JP4787476B2 - Receipt printer in POS system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a receipt printer that performs perforation and storage punching on receipts output by a POS (Point Of Sales) system.

    None of the receipt printers in the conventional POS system have a function of making holes for organizing and storing files as files by inserting them into at least two parallel upright tubes or pipes. Therefore, the customer filed the received receipt with a hole punch.

  For example, a spot file (registered trademark) as shown in FIG. 9 is commercially available. The spot file is a simple type file in which two cylindrical pipes 102 that are parallel upright at intervals P are provided in the vicinity of one end of a plastic mount 101, and the leading end thereof is closed by a fastener 103 extending from the bottom. When closing a receipt into such a file and organizing it, two circular holes with a spacing P matching the pipe position of the file are required near the top edge of the receipt.

  On the other hand, as a general-purpose printer, there is a printer with a punching function disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-213010 (Patent Document 1).

  The printer 110 with a punching function has a configuration as shown in FIG. 10, for example. The size of the printing paper 111a superimposed on the paper guide 111 is limited like A4 size paper. The printing paper 111 a is passed through the printing unit 112 and the punching unit 113 by the conveying rollers 114 a and 114 b driven by the paper feeding motor 114 and is carried out to the tray 115. The printing unit 112 holds an image to be printed on the printing paper 111a in advance. In the hole punching section 113, a position on the printing paper 111a where the hole is to be drilled is set in advance. Therefore, an image held in advance is printed on the unloaded printing paper 111a, and a hole is formed at a preset position.

  However, on the receipt output from the printer by the POS system, the name, unit price, quantity, and price for each purchased item, the total purchase amount, the deposit amount, the change amount, and the like are printed. Therefore, the length of the receipt varies depending on the number of purchased items. For this reason, for example, a general merchandise store corresponding to shopping for daily necessities usually outputs a receipt having a significantly different length for each customer.

  That is, the printer disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a problem that there is no disclosure of punching means corresponding to outputs having different lengths as in a receipt.

JP 2001-213010 A

  The problem to be solved is a receipt printer that prints and prints printing papers of different lengths, such as receipts, and outputs a clear means for punching files in the output receipt. That is not done.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a receipt printer that is suitable for output by punching holes for organizing and storing printing papers of different lengths such as receipts output by a POS (Point Of Sales) system. .

  The receipt printer according to the present invention uses a paper (hereinafter referred to as roll paper) formed in a roll shape with a uniform width on a printing paper (hereinafter referred to as paper) for printing / printing. Motors and transport rollers, a punching unit, a printing unit, a tearing unit, and a control unit are provided as main components. In addition, the control unit performs program control of other components to execute a predetermined function.

  The paper feed motor drives the transport roller to transport the paper to the exit, stops the paper at a predetermined position for printing, and executes necessary paper feed. When the paper is fed to a predetermined position by the paper feed motor and stopped, the punching unit performs punching for the receipt file at a position designated in advance by the user in the vicinity of the leading edge of the paper. When the receipt data is input, the printing unit prints the input receipt data in a print area designated in advance in the sheet by the user in cooperation with the sheet feeding by the sheet feeding motor. The tearing part cuts off the receipt that has been printed at the end of printing from the sheet, and forms the leading edge of the sheet at the leading end of the next receipt.

  The above-mentioned punching position and the printing area are respectively designated and held in advance by the user from the input means, and the control unit detects the position data and controls the driving and stopping of the paper feed motor. . The previously specified position of the file hole parallel to the leading edge can be set with reference to the leading edge and the center line in the paper feed direction.

  If the receipt has a limited number of items to be purchased, such as a receipt at a gas station, and the length of the paper feed direction is constant, that is, the size of the receipt is constant, the specified punching position is Further, one or both of the leading edge and the trailing edge and one or both sides parallel to the sheet feeding direction are set as a reference and can be set in the width direction of the printing area with respect to the sheet feeding direction. In this case, the specified punching position is set in the width direction of the print area with respect to the paper feed direction, and when the control unit detects the punching position, the paper feed and printing are temporarily stopped and the punching process is executed. , Resume and continue paper feeding and printing.

