JP2003025647A - Printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printer which can print information having different contents or forms from those of input information to a medium to be printed, in accordance with the input information. SOLUTION: When an icon by which a food is figured is inputted, a 'preservation method' corresponding to the inputted icon is added as first printing and printed together with the icon and the like other input information (S4). When printing is further requested (S5: YES), a 'recommended menu' of the food is added as second printing and printed together with the icon and the like other input information (S6). Information having different contents are printed to the medium to be printed by the first printing and the medium to be printed by the second printing.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printing apparatus for printing input information on a print medium, and more particularly, printing capable of printing information different from the input information on the print medium according to the input information. It relates to the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to grasp the expiration date of a food, a method of attaching a label printed with the expiration date to the food and managing the expiration date has been used. Here, the printing device for printing the expiration date on the label is an operation unit for inputting the food name and the expiration date, and a thermal head for printing the expiration date etc. input by the operation unit on the label. It has and. The expiration date and the like input by the operation unit is printed on a label by a thermal head incorporated in the apparatus, and the label is ejected from a predetermined ejection port. In this way, the label on which the expiration date is printed is attached to a desired place such as a food item or a refrigerator, and the expiration date is managed.

[0003]

However, in the above printing apparatus, the information inputted by the operator is printed on the label, so that for a person who has little knowledge about food, where or how the food is stored. There is a case where it is difficult to determine whether to save the data by such a method, and in such a case, it is necessary to ask a person or investigate by himself, which is a problem. Further, when a plurality of labels such as those for sticking foods and those for sticking to a refrigerator are required, labels with different contents or modes may be required depending on the intended use of each. In such a case, in addition to the content printed on the first label, new information must be input and new settings must be made, which is a problem.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides a printing apparatus capable of printing information different from the input information on a print medium according to the input information. Is intended.

[0005]

In order to achieve this object, a printing apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention comprises a printing means for printing on a printing medium, and an information inputting means for inputting information and the information inputting means. First printing control means for causing the printing means to perform the first printing on the printing medium based on the input information by the information input means, and contents different from the first printing according to the input information Or a second printing control means for causing the printing means to perform the second printing of the aspect.

According to the printing apparatus of the first aspect, the first printing control means performs the first printing for printing the input information input by the information input means on the printing medium. Let On the other hand, the second printing control unit causes the printing unit to perform the second printing having a content or mode different from that of the first printing according to the input information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the printing apparatus according to the first aspect, the first print and the second print are printed such that at least a part thereof has a different character size.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the printing apparatus according to the first or second aspect, the first print control means or the second print control means is responsive to input information from the information input means. The input information and the related information related to at least a part of the input information are printed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the printing apparatus according to the third aspect, the related information includes a plurality of different types of information, and the second print control means is the first print control means. Print related information that is different from the printed related information.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the printing apparatus according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the second print control means has at least a part of contents printed by the first print control means. To print.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the printing apparatus according to any of the first to fifth aspects, the print medium printed by the first print control means and the second print control means perform printing. The print medium is used for a predetermined purpose, and the related information is information related to the predetermined purpose.

A printing apparatus according to a seventh aspect is the printing apparatus according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, wherein the print medium is formed in a tape shape, and the second print control means is the first print control means. (1) The length of the tape printed by the print control means is changed and the tape is printed.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the printing apparatus according to the seventh aspect, the printing medium is a tape-shaped substrate on which printing is performed by the printing means and one surface of the substrate. It comprises an adhesive layer provided and a release tape facing the substrate via the adhesive layer, and one of the substrate and the release tape is made of a magnetic material.

According to the printing of the eighth aspect, the same operation as that of the printing apparatus of the seventh aspect is achieved, and in addition, a tape-shaped substrate to be printed by the printing means, and one surface of the substrate. Of the print medium composed of the adhesive layer provided on the substrate and the release tape facing the substrate via the adhesive layer, one of the substrate and the release tape is made of a magnetic material, The medium can be easily attached to or detached from a metal object.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view of a shelf life printing device 1 (printing device) according to an embodiment of the present invention. First, the overall configuration of the expiration date printing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The expiration date printing apparatus 1 is a label tape 9 having an adhesive layer on one side of the expiration date of food.
It is for printing on (printing medium). On the upper surface of the expiration date printing device 1, a selection dial 2 for selecting an expiration date and food to be input, and various command keys for determining the expiration date selected by the selection dial 2 and issuing a command such as printing. 3 and a liquid crystal display (hereinafter referred to as LCD) 19 as a display unit for displaying the setting states of the selection dial 2 and various command keys 3.

