JPH0343569B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a label printer that prints advertising characters in addition to the product name in the product name printing column printed by dots.

In addition, in this specification, "promotional characters" refer to
Refers to additional characters that serve as sales promotions, such as ``advertisement items'' and ``special discount items,'' which have no direct relation to the quality of the product. On the other hand, the additional characters in JP-A No. 55-148187, such as "cow/pig", are
``Characters on content display'' that are directly related to product quality
However, the function is completely different from that of ``promotional letters''.

Conventionally, for label printers (electronic scales equipped with a label printing device), in response to requests such as setting the product name and unit price, printing was performed using a rubber plate or the like with the product name engraved on it. method was adopted. In addition, when using a label printer's printing device to print letters, numbers, etc. using dots, it is possible to print the product name using dots, but with this printing device, characters are printed at regular intervals. Because the letters are printed on the paper, they have some disadvantages, such as being difficult to read depending on the number of characters. Therefore, the applicant invented Japanese Patent Application No. 55-24604 and proposed a method of changing the spacing between characters depending on the number of characters in the product name column.

The present invention further develops the above-mentioned method to provide a label printer in which, in addition to the product name in the product name column, advertising characters specified in advance are printed simultaneously before and after the product name, thereby giving the label an advertising function. The purpose is to

The present invention will be described below based on embodiments shown in the drawings.

Figure 1 shows the external appearance of a label printer (electronic scale equipped with a label issuing device).A control section consisting of a central processing unit, memory, etc. is provided inside the scale body 1, and a weighing pan 2 is equipped with a control section including a central processing unit, memory, etc. The weight of the object to be weighed is detected by the weight detection section, and
This weight is displayed in the weight display field 3, and the unit price is input into the control unit using the key operation unit 4.
The product with the weight is calculated, and the results are digitally displayed in a price display field 5 and a unit price in a unit price display field 6, respectively. In addition, each display column 3,
The contents displayed in 5 and 6, as well as information such as the product, processing date, product code, etc. shown in Figure 2, are printed by the control unit using a dot-type printing device (displaying characters, symbols, etc. using dots). A heat-sensitive type that allows
The information is transmitted to a printing device (such as a discharge destruction type, wire dot type, or inkjet type) 7, where it is printed on a label 8 and issued.

In this invention, in addition to the product name 8b, the dot-type printing device 7 simultaneously prints promotional characters 8c such as advertising text in the product name display column 8a of the label 8. That is, the scale body 1 is provided with advertising character setting means 9 as shown in FIG. 1 in order to input a code corresponding to the patterned advertising characters (text) into the control section. The promotional character setting means 9 is arranged near the key operation section 4 of the scale body 1, and displays text such as "Today's recommended product", "Advertisement product", "Discount product for today only", etc. By selectively operating the auxiliary keys 9a, . . . , the code of the sentence corresponding to the display of the auxiliary key 9a is called from the memory of the control unit and transmitted to the central processing unit. The spacing between each character is determined based on the number of characters in the product name and advertising text, and these are added to the end of the product name set in ``Roast Ham (Advertisement Product)'' as shown in Figure 2.
It is printed on the label like this.

In the embodiment, the promotional text is inserted at the end of the product name, but it may also be inserted before the product name. In addition to the above-mentioned full-key type, the advertising character setting means may also be a code-type type in which a numeric key is combined with a function key.

In this way, by adding the required text to the preset product name using the advertising text setting means, it becomes possible to register and display the unit price, set the product code, and print the product name by inputting the product name code. By selectively operating the auxiliary keys 9a, . . . , one of the patterned advertising texts can be printed on the label 8 together with the product name, and this operation can be performed by simply pressing one key. .

As explained above, the label printer having the advertising character printing function according to the present invention stores in the memory a plurality of advertising characters that have been converted into text in advance, and
By calling and setting the advertising characters with the corresponding call code, the advertising characters are inserted before and after the product name characters, and the spacing between each character is newly determined based on the number of characters between the product name characters and the advertising characters, Since these are printed simultaneously in the product name printing field on the label, there is no need to input each character one by one to create advertising text, and you can simply call up the advertising text by entering the call code that corresponds to the advertising text. Can be set.

Therefore, for example, if one key is associated with each code for calling a promotional text, the promotional text can be set by simply operating one key.

In addition, since the dot printing device 7 is shared, there is no need for any special equipment, and the space that should be the blank space on the label can have an advertising function, making it an effective means of sales promotion strategy. There are some effects.

Furthermore, the advertising characters are inserted before and after the product name characters, and the spacing between each character is determined based on the number of characters between the product name characters and advertising characters, so whether the advertising characters are printed or not, the printing will be effective. It has a good balance and is very easy to see.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a label printer showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view of a label issued by the label printer of FIG. 1... Scale body, 4... Key operation section, 7... Dot type printing device, 8... Label, 8a... Product name display field, 8b... Product name, 8c... Promotional characters, 9...
Advertising character setting means, 9a...auxiliary key.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a label printer configured to print product name characters set in a central processing unit in the product name printing field of a label using dots, a plurality of advertising characters that have been converted into text in advance are associated with a call code. by selecting and inputting the calling code, calling up the corresponding advertising characters from the memory, inserting the advertising characters before and after the product name characters, and setting the advertising characters in the central processing unit; A new advertising character setting means is provided for determining the spacing between each character based on the number of characters between the product name character and the advertising character, and the advertising character is simultaneously printed in addition to the product name character in the product name printing field of the label. A label printer having an advertising character printing function.