JP2000318225A - Label-issuing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate changing printing data including a color designation by setting a memory means for storing a printing format including the color designation, and a change command input means for inputting a change command for printing data including the color designation, and carrying out printing according to the printing format based on the change command. SOLUTION: A label-issuing apparatus 6 in a metering printer includes a printing device 14 with a thermal head 15 capable of printing in color, a printing format memory means 18 in which a printing format of a label 9 is stored, and the like. A printing size, a printing layout position and a printing color indication, etc., are attached to the printing format. When a change command for printing data including the color indication is inputted from a change command input means 17 for each printing unit, a CPU 7 writes printing data of a changed color based on the change command to a printing data memory means 11. The CPU 7 develops data to printing data to a two color-developing original paper based on the change command and controls printing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a label issuing apparatus for printing print data including a product name and a price on a label.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a backyard of a supermarket, a pack center of a convenience store, or the like, a label issuing device issues a label on which a product name, unit price, weight, price, etc. are printed, and the product is packed into a package. Affixed.

[0003] The print format of the label is the product name,
It includes the layout and size of the printing unit corresponding to the printing columns such as price and weight, and is created according to the needs of the user. Here, after the user once registers the print data in the print format,
The color designation of the print data may be changed for each print unit. For example, in order to give the consumer a sense of bargain, an erase value for printing a price after discount (M (mark-down) special price) or an erasure display for erasing the price before discount with a double line in the price print column. This is the case where each process is printed in red.

[0004]

In the above case, in the conventional label issuing apparatus, in addition to the normal mode for printing and issuing labels, a label printing format and a registration mode for registering data to be printed are used to specify a label color. Is performed, it is necessary to change the mode from the normal mode to the registration mode every time the color specification is changed, and there is a problem that it is complicated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide a label issuing apparatus capable of easily changing print data including color designation.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a label issuing apparatus according to the present invention prints print data including a product name and a price on a label. Print format storage means for storing a print format including a color specification for each printing unit to be printed, change command input means for inputting a print data change command including a color specification in a normal mode for issuing a label, and input change Print control means for performing printing corresponding to the print format based on the command.

According to the label issuing apparatus, in the normal mode for issuing a label, a print data change command including a color designation is input, so that printing corresponding to a print format is performed based on the input change command. Therefore, the print data including the color designation can be easily changed.

Preferably, the change command input means inputs, into a price printing unit, an erasing process of color designation and / or a special price of color designation for printing an erasure display of a price before change in a designated color. Things.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below 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 illustrating a configuration of the label issuing device. In FIG. 1, the weighing printer includes a label issuing device 6 for printing print data including a product name and a 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 platform 50 and outputs the weighed value to the CPU 7 of the label issuing device 6 in FIG.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the print content of the label 9 displayed on the screen of the touch panel 10. Label 9
The print data is printed in print columns 31 to 34 of the product name, price, processing date, and expiration date. The label issuing device 6 is a printer capable of performing color printing, and various types such as a laser beam printer, an LED printer, an ink jet printer, and a thermal printer are adopted. In the case of a thermal type, the label 9 is For example, a multicolor label base paper that can selectively develop two or more colors of black, yellow, red, blue and the like according to the difference in the heating temperature is used.
In the present embodiment, a two-color label base paper 9 for black and red is used. The printing device 14 shown in FIG. 2 is of a thermal type, and a thermal head 15 prints 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 coloring temperatures. The thermal head 15 has a plurality of heating elements and switch elements, and the amount of heat generated by the heating elements is controlled by a printing control unit 13 described later to change the coloring temperature.

The CPU 7 of the apparatus controls the operation of the entire label issuing apparatus 6 and operates in accordance with a program stored in the ROM 12. The CPU 7 calculates the selling price from the weight of the input product, and stores these data and the specified print data such as the product name and price input from the print data input unit 8 into the print data storage unit (product master) 11. Write to.

The print format for each print unit corresponding to the print column on the label 9 is stored in the print format storage means 18. This print format includes
This includes the size of the print, the layout of the print, and the designation of the color of the print. FIG. 4 shows an example of the data structure of the print format. For each printing unit, a color flag (F / G) field 41 for inputting a color to be printed, an XY coordinate data field 42 for inputting a printing area, a product name "Hachi" and a price "7"
It has a print data column 43 for inputting print data such as "55". For example, if the F / G column is 1, the color is black, and if it is 2, the color is red. The specified print data in these print formats is written in the registration mode. In this registration mode, all F / G columns of each printing unit are set to 1
And set to black.

