JP2015121949A - Print data management apparatus, data filtering device, and print data management program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a print data management apparatus, data filtering apparatus, and print data management program, which allow for flexibly collecting necessary electronic data on purchase information at POS terminals or the like that output paper receipt.SOLUTION: An example embodiment of a print data management apparatus includes; a print data generation unit for generating print data for printing product purchase information onto paper as paper receipts; a printer driver for printing the print data generated by the print data generation unit using a printer; a receipt information management unit for storing print data output by the printer driver as receipt information; and a data filtering device which detects, if present, presence of a transmission control symbol that suggests that the receipt information be sent to the receipt information management unit, detects a receipt end command indicating the end of each set of receipt information, and sends the receipt information during the period to the receipt information management unit and, if the transmission control symbol is not present, outputs the print data to the printer.

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to a print data device, a data filter device, and a print data management program in a POS terminal or the like.

  Conventionally, a POS device provided in a store receives the amount of money for a product purchased by a customer and issues a paper receipt (paper receipt). The data of the sold product is separately sent to a server or the like, and is used for determining the type and amount of the subsequent product according to the sales.

  By the way, what collects all the above-mentioned merchandise sales information as electronic data is known as an electronic journal. For example, when a paper receipt is issued, an electronic journal creation system that collects all the data as an electronic journal is known. ing.

  However, this system is a system that issues all receipts when collecting purchase information, and paper-type receipts are also output.

JP 2005-321873 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a print data management device, a data filter device, and a print data management program capable of flexibly collecting electronic data necessary for purchase information in a POS terminal or the like that outputs a paper receipt. is there.

  An example print data management apparatus includes a print data creation unit for printing product purchase information on a paper receipt, a printer driver for printing the print data created in the print data creation unit on a printer, A receipt information management unit that stores print data output by the printer driver as receipt information, and a transmission control symbol indicating that the receipt information is sent to the receipt information management unit are detected, and A data filter device that detects a receipt end command indicating the end of receipt information, sends the receipt information for this period to the receipt information management unit, and outputs the print data to the printer if there is no transmission control symbol; Have.

1 is a configuration diagram of a POS system according to an embodiment. FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the POS terminal of one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the data filter apparatus of one Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating operation | movement of the print data management apparatus of one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the receipt information in which SRID was contained in one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the receipt information in which the additional symbol was contained after SRID in one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the receipt information in which special wording (registration minus) was contained in one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the receipt information in which the special wording (Ikkatsuri-keshi) was included in one Embodiment. In one embodiment, it is a figure for demonstrating the range whose flag to a receipt end command in case there exists SRID is 1. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of a print data management apparatus according to an embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. One of the features of this embodiment is that a transmission unit of electronic receipt information is clarified using a flag.

  As shown in FIG. 1, this POS system 10 is a POS terminal 11 for inputting, calculating and displaying the type, price and money of a purchased product, and is connected to the POS terminal 11 by a cable 12 to print a paper receipt. A receipt printer 13 for outputting is provided. A configuration example of the POS terminal 11 is shown in FIG. The POS terminal 11 includes an input unit 20 that inputs product information such as the type, unit price, and number of products, payment money information, and the like, an arithmetic unit 21 that performs arithmetic processing based on data input to the input unit 20, and an input A display unit 22 for displaying data, results of arithmetic processing, and the like, and a print data management device 23 are provided.

  The print data management device 23 includes a print data creation unit 24 that creates data to be printed as a paper receipt from input data and a result computed by the computation unit 21, a printer driver 25 that performs print control of the printer of the receipt printer 13, A data filter device 26 that acquires a part of the print data sent from the printer driver 25 to the receipt printer 13 and a receipt information management unit 27 that acquires and manages the electronic receipt information obtained by the data filter. Have.

  The receipt information management unit 27 is an application that converts the receipt information output from the data filter device 26 into an electronic receipt. In this embodiment, the receipt print data (receipt information) is converted into an electronic receipt in the receipt information management unit 27. However, the receipt information is transferred to an external server or another process instead of the receipt information management unit 27 and electronically received. You may make it make a receipt.

