JPH0781149A - Printer for making label - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To print individual data and bar codes in a well-balanced manner by storing a set bar code identification data accompanying itemizing data and joining individicual data of the accompanying items with individual data of items excluding the bar code identification data. CONSTITUTION:An item name data for a plurality of items input through an input means is stored, and an item name display control means for displayed item names and individual data storing means for storing input individual data corresponding respectively to a plurality of item names on a display means are provided. For the purpose of print outputting/individual data of specified items of all items by means of bar codes, the item name data is accompanied by a bar code identification data to be set so that the join of individual data of a plurality of optional items of all the items can be specified. Then the individual data of item names accompanied by the bar code identification data is developed into a dot image data of bar codes by a data developing means, and printing is carried out.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printer for producing a label, and more particularly to a printer for printing an image of a bar code while maintaining an arbitrary positional relationship with respect to individual data of a preceding item.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, when a guide or pamphlet having the same content is sent to many members, the guide or the like is printed and the "address" or " For label creation by printing individual data of multiple item names such as "name", "company name", and "membership number" on a label such as tack paper, and attaching the printed label to envelopes one by one Printers are known.

In this case, as the management data for label production, individual data of a plurality of item names such as "address", "name", "company name" and "member number" are stored in a database for each of a large number of members. It is designed to be remembered. Further, particularly regarding the "membership number", a label producing printer for converting the membership number into a bar code for printing has been put into practical use.

While selecting a plurality of item names to be printed from a plurality of item names included in the management data, the print position, the character size, and the bar code of each of these item names are designated. Create a label printing format that has been created, and print out "address", "name", "company name", "member number", etc. based on this label printing format and management data, as well as "bar code of member number". It is designed to create a label that prints out for all members.

[0005]

As described above, based on the management data for label creation, individual data of multiple item names such as "address", "name", "company name", "member number", etc. can be obtained. When printing, especially when printing "company name" followed by "bar code of membership number", use the "company name" and "bar code of member number" in the label print format. Since the print position of and is set individually for each item, if the preceding "company name" has a small number of characters, the space between this "company name" and the "bar code of the member number" that follows Has a problem in that a bad looking label is created because the individual data of these two items is unbalanced.

An object of the present invention is to produce a label that can print a good-looking label by printing the individual data and the bar code following the individual data in good balance, regardless of the size of the individual data of the preceding item. It is to provide a printer for use.

[0007]

A label producing printer according to a first aspect of the present invention, as shown in the functional block diagram of FIG. 1, includes input means for inputting characters and symbols and various commands, and characters and symbols. In a label producing printer including a display unit capable of displaying on a display and a printing unit including a print head for printing a dot pattern on a print medium, item name data of a plurality of items preliminarily input via the input unit is stored. The item name display control means for storing and displaying the item name on the display means, and the plurality of item names displayed on the display by the item name display control means and the display means are respectively associated with each other and input from the input means. Individual data storage means for storing individual data in association with item names, and for printing out individual data of specified items among multiple items by barcode. In the item name display control means, the bar code setting means for setting and storing the bar code identification data attached to the item name data and the combination of the individual data of any of a plurality of items are combined. Data combination setting means for specifying, item name data and bar code identification data stored in the item name display control means, item name data specified by the data combination setting means, and individual data in the individual data storage means In response to this, the data development means is provided for developing the individual data of the item name accompanied by the barcode identification data into the dot image data of the barcode while developing the individual data of the plurality of items into the dot image data for print output. It is a thing.

