparatus as a PLU (Price Look Up) for each product. Various information necessary for issuing a label includes a unit price, a product name, and the like. For example, when the product is a fresh food, the unit price varies depending on the daily purchase unit price and the place of origin, and therefore, the operator needs to change the stored various information every day. When a plurality of label printers are installed in the supermarket, the operator needs to change PLU files stored in all the label printers.

  For this reason, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, a file controller connected to a plurality of label printers has a PLU. In the technique described in Patent Document 1, the label printer transmits the changed content to the file controller. In the technique described in Patent Document 1, the file controller that has received the changed content rewrites the PLU with the received content. In the technique described in Patent Document 1, a label printer that performs a pricing operation receives a PLU of a product to be priced from a file controller. For this reason, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, various information necessary for issuing labels is collectively changed without an operator individually changing a plurality of label printers.

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  However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, when a plurality of label printers are operated by a plurality of operators, even if each operator views the information displayed on the display unit of the label printer, the information related to pricing is displayed. Cannot determine whether changes have been made. For this reason, the technique described in Patent Document 1 has a problem that when a plurality of operators operate a plurality of label printers to change information, forgetting to change the information or a change mistake may occur. .

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a label issuing device and a label issuing system that can reduce mistakes in changing information attached to a product and printed on a label. .

To achieve the above object, a label issuing device according to one embodiment of the present invention, the a label issuing device connected with another label issuing apparatus, the reception unit for receiving information of said another label issuing device, information received by the receiving unit is, in the case of changing the information indicating that the mark character data is changed, and a control unit for notifying on the display unit that the printing data is changed, an instruction to print a label detection And a controller for inputting information indicating that the change information has been confirmed, and the control unit confirms the change information by the input unit when the detection unit detects an instruction to print a label. If the effect that the has not been entered, the printer stops printing of the label, and wherein a notification child that the change information is unconfirmed.

In order to achieve the above object, a label issuing device according to one aspect of the present invention is a label issuing device connected to another label issuing device, and a receiving unit that receives information of the other label issuing device; When the information received by the receiving unit is change information indicating that the print data has been changed, a control unit that notifies the display unit that the print data has been changed and an instruction to print a label are detected. A detection unit; and an input unit that inputs that the change information has been confirmed. The control unit has confirmed the change information by the input unit when the detection unit detects an instruction to print a label. If the effect is not input, the printing of the label is stopped, the change information is unconfirmed, and the information received by the receiving unit indicates that the print data has been changed. in the case of It is characterized in that for informing on the display unit for modified information of the indicia character data to be displayed on the display unit.

  In the label issuing device according to an aspect of the present invention, the control unit may change the print data when the information received by the reception unit is change information indicating that the print data has been changed. The display on the display unit may be changed based on the information indicating this.

In the label issuing device according to one aspect of the present invention, when the print data is changed.
In addition, a transmission unit that transmits the change information to another label issuing device may be provided.

In order to achieve the above object, a label issuing system according to an aspect of the present invention includes a management device that manages print data, and a plurality of label issuing devices connected to the management device, and the plurality of label issuing systems When the print data is changed, each of the apparatuses receives a transmission unit that transmits change information to another label issuing device, a receiving unit that receives information on the other label issuing device, and the receiving unit receives When the information is change information indicating that the print data has been changed, a control unit that notifies the display unit that the print data has been changed, a detection unit that detects an instruction to print a label, An input unit that inputs confirmation that the change information has been confirmed, and the control unit of each of the plurality of label issuing devices detects the change by the input unit when the detection unit detects an instruction to print a label. If that confirming the distribution has not been entered, the printer stops printing of the label, it is characterized by notifying that the change information is unconfirmed.

Further, in the label issuing system according to one aspect of the present invention, when the control unit of each of the plurality of label issuing devices is the change information indicating that the print data has been changed, the information received by the receiving unit The changed information of the print data displayed on the display unit may be notified on the display unit.

  In the label issuing system according to one aspect of the present invention, the management device receives the change information from the label issuing device, and changes the information among the print data based on the received information. Information indicating that the change has been made may be added and stored in the own apparatus.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the change mistake of the information attached to goods and printed on a label can be reduced.

