JP2917961B2 - Label printer - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a label printer which is arranged in a retail store such as a supermarket and issues a label to a purchased product.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In supermarkets and the like, as one form of retailing, products without a bar code, for example,
As shown in FIG. 8, products that are not individually wrapped (for example, side dishes such as tempura and croquettes) are arranged in a showcase 102 that is distinguished from a product shelf 101 of another product with a barcode. May be sold. In this case, when the customer specifies the type and number of the product, the clerk takes out the product from the showcase 102, packs the product in a packaging material such as a case or a bag, and registers the product with the label printer 103.

[0003] Thus, the label printer 103 obtains the total price of the wrapped commodities, and issues a total label in which the total price is printed with characters and bar codes. And
The clerk pastes the issued total label on the packaging material (case, bag, etc.) of the product. Thereafter, when the customer brings the wrapped product to the checkout counter 104 together with the other products taken out of the product shelf 101, the wrapped product can be read only by reading the barcode, like the other products. , The total price in the package is entered. This allows
Even when the products arranged in the showcase 102 (that is, the products that are not individually wrapped) are purchased, the payment can be easily completed.

[0004]

However, when the above-mentioned conventional label printer is used, the checkout counter can only obtain the total amount of the packaged goods in the package, and therefore, the checkout counter can only obtain the total price in the package. (Product name, number / amount of each product, etc.) cannot be printed on the receipt. For this reason, it is difficult for the customer to check the type and number of the purchased goods on the spot because the customer cannot obtain the details recorded in the package.

[0005] The present invention has been made under such a background, and is intended to collectively purchase and sell products which are not individually packaged.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a label printer capable of recording the details (product name, quantity / amount of each product, etc.) on a label even in the case of packaging.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In a label printer that performs registration of a plurality of purchased products and issues a total label to be attached to a packaging material in which the products are collectively packaged, the printing format of the total label includes a predetermined number of registered products. A description field for printing at least the product name and the price, for the products exceeding the predetermined number, other fields for printing the total price thereof, and a total price column for printing the total price of all registered products. The number of registered products exceeds the predetermined number.
On the condition that the product
Add the respective prices, and write this total amount in the other fields above.
A control means is provided . According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the label printer according to the first aspect,
A storage unit for storing a plurality of types of print formats of the total label, and a calling unit for calling one print format from the storage unit are provided. According to a third aspect of the invention, to register a plurality of purchased commodity, the label printer for issuing a total label for affixing to a packaging material which is packaged together the products, goods registered
At least the product name and price
And data indicating the number of products that exceed the predetermined number.
Shows total price data and total price of all registered products
Printing means for printing barcodes with data
And the condition that the number of registered products exceeds the predetermined number
And the sum of the prices of the products exceeding the predetermined number
Is displayed as the total price of the products exceeding the predetermined number.
And control means .

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

§1. First Embodiment Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external view showing a configuration example of the label printer according to the present embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 2 is an electric block diagram showing a configuration example of the present label printer. In these figures, a CPU (central processing unit) 1
Controls each part of the label printer. Also, ROM
(Read only memory) 2 stores a control program used in CPU 1. Details of the RAM (random access memory) 3 will be described later with reference to FIG.

The operation unit 4 comprises a liquid crystal display 4a, various keys and switches 4b, and a touch panel 4c, and rotates in the direction shown in FIG. The liquid crystal display 4a has, for example, a screen of 320 horizontal dots × 240 vertical dots, and displays various preset keys for the touch panel 4c in addition to the current processing data. That is, for example, in the registration mode, the liquid crystal display 4a displays a number of preset keys for product registration and product data to be currently registered. The display control unit 5 controls the display operation of the liquid crystal display 4a. Also, as the key and the switch 4b,
There are provided a numeric keypad, an issue key for instructing label issuance, a product number key for instructing input of a product number, a quantity key for making a plurality of units sold, and the like. The touch panel 4c is provided on the screen of the liquid crystal display 4a, and detects a preset key designated by a clerk from among preset keys displayed on the liquid crystal display 4a to register a product, or The mode (registration mode, setting mode, etc.) can be switched by detecting the switching key. The operation control unit 6 includes a key and a switch 4b, a touch panel 4
The operation content of c is output to the CPU 1.

