JP2013184332A - Printer and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a label printer which enables an operator to arbitrarily switch to normal printing or immediate printing.SOLUTION: A printer includes: a first accepting portion accepting a commodity whose label is to be printed by a printing portion; a display control section displaying printing information on the printing of the label of the accepted commodity on a display portion; a second accepting portion accepting a printing instruction for the label of the accepted commodity, after the printing information is displayed on the display portion; and a switching section for switching to a first printing mode in which the label of the commodity is printed according to the printing information displayed when the printing instruction is accepted or a second printing mode in which the label of the commodity is printed according to the printing information previously set for each commodity. When switching to the first printing mode is performed, the printing instruction is accepted and then, the label of the accepted commodity is printed according to the displayed printing information and when switching to the second printing mode is performed, the label of the accepted commodity is printed according to the previously set printing information of the accepted commodity.

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to a printer and a program.

  Conventionally, when a product label is printed, the product on which the label is printed is received, print information (for example, product number and price) related to the received product label print is displayed, and a label print instruction is received. The label was printed. For this reason, when it is desired to quickly print a label when the stores are mixed, it is necessary to receive a label printing instruction after receiving a product, and it takes time to print the label.

  Accordingly, a printer having a function of simultaneously accepting a product and a label printing instruction with a single button operation is disclosed.

  However, if the printer has the function of accepting a product and accepting a label printing instruction at the same time with a single button operation, the store is not crowded, and the printing information printed on the label is confirmed. Even when it is desired to issue a label printing instruction, there is a problem in that label printing is started without waiting for the label printing instruction.

  The printer of the embodiment includes a printing unit, a first reception unit, a second reception unit, and a switching unit. The printing unit prints a product label. The first receiving unit receives a product on which a label is printed by the printing unit. The display control unit displays printing information related to printing of the label of the received product on the display unit. The second accepting unit accepts an instruction to print a label of the accepted product after print information is displayed on the display unit. The switching unit is configured to print a product label in accordance with the print information set in advance for each product in a first print mode in which the product label is printed in accordance with the displayed print information when the print instruction is received. Switch to print mode. When the printing unit is switched to the first printing mode, the printing unit prints a label of the received product according to the displayed printing information after receiving the printing instruction, and when the printing unit is switched to the second printing mode, The label of the received product is printed according to the preset print information of the received product.

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of the label printer according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the label printer according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an SKFC file stored in the RAM. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a PLU file stored in the RAM. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a format file stored in the RAM. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the label printer according to the present embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen for inputting settings relating to a label printing method. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen for inputting settings relating to label printing. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of label printing processing when switching to normal printing. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the LCD when switching to normal printing. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the flow of label printing processing when switching to immediate printing. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the LCD when switching to immediate printing.

  The label printer according to this embodiment will be described below.

  FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of the label printer according to the present embodiment. The label printer 1 according to the present embodiment includes a display input unit 11 that displays information to an operator and receives an instruction from the operator, a label issuing port 12 that issues a label L of a product, and the like.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the label printer according to the present embodiment. The label printer 1 according to the present embodiment stores a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 21 as a control unit, a flash ROM (Read Only Memory) 22 that stores a control program, fixed data, and the like, and product information indicating a product. Displayed on a PLU (Price Look Up) file F1, a key displayed on an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) 11a as a display unit included in the display input unit 11, and displayed on each one-touch key for each product for inputting a product on which a label L is printed. SKFC (Self Function Key Control) file F2 for storing product information to be stored, and a format file F3 for storing a plurality of types of label formats used for label L printing, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 23 having a work area And a network for sending / receiving various setting data from the host device. The work interface 29, a key controller 24 that takes in input data from the touch panel 11b that can be touch-designated and stacked on the display surface of the LCD 11a of the display input unit 11, and displays various setting screens on the LCD 11a of the display input unit 11. A display controller 25 for displaying the LED 26, a printer engine 28 for controlling the printer 27 for printing the label L in accordance with a set label format or the like, and various sensors such as transmission, reflection and temperature used for printing the label L 30 and an I / O port 31 for exchanging data.

