JP2003025773A - Printer paper for handy terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a high-quality printer transfer notice or transfer request for an energy consumer who is a non-contracting party to an automatic account withdrawal contract for utility fees such as gas, tap water and electricity. SOLUTION: In the printer paper for a handy terminal used at the handy terminal, the part to be printed is printed in a halftone mode P1 and P2 using a plurality of different colors which do not adversely affect an optical data reading process of the part to be printed. In addition, different patterns representing a notice of meter inspection, a bill of fees for energy consumption with an attached transfer form, a receipt and the like, are selectively printed on the halftone printed space of a single format.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill for a usage fee accompanied by a transfer sheet when the value of an integrating meter showing the usage amount of gas, water, electric power, etc. is regularly read and the result is printed on site. The present invention relates to a printer paper for a handy terminal used in a handy terminal, which enables printing of a receipt or the like that is easy to see and is of high quality that is difficult to forge.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, handy terminals have come to be used for meter reading of meters for gas, water, electric power and the like. This handy terminal measures the usage of gas, water, electric power, etc., prints the result as a notice sheet, receipt of automatic deduction of usage fee, etc. at the site and separates the printing result and passes it to the user. . In addition, for users who do not have a contract for automatic withdrawal of usage fees, based on the data of the result of meter reading, a transfer notice or transfer request form that charges the usage fee to the user is printed and printed on site. A portable transfer paper issuing device which separates the result and delivers it to the user is disclosed in Registered Utility Model No. 3023418. However, this portable transfer paper issuing device is easy to forge because the black printer paper is printed in black, and the quality of the transfer paper is impaired. A continuous form in which a printed portion such as a receipt is printed with a plurality of different colors and printed in good quality so that the printed marking is easy to see is known from JP-A-61-185495.
When the data printed on such a continuous form is read by a recent machine, there is a problem that optical reading and copying are hindered and accurate office work cannot be performed.

[0003]

When processing is performed by a machine, the usage data is optically read or copied, but there is no problem in optical reading or copying, and a clear image is obtained when copied. Must be obtained. It is a well-known fact that the conventional optical sensors used for optical data reading devices and copiers do not detect yellow dot printing, but other colors detect dot printing and the optical It causes trouble in reading and copying. Many users of handy terminals have demanded a printing color that uses a color other than yellow for reasons such as improved design and prevention of forgery. On the other hand, recent optical sensors have been developed for color and have come to detect colors accurately. For this reason, when printing data that can be read by the optical sensor, it does not affect the optical reading or copying of the printed data even with recent high-sensitivity optical sensors, making it difficult to forge. Something is required.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a gas, water,
The printer paper for handy terminals used in handy terminals, which measures the amount of electricity used and prints the results on-site, has a plurality of printed areas that do not affect the optical reading of data. You can print different patterns such as notifications of meter reading results, bills for payment with transfer paper, receipts, etc. by printing different colors on the same format. Thus, the conventional problem is solved by realizing a printer paper for a handy terminal, which enables easy-to-read, high-quality forgery-resistant printing.

[005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing the structure of printer paper for a handy terminal according to the present invention. In FIG.
(A) shows the front surface of the handy terminal printer paper of the present invention, and (b) shows the back surface thereof. In FIG. 1A, m is a perforation, which is provided at each boundary between print patterns in order to easily separate the printed paper portion. P1 is yellow halftone printing performed on a specific portion of the print pattern, and P2 is red halftone printing performed on a portion other than the yellow halftone printing of the print pattern. The printer paper for the handy terminal is a thermal recording paper, and its surface is printed in black by a thermal head. The yellow dot printing and the red dot printing on the print pattern are done in advance on the heat-sensitive surface of the thermosensitive recording paper so that the contents of the black print made by the thermal head can be easily identified. is there.

