JPH0337191B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a printing device, and more particularly to a printing device that issues a printed piece on which the product name, price, etc. of a label or tag attached to a product or the like is printed.

(Prior art) A conventional printing device includes an input device, a central processing unit,
Equipped with data format memory and printing section,
Required data is inputted using an input device, and a printing format is set using a data format memory, and the required data is printed on a print piece by a printing unit via a central processing unit, and a predetermined number of the print pieces are continuously issued. ing.

In other words, a specified number of identical labels (flat rate labels) with input required data content are issued as a group, and multiple groups of flat rate labels with different data content are issued consecutively. The fixed price labels are later attached one by one to the products corresponding to each group.

(Technical problem to be solved by the invention) However, the code numbers and barcodes with several types of content printed on the above-mentioned labels cannot usually be read by humans, so they must be printed in advance. There were problems in that it took time to find each group of labels that corresponded to the product, and that the wrong label was attached to the product.

In order to solve the above problem,
As seen in Publication No. 24148, it has been proposed to print both magnetic information such as code number and visual information that can be read by humans on the same printed piece of label etc., but in that case, all In order to print visual information on the print strip, the printing section of the printing device is subject to considerable wear and tear, which is undesirable.

In addition, when visual information is also printed on the machine-readable print strip attached to the product, the visual information that can be printed is limited to matters related to the product due to the aesthetics of the product, and the visual information that can be printed is limited. At the same time, there is a problem that the printed piece itself becomes large.

If the printing pieces themselves become larger, not only will the amount of expensive printing paper used increase, resulting in higher costs, but also, in the case of small products, there will be a problem that the balance with the product will be poor and the appearance of the product will be damaged. .

Therefore, the applicant of this application has filed an earlier application (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 59-40680).
(No.), index labels are printed on some of the multiple labels that are issued in succession to make it easier for workers to find the labels. In addition, the company filed an application for a printed piece and a printing device for printing it, which are characterized by preventing labels from being pasted incorrectly.

However, although the above-mentioned improvements were able to resolve the problems in the past, since index pieces are included as part of multiple print pieces that are issued consecutively, printing problems may occur when print pieces and index pieces with different data contents are consecutively issued. It may not be possible to easily determine the correspondence between the print strips and the index strips, that is, which print strip group belongs to which index strip.
If the correspondence between the two pieces is incorrect, it will cause a mistake in the work of attaching a predetermined printed piece such as a label to a predetermined product.

In view of such circumstances, the present invention provides an index section, such as letters, symbols, numbers, etc., indicating a group of the same print strips, together with a description section, in the index strip, in order to clarify the correspondence between the index strip and the print strip group. It is an object of the present invention to provide a printing device for issuing printed pieces that further improves the accuracy of the printing piece attachment work.

Another object of the present invention is to provide the printing device with another function, specifically, to use an index format memory to print a tally piece on which various kinds of tally data are printed together with the description section at a desired time. The purpose is to improve usability by providing a function to issue documents.

(Technical Means for Achieving the Object) The printing device of the first invention of the present application has a central processing unit provided with a description section for explaining the content of required data and an index section for indicating groups of printed pieces on which the same data is printed. In addition to the number of print pieces to be issued, an index piece issuing means for printing at least the first and last print pieces of each group is connected to an index format memory for setting the printing form of the description section and the index section. It is characterized by having been established as
Further, in the printing device of the second invention, in the first invention, an input data tally memory is connected to the central processing unit, and the data tallied in the tally memory is printed using the index format memory. It is characterized in that the strip is printed at a timely manner.

The above-mentioned printed piece refers to a label removably attached to a mount, a tag with perforations at the border so that it can be separated at will, or a tag that is continuously issued one by one. Moreover, the printed pieces are not limited to so-called price tags,
It may be a label with only a bar code, or it may be a number label in which several types of contents are expressed by a series of code numbers.

In addition to the above-mentioned functions, the printing device has other functions, such as a memory connected to the central processing unit for storing and holding data as a set of required data and issue number data. A function for sequentially outputting data each time printing is completed, or a memory for storing and storing product names corresponding to code numbers in the required data is connected to the central processing unit, and a predetermined number of data is output when the index piece issuing means is operated. It is optional to provide a function such as outputting the product name.

