JP2020160953A - Printer - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a printer which can increase the convenience for a user since the printer does not need to be connected to and be used integrally with a measurement apparatus as a dedicated machine.SOLUTION: A control circuit 11 of a printer 10 executes: template acquisition processing of acquiring a template P in which a state amount is related to at least one object; search processing of searching for at least one external measurement apparatus 20, to which the state amount corresponding to the object of the acquired template P is given; measured value acquisition processing of acquiring the measured value of the corresponding state amount from the external measurement apparatus 20 detected by the search; data generation processing of generating print data in which the measured value of the acquired state amount is allocated to the object of the template P; and printing processing of controlling a platen roller 18 and a print head 17 and generating a print label L in which printing for the generated print data is formed in a print target tape T.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a printing device, and more particularly to a printing device that prints using a template.

Conventionally, a printer that is connected to a weight measuring device by a communication cable and is composed of a keyboard, a display, a CPU, a RAM, a storage unit, and the like has been known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 09-058644

However, in such a printer, since it is necessary to be integrally connected by a communication cable, the types and number of devices that can be connected are limited, and the convenience for the user cannot be improved. There was a problem.

An object of the present invention is to provide a printing device that can improve convenience for a user without having to connect a measuring device and a printing device that are dedicated machines to each other and use them integrally.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a printing apparatus including a transport means for transporting a print medium, a printing means for forming prints on the print medium, and a control means. The control means is a template acquisition process for acquiring a template in which a state amount is associated with at least one object; a search process for searching at least one external measuring device that gives the state amount corresponding to the object of the acquired template. ; Measurement value acquisition process for acquiring the measured value of the corresponding state quantity from the external measuring device detected by the search; the acquired measured value of the state quantity is assigned to the object of the template to generate print data. Data generation processing; a printing process that controls the transporting means and the printing means to generate a printed matter in which printing corresponding to the generated print data is formed on the printing medium; is executed.

The printing apparatus of the present invention allocates desired contents to an object included in a template to generate print data, forms prints corresponding to the print data on a print medium, and creates a printed matter. At that time, the measurement result by the external measuring device can be included in the content of the print formed on the printed matter.

That is, in the present invention, a state quantity such as temperature, humidity, and time is associated with at least one object included in the template in advance. In the template processing executed by the control means, the template associated with the state quantity is acquired as described above. After that, an external measuring device that gives a state quantity corresponding to the above object of the acquired template (in other words, can measure the state quantity) is searched (search process).

When an external measuring device that gives the state quantity is detected by this search process, the measured value of the state quantity is acquired from the external measuring device (measured value acquisition process). The acquired measured value is assigned to the corresponding object of the template acquired as described above to generate print data (data generation process). Then, printing corresponding to the print data is formed on the print medium, and a printed matter is generated (printing process).

As a result of the above, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily create a printed matter reflecting the measurement result of the measuring device while using the general-purpose measuring device and the general-purpose printing device. As a result, unlike the conventional method, it is not necessary to connect the measuring device and the printing device, which are dedicated machines to each other, and use them integrally, and the convenience for the user can be improved.

According to the present invention, it is not necessary to connect the measuring device and the printing device, which are dedicated machines to each other, and use them integrally, and the convenience for the user can be improved.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the usage form of the printing apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment in the printing apparatus of this invention. A printing device according to an embodiment of the printing device of the present invention is shown, (A) is a block diagram showing an internal configuration example of the printing device, and (B) is an editor displayed on a display screen of a computer connectable to the printing device. It is explanatory drawing of the display example of a screen. It is a flow diagram of the routine executed by the control circuit which concerns on one Embodiment in the printing apparatus of this invention.

Next, the printing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The embodiments shown below are suitable specific examples in the printing apparatus of the present invention, and may be provided with various technically preferable limitations, but the technical scope of the present invention particularly limits the present invention. Unless otherwise stated, the present invention is not limited to these aspects. It should be noted that the components of the illustrated embodiment have been appropriately changed in scale to assist the understanding of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the printing apparatus 10 is capable of intercommunication with external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 arranged in the vicinity by using a mutual wireless communication method. Further, the printing device 10 can be connected to the cloud C through the Internet line NT.

The external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 are, for example, external measuring devices 20 such as a clock capable of outputting at least time information as digital data, and external measuring devices 20 such as a hygrometer capable of outputting at least ambient temperature information as digital data. Each digital from the measuring device 30, at least an external measuring device 40 such as a hygrometer capable of outputting ambient humidity information as digital data, and an external measuring device 50 such as a thermometer capable of outputting temperature information and humidity information as digital data. Data can be acquired.