[0008]

According to the label producing printer of claim 1,
The item name display control means stores the item name data of a plurality of items pre-input via the input means and causes the display means to display the item names. Therefore, the individual data storage means is the same as the item name display control means. The individual data input from the input unit is stored in association with each of the plurality of item names displayed on the display by the display unit.
Further, the bar code setting means sets the bar code identification data in association with the item name data in the item name display control means in order to print out the individual data of the designated item among the plurality of items by the bar code. To memorize. On the other hand, the data combination setting means specifies the combination of individual data items of an arbitrary plurality of items among the plurality of items. The data expansion means receives the item name data and bar code identification data stored in the item name display control means, the data of the item name designated by the data combination setting means, and the individual data of the individual data storage means, and receives the bar data. The individual data of the item name accompanied by the code identification data is expanded into the dot image data of the barcode, while the individual data of the plurality of items is expanded into the dot image data for print output. As a result, the printing means prints the dot image data received from the data developing means in a dot pattern on the print medium by the print head.

As described above, the set bar code identification data can be stored in association with the item name data, and the individual data of the item to which the bar code identification data is attached and the individual data of the item not including the bar code identification data can be stored. Since it is possible to combine and, the individual data of the item name accompanied by this barcode identification data can be expanded to dot image data while the individual data of multiple items can be expanded to dot image data for printing. Regardless of the size of each individual data item, the individual data item and the barcode following the individual data item can be printed in a well-balanced manner, and a good-looking label can be created.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The present embodiment is a case where the present invention is applied to a tape printing apparatus capable of inputting valid data for a large number of characters such as alphabetic characters and symbols and bar codes and printing on a printing tape. As shown in FIG. 2, the tape printer 1 includes a CRT display 3 capable of displaying a plurality of lines of characters, symbols, bar codes and the like, a keyboard 4, a coordinate input device (hereinafter referred to as a mouse) 39, a control main body unit 5, and a control unit 5. And a printer (corresponding to a printing unit) 6 connected to the control main body section 5 of the data creating apparatus 2 by a connecting line L.
Here, the CRT display 3, the keyboard 4, and the mouse 39 are connected to the control main body 5 via connection lines, respectively.

The keyboard 4 includes character keys for inputting alphabetic characters, numbers and symbols, a space key, a return key, a cursor movement key for moving the cursor vertically and horizontally, and a document for inputting / editing document data. A creation key, a layout key for displaying an input character string, and a layout for outputting a barcode are provided.

The printing mechanism PM built in the printer 6 will be briefly described with reference to FIG. 3. A rectangular tape storage cassette CS is detachably attached to the printing mechanism PM. In the cassette CS, a tape spool 9 around which a printing tape 8 made of a transparent film and having a width of about 24 mm is wound, a ribbon supply spool 11 around which an ink ribbon 10 is wound, and the ink ribbon 1
A take-up spool 12 for winding 0, a supply spool 14 in which a double-sided tape 13 having the same width as the printing tape 8 is wound with the release paper outside, and the printing tape 8 and the double-sided tape 13 are joined together. The joining roller 15 for rotating is provided rotatably.

A thermal head 16 is erected at a position where the printing tape 8 and the ink ribbon 10 overlap each other, and a platen roller 17 for pressing the printing tape 8 and the ink ribbon 10 against the thermal head 16 and a printing head. Tape 8
A feed roller 18 that presses the double-sided tape 13 against the joining roller 15 is rotatably supported by a support body 19 that is rotatably attached to the frame of the printer 6. In this thermal head 16, a heating element group consisting of 128 heating elements is vertically arranged in a row.

Therefore, when the tape feed motor 50 (see FIG. 4) is driven in the predetermined rotation direction, the joining roller 15 and the take-up spool 12 are driven in synchronism with each other in the predetermined rotation direction, and the heating elements are energized. At this time, characters are printed on the printing tape 8 by a plurality of dot rows, and the printing tape 8 is fed in the tape feeding direction A with the double-sided tape 13 joined, and as shown in FIG. 6 is sent out. For details of the printing mechanism PM, refer to Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-106555.

As the tape accommodating cassette CS, five kinds of cassettes CS accommodating printing tapes 8 having tape widths of 6 mm, 9 mm, 12 mm, 18 mm and 24 mm are prepared. The bottom wall is provided with any one of the first to third projecting pieces 20 to 22 in combination. Then, on the frame of the printer 6, the first protruding piece to the third protruding piece 2 are provided.
A tape width sensor 53 (see FIG. 4) including a photo interrupter for detecting the presence or absence of 0 to 22 is attached.