The label printing section 7 includes a roll paper 7a, a thermal head 7b, a platen roller 7c, a dispenser 7
d, a mount winding section 7e, and a label outlet 7f. Here, the roll paper 7a is formed by sticking a thermal paper (a label before printing) to a backing paper at a predetermined interval so as to be peelable. Further, the label take-out port 7f separates the printed label from the backing paper and at the position where the leading end of the label looks outside,
Hold the label. The printing control unit 8 includes a label printing unit 7
Control the printing operation of.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram (RAM map) showing an example of the storage area of the RAM 3. In the figure, a working area 3a is provided with flags, registers, and the like used for various calculations and controls. The environment setting file 3b stores setting data of the printer, such as a device number, a format number, and a barcode system. Here, the "format number" is the number of the format data used for the current label printing, and is selected from the format file 3c shown in FIG. For details of the format file 3c and the registration area 3d,
This will be described later with reference to FIGS. The product file 3e stores product data such as a product number (product number), a product name, and a unit price for each product. Note that, among the storage areas shown in FIG. 3, the areas of the environment setting file 3b, the format file 3c, and the product file 3e are backed up by a battery, and the stored contents are lost even if the power of the label printer is turned off. There is no.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a format file 3c provided in the RAM 3. The format file 3c includes a plurality of types of format data (format numbers = 1, 2,...) Used for label printing.
…) I remember. Each format data includes a format number, an item to be printed, and a print start position (X
(Coordinate, Y coordinate), printing direction, label type for each format number, and the like. Here, the contents of each format data are set in advance by a predetermined key operation in the setting mode before the start of product registration. Also, format data to be used for the current printing is selected in advance from the plurality of types of format data, and the format number of the selected format data is stored in the environment setting file 3b (see FIG. 3). .

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the detailed data of the product is printed on the total label. The number of products on which the detailed data is printed depends on the selected format data. Is determined by That is, in the example shown in FIG. 4, when format number 1 is selected, detailed data of three types of products are printed on the total label, and when format number 2 is selected, two types of product types are selected. The detail data is printed on the total label.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a registration area 3d provided in the RAM 3. Registration area 3d
Stores registration data for one customer to be processed at present. In this figure, the description column indicates the registered product until the number of registered products reaches “the number of products determined by the currently selected format data” (hereinafter, referred to as “specific product number”). (Product name, sales quantity, amount). The other column stores the total number of sales and the amount of the merchandise exceeding the “specification number of merchandise”. The total column stores the total number of sales and the amount of money for all registered commodities.

Next, the operation of the label printer having the above configuration will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of the present label printer. Here, of the operations of the present label printer, only the outline of the operations relating to the features of the present invention will be described. When the store clerk turns on the power of the label printer, after a predetermined initialization process, the process of the CPU 1 is performed as shown in FIG.
The process proceeds to step S1 shown in FIG.

In step S1, it is determined whether or not a product registration operation using a preset key or a product number key has been performed. If the result of this determination is "YES", the operation proceeds to step S2. In step S2, the registration area 3d (FIG. 5)
It is determined whether or not the number of products currently written in the description column of “see”) has reached the above “specification product number”. If the result of the determination in step S2 is "NO", that is, "the number of currently written products" is "the number of detailed products".
If it is less, the process proceeds to step S3.

In step S3, the product data of the product registered in step S1 is called from the product file 3e (see FIG. 3). Then, based on the called product data, the detailed data of the product is stored in the registration area 3d (FIG. 5).
In the detail column of “Ref.”, Write in each corresponding column (product name column, sales volume column, amount column) of the next vacant line, and step S
Go to 5.