  The CPU 21, the flash ROM 22, the RAM 23, the network interface 29, the key controller 24, the display controller 25, the printer engine 28, and the I / O port 31 are connected by a bus line.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an SKFC file stored in the RAM. The key number is a number corresponding to each one-touch key. The SKFC file F2 stores information used for displaying one-touch keys such as an allocation code, a key display name, a key type, a key size, a key color, a character size, and a character color in association with the key number.

  The assignment code is a code assigned to a key number, such as a 6-digit product code. The key display name is a name of a key displayed on the one-touch key such as a product name input by the one-touch key. The key type is a number (hereinafter referred to as a product number) corresponding to each product such as a product code input by a one-touch key. The key size is the size of a one-touch key. The key color is the display color of the one-touch key. The character size is the size of the character displayed on the one-touch key. The character color is the color of the character displayed on the one-touch key.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a PLU file stored in the RAM. The product number is a number corresponding to each product such as a 6-digit product code. The PLU file F1 stores product information indicating a product such as a search, classification code, barcode creation type, JAN code, product code, and format code in association with the product number.

  The initial of the product name is assigned to Aiueo search. The classification code is a 6-digit code representing the classification to which the product belongs. The barcode creation type is a two-digit code indicating the type of barcode printed on the product label L. The JAN code is a 13-digit common product code for common products. The product code is a 6-digit product code. The format code is a label format code used for printing the label L of the product.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a format file stored in the RAM. The format code is a label format code used for printing the label L of the product. The format file F3 is associated with the format code, parameter length, character string number, base point X coordinate, base point Y coordinate, horizontal magnification / character width / graphic data width, vertical magnification / character height / graphic data height. Further, a label format used for printing the label L, such as a format such as a character type / graphic data type, is stored.

  Next, the functional configuration of the label printer 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the label printer according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 6, the CPU 21 of the label printer 1 sequentially executes the control program stored in the flash ROM 22, thereby displaying the display control unit 211, the first reception unit 212, the second reception unit 213, the switching unit 214, A function as the print control unit 215 is provided.

  The display control unit 211 displays a one-touch key (product reception button) for inputting a product on which the label L is printed on the LCD 11a. Specifically, the display control unit 211 stores information used for displaying the one-touch key stored in association with the key number from the SKFC file F2 (for example, key display name, key type, key size, key color, character). Size, text color, etc.). And the display control part 211 displays a one-touch key on LCD11a using the read information (refer FIG. 10).

  Further, the display control unit 211 displays on the LCD 11a print information relating to printing of the label L of the product input by the one-touch key, such as the product number, expiry date, and price of the product input by the one-touch key (see FIG. 10). ). In addition, the display control unit 211 displays on the LCD 11a an input field for inputting the print information (for example, the number of prints for printing the label L of the input product) together with the print information (see FIG. 10). .

  Further, the display control unit 211 displays a stop button 1008 for requesting stop of printing of the label L or a stop button 1009 for requesting temporary stop of printing of the label L on the LCD 11a during printing of the label L (see FIG. 10). .

  Further, the display control unit 211 displays a switching button for requesting switching to normal printing or immediate printing on the LCD 11a (see FIG. 7). Here, the normal printing means that the printing information related to the printing of the label L of the input product is displayed on the LCD 11a, and then a product according to the displayed printing information when a printing instruction is received by the second receiving unit 213 described later. Is a first printing mode for printing the label L. On the other hand, immediate printing is a second printing mode in which printing information preset for each product is printed on the label L.

  Although not shown, the RAM 23 stores, for each product, a print information table that stores print information such as the expiry date, the product number and the price of the product, and the number of prints when the label of the product is printed. And When the printing is switched to immediate printing, the label printer 1 reads the printing information of the commodity input by the one touch key from the printing information table stored in the RAM 23. Then, the label printer 1 prints the label L of the commodity input by the one touch key according to the read print information.