Next, the control system of the tape printer 1 is shown in FIG.
The block diagram of FIG. First, the control system of the data creation device 2 will be described. A CRT having a keyboard (K / B) 4 and a display RAM for outputting display data to a CRT display (CRTD) 3.
A display controller (CRTC) 30 and a floppy disk drive (FD) provided in the control body 5
D) a floppy disk drive controller (FDC) 32 for driving and controlling, and a coordinate input device (mouse) 39, a control device C provided in the control main body unit 5.
One input / output interface (input / output I / F) 36 is connected to each.

The control device C1 includes a CPU 33 and the CP.
A hard disk drive for driving and controlling an input / output interface 36 connected to the U33 via a bus 38 such as a data bus, a communication interface (I / F) 37, and a hard disk drive device (HDD) 34 including a hard disk. Controller (HDC) 35
And a RAM 40.

On the hard disk, a display pattern data memory in which dot pattern data for display is stored in association with code data for each of a large number of characters, and for each of a large number of characters for printing characters, The outline data that defines the outline of the character (outline data) is classified by typeface (Gothic typeface, Mincho typeface, etc.) and stored in association with the code data. CRT display controller 30 corresponding to character code data such as numbers, numbers and symbols
A display drive control program for controlling the image data, an image development control program for converting outline data corresponding to each code data in the text memory 41 of the RAM 40 into dot pattern data and outputting the dot pattern data to the printer 6, Stores control programs, etc.

Further, in the hard disk, a bar code data conversion processing control program for converting into a bar code standard, for example, "UPC-A" bar code data based on a plurality of valid data stored in the text memory 41. Is stored.

The text memory 41 of the RAM 40 stores document data input from the keyboard 4. As shown in FIG. 10, the item name memory 42 stores identification data and bar code identification data to be output for layout display, and also inputs item name data of a plurality of items (for example, “Mr / Ms”). , "Last Name", "Firs
..) is stored in association with item numbers (1, 2, 3 ...), and the item numbers of the combined items to be combined are designated in order to specify the combination of individual data of the items. Then, the delimiter data input to be inserted between the individual data of these designated items are stored in association with the item numbers (J1, J2).

When the layout is displayed, the layout information memory 43 stores the name of the item to be displayed and the position information of the ruled line frame defining the display position in association with each other.
The dot image memory 44 stores dot image data for print output of characters, symbols, and bar codes that have been image-developed.

Next, the control system of the printer 6 will be described. The drive circuit 5 for driving the thermal head 16
2 and a drive circuit 5 for driving the tape feed motor 50
1 and the tape width sensor 53 are connected to an input / output interface (input / output I / F) 57 of the control device C2. The control device C2 includes the CPU 54 and the CPU 54.
And an input / output interface 57 connected via a bus 59 such as a data bus to a communication interface (I
/ F) 58, ROM 55, and RAM 56.

The ROM 55 stores a print drive control program for driving the thermal head 16 and the tape feed motor 50 based on the dot image data transmitted from the data generating device 2. In the RAM 56, a reception buffer for receiving and storing the dot image data transmitted from the data creating device 2 via the communication interface 58, and various memories for temporarily storing the calculation result calculated by the CPU 54. Etc. are provided.

Next, the tape printing control routine executed by the controller C1 of the data creating apparatus 2 will be described with reference to FIGS.
Description will be given based on the flowchart of FIG. In the figure, reference numeral Si (i = 10, 11, 12, ...) Indicates each step.

