JPS59115233A - Electronic type hand labeller - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed description of the invention] Technical field of invention The present invention relates to an electronic hand labeler.

Technical Background of the Invention and Problems Conventionally, hand labelers have used a printing method using mechanical stamps and stamps, so the printed content has been limited.
Even if the printed content is changed, it is time consuming.

Purpose of the Invention The present invention was made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic hand labeler that allows easy setting and rewriting of printed contents and can also print bar codes as needed. shall be.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides product name 1 for syllables by keyboard input.
The store name, etc. can be arbitrarily printed, and in this case, when in the barcode printing mode, the barcode can also be printed by using the barcode conversion means as input on the keyboard. be.

Examples of the invention An embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

First, Figure 1 shows the external appearance of an electronic hand labeler.
It will be connected. Here, the control system and power supply for the printer section (1) are built into the operation section (2), and the pasting operation can be performed using only the printer section (1).

This printer section (1) is constructed as shown in FIG. First, a mount (5) with bells (4) pasted at predetermined intervals is set in the form of a roll.
5) passes through the thermal head (6), platen roller (recording section), label peeling shaft (8), foot roller (9), butt roller ([1 side], that is, the mount (5) is the one that is fed by this feed roller (9), and the feed roller (9) is the motor
It is set to rotate through the rotation angle a~μη. And the label peeling shaft (8) and the backing paper (5)
A pasting body (11) is rotatably provided to receive the label (4) peeled off from the label via a roller.This pasting body (11 is biased downward by a spring) A detector (2D) is provided to detect the labeler attachment by the movement of the adhesive body α■. Therefore, the adhesive body 4 can be detected by grasping the grip 4 as shown in FIGS. 3(cL) to (o). By moving the label (4) as shown in Fig. 3 ('), the label (4) is attached to the object (C).
) is detected in the state shown in (). In addition, label (4)
The leading end (or trailing end) of is detected by a sensor (251).

From a block perspective, everything is controlled by a control unit (c) as shown in FIG. In this FIG. 4, on the operation unit (2) side, a battery unit (company),
From power supply unit (2) to control unit (26)
, LCD unit (to), DC motor drive unit (to), thermal printer drive unit 0υ
A predetermined power supply voltage is applied to each of them. and,
The control unit (E) is the keyboard unit (3).
a.

Obtain input information from the mode switch (C33), iJ Dell signal detection unit (Foundation), label position detection unit (To), and motor position detection unit (To), and D
It outputs control signals to the C motor drive unit and the thermal printer drive unit 0υ.

Here, as shown in FIG. 1, the keyboard unit 04 consists of a ten-key keyboard (32) provided on the operating section (2) and a full keyboard (328) connected externally.

FIG. 5 is mostly an explanatory diagram showing the flow of processing. Here, the thermal head (6) is 32 dots x 3 BLOCs.
It is assumed that K is used.

In such a configuration, the worker uses the numeric keyboard (3
Using the 2-screen or full keyboard (3i), you can set the content you want to print using the keys and confirm it while looking at the display. In this case, by using a thermal head (6) in the printer section (1), the set price 2 categories, product code, product name, etc. can be printed in text.

Can print not only numbers and symbols. In addition, if a worker wants to use a barcode label, he or she can simply use the numeric keypad (32 keys) to set 9 price categories, etc., and then print out the barcode that has been converted to a barcode. - The classification of code symbols according to various standards can be easily handled. Also, the number of labels to be issued can be managed through software processing.

That is, this becomes possible by having a counter in internal RAM or the like. For example, io labels for the same item.

If you want to issue more labels, set the number of labels = 100 on the numeric keypad (32) to issue up to jp or too labels, and then take measures such as stopping the issue or emitting a signal sound to change the number of labels to be issued. In addition,
By providing a FLU (Price Look Up) function, it becomes possible to set prices, one category, two product names, etc. in advance. In this case, the operator can immediately issue a label simply by specifying the set FLU.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing such a series of processing, and the process will be explained again with reference to this figure. First, it is determined whether the mode is the setting mode or the issuing mode, and setting and rewriting are enabled only when the mode is the setting mode. This is to protect the settings from being accidentally destroyed during printing. However, the number of copies setting can be changed even during the issue mode.

If the setting mode is currently in progress, it is determined whether or not the FLU key has been pressed, and if the FLU key has been pressed, it is determined whether to write or call. In the case of writing, only the necessary part of the currently set contents is stored in the FLU. on the other hand,
If it is a call, the contents of the specified FLU are set as data for label printing. Here, the content of the print is two numbers.

Processing is performed to accommodate any barcode symbol.

In addition, the control unit (26) controls the number of labels issued.
A counter is provided in the internal memory, and the number of issued sheets is managed by counting down or counting up. At this time, if the number of issued sheets does not need to be managed, a changeover switch or the like may be provided on the operation section (2) so that this can be excluded.

The printing process first determines whether or not the mode is to print a barcode symbol, and if it is the barcode printing mode, it is stored in the ROM according to the content set manually using the keys. The set character generator is loaded and a pattern is constructed. That is,
Perform barcode conversion. During this processing, calculation of check digits and determination of flags can be performed at the same time. Furthermore, when issuing a number of labels of the same type, by saving the barcode once configured in the RAM, printing can be done immediately by simply loading it from the top, unless the settings can be changed. In any case, by having a large number of character generators, characters, numbers, symbols, etc. can be set infinitely (by having a large number of character generators), and for printing processing, all you have to do is load the character generator and store it in the output box. The subsequent output processing can be performed in exactly the same way as for barcodes.

Effects of the Invention Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to easily print the product name, store name, etc. on the label by inputting from the keyboard. By using the code converting means, it is possible to print a bar code without changing the input from the keyboard, and as a result, the operation of the handler propeller can be simplified and the workability can be improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is an external perspective view, FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view of the printer section, and FIG. 3 (cL
) to (G) are side views showing the pasting operation, FIG. 4 is a block diagram, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram, and FIG. 6 is a flow chart. 1. Printer section, 2. Operation section, 32. Cable,
4-Label, 32... Keyboard applicant Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd. Nimo 60

Claims (1)

[Claims] A printer section for printing and issuing labels and an operation section for controlling this printer section are connected by a cable 1-, and a keyboard is provided for inputting printing to arbitrarily print the product name, store name, etc. on the label. An electronic hand labeler characterized in that it is provided with barcode conversion means that is selected in a barcode printing mode and prints a barcode on a label based on keyboard input.