JPS58205770A - Printing method of label printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To print on the entier surface of a label, by a method wherein an address or the like is printed on the label surface of a label to be subsequently issued which is located between the trailing edge of an issued label and a printing head, simultaneously with printing on the label precedingly issued. CONSTITUTION:Information such as an address is printed on the label to beta be subsequently issued which is located at a position between the trailing edge 9 of the issued label gamma in the stationary position and the printing head 6, simultaneously with printing on the label gamma. Accordingly, printing can be conducted on the entire surface of each of the label even when the labels are connected with each other, information with high density can be printed even when the lebel is small, and feed quantity of the label can be reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a printing method in a label printer.

In a general label printer, a label is pasted on a long mount, and while the mount is being fed, necessary information is printed on the label and the entire printed label is peeled off from the mount. In such a label issuing system, printing is performed on each label one by one. Therefore, when a label is issued, the next label is placed on standby for printing, and when the printing mode is entered, the necessary information is printed on that label.

However, the structure of the label printing and printing section necessarily requires that the trailing edge of the printed and stationary label and the printing position have constant dimensions. Therefore, in the conventional method of printing on each sheet, it is not possible to print between the trailing edge of the label and the printing position. It is said that

In particular, in the case of non-printed areas, fixed information such as the address is often printed in advance to utilize the space.

However, since large retail stores and the like have many branches, and it is not desirable to change the content printed on the labels for each branch, even the address is often printed using a label printer. When used in this way, it is necessary to either make the label larger or attach the labels at regular intervals. Therefore, there is a problem that labels are wasted and the amount of feed is unnecessarily large, making it difficult to print at high speed.

The present invention has been made in view of these points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a printing method for a label printer that can print on the entire surface of a label.

In the present invention, information such as an address is printed on the label surface of the next label to be printed located between the trailing edge of the printed label and the print head. Therefore, it is possible to print on the entire surface of the label, which allows the label itself to be shortened and the amount of paper feed to be reduced, making it possible to print at high speed. It is composed of

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. A platen (1) in the form of a roller is provided, which is connected to a pulse motor (2) by a belt (3). A long mount (4) is joined to this platen (1), and a label (5) of a predetermined length is continuously provided on this mount (4). A thermal head (6) serving as a print head for setting the print position A is provided in contact with such a dowel (5) on the platen (1).

Next, a peeling plate (7) is provided extending from the platen (1) in the feeding direction. A detector (8) for detecting the issued label (5) is provided further in the label feeding direction of the peeling plate (7). The trailing edge (9) of the issued label (5) is located at position B.

Thus, although the pattern of label (5) is displayed at the upper part of FIG. 1, α is the one before printing, and the display characters are preprinted with dividing lines. β has only the address printed on it. All data is printed on r, including the date, unit price, price, weight, and product name printed in multiple rows, as well as a bar code.

In addition, as described later, the ring counter can be used to label (
5) A printing range from 0 to 133 is set in the advancing direction,
6 to 16 are set to the date, 44 to the unit price and price, 65 to 65 to the weight, 73 to 96 to the product name, and 114 to the address range. And the barcode ranges from 6 to 65.

Such a state is explained in the flowchart of Fig. 3.
The feed counter FOL is set, and the 2-in counter LO
is set to 0, and the routine when the test printing is not performed represents the above-mentioned printing range. To explain some of them specifically, when LO<6, the data is set to 0, and after 0.2mg has passed, the 2mB timer starts and printing is turned on, but in this case, there is nothing to print, and 1 line After the print timing, add 1 to LO and then perform line feed, and if the detector (8) is not detecting 2.
After mg elapses, turn off printing, start the 0.2 mB timer and return.

Then, when the line counter LO reaches 16, the barcode date data is set, and printing is performed according to the above-mentioned routine, and the printing is sequentially circulated according to the number of line counters LO. On the other hand, as the printing progresses, the label (5) advances and when its leading edge reaches the detector (8), a detection signal is output. At this time, the feed counter FOL is decremented by -1 and the above-mentioned routine is cycled. .

Then, the line counter LO reaches 133 and the printing range ends, but by this time, even the address data has been printed. Then, when the LO shift 133 is reached, the speed slows down and label (5) feeding stops. In addition, the label (5
), the feed 9 counter FLO becomes 0, and after 2 mg has elapsed, the printout is 0FIi''t, and this signal is also used to slow down and return.

Printing is done in this process, but the line counter L
The range from 102 to 133 of O is the label to be issued next (5
), and the address is preprinted here.

Also, in the case of test printing, the line counter LO is 9.
Test print data is output in step 6, and the contents are indicated by diagonal lines as shown in FIG. 4, which makes it possible to check the operation of the thermal head (6) over its entire width. After that, the address will be printed.

The present invention prints information such as an address at the same time as printing the next label to be issued, which extends between the trailing edge of the issued label at its rest position and the print head, as described above. Since printing is possible, printing can be performed over the entire surface even if labels are arranged one after another.This makes it possible to print high-density information even on small labels, and reduces label feeding. It is possible to issue labels at high speed.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a side view of the printed part shown with patterns in each state of the label;
FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the relationship between the printing state of the label and the line counter LO, FIG. 3 is a flowchart, and FIG. 4 is a plan view of the label after test printing. 5... Label, 6... Thermal head (print head), 9... Trailing edge

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a label printer that prints a unit price, price, etc. using a print head on labels arranged in a row in the feeding direction and issues the label, the distance between the trailing edge of the issued label at its resting position and the print head is A printing method for a label printer, characterized in that information such as an address is printed on the leading edge of a label to be issued next, at the same time as printing on the issued label.