  Also, by deploying the printing part, punching part, and tearing part in this order from the roll paper side to the paper exit, paper feeding starts at the start of printing, paper is fed to a predetermined position at the end of printing, and the receipt is carried out. Will do. In this arrangement, a sheet feeding time is required every time after the printing is finished and before the receipt is carried out.

  On the other hand, when deploying in order of the punching part, tearing part, and printing part from the roll paper side to the paper exit, the paper is fed to the predetermined position after the punching is executed, and the receipt data input is waited for. The receipt can be taken out immediately after printing is completed. Therefore, in this arrangement, punching and paper feeding are completed while delivering the delivered receipt to the customer, so that the receipt can be carried out in the shortest required time, that is, with the highest efficiency.

  In addition, the above-described receipt printer can further include an input unit that accepts input including receipt data, and a character / image screen display unit. With this configuration, the control unit can display the designation from the input unit by the user on the screen display unit, set and hold the punching position, and can print the receipt data from the input unit as a receipt on paper. . That is, this receipt printer can be used alone in a retail store.

  Furthermore, this receipt printer can organize the receipt data sent to the management center by sending print data from the control unit to the POS terminal, which is an external information processing terminal, or print it on a personal computer. Sales management at a retail store is possible by sending data.

  The receipt printer in the POS system of the present invention uses roll paper of equal width as the paper, and includes a paper feed motor, a transport roller, a printing unit, a punching unit, a tearing unit, and a control unit as main components, and is controlled. The part controls each component, and when the paper feed motor stops the paper at a predetermined position for punching, the punching part performs punching, and the printing part prints the receipt data by inputting the receipt data. After the printing is completed, the tearing portion tears the paper and cuts off the receipt, and then the paper feed motor stops the paper at a predetermined position for printing. In this way, in order to execute the process of moving or stopping the sheet to a predetermined position, the sheet feeding motor drives the conveying roller. Therefore, the continuous paper is cut and separated by an appropriate length as a receipt.

  When the control unit detects a punching position during printing, the paper feeding and printing are temporarily stopped and the punching process is executed, and then the paper feeding and printing can be resumed and continued. As a result, the designated punching position can be set in the width direction of the printing area with respect to the paper feeding direction. In other words, the punching when the size of the receipt is constant may be set at at least one position in the vicinity of both sides parallel to the paper feed direction in addition to the vicinity of the leading end of the receipt.

  Printing paper for printing and printing (hereinafter referred to as the purpose of providing a receipt printer suitable for punching out for storage and printing on printing papers of different lengths such as receipts at mass retailers. A paper having a constant width and a roll (hereinafter referred to as a roll paper), a paper feed motor and a transport roller, a punching part, a printing part, a tearing part, The control unit is implemented as a main component, and the control unit performs a predetermined function by performing program control of other components.

  Under the control of the control unit, the paper feeding motor drives the conveyance roller to feed the paper to the outlet, stops the paper at a predetermined position for printing and punching, and executes necessary paper feeding. Under the control of the control unit, the punching unit punches a receipt file at a position specified in advance by the user near the leading edge of the paper when the paper is fed to a predetermined position by the paper feed motor and stopped. Execute. The printing unit is controlled by the control unit, and when receipt data is input to the control unit, it is input to the print area designated in advance in the paper by the user in cooperation with paper feeding by the paper feeding motor. Print the received receipt data. Under the control of the control unit, the tearing part separates the receipt that has been printed at the end of printing from the sheet, and forms the leading edge of the sheet at the leading end of the next receipt.

  Next, some typical embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. The drawings show portions related to the present invention, and illustrations and explanations of components necessary for the system and apparatus, such as those in maintenance operation, are omitted.

  A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of functional blocks in a receipt printer 10 according to the present invention.

  FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing one form of the surface of the receipt 30 carried out from the receipt printer 10.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing one form of the main operation procedure of the receipt printer 10.

  Here, it is assumed that the store provides the spot file shown and described in FIG. 9 free of charge together with the receipt to the customer who desires the file. Therefore, the file hole to be opened has the interval P.

  First, a description will be given with reference to FIGS.

  The receipt printer 10 includes a roll paper 11, a paper feed motor 12, a printing unit 13, a punching unit 14, a tearing unit 15, a control unit 16, and a storage unit 17, and is connected to the POS terminal 20. . The POS terminal 20 includes a receipt data reception processing unit 21.

  The receipt 30 to be carried out has a leading end edge 31 to be sent out first, a punching area 32 located in the vicinity of the leading edge 31, a receipt printing area 33, and a trailing edge 34 in this order. Two file holes 35 are formed in the hole forming area 32.

  The roll paper 11 is a roll of receipt paper (hereinafter abbreviated as paper) 11a having a certain width, and includes a transport roller 12a, a printing unit 13, a punching unit 14, a transport roller 12b, and a cutting roller. In the order of the cracks 15, the paper is transported by the transport rollers 12 a and 12 b driven by the paper feed motor 12 and sent out from the outlet.

  Depending on the shape or structure of the printer, a transport roller may be provided in addition to the transport rollers 12a and 12b. Further, the constituent elements such as the printing unit 13, the punching unit 14, and the tearing unit 15 are arranged close to each other in order to reduce the non-printed portion of the receipt 30 that is wasted and further avoid the reverse feeding of the paper 11a. .

  The paper feed motor 12 is controlled by the control unit 16 and drives the transport rollers 12a and 12b to send the paper 11a to the outlet. Other than sending out the paper 11a according to printing at the time of printing in the printing unit 13. In addition, the paper 11a is transported to the respective positions of the punching portion 14 for making the file hole 34 in the paper 11a and the tearing portion 15 for tearing the paper 11a in order to separate the receipt 30, and stopped.

  Under the control of the control unit 16, the printing unit 13 records and holds in advance the positions of both ends of the print area 33 on the paper 11a received from the POS terminal 20, and prints the print data received from the POS terminal 20 on the paper 11a. To do. When printing, the paper feed motor 12 drives the transport rollers 12a and 12b according to the amount of print data to continuously transport the paper 11a. Here, “row” printing is performed by inkjet scanning lines.

  The punching unit 14 receives the control of the control unit 16 and records and holds the punching position on the paper 11a received from the POS terminal 20 in advance, and the paper 11a transported to the position by the transport rollers 12a and 12b during the punching procedure. Drill a hole. The position of the file hole 34 held in advance is in the vicinity of the leading edge 31 that is the cutting tip of the paper 11a specified by the user.

  These positions are set by user input with reference to the leading edge of the paper 11a and one side parallel to the feeding direction of the paper 11a, and are detected by the paper feed motor 12 and the tearing portion 15. The

  The tearing section 15 receives the control of the control section 16, and has a predetermined margin from the printing area 33 for the paper 11 a transported and stopped by the paper feed motor 12 when the printing section 13 finishes printing on the paper 11 a. The paper 30 is cut at the position of the rear end edge 34 of the receipt 30, and the leading edge of the paper 11 a is cut off from the paper 11 a as the receipt 30, and the cutting tip of the paper 11 a is formed at the leading edge 31 of the next receipt.

  The controller 16 will be described in detail later with reference to FIG.

  The storage unit 17 has a program storage area for exhibiting the operation function of the control unit 16, a temporary storage area necessary for the operation, and the like, and holds a drilling position setting program as drilling control software.

