JP2568639Y2 - Tape printer device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tape printer, and more particularly to a printer for producing a tape on which characters and symbols are printed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a printer device, a tape printer that prints on an adhesive tape with release paper or the like housed in a tape cartridge is known. This type of tape printer has a semi-cutting function that cuts only the adhesive tape with a cutter device and does not cut off the release paper every time one character block is printed together with the continuous printing function as a function for label production. This makes it possible to produce a label tape in which printed adhesive labels are continuously arranged on one piece of release paper.

When a character block is printed many times, the number of prints is input to the print control unit of the printer device and printing is started, and the continuous print control unit prints the same print data according to the designated print number. It is configured to print out copies of a set number of times by repeatedly outputting the copies to a set. Further, a tape printer having a serial number printing function is also known. For example, when serial number printing from 1 to 10 is set, after printing 1, printing data is automatically updated to 2 and printing is resumed. Then, a label tape in which up to ten labels are continuously printed is created.

[0004]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] For example, labels and tags such as terminal numbers and terminal names are attached to both ends of a connection cable for connecting to an electronic device or the like having many input / output terminals.
In some cases, the efficiency of connection work is improved and incorrect connection is prevented.
In such a case, since labels are attached to both ends of the connection cable, a large number of pairs of labels are required. Conventionally, for example, when producing ten types of labels from A1 to A10 on each two sheets, it is necessary to print each print data two by two by a continuous printing function, and ten times from A1 to A10. Data input and print execution operations are required, and the work is complicated.

When the above label is created by a tape printer having a serial number printing function, A1 to A1
Two tapes printed in order up to 10 will be printed, and when applying the same numbered labels to both ends of the connection cable, the labels will be alternately peeled off from the two tapes and applied. Workability is not good. Therefore, when a large number of labels such as serial numbers are created, the same number is continuously printed, and then the number is automatically updated so that continuous printing can be performed. Technology to provide a printer device that can produce label tapes that are arranged one by one in the order of numbers with the same number of labels as a set, and to solve the problem in order to improve the efficiency of label creation work and the workability at the time of sticking The present invention aims to solve the problem.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, and has been proposed in the art.
Input means and print data input by the input means
Means for storing information, tape feeding means and printer
Section, and prints on the tape along the longitudinal direction of the tape.
In a tape printer configured as described above, continuous printing control means for repeatedly outputting print data to a printer unit in accordance with a set value of the number of prints, and a designated range of a matrix of numbers and alphabets in the print data A serial print control means for sequentially updating print data by counting up or counting down, and a sequence logic control for controlling an operation order of the continuous print control means and the serial print control means Means is provided, and when the number of continuous printings and the serial number matrix range are set, by detecting the end of continuous printing of the same print data, the serial number printing control means updates the print data and resumes continuous printing. To perform continuous printing a set number of times for each data in the specified matrix range
A tape printer device is provided .

[0007]

When the number of continuous printings and the range of the serial number matrix are set at the same time and the printing is executed, the top print data of the serial number matrix is repeatedly output according to the setting of the number of continuous printings, and the top print data continues for the set number of times. Printed. When the continuous printing is completed, the count of the continuous printing is cleared, and the serial number printing control means updates the print data to the next print data in the serial number matrix and restarts the continuous printing again. Continuous printing and update of print data are performed alternately, and when printed on a tape for label production, labels that are arranged one by one in the numerical order with the desired number of identical numbered labels on one piece of release paper The tape is created, and the label creation operation can be performed efficiently.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. For convenience of explanation, technical matters belonging to the related art will be described at the same time. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a tape printer that prints characters, symbols, and the like on an adhesive tape with release paper housed in a tape cartridge. Input of character data and printing operation are performed via a keyboard unit 1 of an input unit, and an output signal of the keyboard unit 1 is input to a CPU 4 of a print control unit 3 via an interface 2 and stored in a memory unit 5 of a storage unit.
At the same time, the CPU 4 drives the display driver circuit 6 to display the input contents on the LCD display 7.

The CPU 4 controls a motor driver circuit 8 in response to a print command, drives a tape feed motor 9 as a tape feed means, outputs a control signal to a head driver circuit 10 while feeding the tape, and outputs a control signal to the printer unit. The thermal head 11 thermally transfers characters from the ink ribbon to the tape. At the end of printing, the cutter driver circuit 12 is driven, and the tape is cut by the tape cutter 13 at a predetermined cutting position. In addition, the stroke of the tape cutter 13 can be set so that only the adhesive tape of the adhesive tape with release paper is cut and the release paper is not cut. Many labels can be created.

