JP2008077270A - Merchandise sales processing system, method for controlling merchandise sales processing system, and program for the method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To issue a receipt and a label, and to surely provide allergen information of merchandise to a customer. <P>SOLUTION: A merchandise sales processing system is provided with: a printing part 310 for printing a receipt on a sheet having thermosensitive adhesion layer on the back face; a heating part 320 for heating the thermosensitive adhesion layer to develop adhesiveness; a merchandise master 210 for storing allergen information about allergen substances included in the merchandise by associating the information with merchandise for each merchandise; an information input part 220 for inputting information for specifying the merchandise; a means 240 for printing the receipt on the basis of the input; a means 230 for determining whether the allergen object merchandise is included in the merchandise printed on the receipt by referring to the allergen information when printing the receipt; a means 250 for printing the allergen label of the allergen object merchandise when the allergen object merchandise is included; and a means 260 for heating the back face of the printing region of the label after printing the label. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a merchandise sales processing system that issues a receipt of merchandise for sale and issues a label to be attached to the merchandise, a control method for the merchandise sales processing system, and a program thereof.

Conventionally, a receipt / label shared printer that can issue both a receipt and a label is known (for example, Patent Document 1).
JP-A-11-005333

  This type of receipt / label shared printer can accommodate a receipt roll, which is a printing medium for receipts, and a label roll, which is a printing medium for labels, in its housing. The head and the discharge port are provided separately. Therefore, there is a problem that the apparatus becomes larger than a printer that can issue only one of a receipt and a label.

  In particular, this type of receipt / label shared printer is a peripheral device of a POS terminal (cash register terminal). ) Is often installed in a limited installation space, such as a cashier counter. Accordingly, retail stores that use POS terminals also desire to use the cashier counter as a sales space, and there is a strong demand for downsizing the apparatus.

  On the other hand, in recent years, interest in allergic substances is high, and retail stores actively provide services such as printing allergen substances contained in products and attaching them to products. Especially for allergens caused by food, a removal diet is essential, and such allergen information provision service is very important for allergic carriers.

  However, it is not possible to provide allergen information with certainty because a customer may overlook allergen information during product purchase simply by printing an allergen substance on a label and attaching it to the product.

  In view of the above problems, the present invention is capable of issuing a receipt of a sales product and issuing a label to be attached to the sales product, and can reliably provide allergen information of the product to a customer. It is an object of the present invention to provide a sales processing system, a control method of a product sales processing system, and a program thereof.

  The product sales processing system of the present invention includes a printing unit that performs printing on the surface of a paper having a heat-sensitive adhesive layer on the back surface, a heating unit that heats the heat-sensitive adhesive layer to develop adhesiveness, the price of the product, and the product A product master that stores the name and / or product code, and allergen information related to the allergen contained in the product in association with each other, and an information input unit that inputs information for specifying the product. In a merchandise sales processing system for issuing and issuing labels to be attached to the sales merchandise, a receipt printing control means for printing a receipt on the printing section based on an input of the information input section, and a product at the time of receipt printing Refer to the master to determine whether the product printed on the receipt contains allergen-targeted products that are allergen-related products Product discriminating means, and label printing control means for printing the allergen label including allergen information on the printing unit when allergen target products are included, and at least a label back surface area corresponding to the back surface of the label printing area after label printing. And a heating control means for heating a part of the region to the heating unit.

  The control method of the merchandise sales processing system of the present invention includes a printing unit that performs printing on the surface of a sheet having a heat-sensitive adhesive layer on the back surface, a heating unit that heats the heat-sensitive adhesive layer to develop adhesiveness, A product master that stores a price, a product name and / or a product code, and an allergen information related to an allergen contained in the product in association with each other, and an information input unit that inputs information for specifying the product; Is a method for controlling a merchandise sales processing system that issues a receipt and issues a label to be attached to the sales merchandise, and prints the receipt on the printing section based on the input of the information input section; Allergen target merchandise that is a product with allergen information associated with the product printed on the receipt by referring to the allergen information in the product master And if the allergen target product is included, printing the allergen label including allergen information on the printing unit before or after receipt printing, and after printing the label, the printing area of the label And a step of causing the heating unit to heat at least a part of the label back surface area corresponding to the back surface of the label.

