JPH05240697A - Weighing and valuing instrument - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make printing mode selecting operation easier and improve the reliability of a hard circuit by displaying a plurality of printing modes to be set to a printing device in the form of a menu and selectively designating each displayed menu. CONSTITUTION:The arithmetic means 42 of a controller 4 performs calculation required for selling various kinds of commodities based on signals from an input device 1, balance device 2, and storage device 3. A display control means 43 makes a CRT display device 5 to display necessary matters, such as the calculated results of the means 42, etc. The device 5 can display not only Arabic figures, alphabetical letters, Hiragana(Japanese syllabaries), Katakana(square form of Japanese syllabaries), Kanji(Chinese characters), etc., but also graphs and graphics plotted by the assemblage of dots, based on signals from the controller 4 and displays a plurality of printing modes, such as 'Automatic Printing', 'Manufacturing Date Printing', 'Bar Code Printing', etc., in the form of a menu. A printing control means 44 makes a printing device 6 to print on a label in the mode selected by means of a mode selecting means 41.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a weighing and pricing device having a printing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A label attached to a product at the time of selling the product has required printing contents which vary depending on the selling method. For example, unit sales are required to print unit prices, but fixed amount sales or fixed amount sales do not require such matters. Further, the mode of whether or not each item should be printed differs depending on the sales form or place so that it is necessary or unnecessary to print the effective date and the barcode. Furthermore, in the case of metered sales, it is convenient to use so-called automatic printing in which the label is automatically printed at the same time as the weighing is completed by interlocking with the electronic scale. On the other hand, in the case of fixed-quantity sales or fixed-quantity sales, such automatic printing is not required, and manual printing by pressing the print key for each sales action must be used. Therefore, an automatic and manual switching mode is also required.

[0003]

However, in the prior art, as shown in FIG.
As shown in, the snap switch S corresponding to each mode
And a desired mode is selected by switching the snap switch S. Therefore, a switching switch is required for each mode, and in a multi-mode model, the panel surface is complicated, which complicates the operation and leads to a decrease in reliability on the hardware circuit.

The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional problems, and an object thereof is to provide a weighing and pricing device which is easy to operate when selecting a printing mode and has high reliability on a hard circuit. And

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a display device for displaying a plurality of printing modes set in the printing device in a menu format, and selectively specifying each displayed mode. Input device, and print control means for operating the printer in a designated mode.

[0006]

According to the present invention, each mode displayed in the menu format is selectively designated on the screen of the display device.
Since the panel surface is not complicated, the operation is simple and the reliability on the hard circuit is improved.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a weighing and pricing device. The input device 1 is provided with function keys such as a numeric keypad and a setting key, and is for inputting mode information described later. The weighing device 2 detects the weight of the product and outputs a digital signal corresponding to the weight. The storage device 3 stores, in addition to the mode information input by the input device 1, information necessary for operating the weighing and pricing device.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a control device, which comprises, for example, a central control device (CPU), and is provided with a computing means 42, a display control means 43, a print control means 44, a mode selection means 41 and the like. The calculation means 42 calculates based on the signals from the input device 1, the weighing device 2 and the storage device 3, necessary for selling various products, for example, calculation of price based on unit price and weight, addition and aggregation of prices and the like. Performs calculations, etc. The display control means 43 causes the CRT display device 5 to display necessary items such as the calculation result of the calculation means 42. The print control means 44 causes the printer 6 to print a label in the selected mode. The mode selection means 41 selects a mode according to the mode information input from the input device 1.

The CRT display device 5 can display Arabic numerals, alphabets, hiragana, katakana, kanji, etc. based on a signal from the control device 4, and also can display a graph and a graphic by a set of dots. It is something. This CRT display device 5, as shown in FIG.
Multiple print modes such as "automatic print", "processing date print" and "bar code print" are displayed in a menu format.

The printing device 6 of FIG. 1 has a function of printing the items displayed on the CRT display device 5, and mainly prints a label to be attached to a product in a set printing mode.

Using the above weighing and pricing device, a label is issued according to the sales form and place shown in FIG. At that time, regarding whether or not the actual numerical data is to be printed for the item to be printed on the label, by performing a mode selection operation described below before the issuing operation, the storage device 3 (FIG. ).

