JP2000238346A - Label printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To add the data of price in discard processing. SOLUTION: In a label printer wherein commodity data obtained by the inquiry to a host is displayed on a display 9 on the basis of a predetermined format in disue processing for communicating the data of a commodity left unsold to the host, a format having a fixed price display column (a) and a selling price display column (b) is used to select either one of the fixed price displayed on the fixed price display column (a) and the selling price displayed on the selling price display column (b) so as to be capable of displaying a standard price (fixed price) and a present price (selling price) on the display 9 as commodity data at a time of disuse processing to communicate the selected price to the host of the data of a disused commodity. By this constitution, when the host accumulates the data of the disused commodity, even the same commodity is discriminated when a selling price is different.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a label printer used for discarding processing for notifying a host of various information on unsold products.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Label printers used conventionally obtain product data by inquiring of a host, print the product data obtained from the host or data input by the label printer on label paper, and issue the label data. There is.

Some of such label printers are used not only for printing and printing on label paper but also for discarding unsold products. The disposal process
This is a process of storing and holding various information such as the price and number of unsold and discarded products.

[0004] Although a fixed price is set as a standard price as a commodity price, a selling price may be set as a current price by discounting the fixed price when, for example, the expiration date is approaching.

When printing and issuing label paper, a fixed price or a selling price is selected as the amount of money to be printed on the label paper.
Manual input using the numeric keys provided on the keyboard.

[0006] In the disposal process, some models do not display the price of the product on the display provided in the label printer.
It does not set which of the fixed price or the selling price should be used for disposal.

[0007]

There are two types of products to be disposed of, which are sold at a fixed price and are unsold and discarded, or are sold at a reduced price from the fixed price but are unsold and discarded. There is.

[0008] For this reason, there is a demand that it is desirable to discriminate, as information stored in the host, whether a discarded product was sold at a fixed price without discount or at a discounted price. is there.

[0009] Further, even when the price is set at the time of printing / issuing the label paper, even if the fixed price and the selling price are set in advance by the host, it is not necessary to select either of them, but the amount to be printed is changed. In such a case, the amount of money must be rewritten each time using a numeric key provided on the keyboard, which is troublesome.

[0010] It is an object of the present invention to attach price information at the time of disposal.

Another object of the present invention is to make it easy to switch whether to perform disposal processing based on a fixed price or a selling price.

Another object of the present invention is to make it easy to switch between printing a fixed price or a selling price on label paper.

[0013]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a label printer according to the present invention uses merchandise data obtained by inquiring of a host based on a predetermined format at the time of discard processing for notifying the host of unsold merchandise information. In a label printer for displaying on a display, the format has a fixed price display section for displaying a standard price and a selling price display section for displaying a currently set price, and the price displayed in the fixed price display section at the time of the disposal. Or a price selecting means for selecting any one of the prices displayed in the selling price display section.

Therefore, when storing information on products to be discarded, it is possible to distinguish between the same products with different selling prices.

According to a second aspect of the invention, there is provided a label printer.
In a label issuing process for printing and issuing product data on label paper, in a label printer that displays the product data obtained by inquiring of the host on a display based on a predetermined format, the format displays a standard price. It has a fixed price display field and a selling price display field for displaying the currently set price, and selects either the price displayed in the fixed price display field or the price displayed in the selling price display field during the label issuing process. Price selection means is provided.

Therefore, when any one of the regular price and the selling price is selected and printed on the label paper, the amount to be printed can be easily set. Both the fixed price and the selling price may be set by the host, or only the fixed price may be set by the host and the selling price may be arbitrarily set by a label printer provided in each store.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a label printer.
During discard processing for notifying the host of information on unsold products and label issuing processing for printing and issuing product data on label paper, the product data obtained by inquiring of the host is displayed on a display based on a predetermined format. In the label printer, the format has a regular price display section for displaying a standard price and a selling price display section for displaying a currently set price, and is displayed in the regular price display section during the disposal processing and the label issuing processing. Price selection means is provided for separately selecting either the price or the price displayed in the selling price display column in each of the disposal processing and the label issuing processing.

Accordingly, the price can be set for each of the disposal process and the label issuance, and the respective settings do not interfere with each other.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the label printer according to the first, second or third aspect, wherein a touch panel is provided on a surface of the display, and the price selecting means comprises:
The price selected by the touch panel is selected based on the format, and the discarding process or the label issuing process is performed based on the price selected by the price selecting unit.

Therefore, it is possible to easily switch between the price displayed in the fixed price display column and the price displayed in the selling price display column.

[0021]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of a label printer according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. First, FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical connection of each unit included in the label printer according to the present embodiment.

The label printer of the present invention includes a CPU 1 for executing various arithmetic processing and centrally controlling each unit.
The PU 1 has a ROM 2 and a RAM 3 connected via a system bus 4.