(Function) According to the first invention of the present application, in the step of printing required data on a print piece by the printing unit and continuously issuing a plurality of print piece groups of a predetermined number of sheets,
At least at the front end (first) and rear end (last) of each group, there is an index piece on which a descriptive part serving as visual information and an index part indicating the group are printed in the printing form output from the index format memory. publish.

Further, according to the second invention, the tally data stored in the tally memory, such as the number of labels issued, the total price, the total number of products, etc., is printed on the print strip at a desired time together with the description section, and is issued. Ru.

(Effects) According to the present invention, an index piece can be automatically issued when a print piece group is issued, so there is no need to manually create an index piece or input data to print and issue a new index piece. index pieces can be issued with good work efficiency. In addition, at least the front end (first) and the rear end (last) of each printed piece group.
Then, an index piece for this print piece group is issued, and a description part explaining the contents of the print data and an index part indicating the same print piece group are printed on the index piece. The operator can reliably sort the index pieces with the corresponding index pieces without making any mistakes.
Sorting errors do not occur after printing multiple groups of printed pieces in succession.

Therefore, it is possible to reliably match the printed piece and the product to which the piece is attached, and the accuracy of the printing piece attachment work can be improved.

Further, according to the second invention, since the description part form of the index format is used, it is possible to issue a tally sheet without incorporating a new tally format, and the functional and usable benefits of the printing device are further improved. can be improved.

(Embodiment) To explain an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a printing device, in which A is an input device, B is an index piece issuing means, CPU is a central processing unit,
_F1 is a data format memory, and D is a printing section.

The input device A is equipped with various keys such as a numeric keypad and a function key, and inputs desired data regarding the product or the number of labels to be issued into the preset memory _M1 via the central processing unit CPU by keystrokes. It is.

The index piece issuing means B specifies the issuing time of the index piece, for example, the start of printing,
This can be done by key operations such as ending or issuing an index piece, or by counting the number of labels issued and specifying when a predetermined number has been reached or when the countout has occurred.

The above required data includes data related to the product, date of processing, date of validity, tare weight, unit price, weight, price,
All or part of a code number, barcode, store name, trademark, etc.

The data format memory _F1 is used to set the printing format of the required data on the label, and may be a series of code numbers with several types of content, or may be a JIS
If you set the format using the POS system in the standard, it will be printed using OCR character barcodes, etc.

Index format memory _F2 is the second to
This is to set the printing form of the description section a and index sections b and b' to be printed on index pieces such as index labels 1 and 1' shown in FIG. 8, and FIGS. 2 to 8 will be described later. .

The printing format of the description part a, indicator parts b, b' is inputted by key operation of the input device A, and the indicator parts b, b' are selected from among the types mentioned above by key operation. At the same time, the printing positions of the index portions b and b' are set.

When there are many types of index parts b, b', input device A is provided with full keys for each type, and the keys are operated to specify the type of index parts b, b'. ’ Barcode or OCR corresponding to the format
You can also enter characters using a light pen scanner.

Further, the memory _M2 is a memory for storing and holding the product name corresponding to the code number, and outputs the corresponding product name when the index piece issuing means is operated.

The central processing unit CPU converts the required data stored in the preset memory _M1 into a data format memory.
A predetermined number of sheets are printed in the printing part D according to the printing form of _F1 , and the description part a and index parts b, b' of the index piece issuing means B are printed on the printing part D according to the printing form of the index format memory _F2 . to print the index strip.

Incidentally, the preset memory _M1 stores and holds data as a set of required data and issue number data, and sequentially outputs the data set each time the printing of the previous data is completed.

The display section E consists of a print data display section G, an issued number display section H, and a counter I, and displays the necessary data input to the print section D on the print data display section G.

Counter I is an electromagnetic counter, up counter, down counter, etc., and the printing part D
The number of printed labels is counted, and the number of printed labels is sequentially added or subtracted and displayed on the printed number display section H.

Therefore, the above index format memory
In order to illustrate the printing form of the description part and index part set in _F2 , the printed pieces and index pieces issued by the printing device will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 to 8.

Figure 2 shows the case where the printed piece is label 2 on which the required data of the product is printed, and Figures 3 and 4 show the case where the printed piece is tag 12, 22, and 1 and 1' in each figure. , 11, 11', 21, 21' are index labels and index tags as index pieces.

