JPS6210852Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a price tag series consisting of a plurality of price tags on which optically readable information is printed in a continuous band shape.

There are two types of marking methods for products in POS systems that have become popular in recent years: source marking and in-store marking. Information about each product is stored in barcodes and strip-like continuum.
After printing the required number of optically readable symbols such as OCR characters, the price tag is pasted or attached to the corresponding product.

In that case, generally, multiple items of products are printed at once, and then the price tag continuum is separated for each item, and each price tag is attached to the corresponding product. Since the content printed in OCR characters is difficult for ordinary workers to read, in order to clarify the corresponding products, the product name, price, shelf number, etc. of the corresponding products are included in the price tag continuum for each item. Memos filled with regular letters and numbers are clipped or written on the back of the price tag continuum to prevent mistakes when pasting them on products.

However, in reality, the above memo may be lost, the entries may be incorrect or unclear, and the price tag may not be attached to the corresponding product or may be attached to the wrong product. This happened frequently and was extremely inefficient.

Furthermore, if information about multiple items of products is printed all at once and continuously on a price tag continuum using optical readable symbols, especially barcodes, it is difficult to distinguish the boundaries between each item. There were also problems such as it was often accidentally separated in the middle.

The present invention was devised in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and it is designed to improve the correspondence between the price tag and the product to which the price tag is attached and the boundaries between each item in the price tag series on which optical readable symbols are printed. To provide a price tag continuum in which the pasting or attaching work of price tags can be smoothly performed by making it clearly understandable.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail based on the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the present invention, in which a continuous price tag 1 is a strip-shaped mount 2 that has been subjected to a release treatment on one side.
and a large number of label pieces 3 temporarily attached to the peeling surface of the mount 2 in sequence, and information regarding the product to which the label pieces 3 are to be attached is stored on the label pieces 3 by barcodes 4a, 4b, . . . It is printed.

The barcode 4a is printed for a certain product a, and the barcode 4b is printed for another product b, including multiple products a, b, c,...
The required number of barcodes for each item are printed at once.

5a indicates normal characters (human-readable characters, refers to a number (the same shall apply hereinafter), and information regarding product a;
For example, data such as product name, price, shelf number, and number of printed sheets are printed. Similarly, 5b is a normal character printed for product b, and is the label piece group 3B and label piece group 3C for product C.
It is printed on the label piece 3 located between.

In terms of the printing order P, in this embodiment, this normal character 5a is printed after the label piece group 3A for product a, that is, on the label piece 3 at the boundary with the label piece group 3B for product b. , but is not limited to this, and may be printed on the label pieces 3 in front of the label piece group 3A, or on both the front and rear label pieces 3.

Note that the number of label pieces 3 on which the normal characters 5a and 5b are printed is not limited to one piece, but a plurality of label pieces 3 may be arranged in succession as a reserve.

Further, as in the second embodiment shown in FIG. 2, information regarding product a may be divided into a plurality of label pieces 3 and printed in regular characters 5a. This second embodiment is suitable when the size of the label piece 3 is so small that not all print data can be accommodated in one label piece, or when there is a large amount of print data.

In the first and second embodiments described above, the price tag series 1 is shown in which the label pieces 3 are temporarily attached to the mount 2, but in other cases, there is no mount in which a large number of label pieces or tag pieces are connected in a band shape. Of course, it can also be applied to the price tag continuum, etc.

In addition, as a printer for printing the price tag continuum of the present invention, a thermal printer, a wire dot printer, etc. may be suitable in view of the diversity of printing (optically readable symbols and regular characters).

Furthermore, it goes without saying that the symbol for optical reading is not limited to a bar code, but may also be an OCR character or the like.

As explained above, the price tag continuum of the present invention is
Since information about the product to be fixed is printed on the edge of a price tag with an optically readable symbol printed on it, a price tag with the above information printed in regular letters is placed at the end of the price tag. The price tag continuum is separated between the price tag piece printed with characters and the price tag piece printed with optical readable symbols for other products (X-X line in Figures 1 and 2), and the above-mentioned regular characters are separated. After confirming the corresponding product by , each price tag piece can be pasted or attached to the product.

Therefore, a price tag printed with an optically readable symbol such as a bar code can be quickly attached to the corresponding product without making a mistake, and the boundaries of each item in the price tag continuum can be printed in the above-mentioned regular characters. Since the price tags can be clearly identified by the presence of the price tag pieces, the price tag continuum can be accurately separated into individual items, which has great practical effects.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a main part of a price tag series according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of a main part of a second embodiment of the same. In the figure, 1...Price tag continuum, 3...Label piece (price tag piece), 4a, 4b...Barcode printing, 5a,
5b... Normal character.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a price tag continuum consisting of a plurality of consecutive price tag pieces in the form of a band, there are a number of independent price tag pieces on which information about the product to be attached is printed with an optically readable symbol and attached to each product, and a number of independent price tag pieces attached to each product. Information regarding other products to be attached is printed with an optically readable symbol and the price tag is attached to each of the other products. A price tag continuum characterized by arranging price tag pieces on which information that can be distinguished from the other is printed in regular letters.