  More specifically, when the POS terminal 20 drives the receipt printer 10 and requests hole position setting, the hole punching control software is activated and a hole position setting screen is displayed on the POS terminal 20 and the paper is printed. The hole position is set with reference to the cut end 11a and the center line of the receipt 30 in the feed direction. At this time, the distance from the leading end side 31 is set to the shortest distance in terms of structure, that is, the distance between the punched portion 14 and the cut portion 15. The distance between the two holes corresponds to the size of the file structure owned by the customer, that is, in this embodiment, as described above, the position corresponding to the distance P between the file pipes in FIG. The position is set to “P / 2”.

  For the purpose of sales management, the POS terminal 20 connects a store equipped with this terminal to the management center and notifies the management center of sales data including receipt data. The receipt data reception processing unit 21 receives sales product data, total data, payment data, and the like input by a store clerk, calculates calculation results such as necessary totals, and predetermined data such as a store name and a sales processing store clerk name. Are collectively collected and sent to the receipt printer 10 and the management center.

  The receipt 30 has an equal width W1 and a length La different from each other, and a leading end 31 is formed by a cutting tip of the paper 11a. The punching area 32 is located in the vicinity of the leading end edge 31 and a file hole 35 is drilled, and it is preferable that a margin is provided for the convenience of browsing the printed contents of the receipt 30. The shortest distance between the leading edge 31 and the file hole 35 is the distance between the hole made by the punching portion 14 and the leading edge of the paper to be cut by the tearing portion 15. The print area 33 is set in advance with a predetermined margin from both sides in the feeding direction of the paper 11a and the trailing edge 34 of the receipt 30. Of course, this margin can be changed by specifying options.

  The length of the print area 33 varies depending on the amount of receipt data. The print content may include, for example, images such as mass merchandise store marks and sales promotion illustrations in addition to character printing such as receipt, date, time, store name, product name, unit price, quantity, and price. The trailing edge 34 separates the receipt 30 having a different length depending on the amount of receipt data from the sheet 11a. The two file holes 35 are drilled in the drilling region 32 in parallel with the leading edge 31 and at the center position, but a plurality of file holes 35 may be provided on a straight line. As described above, the distance P between the two holes needs to match the pipe distance P of the spot file owned by the customer, for example, as shown in FIG.

  As described above, the positions of the punching region 32, the printing region 33, and the file hole 35 are parallel to the cutting tip of the paper 11 a serving as the leading edge 31 of the receipt 30 and the feeding direction of the receipt 30. It is set with reference to the center line of the sheet 11a having the side. However, the setting reference can be set with different dimensions from the left and right sides of the receipt 30 in parallel as in the conventional printer, not the center line of the paper 11a.

  Next, an example of the main operation procedure of the receipt printer 10 under the control of the control unit 16 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, the roll paper 11 is mounted at a predetermined position by the user (step S1). That is, the leading end of the roll paper 11 is pulled out as the paper 11a and is inserted from the guide roll into the transport roll 12a.

  Further, when the user calls the printer from the POS terminal 20 and designates the position setting, the setting information of the printing area 33 is set to the printing unit 13 and the setting information of the punching position of the file hole 35 is respectively set to the punching unit 14. It is received and stored through the control of the control unit 16 (step S2). The order of steps S1 and S2 may be reversed.

  Next, since the user inputs the end of print setting, the control unit 16 receives this and drives the paper feed motor 12 to move the leading end of the paper 11a from the transport roll 12a to the printing unit 13, the punching unit 14, and the transport roll 12b. , And the cut portion 15 is passed through to the outlet (step S3). The arrival of the paper 11a at the exit can be automatically detected by providing a sensor at the exit, for example. Further, a paper feed button may be provided to drive the paper feed motor 12 by a user's manual operation.

  The control unit 16 knows that the print preparation is completed when the paper 11a reaches the exit and stops, drives the tearing unit 15 to tear off the leading end of the paper 11a (step S4), and starts the receipt 30. An end side 31 is formed. The paper 11a is fixed by a transport roll 12b.

  Next, the control unit 16 drives the punching unit 14 to know the punching position, and after punching the file hole 35 in the paper 11a (step S5), waits for receipt data input (NO in step S6). . When the movement of the paper 11a is necessary, the control unit 16 drives the paper feeding motor 12 to perform alignment, but the movement is within the above-described punching region 32 and is a slight range.

