JPH02191139A - Apparatus for producing label - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable bulk application of pop labels by providing a means for selecting a first mode to reset when a printed label sheet is taken out and a second mode to reset when printing is completed. CONSTITUTION:A single form production mode is selected by a label production mode selection key 6 and an end of a label base sheet P of a pop label producing mechanism 30 is set to a roller 38. When a product is weighed on a price counter, weighing data as to a unit price, weight and price is output from the price counter 41. A print control circuit 40 outputs this data to a printing head 26 of a weighed label producing mechanism 20 to have the weighing data printed on a label sheet. At the same time, the print control circuit 40 outputs pop information stored in a pop information storage circuit 35 in advance to a printing head 36 to have it printed on a label L. When printing operation of both label production mechanisms 20, 30 is completed, a printed weighed label from the main printer 20 and a printed pop label from the label production mechanism 30 are drawn out to be applied on the product.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a label issuing device that issues labels on which pop information is printed in conjunction with a charge scale.

(Prior art) When products are weighed, packaged, and sold, a so-called weighing label, which is a label on which information such as the product's weight, unit price, price, etc. is printed, is printed using a standard scale, and this label is placed on the surface of the container. It is being pasted on.

By the way, for the purpose of promoting sales, in addition to the measurement label, another label with a campaign message printed on it, a so-called pop-up label, is also attached.

To issue these two types of labels, normally a sub-printer B is separately installed on the price scale A with a printer as shown in Figure 5, and the operation timing of the sub-printer B is adjusted to match that of the printer on the price scale side. It is composed of

According to this, the pop-up labels can be issued in accordance with the issuance of the measurement labels, so there is an advantage that there is no waste in the number of issued pop-up labels.

By the way, in actual weighing and labeling work, the weight of each product is different and the weighing data is different.
By attaching the weighing label at the end of the weighing operation, it is possible to prevent display errors, and by attaching the pop-up labels, which have data printed regardless of the weight, all together after the weighing label has been attached, it is possible to avoid display errors. Efforts are being made to streamline work and prevent display errors.

(Section III to be solved) For this reason, both printers are de-synchronized, only the pop-up labels are continuously printed, and the required number of pop-up labels are printed separately on the backing paper. There are problems such as problems such as the occurrence of problems and the need for work to ascertain the number of products in advance.

The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and its purpose is to enable the blinking on the charge scale side to operate regardless of label removal on the sub printer side.
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new label issuing device that can attach pop-up labels all at once.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve such problems, the present invention is equipped with a mechanism that prints pop-up information in accordance with the weighing operation of a price scale, in which printed label paper is taken out. The printer is provided with means for selecting a first mode that is reset when printing is completed, and a second mode that is reset when printing is completed.

(Function) By selecting the first mode, you can perform normal label pasting work, that is, pasting weighing labels and pop-up labels in parallel, and by selecting the second mode, you can easily remove pop-up labels. While improving the efficiency of weighing work by making it possible to issue weighing labels that correspond to weighed products without having to wait, it is also possible to issue a number of pop-up labels that match the number of weighed products in a continuous manner, and to To make it possible to attach labels all at once.

(Example) The details of the present invention will be described below based on illustrated examples.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, and reference numeral 1 in the figure is a price weighing device, which receives a weight signal from a weighing device 2 and calculates the unit price, weight, and price from these data. This is displayed on the display unit 3, which has a built-in label printing device M4 that prints the product name, additives, etc. on the weighing label in addition to the unit price and price data. In addition to the product master key and numeric keypad, there is also a label issue mode selection key 6 for selecting the issue mode of the sub-printer, which will be described later.
is provided.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a sub-printer attached to the charge weighing device 1, which prints other information such as pop information on label paper under control from a print control device 40, which will be described later, built into the charge weighing device. It is configured.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the label issuing system described above, in which reference numeral 20 denotes a weighing label issuing mechanism, in which a pulse motor is driven by a pulse motor drive circuit 21 receiving a signal from a printing control circuit 40. 22 is activated, the label mount P on the stock roller 23 is wound onto the take-up roller 25 via the peeling table 24, and the weighing data is transferred to the print head 26.
It is configured to print using In addition, code 2 in the figure
7 indicates a platen.

Reference numeral 30 denotes a label issuing mechanism on the sub-printer side, which is assembled in a cassette format, and a liner feeder 34 driven by a pulse motor 33 is disposed on the path between the stock roller 31 and the platen 32. There are two modes: a mode in which the label paper from the stock roller 31 is discharged along with the backing paper to the take-out port (solid line in the figure), and a mode in which the backing paper is wound up at the winding opening via the peeling table (in the figure - dot chain Sj). The print head 36 is configured to print the pop information read out from the pop information storage circuit 35. Reference numeral 38 in the figure indicates a label mount winding roll driven by a pulse motor 39. shows.

Reference numeral 40 denotes the above-mentioned print control circuit, which outputs measurement data such as unit price, weight, and price outputted from the charge scale 41, the label issuing mode selection key 6, and the label presence/absence sensor 28.37 of each label issuing mechanism 20.30. In response to the signal, each label issuing mechanism 20.30 is controlled as shown in a flowchart to be described later.

