JP2001171181A - Label-printing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a label-printing apparatus which can shorten a time before labels are attached, reduce working errors and attach labels in accordance with a goods sale state by rearranging an order for printing labels into an order different from an input order and printing labels in accordance with procedures of each work. SOLUTION: The label-printing apparatus 1 prints goods information related to goods, which includes a goods information memory part 11a for storing the goods information for every goods and for every goods information item, a printing condition memory part 11b for storing a printing condition such as the printing order, the number of sheets to be printed, etc., for every goods, a designation means 11c for designating a specific printing condition item to be a sort item, a sort means lid for sorting the printing order on the basis of contents of the designated sort item, and a printing means lie for printing the goods information in a sorted order.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a label printing apparatus for printing product information on a product on a label.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In supermarkets, fixed-rate labels for displaying prices and contents of commodities and POP labels for promoting the sale of commodities are printed in advance, and the labels are attached to the commodities.

[0003] Such a label is printed in a private store system by a label issuing device provided for each store,
It is issued by the center method adopted in a chain store having a plurality of stores and is attached to each product. Here, the center method means that labels ordered from each store in the chain store are printed by a label printing device provided in the POP design department in the supermarket headquarters, delivered to each store, and accepted at each store. Later, it is a method of affixing to a product.

[0004]

However, a conventional label issuing apparatus cannot change the order in which labels are printed, and can only print in the input order.

Therefore, each time a printed label is delivered, the name of the destination store must be written on a partition sheet. If the delivery destination is incorrect, the label must be redistributed and reprinted. In addition, labels cannot be printed separately for each store or each department, and sorting at a store or the like receiving the printed label takes time. In addition, since label acceptance confirmation is performed manually, a check error may occur. In addition, since the labels are not separated by product shelf, if an unfamiliar clerk sticks the label, the place where the label is to be stuck is unknown and the worker has to stick around while wandering around the shelf. Was wasted.

As described above, in the conventional label printing apparatus, it takes time until the printed label is attached to each product and the attached products are lined up in a store to exhibit a customer attracting effect, or There was a problem that it took too much time to apply the label according to the time service. In addition, there was a problem that work efficiency was reduced due to a work error or the like.

Therefore, the present invention can freely change the order of label printing, thereby printing the label in accordance with each work procedure, thereby reducing the time until the label is attached, It is an object of the present invention to provide a label printing apparatus capable of reducing a work error and attaching a label according to a sales situation of a product.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention employs the following configuration. Claim 1
The label printing device described in is a label printing device that prints product information on products, the product information for each product,
And a product information storage unit for storing for each product information item, a printing condition storage unit for storing printing conditions such as a printing order and the number of prints for each product, and a designation unit for designating a specific printing condition item as a sort item. A sorting unit for sorting the order of printing based on the contents of the designated sort items, and a printing unit for printing the product information in the sorted order.

Thus, the labels can be printed in an order different from the input order. For example, the labels can be printed for each store along the track route, or can be printed along the departments in the store or the display shelves of each department. By printing
The time until the label is attached to the product can be reduced.

[0010] The label printing apparatus according to the second aspect is characterized in that the printing condition report items to be sorted can be changed or a plurality of printing condition report items can be specified, and sorting is performed according to a sorting rule.

[0013] In the label printing apparatus according to the third aspect, the printing condition items to be sorted include information on a sales store, information on a sales department, information on a display shelf,
It is a printing condition item for storing information on output paper.

[0012] Thereby, printing can be performed separately for each store, section, and shelf, and printing can be performed according to the route of the transport truck and the arrangement order of the products on the product shelf.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the label printing apparatus, when the contents of the printing conditions stored in the printing condition items to be sorted are changed, a separating paper is inserted between the labels.

This makes it possible to prevent a label from being incorrectly distributed by inserting a partition sheet when the ordering store or department changes, and by printing the name of the destination store or department on the partition paper, thereby achieving label delivery. This eliminates the need to write the address each time, and can prevent misdelivery due to incorrect addressing.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a label printing apparatus, wherein a two-dimensional bar code indicating the content of a label to be printed next is written on the partition paper.

[0016] Thereby, the acceptance confirmation work by the store receiving the delivery of the label can be changed from a manual operation to a two-dimensional bar code inquiry operation, so that the acceptance confirmation operation can be simplified and the operation until the label is pasted can be performed. Can be further reduced.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the label printing apparatus, the partition paper is colored.

Thus, for example, by changing the color of the partition paper for each store to which the label is delivered and making the partition paper stand out, it is possible to more reliably prevent the label from being incorrectly distributed.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[Configuration of Label Printing Apparatus] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a label printing apparatus 1 according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. , Stroke keys 13, a printer 14, etc.
The stroke key 13 and the printer 14 are connected to the control unit 11 via various interfaces (not shown).