In the following description, the external measuring device 50 is arranged outside the communicable area with the printing device 10 by the mutual wireless communication method, and the printing device 10 is referred to as the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40. The case where mutual wireless communication is possible and the case where the printing device 10 is located inside the communicable area by the mutual wireless communication method and the printing device 10 can acquire digital data will be described as appropriate. To do.

<Functional configuration of printing device 10>
In FIG. 2A, the printing device 10 includes a control circuit 11, a storage unit 12 including a RAM, a ROM, and the like, a touch panel type display unit 13 for performing a desired display, and a case or a plurality of printing devices using the touch panel of the display unit 13. The operation unit 14 that accepts various operations in the case of the key operation of, the communication unit 15 that communicates with the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 by the mutual wireless communication method, and the cover as the print medium drawn from the cartridge 16. It has a print head 17 as a printing means for performing desired printing on the printing tape T, a platen roller 18 as a conveying means, and a cutter unit 19 for separating a print label L as a printed matter from the printed tape T to be printed. are doing. The control circuit 11 corresponds to the control means according to the claim. Further, the printing device 10 can be connected to the personal computer 1 by, for example, the wireless communication function or the wired communication connection function of the communication unit 15.

In the storage unit 12, for example, an application downloaded from a server (not shown) virtually arranged in the cloud C through an Internet line NT via an appropriate relay device (not shown) such as a Wi-Fi router is used. It stores a program for executing printing on the tape T to be printed to generate (manufacture) a print label L, and a program for searching the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 according to the present embodiment. ..

The control circuit 11 controls the drive of the cartridge 16, the print head 17, the platen roller 18, and the cutter unit 19 based on these programs stored in the storage unit 12, and executes the printing process.

As shown in FIG. 2B, the control circuit 11 acquires a template (data) generated by using the editor screen E displayed on the display screen 2 of the personal computer 1 and stores it in the storage unit 12. The control circuit 11 calls the template (data) stored in the storage unit 12, and prints the state quantity associated with the search results of the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, and 50 on the scaled work screen S of the editor screen E. The template P for printing is displayed on T.

The control circuit 11 searches for the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 by using the mutual wireless communication method of the communication unit 15, and acquires the state quantity from the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 as needed. Then, it is expanded (assigned) as print information to the corresponding part (object) of the template P.

In the template (data) included in the application stored in the server, multiple objects are set so that they can be assigned as "attributes" (example: "temperature", "humidity", "time").

As a result, the control circuit 11 of the printing device 10 acquires the state quantity (hereinafter, also referred to as “measurement information”) corresponding to the “attribute” at the time of printing from the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, and 50 and allocates the state quantity. Execute printing in this state.

At this time, when the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 capable of acquiring the measurement information of the "attribute" required for allocating to each object of the template P do not exist around the printing device 10, or the same "attribute" is used. It is also assumed that there are a plurality of external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 having the above. Therefore, the control circuit 11 can handle such an irregular case (details will be described later).

The template (data) is stored in the storage unit 12 of the printing device 10, and can be used for printing. At this time, measurement information matching the "attribute" of each object is acquired from the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, and 50 existing around the printing device 10 and printed.

To determine whether the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 exist around the printing device 10, use the "service search" function of Bluetooth (registered trademark: hereinafter referred to as "mutual wireless communication method"). It is possible to determine what kind of function the peripheral device has by searching for it.

The service specifications based on this "service search" are determined, and if the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, and 50 have the same service specifications, they can be accessed (acquired state quantity) by the same method. Therefore, in the present embodiment, each state quantity of temperature service, humidity service, and time service is used as an "attribute" as the service specification.

As the "attribute" of the service specification to be expanded (assigned) to each object of the template P, for example, in addition to "temperature", "humidity", and "time" as shown as an example in FIG. 2B, for example, "none". "Position" and the like can be included.