According to these configurations, receipt printing and label printing are performed on the same sheet, and a common printing unit is used. Therefore, the conveyance path and the discharge port can be made common. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the size of the apparatus for executing these, and consequently to reduce the installation space. In addition, since the printing medium may be one type of paper, it can be expected to save space in a place where consumables are stocked. Furthermore, since a paper having a heat-sensitive adhesive layer on the back surface (for example, delayed tack paper) is used, it is only necessary to activate the heat-sensitive adhesive layer by heating when a label is issued, and no release paper or the like is required. For this reason, it is possible to reduce the labor for stripping the release work and the release paper. Moreover, since no waste is generated, it is also useful for environmental conservation.
In addition, by referring to the allergen information of the product master and label printing of the allergen label when the product to be printed on the receipt contains the allergen target product, there is no need for the operator to determine whether or not to issue a label. The operator's work load can be reduced, and the label can be issued efficiently.
In addition, since the allergen label is issued together with a receipt that is always issued when the product is purchased, the allergen information of the product can be reliably provided to the customer. In other words, even if the customer overlooks the description of the raw materials attached to the package at the time of product selection or the allergen contained in the product, or purchases a product that does not contain allergen information, the customer must confirm at the time of product purchase. So you can shop with peace of mind.
The receipt and the label may be issued in a continuous state or may be issued in a divided state.

  In the above-mentioned merchandise sales processing system, the receipt printing control means attaches a predetermined identification mark to the merchandise name or merchandise code of the allergen target product when the product printed on the receipt includes the allergen target product. It is preferable to print a receipt.

  According to this configuration, the allergen target product can be clearly shown not only on the label but also on the receipt. The “identification mark” refers to various character decorations such as underlines and character boxes in addition to symbols and pictographs.

  In the above-described merchandise sales processing system, the allergen information includes information on the item name of the allergen substance and the URL related to the detailed information on the allergen substance, and the label printing control means, based on the allergen information, the item name, URL, It is preferable that at least one piece of information in the symbol image obtained by encoding the URL is printed on the allergen label.

  According to this configuration, it is possible to provide the customer with information on the URL that lists the item name of the allergen substance and detailed information on the allergen substance. In addition, since a symbol image in which a URL is encoded can be printed on a label, a customer who has a means for reading a symbol image (such as a barcode or a two-dimensional code) and a means for decoding (such as a mobile phone or a barcode reader). In contrast, detailed allergen information can be easily provided.

  In the product sales processing system, the product master stores product label information for issuing a product label including a product name or a product code in association with each product, and the product discrimination means stores receipt printing. In this case, referring to the product master, the product printed on the receipt further determines whether or not the product label issue target product associated with the product label information is included. When the label issue target product exists, it is preferable to print the product label on the printing unit based on the product label information.

  According to this configuration, since the product label including the product name or the product code is issued in addition to the allergen label, the application of the present invention can be expanded. Examples of the product label include an expiration date label indicating the expiration date or the expiration date, or a warranty label serving as a warranty for the product.

  In the merchandise sales processing system, the paper is long, and further includes a paper cutting unit that cuts the paper, and a cutting control unit that cuts the rear end of the receipt and / or the label into the paper cutting unit. Is preferred.

  According to this configuration, the receipt printing and the label printing are performed on the long paper, and the receipt and the label are issued. There is no need for the operator to separate receipts and labels, and the operator's workload can be reduced.

  In the above-described merchandise sales processing system, the paper cutting unit is configured to be capable of executing both a partial cut that cuts in the width direction while partially cutting the paper and a full cut that completely cuts the paper in the width direction. The print control means determines the number of labels to be issued according to the number of allergen target products included in the product printed on the receipt and the number of product label issue target products included in the product printed on the receipt. When the number of labels to be issued is plural, the cutting control means preferably cuts at least the boundary between the labels.

  According to this configuration, since at least the boundary portion between the labels is partially cut, a plurality of labels can be continuously discharged, and the separation can be easily performed. In addition, regardless of the number of labels to be issued (the operator does not specify the number of partial cuts), the boundary portion between the labels can be partially cut.