The control unit 11 includes a memory such as a RAM and a ROM, a CPU (not shown), and the like.
As shown in FIG. 1, the U and the like and the programs stored in the memory include a product information storage unit 11a, a print condition storage unit 11b,
Each unit such as a specifying unit 11c, a sorting unit 11d, and a printing unit 11e is configured.

The merchandise information storage section 11a stores merchandise information relating to merchandise for each merchandise, a merchandise code name, a unit price, a selling price,
It is arranged and stored for each product information item such as a bargain price, an additive, a place of production, a shelf life, the presence or absence of genetic modification, and has a table structure as shown in FIG.

The printing condition storage section 11b stores printing conditions and has a table structure as shown in FIG. Here, the printing condition is, for example, “A branch has product X
For example, "prints five labels of layout 3", the conditions necessary for label printing, such as the printing destination, the product to be printed, the label layout, and the number of prints.

The designation means 11c designates a specific printing condition item selected by the operator on the touch screen 12 as a sort item, and notifies the sort means 11d.

The sorting means 11d sorts the order of printing based on the contents of the printing condition items designated by the designating means 11c.

The printing unit 11e generates a label image from the product information and the like stored in the product information storage unit 11a in the order sorted by the sorting unit 11d, and prints the label image on the label. .

The control unit 11 includes, in addition to the storage units and means described above, a display unit for displaying data on the touch screen 12 such as a product information storage unit 11a, and a layout information storage unit for storing label layout information. For example, various means and a storage unit provided in a normal label printing apparatus are provided.

The touch screen 12 displays various warnings and information and functions as an interface between the operator and the label printing apparatus 1, and selects and inputs various information by touching a part of the display screen with a finger. You can also. The stroke keys 13 include arrow keys and numerical keys, and are used for inputting product information and the like. Further, the printer 14 prints product information on a label and prints a fixed amount label, a pop label, and the like.

[Procedure for Label Issuance] The product information and printing conditions are registered in the label printing apparatus 1 thus configured,
A procedure for issuing a label will be described.

First, when the operator turns on the power switch (not shown) of the label printing apparatus 1, a mode selection screen as shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the mode selection screen displays a product registration mode button 4a for registering product information, a printing condition setting mode button 4b, and a label issuing mode button 4c for issuing a label. The mode can be selected by touching one of the buttons.

Next, operations for registering, changing, and deleting product information will be described. Register, change,
When deleting, first, the product registration mode button 4a is touched to display a product information editing screen as shown in FIG.

When the product information is newly registered after the product information display screen is displayed, first, the product code to be registered in the product code column 5a, for example, the product code "0007" of "pig thigh" is stroked. Press the numeric key of the key 13 or the like to input. Next, the user moves the input cursor to the item name column by pressing an arrow key or the like of the stroke key, and presses the numerical key of the stroke key 13 or the like to input the item name "pig thigh"
Enter Thereafter, input is similarly made up to the column of the number of issued sheets (see FIG. 5B), and the registration button 5b is pressed to register the product information in the product information storage unit 11a.

To change the product information, the operator inputs the product whose product information is to be changed, for example, the product code "0007" of "pig thigh" in the product code column 5a, and calls the change screen (FIG. 5 (b)), the merchandise information is changed by pressing the numeric key of the stroke key 13, etc., and the merchandise information is registered in the merchandise information storage section 11a by pressing the registration button 5b. In this way, the information of the required product information item is changed, and the registration button 5b is touched,
Finish the modification work. When registering a plurality of products, the corresponding product number is entered in the product code column 5a, and the product information is registered by the same operation.

To delete the product information, the operator inputs the product for which the product information is to be deleted, for example, the product code "0007" of "pig thigh" in the product code column 5a, and calls the change screen (FIG. 5). 5 (b)), the delete button 5c is pressed to delete the product information from the product information storage unit 11a. When a plurality of products are to be deleted, the corresponding product number is entered in the product code column 5a, and the product information is deleted by the same operation.

As described above, new registration, change,
When the deletion is completed, the operator touches the return button 5d, and the screen returns to the mode selection screen.

Next, the operation for newly registering / changing / deleting printing conditions will be described. When newly registering, changing, or deleting a printing condition, the user touches the printing condition setting mode button 4b on the mode selection screen to display a printing condition editing screen as shown in FIG.

After the printing condition editing screen is displayed, when the printing condition of the product is newly input, the operator inputs the product number corresponding to the product “flap meat” into the product number input box 6 a by using the stroke key 13. Is input by using a numerical key provided in the. Next, stroke key 1
The input cursor is moved to each printing condition column by operating the arrow keys 3 and the like, and each printing condition is input by the numerical keys of the stroke keys 13 and the like. Finally, press the register button 6b,
The new printing condition is registered in the printing condition storage unit 11b.

