JPH0145565B2 - - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Industrial Application Field) The present invention includes a data input section and a weighing section that outputs weight data of the object to be weighed, and a printing section that outputs data of the object to be weighed including the weight data. This invention relates to an improvement of a weighing label printer that prints and issues labels.

(Prior art) Conventional weighing label printers are used when it is necessary to issue a label that is the same as the label that was issued immediately before, in other words, when there is a defect in the issued label, for example, when the printing is unclear or the label is duplicated. If there is a printing error, the label is damaged, or the label is not affixed to the specified position on the product, place the product on the weighing unit again and perform the weighing operation. I had to.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) For this reason, in conventional weighing label printers, when issuing the same label as the label issued immediately before, work efficiency is poor, and the label is not issued until the weighing becomes stable. There was a problem with inefficiency.

In addition, conventional weighing label printers automatically print and issue a label when the weighing is stable, and also add the printed data (for example, product weight data, price data, etc.) to a tally memory, and add the printed label to the cumulative value. However, as mentioned above, if the weighing operation is performed again to issue the same label, there will be a problem that the actually processed data and the data tallied in the tally memory will not match.

The present invention has been made in view of the problems of the prior art described above, and its purpose is to reprint the same data efficiently and with an extremely simple operation without having to reweigh the product. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a weighing label printer that can issue labels using the following methods.

(Means for Solving the Problem) The technical means taken by the present invention to achieve the above object includes a data input section and a weighing section that outputs weight data of the object to be weighed, In a weighing label printer in which data of the object to be weighed, including weight data, is printed on a label in a printing section and issued, the control mechanism automatically issues a printing command signal when the weighing operation of the weighing section becomes stable. a printing command means for outputting and printing the data on a label and issuing it; and a storage means for storing and retaining the print data including the weight data of the label printed and issued just before, even after the object to be weighed is removed from the weighing section. The present invention is characterized by further comprising: a reissue operation means for outputting the print data stored in the storage means to a printing unit to reprint it on the label.

The storage means for storing and retaining print data including weight data may be configured such that the memory section of the control mechanism also serves this function, or a holding circuit may be provided separately from the memory section, and the data output from the memory section may be held in the holding circuit. Any configuration may be used.

The reissue operation means is a push button switch, a lever switch, or a switch using a number key.

(Operation) According to the above means, when the object to be weighed is placed on the weighing section after inputting necessary data such as the unit price of the product using the data input section, the weight data is input to the control mechanism, and when the weighing operation becomes stable, A print command signal is automatically output, and print data including weight data is output from the storage section to the printing section, printed on the label, and issued.

If the printed label is defective,
Alternatively, if multiple labels with the same data are required, by operating the reissue operation means, the print data of the label issued just before will be printed from the storage means even after the object to be weighed is removed from the weighing section. The label will be printed on the label again and issued.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings regarding a weighing label printer connected to a separate electronic scale.
In the external view, 10 is a data input section, 20 is a data display section, and a control mechanism 30 and a printing section 40 are built in.

A weighing section 50 is connected to the label printer A via a connection cord a.

The input section 10, the weighing section 50, the data display section 2
0 and the printing units 40 are connected via the control mechanism 30, respectively.

The data input unit 10 has various command keys 14, 14, etc. such as a number key (numeric keypad) 12 and a function key on the front of the label printer A, and labels are pasted using these number keys 12. Required data such as the unit price of the product (object to be measured), date of processing, product name number, or barcode number is input to the control mechanism 30.

The input unit 10 is provided with a label reissue key 16 as a reissue operation means and connected to the control mechanism 10.

The weighing section 50 measures the weight of the product, inputs the weight data to the control mechanism 30, and automatically outputs a weighing stability signal P and transmits it to the control mechanism 30 when the weighing becomes stable for each weighing operation.

The control mechanism 30 includes a calculation unit 301 that calculates price data based on unit price data input from the input unit 10 and weight data input from the weighing unit 50.
and a storage unit 302 that stores product data such as input data and calculated price data, and a control unit that outputs signals to timely command operations to each part of the calculation unit, storage unit, printing unit 40, and display unit 20. Part 30
It consists of 3.

The storage unit 302 performs a memory addition operation to total the stored data via the calculation unit 301.

