JPH1134188A - Label printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily select a commodity by observing a processing time by printing a label adhered to the commodity for a processing time of the commodity to be printed at a unit of a certain minute. SOLUTION: A ROM 13 for storing other various control program of a processing program via a system bus 12, RAM 14 for forming various work area and flags F1, F2, clock circuit 15 for counting a present time, PLU(price lookup) table 16 as a commodity information storage means for storing commodity information to be printed on a label at each component number of an ID number intrinsic for the commodity, input unit 3 and LCD 4 are connected to a CPU 11 for unitarily controlling the label printer. Further, a head controller 18 for controlling a thermal head 17 and a motor controller 20 for controlling drive of a motor 19 of a conveying system are connected to the bus 12.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a label printer for printing the processing time of a product, a product name, and the like on a label.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A label on which the contents of a product, the processing time of the product, and the like are printed is attached to the surface of a product displayed in a supermarket or a convenience store.

[0003] Such a label is continuously printed by a label printer.

A label printer stores print information of a product called a PLU (Price Look Up) file, reads out the print information of the product from a memory, prints it on a label, and prints the print information of the product on a PLU file. Was read out from the label as the processing time of the product.

That is, the printing of the time in the label printing is performed by a process shown in a flowchart as shown in FIG.

That is, the print information of the product stored in the PLU file is called. Then, the clock data measured by the clock circuit is called. Further, the called clock data is set in the work area.

Then, the processing time is set from the work area in the print data area of the printer.

In this way, the time when the print information of the product is called from the PLU file is printed on the label. The call of the print information has been performed a plurality of times.

The reason why the print information of the same product is called a plurality of times is that when a predetermined number of labels are issued in advance for one product and the label is pasted on the product, the angle label is mistakenly attached due to a label sticking error or the like. It needs to be issued.

[0010]

For example, for example, a lunch box
The processing time should be the same for assembling each simultaneously processed material on a plate. However, conventionally,
As described above, in the notation method of processing time, PLU
Since the time when the file was called is printed as the processing time, there were the following problems.

First, there is a problem that the processing time varies in units of one minute.

Second, there is a problem that the quality control of the product by the processing time becomes complicated.

[0013] Thirdly, since the consumer purchases a product with a new processing time even a little, there is a problem that a product with a processing time that is slow even for one minute remains unsold.

[0014] Fourth, there is a problem that the notation unit of the processing time is too small to be easily viewed.

If the processing time is printed on a label in units of one minute, various problems occur.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to print the processing time of a product to be printed on a label affixed to the product in a unit of several minutes, and to observe the processing time. An object of the present invention is to provide a label printer capable of easily selecting a product.

[0017]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a label printer, comprising: a merchandise information storing means for storing merchandise information to be printed on a label attached to a merchandise; In a label printer having a printing unit for printing on a label, a timing unit for timing the current time, a designation unit for designating how many minutes the processing time for printing on the label is to be printed, and a timing unit for the timing unit. Means for classifying the set current time into minute units designated by the designating means, and the product information stored in the product information means being printed, and the time divided by the sorting means being printed by a printing unit. And print control means for causing

The processing time for printing on the label is specified in units of minutes by the specifying means. When the processing time is printed on the label, the current time measured by the clock means is printed every minute specified by the specifying means.

As described above, the processing time for printing on the label can be printed in a unit of several minutes, so that it is possible to easily select a product by observing the processing time.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a label printer, comprising: a merchandise information storage means for storing merchandise information to be printed on a label attached to a merchandise; and a printing unit for printing the merchandise information stored in the merchandise information means to a label. In a label printer provided with: a time measuring means for measuring the current time, a designating means for specifying how many minutes the processing time to be printed on the label is to be printed, and a method for setting the current time to the specified processing time. Selecting means for selecting whether to set to a fast time or a slow time in minutes; a dividing means for dividing the current time measured by the clocking means into minutes specified by the specifying means; In addition to printing the product information stored in the printing section, the processing time of the product is printed by the printing unit in accordance with the fast time or the late time selected by the selection means and classified by the classification means. Characterized by comprising a that printing control unit.

The number of minutes for the processing time for printing on the label is specified by the specifying means. When the processing time is printed on the label, the current time measured by the clock means is printed every minute specified by the specifying means.