  In the merchandise sales processing system, the receipt printing control means causes the receipt printing to be performed continuously after the label printing by the label printing control means, and the cutting control means causes the rear end of each label to be partially cut and It is preferable to fully cut the rear end.

  According to this configuration, since the receipt printing is continuously performed after the label printing, the related receipt and the label can be continuously discharged, and the labels and the receipts can be easily separated from each other. be able to. In addition, since receipt printing is performed after label printing, even if it takes time to discharge these, it is possible to use the time to attach a label (attachment or enclosure) to the product. . Furthermore, since label is issued only when necessary, the operator cannot determine whether label is issued or not. However, since the receipt can be determined to be the last when the receipt is discharged, the label is issued wastefully. There is no need to wait.

In the above-described merchandise sales processing system, the merchandise sales processing system includes a printing apparatus having a printing unit, a heating unit, and a paper cutting unit, a merchandise master, an information input unit, a receipt printing control unit, a merchandise discrimination unit, a label printing control unit, A host device having heating control means and cutting control means;
It is preferable that it is comprised.

  According to this configuration, for example, when the present invention is applied to a POS system, each unit of the host device and the product master can be incorporated into the POS computer, and the other units can be incorporated into the printing apparatus which is a peripheral device. . That is, the printing apparatus may have a configuration having only a printing unit, a heating unit, and a paper cutting unit, so that the configuration of the apparatus can be simplified, and the size and cost of the apparatus can be reduced.

  The program of the present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute each step in the control method of the commodity sales processing system.

  By executing this program, it is possible to issue receipts for sales products and issue labels that should be attached to the sales products, as well as product sales that can reliably provide product allergen information to customers. A processing system can be realized.

  Hereinafter, a merchandise sales processing system, a control method for the merchandise sales processing system, and a program thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a POS terminal 10 to which a product sales processing system of the present invention is applied. As shown in the figure, the POS terminal 10 includes a POS computer 20 that performs a settlement process for sales merchandise, and a printing apparatus 30 that performs a process for issuing a receipt R for sales merchandise and various labels L (see FIG. 6) to be attached to the merchandise. And is constituted by.

  The POS computer 20 has a keyboard 22 for inputting information (product information) for an operator to specify a product on the front upper surface of the main body case 21, and an operator display 23 for the operator to confirm the input information on the right side of the rear portion. A cash drawer 27 is housed in the main body case 21. A bar code reader 25 for reading a bar code affixed to a product or printed in advance is cable-connected to the right side surface of the main body case 21, and a membership card or credit presented by a customer is displayed on the right side of the keyboard 22. A card reader slot 26 for reading a card is formed. Furthermore, a customer display 24 is arranged on the back side of the main body case 21 so that the customer can confirm the product name, the payment amount, and the like.

  In addition, the POS computer 20 has a POS application 41 and a printer driver 42 installed on the hard disk inside the main body case 21, control data (such as the product master 210, see FIG. 4) and payment processing for payment processing. It has a database (DB) 43 for storing subsequent sales data. Note that the POS computer 20 can be connected to a store server (POS server) (not shown) via a LAN or the like. In this case, the database 43 has a configuration of the store server.

  On the other hand, the printing apparatus 30 has a discharge port 32 through which the printed paper (heat-sensitive adhesive paper) 50 is discharged on the upper surface of the main body case 31. The front surface 51 of the paper 50 is a printing surface, and the receipt print data DR and the label print data DL are printed based on an instruction from the POS computer 20 (see FIG. 6). In addition, a heat-sensitive adhesive layer (not shown) is formed on the back surface 52 of the paper 50, and is activated by being partially heated to exhibit adhesiveness (adhesiveness). That is, the printing apparatus 30 prints the receipt print data DR and the label print data DL on the same paper 50, but develops adhesiveness on the back surface of the paper 50 with a heating process during label printing, and heats up during receipt printing. There is no processing involved. As a result, the paper transport path, the printing mechanism, and the discharge port 32 are made common, thereby reducing the size of the apparatus.