On the other hand, if the result of the determination in step S2 is "YE
S ”, that is, if the“ number of currently written products ”has reached the“ number of detailed products ”, step S
Proceed to 4. In step S4, the product data of the product registered in step S1 is stored in a product file 3e (see FIG. 3).
Call from. Then, based on the called product data, the data corresponding to the sales amount and the price of the product is added to the data of the corresponding columns (the sales volume column and the price column) in the other columns of the registration area 3d (see FIG. 5). Then, the process proceeds to step S5.

In step S5, based on the product data called in step S3 or step S4, data corresponding to the sales quantity and the amount of the product is stored in each corresponding column (see FIG. 5) in the total field of the registration area 3d (see FIG. 5). (Sale quantity column, amount column)
And returns to step S1.

On the other hand, if the result of the determination in step S1 is "NO"
In the case of, the process proceeds to step S6. In step S6,
It is determined whether or not the product registration operation for one customer has been completed, that is, whether or not the issue key has been pressed. If this determination is "YES", the flow proceeds to step S7. In step S7, the data in the registration area 3d (see FIG. 5) is developed into dot data according to the current format data, and sent to the print control unit 8. Thereby, the label printing unit 7
Prints the dot data on a label and issues a total label as shown in FIG. The store clerk attaches the total label to the packaging material that wraps the product, and then gives the total label to the customer. After that, the CPU 1 clears the registration area 3d and returns to step S1.

On the other hand, if the result of the determination in step S6 is "NO"
In other words, if the product registration operation and the issuance key operation have not been performed, the process proceeds to step S8. In step S8, processing corresponding to an operation other than the above, for example,
After performing processing of a number key for increasing the number of sales, format data setting processing in the setting mode, and the like, the process returns to step S1. This is the end of the description of the operation of the label printer configured as described above.

§2. Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The configuration of the label printer according to the present embodiment includes a label printing unit 7.
Except that the two-dimensional barcode can be printed and that the number of detailed products in the registration area 3d is significantly increased.
This is the same as the configuration of the label printer according to the embodiment.

In such a configuration, for all registered merchandise for one customer, the detailed data (product name, sales quantity, and amount) are stored in the detailed column of the registration area (see FIG. 5).
At this time, the corresponding product number may be stored instead of the product name. After the registration is completed, when the issue key is pressed, all the data in the registration area is converted into a two-dimensional bar code, and the two-dimensional bar code is printed on the bar code column of the label.
The store clerk attaches the total label to the packaging material that wraps the product, and then gives the total label to the customer. Thereafter, when the product having the total label attached thereto is brought into a checkout counter, the total label is read by a two-dimensional barcode reader, and the two-dimensional barcoded data (detailed data) is received. Print on. At this time, if there is a product number in the two-dimensional bar-coded data, the sales performance of the product can be updated based on the product number. Further, as in the first embodiment, if other data is provided in a two-dimensional barcode, the number of registrations is not limited by the capacity of the two-dimensional barcode.

§3. Supplement Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to the embodiment, and there may be a design change or the like without departing from the gist of the present invention. Even this is included in the present invention. The following examples can be considered as the design change. 1. If the number of registered product types for one customer is small or there is not much difference between customers due to the characteristics of the sales floor where this label printer is installed, the season, etc. The label paper and the print format may be changed so that the detailed data of the product can be printed. Alternatively, the print format may be automatically changed by detecting the type of label paper. 2. A scale may be connected to the label printer so as to be compatible with the weighing sale product.

3. When a plurality of the label printers are used at the same time, they may be communicably connected, one of which may be used as a master unit, and the other may be used as a slave unit. in this case,
Product file 3e commonly used by all label printers
(See FIG. 3) is provided only in the master unit, and the slave unit can call up the product file 3e from the master unit as needed.
The memory capacity of AM · 3 can be reduced. 4. Instead of storing the detailed data in the detailed column of the registration area, the detailed data may be printed on a label each time a product is registered.