  Furthermore, when printing the label L, the display control unit 211 prints the label L using the label format indicated by the label format code stored in the PLU file F1 (that is, a label format preset for each product). A format button for inputting whether to print the label L using the same label format between products is displayed on the LCD 11a (see FIG. 8).

  The first receiving unit 212 receives a product for printing the label L. In the present embodiment, the first accepting unit 212 reads the product number (key type) stored in association with the key number of the one-touch key designated for touch from the SKFC file F2. And the 1st reception part 212 shall receive the goods which the read product number shows.

  The second receiving unit 213 receives a print instruction for the label L of the product received by the first receiving unit 212 after the display information is displayed on the LCD 11a (screen X3) by the display control unit 211. In the present embodiment, the second receiving unit 213 displays the label of the received product when the confirmation / issue key 13 included in the fixed key included in the label printer 1 is pressed after the print information is displayed on the LCD 11a. A print instruction is accepted.

  The switching unit 214 switches to normal printing or immediate printing. In the present embodiment, the switching unit 214 switches to normal printing or immediate printing in response to a request for switching to normal printing or immediate printing (operation of the switching button) by the switching button displayed on the LCD 11a by the display control unit 211. Shall.

  When the printing control unit 215 is switched to the normal printing, the printing control unit 215 prints the label L by controlling the printer 27 according to the printing information displayed on the LCD 11a after receiving the printing instruction by the second receiving unit 213. As a result, when the printer 27 is switched to normal printing, the printer 27 receives the label L of the product received by the first receiving unit 212 in accordance with the printing information displayed on the LCD 11a after receiving the printing instruction by the second receiving unit 213. Print.

  On the other hand, the print control unit 215 prints the label L by controlling the printer 27 according to the print information set in advance for the product received by the first receiving unit 212 when the printing is switched to immediate printing. As a result, when the printer 27 is switched to immediate printing, the printer 27 prints the label L of the received product in accordance with the print information preset for the product received by the first receiving unit 212.

  Next, the printing process of the label L in the label printer 1 according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen for inputting settings relating to a label printing method. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen for inputting settings relating to label printing. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of label printing processing when switching to normal printing. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the LCD when switching to normal printing. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the flow of label printing processing when switching to immediate printing. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the LCD when switching to immediate printing.

  In the present embodiment, the label printer 1 is a screen for the display control unit 211 to input settings relating to the label L printing method as shown in FIG. Then, a screen on which a switching button 701 for requesting switching to normal printing or immediate printing, a button size button 702 for setting the size of a one-touch key, and the like are displayed on the LCD 11a. The switching unit 214 switches to normal printing or immediate printing according to the operation of the switching button 701 arranged on the screen shown in FIG.

  The display control unit 211 is a screen for inputting settings relating to printing of the label L before printing the label L, and prints the processing date of the product on the label L as shown in FIG. The processing date button 801 for setting the item, the expiration date button 802 for setting the expiration date to be printed on the label L, and the label format indicated by the format code stored for each product in the PLU file F1 when the label L is printed The LCD 11a displays a screen on which a format button 803 or the like for inputting whether the label L is printed using the label L or the label L is printed using the same preset label format between products is displayed.

  When the input of the settings related to the label L printing method and label L printing is completed, the display control unit 211 determines whether the switching unit 214 has switched to normal printing or immediate printing.

  First, using FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, a printing process when the switching unit 214 switches to normal printing will be described. When switching to normal printing, the display control unit 211 displays on the LCD 11a a screen X1 on which a one-touch key 1001, a list button 1002, a product number issue button 1003, an issue setting button 1004, a peeling issue button 1005, and the like are arranged.

  Here, the one-touch key 1001 is a key for inputting a product for printing the label L as described above. A list button 1002 is a button for requesting display of a list of products whose product numbers are stored in the PLU file F1. The product number issue button 1003 is a button for requesting input of the product number of the product on which the label L is printed. The issue setting button 1004 is a button for requesting input of a format code of a label format used for printing the label L. The peeling issue button 1005 is a button that requests that the label L be peeled off from the mount and issued.