The selection dial 2 is formed in a donut shape and is rotatably arranged below the expiration date printing apparatus 1. On the upper surface of the selection dial 2, a first dividing section 2a divided into daily, weekly, and monthly units, and the first dividing section 2a.
The second dividing portion 2b which is further specifically divided according to
, And an icon portion 2c, which is a graphic representation of the food item that is to be input as the expiration date, are arranged in a ring shape in order from the inside. As a means for inputting the expiration date and the icon, a well-known keyboard other than the selection dial 2 may be used.

The first division part 2a is divided into three divisions, ie, a daily unit of 1 day to 6 days, a week unit of 1 week to 4 weeks, and a month unit of 1 month to 18 months. . The second sorting unit 2b is further divided into 32 according to the sorting of the first sorting unit 2b such as 1 day, 1 day to 2 days, 1 week, etc.
It is subdivided into categories. The icon part 2c is strawberry,
Thirty-two foods that are subject to expiration dates such as fish, wine, grapes, etc. are shown. It should be noted that in FIG. 1, the icons of the foods are omitted and represented by circles, and only the grape icon is shown in an enlarged manner.

Further, the selection dial 2 is provided with a magnifying glass 2d for magnifying and displaying the icon. The magnifying glass 2d is fixed to the main body frame so as to cover a part of the selection dial 2. By rotating the selection dial 2 and aligning the icons with the lower portion of the magnifying glass 2d, each icon is enlarged and each icon to be input is selected. Incidentally, the respective expiration dates to be input are selected by aligning them with the position directly below the magnifying glass 2d.

The various command keys 3 are an enter key 3a, a print key 3b, a function key 3c and a power key 3d.
It is composed of. The enter key 3a is arranged in the center of the selection dial 2 and is used to enter the expiration date and the icon selected by the selection dial 2. The print key 3b gives a command for printing on the label tape 9 such as the expiration date fixed by operating the enter key 3a. The function key 3c gives a command for defining the print content to be printed on the label tape 9. For example, "print only save date",
It is possible to select "print the storage date and the icon", "print the icon and the expiration date", "print the storage date, the icon and the expiration date", or the like. Power key 3
d is for turning on / off the power supply.

The LCD 19 as a display unit is for displaying the name of the selected icon and the state of printing before printing, and is arranged above the body frame. A discharge port (not shown) for discharging the printed tape 9 is provided on the side surface of the body frame above the LCD 19. A cutting portion 5 for cutting the label tape 9 discharged from the discharge port is provided on the left side surface of the main body frame in the vicinity of the discharge port.
A printing mechanism PM (see FIG. 2) for printing the expiration date on the label tape 9 is built in the body frame.

Next, the printing mechanism PM will be briefly described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of the printing mechanism PM. The rectangular tape storage cassette CS is wound with the tape spool 8 around which the printing tape 9a made of a synthetic resin film is wound, the ribbon supply spool 13 around which the ink ribbon 12 is wound, and the ink ribbon 12. A supply spool 16 in which a take-up spool 14 and a double-sided tape 15 having the same width as that of the printing tape 9a are wound with the release paper on the outside, and these printing tape 9a and double-sided tape 1
A joining roller 10 that joins 5 and 5 is rotatably provided. A thermal head 7 is erected at a position where the printing tape 9a and the ink ribbon 12 overlap each other. A platen roller 17 for pressing the printing tape 9a and the ink ribbon 12 against the thermal head 7, and the printing tape 9a
A feed roller 45 that presses the double-sided tape 15 against the joining roller 10 is rotatably supported by a support 46.
In the thermal head 7, a heating element group composed of 48 heating elements is vertically arranged.

