JPH10157238A - Mailing address-printing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mailing address-printing system intended for rational delivery of mail and reduction of postage with the utilization of a new mail- processing system. SOLUTION: The mailing address-printing system is provided with a memory apparatus 1 having a customer data file 6 storing for every customer of many customers names, addresses, postcodes, etc., of the customers, a printer 2 which carries out a printing process to mail or sheets attached to the mail, and a control means 4 which reads out data of a designated customer from the customer data file in accordance with an input operation and makes the printer 2 print a making address. A customer bar code data-storing part 6a is set in the system to store data for generating customer bar codes to the customer data file. The control means 4 reads out data of the customer designated through the input operation from the customer bar code data-storing part 6a, generates the customer bar code and makes the printer 2 print the customer bar code together with the making address.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a destination printing system used in a store or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a customer management system at a store or the like, there is known a customer management system having a function as a destination printing system for printing a destination on a mail or a sheet attached to the mail. This type of system includes a storage device having a customer data file for storing personal data such as the names, addresses, and postal codes of a large number of customers for each customer, and a printer for performing printing processing on postal items or sheets attached to postal items. And control means for reading personal data of a designated customer from a customer data file in a storage device in accordance with an input operation of a keyboard or the like, and causing a printer to print a destination. According to this system, it is possible to automatically write a mail address for a customer who has already been input, so that the direct mail dispatching operation and the merchandise distribution operation are greatly improved.

In this type of system, there is provided a software for searching for a postal code, an address code representing a prefecture, a municipal (county) town, a large letter, a common name, a letter, a chome, and a new postal code described later from a telephone number. Some have a simple address entry system that allows you to easily search for an address code and a new postal code. In this case, even for a new customer, a store that fills in the postal code or carrier's invoice Since the code can be easily searched and output, it is possible to efficiently perform direct mail dispatch and product delivery.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION As is well known,
From February 2, 009, a new postal code system was implemented for the purpose of improving the efficiency of the postal service, and a new postal processing system was introduced with this. In the new postal processing system, the new postal code and the destination of the postal matter are read by the sorting machine at the postal underwriting station, and a barcode representing the entire address is generated from the new postal code and printed on the postal matter. Then, the delivery office reads the barcode of the mail using a reader, and sorts the mail using the sorting machine in the order of delivery. If the sender of the postal matter prints a barcode on the postal matter in advance and submits it,
Bar code printing at the underwriting station becomes unnecessary. The bar code printed on the mail by the underwriting station and the sender is called a customer bar code. If the sender sends out a certain number of mails on which the customer bar code is printed, the postage is discounted. It has become.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a destination printing system which uses a new mail processing system to achieve rational delivery of mail and a reduction in postage. It was made for the purpose.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention as defined in claim 1 provides a method for storing the names of a large number of customers,
A storage device having a customer data file for storing personal data such as an address and a zip code for each customer, a printer for printing on a postal matter or a sheet attached to a postal matter, and customer data in the storage device according to an input operation A destination printing system comprising: a control unit that reads data of a designated customer from a file and causes the printer to perform a printing process of a destination. In the destination printing system, data necessary for generating a customer barcode is stored in the customer data file. Providing a customer barcode data storage unit, the control means,
Data necessary for generating a customer barcode of the customer specified by the input operation is read from the customer barcode data storage unit to generate a customer barcode, and the printer is caused to print the customer barcode together with the destination. It is characterized by the following.

[0007] The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the customer bar code data storage stores a new zip code consisting of seven digits.

[0008] The invention described in claim 3 is the first invention.
Alternatively, in the invention according to claim 2, the customer barcode data storage section stores 21-digit variable data of a customer barcode.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a destination printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. This destination printing system is configured by changing a part of a customer data management system used in a store or the like, and includes a storage device 1, a printer 2,
The control device 4 includes a display 3, a storage device 1, a printer 2, a control unit 4 for controlling the display 3, and an input device 5 for inputting various information to the control unit 4.

The storage device 1 is constituted by a hard disk device or the like, and the names, addresses, postal codes (new postal codes), telephone numbers, dates of birth, gender, family structure, product purchase history, card numbers, and validity of many customers. It has a customer data file 6 for storing personal data such as a term and a customer code number for each customer. Further, the customer data file 6 has a customer barcode data storage section 6a for storing data necessary for generating a customer barcode.