  The display unit 22 has a part of the function of the input unit 20 with a display surface as a touch panel structure. The printer driver 25 acquires a receipt print request from the print data creation unit 24, divides it into various commands, and transfers various commands and receipt print data to the receipt printer via the data filter device 26.

  A configuration example of the data filter device 26 is shown in FIG. The data filter device 26 sends the print data output from the printer driver 25 to the receipt printer 13 as it is, and the print data (receipt information) output from the printer driver 25 to the receipt information management unit 27. Alternatively, it includes a receipt information transmission unit 32 that transmits to both the receipt printer 13 and a data analysis control unit 33 that controls which of the printer transfer unit 31 and the receipt information transmission unit 32 is operated.

  The data analysis control unit 33 has a data analysis function, and includes an SRID detection unit 34 that detects whether or not SRID (smart identification ID) is included in the receipt information (purchase information), and a special wording is included in the receipt information. A special word detection unit 35 for detecting whether or not a receipt is received, a receipt end command detection unit 36 for detecting the end of a receipt that comes at the end of each receipt information, and a flag when an SRID is detected by the SRID detection unit 34 The flag control unit 37 sets the flag to zero when the receipt end detection unit 36 detects the end of the receipt, and the flag control unit 37 converts the receipt information whose flag is 1 to the receipt information management unit. A transmission instruction unit 38 that controls transmission to the terminal 27.

  Information for printing a paper receipt in the receipt printer 13 is called print data. This is also called receipt information when it is sent to the receipt information management unit 27. Actually, the print data includes a print control command. Both are similar information. The SRID detector 34 detects whether or not SRID (smart receipt code) is included in the receipt information. FIG. 5 shows an example of a paper receipt on which the SRID is printed. As shown in FIG. 5, for example, the SRID display 51 and the SRID number 52 are displayed on the right side thereof.

  If SRID is not detected in the receipt information by the SRID detection unit 34, the printer transfer unit 31 is operated to send the print data (receipt information) only to the receipt printer 13 as it is. In FIG. 5 and below, it is displayed like a printed paper receipt for easy understanding, but it is actually invisible electronic information that is not printed as a paper receipt.

  For example, an asterisk (*) may be added after the SRID. An example of this is shown in FIG. SRID is included in the display of the receipt information, and an additional symbol, for example, an asterisk (*) display 72 is added after the SRID number 61. Thus, if an additional symbol such as an asterisk (*) is added after the SRID, the SRID detector 34 detects the SRID and the asterisk. An example of a paper receipt including SRID and an asterisk is shown in FIG.

  In this case, the receipt information transmission unit 32 is driven to send the receipt information to the receipt printer 13 and to the receipt information management unit 27.

  On the other hand, SRID as shown in FIG. 5 is included in the receipt information, a symbol is added after that, and special wording may be included in the sheet information.

  Even when the special wording detection unit 35 detects a special wording, the printer transfer unit 31 is driven to send print data only to the receipt printer 13.

  Various special words are provided. For example, “registration minus” in the case of correcting the amount and the like is shown in FIG. In this example, a “registration minus” display 71 is shown before the SRID. In addition, there is “Ikatsu Trike” (collective cancellation) (display 81) shown in FIG. 8, and “return” is also included in the special wording here. This special wording may be at the front of the receipt information as shown in FIG. 7 or at the back as shown in FIG. Note that special words when printed as a paper receipt can be added or deleted at a later date.

  An example of the position of the receipt end command is shown in FIG. In this way, the flag is set to 1 in the range from the time when the SRID is detected to the receipt end command 91, and is set to 0 (zero) otherwise. The receipt end command is a control command that comes at the end of each receipt like a cut command for cutting a receipt in a paper receipt.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, in Act A401, when print data (receipt information) is received by the data filter device 26, the data analysis control unit 33 having a data analysis function analyzes the contents of the print data (receipt information) in Act A402. In Act A403, it is checked whether SRID is included in the receipt information. This SRID is detected by the SRID detector 34.

  If the SRID is not detected in Act A403, the process proceeds to Act A404, where print data output from the printer driver 25 is sent to the receipt printer 13 via the printer transfer unit 31, and a paper receipt is output from the receipt printer 13.

  On the other hand, in Act A405, the flag control unit 37 sets a flag, that is, 1 is set.

