JPH115333A - Label and receipt issuing printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a label and receipt issuing printer for issuing simultaneously a label and a receipt and deal easily with the replenishment of components and the generation of jamming. SOLUTION: Printing sections are provided respectively on a label printer section 12 and a receipt printer section 13, and a face crossing orthogonally the width direction of a label roll of a casing 14 of the label printer section 13 and a face 48 crossing orthogonally the width direction of a receipt roll 21 of a casing 15 of the receipt printer section 13 are formed to be freely opened and closed, and the replenishment of the label roll and the receipt roll 21 and the correction of jamming can be carried out from open sections of the casings 14 and 15.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a label which can be printed on a label and a receipt, respectively, and a printer for issuing a receipt.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional printer will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a left side view showing a usage form of the conventional printer 1. The printer 1 equipped with a conventional scale includes:
Showcase 2 installed to separate the shop and the customer
Some are placed on the side of the store and used. Such a printer 1 includes a scale 4 for weighing an object placed on a plate 3.
And an operation unit 6 and a printer unit 7 are provided at the upper end of a column 5 erected at the rear of the scale 4. The operation unit 6 has a keyboard 8 for receiving an operation by an operator, and a display unit 9 is provided on the back side of the keyboard 8 so as to protrude upward.

The printer unit 7 includes, for example, a printer unit having one printing unit and issuing either a label or a receipt. In such a printer 1, either a label roll or a receipt roll is attached and replaced as necessary.

[0004] Another example of the printer unit 7 is one in which both a label and a receipt are issued at the same time. In such a printer 1, a label roll and a receipt roll are housed in one housing, the transport paths are provided vertically one above the other, and two printing units are provided. On the front of the housing, two upper and lower issuing ports are formed.

[0005] A glass door 10 is provided on the store side of the showcase 2, and the glass door 10 is opened and closed when a product in the showcase 2 is taken out.

[0006] Such a printer 1 is used, for example, for weighing goods. When a customer places an order for a certain product displayed in the showcase 2, a clerk as an operator opens the glass door 10 to take out the product, and places the plate 3 on the scale 4.
Place on a weighing pan. Then, the product is wrapped, and a label on which the product name, weight, price, and the like are printed is attached to the wrapped product. If a customer orders multiple types of products,
Pack and label each product. Then, the customer sums up the prices of the items ordered and issues a receipt.

Here, when the printing unit is a single printer, either the issuance of a label or a receipt is omitted.

[0008]

In a conventional printer having one printing unit, only one of them can be issued. Therefore, the label roll must be replaced with a receipt roll or the receipt roll must be replaced with a label roll as necessary. There is a disadvantage that it must be done.

In a conventional printer having two printing units, both a label and a receipt can be issued. However, since the label roll and the receipt roll are housed in the same housing, the inside of the housing is useless. In addition, the inside of the housing has a label roll transport path and a receipt roll transport path that overlap each other vertically, making it easy to refill label rolls and receipt rolls, and to clear jams. This is not easy because the operator has to insert his hand into a narrow space. When a printer equipped with the scale is installed in a store and the product is weighed and sold, a new one must be quickly replenished when the label or the receipt is lost, so that it is inconvenient that the operation is not easy.

[0010] In addition, the label roll and the receipt roll are arranged up and down or front and back in the housing. However, if they are arranged up and down, the height of the printer becomes high, so that the operation of the operation unit becomes difficult. In the case where the printers are arranged in front and rear, the length of the printer in the depth direction becomes longer and it becomes difficult to take out the products in the showcase, so that both cases are inconvenient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a printer for issuing labels and receipts, which can issue labels and receipts without exchanging the labels and receipts, and which can easily replenish labels and receipts and clear jams.

