JPS58202844A - Label printing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve a label printing apparatus in efficiency, by providing a memory for storing data which are characteristics of commodities, such as the nanme and unit price of the commodities, a CRT display for displaying the contents to be printed on a label, and a printer for printing the display contents on a label. CONSTITUTION:A label printing apparatus has a memory 3, a CRT display 4 and a printer 6. The memory 3 stores data which are characteristics of a commodity as an object of transactions, such as the name and unit price of the commodity. In addition, the price of the commodity calculated in a balance device 2 or CPU5 is displayed in the ''price'' column, and the weight of the commodity as the output of the balance device 2 is displayed in ''net weight'' column. In this case, the CRT display 4 serves also as a conventional display and therefore makes the printer 6 print out on a label any character specified by an input signal. Thus, the label printing operation is improved in efficiency.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a label printing device for printing a label to be attached to a product.

Labels attached to products are printed using a label printer linked to a scale. Conventional label printers prepare a large number of product name stamps in advance according to the product type, replace the corresponding product name stamp each time the product type changes, and manually enter various information related to the product name such as unit price. The process is complicated and requires 2 inputs.
A considerable amount of money was required for 00 to 300 product name stamps.

In order to eliminate this kind of drawback, for example, a code number is assigned to a storage device to store the product name, etc., and when a label is issued, the product name, etc. is read out from the storage device using the code number. Another option is to print it out using a dot printer, but if you use this method, you will have to print out the
had the disadvantage that you could not tell until you printed out the label.

This invention has been proposed in view of the above-mentioned conventional circumstances, and an object of the invention is to obtain a label printing device that can easily confirm the items printed on the label. The main feature of this system is that the information to be printed on the label is stored and the information is displayed on a CRT (cathode ray tube) display when the label is issued, and will be described in more detail below.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overview of the invention. The input device (1) includes a numeric keypad (b), a setting key (6), and a print key (2) for issuing a print command to the printer. The pushing device (2) is capable of electrically detecting weight using a load cell or the like.

The CRT display device (4) is a commonly used cathode ray tube, and as described later, it displays arbitrary characters specified by an input signal to the printer (6) to display the content to be printed on the label such as the name of the product. can be printed out on a label.

For example, a thermal or inkjet dot printer.

The storage device (3) stores unique information such as the name of a product being traded at a supermarket or the like and the unit price of the product. FIG. 2 shows an example of the storage device (3), in which information regarding the product name of the product is stored in the product name area (b) together with the call number N1 assigned to the product name. The unique information area (2) stores information unique to the product, such as the unit price of the product.

The CPU (Central Processing Unit) (5) has a display control means, a print control means, and a print mode selection means, which will be explained below, incorporated as a program.

From FIG. 3 onwards, the operation of the OPU (5) will be explained in relation to the screen displayed on the CRT display device.

First, the items to be printed on the label should be arbitrarily selected depending on the product, sales location, and sales method. Furthermore, whether or not to add prices or the like should be selected depending on whether or not to total or subtotal the amounts printed on the issued labels. So C! PU(5)
The printer (6) is equipped with a print mode selection means that can select items to be printed by the printer (6) and select addition or non-addition of prices, etc.

FIG. 3(a) is an example of the display on the screen of the ORT display device when selecting the mode.
) on the screen (call up each item that specifies the mode, and specify whether rYE8J or "NO" for each item □).

FIG. 3(b) shows that the print mode selection means (a)
) K Automatic printing of the displayed items, i.e. the pressing device (
This is a flowchart for determining whether to automatically print weight, unit price, price, etc. as soon as the scale operation becomes stable according to step 2). 0) Please enter F
al, Pa2), r Yli 8 J-t'1LtfY
Far), r N If OJ, display N. F82'), Next (set key (2) to ONI, Y
If it is displayed, set the automatic printing mode.Pa5
), N is displayed, the manual printing mode is set (Pa4) (Fs above). This procedure is repeated to specify modes such as "addition" and "print date of processing", and when finished, the results are stored in the storage device (3)K (A4).

Next, the operator needs to instruct the CPU (5) as to which product to issue a label for. Therefore, as shown in Fig. 4, the display control means is activated.
Read the call number and the corresponding product name from the storage device (3) and restore it to the screen of the R'l' display device (4), search for the call number of the corresponding product name, and enter the number. ), then press the setting key to activate the display control means (2) again to display the desired display as shown in the screen example of Figure 5 (ω) and the flowchart in Figure 5 (B). The content printed on the label of the product is displayed on the screen (F41).

In the case of metered sales, if the product is already placed on the pushing device (2), the K "Price" shown in Figure 5 (-) is displayed.
The price of the product calculated in the pushing device (2) or OPU (5) is displayed in the column ``Net Quantity'', and the weight, which is the output of the pushing device (2), is displayed in the column ``Net Quantity''.

Therefore, in this case, the OR'l' display device (4) also functions as an enlarged conventional display tube. Here, the processing date is treated as a type of unique information and may be stored in advance in the storage device (3) or may be entered using the numeric keypad each time a label is issued.

The best-before period is the processing date plus the expiry period previously stored in the storage device (3), and this addition operation is automatically performed.

Further, the date and time at the top of the screen in FIG. 5 (roll) are displayed by the built-in clock.

If there is no error in the above display, the operator issues a print command using the print key (to), activates the print control means (to), and causes the printer (6) to print the content on the screen on the label. If the automatic printing mode is designated for weighing sales, the printer (6) is activated as soon as the weighing device (2) is stabilized (742).

Note that the content printed on the label by the 0ELT display device (4) may be displayed in the same format as the label printing, or may be displayed in a format different from the label printing format. In the latter case, for example, the unit price, weight, and price are printed on one line on the label, and the CRT display device (4) displays each item such as the unit price on a new line.

As explained above, this invention allows the content to be printed on the label to be
Since it can be displayed on the R'I' display device, the printed content can be easily confirmed, and therefore the efficiency of label issuing work can be improved.

In particular, since the product name, which has not been displayed in the past, can be displayed simply by inputting the call number, it is possible to easily confirm the product name to be printed on the label.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overview of this invention, and FIG.
The figure shows an example of the storage contents in the storage device, and Fig. 3(a)
is an example of the printing mode selection screen, (6) is a flowchart for specifying automatic printing or manual printing, Figure 4 is an example of the product name list screen, and Figure 5 (a) is an example of the screen when issuing a label. , Φ) in the same figure is the flowchart. In the figure (1)...input device, (2)...weighing device, (
3)...Storage device, (4)...OaT display device, (5)...CPU, (fi)...Printer, (Foundation)...Display control means, Viewing...Printing control means. Applicant: Ishida Kouki Seisakusho Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A storage device that stores information unique to the product such as the product name and unit price; an ORT display device that displays the content to be printed on the label including the contents of the storage device; and a label that displays the display content of the ORT display device. (A label printing device characterized by being equipped with a printer for printing.