Therefore, when the joining roller 10 and the take-up spool 14 are driven by the tape feed motor 18 (see FIG. 3) in synchronism with each other in a predetermined rotation direction to energize the heating element group, the printing tape 9a is printed. Characters, numbers, etc. are printed on the top by a plurality of dot rows, and the printing tape 9a
Is fed in the tape feeding direction A with the double-sided tape 15 joined, and is fed out as a label tape 9 from the discharge port of the main body frame. For details of the printing mechanism PM, see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-106555. Also,
The release paper on the outside of the double-sided tape described above may be composed of a magnetic tape. In such a case, for example, it becomes easy to attach or remove the label tape 9 to the refrigerator.

Next, referring to FIG. 3, the expiration date printing apparatus 1
The control system will be described. FIG. 3 is a shelf life printing device 1
2 is a block diagram of FIG. The display mechanism DM is L
It is a general one provided with a CD 19 and a display controller (LCD controller) 20 having a display RAM for outputting display data to the LCD 19. Absolute encoder 2 connected to selection dial 2
Reference numeral 1 is for outputting 32 kinds of absolute value encoder signals ENS corresponding to the second division section 2b and the icon section 2c which are divided into 32 sections of the selection dial 2, respectively. The code data such as the expiration date selected based on ENS is obtained, and the rotation direction and the rotation of the selection dial 2 are compared by comparing the absolute encoder signal ENS before the selection operation with the current absolute encoder signal ENS. The amount is obtained. The printing mechanism PM has a drive circuit 22 for driving the thermal head 7.
And a drive circuit 2 for driving the tape feed motor 18
3 and 3.

The controller C has a CPU 27, an input / output interface 25 connected to the CPU 27 via a bus 26 such as a data bus, a ROM 28, and a character ROM 2.
9, a RAM 30 and a real time clock (hereinafter referred to as “RTC”) 33 for measuring time.

The ROM 28 stores various programs. A display control program for controlling the display mechanism DM corresponding to the code data selected by the selection dial 2 and the input data buffer 31 for the code data when the enter key 3a is operated and various setting data relating to the print setting contents. And a drive control program for sequentially reading the data stored in the print buffer 32 to drive and control the thermal head 7 and the tape feed motor 18, and the like.

Various tables as shown in FIG. 4 are stored in the ROM 28. The table in FIG. 4A shows the relationship between various icons written on the selection dial 2 and the code data of each icon, and one code data is stored for each icon.
Each of the tables (b) to (d) shows “recommended menu data” corresponding to each icon written on the selection dial 2. As shown in the tables (b) to (d), “potato”, “eggplant”,
A plurality of “recommended menu data” for “fish” is stored, and the address of each table is stored in correspondence with the code data of the icon. Although illustration is omitted, the storage method data of each icon corresponding to the code data of each icon is stored. CPU27
Performs various calculations based on various programs stored in the ROM 28.

The character ROM 29 has a selection dial 2
The dot pattern data relating to each of the expiration dates and the icons drawn on the upper surface of is stored. The dot pattern data stored in the character ROM 29 is transferred to the print buffer 32 described later. The connector 24 is for connecting an optional ROM card storing dot pattern data of various typefaces.

The RAM 30 is for temporarily storing various calculation results calculated by the CPU 27, and is composed of an input data buffer 31, a print buffer 32, and a pointer 34. The input data buffer 31 is for storing code data such as an input icon and various setting data relating to print setting contents. The print buffer 32 is for storing the dot pattern data transferred from the character ROM 29 during printing. Then, according to the dot pattern data stored in the print buffer 32, dot printing is performed by the thermal head 7. The pointer 34 is
This is for indicating the "recommended menu data" to be printed. The “recommended menu data” indicated by the pointer 34 is printed. Then, 1 is added to the pointer 34 every time it is printed, and the “recommended menu data” is printed in order.