[0012]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printer for issuing labels and receipts, comprising a weigher for weighing an object placed on a plate, a display unit, and an operation by an operator. The width direction of the label roll of the housing in which a receiving operation unit, a label roll attached to a lower surface of the operation unit, and wound around a backing on which a label is attached, and a printing unit for printing predetermined items on the label are stored. A label printer unit whose surface orthogonal to the opening and closing is openable and closable, and a receipt roll and a paper roll which are provided in parallel in the lateral direction of the label printer unit and are attached to the lower surface of the operation unit and are wound with a long paper. A receipt printer unit in which a surface orthogonal to the width direction of the receipt roll of a housing in which a printing unit for printing a predetermined item is stored is freely openable, and is erected at a rear portion of the scale, and the upper surface of the scale is Labe Until the printer unit and the receipt printer unit with a predetermined interval and a post for supporting the said receipt printer unit and the label printer unit and the operating unit.

Therefore, the replenishment of the label roll or the receipt roll is performed with the surface orthogonal to the width direction of the label roll or the receipt roll opened, and the work is easy because the transport paths do not overlap vertically.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the label and receipt issuing printer according to the first aspect, wherein the housing of the label printer unit and the housing of the receipt printer unit are separate from each other.

Therefore, the casing of the label printer section and the casing of the receipt printer section are formed in sizes suitable for each.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the label and receipt issuing printer according to the first or second aspect, wherein the receipt printer unit includes an automatic cutter for cutting a printed receipt roll into a predetermined length. When the body is openable and closable and the housing is opened, the printing unit and the automatic cutter are exposed.

Therefore, when clearing a jam caused by the automatic cutter or performing maintenance on the printing unit, the user opens the housing to expose the automatic cutter and the printing unit.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a label and receipt issuing printer according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that the same portions as those shown in the conventional example are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted. First, FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the label and receipt issuing printer 11 of the present embodiment viewed from the front right. The printer 11 for issuing labels and receipts has a scale 4 for weighing the object placed on the plate 3, and an operating section 6 and a label are fixed by a support 5 having a lower end fixed to the back of the scale 4 and standing upright. The printer unit 12 and the receipt printer unit 13 are supported.

The label printer unit 12 and the receipt printer unit 13 are provided below the operation unit 6 in parallel in the horizontal direction. The operation unit 6 is provided on an inclined upper surface.

The housing 14 of the label printer unit 12 and the housing 15 of the receipt printer unit 13 are separate bodies. Case 14
A label issuing port 16 is formed on the front side of the housing 15, and a receipt issuing port 17 is formed on the front side of the housing 15.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the operation unit 6, the label printer unit 12, and the receipt printer unit 13 as viewed from the front left. A handle 19 is provided on the left side plate 18 of the housing 15.
As shown in FIG. 3, the left side plate 18 is rotatably supported at its lower end by a hinge 20 and can be opened and closed.

FIG. 4 is a left side view when the left side plate 18 is opened. In the housing 15, a receipt roll 21 is stored while being supported by a core 22. A detachable clip 23 is attached to an end of the core 22, and the clip 23 presses an end face of the receipt roll 21. Further, a printing unit 26 including a platen 24 and a thermal head 25 is provided in the housing 15. FIG.
In FIG. 2, the transport path of the receipt roll 21 is indicated by a two-dot chain line. An automatic cutter 27 is provided downstream of the printing unit 26.

On the other hand, the housing 14 of the label printer unit 12
As shown in FIG. 1, a handle portion 29 is formed on a right side plate 28, and the right side plate 28 is detachable. Although not shown, a label roll is accommodated in the housing 14 while being supported by a core, and a printing unit for printing on a label is provided.

As shown in FIG. 5, the housing 15 is rotatably mounted at the rear end by a hinge 30, and the housing 15 is divided downward from the place where the receipt issuing port 17 is formed. Opened to rotate.

As shown in FIG. 6, such a label and receipt issuing printer 11 is used by being placed on the shop side of a showcase 2 installed so as to separate the shop side from the customer side. The showcase 2 has a glass door 10 on the store side, and a store clerk who is an operator opens the glass door 10, takes out a product specified by the customer from the showcase 2, weighs it with the scale 4, and operates the keyboard 8. And print and issue labels and receipts. The receipt is cut into a predetermined length by the automatic cutter 27 and issued.

