JPS60217935A - Plu setting method of label printer - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a PLU setting method for a label printer having a large number of PLU memories containing various information such as unit price and tare.

Technical Background and Problems Conventionally, label printers that are connected to a scale receive data from the scale, print necessary information on a label, and issue the product.

Some products have a large number of product codes, etc. as FLU memories (price lookup memories). The operator's operation for such a label printer is to call up the PLU by inputting PLUA into the key, and then placing the item on the scale, which automatically issues a label with information such as unit price, weight, price, and item name printed on it. Therefore, it is as simple as attaching this label to the product. However, some products are sold at a fixed price without being weighed, so it may be necessary to have information such as A@B yen in FLU, and the method of counting products is 2 pieces. 1 fish, 9 weight per cut.

They have different unit prices and properties, and have a large memory capacity. This state is shown in FIG.

That is, the diagram shows the area corresponding to one PLU A in memory (1), where PLUA is ■, product code is 09, product name is ■, tare is ■, unit price is ■, validity period is ■, A@B yen is ■, C yen is ■, E tail F yen is ■, G
Book, H yen is [stock], I-cut J yen is ■, L, 9M yen is ■, N
110 unit price is 0. P unit price Q yen is each displayed as 0.

Here, since the area to be used for ■~0 is determined depending on its contents, it is necessary for each PLU A■ and costs $j9, I
32 nodes are required for the PLU. Therefore, since the number of PLUs is usually 300 or 600, the memory capacity for the PLUs must be considerably large.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a PLU setting method for a label printer that requires a small capacity PLU memory.

Summary of the Invention The present invention sets two information areas X and Y in the PLU memory and a designated area for storing a code specifying the contents, and by combining these, 1) LU stage setting. By making it possible to set the necessary information, the capacity required for each FLU can be extremely small, and this allows a large number of PLUs to be configured even with extremely small capacity memory. It is configured as follows.

Embodiment of the Invention An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. First, the scale (2) is connected to the CPU (3) of the label printer, and this CPU (3) has a program memory (4), which is ROM, and a PL, which is RAM.
U memory +5), 4 types of keys (6), mode selection switch (7).

A printer (8) and two displays (9) are connected respectively.

Therefore, the PLU memory (5) is
.

It is the same as the conventional one in that the areas of product code (■2) product name (■) and validity period (■) exist. However, the information area (II) that stores various information consists of only X@ and Y@, and these are composed of 4 bytes. It consists of 1 byte.

For example, codes such as OO and Ol are input to this designated area aυ, and the correspondence between these codes and the information area α is as shown in the following table.

In such a configuration, when setting, the mode selector switch (7) is switched to the setting mode, and the x, y information area C1
Set data to l using key (6). Further, it is determined whether the key (6) is pressed or not, and the corresponding code is input into the specified area Uυ.

Next, when issuing a label, press the mode selector switch (7)
Switch to issue mode, press key (6), 1) PLUA
Enter and call the PLU. At this time, the contents of the specified area circle of the PLU are judged to determine which type of FLU the called PLU is, and the data is extracted from the information areas of X and Y, and the printer (8) and display unit Output to (9).

However, PLUA■, product code 02 product name■.

The memory, excluding the valid period (■), is 5 bytes.Compared to the conventional 32-byte memory shown in Figure 1, the IPLU size is 27 bytes less, which is approximately 8 kilobytes for 300 PLUs, and approximately 8 kilobytes for 600 PLUs. Approximately 16 km (memory is no longer needed).

Effects of the Invention The present invention has two information areas, X and Y, set in the PLU memory as described above, and a designated area for storing codes that specify these contents. Content information can be stored, thereby making it possible to extremely reduce the memory capacity of the label printer.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a memory map showing a conventional example, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a memory map thereof. 5... PLU memory, 10... information area, 11.
...Designated Area Application Person: Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd. Procedural Amendment (Voluntary) May 1, 1980 2.93 PLU Setting Method for Label Printer 4, Agent: 107 Address: Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo The table on page 2, page 5 of the specification of No. 5-9-15 is amended as shown in the attached sheet. Patent Application No. 1982- (Amendment No. i7B89)

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a label printer that has a large number of PLU memories containing various information such as unit price, tare, etc., PLU A is stored in the memory.
In addition to areas such as product code and product name, two information areas X and Y are provided in which arbitrary data can be set, and a designated area is set to store a code for specifying the contents of these information areas. A PLU setting method for a label printer, characterized in that the content of the information is specified by combining the information in the designated area with the information in the information area.