JPH0520339A - Slip issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily check a slip by generating a sequence number for check which can discriminate individual slips even at the time of issuing slips in plural kinds of slip form. CONSTITUTION:The slip sequence number of two kinds of slip set to dot printers 31 and 32 is read by a bar code reader 27. An application is read by a reader 21, and contents written on the application are transferred onto an image memory 22 based on transfer information of slips to generate print images of individual slips, and they are outputted to dot printers 31 and 32 to generate individual slips. A CPU 28 combines the application number of the application and the slip sequence number of each slip to generate the sequence number for check. In this case, additional data for adjustment of the number of digits is used to set a fixed length or data indicating the division is added.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a voucher issuing device for reading an image written on an input form such as an application form or an order form, editing the image, and printing the image on a voucher paper to issue a voucher. In particular, the present invention relates to a voucher issuing device that can issue two or more types of vouchers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A voucher issuing device that reads an image written on an application form, edits it, and prints it on a voucher sheet is used to respond to inquiries about vouchers, or to check the number of issued vouchers. In order to confirm whether or not the issued slips are duplicated or missing, serial numbers of the slips are created as shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 63-55099.
This serial number is sent, for example, in a continuous form to the host computer that issued the slip such as a department store and stored. Then, if necessary, a search program is searched for in this host computer.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

By the way, when one department store delivers a product, it may be delivered at its own shop, a delivery company may be used, or a plurality of delivery companies may be used. It is necessary to issue a voucher of the voucher form of the seed. Therefore, there is a slip issuing device that can issue slips of a plurality of types of slip forms and can select which slip form the data entered in the application form should be printed. Normally, when printing on a plurality of types of slip forms, a plurality of programs having print information of each slip form are required. As described above, when a plurality of types of slip forms are issued by a plurality of programs, different serial numbers for checking are created for each slip form, which is inconvenient for retrieval.

Further, there is also a slip issuing device capable of issuing slips of plural kinds of slip forms by one program having print information of plural kinds of slip forms. However, since the serial number of each slip differs depending on the delivery company, etc., the number of digits of the serial number may differ for each slip form. In such a case, if the serial number of each slip form is used as a serial number for checking and sent to the host computer in a continuous form, the delimiter of the serial number for checking will not be known. We only issued it, and did not create a serial number for checking.

However, the slip issuer such as a department store strictly checks each issued slip for duplication and omission, and also needs to respond to inquiries about slips. If a serial number is not created or multiple series of serial numbers for checking are created, a lot of labor and time will be spent on checking slips, creating a serial number for checking and unifying a serial number for checking. Strongly desired.

However, even if consecutive check serial numbers are simply created regardless of the form of the slip form, depending on the check serial number, the slip based on the data of which application form or the slip form is printed. It is not known whether or not it is a completed voucher, and it is not possible to confirm the number of issued vouchers for each voucher form or the duplication / missing of issued vouchers.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to make it possible to create a check serial number that can identify each slip even when issuing slips of a plurality of types of slip forms, thus facilitating check of slips. To provide a slip issuing device.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a slip issuing device for reading data written on an input form and data read by the reading means corresponding to one of a plurality of types of slip forms. A combination of the image editing means for editing the data, the printing means for printing the data edited by the image editing means on the slip paper, the number of the input form and the serial number for each of the multiple types of slip forms are printed by the printing means. Further, the check serial number creating means for creating a check serial number for identifying each individual slip is provided.

In this slip issuing device, the data entered in the input form is read by the reading means, edited by the image editing means so as to correspond to one of a plurality of kinds of slip forms, and printed on the slip paper by the printing means. Printed. Further, the check serial number creating means creates a check serial number for identifying each slip by combining the number of the input form and the serial number of each of the plurality of types of slip forms.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the checking serial number creating means matches the input form number with the serial number and the number of digits for each of a plurality of types of slip forms. A fixed-length serial number for checking is created by combining with additional data.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the check serial number creating means adds data indicating a break to create a variable length check serial number. It was done.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 10 relate to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the slip issuing device of the present embodiment. As shown in this figure,
The voucher issuing apparatus according to the present embodiment reads the data written on the application form as image information, the image information storage unit 12 that stores the input image information read by the reading unit 11, and the image information storage. Connected to means 12,
A secondary storage means 13 for storing image information, print information and the like,
The slip serial number reading means 14 for reading the slip serial number from the slip paper, the secondary storage means 13 and the slip serial number reading means 14, and the application slip number in the input image information and the slip serial number read by the slip serial number reading means 14. Check serial number creating means 15 for creating a check serial number and image information storage means 12, 2
Connected to the next storage unit 13 and the slip serial number reading unit 14, the input image information and other information are used to edit the input image information so as to correspond to one of a plurality of types of slip forms, and create the slip image information. And image editing means 16 for recognizing numbers and marks in input image information,
An output unit 17 is provided which is connected to the image editing unit 16 and prints the slip image and the like created by the image editing unit 16.