It is a figure showing the structure of an example of the label issuing system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. 1 is an example of a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a label printer according to a first embodiment. It is an example of the block diagram showing the structure of the management apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure explaining an example of the information memorized by the merchandise information storage part concerning a 1st embodiment. It is a figure explaining an example of the item of the item name memorize | stored in the merchandise information storage part shown in FIG. It is a figure explaining an example of the item of the unit price memorize | stored in the merchandise information storage part shown in FIG. It is a figure explaining an example of the item of the production center memorize | stored in the merchandise information storage part shown in FIG. It is a figure explaining an example of the pricing screen which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure explaining an example of a display when a production center button is selected as a change item in the pricing screen concerning a 1st embodiment. It is a figure explaining an example of the confirmation screen in the change process of the merchandise information which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart of an example of the change procedure of the merchandise information in the label printer apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart of an example of the process sequence of the management apparatus at the time of the change of the information regarding goods in the label printer apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen which alert | reports the setting change which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure explaining an example of the pop-up screen for warning concerning a 1st embodiment. It is a flowchart of an example of the process sequence in the other label printer apparatus 10 which performed the change process of the information regarding the goods which concerns on 1st Embodiment. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing performed by the management apparatus according to the first embodiment with a plurality of label printer apparatuses. It is a figure which shows the other example of the screen which alert | reports the setting change which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure explaining the other example of the item of the item name memorize | stored in the merchandise information storage part shown in FIG. It is a figure explaining the other example of the item of the unit price memorize | stored in the merchandise information storage part shown in FIG. It is a figure explaining the other example of the item of the production center memorize | stored in the merchandise information storage part shown in FIG. It is a figure explaining an example of a screen when information about goods concerning a 2nd embodiment has changed.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an example of a label issuing system 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the label issuing system 1 includes n (n is an integer of 1 or more) label printer apparatuses 10-1 to 10-n and a management apparatus 30. In the following description, when the label printer devices 10-1 to 10-n are not specified, they are referred to as label printer devices 10.

  The label printer device 10 is a printer that prints information about products. The product information is information indicating the product name, price, weight, number, product production area, and the like. The label printer apparatus 10 acquires information about the product from the management apparatus 30 via the network 20. The label printer device 10 displays information about the product, and when the displayed content is changed by the operator, the information about the changed product is transmitted to the other label printer device 10 and the management device 30 via the network 20. To do. The label printer device 10 is connected to another label printer device 10 and a management device 30 via the network 20.

  The network 20 is an IP network, for example. The network 20 may be a wired network or a wireless network.

  The management device 30 stores information related to the product in its own device. The management device 30 transmits information about the product to the label printer device 10 via the network 20. The management device 30 receives information indicating that the information related to the product has been updated from the label printer device 10 via the network 20, and the information related to the product has been updated by the label printer device 10 based on the received information. Update the information indicating.

  FIG. 2 is an example of a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the label printer apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the label printer device 10 includes a control unit 100, a scale 120, a printing mechanism unit 130, and an operation unit 140.

The scale 120 includes a load cell 120a and measures the weight of the product.
The printing mechanism unit 130 performs label printing and discharges the printed label. The printing mechanism unit 130 includes, for example, a thermal head that performs dot printing, a shift register that accumulates data for one dot line and supplies the data to the thermal head, and a stepping motor that moves the label one dot line at a time. Print any letters, numbers, and images.

The operation unit 140 includes a key operation unit 141 and an operation display unit 142.
The key operation unit 141 includes a numeric keypad and a print key. The numeric keypad accepts numeric input. The print key accepts input of a print instruction.
The operation display unit 142 includes a touch panel 142a and a liquid crystal display 142b. The operation display unit 142 has a touch panel 142a laminated on the upper surface of the liquid crystal display 142b, and can display and input data on the same surface. The liquid crystal display 142b displays various data by dot display of 640 × 480 dots, for example. The touch panel 142a is a transparent panel and is provided on the upper surface of the liquid crystal display 142b. The touch panel 142a detects a position touched by an operator's finger and receives an input corresponding to the detected position.

  The control unit 100 includes a CPU (control unit) 101, a load cell control unit 102, a print control unit 103, a communication unit 104, an operation control unit 105, a display control unit 106, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 107, and a ROM (Read Only Memory). 108 and a storage unit 109.

  Note that the label printer apparatuses 10-1 to 10-n illustrated in FIG. 1 include control units 100-1 to 100-n, respectively. When the control units 100-1 to 100-n are not specified, they are referred to as the control unit 100. In addition, the control units 100 included in each label printer apparatus 10 include CPUs 101-1 to 101-n, load cell control units 102-1 to 102-n, print control units 103-1 to 103-n, and communication units 104, respectively. -1 to 104-n, operation control units 105-1 to 105-n, display control units 106-1 to 106-n, RAMs 108-1 to 108-n, and storage units 109-1 to 109-n. Yes. Similarly, the CPU 101, the load cell control unit 102, the print control unit 103, the communication unit 104, the operation control unit 105, the display control unit 106, the RAM 108, and the storage unit 109 are designated when not specified.

  The CPU 101 reads out a control program stored in the ROM 108 and various information stored in the RAM 107 and the storage unit 109, and controls each unit based on the read control program and various information. Further, the CPU 101 stores necessary information in the RAM 107 or the storage unit 109. The CPU 101 is connected to each unit included in the control unit 100 via a bus in a state where data can be input and output.