The ROM 2 is a medium storing an operation program of the printer.
PU1 controls each part.

The RAM 3 temporarily stores various variable information. Further, a part of the RAM 3 is used as a print buffer or as various counter areas.

The CPU 1 also includes a communication driver 5 for communicating with the host, a thermal head 6 for printing on label paper, a pulse motor 7 for transporting the label paper, and a transmission or reflection type for detecting the position of the label paper. A label sensor 8, a display 9 for displaying product data obtained by inquiring of the host, etc., a keyboard 10 having a numeric key and used for manual input by an operator, and the like are connected.

FIGS. 2 and 3 show display examples on the display 9. FIG. 2 shows the display 9 in which the product data is displayed in accordance with the label issuing format, FIG.
Is a display 9 on which product data is displayed in accordance with a format for disposal processing. Display 9
The touch panel 11 is provided on the surface of the.

The label issuing format shown in FIG. 2 and the discarding format shown in FIG. 3 both have a list price display column a for displaying a list price set as a standard price and a list price currently set after discounting from the list price. And a selling price display column b for displaying a selling price which is a price.

In FIG. 2, the selling price display column b is surrounded by a frame line c, and this state indicates that the selling price is selected as the price to be printed on the label paper. here,
If the fixed price display column a is surrounded by the frame line c, the fixed price is selected as the price to be printed on the label paper. A double framed line d is a cursor indicating a field in which input can be performed by the keyboard 10. In the state shown in FIG. 2, when setting how many labels with a price of 480 yen are to be printed, the keyboard is used. The user has just input 5 using the ten numeral key.

In FIG. 3, the fixed price display column a is surrounded by a frame line c, and this state indicates that the fixed price is selected as information to be notified to the host in the disposal processing of this product. Here, if the selling price display column b is surrounded by a frame line c,
The selling price has been selected as information to be notified to the host in the disposal processing.

Here, in the host, a frame line c is located in the list price display column a and the discarding process in which the list price is notified to the host as information on this product, and a frame line c is located in the selling price display column b. The selling price is stored separately from the discarding process in which the selling price is notified to the host as information on the product.

Further, a double frame line d is a cursor indicating the position currently input. In the state of FIG. 3, the number of discarded products whose price is 530 yen is set by the number key of the keyboard 10. Are entered as three, and a total of 1,590 yen of those prices is calculated.

The double frame line d indicates that the operator
By touching a position corresponding to a field to be input by the user, the screen moves to that field.

Here, in the label printer of this embodiment, the list price displayed in the list price display column a is fixed to the price set by the host, and the operator is not allowed to change the price. Therefore, the double framed line d is displayed in the price list box a.
It is not located in. When the operator touches the fixed price display column a, the fixed price display column a is surrounded by a frame line c, and the double frame line d does not move from the original position.

In the label printer according to the present embodiment, the selling price displayed in the selling price display column b can be changed at each store. Therefore, when the operator touches the selling price display field b, the selling price display field b is surrounded by the frame c, and at the same time, the double border line d moves to the selling price display field b.

However, in the implementation, the selling price displayed in the selling price display column b is set only by the host,
The operator may not be allowed to input a price change. In this case, when the operator touches the selling price display field b, the selling price display field b is only surrounded by the frame c, and the double frame d does not move from the original position.

In the implementation, the possibility of changing the display price in the selling price display column b may or may not be distinguished for each product.

According to the flowchart shown in FIG.
The flow of setting the label amount executed in accordance with the program stored in No. 2 will be described.

First, when it is detected that the operator has touched the touch panel 11 (Y in step S1), the touched position is confirmed (step S2). If the position touched by the operator is a column for displaying a price (step S3), it is determined whether it is a selling price display column b or a fixed price display column a (step S4), and the selling price display column b is determined. If so, the label price is set to the current price displayed in the selling price display column b (step S5). In addition, fixed price display column a
If so, the label amount is set to the standard price displayed in the fixed price display column a (step S6).

Here, means for executing steps S3 to S6 corresponds to price setting means.

After setting the amount of the label, when the label issuing key of the keyboard 10 is depressed, various product data such as prices are printed on the label paper by the thermal head 6 and issued.

If it is determined in step S3 that the position touched by the operator is not a column for displaying the price, the process proceeds to another process (step S7).

Next, according to the flowchart shown in FIG.
A description will be given of a flow of setting a disposal amount to be executed according to a program stored in the ROM 2.

First, when it is detected that the operator has touched the touch panel 11 (Y in step S11), the touched position is confirmed (step S12). If the position touched by the operator is a column for displaying a price (step S13), it is determined whether it is a selling price display column b or a fixed price display column a (step S14), and a selling price display column b
If it is, the disposal processing amount is set to the amount obtained by multiplying the current price displayed in the selling price display column b by the number (step S15). If the price is the fixed price display column a, the disposal amount is set to the standard price displayed in the fixed price display column a multiplied by the number (step S16).