In this voucher issuing device, the data entered in the application form is read by the reading means 11 and stored in the image information storage means 12 as input image information. The image editing means 16 edits the input image information so as to correspond to one of a plurality of types of slip forms, creates slip image information, and stores it in the image information storage means 12. The data required for this processing is stored in the secondary storage means 13. Further, the image editing means 16 recognizes the number of the application form in the input image information and stores it in the secondary storage means 13. On the other hand, the slip serial number reading means 14 reads the slip serial number from the slip paper, and the check serial number creating means 15
The application serial number stored in the secondary storage unit 13 and the slip serial number read by the slip serial number reading unit 14 are combined to create a check serial number, which is stored in the secondary storage unit 13. Further, the image editing means 16 sends the created slip image information to the output means 17, and the output means 1
The slip image is printed on the slip paper by 7.

Next, with reference to FIG. 2, a specific configuration of the slip issuing device of this embodiment will be described. As shown in this figure, the voucher issuing device of the present embodiment corresponds to a reading device 21 that reads an image of an application form, an input image read by the reading device 21, an edited image, and two types of voucher forms. Image memory 22 for storing slip transfer information
And an external storage device 23 and a read only memory (hereinafter, referred to as RO
Write as M. ) 24, a program for issuing a slip loaded from the external storage device 23, a random access memory (hereinafter, referred to as RAM) 25 for storing data necessary for executing this program, and a program operation An operation unit 26 for reading, a bar code reader 27 for reading the serial number of a slip filled in by a bar code,
A dot printer (1) 31 and a dot printer (2) 32 for printing slip images on slip papers of different forms, and a central processing unit (hereinafter, referred to as CPU) 28 for controlling the above respective components are provided. ing. The above components are connected to each other by a bus 30.

The image reading means 11, the image information storage means 12, the secondary storage means 13 and the slip serial number reading means 1 shown in FIG.
4 and the output means 17, the reading device 21 of FIG.
Image memory 22, external storage device 23 and RAM 2
5, barcode reader 27, dot printer (1) 31
And dot printer (2) 32. The checking serial number creating means 15 and the image editing means 16 in FIG. 1 are realized by the CPU 28 in FIG. 2 executing a predetermined program.

FIG. 4 shows an example of an application form which is a document of input image information. This application form 40 includes the application form number 41.
, One requester column 42, a plurality of addressees, products and amount columns 43, and a column for each column 43 for determining which of two types of slip forms is to be printed. A slip selection mark column 44 is provided. In the present embodiment, which of the slip forms is to be printed is selected depending on whether or not the individual slip selection mark column 44 is painted. When the individual slip selection mark column 44 is not painted, The contents of the column 43 are transferred to the form of the first slip (hereinafter referred to as the slip (1)), and when the individual slip selection mark column 44 is painted, the contents of the column 43 are written in the second slip ( Hereinafter, it is assumed to be posted on the form of slip (2).

5 and 6 show examples of the slip (1) 51 and the slip (2) 52, respectively. Each voucher is a long voucher in which the same form is repeatedly printed in advance with the perforation 53 as a boundary, and a delivery address column 54 and a product / price column 55 that are transcribed from the image of the application voucher 40, respectively. In addition to having a requester column 56, a slip serial number 57 is continuously printed in advance by a bar code. Further, the slip (1) 51 and the slip (2) 52 are set in the dot printer (1) 31 and the dot printer (2) 32 of FIG. 2, respectively.

The transfer information such as the transfer position of the transfer column in the form of each slip 51, 52 and the information on which dot printer each slip 51, 52 is set are given to the external storage device 23 in advance as data. ing.