Further, in the control circuit 11, there are no external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 corresponding to the necessary "attribute" measurement information around the printing device 10, and the necessary "attribute" measurement information can be obtained. If it cannot be done, that is, if the state quantity cannot be obtained,
(1) Make an error (2) Set required / optional attributes for each object (3) Request direct manual input by the user (4) Use old measurement information (5) Required "attributes" Printing is suspended until the measurement information can be acquired, and printing is performed when the last measurement information can be acquired by establishing the communication function. (6) If the sensor built in the printing device 10 has a substitute function, the measurement is performed. It is possible to use information. When the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, and 50 do not exist, in addition to the case where they do not actually exist in the vicinity, there is a problem with the communication function such as the radio wave condition (for example, the external measuring device 50 shown in FIG. 1) or the battery is dead. It is assumed that it is impossible or unsuccessful to acquire the necessary measurement information of "attributes" due to factors such as.

At this time, regarding (2), by setting the required / optional attributes for each object, if the measurement information assigned to the required object cannot be obtained, an error will occur and the measurement will not be printed. The measurement assigned to the optional object. If the information cannot be obtained, an error can be made and printing can be performed without measurement information.

Regarding (4), if the measurement information corresponding to the object that could not be acquired was acquired before this time, the acquired measurement information (device-specific number, measurement information of device name) is displayed. , Notifies which external measuring device 20, 30, 40, 50 could not acquire the state quantity, and makes the measuring device aware that something has gone wrong.

As a result, for example, it is possible to easily perform the manual input of (3), or it is possible to shorten the time until the acquisition of the final measurement information of (5).

Further, regarding (6), for example, regarding the temperature, since a temperature sensor (not shown) for detecting the temperature rise inside the printing apparatus 10 is built-in, the detection value of the temperature sensor should be used. Can be done. However, since the internal temperature of the printing apparatus 10 and the ambient temperature deviate from each other with use, the initial values are used.

Further, when a plurality of target devices are found for the measurement information of one "attribute" (for example, when the measurement information of the external measuring device 50 shown in FIG. 1 can be acquired), the control circuit 11
(7) Acquire measurement information from the first external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 (8) Adopt the average value of duplicate measurement information acquired from the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 (9) ) Adopt the intermediate value of the duplicated measurement information acquired from the external measuring instruments 20, 30, 40, 50. (10) Most of the duplicated measurement information acquired from the external measuring instruments 20, 30, 40, 50 have the most match. (11) Adopt the duplicated measurement information acquired from the external measuring device 20, 30, 40, 50 that is closest to the position of the duplicated measurement information (12) Adopt the duplicated measurement information acquired from the external measuring device 20 , 30, 40, 50 can be displayed on the display unit 13 to display the value of the duplicate measurement information acquired from, 30, 40, and 50, and the user can select which measurement information to adopt.

At this time, regarding (7), when acquiring measurement information from the first external measuring device 20, 30, 40, 50 found, once the target external measuring device 20, 30, 40, 50 is determined, then By giving priority to the measurement information of the same external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50, it is possible to shorten the time until printing is executed.

Regarding (8), (9), and (10), the duplicate measurement information acquired from the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, and 50 is, for example, from the printing device 10 to the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, and 50. Since the amount of state acquired may differ depending on the distance, placement location, etc., the reliability of the value can be improved by adopting one of the average value, intermediate value, and duplicate value of each of the multiple duplicate measurement information. Can be secured.

Regarding (11), depending on the type of measurement information (for example, temperature and humidity) and the target to which the print label L to be created is attached, for example, in the case of fresh processed foods, it is close to the environment of the processing place. Measurement information from external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 arranged in a place or a place close to environmental conditions may be adopted.

Further, the control circuit 11 can leave the measurement information so that the measurement information acquired from which of the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 can be known. In this case, the form is
(13) It is possible to take measures such as leaving it as a log in the storage unit 12 (14) saving it in the server (15) including the measurement information in the print label L.

Further, the control circuit 11 serves as a trigger for starting printing.
(16) When there is a command (button, communication)
(17) Every fixed time (18) It is possible to take measures such as when the values acquired from the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 change by the threshold value or more.

Note that (18) can also be used as a trigger for changing the print content, and has the effect of eliminating the need to acquire measurement information each time when a plurality of print labels L are produced.

Further, in addition to the above, the control circuit 11 issues a warning when the searched external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 of each attribute become a numerical value equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, thereby issuing a warning to the external measuring devices 20, 30. , 40, 50 can be prevented from failing and losing one, causing the system to stop.