The RTC 33 is an IC for measuring the date, etc., and the expiration date entered by the selection dial 2 based on the measured value of the RTC 33 is the expiration date printed on the label tape 9. Is generated. Also, RTC3
3 and the pointer 34 include a power source O of the expiration date printing apparatus 1.
A battery circuit 33a that supplies a backup voltage in the case of FF is connected. With the battery circuit 33a, the RTC 33 and the pointer 34 can continuously store the time measurement and the position of the pointer even after the power supply of the expiration date printing apparatus 1 is turned off.

Next, referring to FIG. 5, the operation of the expiration date printing apparatus 1 configured as described above will be described. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a printing process for performing the first printing and the second printing on the label tape 9 according to the input icon. In the expiration date printing apparatus 1, the power is turned on by the power key 3d, a predetermined initial process is executed, and then the print process shown in FIG. 5 is executed.
A case will be described in which the icon, the storage date, and the expiration date are printed by operating the function key 3c.

In this printing process, first, it is determined whether or not an icon has been input by operating the selection dial 2 and the enter key 3a (S1). When the icon is input (S1: YES), the name of the input icon is displayed on the liquid crystal display 19. Also, RT
The date data as the storage date data is read from C33 and stored in the input data buffer 31 together with the icon code data (S2).

Next, it is determined whether or not the expiration date has been input by operating the selection dial 2 and the decision key 3a (S3). When the expiration date is input (S3:
YES), the expiration date is created based on the storage date data stored in the input data buffer 31. afterwards,
When the print key 3b is operated, the input data buffer 31
The dot pattern data corresponding to each data stored in is transferred to the print buffer 32, and the thermal head 7 and the tape feed motor 18 are driven. At this time, "storage method" data corresponding to the code data of the icon stored in the input data buffer 31 is added from the ROM 28 and printed together with the input icon, storage date and expiration date (S4). In this way, the first printing is completed, the label tape 9 is discharged from the discharge port to a predetermined length, and is cut by the cutting unit 5.

Then, "Print another sheet?" Is displayed on the LCD 19 (S5). If you need another one (S5:
YES), and the decision key 3a is pressed. When the confirmation key 3a is pressed, "recommended menu data" indicated by the pointer 34 of the table corresponding to the code data of the icon stored in the input data buffer 31 is added and printed together with the icon, the storage date and the expiration date. Do (S
6). In this way, the second printing is completed, and the label tape 9 is discharged from the discharge port to a predetermined length and cut by the cutting unit 5. After that, 1 is added to the pointer 34 (S7), and the same menu is not printed when another sheet is printed.

The processing up to this point will be specifically described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 6. FIG. 6 shows the label tape 9 created when “potato” is selected on June 5, 2001 and 2 weeks is selected as the expiration date. First, the selection dial 2 is rotated so that the "potato" icon is aligned in the magnifying glass 2d. The LCD 19 displays "potato?" And confirms that the selected icon is "potato". If it is correct, the enter key 3a is pressed to determine the input icon. At the same time as the confirmation key 3a is pressed, the date data at that time, June 5, 2001, is stored in the input data buffer 31 from the RTC 33 as the storage date data.

Next, the selection dial 2 is rotated to set the expiration date to 2 weeks, and the enter key 3a is pressed to input the expiration date. When the expiration date is input, based on the retention date data “June 5, 2001” stored in the input data buffer 31, it is the expiration date data “2001 June 6”.
19th of a month "is created. After that, when the print key 3b is operated, the dot pattern data corresponding to each data stored in the input data buffer 31 is displayed in the print buffer 32.
Transferred to the thermal head 7 and tape feed motor 1
8 is driven. At this time, as a storage method corresponding to the code data of “potato” stored in the input data buffer 31, “to put in a paper bag and to have a well-ventilated place” is R
The "potato" icon added and input from the OM 28, the storage date of "'01 .6.5", and the expiration date of "'01 .6.19" are printed, and the first printing ends. In this way, the printed label tape 9 is discharged from the discharge port, and is cut by the cutting unit 5 to produce the label tape 9 shown in FIG. 6A.
The display form of the storage date and the expiration date is "'01 .6.
It is not limited to "5", but "June 5, 2001", "H1"
It may be configured to be printed in a display form such as "3.6.5" or "6/5".