  In next Act A406, it is detected whether or not an additional symbol as shown by an asterisk 62 in FIG. 6 is included in the receipt information after the SRID. If no additional symbol is detected, the process moves to Act A407, where it is checked whether a receipt end command is detected. When a receipt end command is detected (Y in A407), the process proceeds to Act A408, where the flag control unit 37 sends a control signal to the transmission instruction unit 38, and receives receipt information between the flags 1 from the receipt information transmission unit 32. Control to send to the management unit 27. Then, in Act A409, the flag is set to zero.

  Act A409 may be performed before Act A408.

  On the other hand, if an additional symbol such as an asterisk is detected in Act A406, the process moves to Act A410. In Act A410, the special word detection unit 35 checks whether a special word is detected. If a special wording is detected in Act A410, the process proceeds to Act A11, the flag is canceled, and only the receipt printer 13 is output in Act A404.

  On the other hand, if no special wording is detected at Act A410, the receipt end detection unit 36 checks whether a receipt end command is detected at Act A411.

  In Act A 4312, the receipt information whose flag is 1 is sent to the printer and receipt information management unit 27 via the receipt information transmission unit 32. In the next Act A409, the flag control unit 37 returns the flag to 0 (zero). Also in this case, Act A409 may be executed before Act A412.

  In this way, when SRID is not detected and when SRID and additional symbols are detected and special words are also detected, the process proceeds to Act A404, where print data is sent to the receipt printer 13 and only the paper receipt is printed out. .

  On the other hand, when the SRID and the additional symbol are detected and no special wording is detected, the print data, that is, receipt information is sent to the receipt printer 13 and the receipt information management unit 27.

  The receipt information sent to the receipt information management unit 27 is temporarily stored in the POS terminal 11, and is sent to and managed by a receipt information server at a center (not shown), for example. For example, when a customer registered in advance accesses the receipt information server with a mobile device such as a smartphone or a personal computer, the receipt of the product purchased by the customer can be reconfirmed.

  The above embodiment can also be implemented by a program installed in a hardware configuration. A configuration example of the print data management apparatus 23 in this case is shown in FIG. The print data management device 23 includes an input / output control unit 101 that controls input / output of data from an external calculation unit 21, display unit 22, receipt printer 13, and the like, a storage unit 102 that stores data, and data calculation. An arithmetic control processing unit 103 that performs control processing and a CPU 104 that controls these units as a whole are included, and are actually configured by a computer.

  The storage unit 102 is a read only memory (ROM) 106 that can store various applications in advance and can only be read, and data that is input from the outside via the input / output control unit 91 and an arithmetic control processing unit 103. And a random access memory (RAM) 107 capable of writing and reading, which temporarily stores the data to be processed and the data processed by the calculation.

  The functions of the print data creation unit 24, the printer driver 25, the data filter device 26, and the receipt information management unit 23 shown in FIG. 2 are stored in advance in the ROM 106 as application programs. The CPU 104 applies a program stored in the ROM 106 to data input from the input / output control unit 101 and causes the arithmetic control processing unit 103 to perform specific arithmetic processing.

  By this control calculation, the processing shown in FIG. 4, that is, whether print data has been received (A401), analysis of print data when print data is received (A402), whether SRID has been detected (A403), SRID When an additional symbol is detected in the SRID (A406), a special wording is detected when the additional symbol is detected in the SRID (A410), and a receipt when no special wording is detected Processing such as whether or not an end command is detected (A411) can be performed.

  By the way, in the above embodiment, the print data is printed by the receipt printer. However, the present invention can be applied to a case where a general-purpose printer is used instead of a printer dedicated to receipt printing.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the SRID characters are included in the receipt information has been described. However, other characters or codes may be used, and if the SRID number or the like can be detected by the position, the SRID itself is not necessary. Good. The SRID itself does not have to be a number, and may be a code including an alphabet or the like.

  In the above embodiment, the receipt information is output to the receipt printer and the receipt information management unit when an asterisk is added after the SRID number. However, the symbols to be output to both may be other codes and numbers (additional symbols) instead of asterisks.