The load cell control unit 102 controls the load cell 120a included in the scale 120.
The printing control unit 103 controls the printing mechanism unit 130.
The communication unit 104 is connected to the network 20. The communication unit 104 transmits / receives information to / from another label printer device 10 or the management device 30 via the network 20. The communication unit 104 outputs the received information to the CPU 101. The communication unit 104 transmits the information output by the CPU 101 to another label printer device 10 or the management device 30 via the network 20. Hereinafter, the description that the CPU 101 outputs information to the communication unit 304 and the communication unit 104 transmits information via the network 20 will be abbreviated as “CPU 101 transmits information via the network 20”. Similarly, the description that the communication unit 104 receives information via the network 20 and the CPU 101 acquires the information received by the communication unit 104 is abbreviated as “CPU 101 receives information via the network 20”. To do.

The operation control unit 105 controls the key operation unit 141 and the touch panel 142a.
The display control unit 106 controls the liquid crystal display 142b.
The RAM 107 is a temporary storage area that stores information used by the CPU 101.
The ROM 108 is a storage area for storing a control program used by the CPU 101.

  The storage unit 109 is configured by, for example, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or an SSD (Solid State Drive). The storage unit 109 stores information regarding the product received from the management device 30 via the communication unit 104.

  FIG. 3 is an example of a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the management apparatus 30 according to the present embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the management device 30 includes a communication unit 301, a control unit 302, and a product information storage unit 303.

  The communication unit 301 is connected to the network 20. The communication unit 301 outputs information received from the label printer device 10 via the network 20 to the control unit 302. The communication unit 301 transmits the information output from the control unit 302 to the label printer device 10 via the network 20. Hereinafter, the description that the control unit 302 outputs information to the communication unit 301 and the communication unit 301 transmits information via the network 20 is abbreviated as “the control unit 302 transmits information via the network 20”. I will explain. Similarly, when the communication unit 301 receives information via the network 20 and the control unit 302 acquires the information received by the communication unit 301, “the control unit 302 receives information via the network 20”. The description is omitted.

The control unit 302 outputs information related to the product stored in the product information storage unit 303 to the communication unit 301. The control unit 302 indicates that the information related to the product has been updated when the information received from the label printer 10 via the network 20 by the communication unit 301 includes information indicating that the information related to the product has been updated. Information is stored in the product information storage unit 303.
The product information storage unit 303 stores information related to products as shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, information indicating that information related to products has been updated, and the like.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the product information storage unit 303 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the product information storage unit 303 stores product data (product number), product name, unit price, production area, and the like in association with each other.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the item name item stored in the item information storage unit 303 illustrated in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the item name item includes items of a management device and ID1 to IDn. These items are stored in the product information storage unit 303 for each product data. The item “management device” indicates a product name stored in the product information storage unit 303. IDn is an identifier that the label printer device 10 has. The item “ID1” indicates, for example, whether or not the product name relating to the product data “00001” has been registered or changed from the label printer apparatus 10-1 having ID1. For example, “0” indicates that the product name related to the product data “00001” has been registered or changed, and “1” indicates that the product name related to the product data “00001” has not been registered or changed.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a unit price item stored in the product information storage unit 303 illustrated in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the unit price item includes items of management devices, ID1 to IDn. These items are stored in the product information storage unit 303 for each product data. The item “management device” indicates the unit price of the product stored in the product information storage unit 303. The item “ID1” indicates, for example, whether or not the unit price relating to the product data “00001” has been registered or changed from the label printer apparatus 10-1 having ID1. For example, “0” indicates that the unit price related to the product data “00001” has been registered or changed, and “1” indicates that the unit price related to the product data “00001” has not been registered or changed.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an example of the item of the production area stored in the product information storage unit 303 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the item of production area includes items of management device and ID1 to IDn. These items are stored in the product information storage unit 303 for each product data. The item “management device” indicates the production area of the product stored in the product information storage unit 303. The item “ID1” indicates, for example, whether or not the production center relating to the product data “00001” has been registered or changed from the label printer apparatus 10-1 having ID1. For example, “0” indicates that there is a registration or change of the production area regarding the product data “00001”, and “1” indicates that there is no registration or change of the production area regarding the product data “00001”.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining an example of the pricing screen 400 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 8, the pricing screen 400 includes a product number (product code) button 411, a product name button 412, a unit price button 413, a production area button 414, a price button 415, a label print button 416, and the like. . A product number (product code) button 411, a product name button 412, a unit price button 413, a production area button 414, and a price button 415 are buttons whose information can be changed, and information is displayed on each button. When the product number (product code) button 411, product name button 412, unit price button 413, production area button 414, and price button 415 are selected by the operator, selection information corresponding to each button is displayed in a pop-up screen. The In the example shown in FIG. 8, the information displayed on the product number (product code) button 411 is “000010”, and the information displayed on the product name button 412 is “tomato”. The information displayed on the unit price button 413 is “150 (yen)”, the information displayed on the production area button 414 is “Hokkaido”, and the information displayed on the price button 415 is “450 yen” ( 3 for 1 pack).