When the power is turned on, this control is started,
When the document creation key is operated (S10 / S11: Yes
), RA using the input code data as document data
The document data input process for storing the text data in the text memory 41 of M40 is executed, and at the same time, the display process for displaying the character corresponding to the code data on the CRT display 3 is executed (S12), and the process returns to S10. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, when the management data of a member consisting of a plurality of items is input as the document data, the first input 1
"Mr / Ms" and "Last Name" as the item names of 0 items
, "First Name" ... "Zip Code" item name data are associated with the item numbers (1, 2, ..., 10) and stored and displayed in the item name data 42, respectively. The individual data input corresponding to each item name of these 10 items displayed on the CRT display 3 is stored in the text memory 41 for each case. At the same time, these item name data and individual data corresponding to each item name are displayed on the CRT display 3 in a tabular format.

Next, when the layout key is operated (S10: Yes, S11: No, S13: Yes), layout creation processing control (see FIG. 6) is executed (S14). When this control is started, the item name display screen is first displayed on the CRT display 3 (S20). For example, as shown in FIG. 11, an item name display screen for selecting and setting an item (Field) is displayed on the substantially left half of the CRT display 3.
This item name display screen displays "OK", "Joint", "Barc".
"ode" and three item names "Mr / Ms" are displayed in the item name display area E1.
, "Last Name", "First Name" ... "Zip Cod
e ”is displayed. A combination item name display area E2 for displaying a combination item name, which will be described later, is provided below the item name display area E1.

Next, as shown in FIG. 11, the mouse 3
When the mouse pointer M, which is an arrow, is moved to the Joint key using 9 and the button of the mouse 39 is clicked (S21 / S22: Yes), the data combination setting process control (see FIG. 7) is executed (see FIG. 7). S23). When this control is started, the item combination screen is first displayed on the CRT display 3 (S31). For example, as shown in FIG.
An item combination screen for setting the combination of two or more item names to be combined is displayed on the approximately left half of the T display 3. On this item combination screen, two keys consisting of "OK" and "Select" are displayed, a combined item name display area E3 including the display pointer P is displayed, and further 10 items are displayed in the item name display area E4. Item names "Mr / Ms", "Last Name"
, "First Name" ... "Zip Code" are displayed. At this time, the block cursor BK is displayed at the top item name "Mr / Ms".

Next, when the up / down cursor movement key of the keyboard 4 is operated (S32 / S33: Yes), the block cursor BK is moved up or down by one digit in accordance with the operated cursor movement key. Is displayed (S3
4) and returns to S32. For example, as shown in FIG. 12, when the cursor down movement key is operated twice, the block cursor BK is displayed in the item name "First Name". Next, move the mouse 39 to move the mouse pointer M onto the Select key, and click the button of the mouse 39 to Se.
When the lect key is selected (S32: Yes, S33: N
o, S35: Yes), the item name designated by the block cursor BK is stored in the work memory of the RAM 40, and this item name is displayed in the combined item name display area E3 designated by the display pointer P. For example, as shown in FIG. 12, the item name “First Na” designated by the block cursor BK is indicated.
"me" is stored in the work memory, and at the same time the display pointer P
It is displayed in the combined item name display area E3 designated by.

Next, when a delimiter key such as a comma (,), a semicolon (:) or a space (SP) on the keyboard 4 is operated (S32: Yes, S33 / S35: No, S3).
7: Yes), a delimiter code corresponding to this delimiter key is stored in the work memory and displayed in the combined item name display area E3 designated by the display pointer P. For example, when the space key is operated twice as a delimiter key, the operation shown in FIG.
As shown in, the two input spaces SP are stored in the work memory and simultaneously displayed in the combined item name display area E3 designated by the display pointer P. In this way, selection of item names and input of delimiter codes are repeated as necessary.

Next, when the OK key is selected using the mouse 39 (S32: Yes, S33, S35, S37: No, S39: Yes), as in the case where the Select key is selected.
A combination setting process is executed in which data including item name data and delimiter data stored in the work memory is stored in the item name memory 42 as combined item name data (S40),
After this control is ended, the process returns to S20 of the layout creation processing control, and the item name display screen is displayed again.