In FIG. 1B, dt is a sensor mark for print positioning. When printing data, the handy terminal feeds out the paper, and when the sensor mark for print positioning of dt in FIG. 1B is detected, the print paper is stopped and the print positioning is performed. The sensor mark dt is provided for each print pattern. PR is the printing of cautionary notes and advertisements, and the same printing is performed for each print pattern. In the printer paper for a handy terminal having such a structure, various different patterns are printed on a portion of the surface of the printer paper which is not subjected to the halftone printing and on the portions of the yellow halftone printing and the red halftone printing.

FIG. 2 shows an example of printing various different patterns on the printer paper for the handy terminal of the present invention. 2 (a) is an example of a printout of a notice for notifying a user of the result of use to a user who has a contract with an automatic debit from a bank account, and FIG. 2 (b) shows a contract with an automatic withdrawal from a bank account. An example of printing a postal transfer payment voucher for paying a fee from a post office to a user who has not done it, and (c) does not have an automatic debit contract from a bank account. It is an example of a printout of a fee transfer receipt for payment to a user from a bank or a convenience store.

As is clear from the various print patterns of (a), (b), and (c) of FIG. 2, even if the print patterns are different, the portions of the yellow dot print P1 and the red dot print P2 on the surface thereof. As for the content printed on, the data regarding the usage data is printed on the yellow halftone print P1, and the data regarding the payment of the usage fee such as the receipt of the fee is printed on the part of the red halftone print P2. Each print range is set so that the same area is printed even if the print patterns are different. Therefore, the user of the handy terminal can select an arbitrary print pattern and print it on the printer paper. The print form in this case is easy to see because it is printed on the halftone print that is color-coded according to the content of the print data, and has a smart and high-quality appearance.

[0900] A usage fee bill or the like with a transfer sheet attached is printed on the portion of the yellow dot print P1 on which the usage data is printed. However, the paperwork of the transfer is recently processed by a machine. Often. In this case, the usage data is optically read or copied, but it is necessary that there is no obstacle to the optical reading or copying, and a clear image can be obtained when copying. It is a well-known fact that the conventional optical sensors used in optical data reading devices and copiers do not detect yellow dot printing, but recently demand for printing colors other than yellow has increased as user demand. Came. Therefore, it is necessary to specify the number of lines and the percentage of dot printing that are not detected by the optical sensor and perform printing.

The ink that meets such a purpose is the result of the experiment, and the yellow ink is Macbeth densitometer PCM2.
It was found that the PCS values were all 10% or less in each wavelength region of the type filters A, B, C, D, and E. The ink corresponding to this is, for example, DIC (15
Version) Yellow ink with color guide 9 ・ 33 ・ 571 ・
590 and 597 etc. Also, for inks other than yellow,
It was found that the PCS value is 30% or less in the wavelength region of the Macbeth densitometer PCM2 type filter A, and the PCS value is 10% or less in all of the wavelength regions B, C, D and E. As the area of mesh printing, 100 lines or more, 5 ~
Use 15% halftone. In the above description, an example of using halftone printing as an example of halftone printing has been described, but the printing of this portion is not limited to halftone printing, and solid printing, tint block printing and the like can be used. It is not necessary to read or copy the data related to payment of usage fee such as receipt of charges printed on the red colored print P2, so you can use your favorite color and density such as light blue, green, orange etc. I can recommend it.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining the print function of the handy terminal using the handy terminal printer paper of the present invention. In the conventional handy terminal, the usage amount of gas, water, electric power, etc. is read and the result is printed on the spot, but the pattern of the print format is limited to only showing the result of the reading. Therefore, the meter reading result is automatically printed in a predetermined pattern and the pattern of the print format has not been selected. In the handy terminal using the handy terminal printer paper of the present invention, it is possible to selectively print not only the result of the meter reading but also a different pattern such as a bill for the usage fee attached with the transfer paper and a receipt. I have to. For this reason, the handy terminal is not only provided with a printout of the meter reading results, but it is also prepared in advance with a format for printing different patterns such as bills for usage fees and receipts with transfer paper attached. A required format is selected by the user's selection or based on the user's data set in advance, and the data of the meter reading result is inserted into the selected format and printed.

This operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. After the meter reader inputs the meter reading result to the handy terminal and sets the print format type,
Press the start button to start printing. When the start button is pressed, the handy terminal performs various calculation processes on the result of meter reading to obtain the data required for printing. When the calculation process is completed, the handy terminal detects the payment form of the user. The payment form detection is to detect how the user pays the fee. Whether the user has an automatic withdrawal contract from the bank account, if the user has an automatic withdrawal contract, the user will transfer the fee from the post office or pay the fee from the bank or convenience store To detect the payment form.

When the payment mode is detected, the handy terminal edits the print information matching the payment mode. When the print information is edited, the handy terminal selects a suitable layout for printing the print information. In the selection of the compatible layout, the print format is set according to the payment form of the user's fee. Since the print format differs depending on the payment form and the payee, the print format is selected according to the payment form of the user's fee. If you know the payment method of the user's fee in advance, you can enter it in the handy terminal to detect the payment method of the user's fee when you input the user's name. The terminal can check and automatically select a suitable layout, and set the print format type.

When the print information is edited and the suitable layout is selected, the handy terminal simultaneously supplies the print information and the suitable layout information to the printer, prints these two pieces of information at the same time, and prints the result as a user's result. It is possible to obtain the print format in which the print information of the data of the meter reading result is printed in the format according to the payment form of the fee. FIG. 4 shows an example of the print format according to the payment form of the user's fee. Figure 4 (a)
FM1 is a print format for users who have an account transfer contract. Since the charges of users who have contracts for account transfer are automatically transferred from the account, it is not necessary to perform the transfer procedure by themselves, so the usage amount of the meter reading result and the usage fee for this are printed. , Notification vote format FM
Since only 1 needs to be printed, the print format is as shown in FIG.

FIGS. 4B, 4C, and 4D are print formats for users who have not made an account transfer contract. As for the charges of users who do not have an account transfer contract, it is necessary to transfer the charges from an appropriate transfer destination. For this reason, it is convenient to print and hand over the transfer paper of the usage fee suitable for the transfer destination format used by the user. For this purpose, the handy terminal has various transfer paper formats as shown in FIGS. 4 (b), 4 (c), and 4 (d), which are set by the user. It is possible to print out the transfer paper on which the data necessary for the transfer is printed. By the way, FM2 in FIG. 4 (b) is the format of the transfer form for financial return A, FIG.
(C) FM3 of FIG. 4B is the transfer paper format of B financial return, and FM4 of FIG. 4D is the transfer paper format of the convenience store.

As described above, for a user who does not have an account transfer contract, the transfer amount used by the user together with the format FM1 of the notice form, in which the usage amount of the meter reading result and the usage fee for this are printed. The print format shown in (b), (c) and (d) of FIG. 4 is obtained by combining the transfer paper on which the data necessary for the transfer is printed on the transfer paper. The user who receives the transfer form with the data required for transfer in the transfer form of the transfer destination used by the user together with the notice slip will take the transfer procedure immediately if the transfer form is brought to the transfer destination. Can be done. In addition, electricity, gas, water, and other suppliers do not need to send invoices with transfer forms to users who do not have an account transfer contract. It becomes possible to do business. In this way, by efficiently selecting and printing the required print format according to the fee payment form of the user, it is possible to perform efficient and high-value-added meter reading business.

