JPH0976577A - Recording medium label printing method and apparatus and printing position determining jig - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate label printing work by providing the data of the character row printed on a label and form data determing how to print a character row on a label to a label printing data file as a text file. SOLUTION: A floppy disk label printer 20A is equipped with constitutional elements 21, 22A, 23-25, 26A, 28. A loader &unloader 22A takes out a floppy disk from the underside of a stacker 21 to house the same in stackers 25, 28 and the floppy disk is attached to and detached from a disk device 23 and a printer 24. The stacker 28 performs label printing to house the floppy disk. A control apparatus 26A is constituted by using a computer equipped with a memory 27 and installs a printing program allowing the printer 24 to perform printing on the basis of a label character file and a form file.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording medium label printing method and apparatus, and a printing position determining jig.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In FIG. 3, a floppy disk 10 is shown.
The recording medium is housed in a jacket, and a non-printed label 11 is attached to the jacket. A program for a word processor is installed in the computer system 12, starts up the program, creates a document to be printed on the label 11, and writes the document file to the floppy disk 10. The floppy disks 10 are mounted on the stacker 21 of the floppy disk label printer 20 so as to be stacked.

Floppy disk label printer 20
Includes components 21 to 26. Control device 26
Is configured using a computer having a memory 27, and a program for printing a document file created by the word processor is installed. The label printing is automatically controlled by the controller 26. That is, one floppy disk is taken out from below the stacker 21 by the loader & unloader 22 and mounted on the disk device 23, the content of the label printing document file is read and transferred to the memory 27 in the control device 26. To be done. By the loader & unloader 22, the disk device 2
The floppy disk mounted on the printer 3 is taken out and mounted on the printer 24. The label printing document file in the memory 27 is transferred to the printer 24 and printed on the label of the floppy disk. The floppy disk loaded in the floppy disk label printing device 20 is taken out by the loader & unloader 22 and stored in the stacker 25. Such processing is sequentially performed on all the floppy disks contained in the stacker 21.

[0004]

However, since the label 11 has a special size and fine formatting is required for each floppy disk 10, it is not easy to perform formatting and its modification, and label printing is difficult. There was a problem that the work for was complicated. In view of such problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a recording medium label printing method and device, and a printing position determination jig, in which work for label printing is easy.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the invention, the contents of the label printing data file written in the recording medium detachable from the recording device are read out, and the recording medium housing jacket is read based on the contents. In a recording medium label printing method for printing on a label attached to a label, the data file for label printing is a text file, and data of a character string to be printed on the label and how to print the character string on the label. Data in a format that determines whether or not to perform.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the label printing data file is a text file, a fine format for the label character can be easily set by an editor or the like capable of high-speed processing, and correction is also easy. Therefore, the work for label printing becomes easy. Also, the printing program becomes simple. In the first aspect of the first aspect of the invention, the label printing data file includes a label character file in which a character string to be printed on the label is described, and a format that defines how to print the character string on the label. , And the label character file and the format file are both text files.

According to the first aspect, since the label character file and the format file are different from each other, one format file can correspond to a plurality of label character files, whereby the work for label printing can be performed. It will be easier. In the second aspect of the first invention, the recording medium is taken out in order from a plurality of the recording media which are regularly arranged, the label character file or the format file written in the recording medium is read, and the recording is performed. When the format file is written in the medium, the format in the storage device is updated with the contents of the read format file, and when the label character file is written in the recording medium,
The read character string described in the label character file is printed on the label according to the format in the storage device.

According to the second aspect, when the format file is common to a plurality of continuous recording media,
Since it is only necessary to write the format file to the recording medium that is first taken out of these recording media, it is easier to create the data file for label printing. In the second invention, the content of the label printing data file written in the recording medium is read out by the recording / reading device, and based on the read-out content, the label attached to the jacket is printed by the printer by the recording medium label printing device. In, the recording medium is housed in the jacket,
The label printing data file includes a label character file in which a character string to be printed on the label is described, and a format file in which a format that defines how to print the character string on the label is described. However, both the label character file and the format file are text files.