For example, as shown in FIG. 12, the item name "Fi
"rst Name", two spaces SP and item name "Last Name"
When and are displayed in the combined item name display area E3, as shown in FIG. 10, the item number "3" of the item name "First Name", the two spaces SP and the item number "2" of the "Last Name". And are additionally stored in the item name memory 42 as item number "J1" in this input order. Further, similarly, the data combination setting control is repeated, and the item name "Compan
When "y", a comma (,) and the item name "Member Code" are displayed in the combined item name display area E3, FIG.
As shown in, the item number "4" of the item name "Company" and the item number "5" of the comma (,) and "Member Code" are stored in the item name memory 42 in the input order.
2 ”is added and stored. Then, as shown in FIG. 13, on the redisplayed item name display screen, these two combined item names “Fi
rst Name SPSP Last Name ``, Company, Member Code
Is displayed. Also, for example, "[First Name SPSP L
It is also possible to input delimiters "[" and "]" before and after the item name, such as "ast Name]".

Next, when the Barcode key is selected using the mouse 39 in the layout creation processing control while the item name display screen (see FIG. 13) is displayed (S21: Yes, S22: No, S24). : Yes), and the barcode setting process (see FIG. 8) is executed (S25). When this control is started, the bar code attribute setting screen is first displayed on the CRT display 3 (S45). For example, as shown in FIG. 14, a bar code attribute setting screen for selecting and setting bar code attributes is displayed on the CRT display 3. This bar code attribute setting screen displays "OK", "Set /
"Reset" is displayed, and the item name display area E1 is displayed based on the data in the item name memory 42.
The ten item names "Mr / Ms" and "Last Nam"
"e", "First Name" ... "Zip Code" are displayed, and two combined item names "First Name SPSP Last Name", "Company, * Mem" are displayed in the combined item name display area E2.
ber Code ”is displayed. At this time, the first item name "Mr
A block cursor BK is displayed at "/ Ms".

Next, the cursor movement key of the keyboard is operated to execute the movement processing for moving the block cursor BK to the desired item name (S46), and using the mouse 39.
When the Set / Reset key is selected (S47), the bar code identification data "*" is stored together with the item name data in the item name memory 42, or is cleared to invert the bar code attribute. The barcode attribute inversion process is executed (S48), and the process returns to S46. For example, as shown in FIG. 14, when the set cursor is moved to the item name "Member Code" and the Set / Reset key is selected using the mouse 39, the bar code is added to the item name "Member Code". When the identification data “*” is not displayed, the bar code identification data “*” is displayed at the beginning, while when the bar code identification code “*” is already displayed, the bar code identification data “*” is displayed. Is erased. Also,
When the item name "Member Code" is displayed in the combined item name display area E2, the bar code identification data "*" is similarly displayed or erased for the item name. Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the item name "Member
If the bar code identification data “*” corresponding to “Code” does not exist, it is stored. However, when the bar code identification data “*” is already stored, it is cleared. Next, when the OK key is selected using the mouse 39 (S47), this control is ended, the process returns to S20 of the layout creation processing control, and the item name display screen is displayed again.

Then, as shown in FIG. 15, in the item name display screen displayed again, the item name display area E1 and the combined item name display area E2 are based on the bar code identification data of the item name memory 42. A bar code identification mark "*" is displayed in the item name accompanied by the bar code identification data. Here, with the item name display screen (see FIG. 15) displayed, use the mouse 39 to move the mouse pointer M to
For example, when the user moves to the item name "Telephone" and clicks the button of the mouse 39 (S21: Yes, S22.
S24 / S26: No), as a process corresponding to the operated key, as shown in FIG. 10, the item name memory 42 outputs corresponding to the item name "Telephone" pointed by the mouse pointer M. The identification data Δ is additionally stored. As a result, this item name "Telephone" is displayed in a shaded manner. Further, in the same manner, the output identification data Δ is stored in association with the two combined item names “3 SPSP 2” and “4,5” which are pointed by the mouse pointer M and clicked. Combined item name `` First Name SPSP Last N
“Ame” and “Company, * Member Code” are also displayed in shaded areas.

