JP2007152743A - Label printer - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a label printer which permits the change of data including the producing areas of raw materials forming assorted products of a product file without troublesome operations. <P>SOLUTION: When a clerk inputs product numbers by numerical keys of an operating section 5 and the product number keys are pressed, a CPU 1 reads the product number data of the products, raw material producing area numbers and the like and displays them on a display section 4. Furthermore, when the raw material producing area number section in the data displayed in the display section 4 is pressed by a clerk, the names of the raw materials and the producing area are displayed together in the display section 4. The change of the producing areas of the raw materials displayed in the display section 4 by the clerk by the operation of a touch panel and the pressing of the end key of the operating section 5 change the producing area data of the raw materials of products formed of the same raw materials. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

 The present invention relates to a label printer having a function of printing a production area of goods.

In label printers used in supermarkets, etc., by setting the product origin in each PLU (Price Look Up) data, the PLU data is called and the product name is combined with the product name when issuing the PLU data label. It is already done to print the production area. As an example in which one product is composed of one material and one PLU data is set for the product, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-180049 has “For beef peach yakiniku” When one PLU is set to be made in the United States and the place of origin name is changed, the place of origin name setting screen in the registration mode is displayed on the display unit by a predetermined button operation. It is disclosed that "product" can be changed to "Aomori product". (For example, see Patent Document 1)
JP 2001-180049 A

 However, when one product is composed of a plurality of raw material products and one PLU is configured for the product, for example, one PLU called fruit assortment or another assortment of seasonal fruits If you want to change the strawberry production area, you must change the production area as before for all the PLU data that contains the strawberry. There is a problem that the operation is complicated and an operation error is caused when the number of operations is large.

 The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and when a single PLU is composed of a plurality of raw material commodities, a complicated operation is required even when the production area of the raw material commodities is changed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a label printer that can change the place of production without any need.

 The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and the invention according to claim 1 is a label printer that prints product data such as product number, price, product name, and the like, and the origin of raw materials on a label. Storage means for associating and storing merchandise data and a plurality of raw materials constituting the merchandise and the origin data of the raw materials, and calling the origin data of a predetermined raw material among the plurality of raw materials, and the origin data of the raw material A label printer comprising: a changing unit that changes the content of the change by the change unit, and an update unit that updates the original data of the raw material of the product data associated with the changed raw material. It is.

 The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the storage means stores the product data in association with the identification information indicating the raw material configuration of the product, the identification information, the raw material name of the product, and the raw material. A raw material file for storing raw material data such as original raw data in association with each other, and the identification information including the same raw material data as the raw material data in which the raw material data of the raw material has been changed by the changing means. The update means updates the origin data of the raw material changed by the changing means for all the identification information extracted by the extracting means. The label printer described in 1.

 According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the label printer according to the first or second aspect, the changing means is changed in a setting mode for setting the production area data of the raw material in the raw material file. .

 The invention according to claim 4 is an operation unit that performs an input operation of a product number of the product, a call unit that calls the raw material data based on an input of a product number by the operation unit, and the call unit that is called by the call unit The display means for displaying the raw material data, and the changing means is changed when the raw material data of the raw material is changed and the called raw material data is changed, and the updating means is used when the display means ends the display screen at the time of change. The label printer according to claim 3, wherein the label printer is updated.

 According to the invention of claim 1, since the origin data of the raw material can be changed for other products including the same raw material only by changing the origin data of the raw material of the product, for all products including the same raw material Therefore, it is not necessary to perform a change operation, so that the place of origin can be changed without complicated operations, and erroneous operations can be prevented.

 According to the invention of claim 2, the place of origin of the raw material is changed, whether or not there is identification information of the changed raw material in the raw material file is extracted, and the place of origin is changed for all the extracted identification information. Even when the product data associated with the information is read out, the changed place of origin is read out, so that a complicated operation of performing the change operation on all the products including the same raw material becomes unnecessary.

 According to the invention of claim 3, when the place of origin of the raw material is changed, the change is updated to related products only by changing one place of the raw material file. There are few changes, data can be changed smoothly, and it is easy to find the raw material to be changed by changing the raw material file.

 According to the invention of claim 4, since the raw material data called by the product number input can be changed, and the change of the origin data is updated when the display screen is finished, the special data for updating the changed data is provided. Operation is unnecessary and can be updated without any special operation.

 Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the label printer according to the present embodiment. The label printer according to the present embodiment includes a CPU (central processing unit: corresponding to changing means, updating means, and extracting means) 1 that controls each part of the apparatus, and a ROM (read only memory) 2 that stores various programs used by the CPU 1. A RAM (random access memory: corresponding to storage means) 3 in which product files are stored, a display unit (corresponding to display means) 4 that can be operated by a touch panel, an operation unit 5 for an operator to operate, A printing control unit 6 for performing label printing control and a label printing mechanism unit 7 for printing arbitrary characters, numbers, and images on a label in dot units are configured. It is possible to change modes such as a pricing mode for issuing a label by a predetermined key operation of the operation unit 5 and a setting mode for setting a product file and a raw material file.