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display when the production center button 414 is selected as a change item on the pricing screen 400 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 10, when the production center button 414 is selected by the operator, information indicating the production area registered as the product “tomato” is displayed on the pop-up screen 414a. The pop-up screen 414a is displayed on the foremost layer of the screen 400. In the example shown in FIG. 9, the pop-up screen 414a displays Hokkaido, Shizuoka, Kagoshima, and so on.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining an example of a confirmation screen in the merchandise information change process according to the present embodiment. The example shown in FIG. 11 is a screen after the operator selects “produced in Kagoshima Prefecture” as information indicating the production area in FIG. As shown in FIG. 11, the CPU 101 controls the display control unit 106 to display “produced in Kagoshima Prefecture” on the production area button 414. Further, the CPU 101 controls the display control unit 106 to display a confirmation button 417 and a cancel button 418 on the screen 400. In the example shown in FIG. 11, the unit price per piece is 160 (yen) in accordance with the change of the information indicating the place of production, so the unit price information “160 (yen)” is displayed on the unit price button 413. , Price information “480 (yen)” (in the case of 3 packs and 1 pack) is displayed on the price button 415.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of an example of a procedure for changing information about a product in the label printer device 10 according to the present embodiment.
(Step S1) The CPU 101 detects that the operator has pressed a button or key for instructing display of a pricing screen in order to make a price by using the key operation unit 141 or the touch panel 142a.
(Step S2) When it is detected in step S1 that the button or key for instructing the display of the pricing screen is pressed, the CPU 101 displays the pricing screen 400 (see FIG. 8) on the liquid crystal display 142b.

(Step S <b> 3) The CPU 101 detects that the product name button 412 is pressed from the pricing screen 400 by the operator. Next, the CPU 101 displays the fifty sounds on the liquid crystal display 142b via the display control unit 106. Next, the CPU 101 acquires the product name that is input by the operator operating the displayed Japanese syllabary. Alternatively, the CPU 101 displays a plurality of product name buttons on the liquid crystal display 142 b via the display control unit 106. Next, the CPU 101 acquires a product name corresponding to the product name button pressed by the operator from the displayed product names. Here, the product name acquired by the CPU 101 is, for example, “tomato”. The acquired product name is a product name corresponding to the product that the operator wants to price.

(Step S <b> 4) The CPU 101 transmits a request for transmitting information related to the product corresponding to the product name acquired in Step S <b> 3 (hereinafter referred to as product information) to the management device 30 via the network 20. Here, the request transmitted by the CPU 101 is, for example, a request for receiving the product information of “tomato” (product number = 00010) from the management device 30.
(Step S <b> 5) The CPU 101 receives the product information transmitted from the management apparatus 30 in response to the request via the network 20.
(Step S6) The CPU 101 displays the received product information on the liquid crystal display 142b (see FIG. 8).

(Step S <b> 7) The CPU 101 receives an input of a change item button pressed by the operator from the displayed screen 400. Examples of the change item buttons include a unit price button 413 and a production center button 414.
(Step S <b> 8) The CPU 101 displays an input screen corresponding to the button of the change item received in Step S <b> 7 in the screen 400 or overlapping the screen 400. The input screen corresponding to the change item button is, for example, a pop-up screen 414 a as shown in FIG. 9 when the change item button is the production area button 414. The pop-up screen 414a includes a plurality of candidate locality names, each of which is a selectable button. Next, the CPU 101 receives input of information to be changed selected by the operator from the input screen. The information to be changed is, for example, “produced in Kagoshima Prefecture”.

(Step S9) After receiving the information to be changed in step S8, the CPU 101 detects that the confirmation button 417 or the cancel button 418 has been pressed by the operator. When the CPU 101 detects that the confirmation button 417 has been pressed (step S9; confirm button), the CPU 101 proceeds to step S11. When the CPU 101 detects that the cancel button 418 has been pressed (step S9; cancel button), the process proceeds to step S10. Proceed to Note that the confirmation button 417 and the cancel button 418 may be buttons displayed on the touch panel 142a or may be keys that the key operation unit 141 has.

(Step S10) When it is detected that the cancel button 418 has been pressed, the CPU 101 cancels the changes received in steps S7 and S8 and returns to the display state of FIG. 8, for example. Next, the CPU 101 ends the process of changing information related to the product. Alternatively, the CPU 101 may return the process to step S7 after step S10 ends.
(Step S11) When it is detected that the confirmation button 417 has been pressed, the CPU 101 determines the contents of the change accepted in steps S7 and S8.
(Step S <b> 12) The CPU 101 transmits the changed item, the flag indicating the change, the identifier (ID) of the own device, and the changed information to the management device 30 via the network 20.
This completes the process of changing information related to the product.