Next, the operation of the slip issuing device of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The slip issuing device first performs step (hereinafter, referred to as S) 10
1, the slips 51, 5 by the barcode reader 27
Read the barcode printed on 2 and enter it, and read the slip serial number. This bar code is input as many as the types of slips to be printed, that is, as many as the number of connected printers. In the present embodiment, the bar code is input twice. First, the dot printer (1) 31
Serial number 5 of the first slip (1) 51 set in
7 and then the first serial number 57 of the slip (2) 52 set in the dot printer (2) 32. This bar code is input, for example, by opening the cover of each dot printer and applying the bar code reader 27 to the bar codes of the slips 51 and 52. By this bar code input processing, the start number of the serial number of each slip 51, 52 is set. Since the serial numbers after that are continuous, the serial number of the target slip can be obtained without inputting the barcode by incrementing the serial number by one on the slip issuing device side every time one slip is issued.

Next, in S102, the presence or absence of the application form 40 is determined, and if not, the process ends. If there is, the application form 40 is read by the reading device 21 in S103, stored in the image memory 22 (image information storage means 12 in FIG. 1), and S1.
At 04, the CPU 28 (image editing means 16 in FIG. 1) recognizes the application form number 41 from the image of the application form. Next, in S105, the CPU 28 determines whether or not there is an unprocessed report destination, and if there is no unprocessed report destination, the process returns to S102 and the next application form is processed. If there is, the CPU 28 (image editing means 16) determines whether or not the individual slip selection mark is present (whether or not the individual slip selection mark column 44 is painted) from the image of the application form in S106.

In S106, if there is no individual slip selection mark, printing is performed on the slip (1) 51. In this case, in S107, the CPU 28 (image editing means 16) causes each column 4 of the application form 40 to be based on the transfer information of the slip (1).
The contents described in Nos. 2 and 43 are transferred to the image memory 22 to create a print image of one slip of the slip (1) (hereinafter referred to as individual slip (1)). Next, in S108, the serial number of the slip (1) is assigned to the individual slip (1), and S
In step 109, the serial number of the slip (1) is increased by 1, and in step S110, the CPU 28 (check serial number creating means 14 in FIG. 1).
The check serial number is created from the application slip number and the serial number of the slip (1) assigned in S108. Next, in S111, the print image of the individual slip (1) is output to the dot printer 31 in which the slip (1) is set, and the individual slip (1) is created.

If there is an individual slip selection mark in S106, printing is performed on the slip (2) 52. The processing in this case is similar to that of the slip (1) 51. That is, S
At 112, the contents described in the fields 42 and 43 of the application form 40 are transferred to the image memory 22 based on the transfer information of the slip (2), and one slip of the slip (2) (hereinafter, individual slip ( 2)
Is written. ) Create a print image. Next, S113
Then, assign the serial number of the slip (2) to the individual slip (2),
In S114, the serial number of slip (2) is incremented by 1, and S115
A check serial number is created from the application form number and the serial number of the slip (2) assigned in S113. Next, S1
At 16, the print image of the individual slip (2) is output to the dot printer 32 in which the slip (2) is set to create the individual slip (2).

In S111 or S116, the individual slip (1)
Alternatively, when the creation of the individual slip (2) is completed, the process returns to S105. As shown in FIG. 4, the application form 40 has a format in which one client can deliver the product to a plurality of people. Since there are a plurality of report destination fields 43, there is no unprocessed field. Until S105 to S116 are repeated, the slips are created for all the columns 43 (no in S105), the process returns to S102, and the process of the next application form 40 is performed.
Then, this process is repeated until the application form is exhausted, and when the application form is exhausted (NO in S102), the process is ended.

Next, referring to FIG. 7, S110 of FIG.
The creation of the check serial number in S115 will be described. The check serial number is created by combining the application form number 41 of the application form 40 and the form serial numbers of the forms 51 and 52. Fig. 7 shows the application form 4 with 5 recipients.
A method of creating a check serial number when two types of slips 51 and 52 are issued by using 0 is shown. here,
The input application slips are two and each have a 4-digit application slip number “9001” and “9002”, and the slip (1) 51
The serial number of is 8 digits and starts from "11000001",
The serial number of slip (2) 52 is 10 digits and is “2200000”.
001 ". It is also assumed that the distribution of the delivery destination column 43 of the application form 40 into the slips (1) 51 and the slips (2) 52 is performed as shown in FIG.

Since the check serial number identifies each slip, it is a condition of creation that the application slip number of the original application slip 40 and the slip serial number can be known from the number. Therefore, in this example, the check serial number is simply created by continuing the slip serial number after the application slip number. In this way, the check serial numbers are unified.