  When step S6 is “YES” and receipt data is input, a predetermined receipt printing process (step S7) is executed. In step S7, in the case of the store, for example, when the data of the first product is input by a barcode reader, the product data for sale is controlled following predetermined items such as the store name, telephone number, date time, and the name of the store clerk. Printing is performed by the printing unit 13 under the control of the unit 16. Along with printing, the paper feed motor 12 is driven to move the paper 11a. When the input for the last product is completed, the store clerk performs a payment process and a totaling request, so that the end of the receipt printing process can be recognized. These receipt data are stored in the POS terminal 20 and processed, and only print data is sent to the control unit 16.

  At the end of the printing process in step S7, the control unit 16 drives the paper feed motor 12 to send the printed paper 11a in the exit direction (step S8), and the print end in the printing unit 13 is the tearing portion. Stop so that the trailing edge 34 of the receipt 30 can be formed with a predetermined margin between the 15 cutting blades.

  Next, the control unit 16 drives the tearing part 15 to tear and separate the sheet 11a (step S9), and forms the leading edge of the sheet 11a together with the trailing edge 34 of the receipt 30. Accordingly, while the receipt 30 is cut off, the control unit 16 returns to step S5 to drive the punching unit 14, punches the paper 11a that is stopped, and waits for the next receipt at "NO" in step S6.

  Since such a configuration is adopted, the paper is stopped at a predetermined position before printing, punching is performed, the receipt data is printed after the receipt data is input, and the receipt is cut by cutting the paper at the end of printing. Separated documents are provided to customers. Therefore, the continuous paper is cut and separated by an appropriate length as a receipt.

  Because of this processing procedure, when product data is input from the sales product, printing starts immediately, and there is time for paper feed after counting, but the hole punching process is executed while the next customer is greeted. Receipts can be handed over to customers in the same amount of time as the conventional print processing procedure for the same size paper described above.

  Although the above description refers to the drawings, changes such as separation and merging in functional blocks, parallel processing in a procedure, or replacement before and after are free as long as the above functions are satisfied, and the above description does not limit the present invention.

  A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 together with FIG.

  The embodiment of FIG. 4 is a case where the size of the receipt 50 is fixed because the number of merchandise items is limited as in a gas station, for example.

  As illustrated, the receipt 50 according to the second embodiment has a fixed dimension between the width W2 of the sheet 11a and the length L2 in the transport direction. In the second embodiment, a hole area 52a for a vertical file is provided in the vicinity of the leading edge 51, and a hole area 52b for a horizontal file is provided in the vicinity of the right side of the conveyance direction surface. It has a receipt printing area 53. The print area 53 has a margin between the left side and the rear end side 53. Two file holes 55a and 55b are formed in the hole forming regions 52a and 52b by the hole forming unit 14, respectively.

  Accordingly, the position reference of the punching area 52b, the printing area 53, the file hole 55b, and the like is based on at least one of the leading edge 51 and the trailing edge 54 and at least one of the sides parallel to the feeding direction of the roll paper 11. It is specified. In this case, the area designation set from the POS terminal 20 is stored in the printing unit 13, and the punching position is stored in the punching unit 14 via the control unit 16.

  Next, the operation when there is a punching position in the middle of printing while scanning the print area will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 5, the scanning line by the ink jet is described as “row”.

  First, the control unit 16 drives the paper feed motor 12 to start feeding the paper 11a by the transport rollers 12a and 12b (step S11), but detects the punching position “present” from the hole punching unit 14 (step S12). If YES, the feeding of the paper 11a is stopped at that position, and the punching unit 14 is driven to perform the punching process (step S14). When the punching process in step S14 is completed, the process returns to step S11, and the feeding of the paper 11a is started again. The drilling position is held by the drilling part 14.