Next, an example of a processing procedure of the management apparatus 30 will be described. FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure of the management apparatus 30 when changing information related to a product in the label printer apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment.
(Step S <b> 101) The control unit 302 of the management apparatus 30 receives a request from the label printer apparatus 10 via the network 20.
(Step S102) In response to the request, the control unit 302 reads out product information corresponding to the requested product from the product information storage unit 303.
(Step S <b> 103) The control unit 302 transmits the product information read from the product information storage unit 303 to the label printer device 10 via the network 20.

(Step S104) The control unit 302 labels the changed item, the flag indicating that the label printer 10 has changed, the identifier (ID) of the changed device, and the changed information via the network 20. Received from the printer 10.
(Step S105) The control unit 302 causes the product information storage unit 303 to store the received changed item, the flag indicating the change, the identifier (ID) of the device that has changed, and the changed information. For example, when the label printer device 10-1 changes the information on the production area, the label “1” indicating that the production area item “ID1” in the product information storage unit 303 illustrated in FIG. 7 has been updated is stored.
Above, the process of the management apparatus 30 is complete | finished.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a screen 400a for notifying a setting change according to the present embodiment. The difference between the screen 400 shown in FIG. 13 and FIG. 8 is a setting confirmation button 421 and a pop-up screen 422. As shown in FIG. 13, a pop-up screen 422 “Label printer device 10-1 setting has been changed” is displayed on the screen 400a. This pop-up screen 422 is displayed on the foremost layer of the screen 400. By displaying the pop-up screen 422 in this manner, the operator can easily and appropriately know that the setting has been changed by looking at the liquid crystal display 142b-2.

  14 is a diagram for explaining an example of a warning pop-up screen 423 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 14, the pop-up screen 423 includes an OK button 424 for erasing the pop-up screen 423, which indicates a warning message “The setting confirmation button has not been pressed yet”. The pop-up screen 423 is displayed on the foremost layer on the liquid crystal display 142b-2.

Next, an example of a processing procedure in another label printer device 10 that has performed a process for changing information about a product will be described.
FIG. 15 is a flowchart of an example of a processing procedure in another label printer device 10 that has performed a process for changing information related to a product according to the present embodiment. In the following processing, for example, in FIG. 1, the label printer apparatus 10-1 changes information about the product. Thereafter, the label printer apparatus 10-2 performs the following processing.

(Steps S201 to S204) The CPU 101-2 of the label printer apparatus 10-2 performs the processing of steps S201 to S204 in the same manner as steps S1 to S4 (FIG. 11).
(Step S <b> 205) The CPU 101-2 receives product information corresponding to the request from the management device 30 via the network 20. Here, the content changed by the processing of FIG. 11 is reflected in the product information received by the CPU 101-2. For this reason, when a change has been made, the product information includes the changed item, a flag indicating that the change has been made, the identifier (ID) of the device that made the change, and the changed information.

(Step S206) The CPU 101-2 displays the received product information on the liquid crystal display 142b-2 via the display control unit 106-2.
(Step S207) The CPU 101-2 determines whether or not the received information includes a flag indicating that the information has been changed. When the CPU 101-2 determines that the flag indicating the change is included (step S207; YES), the CPU 101-2 proceeds to step S208 and determines that the flag indicating the change is not included (step S207). NO), the process proceeds to step S213.

(Step S208) When determining that the flag indicating the change has been included, the CPU 101-2 displays the setting confirmation button 421 on the liquid crystal display 142b-2 via the display control unit 106-2. .
(Step S209) The CPU 101-2 displays an alert indicating that the product information has been changed by the label printer apparatus 10-1. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 13, the CPU 101-2 displays a pop-up screen 422 on the screen 400a.

(Step S210) The CPU 101-2 determines whether or not it has been detected that the label print button 416 has been pressed by the operator. If the CPU 101-2 determines that the label print button 416 has been pressed by the operator (step S210; YES), the CPU 101-2 proceeds to step S211 and detects that the label print button 416 has been pressed by the operator. If it is determined that it has not been performed (step S210; NO), the process of step S210 is repeated.

(Step S211) When it is determined that the label printing button 416 is pressed by the operator, the CPU 101-2 determines whether or not the setting confirmation button 421 is detected to be pressed by the operator. . CPU101-2 is setting confirmation button 421 may be pressed by the operator is determined to have been detected; that (step S211 YES), the process proceeds to step S21 3, setting confirmation button 421 is pressed by the operator If it is determined that it has not been detected (step S211; NO), the process proceeds to step S212.