The character spacing and the number of times of printing can be arbitrarily set by operating the keys of the keyboard unit 1 as in the conventional printer. The CPU 4 has a continuous printing control unit 1
4, a sequential print control unit 15 and a sequence logic control unit 16 for controlling the operation sequence of the continuous print control unit 14 and the serial print control unit 15 are provided. By setting the number of times of printing by the keyboard unit 1, continuous printing in which the same print data is printed many times by the continuous print control unit 14 can be performed. Also, serial number printing is executed by designating serial number printing and setting the start character of the matrix and the matrix range. For example, if the print data is input as A1 and the matrix range is input as 3, three serial number labels, A1, A2 and A3, are printed.

When the continuous printing and the serial number printing are set in an overlapping manner, the sequential logic control unit 16 gives priority to the continuous printing, and after the printing of the set number of times, the print data is updated.
After the update, continuous printing is started again. FIG. 2 shows a flowchart of the sequential sequential printing control by the sequential logic control unit 16, and when a print start command is input (step 101),
The tape is fed by a predetermined amount, and a half-cutting process is performed in which only the adhesive tape is cut at the leading end position of the label and the release paper is not cut (step 102). Subsequently, the head data of the designated matrix such as numbers or alphabets is printed (step 103),
When one printing is completed (step 104), it is determined whether or not the set value of the continuous printing number has been reached (step 1).
05) If the set value has not been reached, step 102
Then, the half-cut processing is performed at the rear end position of the printed label, and the label of the same character data is continuously printed until the set number of continuous printing times is reached (steps 102 → 103 → 1).
04 → 105 → 102 → ...).

When the label of the same character data is printed a set number of times and the continuous printing is completed (step 105), the count value of the number of times of printing is initialized (step 106), and when the serial number is not set (step 106). 107) Printing is completed (step 109). If there is a setting for serial number printing, the print data is updated according to the setting (step 10).
8) Returning to step 102, a predetermined number of continuous printings are executed in accordance with the set value of the number of continuous printings based on the update data (steps 102 → 103 → 104 → 105 → 102).
→…).

In this manner, when the last continuous printing of the serial number setting matrix is completed by alternately performing the continuous printing and the update of the print data, the printing is terminated by the end of the serial number data (step 107). The process ends (step 109). FIG. 3 shows the result of continuous serial printing by the printer device, in which "A11" is input as print data, the continuous print setting value is "2", and the serial print setting value is "5". is there. As shown in the figure, the data from the head data "A11" to the last data "A15" of the matrix are printed twice each,
At predetermined positions between the numbers, cuts C, C,
A label tape containing ... is created.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications are possible within the technical scope of the present invention. Of course.

[0015]

As described in detail in the above embodiment, the present invention is configured so that the number of continuous printing and the range of the serial number matrix can be set at the same time. Can be created in a large number, and the efficiency of label creation work is improved. Moreover, when the number of continuous printings and the serial number matrix range are set, the same printing data is continuously printed, and then the printing data is updated and the continuous printing is repeated. When creating labels such as terminal numbers and terminal names, the required number of identical number labels is used as a set on a piece of release paper, and label tapes are arranged one by one in numerical order. Is good, and the workability at the time of label creation and sticking can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a printer device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of sequential sequential printing of the printer device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a sequential serial printing result of the printer device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 17 Adhesive tape

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. An input means for inputting print data, and the input means
Storage means for storing the input print data;
Tape feeding means and a printer unit,
Tape configured to print on the tape along a direction
In the printer device, continuous printing control means for repeatedly outputting print data to the printer unit according to the set value of the number of times of printing,
Counting walking a specified range of a matrix of numbers and alphabetical letters, etc. in the printing data and the sequential number printing control means for sequentially updating a count-down to the print data to the printer unit, the continuous print control unit and a sequential number printing control means And a sequential logic control means for controlling the operation order of the print data. When the number of continuous printings and the serial number matrix range are set, the serial printing control means A tape printer device, wherein data is updated so that continuous printing is restarted, and continuous printing is executed a set number of times for each data in a designated matrix range.