JPS63172662A - Printer controlling system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enhance printing speed and contrive higher efficiency of transaction processes and better service, by storing image data into a storage means by initial loading, recognizing a printing command for the image data contained in inputted printing information by a stored data controlling means, outputting the image data from the storage means, and printing the image data on a printing medium. CONSTITUTION:Logo-printing data is initially loaded into a logo-printing data memory 35a. When printing information is inputted to an interface circuit 31 through registration of transaction data, sending of space data, line feed data and printing data respectively to a spacing-controlling circuit 32, a line feed controlling circuit 33 and a printing-controlling circuit 34 is conducted, and printing is conducted by a printing head 3b on a receipt paper supplied. When printing is finished, a logo-printing command is sent from a logo command part 61 to the interface circuit 31, and is recognized by a logo command recognizing part 36a. Corresponding logo-printing data is then read from the logo-printing data memory 35a by a logo printing data controlling part 36b. The data are sent respectively to the spacing-controlling part 32, the line feed controlling part 33 and the printing-controlling part 34, and printing on the receipt paper is conducted.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] A control method for a printer that repeatedly prints image data such as logo printing, which includes a storage means for storing initially loaded image data and information included in input print information. Printing speed can be increased by providing a storage data management means that recognizes an image data print command and outputs the image data of the storage means, and by printing the image data output by the storage data management means on a print medium. .

[Industrial application field]

The present invention can be applied to, for example, point-of-sale management (Point 0f).
The present invention relates to a printer control method for a transaction processing device in a sales (hereinafter referred to as PO8) system, etc., and particularly relates to a printer control method that can increase printing speed.

In recent years, with the spread of computer network systems, POS systems have come to be widely adopted in department stores, supermarkets, specialty stores, and the like. Electronic cash registers are used as terminals for this system. The electronic register is operated by an operator such as a store clerk to register the products presented by the customer, and a receipt is issued by a printer. In addition to transaction data, image data such as the store name, trade name, mark, etc., usually called logo printing, is printed on the receipt.

Therefore, since the same image data is printed repeatedly every time a transaction is made, a method of increasing the printing speed is desired.

[Conventional technology]

In FIG. 4, an electronic register 1 has a display 2.
Printer section 3. Keyboard part 4. Cash drawer5.
and a control section 6, and a receipt issuing lower is provided at the center of the upper surface of the printer section 3.

Therefore, in the electronic register l, when the operator inputs transaction data from the keyboard section 4, the control section 6
The transaction data is stored in the transaction data memory, and the product number, product name, unit price, and operation instructions for the operator are displayed one by one on the display 2.Finally, the necessary calculation process is performed by manually operating the end button, and the total amount etc. will be displayed and the payment will be settled.

As the input of transaction data progresses, the printer section 3 prints out)
・Receipt 70. by printing. Then, printing is performed sequentially on the journal, the total amount, etc. are printed, and a receipt 70 is issued by the receipt issuing lower.

As shown in FIG. 5, the receipt 70 is printed with image data such as a store name, trade name, mark, etc.

That is, the logo is printed. The logo printing data is sent from the control section 6 to the printer section 3 for each transaction and is printed on the receipt 70.

This logo printing may be printed on the upper area or the lower area of the receipt 70, and FIG. 5 shows the case where it is printed on the lower area.

In the case of printing in the upper area, immediately after the receipt 70 of the transaction is cut off, by the time the transaction data is printed on the upper part of the receipt 70 of the next transaction, it has already been printed and is printed in the lower area. If so, it will be printed after the transaction data is printed.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

According to the conventional method described above, transaction data and logo printing data are sent from the control unit of the electronic register each time a transaction is made and printed on the receipt, and the logo printing data is sent in bitmap format, which takes a long time to send and reduces the printing speed. It takes time. Therefore, if the logo is printed in the upper area of the receipt, the next transaction cannot be registered while the logo is being printed. Further, when printing is performed in the lower area, the issuance of the receipt is delayed because the logo is printed after the transaction data is printed. Therefore, not only does it take a long time to process the transaction, but the customer is kept waiting, resulting in a decrease in processing efficiency and service.

[Means for solving problems]

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of the principle of the present invention.

In the figure, 35 is a storage means for storing initially loaded image data, and 36 is a storage data management means for recognizing a print command for image data included in manually inputted print information and outputting the image data in the storage means 35. It is.