  For example, a delayed tack is applicable as the adhesive applied to the back surface 52 (heat-sensitive adhesive layer) of the paper 50. The delayed tack is a mixture of a solid plasticizer and a tackifier in a thermoplastic resin, and the plasticizer is melted by overheating to near 100 ° C. to express tackiness. Therefore, the back surface 52 before heating is dry (no adhesiveness), and it is not necessary to provide release paper on the back surface 52. Further, although the paper 50 is supplied as roll paper (see FIG. 2), since the back surface 52 before heating is dry, it is not necessary to apply a release agent to the front surface 51.

  Next, the internal configuration of the printing apparatus 30 will be described with reference to FIG. The printing apparatus 30 contains (loads) paper 50 wound in a roll shape, and the paper 50 is conveyed in the direction of the arrow A shown in the drawing. A print head 32 (printing mechanism), a paper feed roller 33 (conveyance mechanism), a heater 34 (heating mechanism), and a cutter 35 (cutting mechanism) face along the conveyance path of the paper 50 from the upstream side in the conveyance direction. Yes.

  The printing apparatus 30 conveys the paper 50 by the rotation of the paper feed roller 33, and prints print data on the surface 51 by the thermal printing head 32. Further, the paper 50 is conveyed, and a predetermined area on the back surface 52 is heated by the heater 34 to develop adhesiveness. Further, the paper 50 is conveyed, the paper 50 is cut by the cutter 35, and discharged from the discharge port 31 to the outside of the apparatus. Although details will be described later, the cutter 35 can execute both a partial cut PC that cuts the paper 50 in the width direction while partially cutting the paper 50 and a full cut FC that completely cuts the paper 50 in the width direction. It is configured (see FIG. 6).

  Instead of the thermal printing head 32, printing may be performed by an inkjet method. Also, the order of processing the paper 50 is not limited to the above pattern, such as cutting the paper 50 after the printing process and performing the heating process instead of cutting the paper 50 after the printing process and the heating process. is not.

  Next, the control configuration of the POS terminal 10 will be described with reference to FIG. As described above, the POS terminal 10 includes the POS computer 20 and the printing device 30. The POS computer 20 includes a product master 210, an information input unit 220, a product determination unit 230, a receipt print control unit 240, a label print control unit 250, a heating control unit 260, and a cutting control unit 270 as its control configuration. .

  The main part of the product master 210 is configured by the database 43, and the main part of the information input unit 220 is configured by the keyboard 22 or the barcode reader 25. The product discrimination means 230, receipt print control means 240, label print control means 250, heating control means 260, and cutting control means 270 are configured by the POS application 41 and the printer driver 42 (all of which are shown in FIG. 1). reference).

  On the other hand, the printing apparatus 30 includes a printing unit 310, a heating unit 320, and a paper cutting unit 330. The main part of the printing unit 310 is configured by the print head 32, the main unit of the heating unit 320 is configured by the heater 34, and the main unit of the paper cutting unit 330 is configured by the cutter 35 (whichever (See also FIG. 2).

  As shown in FIG. 4, the merchandise master 210 stores a merchandise code, a merchandise name, a price, allergen information, and merchandise label information in association with a record for each sale merchandise in a table format.

  Here, a product (a product with product codes “0201”, “0502”, “0321”) associated with at least one of allergen information and product label information is a label issuance target. In the following, the product associated with the allergen information is referred to as “allergen target product” (product with product codes “0201” and “0502”), and the product associated with the product label information is referred to as “product label issue target product”. "(Products with product codes" 0201 "," 0502 "," 0321 ").

  In other words, if at least one of the allergen target product and the product label issue target product is included in the sales product, the label L and the receipt R are issued in succession, and if not included, only the receipt R Issue. The total number of labels L to be issued is the sum of the number of allergen target products included in the product printed on the receipt R and the number of product label issue target products included in the product printed on the receipt R. Determined by.

  “Allergen information” refers to information related to an allergen substance contained in a product for sale, and specifically includes information related to an item name of the allergen substance and a URL that contains detailed information related to the allergen substance. When the sales product is other than food, information on the allergen substance related to the sales product may be stored as “allergen information” (for example, if the sales product is a book, it is described in the book) Memorize information about allergens in cooking recipes).

