JP2001180049A - Label printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a label printer capable of preventing generation of an input error by simplifying the operation of inputting characters of the country of origin in the case of printing a country of origin on a label. SOLUTION: In a label printer comprising a PLU file for storing the merchandise information including the name of product, the price, or the like, corresponding to the number of the product, for printing the merchandise information on a label based on the merchandise information stored in the PLU file, a country of origin name file 23a for storing the country of origin information capable of being set, stored, and accessed is provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a label printer used in a supermarket or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a supermarket or the like, a label printer prints a product name, a price, and the like on a label, and the label is attached to the product.

When printing the place of origin on such a label, the corresponding character is set in the message character string each time in the character string setting operation.

[0004]

However, when printing the place of origin, the names may not be uniform because the character strings are sequentially set, which may cause confusion for users and consumers. Was giving.

When inputting a character string of a place of origin,
When inputting the same character string, it was necessary to input the same character string again.

As described above, when the character string of the place of origin is re-input, there is a high possibility that an input error occurs. When such an input error occurs, there is a problem that the consumer mistakenly identifies the place of origin of the product.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to prevent the occurrence of an input error by simplifying an operation of inputting characters of the place of origin when printing the place of origin on a label. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a label printer.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a label printer including a PLU file for storing product information such as a product name and a price corresponding to a product number, based on the product information stored in the PLU file. A label printer that prints product information on a label, characterized by having a place of origin name file for storing place of origin information that can be set, saved, and recalled.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a work screen for allocating the place of origin information to the commodity information stored in the PLU file is provided with a place of origin information call key. Is operated, a list of origin information is displayed.

A label printer according to a third aspect is characterized in that the place of origin name file according to the first aspect is configured to be classified by region, business type, or route.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a label printer with a scale.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a label printer with a scale. A liquid crystal display 1 is provided at the upper end of the main body 10.
A base 13 provided with a keypad 1 and a key operation unit 12 is provided.

Further, a label roll (not shown) is externally attached to the back of the label printer main body 10.
The label roll taken out of the label roll is transported into the main body 10, and a predetermined label is printed by a thermal printer provided in the transport path.

On the front face of the label printer body 10, a label issuing port 14 for issuing a printed label is provided.

Further, a power switch 15 is provided on the front of the label printer main body 10.

The label printer main body 10 is provided with a tray 16 for placing articles to be weighed.

Next, a control circuit built in the label printer main body 11 will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 21 denotes a CPU (central processing unit) for controlling the entire label printer. This CP
The system bus 21a from the U21 has a program ROM (read only memory) 22 for storing various control programs, a PLU file for storing product information such as a product name and a price corresponding to a product number, and a setting for storing a name of a place of origin. ,
Origin name file 23a that can be saved and recalled
(Random access memory) 2 having
3, a printing unit 24 composed of a thermal printer, a weighing unit 25 composed of the above-mentioned tray 16 and the like, a display unit 11,
The key operation unit 13 is connected. Here, the program ROM 22 includes means for realizing the function of the button switch when the button switch displayed on the display unit 11 is operated.

The origin name file 23a is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3 (A), a file in which both the region and country, such as by prefecture, are mixed, or as shown in FIG. 3 (B), the prefecture, and country are separately stored. File.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described.

First, when the power switch 15 is turned on, a registration mode part number calling screen as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed. When the "Return" button is operated on the part number calling screen, a main menu screen (not shown) is displayed in which button switches such as "Registration", "Inspection", "Checkout", "Setting", "Setup" are displayed. Is done.

When the "setting" button switch is operated while the main menu screen is displayed on the display section 11, the setting menu screen is displayed as shown in FIG.
Will be displayed.

The setting menu screen includes “part number setting”,
“Additive setting”, “Auxiliary item name setting”, “Auxiliary message setting”, “One-touch key assignment setting”, “Store name / address setting”, “Classification code setting”, “Storage temperature setting”, “Storage method setting”, "Wind setting" and "Origin name setting" button switches are provided. Here, the “origin name setting” button switch is a button switch operated when setting the origin name, and is a button switch newly provided in the present invention.

When the “origin name setting” button switch is operated from the state where the setting menu screen as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed, a setting screen for setting the origin name is displayed on the display unit 11 as shown in FIG. Is displayed.

As shown in FIG. 5, the display unit 11 has a "prefecture-specific" button switch 11a which is operated when setting the name of the place of origin for each prefecture, and a "country-specific" button which is operated when setting the name of the place of origin for each country. Another "button switch 11b is displayed.

Here, the "prefecture-specific" button switch 1
When 1a is operated, a display of a place of origin name setting (for each prefecture) as shown in FIG.

The origin name setting (prefecture-by-prefecture) screen has a hiragana key of 50 sounds arranged in the center thereof. In addition, on the side of the origin name setting screen, button switches such as "Kanji", "Jukugo", "Ko", etc., and button switches such as "Meat", "Vegetables", etc. are provided on the side.

Here, when it is desired to set the name of the place of origin "from Aomori", the "jukugo" button switch is operated, and then the hiragana keys "a" and "o" are operated in order.

Then, the idiom corresponding to “Ao” is displayed on the display unit 11. For example, Chinese characters such as “blue”, “blue”, etc. are displayed on the display unit 11.

