JP2002259891A - Method for creating copyable thermal invoice slip and program therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program and a system capable of easily obtaining a slip in a form not requiring an invoice to be checked against a tag. SOLUTION: A customer's terminal 1, the Internet server 2 of a home delivery company, a shopping mail 3, and a consumer's terminal 4 are interconnected by the Internet 5. The system includes a database 9 for the customer's terminal 1 to store order data, a file 10 storing the format of a thermal slip, a tag information generating process 11, a slip information generating process 12, a tracking number allocating process 13, and a synthesizing process 14. Slip information and tag information are fed to a thermal printer 7 at the same time to create a copyable thermal slip k1 consisting of the slip, the tag, and an arrival tag.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for generating a tag and an invoice for use in a transportation business such as courier service.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, the operation of a crimp-type slip is performed by printing a tag at a sender's customer terminal and sending the slip to a courier service (SCS).
To the host computer, and collect the luggage with the tag from the nearest branch.

[0003] Next, the slip delivery data is transmitted from the home delivery company to each branch. Then, based on the slip data distributed at the branch where the luggage arrives, the invoice, the original arrival slip, and the tag are printed.

[0004] Next, the baggage to which the tag is attached and the invoice
Deliver to the consignee with the arrival original. Then, they have the arrival stamp stamped with a receipt and deliver the package to the consignee. That is, a computer that prints the tag slip and the invoice separately by a crimping method is used.

[0005] In the case of the crimping method, when the slip data is transmitted and output at the branch office, if the transmission of the slip data is delayed, the truck may not be able to depart and the delivery may be delayed.

[0006] Therefore, when the output at the sales office is too late, the invoice and the temporary slip of the tag are used to quickly deliver to the consignee.

On the other hand, for a customer who sends a large amount of packages a day, the tag and the invoice are individually printed by a crimping method using a computer on the customer side.

[0008]

However, when a provisional slip is issued, the operation becomes complicated because formal invoice data and tag data have to be entered at a later date based on the provisional slip and made into a database. There were challenges.

In addition, since the invoice and the tag are individually printed, there is a problem in that a matching operation between the tag and the invoice occurs.

[0010] In particular, for a customer who sends a large amount of luggage a day, it is very inefficient to perform a matching operation between an invoice and a tag.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a program and a system which can easily obtain a slip in a form which does not require matching of an invoice and a tag.

[0012]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method for producing a copy-type thermal invoice slip, wherein a invoice coated with a heat-sensitive material on the back side and a tag including a nylon member are integrated with a cutout line and the invoice is formed. This is a method in which a thermal slip with the lower paper as the original slip is attached to a thermal printer and predetermined information is transmitted from a server to generate a copy-type thermal invoice.

Reading the consignee information, the consignor information, the quantity, the date, and the arrival number transmitted from the server, and generating tag data in accordance with a pre-stored tag format of a thermal slip format; Reading the consignee information and consignor information at the time of generating the tag data, the quantity and the date, and generating invoice data in accordance with an invoice format of a previously stored thermal slip format; Assigning an unused inquiry number among the inquiry numbers transmitted from the server to the date of the tag format and the invoice format, and combining the tag data and the invoice data with each other in accordance with the thermal slip format. And sending it to the thermal printer, and bar code information of the inquiry number and the arrival number. Allocated to a given column of the mat, and is summarized in that the bar code information of the query number and a step of sending to said thermal printer assigned to a given column of the invoice format.

According to the program for generating a copy-type thermal invoice slip of the present invention, an invoice with a heat-sensitive material applied to the back side and a tag including a nylon member are cut off by a cut line, and the paper under the invoice is transferred to the arrival original slip. This is a program in which a thermal slip formed as described above is mounted on a thermal printer, predetermined information is transmitted from a server, and a copy-type thermal invoice is used in a computer.