Next, "Print another sheet?" Is displayed on the LCD 19, and if another sheet is required, the enter key 3a is pressed. When the enter key 3a is pressed, in the table (see FIG. 4B) corresponding to the code data of “potato” stored in the input data buffer 31,
The "potato salad" pointed by the pointer 34 of the "recommended menu data" is added, and the inputted "potato" icon and "'01 .6.
5 ”and the expiration date of“ '01 .6.19 ”are printed, and the second printing ends. In this way, the printed label tape 9 is discharged from the discharge port, and when cut by the cutting unit 5, the label tape 9 shown in FIG. 6B is created. After that, 1 is added to the pointer 34, and the pointer 34 in the “potato” table (see FIG. 4B) points from “potato salad” to “croquette” in the “recommended menu data”.

7 and 8 show the label tape 9 printed by the same operation as described above. 7A and 7B show the label tape 9 in the case where "Nasu" is selected on June 5, 2001 and one week is selected as the expiration date. 8A and 8B show the label tape 9 when "fish" is selected on June 5, 2001 and 3 days is selected as the expiration date.
Is shown.

Now, returning to FIG. 5, the description of the case of printing the third and subsequent sheets will be continued. When the second printing ends, the LCD 19 displays "Print another sheet?" (S8). If you need another one (S5: YES),
The enter key 3a is pressed. When the enter key 3a is pressed, the processing from step 6 (S6) is repeated as described above. If there is no icon input (S1: N
O) and when multiple printing is not to be performed (S3, S8: NO), the printing process is terminated after a predetermined time has elapsed.

As described above, according to the expiration date printing apparatus 1 of this embodiment, for example, when "potato" is input as the input icon and 2 weeks is set as the expiration date, the first printing is performed. As shown in FIG.
As shown in (a), the icon of “potato”, the storage date, the expiration date, and the method of storing “potato” are printed, so where or how the operator should save “potato”. Even if you do not know it, you can easily understand it by looking at the label tape 9. Further, as shown in FIG. 6B, the label tape 9 for the second printing has an icon of “potato”, a storage date, and a shelf life,
Since the recommended menu of "potato" is printed, if the label tape 9 is attached to the door of a refrigerator or the like for a refrigerator map, the food in the refrigerator, its expiration date, and the reference You can understand "recommended menu" without opening the refrigerator.

Next, a modification of the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 (a) and 9 (b)
Is a label printed by the first printing and the second printing when the icon of "fish" and the expiration date of 3 days are input on June 5, 2001 by almost the same operation as described above. The tape 9 is shown.

The label tape 9 shown in FIG. 9 (a), which is printed by the first printing, has a character of S size as a storage date of "'01 .6.5" and a storage method of "wrap with wrap". "To chilled room" is printed. On the other hand, the label tape 9 shown in FIG. 9B printed by the second printing has
"Let's save '16 .6.5" in L size letters,
"01.6.8" is printed as the expiration date, and "white fish muniel" is printed as the recommended menu. That is,
In the first printing, the expiration date is not printed, but in the second printing, the expiration date is printed, and the display items and the display mode such as the character size are changed according to the number of printed sheets and the printing is performed. You may. It should be noted that the change of the display mode is not limited to the change of the character size, and the color, the font, the modification such as the underline and the white space may be changed according to the number of printed sheets.

In this way, according to the number of sheets to be printed, in addition to the printing contents such as "storing method" and "recommended menu",
If the display mode such as display items and character size is changed, for example, characters of S size are printed and the number of display items is small.
Since the label tape 9 of (a) can be printed in a small size, it can be attached even for a small food product. On the other hand, the label tape 9 of FIG. 9B, which is printed with L-sized characters and has many print items, has a large character size and a large amount of information is printed. The printed contents of the label tape 9 can be checked carefully.

However, contrary to the above, L for food sticking
It may be configured with characters of size, and the refrigerator map may be configured with characters of S size. In such a case, the storage date and the like can be checked at a glance when the refrigerator is opened, and the time for keeping the refrigerator open can be reduced, which has the effect of saving electricity bills.

