JP4771870B2 - Barcode printing method and printed body with barcode - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a barcode printing method for printing a barcode and a printed body with a barcode on which the barcode is printed.

A barcode is a code that encodes information for identifying a solid, such as a one-dimensional barcode in which bars (vertical bars) that are barcode symbol characters are linearly arranged, and symbol characters are arranged vertically and horizontally. A two-dimensional barcode is used. Such a barcode is printed on, for example, an electricity bill transfer form (invoice) as information for identifying a customer. When the transfer form is taken to a convenience store, the barcode is read by a barcode reader. It is used in a POS (Point Of Sales) system (for example, refer to Patent Document 1) in which information is read from a computer.
JP 2002-269483 A

  By the way, with the progress of the information society, the amount of information to be encoded in the barcode is increasing, and the barcode is becoming finer and higher in density. For example, in a one-dimensional bar code, a UCC / EAN (USA Code Center / European Article Number) 128 code with a narrow bar width or bar interval is used instead of a JAN (Japan Article Number) code with a wide bar width or bar interval. Came to be used.

  In order to accurately read such a densified and densified bar code, it is necessary to improve the reading accuracy of the bar code reader. On the other hand, when printing a bar code that has been densified and densified, printing defects may occur depending on the performance of the printing press, adhesion of impurities, the state of the drum or toner, and the like. In other words, the barcode may have haze / unevenness (shading), lack of printing, or white (white lines or dots generated in the bar). If there is such a printing defect, there is a case where information cannot be read accurately when an attempt is made to read information from the barcode by a barcode reader having high reading accuracy. For this reason, it has been necessary to visually check whether or not the printed barcode has a printing defect. However, since barcodes are densified and densified, and printed black portions and white portions of paper are mixed, it is not easy to visually check for printing defects. In addition to requiring a lot of time and labor, the inspection accuracy was unstable.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a barcode printing method and a barcode-attached printed body that can easily and accurately check the presence or absence of barcode printing defects.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is a barcode printing method for printing a barcode on a printing medium, and at least one of before or after printing the barcode on the printing medium. In addition, the solid coated portion having a length and width equal to or greater than the length and width of the barcode is partitioned by a portion of the printing medium on which the barcode is printed and a perforation. It is characterized by printing in the margin part .
(Function)
A barcode is printed on the printing medium, and a solid coating portion larger than the barcode size is printed. If the barcode has a printing failure, the printing failure may appear in the solid coating portion.

The invention according to claim 2 is the barcode printing method according to claim 1, wherein a use area of a drum of a printing press when printing the solid coating portion is a region of the drum when printing the barcode. A printing interval between the barcode and the solid coating portion is set so as to include a use area.
(Function)
Since the drum usage area for printing barcodes is included in the drum usage area for printing solid-coated parts, if there is barcode printing failure due to the drum, the same printing failure will occur. It also appears in solid areas.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printed matter with a barcode in which a barcode is printed on a printing medium, and the barcode is printed at a position of at least one of the printing media above and below the barcode. In the margin part partitioned by the perforated portion and the perforated part, a solid painted part having a length and width equal to or greater than the length and width of the barcode is printed. .
(Function)
When the barcode has a printing failure, the printing failure may appear in the solid coating portion printed on at least one of the upper and lower sides of the barcode.

According to the first and third aspects of the present invention, when the barcode has a printing failure, the printing failure may appear in the solid coating portion. The solid-colored part is not a mixture of black and white parts like barcodes, but it is filled, so if there are printing defects such as blurring, unevenness, or missing prints. It can be confirmed easily and accurately by visual inspection. In addition, since the solid coating portion has a vertical and horizontal length equal to or greater than the vertical and horizontal lengths of the barcode, the solid coating portion covers printing defects that may occur at any position of the barcode. Can check for printing defects. In this way, it is possible to easily and accurately check the presence or absence of barcode printing defects visually. Furthermore, since the solid coating portion is printed in the blank portion partitioned by the perforated portion and the portion where the barcode is printed, the solid coating portion can be separated after checking for defective printing.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, when there is a barcode printing defect caused by the drum of the printing press, the same printing defect appears surely in the solid coating portion. The presence / absence can be checked more accurately and reliably.