  The “product label information” refers to information for issuing a product label L2 including a product name or a product code. In the present embodiment, the expiration date label indicating the expiration date is issued as the product label L2. Here, the contents of the print data to be printed on the product label L are stored. Actually, it is expressed in a programming language, but the drawing summarizes the contents. For example, in the record with the product code “0201”, if the product with the product code “0001” is included in the sales product, the expiration date label is issued, indicating that the expiration date is the date of sale. Yes.

  Returning to the description of FIG. The information input unit 220 is used to input information for specifying a product for sale, and specifically refers to input of product information using the keyboard 22 or the barcode reader 25 (see FIG. 1).

  The product discriminating unit 230 discriminates whether or not the information input by the information input unit 220 includes information for specifying the allergen target product and the product label issue target product. That is, it is determined whether or not there is a product that needs to be issued the label L during the information input corresponding to the issue of one receipt (if there is, how many are included). Here, for example, when it is determined that two allergen target products and three product label issue target products are included, the printing apparatus 30 includes two allergen labels L1 and three product labels L2 (see FIG. 6). A total of 5 labels L are issued. Also, one receipt R is issued following the five labels L.

  The receipt printing control unit 240 causes the printing unit 310 to print the receipt R based on the input from the information input unit 220. That is, the receipt, which is the settlement content, is printed as a receipt R according to the product purchased by the customer. If the input information includes information for identifying the allergen target product, an identification mark 145 (in the example of FIG. 6, a star mark “★” is provided near the product code so that the customer can identify the allergen target product. ]) Is added and printed. The identification mark 145 may be added near the product name instead of the product code. The “identification mark” refers to various character decorations such as underlines and character boxes in addition to symbols and pictographs.

  When the information input by the information input unit 220 includes information for specifying the allergen target product or the product label issuance target product, the label print control unit 250 determines the allergen label of the corresponding product before receipt printing. L1 or the product label L2 is printed on the printing unit 310 that performs the receipt printing described above. That is, the receipt printing and the label printing use a common printing unit 310.

  After the label printing by the above-described label printing control unit 250, the heating control unit 260 converts a heating target area (not shown) that is at least a part of the label back surface area corresponding to the back surface of the printing area of the label L into a heating unit. 320 is heated. Note that the information for determining the heating target area is included in the product label information. That is, the heating control means 260 changes the heating target area for each product based on the product label information. For example, for a large sticking area such as a lunch box, the entire label back surface area corresponding to the back surface of the label printing area is used. Control is performed such as heating a part of the label back surface area for items that are heated and have a small sticking area such as pickles.

  The cutting control unit 270 causes the paper cutting unit 330 to cut the rear ends of the receipt R and the label L. Specifically, the rear end portion of the label L is subjected to partial cut PC, and the rear end portion of the receipt R is subjected to full cut FC. That is, the partial cut PC is performed between the labels L and between the label L and the receipt R, and the full cut FC is performed only on the rear end portion of the receipt R. Therefore, a single continuous sheet of paper 50 is discharged by inputting product information once (for one receipt), but each label L and receipt R are cut so that they can be easily separated. Ejected in the state (partial cut PC).

  Next, the printing process (label / receipt issuing process) by the POS terminal 10 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, when product information is input by the keyboard 22 or the barcode reader 25 of the POS computer 20 (S01), the product master 210 (see FIG. 4) is referred to, and the product printed on the receipt includes allergen targets. It is determined whether or not a product or a product label issue target product is included (S02).

  Here, when it is determined that at least one of the allergen target product and the product label issue target product is included (S02: Yes), that is, when it is determined that the label L needs to be issued, the POS computer 20 displays the printing device 30. The label L and the receipt R are issued in succession by causing the allergen label L1 and / or the product label L2 to be printed, heating the label back surface area, receipt printing, partial cut and full cut (S03). (S04). Note that each operation of S03 is controlled by a receipt printing control unit 240, a label printing control unit 250, a heating control unit 260, and a cutting control unit 270 (all refer to FIG. 3).

  In addition, when it is determined that both the allergen target product and the product label issue target product are not included (S02: No), the receipt print control unit 240 and the cutting control unit 270 are caused to execute the receipt printing and the full cut. (S05), only the receipt R is issued (S06).

