JPH0582826B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to an electronic price scale with a label printer that prints on a label based on a format in which print items and print positions are set.

BACKGROUND TECHNOLOGY In conventional electronic fare scales of this type, the items printed on the label and their printing positions are set in advance, and this format is
It is written in ROM.

Problems to be solved by the invention Generally, the weight, price, etc. of the product are printed on the label attached to the product, but due to the product sales policy, the product is a special price item. You may want to print sales information on the label, such as that the item is on sale or that it is on special sale. However, in conventional devices, the print format is ROM
Since it is fixedly set by
Even if the user attempts to partially change the item or its printing position, the user cannot change it at all.

Means for Solving the Problem In an electronic price scale that is equipped with a full dot display for displaying product names and a thermal dot printer, and in which a format is set that specifies the item and printing position to be printed on the label, the full dot display is A user area is provided in which the printing contents stored in the printing contents storage means can be set in the format by drawing means for drawing the printing contents required by the printer and printing contents storage means for storing the contents. The print content stored in the print content storage means is combined with the format when printing on the label.

Function The print content required by the user can be set using the full dot display for displaying the product name and the drawing means, and the content is stored in the print content storage means and placed in the user's area in the format at the time of printing. It will be printed.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.
First, the electronic price scale 1 is provided with a tray 2 on its upper surface on which a weighed object is placed, and a full dot display 3, a keyboard 4, and a pen as a drawing means on the front.
UP/DOWN keys 5, a mode setting switch 6, a slide switch 7, and a label issuing port 8 are provided. A label printer, which will be described later, is provided inside the label issuing port 8.

As shown in FIG. 3, the full dot display 3 has 384 dots in the X-axis direction and 128 dots in the Y-axis direction.

Then, inside the electronic fare scale 1, a CPU is installed.
9 is provided, and this CPU 9 has ROM, RAM
A program memory 10 consisting of a ROM, a character generator 11 consisting of a ROM, and a print buffer 12 consisting of a RAM serving as print content storage means are connected. As shown in Figure 4, this printing buffer 12 has 48 bytes in the X-axis direction and 48 bytes in the Y-axis direction.
It consists of 128 bytes. Also, the above
The CPU 9 includes a weighing section 13 to which the saucer 2 is connected.
and a display and key device 14 including the keyboard 4 and the like are connected. Furthermore, that CPU9
A label detector 15 is connected to the label detector 15, which is located at the label issuing port 8 and is provided to control label issuing, label paper feeding, etc.

Further, a pulse motor drive 16 is connected to the CPU 9, and this pulse motor drive 1
6 controls the operation of the pulse motor 17 that feeds the label paper. Furthermore, a common drive 18 and an image signal drive 19 are connected to the CPU 9, and these common drive 18 and image signal drive 19 are connected to a thermal head 20 constituting a label printer.

Next, the label 21 issued from the label issuing port 8 has a product name column 22, a data column 23, a barcode column 24, and an address column 25, as well as a user's area 26 in which printing contents can be freely set by the user. It is set.

In such a configuration, the setting operation will first be explained based on FIG. 6. That is, the setting mode is selected by the mode setting key 6. At this time, it is predetermined that the settings for the user's area 26 can be selected by operating certain keys on the keyboard 4. Furthermore, descriptions of setting tasks other than setting the user's area 26 will be omitted here.

When the mode for setting the user's area 26 is entered, initial settings are made and then a key input wait is started. Then, the cursor on the full dot display 3 blinks at its home position in the upper left corner.

The pen UP/DOWN key 5 is used as a drawing selection key to select between drawing a portion corresponding to the trajectory when the cursor moves and not drawing anything even when the cursor moves, and a drawing selection key that allows you to move the cursor up and down. It consists of cursor keys that can be moved independently in four directions (left and right).

Therefore, use the drawing selection key to select whether to draw a figure or character, and then operate the cursor keys to move the cursor. As a result, the cursor moves in the x-axis and y-axis directions of the full dot display 3, and a figure or character desired by the user is drawn on the full dot display 3. and,
Set the state of x and y coordinates in the memory area,
Transfer to print buffer 12.

An example of the setting contents of the user's area 26 is "Good value" and other information as shown in FIG.

To explain the operation of printing the contents set in this way on the label 21, first, the mode setting key 6 is set to the registration position. After setting the label format, place the item to be weighed on the tray 2 and press the label issue key on the keyboard 4 while weighing the item to calculate the product name, address, and other necessary data. Then, the necessary information to be printed in the data field 23 and barcode field 24 is transferred to a printing buffer (not shown). The print content to be printed in the user's area 26 is transferred from the print buffer 12 and printed at the same time.

In such a printing state, the pulse motor 1
7 feeds the label paper by a predetermined distance, and a label detector 15 controls whether or not to issue a label 21 and its issuing position.

Effects of the Invention As described above, the present invention provides an electronic price scale that is equipped with a full dot display for displaying product names and a thermal dot printer, and in which a format is set in which items to be printed on labels and printing positions are set. A user is provided with a drawing means for drawing the printed content required by the user on the device and a printed content storage means for storing this content, and the user can set the printed content stored in the printed content storage means in the format. A space area is provided, and when printing on the label, the format is combined with the print content stored in the print content storage means, so that the user can easily draw the graphics drawn on the full dot display by the drawing means, etc. Since you can set the print content,
Necessary information can be freely printed when the label is issued, thereby making it possible to diversify the printed content of the label.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electronic fare scale, FIG. 2 is a block diagram, FIG. 3 is a front view showing the number of dots on a full dot display, and FIG. A RAM map showing the configuration of the print buffer, FIG. 5 is a plan view of the label, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart. 3...Full dot display, 5...Pen UP/
DOWN key (drawing means), 12...Print buffer (printed content storage means), 20...Thermal head (label printer), 21...Label, 26...User's area.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In an electronic price scale that is equipped with a full dot display for displaying the product name and a thermal dot printer, and in which a format is set that specifies the item and print position to be printed on the label, the printed content required by the user is displayed on the full dot display. A drawing means for drawing and a print content storage means for storing this content are provided, a user area is provided in the format in which the print content stored in the print content storage means can be set, and the printing on the label is performed. An electronic price scale with a label printer, characterized in that the format is sometimes combined with printed content stored in the printed content storage means.