JPS62239024A - Electronic charge scale with label printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the degree of freedom of selection by providing a format storage means with a format setting means for inputting the contents and position of data to be printed on a label and the kind of characters to be printed for every label format. CONSTITUTION:One of formats 1-(n) in an EEPROM 13 is specified to select a desired format area and the kind and arrangement position of data to be printed on the label and the kind of characters are inputted with a ten-key and stored in the selected area 18. Then, the direction of printing is set with the ten-key and the number of label length dots is also set lastly to complete label format setting operation, so that those data are stored in a ROM 13. Then a routine for label printing is called and then the corresponding area 18 is searched in the ROM 13 to generate print image in a RAM 20 for print images according to the label format in the area 18, thereby printing the characters on the label according to the generated print image.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic billing scale with a label printer that prints data regarding items weighed in a weighing section on a label.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION An example of this type of device is one in which a ROM stores a plurality of types of label formats that determine the contents of each data to be printed on a label, its placement position, etc.

This allows any label format to be selected from those stored in the ROM.

Problem to be solved by the invention Since the label format is stored in the ROM,
It has the disadvantage that a part of it cannot be changed later.

The present invention has been made in view of these points, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic toll scale with a label printer that allows the label format to be changed according to preference.

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides a format storage means for storing a plurality of label formats, and stores the content of data to be printed on the label, its printing position, and the type of characters to be printed on the format storage means. A format setting means is provided for inputting the information for each label format.

As a result, an arbitrary label format can be set by the format setting means and stored by the format storage means.

Further, the contents of a specific stored label format can also be changed by the format setting means. Therefore, it becomes possible to change the label format according to preference.

Embodiment of the Invention An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7. Figure 2 shows the external structure. - A rectangular parallelepiped main body case 2 having an operation surface 1 inclined on the side is provided. A weighing plate 4 connected to a load cell 3 serving as a weighing section provided inside the main body case 2 is disposed on the upper surface of the main body case 2 . Further, the operation surface 1 is provided with a keyboard 5, a display section 6, and a label issuing port 8 for issuing a label 7, respectively. This label issuing port 8
is a part of the thermal printer 9 provided inside the main body case 2 and is connected to the outside.

Next, the relationship between each part is shown in a block diagram in FIG. First, the load cell 3 is connected to the CPU II via an analog-to-digital converter (hereinafter referred to as ADC) 10. This CPU 11 includes a ROM 12 as a program memory and an EE for storing various data.
PROMs 1 and 3 are connected. Similarly, the CP
The display section 6, the thermal printer 9, and the dip switch 15 are also connected to the UII via the I10 block 14. This dip switch 15 is
This is for setting various modes. Further, a numeric keypad 16 is connected to the display section 6, and a registration mode changeover switch 17 is connected between the I10 block 14 and the thermal printer 9. On the other hand, the keyboard 5 is formed by aggregating the dip switch 15, the numeric keypad 16, and the registration mode changeover switch 17.

Here, details of the EEPROM 13 are shown in FIG.

A plurality of format areas 18 from format 1 to format n are set in this EEPROM 13. And that EEPROMl3 and the CPUI
An electronic switch 19 is provided between the CPU 1l and one of the formats 1 to n.

Although not shown in FIG. 1, a print image RAM 20 is connected between the CPU II and the multi-printer 9.

In such a configuration, EEPROM13 acts as a format storage means. Further, the numeric keypad 16 operates as a format setting means. The format setting operation and storage operation thereof will be explained based on the flowchart of FIG. 4.

First, one of the formats 1 to n of the EEPROM 13 is specified, and the desired format area 18 is selected.

Next, the following contents are input into the selected format area 18 using the numeric keypad 16. That is, 1) the content of the data to be printed on the label 7; 2) the location of each data on the label 7; and 2) the type of characters used when printing each data. Parameters are set for each data in the data contents of (2). Table 1 shows an example of the contents of such data and the parameters corresponding thereto.

The placement position of each item in Table 1 ■ is as follows:
Setting is made by specifying the lower left point of each print item using x-y coordinates, with the vertical direction being Y. Here, an example of inputting the contents of ■ and ■ for the selected format 18 is shown in Table 2■.
One by one is shown in ■. Therefore, if input is made as shown in Table 2 (2), the basic format shown in FIG. 5 is set for label 7. On the other hand, if input is made as shown in Table 2 (2), the basic format shown in FIG. 6 is set for label 7.

Table 2 ■ Table 2 ■ Parameters are also set for each type of character in ■. Table 3 shows examples of character types and corresponding parameters.

Table 3 Note that the type of characters may be from other categories, such as the thickness or font of the characters. However, as mentioned above,
The input order of the contents is ■-■-■, and the input procedure of ■-■-■ is repeated for each data such as product name and weight.

Next, the direction of characters to be printed is set using the numeric keypad 16. There are three types of character directions: a reference direction, a direction rotated 90 degrees to the right from the reference direction, and a direction rotated 90 degrees to the left from the reference direction. A flag is set for each direction. Table 4 shows examples of character directions and corresponding flags.
Shown below.

Table 4 Finally, if you set the label length and the number of dots, the label format setting is completed and this is stored in the EEPROM13.
is memorized. In this way, the numeric keypad 16 acts as a format setting means, and the EEPROM 13 acts as a format storage means. With these format setting means and format storage means, an extremely large number of label formats can be set and stored, and a part of the stored formats can be easily changed. Therefore, the variety of label formats increases, and the degree of freedom of selection is dramatically improved.

Note that FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the printing operation on the label 7. When the label printing routine is called, it is checked whether printing conditions are met.

If YES, the corresponding format area 18 is EE.
Searched from PROM13, its format area 1
A print image according to the label format No. 8 is created in the print image RAM 20. Then, printing is performed on the label 7 based on the created print image.

Effects of the Invention The present invention provides a format storage means for storing a plurality of label formats, and stores the content of data to be printed on the label, its printing position, and the type of characters to be printed on the format storage means for each label format. Since we have provided a format setting means for entering into the , it is possible to arbitrarily set and change a large number of label formats and store them in memory, increasing the variety of label formats and dramatically increasing the degree of freedom of selection. It has the effect of improving

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a block diagram showing the overall operation, Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the external appearance, Figure 3 is a block diagram showing details of the EEFROM, Figure 4 is a flowchart for setting the label format, Figure 5 6 is a plan view of a label showing an example of a basic label format, FIG. 6 is a plan view of a label showing another example of a basic label format, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a printing operation on a label.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In an apparatus in which the weight of an item is measured by a weighing unit and data regarding the item is printed on a label, a format storage means for storing a plurality of label formats is provided, and the format storage means An electronic price scale with a label printer, characterized in that a format setting means is provided for inputting the content of data to be printed on the label, its printing position, and the type of characters to be printed for each label format. 2. In a device in which the weight of an item is measured by a weighing unit and data related to the item is printed on a label, a format storage means for storing a plurality of label formats is provided, and the format storage means is configured to record the weight of the item on the label. An electronic price scale with a label printer, characterized in that it is provided with a format setting means for inputting the content of data to be printed, its printing position, the type of characters to be printed, and the printing direction of the characters for each label format.