(Step S212) When determining that the setting confirmation button 421 has not been pressed by the operator, the CPU 101-2 displays an alert screen on the screen 400a. For example, as shown in FIG. 14, the CPU 101-2 displays a pop-up screen 423 on the screen 400a. The CPU 101-2 detects that the OK button 424 has been pressed, and turns off the pop-up screen 423 display. Next, the CPU 101-2 returns the process to step S210.
(Step S213) When it is determined that the setting confirmation button 421 has been pressed by the operator, the CPU 101-2 transmits information indicating that the setting confirmation is completed to the management apparatus 30 via the network 20. To do.

(Step S214) The CPU 101-2 controls the printing control unit 103-2 to cause the printing mechanism unit 130 to print the label relating to the product displayed on the screen 400a.
(Step S215) When determining that the flag indicating the change has not been included, the CPU 101-2 determines whether or not it has been detected that the label print button 416 has been pressed by the operator. If the CPU 101-2 determines that the label print button 416 has been pressed by the operator (step S215; YES), the CPU 101-2 proceeds to step S214 and detects that the label print button 416 has been pressed by the operator. If it is determined that it has not been performed (step S215; NO), the process of step S215 is repeated.
Above, the process in the other label printer apparatus 10 which performed the change process of the information regarding goods is complete | finished.

  Next, a processing procedure performed by the management apparatus 30 with the plurality of label printer apparatuses 10 will be described. FIG. 16 is a flowchart of an example of processing performed by the management apparatus 30 according to the present embodiment with a plurality of label printer apparatuses 10. Note that the flowchart in FIG. 16 explains the processing after the change information is received from the label printer apparatus 10-1 shown in FIG.

(Step S <b> 301) The control unit 302 of the management apparatus 30 receives a request from the label printer apparatus 10-2 via the network 20.
(Step S302) In response to the request, the control unit 302 reads out product information corresponding to the requested product from the product information storage unit 303.
(Step S <b> 303) The control unit 302 associates the changed item, the changed information, the identifier (ID) of the changed device, and the flag indicating the change with the product information read from the product information storage unit 303. To the label printer 10 via the network 20.

(Step S <b> 304) The control unit 302 receives information indicating that the setting check has been completed from the label printer device 10 via the network 20.
(Step S <b> 305) The control unit 302 determines whether information indicating that the setting confirmation has been completed has been received from all the label printer apparatuses 10. When the control unit 302 determines that the information indicating that the setting check has been completed has been received from all the label printer apparatuses 10 (step S305), the control unit 302 proceeds to step S306, and stores the information indicating that the setting check has been completed. When it is determined that the label printer apparatus 10 has not received the information (step S305; NO), the process returns to step S301.
(Step S306) The control unit 302 resets a flag indicating that the change has been made.
Thus, the process performed by the management apparatus 30 with the plurality of label printer apparatuses 10 is completed.

Here, for example, a case where there are three label printers 10 (n = 3) will be described with reference to FIG.
After the product information is changed by the label printer device 10-1, the management device 30 receives a request from the label printer device 10-2 (step S301). Then, the management device 30 associates the changed item, the changed information, the identifier of the changed device (ID = 1), and the flag indicating the change with the product information via the network 20. The data is transmitted to the label printer device 10-2 (step S303).
Next, the control unit 302 receives information indicating that the setting confirmation is completed from the label printer device 10-2 via the network 20 (step S304).

Next, the management apparatus 30 receives a request from the label printer apparatus 10-3 (step S301). Then, the management device 30 associates the changed item, the changed information, the identifier of the changed device (ID = 1), and the flag indicating the change with the product information via the network 20. The data is transmitted to the label printer device 10-3 (step S303).
Next, the control unit 302 receives information indicating that the setting check has been completed from the label printer apparatus 10-3 via the network 20 (step S304).
Next, the control unit 302 determines that information indicating that setting confirmation has been completed has been received from all the label printer apparatuses 10 (step S305; YES), and resets a flag indicating that the setting has been changed (step S306). ).

  As described above, the label issuing device (label printer device 10) according to the present embodiment is a label issuing device (label printer device 10) connected to the management device 30 that manages print data, and other label issuing devices. If the receiving unit (communication unit 104) that receives information of the apparatus (label printer device 10) and the information received by the receiving unit (communication unit 104) are change information indicating that the print data has been changed, the print data And a control unit 100 for informing the display unit (liquid crystal display 142b) that the change has been made.

  Thereby, in the label issuing apparatus (label printer apparatus 10) according to the present embodiment, it is possible to easily determine that the change has been made only by the operator looking at the liquid crystal display 142b. Thereby, in the label printer device 10 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to reduce mistakes that the operator forgets to change the setting when issuing a label. The label printer device 10 may receive information transmitted from the other label printer device 10 via the management device 30 or directly receive information transmitted from the other label printer device 10. You may do it.

In addition, although the example which displays the pop-up screen 422 which alert | reports that the setting change was demonstrated was demonstrated in FIG. 13, the alerting | reporting method of a setting change is not restricted to this.
FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating another example of a screen 400b that notifies a setting change according to the present embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 17, the CPU 101-2 may extract changed information from the received product information and display a pop-up screen 431 for the extracted information. The pop-up screen 431 is displayed on the foremost layer of the screen 400b.