  When the above step S12 is “NO” and the punching position is not reached, the control unit 16 drives the paper feed motor 12 to feed the paper 11a to the printing line position and stops (procedure S15), and prints the line (procedure). S16) is executed. If there is printing after the next line (YES in step S17), the control unit 16 returns to step S11 and starts feeding the paper 11a again.

  If the above step S17 is “NO”, there is no subsequent printing, and the end of the receipt printing process due to the store clerk's payment process and the totaling request is accepted (step S18), and then the process ends.

  In the second embodiment, the file holes 55a and 55b are provided on both the upper and right sides of the receipt 50, but either one may be provided. In addition, the second embodiment can be applied to the case of punching along a side with a receipt having a different length as in the first embodiment.

  A third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of functional blocks in the receipt printer 60 according to the present invention. 6 differs from the first embodiment in FIG. 1 in the arrangement order of the drilling portion, the tearing portion, and the printing portion. That is, the printing unit that was on the roll paper side in FIG. 1 is on the exit side of the receipt in FIG.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing one form of the main operation procedure of the receipt printer 60.

  The receipt printer 60 includes a roll paper 61, a paper feed motor 62, a punching unit 63, a tearing unit 64, a printing unit 65, a control unit 66, and a storage unit 67, and is connected to the POS terminal 20. . The POS terminal 20 includes a receipt data reception processing unit 21.

That is, in the configuration in the third embodiment, the arrangement order of the punching portion 63, the tearing portion 64, and the printing portion 65, and the transport roller 62c driven by the paper feed motor 62 are different from those in the first embodiment. Therefore, the components in the 60s in Example 3 can be read as the components in the 10s in Example 1 except for the following description.

  That is, the roll paper 61 is a receipt paper (hereinafter abbreviated as “paper”) 61 a having a certain width, and the transport roller 62 a and the punching portion are driven by the transport rollers 62 a, 62 b and 62 c driven by the paper feed motor 62. 63, the conveying roller 62b, the tearing portion 64, the printing unit 65, and the conveying roller 62c are passed through these components in the order, and are carried out from the outlet.

  The feeding timing of the paper 61a of the paper feeding motor 62 is in accordance with the arrangement of the above-described components and is different from that in the first embodiment. Therefore, the operation procedure of FIG. 7 is different from that of the first embodiment.

  Next, referring to FIG. 7 and FIG. 6 and FIG. 2 together, an example of a main operation procedure of the receipt printer 60 under the control of the control unit 66 will be described.

  First, the roll paper 61 is mounted at a predetermined position by the user (step S21). That is, the leading end of the roll paper 61 is pulled out as the paper 61a and inserted into the transport roll 62a from the guide roll.

  Further, when the user calls the printer from the POS terminal 20 and designates the position setting, the setting information of the hole position of the file hole 35 is set to the punching unit 63 and the setting information of the printing area 33 is set to the printing unit 65, respectively. It is received and stored through the control of the control unit 66 (step S22). The order of steps S21 and S22 may be reversed.

  Next, since the user inputs the end of print setting, the control unit 16 drives the paper feed motor 62 to move the leading end of the paper 61a from the transport roll 62a to the punching unit 63, the transport roll 62b, the tearing unit 64, and the printing unit. 65 and the transport roll 62c are passed through and sent to the exit (step S23). The arrival of the sheet 61a at the exit can be automatically detected by providing a sensor at the exit, for example. Alternatively, a paper feed button may be provided to drive the paper feed motor 62 by a user's manual operation.

  In the next operation, the control unit 66 knows that the print preparation is completed when the paper 61a has reached the outlet, drives the tearing unit 65 to tear the leading end of the paper 61a (step S24), and then the paper. The feed motor 62 is driven to feed only the transport roll 62c, and the leading end of the paper 61a is sent out of the printer (step S25). In this state, the leading edge of the paper 61 a is located in the cut portion 64.