  When the screen X1 is displayed on the LCD 11a, the first reception unit 212 waits for the one-touch key 1001 to be touched (Step S901).

  When the one-touch key 1001 is touch-designated (step S901: Yes), the first reception unit 212 reads the stored product number in association with the key number of the touch-designated one-touch key 1001 from the SKFC file F2. (Step S902). When the product number is read from the SKFC file F2 (step S903: No), the display control unit 211 displays the numeric keypad 1010, the input field 1011, the product name 1012, the one-touch button 1006, the list button 1002, the issue setting button 1004, A screen X2 on which a peeling issue button 1005 and the like are arranged is displayed on the LCD 11a.

  Here, the numeric keypad 1010 is a key for inputting the product number of the product for which the label L is issued. The input column 1011 is a column for displaying the read product number or the product number input with the numeric keypad 1010. The product name 1012 is the product name of the product corresponding to the product number input with the numeric keypad 1010. The one-touch button 1006 is a button that requests display of the screen X1.

  Thereafter, the first receiving unit 212 receives a product indicated by the read product number (or the product number input in the input field 1011). When the product is received by the first receiving unit 212, the print control unit 215 reads the format code stored in association with the product number read in step S902 from the PLU file F1, and also reads it from the SKFC format file F3. The label format stored in association with the format code is read (step S904).

  When the label format is read (step S905: No), the display control unit 211 inputs print information 1007 including the product name, expiration date, product number, price, and the like, and print information such as the number of prints for printing the label L. The screen X3 on which the numeric keypad 1013, the input field 1014 on which the printing information such as the number of prints inputted from the numeric keypad 1013 is displayed is displayed on the LCD 11a (step S906). In the initial state where the number of printed sheets is not input from the numeric keypad 1013, the number of printed sheets: “1” is displayed in the input field 1014.

  When the screen X3 is displayed on the LCD 11a, the second accepting unit 213 presses the confirm / issue key 13 to print the print information 1007 displayed on the screen X3 and the number of prints that is the print information displayed on the input field 1014. The printer waits for a print instruction for instructing printing of the label L in accordance with (No in step S907). When the confirm / issue key 13 is pressed and there is a print instruction (step S907: Yes), the second reception unit 213 sets the print information 1007 displayed on the screen X3 and the number of prints displayed in the input field 1014. A print instruction for instructing printing on the label L is accepted (step S908).

  When the printing instruction is received by the second receiving unit 213, the printing control unit 215 outputs the printing information displayed on the screen X3 to the printer 27 (step S909). Then, the printer 27 prints the product label L received by the first receiving unit 212 in accordance with the printing information output from the print control unit 215 (step S910). The display control unit 211 is provided with an issue stop button 1008 for stopping printing of the label L and a pause button 1009 for temporarily stopping printing of the label L while the printer 27 is printing the label L. The screen X4 is displayed on the LCD 11a.

  When an error occurs in reading the label format (step S905: Yes) or an error occurs in reading the product number (step S903: Yes), the display control unit 211 generates an error in reading the label format or product number. An error display indicating this is displayed on the LCD 11a (step S911, step S913), and the generated error is cleared (step S912, step S914).

  Next, a printing process when the switching unit 214 switches to immediate printing will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12. In the following description, only portions different from the printing process when switching to normal printing will be described. When switching to immediate printing, the display control unit 211 indicates a mode indicating that switching to immediate printing is performed in addition to the one-touch key 1001, the list button 1002, the part number issue button 1003, the issue setting button 1004, the peeling issue button 1005, and the like. Display 1101: A screen X5 on which “direct” is arranged is displayed on the LCD 11a.

  When the label format is read (step S905: No), the print control unit 215 outputs print information set in advance for the product received by the first receiving unit 212 to the printer 27 (step S1101). Then, the printer 27 prints the label L in accordance with preset print information output from the print control unit 215 (step S1102). Note that the display control unit 211 prints the issuance stop button 1008 for stopping the printing of the label L and the printing of the label L while the printing of the label L is being performed by the printer 27, as in the case of switching to the normal printing. A screen X4 on which a pause button 1009 for pause is arranged is displayed on the LCD 11a.