Means for storing a thermal slip format in which the format of the tag and the format of the invoice are combined as a set, the consignee information, the consignor information, the quantity, the date and the arrival number transmitted from the server; Read, means to generate tag data according to the tag format of the thermal slip format stored in advance, read the consignee information and consignor information when the tag data was generated, read the quantity and date, Means for generating invoice data in accordance with the invoice format of the previously stored thermal slip format, of the inquiry number transmitted from the server,
Means for assigning an unused inquiry number to the date of the tag format and the invoice format; means for sending the tag data and the invoice data to the thermal printer as a set in accordance with the thermal slip format; The barcode information of the number and the arrival number is allocated to a predetermined column of the tag format, and the barcode information of the inquiry number is allocated to a predetermined column of the invoice format, and functions as a means for sending to the thermal printer.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a thermal slip issuing system according to the present embodiment. The system shown in FIG. 1 connects a customer terminal 1, an Internet server 2 of a courier company, a shopping mall 3, and a consumer terminal 4 via the Internet 5, and stores a setup CD-ROM generated by the customer terminal 1 by the courier company. A system in which a home page is opened by a browser function, and by selecting various software keys of the home page, sender information, consignee information, a slip number, and the like are transferred from the Internet server 2 to obtain a copy-type thermal slip K1. It is.

The above-mentioned setup CD-ROM previously stores a copy-type thermal format described later, a plurality of slip numbers Bi (inquiry numbers), and the like. further,
The customer terminal 1 is connected to a dedicated copying thermal printer 7 via a LAN.

Then, the customer terminal 1 sets up the setup F
D. Install the setup CD-ROM and receive a home page (program) based on the program on the setup CD-ROM.

The customer terminal 1 sends a term file DB, a JIS master, a store master,
A download request for the slip number master is made, and these are received and stored.

Then, by selecting a key on the home page, an invoice creation input screen, an individually required setting file information screen, and the like are opened, and the copy type thermal slip K1 is printed by the dedicated copy type thermal printer 7.

The information (sender name, shipper address, shipper telephone number,
The postal code, consignee name, consignee address, consignee telephone number, postal code, slip number, customer code,...) Are transmitted to the courier company's Internet server 2 as consignment information. This commission information is transmitted after being encrypted with the above-mentioned customer code, FD number and the like.

Further, the customer terminal 1 fetches order information (user name, product code, quantity, user address, telephone number, order code, etc.) transmitted from the mall server 4 by e-mail by selecting a key on the screen, and fetches the information. It has a mail taking-in function that converts it into CSV data and takes it in.

The Internet server 2 of the courier company carries out processing programs for realizing the various functions of the customer terminal 1 and URLs of various databases of the host computer 3.
The code is stored and transmitted with the access from the customer terminal 1.

On the other hand, the customer terminal 1 comprises at least a database 9 for storing order data, a file 10 for storing a thermal slip format, a tag information generating process 11, an invoice information generating process 12, and an inquiry number assigning process 13
And a combining process 14.

The above-mentioned order data is the consignment information transmitted from the courier company's Internet server 2. That is, the sender name, the sender address, the sender telephone number, the zip code, the receiver name, the receiver address, the receiver telephone number, the zip code, the slip number, the customer code,...

The tag information generation processing 11 is executed by the database 9
And the sender information such as the sender name, sender address, sender phone number, and postal code, and the receiver information such as the recipient name, consignee address, consignee phone number, and postal code. A code corresponding to the consignee address is imported from a store number file (not shown) as a store arrival code. Also, the assigned inquiry number is taken in. Then, the tag information in which these are combined is passed to the synthesizing process 14.

The invoice information generating process 12 fetches the sender information and the consignee information fetched by the tag information generating process 11, and fetches the assigned inquiry number.
Then, the invoice information in which these are combined into a set is combined with the combining
To send to.

The inquiry number assignment process 13 reads an unused inquiry number from an inquiry number file (not shown),
This inquiry number is assigned to the invoice information generating process 12 and the tag information generating process 11.

The synthesizing process 14 takes in the tag information and the invoice information, arranges both information in accordance with the file format, and sends it to the copy-type thermal printer 7.

The above-mentioned slip format includes a tag information format 20 and an invoice information format 21 as shown in FIG.

The tag information format 20 includes a date area 20a, a quantity area 20b, an inquiry number area 20c, a store code area 20d, a consignee area 20e, and a consignor area 20.
f etc.

The invoice information format 21 includes a date area 21a, a quantity area 21b, and an inquiry number area 21.
c, a consignee area 21e, a consignor area 21f, an insurance information area 21g, an imprint area 21h, an article area 21k, a flight type area 21i, a dealer area 21j, and the like. The characters and frames described above are not pre-existing in the format but are pre-printed on the print original (shades of color to make copying difficult).