Further, when printing the processing time in minutes, the processing time can be adjusted by selecting the fast time or the slow time in the minutes.

[0023]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, a perspective view of the label printer will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view when the operation block 3 is mounted on the apparatus main body 2 of the label printer 1.

A label paper is accommodated in the apparatus main body 2, a transport mechanism for transporting the label paper, and a thermal head 17 for printing predetermined print data on a label stuck on the label paper. And a printing mechanism mainly composed of

A label discharge port 2-1 for discharging a printed label is formed on a front surface of the apparatus main body 2.
On the upper surface of the apparatus main body 2, a concave storage portion for storing the lower portion of the operation block 3 is formed.

The operation block 3 includes an LCD (liquid crystal display) 4 as a display unit,
A touch panel 5 and a keyboard 6 are provided on the surface of the device. The input section 3 is formed by the touch panel 5 and the keyboard 6.

Next, a control block diagram of the label printer 1 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, 11
Is a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that controls the label printer 1 in an integrated manner. The CPU 11 stores various control programs in addition to the processing programs shown in the flowcharts of FIGS.
M (read only memory) 13, RAM (random access memory) 14 in which various work areas and flags F1 and F2 are formed, clock circuit 15 for measuring the current time, products to be printed on labels Information is product specific I
PLU (Price Lookup) table 1 as product information storage means stored for each product number which is a D number
6. The input unit 3 and the LCD 4 are connected.

Further, a head controller 18 for controlling the thermal head 17 and a motor controller 20 for controlling the driving of the motor 19 of the transport system are connected to the system bus 12. This head controller 18
Then, a print data area as print information is set.

Further, when printing the processing time on the label, the input unit 3 can specify how many minutes the processing time is to be printed, and the current time measured by the clock circuit 15 can be increased. It is possible to specify whether to set the time to a later time. These two designations are
The flags are set as 8-bit flags F1 and F2 in the RAM 14 by the initial setting.

For example, when the current time measured by the clock circuit 15 is directly printed on a label, F1 = "0"
When “0” (hexadecimal) is set and the current time measured by the clock circuit 15 is printed on the label in units of 15 minutes, F1 = “60” (hexadecimal) is set, and the clock circuit 15 is clocked. To print the current time on a label in units of 30 minutes, F1 = "07" (hexadecimal) is set.

Further, when the machining time is advanced to a faster time, F2 = “FF” (hexadecimal) is set, and when the machining time is advanced to a later time, F2 = “00”.
(Hexadecimal) is set.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described. First, the PLU
A case where the product information stored in the bull 16 is printed on a label will be described. When printing is specified, PL
The product information stored in the U table 16 is called (step S1).

Next, the current time measured by the clock circuit 15 is called (step S2).

Then, the content of the flag F1 set in the initial setting is checked (step S3).

The flag F1 is set to "00" (16
If the current time data is clocked by the clock circuit 15, the current time data is set in the work area of the RAM 14 (step S4).

On the other hand, when the flag F1 is "60" (16
If the current time data measured by the clock circuit 15 is divided into 15-minute units,
A process for setting the processing time in the querier is performed (step S5).

On the other hand, when the flag F1 is set to "07" (16
If the current time data measured by the clock circuit 15 is divided into 30-minute units,
A process for setting the processing time in the querier is performed (step S6).

When the processing in steps S4 to S6 is completed, processing for setting the processing time stored in the work area of the RAM 14 is performed (step S).
7).

By the way, the 30-minute unit processing performed in step S6 will be described later with reference to FIG.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
The 0-minute unit processing will be described. First, the contents of the flag F2 stored in the RAM 14 are checked (step S11).

The flag F2 is set to "FF" (16
In the case of (advance), the processing shifts to the carry-up processing. Then, the contents of the time data counted by the clock circuit 15 are checked (step S12). That is, the "minute" data of the current time data measured by the clock circuit 15 is from one minute to one minute.
If it is 30 minutes, "30" is set in the work area of the RAM 14 as "minute" data NN (step S1).
3).

On the other hand, if the "minute" data of the current time data measured by the clock circuit 15 is 31 minutes to 00 minutes,
"00" is set in the work area of the RAM 14 as "minute" data NN (step S14). That is,
The time is advanced.