 FIG. 2 shows an example of the contents stored in the product file stored in the RAM 3. The product file includes a product number column for calling a product, a PLU code column, a product name column, a price column, a shelf life column, a raw material origin number (corresponding to identification information) column, There is a column for the label format. In the raw material place of origin number column, number data is stored for each product, and is associated with a raw material number indicating the raw material constituting the product in the raw material place of origin file of FIG. 4 described later. When the numeric key and the product number key of the operation unit 5 are pressed in the pricing mode for issuing a label, the product name, price, expiration date, raw material origin number, etc. of the product number are called and displayed on the display unit 4. .

 FIG. 3 shows an example of the contents stored in the raw material file stored in the RAM 3. For each raw material number that identifies each raw material name, a raw material name and a production area are set. One or more production areas can be set. FIG. 4 shows an example of the stored contents of the raw material place of origin file stored in the RAM 3. In the raw material origin region file, a plurality of raw material names and origins associated with the raw material number selected from the raw material file of FIG. 3 are set, and one raw material origin number is configured. For example, in the example of FIG. 4, since the raw material numbers 1, 2, and 3 are set for the raw material origin number 1, this indicates that the raw material name is composed of strawberry, orange, and banana. It shows that it is Tochigi, New Zealand, Philippines. As described above, the raw material origin number is set for each product number in the product file. In the above example, the raw material origin number 1 is set to the product number 1.

 Next, the operation of the above-described first embodiment will be described using a flowchart. FIG. 5 is a flow at the time of changing the production area of the label printer of this embodiment. First, in step S 1, in the pricing mode for issuing a label, the CPU 1 reads out the data of the product number from the product file and displays it on the display unit 4 when the attendant presses the numeric key and the product number key of the operation unit 5. Let When the product number 1 is called, the data of the PLU code 00001, product name cut fruit 1, price ¥ 980, expiration date September 1, 2005, raw material origin number 1, and label format 1 are read out, and the display unit 4 Is displayed.

In step S2, the raw material origin number column in the data displayed on the display unit 4 in step S1 is pushed by an attendant.
In step S3, the raw material origin number 1 is associated with the product number 1, and the data of the raw material numbers 1, 2, and 3 set in the raw material origin number 1, that is, the raw material names (strawberry, orange, banana), Each locality data is displayed on the display unit 4.

In step S4, the production center data of the raw material name displayed on the display unit 4 is changed by the attendant. For example, when changing the production area of the raw material number 1 strawberry from Tochigi to Chiba, when the field of Tochigi in the production area data displayed in the display unit 4 is pressed, it is displayed with all prefecture names, When “Chiba” is selected, the strawberry origin data of raw material number 1 set in raw material origin number 1 of the raw material origin file (FIG. 4) is changed to Chiba, and the raw material number “1” subject to change ”And the production area data“ Chiba ”are temporarily stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 3.
In step S5, the confirmation key on the operation unit 5 is pressed by the attendant.

 In step S6, when the confirmation key is pressed in step S5, the CPU 1 retrieves the same raw material number changed in production place in step S4 from the raw material production place file. In step S7, by pressing the end key exiting from the screen for changing the raw material production data, the raw data of the raw material number retrieved in step S6 is changed to the production data temporarily stored in step S4. When the change is completed, the temporarily stored raw material number and production area data are cleared. If the raw material number data whose place of production has been changed in step S4 is not searched in the raw material place of production file, the process ends and the temporarily stored data is cleared.

 As a result, if the production area of the raw material number 1 strawberry is changed from Tochigi to Chiba from the data called by inputting the product number 1, the production area data of other products including the raw material number 1 strawberry are also from Tochigi. Since it is changed to Chiba, it is possible to save the trouble of manually changing the production area data of commodities containing the same raw material one by one and to reduce the number of places to be changed by the operation, thereby reducing operation mistakes. In addition, when the change of the production area of the raw material is confirmed and the end key for exiting the change screen is pressed, the update is automatically performed when it should be updated, so that the update is not forgotten.

Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
Here, an example of changing the production area from the raw material file shown in FIG.
For example, if the production area of a strawberry received at a certain store has changed from Tochigi to Chiba, the raw material to change the production area is known, so it is easy to find the target raw material in the setting mode for setting the raw material. Become. Hereinafter, the production area changing operation for changing the production area from the setting mode will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In step S11, the mode is changed to a setting mode by a key operation on the operation unit 5.
In step S12, when the setting mode is set, product files, raw material files, print format files, etc. are listed on the display unit, and the raw material files are read by touching the raw material files, and are set as shown in FIG. A list of raw material information is displayed. When newly setting the raw material information, touch “Raw Material Number” in FIG. 3 to select all of “Raw Material Number”, “Raw Material Name”, “Origin 1”, “Origin 2”, and “Origin 3”. New raw material information is provided with a blank field, the raw material number is entered using the numeric keys of the operation unit 5, and the raw material name is displayed by touching the blank part of the raw material name. All the prefectures are displayed by touching each production area column and selecting and inputting a predetermined production area.

