JPH10149664A - Label printer for recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable the printing of various informations direct to a label paper adhered as it is on a recording medium by reading out the recorded information based on information of the format which is analyzed from the information read out from the recording medium. SOLUTION: A FD 2 is inserted and mounted from a FD inserting port 12 of a main body 1 of personal computer. The information recorded on the FD 2 is read out through a data reading part 1 10 of a FD reading device 11 and stored in a memory 13 for data storage. At this time, the format of the FD 2 is analyzed and the control information is read out in accordance with the analyzed class of format and stored in the memory 13. The control information read out from this memory 13 is displayed on a display of personal computer, and the required control information selected from the displayed control information is printed on a label part 21 of the FD 2 by the printer 14 incorporated in the main body of the personal computer.

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 apparatus, and more particularly to a recording medium label printing apparatus capable of printing information on a label attached to a recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, a label is attached to a recording medium such as a floppy disk (FD) or a mini disk (MD), and a table of contents indicating the contents of information recorded on the recording medium is provided on the label. By handwriting or printing, it is easy to search for record information.

Conventionally, writing and printing of a table of contents of a label are as follows.
The content recorded on the recording medium is read out by a recording medium reading device such as a personal computer, displayed on a display, and the label is written while confirming the displayed content.

In order to perform this writing more easily and quickly, the format of the recording medium is analyzed by a personal computer or the like, and the management information is read according to the format type.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-45277 discloses an apparatus for editing desired information from read information and printing the edited information on a corresponding label as a print item.

[0005]

However, such an apparatus prints information read from a recording medium via a personal computer or the like on a label paper, and affixes the printed label paper to the recording medium. Was something.
Therefore, not only a special label for that purpose is required, but also a sticking operation is required, and there is a problem in workability.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording medium label printing apparatus capable of printing various kinds of information on a label attached to a recording medium.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a recording medium label printing apparatus according to the present invention is mounted on the apparatus and displays on a display information read from a recording medium having a label attached thereto. And a printing unit that prints the selected information on a label of the attached recording medium.

Here, there is provided a format analyzing means for analyzing the format type of the information read from the recording medium and reading the recorded information based on the analyzed format information. Further, the recording medium is a floppy disk or a mini disk.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a simplified side sectional view showing an embodiment of a recording medium label printing apparatus according to the present invention, and shows a floppy disk (F) using a personal computer.
D) This is an example in which a table of contents is printed on an attached label.

Referring to FIG. 1, an FD 2 is inserted and mounted through an FD insertion port 12 provided on the front of the personal computer 1. The information recorded on the mounted FD2 is the FD
The data is read out via the data reading section 110 of the reading device 11 and stored in the data storage memory 13 via the data transmission cable 15. At this time, the format of the FD 2 is analyzed, and management information is read out according to the analyzed format type and stored in the memory 13.

The management information read from the data storage memory 13 is displayed on a personal computer display, and necessary management information is selected from the displayed management information. The management information selected in this way is printed on the label unit 121 of the FD 12 by the printing device 14 built in the personal computer body.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation processing procedure of the embodiment shown in FIG. The data read from the FD 2 is stored in the data storage memory 13. The data read from the data storage memory 13 is analyzed by the data analyzer (S2) and displayed on the display. While looking at the display screen of the display, a desired management item is selected (S3), and the selected management item is
4 and printed (S4). In the above-described embodiment, the FD is described as an example. However, the storage medium is not limited to the FD, and can be applied to an MD or another recording medium to which a label is attached. May be included).

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since various types of information can be printed directly on the label paper that is still attached to the recording medium, label printing can be performed quickly and with high workability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a simplified side sectional view showing an embodiment of a recording medium label printing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation processing procedure of the embodiment shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Personal computer main body 2 FD 11 FD reader 12 FD insertion slot 13 Data storage memory 14 Printer 15 Data transmission cable 21 Label part 110 Data reading part

Claims (3)

[Claims] A display unit for displaying, on a display, information read from a recording medium having a label attached thereto, and an information selecting unit for selecting desired information from the displayed information. And a printing unit for printing the selected information on a label of the mounted recording medium. 2. The recording medium label printing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising format analysis means for analyzing a format type of the information read from the recording medium and reading the recording information based on the analyzed format information. . 3. The label printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording medium is a floppy disk or a mini disk.