  The present invention will be described below based on the illustrated embodiments.

  FIG. 1 is a plan view of a bill for electricity bill (printed body with barcode) 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. This electricity bill request form 1 is mainly composed of an invoice 11, an electricity bill 12 and a payment relation form 13, and each form 11-13 is formed by one sheet of paper (printed medium) 2. The bar code 13c is printed on the payment relation document 13.

A first perforation 2e is provided on the outer peripheral side of the cut sheet 2, and margins 2a to 2d are arranged vertically and horizontally by the first perforation 2e. In the margins 2a to 2d, the invoice 11, the electricity bill 12, and the payment relation document 13 are printed, and the second perforation 2f is provided at each boundary. Information such as a destination and a sender is printed on the invoice 11, and a billing amount and a contract number are printed on the electricity bill 12. The payment relation document 13 includes a payment handling slip 13a and a payment slip / receipt 13b, and a third perforation 2g is provided at the boundary. The bar code 13c is printed on the payment handling slip 13a. This bar code 13c is a one-dimensional bar code of UCC / EAN128 code. Compared with the JAN code widely used in the past, the bar width and bar The interval is narrow. A solid coating portion 14 is printed on the lower margin 2b of the cut sheet 2 located below the barcode 13c. Here, the lower side of the bar code 13c means the rear side of the printing direction (printing order) when printing on the cut sheet 2, that is, the position printed after the bar code 13c. The solid coating portion 14 is rectangular, and as shown in FIG. 2, the vertical length H2 and the horizontal length W2 are set larger than the vertical length H1 and the horizontal length W1 of the barcode 13c. ing. The solid coating portion 14 is painted in the same color as the bar of the barcode 13c, that is, black in this embodiment (solid printing is performed).

  Further, the printing interval (printing pitch) P between the barcode 13c and the solid coating portion 14 and the position of the solid coating portion 14 in the horizontal direction (width direction of the cut sheet 2) are as shown in FIG. The use area D2 of the drum D of the printing machine (printer or the like) when printing the portion 14 is set to include the use area D1 of the drum D when printing the barcode 13c. That is, the outer peripheral surface portion D1 of the drum D where the barcode 13c is located is included in the outer peripheral surface portion D2 of the drum D where the solid coating portion 14 is located (P in FIG. Is set to a length obtained by adding an integer multiple of.

  The electricity bill bill 1 having such a configuration is printed as follows. That is, as in normal printing, the cut sheet 2 is supplied into the printing press and printed in order from the top, that is, the invoice 11, the electricity bill 12, and the payment relation form 13 (bar code 13c). Subsequently, the solid coating portion 14 is printed on the lower margin portion 2b. Such printing is performed continuously and in one step. Moreover, in this embodiment, the solid coating part 14 is printed on all the cut sheet 2 (electric billing related document 1). It should be noted that the printed bill of electricity bill 1 is printed in an envelope or the like with the margins 2a to 2d cut off.

  As described above, according to the electricity bill bill 1 and the barcode printing method, the barcode 13c and the solid coating portion 14 are continuously printed on the same cut sheet 2 by the same printer. If the code 13c has a printing failure (occurs), a printing failure may appear (can occur) in the solid coating portion 14 as well. The solid coating portion 14 is not a mixture of the ground color (for example, white) of the cut sheet 2 and the black of the bar, but is painted black, as in the barcode 13c. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 4, when there is a printing defect such as haze / unevenness 14a, printing defect 14b, or white 14c, it can be easily and accurately confirmed visually. Moreover, since the solid coating portion 14 is longer than the vertical and horizontal lengths H1 and W1 of the barcode 13c, the solid coating portion 14 covers the printing defects that may occur at any position of the barcode 13c. 14 can confirm the printing failure. In this way, it is possible to easily and accurately check the presence or absence of printing defects on the barcode 13c by visual inspection.