  In this way, since the operator issues the label L only when necessary based on the information input operation for issuing the receipt R, the operator does not need to perform a special operation for issuing the label. Can be saved. Further, since it is not necessary for the operator to determine whether or not label issuance is required, operation is easy even for an inexperienced operator.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of a label L and a receipt R issued in S04. Here, a case where there are two purchased products, product codes “0201” and “0204” is shown (see FIG. 4). As shown in the product master 210 of FIG. 4, among the two products, “Makunouchi lunch box” with the product code “0201” is an allergen target product and a product label issue target product. On the other hand, “tea” of the product code “0204” is neither an allergen target product nor a product label issue target product. Accordingly, the receipt print data DR is printed on the paper 50 after the two label print data DL and DL for printing the allergen label L1 and the product label L2 related to the “curtain inner lunch box” of the product code “0201”. .

  Further, the allergen label L1 is based on the allergen information of the product master 210, the item name 141 of the allergen substance, the URL 142 containing the detailed information about the allergen substance, and the two-dimensional code (symbol image) 143 that encodes the URL. Is printed. Thereby, the detailed information regarding the item name of an allergen substance and an allergen substance can be reliably provided with respect to a customer. Further, the two-dimensional code 143 can easily provide detailed allergen information to a customer who has a means for reading the two-dimensional code 143 and a means for decoding (such as a mobile phone or a barcode reader).

  The product label L2 is printed with a product code, a product name, a product price, an expiration date, and precautions (such as <please eat today>). As described above, the expiration date is based on the content of the product label information associated with each product (see FIG. 4). The same applies to the notes. In addition, you may make it print a sales store name, a store address, a telephone number, etc. collectively.

  On the other hand, on the receipt R, the settlement content of the purchased product (product code “0201”, “0204”) is printed based on the input product information. In addition, an identification mark 145 indicating that the product is an allergen target product is printed in the vicinity of the product code of the allergen target product (inner box lunch).

  Further, the rear end portion of each label L is partially cut PC, and the rear end portion of the receipt R is full cut FC. In addition, the partial cut PC is exaggerated for the sake of illustration, but in actuality, the cut portion is exaggerated, but actually, a part of the paper 50 is not cut out, and a part of the paper 50 in the width direction is shown (shown in the figure). In this case, two places are left uncut (in other words, several places are cut in the width direction).

  The label L may be issued in the order of the allergen label L1 → the product label L2 for each product, or after the allergen label L1 is issued for the number of target products, the product label L2 is only issued for the number of target products. It may be issued. Moreover, the issue order of the allergen label L1 and the product label L2 may be reversed.

  Further, the order of products for which the label L is issued is determined by the operator's information input order, product code order, receipt order, or the like. For example, if the operator inputs the information in the reverse order, the label L can be attached easily. That is, the operator may input the product information of each product (lunch), stack the items, and attach the labels L in order from the stacked products. However, if the store mainly deals with products that are difficult to stack except for lunch boxes, it is preferable to follow the operator's information input order.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, receipt printing and label printing are performed on the same paper 50, and the common printing unit 32 is used. it can. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the size of the printing apparatus 30 for performing these operations, and thus to reduce the installation space. Further, since the printing medium may be one type of paper 50, it can be expected to save space in a place where consumables are stocked. Furthermore, since a heat-sensitive adhesive paper (for example, delayed tack paper) is used as the paper 50, it is only necessary to activate the heat-sensitive adhesive layer by heating when a label is issued, and no release paper or the like is required. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the labor for removing the peeling work and the release paper. Moreover, since no waste is generated, it is also useful for environmental conservation.

  In addition, since the allergen label L1 is issued together with the receipt R that is always issued when the product is purchased, the allergen information of the product can be reliably provided to the customer. Furthermore, since the allergen target product is indicated by the identification mark 145 on the receipt R, oversight of allergen information can be prevented.

  In addition, the operator issues a label issue by referring to the allergen information and the product label information in the product master 210 and performing label printing when a product that requires the label L is present among the products printed on the receipt R. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the operator's work load and to efficiently perform label issuance.