In such a basic configuration, the printing apparatus 10 includes a platen roller 18 that conveys the tape T to be printed, a print head 17 that forms a print on the tape T to be printed, and a control circuit 11 for control. The circuit 11 is a template acquisition process for acquiring a template in which a state quantity (temperature, humidity, time, etc.) is associated with at least one object; at least one external measuring device that gives a state quantity corresponding to the acquired template object. Search processing for searching 20, 30, 40, 50; State quantity acquisition processing for acquiring the status quantity of the corresponding status quantity from the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 detected by the search; Status of the acquired status quantity Data generation process for generating print data by allocating the amount to the objects of the template; controlling the platen roller 18 and the print head 17 to generate a print label L formed on the printed tape T with printing corresponding to the generated print data. Print processing;

That is, the printing device 10 according to the present embodiment allocates desired contents to the objects included in the template stored in advance in the storage unit 12 to generate print data, and prints corresponding to the print data on the printed tape. It is formed on T to create a print label L. At that time, the content of the print formed on the print label L can include the measurement results by the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50.

In the present embodiment, for example, "temperature", "humidity", "time" and the like as measurement information (attribute value) of necessary "attribute" are associated with at least one object included in the template in advance. ing.

In the template processing executed by the control circuit 11, the template associated with the state quantity is acquired as described above. After that, the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, and 50 that give the state quantity corresponding to the object of the acquired template (in other words, the state quantity can be measured) are searched (search processing). When the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 that give the state quantity are detected by the search, the state quantity of the state quantity is acquired from the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 (state quantity acquisition). processing). Print data is generated by allocating the acquired state quantity to the corresponding object of the template acquired as described above (data generation process). Then, printing corresponding to the print data is formed on the tape to be printed T, and a print label L is generated (printing process).

As a result of the above, while using the general-purpose external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 and the general-purpose printing device 10, the print label L reflecting the measurement results of the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 can be easily obtained. Can be created. Therefore, unlike the conventional method, it is not necessary to connect the measuring device and the printing device 10 which are dedicated machines to each other and use them integrally, and the convenience for the user can be improved.

Further, the control circuit 11 responds to the case where the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 that give a state quantity by the search of the search process cannot be detected, and performs an error process (without printing) that gives a predetermined error notification. Execute;

At this time, as an error notification, a message to that effect (for example, "Temperature information could not be obtained") is displayed on the display unit 13, or a buzzer sound is sounded from a speaker (not shown). Can be included.

Further, in the template acquisition process, the control circuit 11 acquires and searches for a template including at least one object including the first object associated with the first state quantity (= required attribute) designated as essential for measurement. If the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 that give the first state quantity cannot be detected by the process search, the state quantity acquisition process, data generation process, and print process are not executed (= print label L is displayed). It is also possible to prevent it from being generated).

As a similar function, in the template acquisition process, the control circuit 11 provides a template including at least one object including a second object associated with a second state quantity (= optional attribute) that is not specified as mandatory for measurement. If the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 that are acquired and give the second state quantity by the search of the search process cannot be detected, the notation corresponding to the fact that the print process could not detect (state quantity part). It is also possible to generate a print label L with a blank / "could not measure" message).

Further, when a plurality of external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 giving the same state quantity are detected by the search of the search process, the control circuit 11 follows a predetermined rule to be acquired in the state quantity acquisition process. It is also possible to acquire the state quantity of the state quantity from one determined external measuring device 20, 30, 40, 50.

The rules at this time include, for example, when giving priority to the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 found first, and when giving priority to the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 closest to the printing device 10. And so on.

Further, when the control circuit 11 detects a plurality of external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 that give the same state quantity by the search of the search process, the state quantity acquisition process performs the plurality of external measuring devices 20, 30, 50. A representative value of the state quantity that acquires the state quantity of the state quantity from each of 40 and 50, and further corresponds to a plurality of status quantities acquired from a plurality of external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, and 50 in the status quantity acquisition process. You may execute the representative value determination process for determining.

At this time, as a representative value, when calculating the average value, when selecting an intermediate value, selecting the value having the largest number of matches, adopting the value based on the selection result of the user, etc. It is possible.

As a result, in the data generation process, the control circuit 11 can generate print data by allocating the representative value of the state quantity determined in the representative value determination process to the template object to produce the print label L.

The control circuit 11 may further execute an identification measurement information generation process for generating identification measurement information of the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 that have acquired the state quantity of the state quantity in the state quantity acquisition process.

Here, the control circuit 11 can take measures such as leaving the identification measurement information in the storage unit 12 as a log, transmitting it to a server or the like to store it, and forming a print on the print label L.