If it is determined in step S11 that the flag F2 is "00" (hexadecimal), the flow shifts to the deferral processing.

If the "minute" data of the current time data measured by the clock circuit 15 is 00 to 29 minutes, "minute" data NN is stored in the work area of the RAM 14 as "minute" data NN. 00 "is set (step S16).

On the other hand, if the "minute" data of the current time data measured by the clock circuit 15 is 30 minutes to 59 minutes,
"30" is set in the work area of the RAM 14 as "minute" data NN (step S17). That is,
The time is advanced.

As described above, the "minute" data of the time data stored in the work area of the RAM 14 is determined by whether the advance or the advance is set in the initial setting. A carry-up process or a carry-down process is performed.

As described above, the 30-minute processing (step S6) is completed.

The 15-minute processing (step S
Although the flowchart for 5) is not shown, the processing will be briefly described below.

That is, if the content of the flag F2 is "FF" (1
If it is (hexadecimal), carry-up processing is performed, and if the content of the flag F2 is "00" (hexadecimal), carry-down processing is performed.

In the case of the advance processing, if the current time data measured by the clock circuit 15 is 1 to 15 minutes, "minute" data NN is stored in the work area of the RAM 14.
Is set as "15", "30" is set in the case of 16 to 30 minutes, and "4" is set in the case of 31 to 45 minutes.
5 "is set, and in the case of 46 to 00 minutes," 00 "is set.

By the way, in the case of the decrement processing, when the current time data measured by the clock circuit 15 is 0 to 14 minutes, the "minute" data N is stored in the work area of the RAM 14.
"00" is set as N, "15" is set for 15 to 29 minutes, and "3" is set for 30 to 44 minutes.
"0" is set, and in the case of 45 to 59 minutes, "45" is set.

The 15-minute processing (step S5) is performed as described above.

The time data moved up or down and other product information stored in the work area of the RAM 14 are set in the print data area of the head controller 18 (step S7).

The time data set in the print data area of the head controller 18 is printed from the thermal head 17 on the label.

In this way, as shown in FIG. 5, printing is performed on the product "Chicken Tachida Set" of product number "000001". Here, if the processing time is set in units of 30 minutes, "96.12.30 12:30" is printed as the processing date. That is, the processing time is “12:30”.
And after calling another product information, even if the same product information is called again within a short time because the label is insufficient, etc., the processing time is the same time as the label printed before and the processing was done at the same time The same processing time can be printed on products.

In the above embodiment, the current time is divided into 30 minutes and 15 minutes. However, the current time may be divided into other units (for example, 10 minutes or 20 minutes).

The PLU table 16 may be formed in the RAM 14.

[0058]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the processing time for printing on the label can be printed in a unit of several minutes, it is possible to easily select a product by observing the processing time.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the processing time for printing on the label can be printed in a unit of several minutes, it is possible to easily select a product by observing the processing time. Furthermore, when printing the processing time in minutes,
Since it is possible to select a fast time or a slow time in units of minutes, the processing time can be adjusted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a label printer according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a label printer.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of printing on a label.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart for explaining conventional time printing.
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[Explanation of symbols]

 11 CPU, 13 ROM, 14 RAM, 15 clock circuit, 16 PLU table, 17 thermal head, 18 head controller, 19 motor, 20 motor controller .

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A label printer comprising: product information storage means for storing product information to be printed on a label attached to a product; and a printing unit for printing the product information stored in the product information means on a label. A clock means for clocking the current time; a specifying means for specifying how many minutes the processing time to be printed on the label is to be printed; and a time specified by the specifying means for the current time measured by the clock means. A printing unit that prints the product information stored in the product information unit and prints the time sectioned by the classification unit in a printing unit. Label printer. 2. A label printer comprising: product information storage means for storing product information to be printed on a label attached to a product; and a printing unit for printing the product information stored in the product information means on a label. Clocking means for measuring the current time, designating means for specifying how many minutes the processing time to be printed on the label is to be printed, and setting the current time to a time faster than the specified processing time by a few minutes Selecting means for selecting whether the time is adjusted to a later time, dividing means for dividing the current time measured by the time measuring means into minutes specified by the specifying means, and product information stored in the product information means And printing control means for printing the processing time of the product at the printing unit in accordance with the fast time or the late time selected by the selection means and classified by the classification means. And a label printer.