Next, the operation of the apparatus configured as described above will be explained based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

[Ticket issue mode] Select the ticket issue mode using the label issue mode selection key 6, and set the end of the label mount P of the pop label issue mechanism 30 on the take-up roll 38.

When such preparations are completed, the product is placed on the price scale and weighed, and the price scale 41 outputs measurement data regarding unit price, weight, and price. The print control circuit 40 outputs this data to the print head 26 of the weighing label issuing mechanism 20 to print the weighing data on the label paper. At the same time, the print control circuit 40 outputs the pop information previously stored in the pop information storage circuit 35 to the print head 36 to print it on the label L.

When the printing operations of both label issuing mechanisms 20 and 30 are completed, the printed measurement label is pulled out from the main printer 20 and the printed pop-up label is pulled out from the pop-up label issuing mechanism 30 and affixed to the container of the product.

The removal of labels from both label issuing mechanisms 20.30 causes a signal to be output from the sensor 28.37.

The print control circuit 40 waits for the output of both signals, resets each label issuing mechanism 20, 30, and prepares for the next printing.

Note that if the printed label paper is not taken out from either one of the label issuing mechanisms, the charge scale is made inactive and waits for both labels to be taken out to ensure the reliability of label pasting.

[Repeat issue mode] Select the repeat issue mode using the label issue mode selection key 6, and remove the label mount P of the pop label issue mechanism 30 from the take-up roll 38 and remove it from the outlet (
state shown by the solid line in the figure).

When such preparations are completed, the product is placed on a price scale and weighed, and the price scale outputs measurement data regarding unit price, weight, and price. The print control circuit 40 outputs the weighing data to the weighing label issuing mechanism 20 to print it on a label paper.

At the same time, the print control circuit 4o causes the print head 36 to output the pop information stored in the pop information storage circuit 35 to print the pop information on the label paper.

When the weighing label is removed when the weighing label issuing mechanism 20 has finished printing, the sensor 2 of the weighing label issuing mechanism 2o
A signal is output from 8. When the print control circuit 40 receives the signal from the sensor 28 of the printer 20, it resets both label issuing mechanisms 20, 30t and prepares for the next printing without waiting for the sensor output from the pop label issuing mechanism 30. As a result, the label with the pop information printed on it will be
Each mount is discharged as if dripping from the discharge port (first
(Fig.) Hereafter, in accordance with the printing operation of the printer 20, the printer 3o prints the pop information on the label while feeding the label paper.

When measurement labels have been pasted on all products, the pop-up label is torn off along with the mount from the pop-up label issuing mechanism 30, and the pop-up label is pasted onto the products. Needless to say, the potsupura label is printed in accordance with the printing on the weighing label, so the same number of labels are printed as the number of products to which the weighing label is attached, so there will be no excess or shortage. .

In addition, in this embodiment, when in continuous ticket issuing mode,
The pop-up label paper is removed from the take-up roll, but as shown in Figure M5, the peeling table is omitted and the cassette 50 has a take-up roll 51 installed outside the discharge port.
It is clear that the same effect can be achieved even if a separate one is prepared and replaced with this one. Further, in this embodiment, a tag piece 52, for example a magnetic piece, is provided on a part of the cassette, and a tag piece detector 53, for example a magnetic switch, is provided at a position facing the tag piece when it is attached. By switching the printing mode in response to a signal from the detector 53, the pop label issuing mode can be automatically selected in accordance with the cassette replacement work.

(Effects) As explained above, in the present invention, in a system equipped with a mechanism for printing pop information in accordance with the weighing operation of a price scale, the first function is reset when printed label paper is taken out. mode and a means for selecting a second mode that is reset when printing is completed, it is possible to issue pop labels in a continuous form with a backing paper in conjunction with issuing weighing labels. It is possible to improve the efficiency of label pasting work and prevent excess and deficiency.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an external view of a device showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block diagram of a production process showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 3 is a flow chart showing the operation of the same device, and Fig. 4 5 is a block diagram of a production system showing another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is an external view showing a conventional label issuing system. 1...Price scale body 2...Weighing device 3...Display device 4...Label issuing device 5...Keyboard 6...Label issuing mode selection key 20... Weighing label issuing mechanism 23...Label paper stock roller 24...Peeling table 25...Take-up roller 26...Print head 27...Platen 28...Sensor 30... ...Potsupura label issuing mechanism 31 ...Label paper stock roller 32 ...Platen 34 ...Feed roller 37 ...Sensor Applicant Ishida Koki Seisakusho Co., Ltd. Representative Patent attorney Katsuhiko Kimura Nishi Osamu Kawakari: 314

Claims (1)

[Claims] In models equipped with a mechanism that prints hop information in accordance with the weighing operation of the price scale, there is a first mode in which the hop information is reset when printed label paper is taken out, and a second mode in which the hop information is reset at the stage when printing is completed. A label issuing device characterized by comprising means for selecting a mode.