Here, after selecting "blue", the operator inputs "mori" again by operating the hiragana key.

Then, the idiom "mori" corresponding to "mori",
"Protection" and the like are displayed on the display unit 11.

Here, after selecting "forest", the operator inputs "san" again by operating the hiragana key.

Then, the idiom corresponding to “san” is displayed on the display unit 12. For example, "product", "see", etc. are input.

Here, the operator selects "product".

The name of the place of origin set in this way is shown in FIG.
(B) As shown in FIG.
3a. Here, “from Aomori” is stored in the number “0002” of the place of origin name file 23a. In addition,
"Akita" is stored in the number "0001" of the place of origin name file 23a.

In the above description, in the display state of the display unit 12 shown in FIG. 5, the "place of origin" button switch 12a is operated to set the place of origin for each prefecture in the place of origin name file 23a. When the "by country" button switch 12b is operated in the display state of the display unit 11 shown in FIG. 5, the same processing is performed, and as shown in FIG. Origin information is set.

In the embodiment described above, the "prefecture-specific" button switch 11a is displayed on the setting screen of FIG.
And the "country-specific" button switch 11b is provided so that the name of the place of origin can be set for each prefecture or country, but the "prefecture-specific" button switch 11a and the "country-specific" button switch 11b are not separately provided. Alternatively, only one button switch may be provided.

As described above, when the number of button switches is one, as shown in FIG.
Is set in a format in which the name of the place of origin for each prefecture and the name of the place of origin for each country are mixed.

As described above, the place of origin name file 2
3a is set with the place of origin information.
As shown in FIG. 7, when the "part number setting" button switch is operated while the setting menu screen as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display section 11, the part number setting screen is displayed as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 7, the setting menu screen includes
A "by country" button switch 31 and a "by prefecture" button switch 32 are newly provided. As shown in FIG. 3B, when the country-of-origin information file is set in the country-of-origin name file 23a by country and by prefecture, the "country-specific" button switch 31 displays the country-of-origin information by country or by prefecture. A switch for calling the display unit 11. In FIG. 7, the “prefecture-specific” button switch 32 is operated and the display unit 11 displays the prefecture-specific country-of-origin information (from Akita, from Aomori,...) Set in the name-of-origin file 23a.

When "from Aomori" is selected from the state shown in FIG. 7, the name of the place of origin "from Aomori" can be input next to "product number 1" and "beef shoulder loin slice".

Next, the process of inputting the name of the place of origin in the registration mode during the label issuing operation will be described.

When the power switch 15 is turned on, the display 1
In FIG. 1, a registration mode screen as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed. In this registration mode screen, the "production area" button switch 4
1 is newly provided as a button switch.

As shown in FIG. 9, "for grilled beef peach"
Is set in the PLU to be from the United States, but if the name of the place of origin is to be temporarily changed, the "place of origin" button switch 41 is operated. In response to this operation, a display of the name of origin in the registration mode is displayed on the display unit 11, as shown in FIG.

That is, a registration (designation of a place of production) setting screen is displayed on the display unit 12. On this display screen,
A "by country" button switch 51 and a "by prefecture" button switch 52 are displayed.

Here, the "prefecture-specific" button switch 5
When the user operates No. 2, the display unit 11 displays the origin information for each prefecture set in the origin name file 23a as shown in FIG.

As described above, when "Aomori-origin" is selected in the state in which the place-of-origin information for each prefecture is displayed on the display section 12, the origin-origin information is temporarily changed from "American origin" to →
Can be changed to "Aomori".

In the above-described embodiment, when the place of origin is distinguished by prefecture in the place-of-origin name file 23a, the prefecture may be further roughly classified into Kanto, Chubu, Kinki, and the like, and a further prefecture may be selected.

The origin information stored in the origin name file 23a may include information on whether or not there is a genetic modification.

Further, in the above embodiment,
In the place-of-origin name file 23a, the place of origin is set for each region such as by prefecture or country.
Cattle, coastal, pelagic, overseas, etc.
A place of origin may be set for each route such as a shipping place.

[0051]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, place of origin information is stored as a place of origin name file,
Since the origin information can be called by operating the call key, even a person unfamiliar with the operation can surely set the origin information in the label printer.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a label printer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a system configuration of the label printer.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a place of origin name file.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a setting menu screen.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a setting screen for setting a place of origin name.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a place of origin name setting screen.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a part number setting screen.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a part number setting screen.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display screen in a registration mode.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display screen in a registration mode.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11: Printer body, 12: Liquid crystal display unit, 13: Key operation unit, 14: Label issuing port, 21: CPU, 22: Program ROM, 23: RAM 24: Printing unit.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A label printer comprising a PLU file for storing product information such as a product name and a price corresponding to a product number, and printing product information on a label based on the product information stored in the PLU file. A label printer comprising an origin name file for storing origin information that can be stored and recalled. 2. A work screen for assigning origin information to product information stored in the PLU file is provided with an origin information call key. When the origin information call key is operated, a list of origin information is displayed. 2. The label printer according to claim 1, wherein the label printer is displayed. 3. The label printer according to claim 1, wherein the place-of-origin name file is classified according to region, business type, or route.