Therefore, the image data outputted by the storage data management means 36 is configured to be printed on a print medium.

[Effect]

The image data is stored in the storage means 35 by initial loading, and the storage data management means 3G recognizes the print command for image data included in the input print information, and based on the recognition, stores the image data in the storage means 35. By outputting the image data and printing it on a print medium, the image data can be printed without having to be transferred each time it is printed, so the printing speed can be increased, and the efficiency of transaction processing and service can be improved.

C Embodiment] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. The same reference numerals refer to the same objects throughout the design.

In FIG. 2, parts corresponding to those in FIG. 1 are shown surrounded by a dashed line.

In FIG. 2, the control section 6a of the electronic register 1a has an initial load take memory 60.0 that stores logo print data. Logo command section 61 for commanding logo printing. and a transaction data memory 62, the logo print data stored in the initial load data memory 60 is initially loaded into the printer section 3a at power supply 08, such as at the start of work, and the logo print data is sent from the logo command section 61 at the timing when logo printing is required. It has a function of commanding logo printing, and other functions are similar to those of the control unit 6 of the electronic register 1 described in the conventional example.

In the printer section 3a, a logo print data memory 35a
is a storage means for storing initially loaded logo print data.

The logo command recognition section 36a has a function of recognizing the logo printing command sent from the logo command section 61 and sending the command to the logo printing data control section 36b.

The logo print data control section 36b is the logo command recognition section 3.
It has a function of reading out the corresponding logo print data from the logo print data memory 35a based on the command sent from the logo print data memory 35a.

Further, 30 is a main control unit, 31 is an interface circuit, and 32
33 is a space control unit, 33 is a modified 1-te control unit, 34 is a print control unit, and 3b is a print head +L+Mz is a motor.

With such a configuration and function, for example, when printing the lower part ZN area number 2 logo of a receipt using the flowchart 3 and 1, it will be explained as follows: ■ First, at the start of work, the logo print data is initially loaded into the logo print data memory 35a. be done.

■When print information is input to the interface circuit 31 by registering transaction data, space data.

The line feed data and print data are each sent to the space control unit 32.
．． Line feed control unit 33. The received receipt paper is then sent to the print control unit 34, where printing is performed by the print head 3b on the supplied receipt paper.

■When printing of transaction data is completed, the logo command section 61
A logo print command is sent to the interface circuit 31 from a, and the logo print command is recognized by the logo command recognition section 36a.

(2) Then, the logo print data control unit 36b reads out the corresponding logo print data from the logo print data memory 35a, and the space control unit 32. Line feed control unit 33.
The receipt is then sent to the print control unit 34, where it is printed on the receipt paper and a cashier 1 70 is issued.

By transmitting the logo printing command from the control unit 6a in this way, the logo printing data memory 3 of the printer unit 3a
Since printing is performed by outputting from 5a, the transmission speed does not take much time, so the printing speed can be increased, and transaction processing efficiency and service can be improved.

The above example describes the case of printing receipts on electronic registers used in POS systems, but it can also be generally applied to printers that repeatedly print graph ink with the same logo, and the same effect can be achieved. can get.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, by initially loading graphic data such as logo printing data and storing it in the storage means of the printer unit, data transfer time when a printing request is made is greatly reduced. This has the effect of increasing printing speed and improving transaction processing efficiency and service.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the principle of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a flowchart of FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating an electronic register, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of logo printing. In the figure, 1.1a is an electronic register, 3,3a is a printer section, 3
b is a print head, 6 and 6a are control units, 7 is a receipt issuing port, 30 is a main control unit 11, 31 is an interface circuit, 32 is a space control unit, 33 is a line feed control unit, 34 is a print control unit, and 35 is a Storage means, 35a is a logo print data memory, 36 is a recording/billion data management means, 36a is a logo command recognition section, 36b is a logo print data control section, 60 is an initial load data memory, 61 is a logo command section, 70 is a receipt shows. 2nd @

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] In a printer that prints dots on a printing medium by energizing a printing element facing a printing medium based on printing information input from the outside, a storage means for storing initially loaded image data. (
35), recognizing a printing command for the image data included in the input printing information and storing the image data in the storage means (35);
5) a storage data management means (36) for outputting image data from the storage data management means (36), and printing the image data outputted by the storage data management means (36) on the printing medium.