When the receipt roll 21 runs out, the left side plate 18 is opened, the clip 23 is removed, a new receipt roll 21 is refilled, and the clip 23 is inserted again. The leading end of the receipt roll 21 is set on the printing unit 26 or the automatic cutter 27 according to the transport path, and is guided to the receipt issuing port 17. When performing this replenishment work, the space S
Can be easily performed.

The operation of replenishing the label roll is substantially the same, and is performed by removing the right side plate 28. Since the label printer unit 12 is not provided with an automatic cutter, jamming is unlikely to occur, and replacement of the thermal head can be easily performed by removing the right side plate 28.

On the other hand, since the receipt printer unit 13 is provided with the automatic cutter 27, the label printer unit 1
Jams are more likely to occur than in 2. In addition, auto cutter 2
7, the thermal head 25 cannot be replaced simply by opening the left side plate 18. Therefore, when a jam occurs in the receipt printer unit 13 or when the thermal head 25 is replaced, the entire housing 15 is rotated downward to expose the printing unit 26 and the automatic cutter 27. It is possible and the workability of operation is good.

Further, in the label and receipt issuing printer 11 of the present embodiment, since the label printer unit 12 and the receipt printer unit 13 provided below the operation unit 6 are separate units, these printer units 12, 13 can be reduced to the necessary minimum size.
Is not very disturbing.

Although the rear end of the housing 15 is rotatably supported in the present embodiment, the whole housing 15 may be made detachable in implementation.

[0031]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the label and receipt issuing printer has a surface orthogonal to the width direction of the label roll of the housing of the label printer unit and a surface orthogonal to the receipt roll of the housing of the receipt printer unit. Are openable and closable, so that replenishment of label rolls and receipt rolls and jam processing can be performed with the surfaces orthogonal to the respective width directions opened, and the transport paths do not overlap vertically. , Work can be performed easily.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the housing of the label printer unit and the housing of the receipt printer unit are separate bodies, the housing of the label printer unit and the housing of the receipt printer unit are sized appropriately. Can be formed.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the receipt printer unit has the automatic cutter and the housing can be freely opened and closed, so that when the jam occurs with the automatic cutter and when the maintenance of the printing unit is performed, the housing is used. By opening the printer, the printing unit and the automatic cutter can be exposed, so that the work can be easily performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a label and receipt issuing printer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an operation unit, a label printer unit, and a receipt printer unit as viewed from the receipt printer unit side.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a left side plate is opened.

FIG. 4 is a left side view showing a state in which a left side plate is opened.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state where a housing of the receipt printer unit is opened.

FIG. 6 is a left side view showing a usage form of the label and receipt issuing printer.

FIG. 7 is a left side view showing a usage mode of a conventional printer.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 3 plate 4 weigher 11 printer for issuing labels and receipts 12 label printer unit 13 receipt printer unit 14 housing 15 housing 26 printing unit 27 auto cutter

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A scale for weighing an object placed on a plate, an operation unit having a display unit for receiving an operation by an operator, and a label attached to a lower surface of the operation unit and attached to a label. A label printer unit in which a surface orthogonal to a width direction of the label roll of a housing in which a label roll wound with a mount and a printing unit for printing a predetermined item on the label are openable and closable, a lower surface of the operation unit A surface orthogonal to the width direction of the receipt roll of a housing in which a receipt roll wound around a long sheet of paper and a printing unit for printing a predetermined item on the sheet are stored in parallel with the label printer unit. A receipt printer unit that can be freely opened; and a standing printer installed at a rear portion of the scale. The operation unit and the label printer are separated from the upper surface of the scale by a predetermined distance from the label printer unit and the receipt printer unit. Label and receipt printer, characterized in that it comprises a post for supporting data portion and the said receipt printer unit. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the housing of the label printer and the housing of the receipt printer are separate from each other.
A printer for issuing the described label and receipt. 3. The receipt printer section includes an auto cutter for cutting a receipt roll after printing to a predetermined length, and a casing is freely openable and closable, and the printing section and the auto cutter are exposed when the casing is opened. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein
Or the printer for issuing labels and receipts according to 2.