  As described above, according to the label printer 1 according to the present embodiment, the printer 27 that prints the label L of the product, the first receiving unit 212 that receives the product that prints the label L by the printer 27, and the label L of the received product. The display control unit 211 that displays the printing information related to the printing on the LCD 11a, the second receiving unit 213 that receives the printing instruction of the label L of the received product after the printing information is displayed on the LCD 11a, and the printing instruction A switching unit 214 for switching to normal printing for printing the product label L according to the printing information displayed on the LCD 11a or immediate printing for printing the product label L according to the printing information preset for each product. 27 is a mark displayed on the LCD 11a after accepting a print instruction when switching to normal printing. When the label L of the received product is printed according to the information and is switched to immediate printing, the label L of the received product is printed according to the print information set in advance on the received product. Accordingly, since the operator can arbitrarily switch between normal printing and immediate printing, the convenience of the label printer 1 can be improved.

  Note that the control program executed by the label printer 1 of the present embodiment is provided by being incorporated in advance in a ROM or the like, but is not limited to this, and is not limited to this and can be installed in an installable format or executable format file. -You may comprise so that it may record and provide on computer-readable recording media, such as ROM, a flexible disk (FD), CD-R, DVD (Digital Versatile Disk).

  Furthermore, the control program executed by the label printer 1 of the present embodiment may be provided by being stored on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet and downloaded via the network. In addition, the control program executed by the label printer 1 of the present embodiment may be provided or distributed via a network such as the Internet.

  The control program executed by the label printer 1 according to the present embodiment includes a module configuration including the above-described units (display control unit 211, first reception unit 212, second reception unit 213, switching unit 214, print control unit 215, and the like). As actual hardware, the CPU 21 (processor) reads the control program from the ROM and executes it, so that the above-described units are loaded on the main storage device, and the display control unit 211, the first receiving unit 212, A second reception unit 213, a switching unit 214, a print control unit 215, and the like are generated on the main storage device.

  Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described, this embodiment is presented as an example and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. The novel embodiment can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. This embodiment is included in the scope and gist of the invention, and is also included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalent scope thereof.

1 Label Printer 11 Display Input Unit 11a LCD
11b Touch panel 21 CPU
22 Flash ROM
23 RAM
27 Printer 211 Display Control Unit 212 First Reception Unit 213 Second Reception Unit 214 Switching Unit

JP 2007-98853 A

Claims (6)

A print section for printing product labels;
A first receiving unit for receiving a product for printing a label by the printing unit;
A display control unit for displaying printing information related to printing of the label of the received product on the display unit;
A second receiving unit that receives a print instruction for a label of the received product after print information is displayed on the display unit;
Switching to a first print mode for printing a product label according to the displayed print information when the print instruction is received, or a second print mode for printing a product label according to the print information preset for each product And comprising
When the printing unit is switched to the first printing mode, the printing unit prints a label of the received product according to the displayed printing information after receiving the printing instruction, and when the printing unit is switched to the second printing mode, A printer that prints a label of the received product in accordance with the preset print information of the received product.   The printer according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit displays a mode display indicating that the mode has been switched to the second print mode on the display unit. A switching button for requesting switching to the first printing mode or the second printing mode;
The printer according to claim 1, wherein the switching unit switches to the first print mode or the second print mode according to an operation of the switch button. It has a product acceptance button to input the product to print the label,
The printer according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the first reception unit receives a product input by the product reception button. When the display control unit is switched to the first print mode, the display unit displays an input field for inputting the print information together with the received print information,
The printer according to claim 1, wherein the second reception unit receives the print information input in the input field. A computer that controls a printer having a printing unit for printing product labels,
A first receiving unit for receiving a product for printing a label by the printing unit;
A second receiving unit for receiving print information relating to printing of the received product label;
A display control unit for displaying the received print information on a display unit;
A switching unit for switching to a first print mode for printing the label of the received product according to the received print information, or a second print mode for printing the print information preset for each product on the label of the received product; ,
Program to function as.

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