In FIG. 2, labels 2 are releasably attached to a strip-shaped mount 3 at predetermined intervals,
A part of it is used as index labels 1 and 1'.

The above label 2 contains necessary data regarding the product to be affixed.
Print the code number and price.

The index labels 1 and 1' include the data content printed on the label 2, a descriptive part a consisting of characters and numbers that can be read by the operator, such as department, code number, price, and product name, and labels with the same data content. Indicators b and b' are printed to allow the operator to distinguish between the groups 2, 2, . . . .

The above index label 1 is labeled 2, 2...
The index label 1' is printed so as to be positioned at the forefront of the labels 2, 2, . . .

Fig. 3 shows the tags 12, 12... and index tags 11, 11' continuous through the perforation 13; Fig. 3 shows the tags 22, 22... and the index tags 21, 21'. Although it is printed and issued independently, its index tag 1
Printing the above-mentioned description part a and index parts b and b' on labels 1, 11', 21, and 21' is the same as in the case of index labels 1 and 1'.

Note that the content of the above description part a does not have to be the same as that printed on labels, tags, etc. with barcodes, COR characters, etc. In other words, if there is no meaning even if it is read, it does not have to be printed on the index piece. That's fine, but it's something you should add and print if it's absolutely essential. For example, it can be all or part of the product name, code, price, department, date, manufacturer name, etc. Also, if there is too much to print or the index piece is too small, it can be printed in multiple index pieces. Do it like this.

The indicator parts b, b' may be any letters, symbols, numbers, geometric patterns, colors, etc. that can distinguish each group of labels 2, 2... or tags 12, 12... or 22, 22... Often, for example, indicator part b
indicates the start of each group of label 2, tags 12 and 22 (see Figure 2), "start",
``START'', ``'' (Figure 3), or the number ``0/200'' (Figure 4) indicating the number of copies issued.
(Fig.
These include the characters ``END'' and ``'' (Figure 3), or the numbers ``200/200'' (Figure 4) indicating the end of the number of copies issued.

In addition, the index parts b and b' may be distinguished by color; for example, an index part with a blue circle is printed on the index label 1 indicating the beginning, and an index part with a red circle is printed on the index label 1' indicating the end. Furthermore, the index labels 1 and 1' may each have different colors.

5 to 10 show cases in which the printed piece is a label, the description part is omitted, and modifications of the indicator parts b and b' are shown.

Figure 5 shows an index label 1, 1' with a plurality of index parts b, b' printed on it, and Figure 6 shows a geometric pattern with index parts b, b' printed in a line, which is the starting point. The indicator part b is printed on the lower edge of the index label 1, and the final indicator part b' is printed on the upper edge of the index label 1'.

Figures 7 and 8 are index labels 1,
In addition to 1', an index label 1'' is included in the middle of the group of labels 2, 2, . According to the index part b'' in Figure 8, it is also possible to know the number of issued sheets (100 sheets) up to that position.

Incidentally, it is also possible to include a larger number of intermediate index labels 1''.

Next, to explain a modified example of the use of the device of the present invention, a mechanical processing machine J such as a punching mechanism or a perforation forming mechanism is installed near the printing section D of the printing device shown in FIG. By controlling (two-dot chain line in Figure 1), Figure 9,
Indicator portions b and b' as shown in FIG. 10 can be formed.

That is, in FIGS. 9 and 10, the indicator part b' is formed not by printing but by mechanical cutting, etc., and the indicator part b' is a notch formed by a hole opened together with the mount 3. It has a cutout shape, and in FIG. 9, the perforation makes it easy to separate and serves as an index part b'.

Note that it is also possible to make the shape of the notch distinguishable in size and to change the arrangement of the perforations.

In addition, as a method of using the above device, the data contents stored in the index format memory _F2 are used, and the data is outputted at the appropriate time and printed by the printing section D, and the index labels 1, 1' and the index Only the required number of tags 11, 11' or 21, 21' can be continuously issued.

The above-mentioned index labels 1, 1', etc. are issued by specifying necessary data, or all stored data are issued sequentially. This operation of issuing index labels 1, 1', etc. is performed using input device A.
This can be done by key operation.

Issuance of the above-mentioned index labels 1, 1', etc. can be useful for statistics, aggregation, etc.