Similar to the case shown in FIG. 9, FIG.
This shows the label tape 9 printed when the "fish" icon and the expiration date of 3 days are input on June 5, 2001. FIG. 10 printed by the first printing
The label tape 9 of (a) has a storage date of “'01.
6.5 "and the storage method" sealed with wrap and put in chilled room "are printed. On the other hand, the label tape 9 of FIG. 10B printed by the second printing has a storage date of "'01 .6.5" and a shelf life of "" 01.6.
8 ”is printed, and a margin is set behind it.

In this way, if the length of the tape to be printed is changed according to the number of sheets to be printed, for example, the label tape 9 for the refrigerator map shown in FIG. 10 (b).
Allows you to write various information such as the remaining amount of food, the storage location of the refrigerator, and the schedule menu in the created margin later.

In FIG. 11, the selection dial 2 is composed of a well-known keyboard, and the icon of "fish" written on a specific key of the keyboard and the storage date of "June 5, 2001".
The label tape 9 is printed when "day" and "3 days for chilled room" and "1 day for refrigerated room" are input as the expiration date. In the label tape 9 shown in FIG. 11, the label tape 9 is not cut after the completion of the first printing, and the label tape 9 is integrated after the completion of the printing by the first printing and the second printing. It is set to be discharged. A half cut is made between the printing section X of the first printing and the printing section Y of the second printing so that it can be cut manually later.

On the printing section X by the first printing, the characters of "fish" of S size and 6/5 as a storage date are printed in the width direction of the label tape 9. Further, the character of the same type distinguishing notation "A" is printed after the character of "fish". This is printed in order to distinguish a plurality of identical foods stored in the refrigerator. On the other hand, in the printing section Y by the second printing, the icon of "fish", the same type distinguishing notation "A", and the purchase date "'01 .6.5.
"Purchase", and the expiration date is "01.
6.8 ”and“ 6/6 for a refrigerator room ”are printed on the bottom.

In this way, the printing section X for the first printing
Is printed in the width direction because it is an S size character and can be printed small, and can be easily attached to small foods for food application. Further, even when the release paper of the label tape 9 is composed of a magnetic tape, the printing section X used for sticking food is printed in a small size, so that the number of magnetic tapes to be disposed is small. On the other hand, the second printing portion Y for the refrigerator map to be attached to the refrigerator can be easily attached to or removed from the refrigerator.

In this modification, the printing section Y may be printed first as the first printing, and then the printing section X may be printed as the second printing.

Although the present invention has been described above based on the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various improvements and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. This can be easily guessed.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, when the food and the related information such as the expiration date, the storage method, and the recommended menu are printed as the information printed by the first printing or the second printing. I explained. However, the information printed by the first printing or the second printing may be printed as related information such as bean knowledge about the refrigerator or each food, cooking method, etc. Also, regarding document information, submission of documents as related information. It may be configured to print the deadline, the destination, the form of the document, and the like.

Further, a program for achieving the functions of the first print control means and the second print control means of the present invention is read by a personal computer or the like, and created by the document creation software installed in the personal computer PC. The FAX transmission text is printed by the first print control means,
On the other hand, the transmission attached to the FAX may be printed by the second print control means.

The present invention also provides a first print control means and a second print control means.
It can also be realized by causing a computer to read a program for achieving the function of the print control unit and connecting the program to the print mechanism PM via an interface. In this case, the program that realizes the first print control step and the second print control step can be distributed as a computer-readable storage medium or as a program itself (including a compressed form) via an information communication line.

[0054]

According to the printing apparatus of the first aspect, the second print control means causes the second print having a content or mode different from that of the first print in accordance with the input information. In addition to the information printed by the first printing, there is an effect that information having contents or modes different from those of the first printing can be obtained without re-input.

According to the printing apparatus of the second aspect, in addition to the effect of the printing apparatus of the first aspect, at least a part of the first printing and the second printing are printed with different character sizes. Therefore, there is an effect that the print medium printed by the first printing and the print medium printed by the second printing can be clearly distinguished and used.

According to the printing apparatus of the third aspect, in addition to the effect of the printing apparatus of the first or second aspect, the first printing control means or the second printing control means can respond to the input information. Since the related information related to at least a part of the input information is printed, if the predetermined information is input,
There is an effect that related information related to the input information can be acquired.