Next, in the layout creation processing control,
When the OK key is selected using the mouse 39 (S2
1: Yes, S22 / S24: No, S26: Yes), layout data creation / printing process control (see FIG. 9) is executed (S27). When this control is started, first, based on the number of output identification data Δ stored in the item name memory 42,
Display position information of the ruled line frame KW for displaying these item names at the reference position of the CRT display 3, that is, ruled line frame K
The data of the start position of W, the size and the corresponding item name are obtained and stored in the layout information memory 43 (S5
2).

Based on the data in the layout information memory 43, the layout screen is displayed on the CRT display 3 and each of the plurality of item names set to be output is set at the reference position in the ruled line frame KW. Is displayed on the screen (S53). For example, as shown in FIG. 16, the combined item name “First Name SPSP Last Name” is a ruled line frame KW1,
Combined item name "Company, * Member Code" is ruled line frame KW2
Then, the item name "Telephone" is displayed at the reference position on the left side of the CRT display 3 in the ruled line frame KW3.

Next, using the mouse 39, a process of moving to a desired display position and a process of enlarging each of the plurality of ruled line frames KW are executed, and the data in the layout information memory 43 is stored in accordance with these processes. The changed ruled line frame KW is displayed (S54). For example, as shown in FIG. 17, with the mouse 39, the three ruled line frames KW1 to KW3
The movement process and the enlargement process are executed for each of
The processing result is displayed.

By the way, when this layout screen (see FIG. 17) is displayed, the mouse 39 is used to
When the "Data" key provided in the "Label" display field is selected to change to the data mode (S55: Yes
), Using the mouse 39, typeface name “Times New Roman” and character size “12” provided in the “Font” display field
Print format setting processing such as is executed (S5
6) Further, based on the data of the set print format and the data of the layout information memory 43, the individual data corresponding to the item name selected to be output is read from the text memory 41, and the individual data Is processed into dot image data for print output and stored in the dot image memory 44 (S5
7).

Further, when the item name is accompanied by the output identification data Δ and the bar code identification data * is additionally stored, the individual data is stored on the basis of the individual data in the text memory 41. As valid data, dot image data for a bar code, that is, image data composed of white bars and black bars is developed and stored in the dot image memory 44 (S58). Then, based on the data in the dot image memory 44, the individual data of the item name and the barcode are displayed on the CRT together with the ruled line frame KW.
It is displayed on the display 3 (S59).

For example, as shown in FIG. 18, the individual data "Thomas JEFFERSON" corresponding to the combined item name "First Name SPSP Last Name" is indicated by the ruled line frame KW1 by the individual data "718-" corresponding to the item name "Telephone". 587-0404
”Is the ruled line frame KW3, and the item name“ Company, Membe
Individual data corresponding to r Code "BROTHER, LTD, MemberC
The "ode bar code" is displayed by the ruled line frame KW2. That is, since the item name "Company" and the "Member Code bar code" are always combined with a comma ",", there is no extra space and the individual data of the item name "Company" The "Member Code bar code" can always be printed in good balance regardless of the number of characters of the preceding item name "Company", and a good-looking label can be created.

Next, when the Print key provided in the "Tool" display field is selected using the mouse 39 (S
60.S61: Yes), the data of the dot image memory 44 is transmitted to the printer 6 via the communication interface 37 and the connection line L, and the plurality of individual data are label-printed on the printing tape 8 (S62), After this control and layout creation processing control are completed, the tape print control S
Return to 10. That is, a label is printed on the printing tape 8 based on the data in the dot image memory 44, similarly to the layout shown in FIG.