  In the example shown in FIG. 17, since the information on the production area has been changed, “the production area of the label printer 10-1 has been changed” is displayed on the screen 400b as the pop-up screen 431. The CPU 101-2 may display a plurality of such pop-up screens 431 according to change items. Further, the CPU 101-2 may display the changed contents in a single pop-up screen. Further, the pop-up screen 431 may have a shape like a balloon, for example, and in this case, the pop-up screen 431 may be displayed as if a balloon has come out from a changed item.

As described above, in the label printer device 10 according to the present embodiment, the control unit 100 displays the display unit when the information received by the receiving unit (communication unit 104) is change information indicating that the print data has been changed. The changed information of the print data displayed on the (liquid crystal display 142b) is notified on the display unit (liquid crystal display 142b).
As a result, in the label printer device 10 according to the present embodiment, when information about the product is received from the management device, even if there is a change in the information about the received product, the operator can determine which item has been changed using the liquid crystal display. The device 142b can be viewed for confirmation.

  Further, the label issuing device (label printer device 10) according to the present embodiment includes a detection unit (key operation unit 141, touch panel 142a) that detects an instruction to print a label, and the control unit 100 includes a detection unit (key operation). When the change information is unconfirmed when the unit 141 and the touch panel 142a) detect the instruction to print the label, the label printing is stopped and the change information is unconfirmed.

  Accordingly, when the label printer device 10 according to the present embodiment tries to print a label with the information before the change, the pop-up screen notifying that the label printer device 10 has performed the label printing without performing the label printing. Is displayed on the liquid crystal display 142b. As a result, the operator can prevent the label from being issued based on the information before the change.

[Second Embodiment]
In 1st Embodiment, although FIGS. 5-7 was demonstrated as an example of the information (refer FIG. 4) memorize | stored in the merchandise information storage part 303, it is not restricted to this.
18 is a diagram illustrating another example of the item name item stored in the item information storage unit 303 illustrated in FIG. FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating another example of the unit price item stored in the product information storage unit 303 illustrated in FIG. FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating another example of the item of the production area stored in the product information storage unit 303 illustrated in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 18, the item of item name includes items of management device, update date / time, ID1, update date / time 501-1, ID2, update date / time 501-2,..., Update date / time 501-n, IDn. The item “management device” indicates a product name stored in the product information storage unit 303. The item “update date and time” 501-1 is information indicating the date and time when the label printer 10 having ID1 updated the information. The item “ID1” indicates, for example, whether or not the product name relating to the product data “00001” has been registered or changed from the label printer apparatus 10-1 having ID1. For example, “0” indicates that the product name related to the product data “00001” has been registered or changed, and “1” indicates that the product name related to the product data “00001” has not been registered or changed.
Hereinafter, “update date and time” 501-2 is information indicating the date and time when the label printer device 10 having ID2 updated information, and “update date and time” 501-n is information updated by the label printer device 10 having IDn. This is the information indicating the date and time when

As shown in FIG. 19, the unit price item includes items of management device, update date / time, ID1, update date / time 511-1, ID2, update date / time 511-2,..., Update date / time 511-n, and IDn.
Further, as shown in FIG. 20, the items of production area are items of management device, update date / time, ID1, update date / time 521-1, ID2, update date / time 521-2,..., Update date / time 521-n, IDn. Including.

  As described above, the merchandise information storage unit 303 of the management device 30 may also store the update date and time when the label printer device 10 changes the information as shown in FIGS. Then, the management device 30 may include information indicating the update date and time stored in this way in the change information and transmit the information to the label printer device 10 via the network 20. Then, the label printer device 10 may extract information indicating the update date and time from the received change information, and display the extracted information indicating the update date and time on the liquid crystal display 142b together with the updated information. Thereby, the operator can know when the information is changed.

Moreover, although 1st Embodiment demonstrated the example which displays the pop-up screen 422 (refer FIG. 13) or the pop-up screen 431 (refer FIG. 17) that there was a change in the information regarding goods, Not limited to.
The case where another screen displayed on the liquid crystal display 142b when the label printer device 10-2 receives the information about the changed product after the label printer device 10-1 has changed the information about the product will be described below. Explained.

In FIG. 15, the CPU 101-2 performs steps S201 to S205 in the same manner.
(Step S206) The CPU 101-2 displays the received product information on the liquid crystal display 142b-2 via the display control unit 106-2. Next, the CPU 101-2 detects the updated information from the received merchandise information, and changes the display of the button corresponding to the detected information. Here, changing the display of the button is, for example, changing the display color, blinking the display, or displaying a “change” icon indicating that there has been a change.