Then, the control circuit 11 further executes a determination process for determining whether or not a predetermined print process execution timing has arrived, and when it is determined in the determination process that the print process execution timing has arrived, the data generation process and You can perform a print process.

Here, the control circuit 11 can be conditional on whether a print command has been received, a predetermined cycle has elapsed, or whether the acquired state quantity has changed by a threshold value or more.

Further, in the control circuit 11, when the number of external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 giving the state quantity becomes equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value with respect to at least one state quantity by the search of the search process. , A notification process for performing a corresponding predetermined warning notification may be executed.

Next, an example of the print processing routine executed by the control circuit 11 described above will be described with reference to FIG.

(Step S1)
In step S1, the control circuit 11 displays the editor screen E on the display unit 13 and displays the template P selected by the user's operation from the plurality of templates (data) stored in the storage unit 12 on the scaled work screen. The template acquisition process to be displayed in S is executed, and the process is transferred to step S2.

(Step S2)
In step S2, the control circuit 11 executes a determination process for determining whether or not a predetermined print process execution timing has arrived, such as whether or not the state quantities for all "attributes" have been determined. When the control circuit 11 determines that the predetermined print processing execution timing has arrived (Yes), the control circuit 11 shifts the processing to step S3. On the other hand, when the control circuit 11 does not determine that the predetermined print processing execution timing has arrived (No), the control circuit 11 continuously executes this routine. The control circuit 11 shifts the processing from the routine of step S2 to step S3 depending on the processing timing and conditions.

(Step S3)
In step S3, the control circuit 11 executes a search process for starting a search for the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 by using the service search function of the mutual wireless communication method, and processes the work in step S4. Move.

(Step S4)
In step S4, the control circuit 11 determines whether or not there are (exists) external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, and 50 having the same service among the searched external devices. When the control circuit 11 determines that there are external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 having the same service (Yes), the control circuit 11 shifts the process to step S5. On the other hand, when the control circuit 11 does not determine that there are external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 having the same service (No), the control circuit 11 shifts the processing to the error processing in step S6 and notifies the error. Then end this routine.

(Step S5)
In step S5, the control circuit 11 acquires the measured value of the state quantity corresponding to the "attribute" of the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 from each of the searched external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50. The measured value acquisition process is executed, and the work is moved to step S7.

(Step S7)
In step S7, the control circuit 11 acquires the identification measurement information of each external measuring device 20, 30, 40, 50 from the information that can be acquired by the service search, and the state quantity of each external measuring device 20, 30, 40, 50. The identification information generation process of leaving the log in the storage unit 12 in association with the above is executed, and the process is transferred to step S8.

In the control circuit 11, the routines from step S4 to step S7 are individually executed for each of all the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, and 50, and the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40 are detected. Repeat until there are no more than 50, or until the search for the target external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 is completed.

(Step S8)
In step S8, the control circuit 11 executes a search process for whether or not there are a plurality of state quantities for one "attribute" state quantity. When the control circuit 11 determines that there are a plurality of state quantities for one "attribute" state quantity acquired from the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 (Yes), the process proceeds to step S9. To move. On the other hand, if the control circuit 11 does not determine that there are a plurality of state quantities for one "attribute" state quantity acquired from the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50 (No), the step The process is transferred to S10.

In the control circuit 11, the routines from step S4 to step S8 are individually executed for each of all the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, and 50, and the external measuring devices 20, 30, 40 are detected. , 50 can be included in a series of processing as a series of search routines that are repeated until the search for the target external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, and 50 is completed.

(Step S9)
In step S9, when the control circuit 11 has a plurality of state quantities for one "attribute" state quantity with respect to the plurality of state quantities acquired from the plurality of external measuring devices 20, 30, 40, 50. , The representative value determination process for determining the representative value of the state quantity is executed, and the process is transferred to step S10.

(Step S10)
In step S10, the control circuit 11 executes a data generation process of allocating the acquired state quantity to each object of the template P to generate print data, and shifts the process to step S11.

(Step S11)
In step S11, the control circuit 11 executes a printing process of printing on the printing tape T based on the generated print data to produce a print label L, and ends this routine.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, it goes without saying that the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described here. Anyone who has ordinary knowledge in the field of technology to which the present invention belongs has come up with the idea of making various changes, modifications, combinations, etc. within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention described in the claims. It's clear that you can. Therefore, the techniques after these changes, modifications, combinations, etc. naturally belong to the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

Further, in the above, the printing device 10 is. The case where the printed label L that has been printed is cut by the cutter unit 19 and applied to a printing device for creating a print label L has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, when the label mount (so-called die-cut label) previously separated into a predetermined size corresponding to the print label L is continuously arranged on the tape unwound from the roll, the cutter unit 19 does not cut the label mount. However, after the tape is ejected, only the label mount (the one with the corresponding printing) may be peeled off from the tape to form a print label, and the present invention can be applied to such a label.