As described above, the set bar code identification data * can be stored in association with the item name data, and the bar code identification data * is included in the individual data of the item and the bar code identification data *. Since it is possible to combine with individual data of items that do not exist, while expanding the individual data of the item name accompanied by this barcode identification data * into dot image data, the individual data of multiple items can be expanded into dot image data. A label can be printed on the printing tape 8, and regardless of the size of the individual data of the preceding item, this individual data and the barcode following the individual data can be printed in a well-balanced manner, and a good-looking label can be created.

Here, the correspondence relationship between each means described in the claims and the configuration in the above embodiment will be described. An item name display control means corresponds to the RAM 40.
Item name memory 42 and layout creation processing control S
20, which corresponds to the individual data storage means is RA
The text memory 41 of M40, which corresponds to the bar code setting means, is bar code setting processing control,
The one corresponding to the data combination setting means is the data combination setting processing control, and the one corresponding to the data expansion means is the layout data creation / print processing control, particularly S57 and S58.

The member management data consisting of a plurality of items stored in the text memory 41 may be stored in the hard disk. Incidentally, within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention,
Regarding the control of the above-described embodiment, various changes may be made based on existing technology or technology obvious to those skilled in the art. still,
Of course, the present invention can be applied to various label producing printers including a display, a keyboard, and a printer.

[0045]

As described above, according to the label producing printer of the first aspect, the item name display control means, the individual data storage means, the bar code setting means, the data combination setting means, and the data expansion. Means is provided, and the set bar code identification data can be stored along with the item name data,
Moreover, the individual data of the item with this barcode identification data can be combined with the individual data of the item that does not include this barcode identification data. While developing to image data, individual data of multiple items can be expanded to dot image data and printed, regardless of the size of the individual data of the preceding item, this individual data and the barcode following it can be printed in good balance. Yes, you can create a nice looking label.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of claim 1.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a tape printer.

FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view of a printing mechanism.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a control system of the tape printer.

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a tape printing control routine.

FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a routine of layout creation processing control.

FIG. 7 is a schematic flowchart of a routine for data binding setting processing control.

FIG. 8 is a schematic flowchart of a bar code setting process control routine.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a layout data creation / printing process control routine.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the data structures of an item name memory and a text memory in comparison.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display example of an item name display screen.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a display example of an item combination screen.

FIG. 13 is a view corresponding to FIG. 11 in which the set combination item name is displayed in the combination item name display area.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a display example of a barcode attribute setting screen.

FIG. 15 is a view corresponding to FIG. 11 displaying a set bar code identification mark.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a display example of a layout screen displaying item names accompanied by ruled line frames.

17 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 16 in which a ruled line frame indicating a display position has been moved and enlarged.

FIG. 18 is a view corresponding to FIG. 16 in which individual data corresponding to an item name is expanded in a ruled line frame.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Tape Printing Device 3 CRT Display 4 Keyboard 6 Printer 8 Printing Tape 16 Thermal Head 33 CPU 34 Hard Disk Drive Device 40 RAM 41 Text Memory 42 Item Name Memory 44 Dot Image Memory C1 Control Unit PM Printing Mechanism

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Input means for inputting characters and symbols and various commands, display means capable of displaying characters and symbols on a display, and printing means including a print head for printing a dot pattern on a print medium. In a label producing printer comprising: an item name display control means for storing item name data of a plurality of items pre-input via the input means and displaying the item names on a display means; Individual data storage means for storing the individual data input from the input means in association with each of the plurality of item names displayed on the display by the control means and the display means, and the individual data storage means for storing the individual data in association with the item names. In order to print out the individual data of the designated item by the barcode, the item name display control means is attached to the item name data and the barcode identification data is added. Bar code setting means for setting and storing data, data combination setting means for specifying combination of individual data of arbitrary plural items of the plural items, and item name display control means The item name data and the bar code identification data stored in the item, the data of the item name designated by the data combination setting unit, and the individual data of the individual data storage unit are received, and the item name associated with the bar code identification data A printer for label production, comprising: a data expansion means for expanding individual data into dot image data of a bar code while expanding individual data of a plurality of items into dot image data for print output.