JPH0976576A - Floppy label printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To omit the labor for re-forming a label and to facilitate the control of a floppy disk by automatic outputting a label on which the label data corresponding to the new memory content of the floppy disk is printed when a novel document and an old document are newely stored in the floppy disk to be preserved by reforming those documents to alter the names of them. SOLUTION: A floppy reading part 1 permitting the insertion of a floppy disk to read the data thereof, a searching part 3 searching the label data in the data read by the floppy reading part 1, an editing part 4 editing the label data searched by the searching part 3 and an output printing part 5 printing the printing data formed by the editing part 4 on label paper to output the same are provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a floppy label printing apparatus for automatically printing a label attached to a floppy disk for managing the floppy disk.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In information processing equipment such as personal computers (personal computers) and word processors (word processors), floppy disks for storing information such as documents are indispensable, but especially for program developers. The floppy disk is an extremely important storage means because it must store various kinds of information such as design documents and program sources. The floppy disk storing such information must be stored and managed by affixing a label recording a name indicating the content of the stored information to a container for storing the floppy disk.

The conventional floppy disk label producing means is based on a means of printing by handwriting or by manual input with a word processor.

[0004]

The above-mentioned conventional floppy disk label producing means as described above creates a new document or the like, or changes the name of an old document or the like, and creates a new one each time. Since the label has to be created manually, there is a problem in that the label creation is troublesome. Especially when the contents of the floppy disk, such as stored documents, are frequently changed, the old label may remain attached without changing the label.In this case, the recorded contents of the label and the floppy disk may be changed. There is a problem that the management of information is confused because the information stored on the disk does not match.

The object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional label creating means of a floppy disk, and label information indicating information stored in the floppy disk is stored in the floppy disk. It is an object of the present invention to provide a floppy label printer which can automatically print a label on a floppy disk by utilizing the written information.

[0006]

A floppy label printing apparatus of the present invention reads information from a floppy disk, retrieves label information in the floppy disk, edits the retrieved label information, and generates print data. The generated print data is printed on a label sheet and output.

That is, the floppy label printing apparatus of the present invention includes a floppy reading unit for inserting a floppy disk and reading the information, a searching unit for searching label information in the information read by the floppy reading unit, and the searching. The printer is provided with an editing unit that edits the label information searched by the unit to generate print data, and an output printing unit that prints the print data generated by the editing unit on a label sheet and outputs the label paper.

[0008]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a floppy reading unit 1 inserts a floppy disk 2 storing and storing various kinds of information such as design documents and program sources, and reads the information. The search unit 3 searches for label information in the information read by the floppy reading unit 1. The label information is information indicating the name of information stored in the floppy disk 2. The editing unit 4 edits the label information retrieved by the retrieval unit 3 and generates print data for printing on a label to be attached to the container accommodating the floppy disk 2. The output printing unit 5 prints the print data generated by the editing unit 4 on a label sheet and outputs it.

Next, the operation of the floppy label printing apparatus configured as described above will be described.

When a new document or the like is created or an old document or the like is revised and its name is changed, those documents or the like are stored in the floppy disk 2 and saved. At that time, the floppy disk 2 is stored. The name of the newly saved document or the like is also saved in the. Here, information regarding the name of such a document is referred to as label information.
The floppy reading unit 1 reads all information of the inserted floppy disk 2 and sends it to the searching unit 3. Search part 3
Retrieves the information sent from the floppy reading unit 1, extracts the label information from the information, and sends it to the editing unit 4. The editing unit 4 edits the label information sent from the search unit 3 into a predetermined print format suitable for printing on label paper and sends it to the output printing unit 5. The output printing unit 5 prints the information sent from the editing unit 4 on a label sheet and outputs it.

[0013]

As described above, the floppy label printing apparatus of the present invention retrieves the label information in the floppy reading section for inserting the floppy disk and reading the information, and the information read by the floppy reading section. Search section,
By providing an editing unit for editing the label information searched by the searching unit and an output printing unit for printing the print data generated by the editing unit on the label paper and outputting the same, it is possible to create a new document or an old document. When the documents were revised and renamed, and those documents were newly stored in the floppy disk and saved, by inserting the floppy disk into this device, the new saved contents of the floppy disk were supported. This has the effect of being able to automatically output a label on which label information is printed, thus saving the labor of recreating the label and facilitating the management of the floppy disk.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Floppy reading unit 2 Floppy disk 3 Search unit 4 Editing unit 5 Output printing unit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. The information is read from a floppy disk, the label information therein is searched, the searched label information is edited to generate print data, and the generated print data is printed on a label sheet and output. A floppy label printing device characterized in that 2. A floppy reading unit that inserts a floppy disk and reads the information, a searching unit that searches label information in the information read by the floppy reading unit, and edits the label information searched by the searching unit. A floppy label printing apparatus, comprising: an editing unit for generating print data and an output printing unit for printing the print data generated by the editing unit on a label sheet for output.