In step S13, by touching, for example, “raw material number 1” from the list displayed in step S12, the target raw material “strawberry” is specified and displayed as shown in FIG.
In step S14, all prefectures are displayed by touching the column of production area in FIG. 7, and Chiba is selected from among them.

In step S15, when the production area data is changed to Chiba and the confirmation key on the screen is pressed, the setting data of the raw material file is changed, and the changed raw material number and the production area data are temporarily stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 3. Remembered. In this case, the raw material number “1” and the production area data “Chiba” are stored.
In step S16, when the end key is pressed to finish changing the setting of the raw material data, it is searched whether or not there is the raw material number “1” temporarily stored in step S15 in the raw material place of origin file of FIG. .
In step S17, if YES in step S16, that is, if there is a raw material number “1” in the raw material place of origin file, the production place data associated with the retrieved number, that is, Tochigi, is temporarily stored in step S15. Update to Chiba. Then, with respect to all the searched raw material numbers “1”, the production area data is updated to “Chiba”, and then the raw material numbers and production area data temporarily stored in step S15 are cleared.
Thereby, even if the raw material place of origin file is changed and the associated product number is selected, the correct place of origin can be read out.

Although this invention was demonstrated using the said embodiment, it is not restricted to this.
Note that the change in the production area data of raw materials includes the case of adding or deleting the production area name.
In step S1, the product number of the product including the raw material to be changed is input by the operation unit 5 to call the data of the raw material to be changed. However, the data may be called by inputting the name of the raw material to be changed.
The product is not limited to cut fruit, but may be cut vegetables, assorted sashimi, or assorted grilled meat made of several kinds of meat.

Also, if the number of characters in the name of the production area has increased due to the addition of the production area name at the time of label printing, etc., the production name data will not be able to fit in the designated production area data print area. A priced label that is not printed may be issued, and the second sheet may be printed with a label format in which the printing area of the label production data is expanded.
In the raw material origin file, only a plurality of raw material numbers may be set for each raw material origin number.
In the pricing mode, when the raw material origin number is touched, the set raw material number is displayed, and when each raw material number is touched, the raw material file is referenced to display each raw material and the origin. Anyway.

 Further, in the raw material place of origin file of FIG. 4, only the raw place of origin number and a plurality of raw material numbers constituting it are set in the update means, and the raw place of origin number is set corresponding to each product number. In other words, as shown in FIG. 2, the raw material origin number 1 is set for the product number 1 and the raw material origin number 2 is set for the product number 2. In the raw material file of FIG. After changing the raw material name of strawberry from “Tochigi” to “Chiba”, the raw material number 1 included in the raw material origin number 1 and 2 that is read by selecting part numbers 1 and 2 is updated and read. In such a case, the updating means is used.

 The present invention is suitable for use in a label printer having a function of printing the production area of goods.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the label printer concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the goods file of the label printer concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the raw material file of the label printer concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the raw material origin place file of the label printer concerning the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the processing content of the label printer concerning the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the processing content of the label printer concerning the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen display when changing the production area of the raw material concerning the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 ... CPU
2… ROM
3 ... RAM (storage means)
4 ... Display section (display means)
5 ... Operation part

Claims (4)

In a label printer that prints product data such as product number, price, product name and the origin of raw materials on a label,
Storage means for storing the product data, a plurality of raw materials constituting the product, and origin data of the raw materials in association with each other;
Of the plurality of raw materials, calling means of origin data of a predetermined raw material, changing means for changing the origin data of the raw material,
Update means for updating the change content by the change means to the origin data of the raw material of the product data associated with the changed raw material,
A label printer characterized by comprising: The storage means stores the product data and identification information indicating the raw material configuration of the product in association with each other;
A raw material file for storing the identification information and raw material data such as a raw material name of the product and raw material data of the raw material in association with each other;
An extraction means for extracting the identification information including the same raw material data as the raw material data in which the raw material data of the raw material has been changed by the changing means;
The label printer according to claim 1, wherein the updating unit updates the origin data of the raw material changed by the changing unit with respect to all the identification information extracted by the extracting unit.  The label printer according to claim 1, wherein the changing unit is changed in a setting mode for setting production area data of raw materials in the raw material file. Operation means for performing an input operation of the product number of the product;
Calling means for calling up the raw material data based on the input of the product number by the operating means;
Display means for displaying the raw material data called by the calling means;
The origin of the raw material is changed, the changing means is changed to the called raw material data, and the updating means updates when the display means ends the change display screen. Item 4. The label printer according to item 3.

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