By the way, conventionally, the check numbers have been sent to post-processing in a continuous form, for example.
For example, the check number is sent to and stored in the host computer, and is searched by the search program in the host computer as needed. However, as in this embodiment, the number of digits in the slip serial number is different.
When issuing more than one type of slip, a check number was created as before. If you send this number to the host computer in a continuous form as shown in FIG. Then, the data cannot be read.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the number of digits of the check serial number is made uniform by matching the number of digits with the maximum number of serial numbers of a plurality of types of slips to be issued. That is, since the serial number of the slip (1) 51 is 8 digits and the serial number of the slip (2) 52 is 10 digits, the check serial number corresponding to the slip (1) 51 has a special character at the end as shown in FIG. (For example, "$" mark) is added to make the check serial number a fixed length. As a result, the data division becomes constant, and the data can be read out in the post-processing.

As shown in FIG. 9, one special character (for example, "$" mark) indicating a data delimiter is added to the end of all the check serial numbers to make the check serial numbers variable length. Is also good. In this case, in the post-processing, the data delimiter can be recognized by recognizing the special character. According to this method, when the number of digits of the serial number of each slip greatly differs, the data amount of the check serial number is smaller than that in the example shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, even when the slips of plural kinds of slip forms are issued, it is possible to create a unified check serial number capable of identifying the individual slips. The serial number can be used to identify which application form the data is based on, or which form is printed on the form. Therefore, it becomes easy to check for duplication and omission in issuing the slip, and the labor and time spent therefor can be reduced.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment,
For example, in the above-mentioned embodiment, a long slip paper in which the slip form is preliminarily printed is used. However, instead of this slip paper, an unprinted paper is used and the forms of the slips 51 and 52 are Alternatively, the form may be held in the secondary storage unit 13 or the like, and when the slip image is created, the form and the transcription content from the application form may be combined and printed, and the slip may be issued. In this case, a plurality of printers is not necessarily required, and one printer can create slips of various slip forms.

In the above embodiment, the slip serial number is printed in the form of a bar code on each slip, and this slip serial number is read by the bar code reader and input. However, the slip serial number is entered on the slip issuing device side. By managing and issuing a serial number for each slip, reading means for the slip serial number becomes unnecessary.

Further, by adding "customer number", "slip issuance date and time" or the like to the check serial number, more various searches can be performed. Further, the check serial number and the slip transfer content may be stored in association with each other.

[0034]

As described above, according to the invention of claim 1, since the check serial number is created by combining the input form number and the serial number of each of the plural types of slip forms, a plurality of types can be created. Even when issuing a slip of the slip form, it is possible to create a check serial number that can identify each slip, and it is possible to easily check the slip.

According to the second or third aspect of the present invention, when the check serial number is created, it is made to have a fixed length by using the additional data for adjusting the number of digits, or the data indicating the delimiter is added. So, in addition to the above effects,
Even if the number of digits of the serial number for each slip form differs for each slip form, there is an effect that the division of the serial number for checking becomes clear.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a slip issuing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a slip issuing device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the slip issuing device of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an application form which is an input document.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a first slip.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a second slip.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a method of creating a check serial number in the slip issuing device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a check serial number created by the slip issuing device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of the check serial number created by the slip issuing device of the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a check serial number shown for comparison with one embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... Reading means, 12 ... Image information storage means, 14 ... Voucher serial number reading means, 15 ... Check serial number creating means, 16 ... Image editing means, 17 ... Output means, 21 ... Reading device, 22 ... Image memory, 23 ... External storage device, 2
7 ... Bar code reader, 28 ... CPU, 31, 32 ... Dot printer

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A reading means for reading data entered on an input form, an image editing means for editing the data read by the reading means so as to correspond to one of a plurality of types of slip forms, and this image In order to identify the individual slips printed by the printing means by combining the printing means for printing the data edited by the editing means on the slip paper and the number of the input form and the serial number of each of plural kinds of slip forms And a check serial number creating means for creating the check serial number. 2. A reading means for reading data entered on an input form, an image editing means for editing the data read by the reading means so as to correspond to one of a plurality of types of slip forms, and this image The printing means prints the data edited by the editing means on the slip paper in combination with the input form number and the additional data for matching the serial number and the number of digits for each of the plural types of slip forms. And a check serial number creating means for creating a fixed length check serial number for identifying each of the created slips. 3. A reading means for reading data entered on an input form, an image editing means for editing the data read by the reading means so as to correspond to one of a plurality of types of slip forms, and this image The printing means, which prints the data edited by the editing means on the slip paper, combines the number of the input form and the serial number of each of a plurality of types of slip forms, adds the data indicating the delimiter, and prints by the printing means. A check slip serial number creating means for creating a check serial number of variable length for identifying each of the created slips.