The control unit 303 receives a weighing stability signal P from the weighing unit 50.
When input, the print command signal Q is output, and the product data is transferred from the storage unit 302 to the printing unit 40.
At the same time, the printing section 40 is activated, and data display such as weight, unit price, price, etc. displayed on the display section 20 is stabilized.

The control mechanism 30 is provided with a data holding circuit 304 to transfer the product data output from the storage section 302 to the printing section 40 via the holding circuit 304 and to hold the data in the holding circuit 304. Do it like this.

This holding circuit 304 corresponds to the above-mentioned storage means of the present invention that stores and holds the print data including the weight data of the label printed just before, even after the object to be weighed is removed from the weighing section. The circuit 304 transmits the held product data to the printing section 40 when the control section 303 outputs the reprint command signal Q'.

In addition, a reprint command signal output from the control unit 303
At Q', the printing section 40 also performs printing operation.

When the next product data is transferred from the storage section 302 in response to the next print command signal Q, the holding circuit 304 erases the previous data and holds the transferred new data.

The reprint command signal Q' is set to be output from the control unit 303 when the reissue key 16 of the input unit 10 is turned on, and this command signal Q' does not control the data transfer and memory addition operations of the storage unit 302. It doesn't work.

The reprint command signal Q' is output every time the reissue key 16 is turned on, and is output to the holding circuit 304 and the printing unit 4.
It is also possible to operate 0 repeatedly.

The printing unit 40 automatically prints the transferred product data on a label using a printing mechanism, and the printed label 44 is fed out from the label issuing port 42.

It is also optional that the printing unit 40 is provided with a pasting mechanism for automatically pasting the issued label on the product.

When the label printer A inputs necessary data such as the unit price of the product through the data input unit 10 and then places the product on the weighing unit 50, the weight data is input to the control mechanism 30 and a weighing stability signal P is output. Then, a printing command signal Q is outputted from the control section 303, and the product data is transferred from the storage section 302 to the printing section 40 via the holding circuit 304, and the printing section 40 is activated to issue a label 44 from the issuing port 42. . Furthermore, memory addition is performed in the storage section 302 by the print command signal Q, and the display on the display section 20 becomes stable.

If the issued label 44 is defective or if multiple labels 44 with the same data are required, press the reissue key 16 to turn it on, and the control unit 303 will output a reprint command signal Q'. The label 44 on which the data of the previous printing held in the retention count 304 is sent to the printing unit 40, and the printing unit 40 is activated to print the same data.
reissue. The above-mentioned reissue operation is possible even when the product is removed from the weighing section 50.

The operation of the label printer A is shown in the flowchart of FIG.

(Effects of the Invention) Since the present invention is constructed as described above, even after the object (commodity) to be weighed is removed from the weighing section, printing and issuing can be done just before by operating the reissue operation means. A label with the same data as the label can be reissued.

Therefore, there is no need to place the product on the weighing section again and perform a weighing operation, making the label reissuance work extremely simple. Further, since the label is reissued immediately when the reissue operation means is operated, wasted time until the weighing operation becomes stable is eliminated.

Therefore, the label issuance time is shortened accordingly, and work efficiency is improved. In addition, when a label is printed and issued by the reissue operation means, by configuring it so that it is not added to the tally memory,
It is possible to prevent the inconvenience that the actually processed data and the data aggregated in the aggregate memory do not match.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a label printer illustrating the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart explaining the operation. In the figure, A is a label printer, 10 is a data input section, 16 is a reissue key, 30 is a control mechanism, 30
4 is a data holding circuit, 40 is a printing section, P is a measurement stability signal, Q is a print command signal, and Q' is a reprint command signal.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A weighing device that includes a data input section and a weighing section that outputs weight data of the object to be weighed, and prints the data of the lightweight object, including the weight data, on a label via a control mechanism in the printing section and issues the label. In the label printer, the control mechanism includes a print command unit that automatically outputs a print command signal to print and issue data on a label when the weighing operation of the weighing unit becomes stable, and a print command unit that automatically outputs a print command signal to print and issue data on a label, and a print command unit that automatically outputs a print command signal when the weighing operation of the weighing unit becomes stable, and print command means that prints and issues data on a label. and storage means for storing and retaining the print data including the weight data of the label printed immediately before the label is removed, and outputting the print data stored in the storage means to the printing unit to reprint it on the label. A weighing label printer characterized by being provided with a reissue operation means for printing.