The data included in the customer bar code includes a start code (1), a new postal code (7), an address display number (13), a check digit (1), and a stop code (1). The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of digits of the barcode. The address display number is obtained by connecting the numbers and alphabets of the address with a hyphen, and the check digit replaces the new postal code and the address display number with check numerals, and the remainder obtained by dividing the total by 19 is the check digit. It is generated by the calculation method of doing. The customer barcode data storage unit 6a has a column for storing 21-digit data, and is a 21-digit variable consisting of a new zip code (7 digits), an address display number (13 digits), and a check digit (1 digit). Store the data.

The control means 4 is constituted by a personal computer or the like, has a CPU, a ROM, a RAM,
U executes various processes according to the program stored in the ROM. The input device 5 includes a keyboard, a mouse, and the like. Further, in this embodiment, the control means 4
Built-in software to search for new postal code from telephone number.

Next, the printing process of the customer bar code by the destination printing system will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When the power of the system is turned on, the display 3 changes to a main menu screen, and a new customer registration,
A plurality of menus for changing registered contents, printing destinations, and the like are displayed (steps # 5 and # 10).

First, a case where a customer is newly registered will be described. When the menu for new customer registration is selected, the screen switches to a data entry screen. When the name, address, postal code, telephone number, and the like of the customer are input, and the data input end is input, each data is classified and stored in the customer data file 6 of the storage device 1. If the zip code is not entered, the zip code is automatically retrieved from the telephone number by the software described above and stored in the customer data file 6. Then, numbers and alphabets are extracted from the input address, a 13-digit address display number is generated according to a predetermined method, and a 7-digit number excluding the hyphen of the new postal code is calculated according to the above-described calculation method. The check digit is calculated, and the 21-digit variable data including the new zip code, address display number, and check digit is stored in the customer barcode data storage unit 6a. Then the screen asks if you want to end using this system, so YES
When is selected, the screen is switched to the end screen. When NO is selected, the screen returns to the main menu screen (step # 15 to step # 25).

Next, a case where a destination is printed on a mail will be described. When a mail is set on the printer 2 and a menu for address printing is selected on the main menu screen, the screen is switched to a screen for requesting the input of a customer name. When the name of the customer is input, the control means 4 reads the corresponding customer data from the customer data file 6 of the storage device 1 and displays it on the screen (steps # 30, # 35). Next, since the screen asks whether this data is correct, if YES is selected, it is asked whether the screen prints the customer barcode (step # 40). If YES is selected, the customer bar code data storage unit 6 of the customer data file 6
The data of the customer is read from a, a start code and a stop code are added to the data, and 23-digit data is generated. Then, this data is converted into a customer barcode, and the printer 2 prints the customer barcode CB together with the destination on the mail 7 as shown in FIG. 3 (steps # 45 and # 50).

When the printing process is completed, the screen asks whether the use of this system is to be ended. If YES is selected, the end screen is displayed. If NO is selected, the screen returns to the main menu screen (step # 55). .

In this embodiment, the case where the customer barcode and the address are printed on the mail is described. However, the customer barcode and the address are printed on a sheet (address label, delivery slip, etc.) attached to the mail. It can also be processed.

In this embodiment, the control means generates data for automatically generating a customer bar code from the input customer address, postal code, and telephone number, and stores the data in a storage device. However, data for generating a customer barcode may be generated in advance, input to the control device, and stored in the storage device.

[0020]

As described above, according to the address printing system of the present invention, the customer barcode can be printed together with the address on the postal matter or the sheet attached to the postal matter. This eliminates the need for barcode printing, so that the post office can efficiently perform delivery operations, and the shipping side can reduce postage.

According to the destination printing system of the present invention, the customer bar code storage section stores the 21-digit variable data portion of the customer bar code, so that the customer bar code can be quickly generated. Thus, the destination printing process can be performed efficiently.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a destination printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a printing process of a customer barcode by the destination printing system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a postal matter on which a customer barcode is printed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Storage device 2 Printer 4 Control device 6 Customer data file 6a Customer barcode data storage

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A storage device having a customer data file for storing personal data such as names, addresses, postal codes, etc. of a large number of customers for each customer, and a printer for performing a printing process on a postal matter or a sheet attached to a postal matter. And a control means for reading out the designated customer data from the customer data file in the storage device in accordance with the input operation, and causing the printer to perform a destination printing process. A customer barcode data storage unit for storing data necessary for generating the customer barcode data, wherein the control means stores data necessary for generating a customer barcode of a customer specified by an input operation into the customer barcode data. Reads from the storage unit to generate a customer barcode and sends it to the printer together with the destination. Destination printing system, characterized in that to print processing rm4scc. 2. The destination printing system according to claim 1, wherein the customer bar code data storage stores a new seven-digit postal code. 3. The destination printing system according to claim 1, wherein the customer barcode data storage stores 21-digit variable data of the customer barcode.