JPH10143764A - Commodity sales data registration processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily and accurately sort the commodities into specific types on an issued receipt by outputting the character data on the sales data together with the color information which is added as an attribute for sorting the commodities. SOLUTION: When the codes of commodities to be sold are inputted by a keyboard device 12, a CPU 1 retrieves a PLU table of a hard disk device 10 to totalize the sales data. Then an operator performs the sum-up processing by pushing a sum-up key of the device 12. Thus, the totalized sales data are stored in a character data storage area of a print buffer. At the same time, the color information on the sorted commodities retrieved from the PLU table are stored in an attribute storage area of the print buffer as the attribute of the sales data and then outputted to a color printer 14. Both the sales data and the color information are stored with their print-out devices kept coincident with each other. Thus, a receipt where the purchased commodities are easily sorted is issued.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a merchandise sales data registration processing device for outputting sales data registered by a printer based on an input merchandise code and issuing a receipt.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, as described in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 5-58293, a color printing apparatus in which a plurality of ribbon cartridges and print heads are arranged radially around one platen for each color. And other color printers, but in the field of merchandise sales data registration processing devices, monochromatic printers are used. In addition, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication
As described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 0-244585, there is a register in which fixed data such as a receipt issuer, a telephone number, and a message are stamped with a color stamp. In the apparatus, sales data for each sold product is printed in one color.

[0003]

On the other hand, there are many cases in which a customer who has purchased a product transcribes sales data for each product on a receipt to a household account book or the like and manages it as personal information. It is important not only for households but also for general management items to classify products into specific categories and to grasp the categories with the most expenditures for budget management. In this case, the sales data printed on the receipt is classified by product code, etc., but when posting to household accounts, etc., the sales data is printed in one color, so the products are classified by a specific classification. Is troublesome and error-prone.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide a merchandise sales data processing apparatus capable of issuing a receipt in which purchased merchandise can be easily classified.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a merchandise sales data registration process for summing up sales data registered for each merchandise on the basis of an inputted merchandise code, outputting the totalized result by a printer, and issuing a receipt. In the apparatus, a color printer is used as the printer, and color information specifying means for specifying color information for classifying products by specific classification is provided. Color information adding means for adding the designated color information as an attribute of the sales data and outputting the attribute to the color printer is provided. Therefore, the character data of the sales data is output from the color printer together with the color information added as an attribute for classifying the product.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 2 shows an electronic circuit of a merchandise sales data registration processing device (POS terminal). CPU1, RAM2 for temporarily writing variable data such as work data,
ROM in which fixed data such as programs are written
3, a clock circuit 4, a setting RAM 5 for storing data relating to various business settings, a buzzer control circuit 7 for driving a buzzer 6, a screen control circuit 9 for driving a CRT display tube 8, and a hard disk control circuit for driving a hard disk device 10. 11, a keyboard control circuit 13 to which a keyboard device 12 having a key (key switch) 12a is connected, a color printer control circuit 15 for driving a color printer 14, and the like are connected by a system bus 16.

Here, the storage medium of the hard disk device 10 stores a product name, a unit price, and the like for each product code.
It has storage areas such as an LU table and a registration data file for registering product data detected from the PLU table. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the PLU table 10a sets and stores color information 10b for classifying products into specific categories. That is, P
The LU table 10a has a function as a color information designating unit that designates color information 10b for classifying products into specific categories.

[0008] The specific classification of the product is preferably a classification that makes it easy to grasp a group of products with high expenditure. Here, the description will be made based on the classification suitable for the management items of the household account book, such as food, stationery, clothing, medicine / medical care, durable consumption materials, magazines / books, daily necessities / miscellaneous goods, and the like. Therefore, such a classification is coded as a classification code, a classification code is given to each product, and a color information table that defines color information for each classification code is a PLU table 10.
a may be provided separately from a, and this may be used as color information designation means.

Next, a registration operation performed using the merchandise sales data registration processing apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. The product code of the product to be sold is input to the keyboard device 12 or a scanner (not shown).
(St. 1), the CPU 1 searches the PLU table 10a of the hard disk device 10 (st. 1).
2), aggregation is performed (st. 3). The aggregation here is PL
The price is calculated for each product based on the product data such as the product name and unit price of the product searched from the U table 10a, and is registered in the registration data file as sales data. The routine up to this point is repeated as long as the customer inputs a product code corresponding to the product to be purchased. Then, when the operator performs a closing process such as pressing a closing key of the keyboard device 12, the CPU 1 determines that the closing process has been performed (st. 4). Subsequently, the color information 10b is added to the tally result (st. 5). Specifically, the totaled sales data (character data) is stored in the character data storage area of the print buffer, and the PLU table 10a
Is stored in the attribute storage area of the print buffer as an attribute of the sales data and output to the color printer 14. In this case, the sales data (character data) and the color information (attribute)
The print output positions are stored so that they match. The processing in this step (st. 5) corresponds to color information adding means.
Thus, printing is performed by the color printer 14 (st. 6), and a receipt is issued.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the issued receipt R. In this example, as sold products, product names of Ryokucha (green tea), snow bread milk, Zassi (magazine), and marker paste are printed together with the price. The character data on the receipt R is all printed in black, but the background of the sales data (product name, unit price) is printed with a band-shaped pattern of a color specified for each product category.

[0011] For example, the background of ryocha and snow bread milk classified as food is yellow, the background of sash classified as magazine / book is light blue, and the marker lane classified as stationery is green, but each color has another color. May be used. Further, instead of separating the background of the sales data by color, the sales data (character data) itself may be printed in a designated color. In this case, it is desirable to specify a dark color to make the sales data easier to read.

The color printer used in the present embodiment is a serial printer equipped with an ink jet head for black printing and an ink jet head for color printing.

[0013]

According to the present invention, a color printer is used as a printer, and color information designating means for designating color information for classifying products by specific classification is provided. Since color information adding means for adding the color information specified by the color information specifying means as an attribute of the sales data and outputting to the color printer is provided,
Character data of the sales data can be output together with color information added as an attribute for classifying the product. Therefore, it is very easy and accurate to classify the goods into a specific classification on the issued receipt.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a registration process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electronic circuit of the merchandise sales data registration processing device.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a PLU table as color information designation means.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of issuing a receipt.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10a color information designating means 10b color information 14 color printer R receipt st. 5 Color information adding means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A merchandise sales data registration processing device for summarizing sales data registered for each merchandise based on an input merchandise code, outputting the totalized result by a printer, and issuing a receipt, wherein the printer is a color printer. A color information designating means for designating color information for classifying products by specific classification, and adding the color information designated by the color information designating means to the total data of sales data registered for each product. A merchandise sales data registration processing device provided with color information adding means for adding the color information as an attribute and outputting to the color printer.