In a first aspect of the second invention, first and second stackers for storing a plurality of the above recording media, a storage device for reading and writing a form, and taking out the recording media from the first stacker. A loader and unloader means for attaching and detaching the recording medium to and from the recording / reading device, attaching and detaching the recording medium to and from the printer, and storing the recording medium in the second stacker, and a control means, The control means causes the loader & unloader means to sequentially take out the recording mediums stored in the first stacker and attach the recording mediums to the recording and reading device, and write the recording mediums to the recording and reading device. If the content of the label character file or the format file that has been read is read out and the format file is written in the recording medium, the contents of the read format file In to update the format within the memory device,
The loader & unloader means is caused to take out the recording medium loaded in the recording / reading device, and when the label character file is written in the recording medium, the loader & unloader means is taken out. The recording medium is attached to the printer, and the printer is caused to print the character string described in the read label character file on the label according to the format written in the storage device. On the other hand, the recording medium loaded in the printer is taken out and loaded in the second stacker.

In the printing position determining jig according to the third aspect of the present invention, printing is performed to indicate the printing position on a portion of one surface of the transparent case for accommodating the recording medium accommodated in the jacket, which corresponds to the label attached to the jacket. The line of the direction and the line of the direction perpendicular to the printing direction are drawn in a grid pattern, and the numerical value indicating the intersection of the line or the position of the grid is described. According to the third aspect of the invention, the printing position on the label can be easily determined, so that the work for printing the label becomes easy.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The computer system 12 includes an input device and a display device, and an editor program is installed. The computer system 12 starts up the editor and operates the input device while watching the display on the screen to create a data file for label printing. This file consists of a label character file and a format file, both of which are text files.

In the label character file, the character string to be printed on the label 11 is described as, for example, label printing device Fujitsu Limited 1995.05.11 or label printing device Fujitsu Limited 1995.05.11.

Here, in order to easily determine the printing position on the label 11, a printing position determining jig 30 as shown in FIG. 2A is used. The printing position determining jig 30 is a transparent floppy disk case in which the floppy disk 10 is housed, and a grid 31 is drawn on one surface thereof.
The grid size of the grid 31 is, for example, 10 points. In the grid 31, grid positions in the i direction and the j direction are entered as shown in FIG. 2 (B). The floppy disk 10 to which the label 11 is attached is housed in the printing position determining jig 30, and the label 11 is viewed through the grids of the grid 31. As shown in FIG. ) Is determined.

The format file describes a format that defines how the character string in the label character file is printed on the label 11. This format is, for example, / C1,7 / P4,2 / F double angle; / C8,7 / P8,10 / F initial; C15, 10 / P12,16 / F
Lateral contraction; Here, / is a delimiter of format unit ,; is a delimiter of format for character string unit,
C means a character, P means a position, and F means a character size or font. More specifically, in relation to the above label character file, "/ C1,7 / P4,2 / F double-width;" means 7 characters from the first character of the label character file, that is, the character string'label printing device '. From the position (i, j) = (4,2) on the label 11 (P4,2),
It means to print at quadruple (F double).

"/ C8,7 / P8,10 / F initial;" reads the 7th character from the 8th character of the label character file, that is, the character string "Fujitsu Limited" (C8,7), and reads it as the label 11 Print from the upper position (i, j) = (8,10) to (P8,10) in the initial size and font (half-width alphanumeric characters for Courier and full-width Chinese characters for Mincho font) (F initial ) Means that.

"C15, 10 / P12, 16 / F horizontal contraction" reads 10 characters from the 15th character of the label character file, that is, the character string '1995.05.11' (C15, 10), and reads this. It means printing from the position (i, j) = (12, 16) to (P12, 16) on the label 11 in the horizontal reduction size (half-width) (F horizontal reduction). If such a format file is used, a fine format for the label character can be easily set by an editor capable of high-speed processing, and correction is also easy. Also, the printing program becomes simple.

In FIG. 1, a floppy disk label printing apparatus 20A comprises components 21, 22A, 23-2.
5, 26A and 28. The loader & unloader 22A is for taking out the floppy disk from the lower side of the stacker 21, storing the floppy disk in the stackers 25 and 28, and attaching / detaching the floppy disk to / from the disk device 23 and the printer 24.
The stacker 28 is for accommodating a floppy disk on which a label is not printed. The control device 26A is
It is configured using a computer having a memory 27, and a printing program that causes the printer 24 to print based on the label character file and the format file is installed.

The control device 26A includes a loader & unloader 2
2A, the disk device 23, and the printer 24 are controlled. Next, the control by the control device 26A will be described based on FIG. Hereinafter, the numerical value in the parenthesis represents the step identification number in FIG. (30) Stacker 2 for loader & unloader 22A
One floppy disk is taken out from the lower side of 1 and mounted in the disk device 23. The disk device 23 is made to search for a format file and a label character file. Whether or not it is a format file and whether or not it is a label character file is determined by whether or not it is a predetermined file name. If there is a format file or label character file, this is stored in the memory 2 in the control device 26A.
Transfer to 7. As a result, the format file or label character file in the memory 27 is updated.