Further, although the above has been applied to a printing apparatus for creating a label, it can also be applied to a printing apparatus for a sheet to be printed (so-called "copy paper" or the like) different from the printed tape T.

In the above, the arrow shown in FIG. 2A shows an example of the signal flow, and does not limit the signal flow direction.

Further, the flow diagram of the routine executed by the control circuit 11 shown in FIG. 3 does not limit the present invention to the procedure shown in the above flow, and includes the purpose and technical idea of the invention including interrupt processing of other functions. Procedures may be added / deleted or the order may be changed within a range that does not deviate.

In addition to the above, the methods according to the above-described embodiment and each modification may be appropriately combined and used.

In addition, although not illustrated one by one, the present invention is carried out with various modifications within a range not deviating from the gist thereof.

10 Printing device 11 Control circuit (control means)
17 Print head (printing means)
18 Platen roller (transportation means)
20 External measuring device (clock)
30 External measuring device (thermometer)
40 External measuring equipment (room temperature system)
50 External measuring device (temperature and humidity meter)
L Print label (printed matter)
T Printed tape (printed medium)
P template

Claims (9)

A transport means for transporting the print medium and
A printing means for forming printing on the print medium and
Control means and
Is a printing device that has
The control means
Template acquisition process to acquire a template with a state quantity associated with at least one object;
A search process for searching at least one external measuring device that gives the state quantity corresponding to the object of the acquired template;
Measurement value acquisition process for acquiring the measured value of the corresponding state quantity from the external measuring device detected by the search;
A data generation process for generating print data by allocating the acquired measured value of the state quantity to the object of the template;
A printing process that controls the transport means and the printing means to generate a printed matter in which printing corresponding to the generated printing data is formed on the printing medium;
A printing device characterized by performing. In the printing apparatus according to claim 1,
The control means further performs an error process of performing a predetermined error notification in response to a case where the external measuring device giving the state quantity cannot be detected by the search of the search process;
A printing device characterized by performing. In the printing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2.
In the template acquisition process,
Obtain the template with at least one object, including the first object associated with the first state quantity designated as mandatory to measure.
Printing characterized in that the measurement value acquisition process, the data generation process, and the print process are not executed when the external measuring device that gives the first state quantity cannot be detected by the search of the search process. apparatus. In the printing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
In the template acquisition process,
Obtain the template with at least one object, including a second object associated with a second state quantity that is not designated as mandatory to measure.
When the external measuring device giving the second state quantity cannot be detected by the search of the search process, the print process generates the printed matter having the notation corresponding to the undetectable state. A printing device characterized by. In the printing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
When a plurality of the external measuring devices giving the same state quantity are detected by the search of the search process, the measured value acquisition process is performed from one external measuring device determined according to a predetermined rule to be acquired. , A printing apparatus characterized by acquiring a measured value of the state quantity. In the printing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
When a plurality of the external measuring devices giving the same state quantity are detected by the search of the search process, in the measured value acquisition process, the measured values of the state quantity are acquired from each of the plurality of external measuring devices.
The control means further
A representative value determination process for determining a representative value of a measured value corresponding to a plurality of measured values acquired from the plurality of external measuring devices in the measured value acquisition process;
And
In the data generation process,
A printing apparatus for generating the print data by allocating a representative value of the measured value determined in the representative value determination process to the object of the template. In the printing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6.
The control means is further
Identification information generation process that generates identification information of the external measuring device that acquired the measured value of the state quantity in the measurement value acquisition process;
A printing device characterized by performing. In the printing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7.
The control means further
Judgment process for determining whether or not a predetermined print process execution timing has arrived;
And
A printing apparatus characterized in that the data generation process and the print process are executed when it is determined in the determination process that the print process execution timing has arrived. In the printing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8.
The control means further
When the number of the external measuring devices giving the state quantity becomes equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value with respect to at least one state quantity by the search of the search process, a notification process for performing a corresponding predetermined warning notification;
A printing device characterized by performing.

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