  Moreover, as described above, the printing interval P between the barcode 13c and the solid coating portion 14 is included so that the outer peripheral surface portion D1 of the drum D where the barcode 13c is located is included in the outer peripheral surface portion D2 where the solid coating portion 14 is located. In addition, the horizontal position of the solid coating portion 14 is set. For this reason, when there is a printing failure of the bar code 13 c caused by the drum D, the same printing failure appears surely in the solid coating portion 14. For this reason, it becomes possible to more accurately and reliably check the presence or absence of printing defects on the barcode 13c.

  Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and even if there is a design change or the like without departing from the gist of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. include. For example, in this embodiment, the solid coating portion 14 is printed below the barcode 13c, but may be printed above the barcode 13c (front side in the printing direction). That is, the solid coating portion 14 may be printed before the barcode 13c is printed on the cut sheet 2. In this case, the printing failure similar to the printing failure that occurs in the barcode 13c may also occur in the solid coating portion 14. Can occur. Further, the vertical and horizontal lengths H2 and W2 of the solid coating portion 14 are set larger than the vertical and horizontal lengths H1 and W1 of the barcode 13c, but the size of the solid coating portion 14 is the same as that of the barcode 13c. It may be more than about. That is, it is sufficient that a printing defect that may occur in the barcode 13c also occurs in the solid coating portion 14 and that the printing defect is larger than a size that can be visually confirmed. As described above, according to the performance / characteristics of the printing press and conditions where printing defects are likely to occur so that printing defects that may occur in the barcode 13c may also occur in the solid coating section 14, the solid coating section 14 The position and size of can be set.

  In this embodiment, the solid coating portion 14 is printed on all the cut sheet papers 2. However, when a plurality of bills for electricity bills 1 are continuously printed, some cut sheet sheets 2 are printed. The solid coating portion 14 may be printed only on the surface. That is, the presence or absence of printing defects on the barcode 13c may be extracted and inspected. In addition, it is possible to print on the continuous paper instead of printing on the cut sheet 2, and the barcode 13c may be a two-dimensional barcode.

It is a top view of the electricity bill claim related document which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the magnitude | size of the barcode and solid coating part, etc. in the electricity bill claim related document of FIG. It is a figure which shows the positional relationship on the drum of the barcode and solid coating part in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the printing defect of the solid coating part in the electricity bill claim relation document of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 Electricity bill related documents (printed with barcode)
2 Cut sheet (printed media)
2a to 2d Margin 2e to 2g Perforation 11 Invoice 12 Electric bill 13 Payment relations 13c Bar code 14 Solid coating 14a Blurred / Uneven (Printing defect)
14b Missing print (print failure)
14c Very white (printing failure)
D Drum of printing press D1 Outer peripheral surface portion where barcode is located D2 Outer peripheral surface portion where solid coating portion is located P Printing interval between barcode and solid coating portion

Claims (3)

A barcode printing method for printing a barcode on a printing medium,
Before or after printing the barcode on the print medium,
A solid portion that is filled with a length and width equal to or greater than the length and width of the barcode, and a blank portion that is divided by a perforation from a portion of the printing medium on which the barcode is printed A barcode printing method characterized in that printing is performed on the barcode.   The printing interval between the barcode and the solid coating portion is set so that the usage area of the drum of the printing press when printing the solid coating portion includes the usage area of the drum when printing the barcode. The barcode printing method according to claim 1, wherein: A barcode-printed body in which a barcode is printed on a printing medium,
At the position of the printing medium at least one of the upper and lower sides of the barcode, in a margin part partitioned by a portion where the barcode is printed and a perforation,
A printed matter with a barcode, wherein a solid coating portion is printed which has a length and width which are equal to or greater than the length and width of the barcode.