Here, steps S13 to S16
Means corresponds to a price setting means.

If it is determined in step S13 that the position touched by the operator is not a column for displaying the price, the process proceeds to another process (step S17).

In such a configuration, when discarding, for example, a discarded product that is sold at a fixed price and that has not been sold or that has been dropped on the floor before sale, the display 9 is first displayed on the display 9. Call the discard processing screen of No. 3. Next, when the barcode attached to the product is read by the scanner, the date, the JAN code of the product, and the company code are displayed first. Next, the product data is inquired to the host via the communication driver 5, and the obtained product data is displayed. That is, the product name, the currently set selling price, the list price, the department code, the number of discarded items up to the present, and the total amount thereof are displayed. Here, the section code is a code that is set for each type of product classified as, for example, meat, fish, fruits and vegetables, and the like.

At this time, if the frame c surrounds the selling price display column b, the user touches the price display column a to move the frame c to the price display column a.

Then, the user touches a column in which the number of discarded items up to the present is displayed, moves the double frame line d to that column, and corrects the number with the numeric key of the keyboard 10. As a result, the content of the disposal process based on the list price of the product stored in the host is updated.

Next, when discarding the unsold products sold at the selling price, the display 9 shown in FIG.
Is called, and the barcode attached to the product is read by the scanner, and the product data is displayed.

Then, when the frame c surrounds the fixed price display column a, the user touches the selling price display column b to move the frame c and the double frame d.

At this time, if it is necessary to correct the selling price, the selling price is corrected using the number keys on the keyboard 10, and then, the field displaying the number of discarded items up to the present time is touched and the double frame line d is drawn. Move to that column and correct the number with the numeric keys on the keyboard 10. As a result, the content of the disposal process stored in the host based on the selling price of the product is updated.

When there are a plurality of selling prices for one product, the discarding contents for each selling price are stored in the host.

[0053]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, at the time of disposal, either the price displayed in the fixed price display column or the price displayed in the selling price display column is selected. In accumulating information, it is possible to discriminate the case where the same product has a different selling price, so that more detailed information on the discarded product can be accumulated.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, at the time of label issuance processing, either the price displayed in the fixed price display column or the price displayed in the selling price display column is selected.
In the case where either the regular price or the selling price is selected and printed on label paper, the amount of money to be printed has conventionally been rewritten one by one, but the amount to be printed can be easily set.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, at the time of disposal processing and label issuance processing, either the price displayed in the list price display section or the price displayed in the selling price display section is separately performed in each of the disposal processing and label issuance processing. Since the selection is made, the price can be set between the disposal process and the label issue without interfering with each other, the product information notified to the host in the disposal process can be detailed, and the price setting at the time of label issue can be easily performed. .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first, second or third aspect of the present invention, a touch panel is provided on a surface of the display, and the price selecting means determines a price selected by the touch panel based on the format. Since the selection is made, it is possible to easily switch between the price displayed in the fixed price display column and the price displayed in the selling price display column.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical connection of each unit included in an embodiment of the label printer of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an example of a display in which product data is displayed according to a label issuing format.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an example of a display in which product data is displayed according to a format for disposal processing.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of setting a label amount.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a flow of setting a disposal processing amount.

[Explanation of symbols]

 9 Display 11 Touch panel a Price display field b Price display field S3 to S6, S13 to S16 Price selection means

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A label printer for displaying product data obtained by inquiring of a host on a display in a discarding process of notifying information of unsold products to a host, based on a predetermined format, wherein the format is a standard price. It has a list price display column to display and a selling price display column to display the currently set price, and selects either the price displayed in the list price display column or the price displayed in the sales price display column at the time of the disposal. A label printer, comprising: 2. A label printer for displaying product data obtained by inquiring of a host on a display in a label issuing process for printing and issuing product data on label paper, wherein the format is a standard format. A price display column for displaying the price of the product and a selling price display column for displaying the currently set price, and the price displayed in the list price display column or the price displayed in the sales price display column during the label issuing process. A label printer comprising price selection means for selecting either one. 3. In a discarding process of notifying information of unsold products to a host and a label issuing process of printing product data on a label paper and issuing the same, the product data obtained by inquiring of the host is based on a predetermined format. In a label printer for displaying on a display, the format has a list price display section for displaying a standard price and a selling price display section for displaying a currently set price, and the list price display during the disposal processing and the label issuing processing. A label printer comprising: a price selection unit for separately selecting either a price displayed in a column or a price displayed in the selling price display column in each of the disposal processing and the label issuing processing. 4. The display according to claim 1, wherein a touch panel is provided on a surface of said display, and said price selecting means selects a price selected by said touch panel based on said format. Label printer as described.