The printing unit for the price has a normal price (75
In addition to the printing unit 22 corresponding to the price column A indicating 5), the printing unit 2 corresponding to the price column B indicating the M special price (595) and the double line which is a double line indicating that the price before the discount is deleted.
3 and a printing unit 24 corresponding to a price column C showing only a double line, which is a price deletion display before the discount, is provided to be selectable. In FIG. 4, the print unit 23 and the print unit 24 show a state where the F / G column is 2 and the color is changed to red.

In the normal mode for issuing labels, the CPU 7 shown in FIG. 2 receives a change command for print data including, for example, a red designation from the change command input means 17 for each printing unit, and based on the change command. The changed red print data is written in the print data storage means 11. This change command input means 17 is provided on the touch panel 10.
And a change screen displayed there. Then, the print data is displayed in a print format on a label as shown in FIG. 3, and in that state, when a column to be changed, for example, a price column 32 on the display screen is touched, the print color or display mode there is changed. A screen for selection is newly superimposed and displayed. If a color specification or a display mode is selected, print data including the registered color specification is changed.

In the black print format stored in the print format storage means 18, the CPU 7
A display device which develops the black print data stored in the print data storage means 11 and the red print data of the print unit changed based on the change command into print data on the two-color label base paper 9 It is displayed on the screen 10 (FIG. 3).

Upon receiving a print command from the CPU 7, the print control means 13 controls 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. To print.

The operation of the label issuing device 6 having the above configuration will be described. First, in the registration mode, the CPU 7 uses the print format stored in the print format storage unit 18 to store, for each product, specified print data such as the product name and price input from the touch panel 10 in the print data storage unit ( (Product master) 11. Note that print data specified for each product may be registered in the print data storage unit 11 in advance. Next, in the normal mode, the present device operates as follows according to a program stored in the ROM 12.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the present apparatus. When a product is specified in the normal mode, data on the product is displayed in a print format as shown in FIG. 3 (step S1 in FIG. 5). Next, it is confirmed whether or not a print data change command has been input (step S).
2). If there is no print data change command, printing is executed with normal black print data when the printing conditions are satisfied (step S3). On the other hand, when the displayed price column 32 is touched, the print selection setting screen of FIG. 6 is displayed in an overlapping manner (step S4). By performing print selection on this screen (step S5), print data including the color designation is changed and printed.

In step S5, when "double line and M special price" is selected by printing as shown by the cross line in FIG. 6 (step S6), the F / G column 41 is set to 2 as shown in FIG. That is, the printing unit 23 changed to the red designation is selected,
As shown in FIG. 7A, a double line for erasing the amount (755) before the M special price and the amount of the M special price (595) located above the double line are printed in the price column 32 of the label 9 in red. (Step S7). When "double line" is selected for printing on the screen of FIG. 6 (step S8), the printing unit 24 similarly changed to the red designation is selected as shown in FIG. 4, and as shown in FIG. 7B. Then, a double line for erasing the amount (755) before the M special price is printed in red (step S6). In this case, the amount column of the M special price is not printed but is processed so as to be blank. When "barcode only" is selected on the screen of FIG. 6 (step S10), the barcode is changed to a barcode of M special price and printed in black (step S11). In the case of the above “double line” and “bar code only”, since the consumer cannot recognize the amount of the M special price, a sticker indicating the amount of the M special price is separately attached to the label 9.

It should be noted that not only the printing unit in the price column 32 in FIG.
In a printing unit or the like, the color designation and the display mode can be similarly changed. At this time, for example, colors may be designated for each type of vegetables, meat, and the like.

As described above, according to the present invention, when a print data change command including a color designation is input in the normal mode in which a label is issued, not in the registration mode, the print format is changed based on the input change command. Can be performed, the print data including the color designation can be easily changed.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, in the normal mode for issuing a label, a print data change command including a color designation is input, and the print format is changed based on the input change command. Can be performed, the print data including the color designation can be easily changed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a weighing printer provided with 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 print format.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a label print format.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of the label issuing device.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a print selection screen.

FIGS. 7A and 7B are diagrams illustrating an example of a label whose print data has been changed.

[Explanation of symbols]

9: label, 13: print control means, 17: change command input means, 18: print format storage means.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A label issuing device for printing print data including a product name and a price on a label, comprising: a print format storage means for storing a print format including a color designation for each print unit corresponding to a print column on the label. A change command input means for inputting a print data change command including a color designation in a normal mode for issuing a label, and a print control means for performing printing corresponding to the print format based on the input change command. Label issuing device provided with. 2. The change command input means according to claim 1, wherein the change command input means performs a color-designated erase processing and / or a color-designated print in which a price deletion display before the change is printed in a specified color on a price printing unit. A label issuing device for entering a special price.