According to the printing apparatus of the fourth aspect, in addition to the effect of the printing apparatus of the third aspect, the second print control means is of a type different from the related information printed by the first print control means. Since the related information is printed, there is an effect that at least two types of related information can be acquired for one input information.

According to the printing apparatus of the fifth aspect, in addition to the effect of the printing apparatus of any of the first to fourth aspects, the second print control means can change the print content of the first print control means. Since at least a part of the print medium is printed, the same information as that of the first print control unit can be printed on the print target medium printed by the second print control unit. Therefore, if attention is paid to the similar information portion, there is an effect that the print medium printed by the first print control unit and the print medium printed by the second print control unit can be used in association with each other.

According to the printing device of the sixth aspect, in addition to the effect of the printing device of the first aspect, the related information is information related to a predetermined use of the print medium. When the print medium is used for a predetermined purpose, there is an effect that information related to the predetermined purpose can be obtained.

According to the printing device of the seventh aspect, in addition to the effect of the printing device of the first aspect, the second printing control means causes the tape printed by the first printing control means. Since the length is changed and printing is performed, if, for example, the margin of the printed medium printed by the second printing control unit is set to have a long margin, new information is added to the margin even after printing. There is an effect that can be written.

According to the printing apparatus of the eighth aspect, in addition to the effect of the printing apparatus of the seventh aspect, one of the substrate and the peeling tape forming the medium to be printed is made of a magnetic material. There is an effect that the medium to be printed can be easily attached to or detached from a metal object or the like.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a shelf life printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of a printing mechanism.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a control system of the expiration date printing apparatus.

FIG. 4A is a diagram showing a table of each icon and code data of the icon. (B) to (e)
[Fig. 4] is a diagram showing a table of recommended menu data corresponding to each icon.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of print processing.

6A and 6B are diagrams showing label tapes printed by the first printing and the second printing, respectively.

7A and 7B are diagrams showing label tapes printed by the first printing and the second printing, respectively.

8A and 8B are diagrams showing label tapes printed by the first printing and the second printing, respectively.

9A and 9B are views showing label tapes printed by the first printing and the second printing, respectively.

10A and 10B are diagrams showing label tapes printed by the first printing and the second printing, respectively.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a label tape printed by first printing and second printing.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Shelf life printing device (printing device) 2 Selection dial (information input means) 3a Confirmation key (information input means) S4 First printing control means S6 Second printing control means 7 Thermal head (printing means) 9 Label tape (printing medium)

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Adult Muto             Brother, 15-1, Naeshiro-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya             Industry Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 2C087 AA07 AB01 AC05 BA01 BA02                       BA05 CB13                 5B021 AA12 BB01 BB09 LD15

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A printing apparatus comprising a printing means for printing on a printing medium, the information inputting means for inputting information, and the printing means for printing the printing medium on the printing medium based on the input information by the information inputting means. A first print control means for performing the first print, and a second print control means for causing the print means to perform the second print having a content or mode different from the first print according to the input information. A printing apparatus comprising: a print control unit. 2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of the first printing and the second printing have different character sizes. 3. The first print control means or the second print control means, according to input information from the information input means,
The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the input information and the related information related to at least a part of the input information are printed. 4. The related information comprises a plurality of different types of information, and the second print control means prints different types of related information from the related information printed by the first print control means. The printing device according to claim 3. 5. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second print control unit prints at least a part of the content printed by the first print control unit. 6. The print medium printed by the first print control unit and the print medium printed by the second print control unit are used for predetermined purposes, respectively, and the related information is The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printing apparatus is information related to the predetermined use. 7. The medium to be printed is configured in a tape shape, and the second print control means changes the length of the tape printed by the first print control means to print. The printing device according to any one of claims 1 to 6. 8. The medium to be printed is a tape-shaped substrate on which printing is performed by the printing unit, an adhesive layer provided on one surface of the substrate, and the substrate that faces the substrate via the adhesive layer. 8. The printing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein one of the base and the peeling tape is made of a magnetic material.