Another way to use the device is to print the store name and code number a ₁ of the product to which the label 32 is attached on the index labels 31, 31', especially in the description section a of the index label 31 (no. Figure 11).

For example, you can use this method by storing 24 cans of tomato juice in a small case.
case), and when storing 20 small cases in a large case, index labels 31' and 31 are issued for each small case, that is, every 24 labels 2 are issued, and 20 small cases are stored in a large case.
The final index label 31' for each case, that is, one large case, is designed to have a description section a containing the store name of the delivery destination and a code number _a1 printed together with an index section b'.

The final index label 31' is attached to a large case, and is useful for automatically reading the code number of the index label on the conveyor in an automatic product shipping system.

Although the above code number _a1 indicates OCR characters in the figure, a code number consisting of a bar code may be printed instead of the characters.

In that case, place the barcode on index label 3.
If there is no space to print on label 1', the corresponding label 3
1', a label 31'' (Fig. 12) on which the code number _a1 ' consisting of the barcode is printed is issued, or another barcode printer is connected to the printing device and the printer prints the label 31'' (Fig. 12). The label 31'' is printed and issued.

The above code may be printed as a code for air mail, sea mail, truck mail, etc. It is also effective to print a code such as a store name that clarifies the code contents as shown in the figure to enable visual checking.

Next, to explain the second invention of the present application, the second invention further includes the central processing unit in the first invention described above.
A tally memory _M3 is connected to the CPU and is configured to store and hold the tally of data contents printed on print pieces such as labels 2, and output the tally data to the central processing unit CPU in a timely manner (first
figure).

The total data inputted into the memory _M3 includes, for example, the number of labels issued for each product, the total price, and the total number of products.

The output of tally memory _M3 is obtained by key operation of input device A,
For example, input the product code number using the numeric key, and output the total data by operating the inspection key, settlement key, total key, etc. In this case, the print format is set in the description section of the index format memory _F2. The tally label 40 is printed and issued using the format.

An example of the tally label 40 is shown in FIG. 13. The rice stamp part in the label 40 is the total mark 41, so you can know that the label is a tally label, and the printed "1184500 yen" is the total of the product. The total price data 42 indicating the amount of money, and the printed "1500" indicate the total label number data 43.

The required number of tabulation labels 40 may be issued by the above operation at the end of the day's work, or when the work is in progress and the user wants to know the progress of the work.

The above-mentioned tally label 40 may be issued by inputting a department code, price, delivery destination code, etc., instead of inputting the product code number using the input device A, and printing the tally data for each of them.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a block diagram of the device of the present invention, Figures 2 to 12
The figures are surface views showing various examples of printed pieces to be issued, and FIG. 13 is a surface view of a tally label. In the figure, 1, 1' are index labels, 11,
11', 21, 21' are index tags, 2 is a label, 12, 22 are tags, a is a description section, b, b' are index sections, A is an input device, B is an index issuing means, and the CPU is a central processing unit. device, _F1 is data format memory, _F2 is index format memory, D is printing section, _M1 is preset memory, _M2
is the memory, and _M3 is the aggregate memory.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. It has an input device, a central processing unit, a data format memory, and a printing section, and inputs required data with the input device, sets a printing form with the data format memory, and prints the data through the central processing unit. In a printing device in which a printing section prints required data on a print strip, and a predetermined number of the print strips are grouped to successively issue a plurality of groups of different types, the central processing unit is configured to print the contents of the required data. An index strip issuing means for printing a description section to be explained and an index section indicating a print strip group on which the same data is printed, in addition to the number of print strips to be printed, on at least the first and last print strips of each group; and the description. A printing device connected to an index format memory for setting the printing format of the index section and index section. 2 It has an input device, a central processing unit, a data format memory, and a printing unit, and the required data is inputted using the input device, the printing form is set using the data format memory, and the printing unit prints the data on a printed piece via the central processing unit. In a printing device that prints required data and consecutively issues a plurality of groups of different types by grouping a predetermined number of print pieces, the central processing unit has a description part that explains the contents of the required data and the same data. In addition to the number of print strips to be printed, an index section indicating a group of print strips to be printed is printed on at least the first and last print strips of each group, and the printing form of the description section and the index section. An index format memory is connected to set the index format, and an input data tally memory is also connected, and the data tallied in this tally memory is timely printed on a print strip using the index format memory. A printing device designed to print.