[5] Wrap the products as many as you like,
Depending on the number of packages, it can be considered that the label printer is used in bulk sales where the user operates the label printer by himself. 6. Regarding the printing of the detailed data, the above-mentioned “number of specific goods” may be printed in order from the one with the highest purchase price, instead of the order of registration.

7. Regarding the printing of the statement data, if the same product is registered more than once,
The sums of the amounts may be totaled and printed in the same item. 8. The detail data stored in the registration area and the detail data printed on the total label are the same as those in the above embodiment (product name,
Sales amount, amount), depending on the product and sales method,
Various data can be used.

[0027]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to print details of a predetermined number of products on a total label having a limited area. In addition, the details of all products can be printed. Also,
Even if there are many types of purchased products, it is possible to print a part of the details, and for products exceeding the predetermined number, the total amount is printed in the other column, so how many types of purchased products will increase Also, since the sum of the detail column and the other column matches the total price column of the label, the breakdown of the total purchase price is easy to understand. According to the second aspect of the present invention,
By preparing various printing formats in which the number of types of products to be printed in the specification column is changed according to the size of the label, the specification data can be efficiently printed according to the situation by replacing the label paper. According to the third aspect of the invention, if a checkout device that reads a two-dimensional barcode is prepared, even if the product is not individually wrapped, by reading the total label attached to the packaging material,
The statement can be easily printed on the receipt. Also,
The two-dimensional barcode is printed directly on the label, and the label is also directly attached to the product (packaging material),
Even if there are a plurality of such packages, the correspondence between the product and the two-dimensional barcode does not change between the packages during the transportation to the checkout device, and incorrect payment is performed. There is no fear.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view illustrating a configuration example of a label printer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an electric block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the label printer.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a storage area of a RAM 3;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a format file 3c.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a registration area 3d.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of the label printer.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a total label by the label printer.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a layout of a sales floor of a retail store.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... CPU, 2 ... ROM, 3 ... RAM, 4
... Operation section, 4a... Liquid crystal display, 4b... Keys and switches, 4c... Touch panel, 5... Display control section, 6... Operation control section, 7... Label print section, 7a
Roll paper, 7b Thermal head, 7c Platen roller, 7d Dispenser, 7e Mount winding unit, 7f Label outlet, 8 Print control unit

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-9-77004 (JP, A) JP-A-3-140266 (JP, A) JP-A-59-135179 (JP, A) JP-A-8-258343 (JP) JP-A-8-240899 (JP, A) JP-A-4-45748 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) B65C 1/00-11/02 B41J 5/30 B42D 11/00

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A label printer for registering a plurality of purchased commodities and issuing a total label for attaching the commodities to a packaging material wrapped together, wherein the printing format of the total label includes For a predetermined number of products, a description column for printing at least the product name and price, for products exceeding the predetermined number, for other fields for printing the total price, and for the total number of all registered products And a total amount column to be provided, provided that the number of registered products exceeds the predetermined number.
And sum the respective prices of the products exceeding the predetermined number.
And control means for writing the total amount in the other fields.
Label printer, characterized in that provided. 2. The label printer according to claim 1, further comprising: storage means for storing a plurality of types of print formats of the total label; and calling means for calling one print format from the storage means. 3. A label printer for registering a plurality of purchased commodities and issuing a total label for attaching the commodities to packaging materials packaged together , wherein at least a predetermined number of commodities among the registered commodities are registered.
Also, data indicating the product name and price, and data indicating the total price of the product exceeding the predetermined number.
And data indicating the total price of all registered products.
Printing means for printing a code, and provided that the number of registered goods exceeds the predetermined number.
The sum of the prices of the products exceeding the predetermined number,
A system for displaying as a total price of goods exceeding the predetermined number
And a control means .