FIG. 2 shows an example of a screen used when performing a mode selection operation, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are flow charts showing the operation of the mode selection means 41 (FIG. 1) when performing the operation. The operation of the mode selecting means 41 (FIG. 1) is roughly divided into an input step S4 and a registration step S5, as described below.

First, by pressing the interrupt key for mode selection operation (S1), the screen shown in FIG.
It is displayed on the CRT display device 5. At this time, the blink position automatically comes to the item in the uppermost column, that is, the column of "automatic printing". By pressing "" or "0" (S2), the input step S
Go to 4. In the input step S4, the displayed modes are selectively designated by the input device 1 (FIG. 1). That is, when "1" is pressed (S41), "Y" which means that the automatic printing is affirmative is displayed, while "0" is displayed.
If (S43) is pressed, the negative meaning of "N" (S4
4) is displayed at the end of the "automatic print" column.

When the above operation is completed, the program once returns to the main program, and then the main program proceeds to step S2, and it is further judged whether or not there is a numeral input of "1" or "0". (S3) If there is no input of the input number, the process proceeds to step S5 of the registration operation. That is, in the determination of step S3, "0"-
When none of the numeral keys of "9" is pressed, it is judged whether or not the setting key is pressed (S5).
1). When the key is pressed, it is determined whether the CRT display device 5 is displaying "Y" or "N" (S5).
2). As a result of the judgment, when it is “Y”, the flag of automatic printing is set in the storage device 3 (S53), while when it is “N”, the flag is lowered (S54), and then as shown in FIG. The blink position moves to the item "addition" of (S6).

In FIG. 3, the program again determines whether or not there is a blink position in the "automatic print" column (S).
2) However, since the blink position has moved to the next item,
As shown in NO in step S2, it is determined whether or not blinking is performed on the next item “addition” in FIG. 4 (S ′).
2). Further, similarly to the above, it is judged whether or not there is a numerical input (S'3), and the input operation (S'4) and the registration operation (S'5) are repeated in the same manner as described above to sequentially perform blinking Proceed. When the last item displayed on the display screen is set, a screen listing new items is displayed, and the required item is selected and set in the above-described procedure. After setting the last item on the final screen, the display returns to the first screen. By pressing the "NEXT" key during this operation, the next screen including a new item can be displayed even from an item in the middle of an arbitrary screen.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing a process of actually printing by the print control means 44 (FIG. 1) of the control device 4 in accordance with the mode selected by the weighing and pricing device as described above. ..

In this figure, first, the key for interruption is pressed (S11), and the product code of the product to be sold next is entered using the ten keys (S12).
4, the print contents of the label are displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. That is, the weight data input from the weighing device 2 and the calculation means 42 based on the weight data.
The prices calculated in (Fig. 1) are displayed in the items of "net amount" and "price", respectively, and the product name and unit price (for example, per 100 g) pre-stored in the storage device 3 for the product. Price), department code, processing date, expiration date, etc. are displayed. Subsequently, step S15 in FIG.
When the weight data from the weighing device 2 is stabilized, the printing device 6 is activated (S16) and the contents displayed on the screen are printed on the label in accordance with the selected mode. After that, this operation is repeated every time a weighing operation is performed.

In the case of manual printing, a print command signal is output when the print key is pressed, and this print command signal is input to the control device 4 in FIG. ..

The second item "addition" in the screen example of FIG. 2 is added.
The item is also the print mode of the label attached to the product. However, when this item is selected, the weight and price of the product weighed each time the label is issued are sequentially added, and the total amount or total amount is displayed on the CRT display device 5 or printed by the printing device 6. Furthermore, it is possible to calculate, display, and print the sales amount for each product type and for each person in charge.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to select the print item and the automatic print / manual print mode by the key operation from the input device, so that the operation is remarkably performed. This simplifies and improves reliability on the hard circuit.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a weighing and pricing device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of a screen used in a mode selection operation.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the operation of a mode selection means used in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is also a continuation of the flowchart.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of a print control unit.

FIG. 6 is an example of a screen when displaying the print content of a label.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a part of a conventional mode selection panel.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Input device, 5 ... CRT display device, 6 ... Printing device, 4
4 ... Printing control means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A weighing and pricing device provided with a printing device, wherein the display device displays a plurality of printing modes set in the printing device in a menu format, and an input for selectively designating each displayed mode. An apparatus with a weighted price, which comprises an apparatus and a printing control means for operating the printing apparatus in a designated mode.