  FIG. 21 is a diagram for explaining an example of the screen 400c when there is a change in information related to the product according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 21, the difference from the screen 400a shown in FIG. 13 is a unit price button 413c, a production center button 414c, a price button 415c, and a setting confirmation button 421c.

  As shown in FIG. 21, on the screen 400c, the display state of each button (411c, 413c, 414c, 415c) at the changed location in the information related to the product is changed. Thus, by changing the display state, the operator can easily and appropriately confirm which information has been changed by looking at the liquid crystal display 142b-2.

Further, in the label issuing device (label printer device 10) according to the present embodiment, the control unit 100, when the information received by the receiving unit (communication unit 104) is change information indicating that the print data has been changed, The display on the display unit is changed based on information indicating that the print data has been changed.
As a result, the label printer device 10 according to the present embodiment displays the changed information in a different display color or blinks, so that the operator views the liquid crystal display 142b. Thus, the operator can easily determine which item has been changed. Thereby, it is possible to reduce mistakes that the operator forgets to change the setting when issuing a label.
Further, the label printer device 10 according to the present embodiment may notify the liquid crystal display unit 142b that the change has been made when the value is changed to the data value changed by another label printer device.

A program for realizing all or part of the functions of the label printer device 10 and the management device 30 is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read by a computer system. The processing of each unit may be performed by executing. Here, the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.
Further, the “computer system” includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW system is used.
The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a flexible medium, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. Furthermore, the “computer-readable recording medium” dynamically holds a program for a short time like a communication line when transmitting a program via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In this case, a volatile memory in a computer system serving as a server or a client in that case, and a program that holds a program for a certain period of time are also included. The program may be a program for realizing a part of the functions described above, and may be a program capable of realizing the functions described above in combination with a program already recorded in a computer system.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and includes design changes and the like without departing from the gist of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Label issuing system 10, 10-1 to 10-n ... Label printer apparatus, 30 ... Management apparatus, 101 ... CPU, 102 ... Load cell control part, 103 ... Print control part, 104 ... Communication part, 105 ... Operation control 106, display control unit, 107 ... RAM, 108 ... ROM, 109 ... storage unit, 400a, 400b, 400c ... screen, 422, 423, 431 ... pop-up screen

Claims (7)

A label issuing device connected to another label issuing device,
A receiver for receiving the information of the other label issuing device,
Information received by the receiving unit is, in the case of changing the information indicating that the mark character data is changed, and a control unit for notifying on the display unit that the printing data is changed,
A detection unit for detecting an instruction to print a label;
An input unit for inputting that the change information has been confirmed;
With
The controller is
When the detection unit detects an instruction to print a label, if the fact that the change information has been confirmed is not input by the input unit, printing of the label is stopped, and the change information is unconfirmed. Inform
Label issuing device which is characterized a call. A label issuing device connected to another label issuing device,
A receiving unit for receiving information of the other label issuing device;
When the information received by the receiving unit is change information indicating that the print data has been changed, a control unit that notifies the display unit that the print data has been changed,
A detection unit for detecting an instruction to print a label;
An input unit for inputting that the change information has been confirmed;
With
The controller is
When the detection unit detects an instruction to print a label, if the fact that the change information has been confirmed is not input by the input unit, printing of the label is stopped, and the change information is unconfirmed. When the information received by the receiving unit is changed information indicating that the print data has been changed, the changed information of the print data displayed on the display unit is notified on the display unit. Do
Features and be Lula Bell issuing device a call. The controller is
When the information received by the receiving unit is change information indicating that the print data has been changed, the display on the display unit is changed based on the information indicating that the print data has been changed. The label issuing device according to claim 1 or 2. The label issuing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , further comprising: a transmission unit that transmits the change information to another label issuing device when the print data is changed. A management device for managing print data;
A plurality of label issuing devices connected to the management device;
With
Each of the plurality of label issuing devices is
When the print data is changed, a transmission unit that transmits change information to another label issuing device;
A receiving unit for receiving information of another label issuing device,
When the information received by the receiving unit is change information indicating that the print data has been changed, a control unit that notifies the display unit that the print data has been changed;
A detection unit for detecting an instruction to print a label;
An input unit for inputting that the change information has been confirmed;
Equipped with a,
The control unit of each of the plurality of label issuing devices is
When the detection unit detects an instruction to print a label, if the fact that the change information has been confirmed is not input by the input unit, printing of the label is stopped, and the change information is unconfirmed. Inform
Label issuing system which is characterized a call. The control unit of each of the plurality of label issuing devices is
  When the information received by the receiving unit is change information indicating that the print data has been changed, the changed information of the print data displayed on the display unit is notified on the display unit.
  The label issuing system according to claim 5. The management device
The change information is received from the label issuing device, and information indicating that the changed information is changed in the print data based on the received information is added and stored in the own device. The label issuing system according to claim 6.

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