  Next, the control unit 66 drives the punching unit 63 to know the punching position, and after the file hole 35 is punched in the paper 61a (step S26), the control unit 66 drives the paper feed motor 62 to feed the transport rolls 62a and 62b. , 62c is sent to the print start position of the print area 33 inside the printing section 65 (step S27), and the input of receipt data is awaited (NO in step S28).

  If step S28 is “YES” and receipt data is input, a predetermined receipt printing process (step S29) is executed. In step S29, in the case of the store, for example, when the data of the first product is input by the barcode reader, the sales product data is controlled following predetermined items such as the store name, telephone number, date time, and the name of the store clerk. Printing is performed by the printing unit 65 under the control of the unit 66. Along with printing, the paper feed motor 62 is driven to move the paper 61a. When the input for the last product is completed, the store clerk makes a deposit process and a totaling request, so that the end of the receipt printing process can be recognized. These receipt data are stored in the POS terminal 20 and processed, and only print data is sent to the control unit 66.

  At the end of the printing process in step S29, if necessary, the control unit 66 drives the paper feed motor 62 to adjust the position of the printed paper 61a, and the printing end in the printing unit 65 is the end of the tearing unit 15. Stop so that the trailing edge 34 of the receipt 30 can be formed with a predetermined margin between the cutting edge.

  Normally, the control unit 16 drives the tearing unit 15 at the end of the printing in the above step S29 to tear the paper 61a (step S30), and uses the trailing edge 34 of the receipt 30 together with the leading edge of the paper 61a. Let it form.

  Next, the control unit 16 drives the paper feed motor 62 to feed only the transport roll 62c, and sends the separated receipt 30 to the outside of the printer (step S31), while returning to step S26 to make a hole. After driving the unit 63 and punching the stopped paper 61a, the paper 61a is sent to the printing unit 65 in step S27, and the next receipt data is awaited in “NO” in step S28.

  Since such a configuration is adopted, the paper is stopped at a predetermined position before printing, punching is performed, and the paper is sent to the vicinity of the exit, so the receipt data is printed after the receipt data is input. The receipt is separated by tearing the paper at the end of printing and immediately provided to the customer.

  Because of such a processing procedure, printing is started immediately when product data is input from the sales product, and paper feeding time is not required after counting, and the punching process is executed while the next customer is greeted. Even when compared with the first embodiment, immediately after the printing is completed, the receipt can be given to the customer without the paper feeding time.

  Although the above description refers to the drawings, changes such as separation and merging in functional blocks, parallel processing in a procedure, or replacement before and after are free as long as the above functions are satisfied, and the above description does not limit the present invention.

  A fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 8, the receipt printer of the third embodiment can be used not only as a printing function but also as a cash register printer in a retail store.

  That is, FIG. 8 differs from FIG. 6 in that the contents of the storage unit 77 are loaded with software that can be set in various ways without connection to an external information processing terminal, that is, by a printer alone, and an input unit 78 and a screen display unit 79. And is equipped with. Except this, the 70 series in FIG. 8 may be replaced with the 60 series in FIG.

  The input unit 78 includes a user input keyboard, a barcode reader, and the like. The screen display unit 79 can call and display predetermined information on the screen according to an instruction from the input unit 78.

  Therefore, the receipt printer 70 according to the present invention can set the printing area, the punching position, etc. from the key input of the input unit 78, and the receipt data input from the input unit 78 is externally received from the receipt printer 70. Information processing terminals such as POS terminals, PCs (personal computers), etc., and can be collected and organized for management.

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Each of the above Examples 1 and 3 has a difference in the arrangement of the constituent elements, but all are described only for receipts having different lengths. However, in any of the first and third embodiments, the receipt of the second embodiment in which the length is unified by adding a function can be applied.

  In the fourth embodiment, a function is added to the third embodiment to form a single cash register printer. However, the function may be added to the first embodiment.

  Thus, the said Example can form the embodiment combined with each other, The said description does not limit this invention.