  Further, since the receipt printing is continuously performed after the label printing, the related receipt R and the label L can be continuously discharged, and moreover, the sheet cutting unit 35 allows the label L / receipt R between the labels L. Separation can be easily performed. In addition, since receipt printing is performed after label printing, even if it takes time to discharge these, the operator can use the time to attach the label L to the product (attachment or enclosure). Is possible. Further, since the label L is issued only when necessary, the operator cannot determine whether or not the label L is issued. However, since the receipt R is discharged, it can be determined that the label L is the last. There is no need to wait for L to be issued.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the POS terminal 10 according to the present embodiment includes a product master 210, an information input unit 220, a product determination unit 230, a receipt print control unit 240, a label print control unit 250, a heating control unit 260, and a cutting unit. Since the control unit 270 is provided on the POS computer 20 side and the printing apparatus 30 side only needs to include the printing unit 310, the heating unit 320, and the paper cutting unit 330, the apparatus configuration of the printing apparatus 30 can be simplified. It is possible to reduce the size and cost of the apparatus. A general-purpose receipt / label shared printer can be applied to the present invention.

  Each component of the POS computer 20 may be incorporated in the printing apparatus 30. According to this structure, since the sales merchandise processing system of the present invention can be constructed with one unit, the installation space can be further reduced.

  In the above embodiment, as an example of the product label L2, the expiration date label to be attached to the sugar beet or lunch box is given, but the present invention can also be applied to the issue of the expiration date label indicating the product expiration date. . In addition to this type of time limit label, the present invention can be applied to issue of a warranty label used as a warranty for home appliances and the like. In this case, it is preferable to print the customer name, membership number, etc. on the warranty label together with the warranty period and the security content. These pieces of information can be acquired from the result of reading the membership card by the card reader slot 26 (see FIG. 1) attached to the POS computer 20.

  In the above-described embodiment, the number of product labels L2 to be issued is determined according to the number of product label issue target products included in the product to be printed on the receipt (for example, the product with the product label information “required”). In the case of the number n, the number of product labels L2 to be issued is n), and a plurality of product labels L2 may be issued for one product (for example, when issuing 1 product each, product label information “required”) The number of issued product labels L2 is 1 × n with respect to the number of products n).

  In the above embodiment, on the receipt R, the identification mark 145 indicates that the product is an allergen target product, but when there are a plurality of allergen target products, a symbol for identifying them is attached, It is preferable that the label can be associated with the allergen label L1. For example, on the receipt R, a number is attached to the identification mark 145 (such as “★ (1)”), and the number is written at the top of each allergen label L1 (such as “allergen information related to (1)”). ). Thereby, even when there are a plurality of allergen target products, the customer can easily find allergen information to be confirmed.

  Further, when the printing apparatus 30 is capable of color printing, it is preferable to print the allergen label L1 by color printing (a printing color different from at least the receipt R). According to this configuration, the allergen information providing service can be strongly appealed, and oversight of the customer can be more effectively prevented.

  In the above embodiment, the number of allergen labels L1 corresponding to the number of allergen target products is issued. However, one allergen label L1 may be issued for a plurality of allergen target products. good. That is, allergen information of a plurality of products may be printed on one allergen label L1. It is also possible to issue a plurality of allergen labels L1 for one allergen target product.

  Moreover, it is also possible to provide each component (each function) of the POS terminal 10 (sales product processing system) shown in the above embodiment as a program. Further, the program can be provided by being stored in various recording media (CD-ROM, flash memory, etc.). That is, a program obtained by programming each component (each function) of the POS terminal 10 and a recording medium on which the program is recorded are also included in the scope of rights of the present invention.

  In addition, the configuration of the POS computer 20 and the printing apparatus 30 and the processing steps can be appropriately changed without departing from the present invention, regardless of the above embodiment.

1 is an external perspective view of a POS terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a configuration diagram of the inside of the printing apparatus. FIG. It is a functional block diagram of a POS terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of a goods master. It is a flowchart which shows the printing process by a POS terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the printed paper.