FIGS. 3 and 4 show a copy-type thermal original form 2.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining No. 5; This copy type thermal original form 2
Reference numeral 5 is mounted on the copy type thermal printer 7 in advance. The copy type thermal original form 25 is a two-spelled form, and the first sheet is divided into two halves by a dotted line (hereinafter referred to as a cut-off line 25a) so that it can be divided into two parts. The tag 25b has a tag, date,
〇〇 Express delivery, quantity, inquiry number, consignee, sender, etc. are printed in dark and light colors that are difficult to copy. Also, the frame is colored in a shade that is difficult to copy.

Further, the lower part of the first sheet is formed as an invoice 25c, on which the invoice, date, date, amount, article of consignee, mark, etc. are printed in dark and light colors which are difficult to copy. I have. Also, the frame is colored in a shade that is difficult to copy. This invoice is a thin thermal paper (carbon paper), and a heat-sensitive material is applied to the back.

The second sheet below the first sheet is the original arrival sheet 25.
d, which is the same size as the lower one of the first invoices 25c, and is in close contact with the first invoice on a per-cut line basis. The arrival original form 25d includes an arrival original form,
Date, 〇〇 express, quantity, consignee article, seal, etc. are printed in dark and light colors that are difficult to copy. Also, the frame is colored in a shade that is difficult to copy.

The copy-type thermal original form 25 is pressed against the mount 27 around the cut line 25a. That is, the characters printed on the invoice 25b are 2
It is copied on the 25th arrival original slip 25d.
It is desirable that the size of the copy-type thermal original form 25 is about the size of a postcard.

As shown in FIG. 4, the carrier 27 has a delivery company name and a message from the delivery company printed thereon, and a black line is printed horizontally on the upper rear side.

That is, the first lower invoice 25c and the second arrival original 25d under the first invoice 25c can be turned upside down with the mount 27 around the first cut line 25a.

The system configured as described above will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the home delivery company gives the floppy disk FD and CD-ROM for setup to the customer who is the shipper. The setup floppy disk FD stores customer common information, customer unique information, inquiry number information, mail number information, and the like.

In this description, the customer terminal 1 sends the URL code of the term file indicating the term of validity of each file from the Internet server 2 of the home delivery company, and the U.S.P.
It is assumed that an RL code, a store master URL code, a JIS address master, a postal code master, and a telephone number master have been transmitted.

The tag information generation processing 11 is performed by the database 9
The order data Ai stored in the storage device is read (S50).
1). That is, from the database 9, the sender information such as the sender name, the sender address, the sender telephone number, and the zip code, and the receiver information such as the receiver name, the receiver address, the receiver telephone number, and the zip code. Take in.

Next, the inquiry number Bi assigned by the inquiry number assignment processing 13 is read in with the receipt of the order data Ai (S502).

Next, the store code Ci is obtained from the store number file.
Is read (S503), the date of a timer (not shown),
The quantity and the like are read (S504). Next, bar coded information Hi such as a store arrival code and an inquiry number is read (S50).
5).

Then, tag data Ki incorporating the order data Ai, inquiry number Bi, store arrival code Ci, bar-coded information Hi, and date Di is generated (S506).

The invoice information generating process 12 reads the order data Ai, the inquiry number Bi, the date Di, etc. (S
507), the insurance information Ei for the package is read (S5).
08). Then, the bar coded information Li of the insurance information Ei
(S509), the order data Ai and the inquiry number Bi
Invoice data Pi incorporating the bar code information Hi and the date Di is generated (S510).

Next, the synthesizing process 14 generates thermal slip data in which the tag data Ki and the invoice data Pi are paired (S511).

Then, the thermal slip format Fi is read (S512), the tag data Ki and the invoice data Pi are allocated according to the address area of each data of the format Fi (S513), and sent to the copying type thermal printer 7 (S514). ). Next, it is determined whether or not the processing is to be terminated (S515).
Return to 01.

That is, as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, a consignee code, a customer management number, a date, an inquiry number,
Arrival code (4-15), consignee address, shipper address,
A bar code or the like is printed by thermocompression bonding.

On the lower invoice 25c, a consignee code, an inquiry number, a date, a consignee address, a consignee address, a designated delivery date, and a bar code are printed by thermocompression bonding. Is done. Since the heat-sensitive material is applied to the back surface 26 of the invoice 25c, the characters printed on the invoice 25c are printed as they are on the arrival original 25d by thermocompression bonding.

Therefore, the tag data Ki and the invoice data P
By simply printing i on the thermal original form 25, three types of tag, invoice, and arrival original form can be obtained at the same time.