  In the embodiment described above, whether the receipt information is output only to the receipt information management unit or the printer is controlled depending on whether or not an additional symbol (asterisk) is added to a predetermined transmission control symbol. Therefore, if it is desired to send all purchase information to the receipt management unit, the electronic journal data can be obtained if the additional symbol is always added.

  In the above embodiment, when there is no SRID, print data is output to the printer. In this way, the same processing can be performed for a POS system that does not employ SRID.

  When the additional symbol is included in the receipt information, the receipt information is sent only to the receipt information management unit, and when the additional symbol is not included, the receipt information is sent to the receipt information management unit and the receipt printer. It is also possible. In short, the receipt information may be sent only to the printer or sent to the receipt information management unit depending on whether or not a predetermined transmission control symbol or additional symbol is included in the receipt information.

  In the above embodiment, when SRID is detected and an additional symbol is detected after that, and when a special wording is not detected, it is output to the receipt printer and the receipt information management unit. However, SRID is detected. Even when the additional symbol is not detected and the special wording is not detected, it may be output to the receipt printer and the receipt information management unit.

  In the above embodiment, when SRID is present and special wording is included in the receipt information, the receipt information is output only to the receipt printer. However, the special wording may not be detected.

  According to this embodiment, in the conventional POS system, there is a system that can flexibly output to both the printer and the receipt information management unit simply by adding a predetermined transmission control symbol and its additional symbol to the receipt information. can get.

  As described above, according to the embodiment, there is provided a print data management device, a data file device, and a print data management program capable of flexibly collecting electronic data necessary for purchase information in a POS terminal that outputs a paper receipt. can get.

  Further, according to this embodiment, there is an advantage that the receipt information for each receipt can be surely acquired by using the flag and setting the flag to 1 after detecting the SRID until the receipt end command is detected.

  Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... POS system 11 ... POS terminal 13 ... Receipt printer 23 ... Print data management device 24 ... Print data creation part 25 ... Printer driver 26 ... · Data filter device 27 ··· Receipt information management unit 31 · · · Printer transfer unit 32 · · · Receipt information transmission unit 33 · · · Data analysis control unit 34 · · · SRID detection unit 35 · · · ..Special wording detection unit 36... Receipt end detection unit 37... Flag control unit 38.

Claims (5)

A print data creation unit for printing product purchase information on paper receipts;
A printer driver for printing the print data created in the print data creation unit on a printer;
A receipt information management unit for storing print data output by the printer driver as receipt information;
It is detected that a transmission control symbol indicating sending the receipt information is included in the receipt information management unit, a receipt end command indicating the end of the receipt information for each case is detected, and the receipt information for this period is stored in the receipt information. A data filter device for sending the print data to the printer if there is no transmission control symbol sent to a receipt information management unit;
A print data management apparatus comprising:   The data filter device outputs the receipt information as print data to the printer when the receipt information includes the transmission control symbol and the receipt information includes a predetermined wording. 2. A printer data device according to claim 1, wherein: A printer transfer unit that receives print data from a printer driver that controls printing by the printer and transfers the print data to the printer;
A receipt information transmission unit that receives print data from the printer driver and transmits the print data only to a receipt information management unit or to the receipt information management unit and the printer;
The receipt information management unit detects that a transmission control symbol indicating that the receipt information is to be sent is included, sets a flag to 1, detects a receipt end command indicating the end of the receipt information for each case, and sets a flag. A flag control unit that returns 0 to
The receipt information of the period in which the flag is set to 1 by the flag control unit is sent to the receipt information management unit, and if there is no period in which the flag is set to 1 by the flag control unit, the print data is output to the printer. A control unit for controlling
A data filter device comprising:   The control unit drives the receipt information transmission unit when it is detected that the receipt information includes the transmission control symbol and a predetermined additional symbol, and sends the receipt information management unit and the receipt to the receipt. 4. The data filter device according to claim 3, wherein information is output. Analyzing product purchase information as receipt information to detect whether a predetermined transmission control symbol is included,
When the receipt information does not include the transmission control symbol, print data for printing product purchase information on a paper receipt is transferred from the printer driver to the printer,
When the receipt control symbol is included in the receipt information, a flag 1 is set from this point to the end of the receipt command, and the print data output by the printer driver during the flag 1 is output to the receipt information management unit as receipt information. A print data management program for causing a computer to execute

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