(31-35) If there is a format file, the printable flag FLG is set to 1. If there is a format file or the printable flag FLG is 1 and there is a label character file, the process proceeds to step 36. Otherwise, the process proceeds to step 39. (36) The loader & unloader 22A causes the floppy disk mounted on the disk device 23 to be taken out and mounted on the printer 24. Based on the format file in the memory 27, the contents of the label character file in the memory 27 are read or the printer 24 is controlled to print, and the label 11 is printed as shown in FIG. 2C.

(37) The loader & unloader 22A takes out the floppy disk mounted on the printer 24 and stores it in the stacker 25. (38) The floppy disk mounted in the disk device 23 is taken out by the loader & unloader 22A and stored in the stacker 28. (39) If there is a floppy disk in the stacker 21,
Return to step 30 above.

As described above, the floppy disk 1
The label 11 is printed based on the label printing data file written in 0. When the format files are common to a plurality of consecutive floppy disks stored in the stacker 21, the format file may be written only to the lowermost floppy disk among these floppy disks. Therefore, it becomes easier to create a data file for label printing. The format file may be written on a floppy disk which is not printed on the label 11. The floppy disk is stored in the stacker 28.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a floppy disk label printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a print position determination jig and a print determination example.

3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the floppy disk label printing apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of a conventional floppy disk label printing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Floppy Disk 11 Label 20, 20A Floppy Disk Label Printing Device 21, 25, 28 Stacker 22, 22A Loader & Unloader 23 Disk Device 24 Printer 26, 26A Control Device 27 Memory 30 Printing Position Determining Tool 31 Grid

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. The contents of a label printing data file written on a recording medium detachable from a recording device,
In the recording medium label printing method of printing on a label attached to a recording medium housing jacket based on the contents, the label printing data file is a text file, and the character string data to be printed on the label and the data A recording medium label printing method, comprising: data in a format that defines how to print the character string on the label. 2. The label printing data file includes a label character file in which a character string to be printed on the label is described, and a format that defines how to print the character string on the label. 2. The recording medium label printing method according to claim 1, further comprising a format file, wherein the label character file and the format file are both text files. 3. The recording medium is taken out in order from a plurality of the recording media that are regularly arranged, the label character file or the format file written in the recording medium is read, and the format is written in the recording medium. When the file is written, the format in the storage device is updated with the contents of the read format file, and when the label character file is written in the recording medium, the read label character file 3. The recording medium label printing method according to claim 2, wherein the character string described in <1> is printed on the label according to the format in the storage device. 4. A recording medium label printing device for reading the content of a label printing data file written on a recording medium by a recording and reading device and printing the label on a jacket with a printer based on the read content. In the above, the recording medium is housed in the jacket, the label printing data file is a label character file in which a character string to be printed on the label is described, and how the character string is printed on the label. And a format file in which a format defining the above is described, and the label character file and the format file are both text files. 5. A first and a second stacker for accommodating a plurality of the recording media, a storage device for reading and writing a format, a recording medium taken out from the first stacker, and the recording and reading device. The recording medium includes a loader and unloader means for attaching and detaching the recording medium, attaching and detaching the recording medium to and from the printer, and storing the recording medium in the second stacker, and the control means includes the loader and unloader means. & The unloader means sequentially takes out the recording mediums stored in the first stacker and attaches them to the recording / reading device, and the recording / reading device writes the label character file written in the recording medium. Alternatively, when the contents of the format file are read and the format file is written in the recording medium, the contents of the read format file are used to write in the storage device. When the label character file is written in the recording medium, the loader & unloader means is caused to take out the recording medium loaded in the recording and reading device, and the loader & unloader means is updated. , The recording medium taken out is attached to the printer, and the printer is caused to print the character string described in the read label character file on the label according to the format written in the storage device. The loader & unloader means causes the recording medium loaded in the printer to be taken out, and the second
The recording medium label printing device according to claim 4, wherein the recording medium label printing device is mounted on the stacker. 6. A line in the printing direction for indicating a printing position and a line perpendicular to the printing direction on a portion of a transparent case for housing the recording medium housed in the jacket, which corresponds to the label attached to the jacket. A printing position determining jig, wherein lines in a direction are drawn in a grid pattern, and numerical values indicating the positions of intersections or squares of the lines are described. 7. The printing position determining jig according to claim 6 is used to determine a label printing position, and the format file is created, according to any one of claims 1 to 3. Recording medium label printing method.