[0117]

As is apparent from the above description, the printer paper for the handy terminal of the present invention can be used for gas, water,
In printer paper used in handy terminals, which measures the amount of electricity used and prints the results on-site, the printed portion does not affect the optical reading of data optically in the printed portion. You can print different patterns of different colors, such as notification of meter reading results, bills for usage fees with transfer paper, receipts, etc., on the same format. It becomes possible to do it. For this reason, the user can immediately carry out the transfer procedure by machine by taking the transfer sheet to the transfer destination. In addition, electricity, gas, water, and other suppliers do not need to send invoices with transfer forms to users who do not have an account transfer contract. It becomes possible to do business. As described above, by selecting and printing an arbitrary print format of a required format according to the fee payment form of the user, it is possible to perform efficient and high-value-added meter reading business.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a preparatory work for a handy terminal used in the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a meter reading operation of a handy terminal used in the present invention and a work of issuing a receipt and a transfer slip.

FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of a payment promotion work of a handy terminal used in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of post-processing work of a handy terminal used in the present invention.

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Minoru Soshizaki, inventor             International Chat, 1-30 Akabori, Okegawa City, Saitama Prefecture             Inside the corporation (72) Inventor Kunihiko Iwagami             2-8-4 Nihonbashi Horidomecho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo               Nihonbashi Core Building 3F Itron Day             Ta Tech Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Jun Hoshi             2-8-4 Nihonbashi Horidomecho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo               Nihonbashi Core Building 3F Itron Day             Ta Tech Co., Ltd.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A printer paper for a handy terminal used in a handy terminal in which the amount of gas, water, electric power, etc. used is read and the result is printed on-site. Use an ink that does not affect reading, and print.
For handy terminals, which can be used to selectively print different patterns such as notifications of meter reading results, bills for usage fees with transfer paper, receipts, etc. on the same format screen printing Printer paper. 2. A printer paper for a handy terminal used in a handy terminal, in which the usage of gas, water, electric power, etc. is read and the result is printed on site. In the printed portion of the printer paper, Macbeth Densitometer PCM2 type filter A wavelength range, PCS value
At 30% or less, in each wavelength range of B, C, D, E,
Printing is performed using ink with a PCS value of 10% or less, and printing of different patterns such as notification of meter reading results, usage fee bill attached with transfer paper, receipt etc. in the same format Printer paper for handy terminals, which can be selectively printed on the screen. [Claim 3] In a printer paper for a handy terminal used in a handy terminal, which measures the usage amount of gas, water, electric power, etc. and prints the result on site, Macbeth is printed on the printed portion of the printer paper. Densitometer PCM2 type filter A wavelength range, PCS value
At 30% or less, in each wavelength range of B, C, D, E,
Ink printing with ink with a PCS value of 10% or less is performed, and printing of different patterns such as notification of meter reading results, usage fee bill attached with transfer paper, receipt etc. is done in the same format. Printer paper for handy terminals, characterized in that it can be selectively printed on the screen printing. 4. A printer paper for a handy terminal used in a handy terminal, which measures the usage of gas, water, electric power, etc. and prints the result on-site, in a portion where the printer paper is printed, Macbeth Densitometer PCM2 type filter A wavelength range, PCS value
At 30% or less, in each wavelength range of B, C, D, E,
Using an ink with a PCS value of 10% or less,
The area of the screen printing is 100 lines or more, and the screen printing using 5 to 15% screen printing is performed, and the different patterns such as the notification of the meter reading result, the usage fee bill attached with the transfer paper, the receipt etc. Printer paper for handy terminals, characterized in that printing can be selectively carried out over halftone printing of the same format. 5. A printer sheet for a handy terminal used in a handy terminal, which measures the usage of gas, water, electric power, etc. and prints the result on site, in the printed portion of the printer sheet, Macbeth Densitometer PCM2 type filter A wavelength range, PCS value
At 30% or less, in each wavelength range of B, C, D, E,
Printing is performed using ink with a PCS value of 10% or less, and printing of different patterns such as notification of meter reading results, usage fee bill attached with transfer paper, receipt etc. in the same format Printer paper for handy terminals, characterized by being able to be selectively printed on the screen and printed with sensor marks for printing positioning, cautions and advertisements on the back side.