For this reason, since a copy-type thermal slip on which the first (thermal) tag is above the tag, the invoice is provided below, and the arrival original is printed on the second sheet is used, the tag is attached as shown in FIG. Pick up your luggage directly from the nearest store by truck. In other words, the sender can keep a copy of the package receipt, the driver can attach the copy-type thermal slip to the package, hand the invoice to the consignee, and bring back the original form that has been stamped by the driver.

[0053]

As described above, according to the present invention, after the thermal original form is attached to the thermal printer, the consignee information, the consignor information, the quantity, the date, and the arrival number transmitted from the server are transmitted. In addition to generating the tag data in accordance with the pre-stored tag format, the receiver information, the sender information, the quantity and the date are read, and the invoice data is generated in accordance with the pre-stored invoice format. .

At this time, the inquiry number transmitted from the server is similarly assigned to the invoice data and the tag data.

The thermal slip format thus generated is sent to the thermal printer, the bar code information of the inquiry number and the arrival number are assigned to predetermined fields of the tag format, and the bar code information of the inquiry number is It is assigned to a predetermined field of the invoice format and sent to the thermal printer.

Therefore, by simply printing the invoice and the tag, it is possible to simultaneously obtain three types of slips (including the original arrival slip) required for the transportation business, and to reduce the cost and the working time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a thermal slip issuing system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a thermal slip format according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a copy-type thermal original form according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a copy-type thermal original form according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a program according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a copy-type thermal slip obtained by a program according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a copy-type thermal slip obtained by the program according to the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the operation of the copy-type thermal slip according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Customer terminal 2 Internet server of courier company 3 Shopping mall 4 Consumer terminal 5 Internet 9 Database 11 Tag information generation processing 12 Invoice information generation processing 13 Inquiry number assignment processing 14 Synthesis processing

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An invoice with a heat-sensitive material applied to the back side and a tag including a nylon member are cut out and integrated with each other, and a thermal slip in which the paper under the invoice is an arrival original is attached to a thermal printer. A method for transmitting predetermined information from a server to generate a copy-type thermal invoice slip, comprising reading consignee information, consignor information, quantity, date, and arrival number transmitted from the server. Generating the tag data according to the tag format of the thermal slip format stored in advance, reading the consignee information and the sender information when the tag data is generated, the quantity and the date, Generating invoice data according to the invoice format of the stored thermal slip format, and the inquiry number transmitted from the server is not used. Assigning an inquiry number to the date of the tag format and the invoice format; sending the tag data and the invoice data to the thermal printer as a set according to the thermal slip format; and Allocating the bar code information of the arrival number to a predetermined column of the tag format, and allocating the bar code information of the inquiry number to the predetermined column of the invoice format, and transmitting the bar code information to the thermal printer. How to generate a thermal invoice. 2. The insurance information corresponding to the type and quantity of the package of the sender is transmitted from the server, and the barcode information of the insurance information is allocated to the consignee column of the invoice format, and is transmitted to the thermal printer. Sending out a copy-type thermal invoice slip according to claim 1. 3. An invoice coated with a heat-sensitive material on the back side and a tag including a nylon member are cut off and integrated with each other, and a thermal slip in which the paper under the invoice is used as an arrival original is attached to a thermal printer. A program for transmitting predetermined information from a server to use a copy-type thermal invoice slip for a computer, comprising: a means for storing a thermal slip format in which the format of the tag and the format of the invoice are paired; Means for reading the received consignee information, consignor information, quantity, date and arrival number, and generating tag data in accordance with a tag format of a thermal slip format stored in advance, when the tag data is generated The above-mentioned consignee information, consignor information, quantity and date are read, and a pre-stored thermal slip format Means for generating invoice data in accordance with the invoice format of the means, of the inquiry numbers transmitted from the server, means for assigning an unused inquiry number to the date and time of the tag format and the invoice format, the tag data and Means for sending invoice data and a set to the thermal printer in accordance with the thermal slip format, the inquiry number, the barcode information of the arrival number assigned to a predetermined column of the tag format, and the barcode of the inquiry number A program for generating a copy-type thermal invoice slip for allocating information to a predetermined column of the invoice format and functioning as a means for sending the information to the thermal printer. 4. The insurance information corresponding to the type and quantity of the package of the sender is transmitted from the server, and the barcode information of the insurance information is assigned to a consignee column of the invoice format and transmitted to the thermal printer. 4. The program for generating a copy-type thermal invoice slip according to claim 3, which functions as a sending means.