  Roll paper is used as a receipt, and a punching part and a tearing part are provided in series from the roll paper in the direction of the exit, and a printing part is provided either before or after it. For printing before printing near the leading edge of the roll paper The present invention can be applied to a printer application in which a hole for a file is made in a receipt having a constant width of a different length and can be immediately delivered to a customer after the printing is completed by waiting for input of receipt data after making a hole.

It is explanatory drawing which showed one Embodiment of the block structure in the printer for receipts of a POS system. Example 1 It is explanatory drawing which showed one Embodiment of the receipt surface demonstrated with reference to FIG. Example 1 2 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of a main operation procedure in the receipt printer of FIG. 1. Example 1 It is explanatory drawing which showed one Embodiment of the receipt surface different from FIG. (Example 2) It is the flowchart which showed one Embodiment of the operation | movement procedure in the printer for receipts using the receipt shape of FIG. (Example 2) It is explanatory drawing which showed one Embodiment of the block structure in the receipt printer different from FIG. (Example 3) It is the flowchart which showed one Embodiment of the main operation | movement procedure in the printer for receipts of FIG. (Example 3) It is explanatory drawing which showed one Embodiment of the block structure in the printer for receipts different from FIG. 1 and FIG. Example 4 It is explanatory drawing which showed an example of the conventional file. It is explanatory drawing which showed an example of the block structure in the conventional general purpose printer.

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10, 60, 70 Receipt printer 11, 61, 71 Roll paper 11a, 61a, 71a Paper 12, 62, 72 Paper feed motor 12a, 12b, 62a, 62b, 62c, 72a, 72b, 72c Conveying roll 13, 65, 75 Printing unit 14, 63, 73 Drilling unit 15, 64, 74 Rupture unit 16, 66, 76 Control unit 17, 67, 77 Storage unit 20 POS terminal 21 Receipt data reception processing unit 30, 50 Receipt 31, 51 First edge 32, 52a, 52b Hole area 33, 53 Print area 34, 54 Rear edge 35, 55a, 55b File hole 78 Input section 79 Screen display section

Claims (4)

In the receipt printer that performs punching for organizing and saving in the horizontal file on the receipt output by the POS system,
When roll paper formed in a roll shape with the same width for printing is used as the paper, and the paper feed motor that drives the transport roller and sends the paper to the outlet stops the paper at a predetermined position for punching Instructs the punching unit to execute punching for the receipt file at the position designated in advance by the user in the vicinity of one of the two sides in the paper feeding direction of the paper, and then inputs the receipt data. When there is, the printing unit and the paper feed motor are instructed to print the receipt data in the printing area designated in advance in the paper by the user, and at the end of printing, the cutting unit is instructed. The printed receipt is separated from the paper at an appropriate length , the leading edge of the paper is formed at the leading edge of the receipt, and the paper receipt motor is instructed to carry out the next receipt and the next. The paper for printing A control unit for controlling so as to stop at a fixed position,
The pre-designated drilling position is based on the leading edge and one side of both sides in the paper feed direction ,
For the receipt in the POS system, the control unit controls to resume and continue the paper feeding and printing after the paper feeding and printing are temporarily stopped and the punching process is executed when the punching position is detected. Printer.   The receipt printer in the POS system according to claim 1, wherein the printing unit, the punching unit, and the tearing unit are arranged in this order from the roll paper side toward a sheet exit, and the control unit is configured to perform printing. A receipt printer in a POS system which controls to start paper feeding at the start, feed paper to a predetermined position at the end of printing, and then send the receipt separately.   The receipt printer in the POS system according to claim 1, further comprising an input unit that accepts an input including receipt data, and a screen display unit for characters and images, wherein the control unit is configured to input the input by a user. A receipt in the POS system, wherein a designation from the input unit is displayed on the screen display unit, a punching position is set and held, and receipt data from the input unit is printed on the paper as a receipt. Printer. 4. The receipt printer in the POS system according to claim 3 , wherein the control unit prints receipt data input from the input unit as a receipt and sends it to an external information processing terminal. Receipt printer in POS system.

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