Explanation of symbols

  10: POS terminal, 20: POS computer, 30: printing device, 31: discharge port, 32: print head, 33: paper feed roller, 34: heater, 35: cutter, 50: paper, 51: surface of paper, 52 : Back side of paper, 141: Item name of allergen substance, 142: URL that provides detailed information on allergen substance, 143: Two-dimensional code that encodes URL, 145: Identification code, 210: Product master, L: Label, L1: Allergen label, L2: Product label, R: Receipt, FC: Full cut, PC: Partial cut

Claims (10)

A printing section for printing on the front surface of the paper having a heat-sensitive adhesive layer on the back surface;
A heating section for heating the heat-sensitive adhesive layer to develop the adhesiveness;
A product master that stores the price of the product, the product name and / or product code, and allergen information related to the allergen contained in the product in association with each other;
An information input unit that inputs information for specifying the product, and in a product sales processing system that issues a receipt of the sales product and issues a label to be attached to the sales product,
A receipt printing control means for printing the receipt on the printing unit based on the input of the information input unit;
Product discrimination that refers to the product master during the receipt printing and determines whether or not an allergen target product that is a product associated with the allergen information is included in the product printed on the receipt Means,
When the allergen target product is included, label printing control means for printing the allergen label including the allergen information on the printing unit,
A product sales processing system comprising: a heating control unit that causes the heating unit to heat at least a part of a label back surface area corresponding to the back surface of the label printing area after the label printing.   The receipt printing control means attaches a predetermined identification mark to the product name or the product code of the allergen target product when the product printed on the receipt includes the allergen target product. The merchandise sales processing system according to claim 1, wherein printing is performed. The allergen information includes information on the URL that lists the item name of the allergen substance and detailed information on the allergen substance,
The label printing control unit prints at least one of the item name, the URL, and a symbol image obtained by encoding the URL on the allergen label based on the allergen information. The product sales processing system according to 1 or 2. The product master stores product label information for issuing a product label including the product name or the product code in association with each product,
The product discriminating unit refers to the product master when the receipt is printed, and whether or not the product printed on the receipt includes a product label issuance target product associated with the product label information. To further determine
The said label printing control means makes the said printing part print the said product label on the said printing part based on the said product label information, when the said product label issue object goods exist. Item sales processing system. The paper is elongated,
A paper cutting section for cutting the paper;
The merchandise sales processing system according to claim 4, further comprising a cutting control unit that causes the paper cutting unit to cut a rear end portion of the receipt and / or the label. The paper cutting unit is configured to be capable of executing both a partial cut that cuts in the width direction in a state in which the paper is partially cut and a full cut that completely cuts the paper in the width direction,
The label printing control means, according to the number of allergen target products included in the product printed on the receipt, and the number of product label issue target products included in the product printed on the receipt, Determine the number of labels to be issued,
6. The merchandise sales processing system according to claim 5, wherein when the number of issued labels is plural, the cutting control means cuts at least a boundary portion between the labels. The receipt print control means continuously performs receipt printing after label printing by the label print control means,
The merchandise sales processing system according to claim 6, wherein the cutting control means causes the rear end portion of each label to be partially cut and the rear end portion of the receipt to be full cut. The product sales processing system includes:
A printing apparatus having the printing unit, the heating unit, and the paper cutting unit;
A host device having the product master, the information input unit, the receipt print control means, the product determination means, the label print control means, the heating control means, and the cutting control means;
The merchandise sales processing system according to claim 5, comprising: A printing section for printing on the front surface of the paper having a heat-sensitive adhesive layer on the back surface;
A heating section for heating the heat-sensitive adhesive layer to develop the adhesiveness;
A product master that stores the price of the product, the product name and / or product code, and allergen information related to the allergen contained in the product in association with each other;
An information input unit for inputting information for specifying the product, and a method for controlling a product sales processing system for issuing a receipt of a sales product and issuing a label to be attached to the sales product,
Printing the receipt on the printing unit based on the input of the information input unit;
Whether or not an allergen target product, which is a product associated with the allergen information, is included in the product printed on the receipt with reference to the allergen information of the product master when the receipt is printed. A step of determining;
When the allergen target product is included, before or after the receipt printing, printing the allergen label including the allergen information on the printing unit;
And a step of causing the heating unit to heat at least a part of the label back surface area corresponding to the back surface of the label printing area after the label printing.   The program for making a computer perform each step in the control method of the merchandise sales processing system of Claim 9.

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