To change the input printing condition, the operator inputs a product number in the corresponding product number column 6a, and displays the printing condition corresponding to the changed product number on the touch screen 12, and presses the stroke key. At 13, the printing condition is changed, and the change of the printing condition is registered in the printing condition storage unit 11 b by pressing the registration button 6 b.

To cancel the printing of the label according to the input printing condition, the operator inputs the product number of the product corresponding to the printing condition to be deleted in the product number input box, displays the corresponding printing condition, and presses the delete button 6c. . Thereby, the printing conditions such as the product number, the delivery destination store number, and the number of sheets input together with the product number are deleted.

As described above, when the registration, change, and deletion of the printing condition are completed, the operator touches the return button 6d on the printing condition setting screen to end these operations.
Then, the screen returns to the mode selection screen.

After the merchandise information is stored in the merchandise information storage unit 11a and the printing conditions are stored in the printing condition storage unit 11b, the order of printing on the label is sorted by the following procedure. Print on the label in the sorted order.

First, when the operator touches the label print mode button 4c, a label print screen as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed. The label print screen includes a sort target item column 7a and a sort order column 7b.

Here, the sort target item is the sort means 1
This is a column for displaying items that can be sorted according to 1d, and the sort order is the order of sorting.

First, when the operator wants to assign a priority to a plurality of sort items, such as “store number, section number, shelf number”, for example,
As shown in FIG. 7, "1, 2, 3" in descending order of priority
If you want to sort by only one item to be sorted, for example, store number, enter
"1" is input in the column of sort order. The user also selects whether to sort in ascending order or descending order by using the ascending / descending button 7c. The ascending / descending order button 7c
You can change the ascending order and descending order each time you touch.

Next, when the operator touches the print button 7d, the printing unit 11e generates a label image from the product information and the like stored in the product information storage unit 11a in the order sorted by the sorting unit 11d, The label images are printed on the labels by the number stored in the printing condition storage section 11b.

In this way, the label printing apparatus 1 can print the product information stored in the product information storage section 11a on a label in an order different from the input order. Further, by touching the return button 7e, it is possible to return to the mode selection screen.

"Other Embodiments" The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various changes can be made within the technical scope described in the claims.

First, when the contents of the printing conditions stored in the printing condition items to be sorted are changed, for example, when the store or department of the order destination is changed, as shown in FIG. Partition paper S may be inserted between R. This can significantly reduce delivery mistakes and the like. Further, such a partition paper may be colored in a predetermined color for each store, or the contents of a label to be printed next, for example, the ordering store and the number of orders may be printed using a two-dimensional barcode or the like. As a result, delivery mistakes can be further reduced, acceptance confirmation can be automated, and work efficiency can be further improved.

Next, in the above embodiment, the registration and change of the product information and the printing conditions are performed by displaying the product information editing screen and the printing condition editing screen, respectively, and registering and changing each product and printing condition. Other than this, for example, the contents of the product information storage unit and the printing condition storage unit may be displayed on the touch screen in a table format so that they can be directly registered / changed. When a condition is selected, a product information editing screen / printing condition editing screen for the product / printing condition may be displayed.

Further, the product information storage section 11a and the printing condition storage section 11b may be a single table, and these storage sections are not provided by a single control section (computer) but by a plurality of control sections. (Computers) may be distributed.

Further, in the above embodiment, the device having the touch screen 12 and the stroke key 13 has been described, but the present invention may be a device having a liquid crystal display and an input operation unit.

[0052]

As described above, the label printing apparatus according to the present invention can print on a label in an order different from the input order. Therefore, each operation such as a delivery operation, acceptance confirmation, and label attachment can be efficiently performed. Also, where the content printed on the label changes,
Work efficiency is further improved by inserting a divider between labels, coloring the divider, and writing a two-dimensional barcode that describes the contents of the label to be printed next on the divider. can do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a label printing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a product information storage unit.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a printing condition storage unit.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a mode selection screen.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a product information editing screen.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a print condition editing screen.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a label printing screen.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a case where a partition sheet is inserted between labels.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Label printing device 11 Control part 12 Touch screen 13 Stroke key 14 Printer

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A label printing apparatus for printing product information on a product, comprising: a product information storage unit for storing the product information for each product and for each product information item; and a printing condition such as a printing order and the number of prints. A print condition storage unit for storing for each product, a designation unit for designating a specific print condition item as a sort item, a sort unit for sorting the order of printing based on the content of the designated sort item, And a printing means for printing the product information in order. 2. The label printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printing condition report items to be sorted can be changed or a plurality of printing condition report items can be designated, and the sorting is performed according to a sorting rule. 3. The printing condition item to be sorted is a printing condition item for storing information on a sales store, information on a sales department, information on a display shelf, and information on an output sheet. 3. The label printer according to 2. 4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising inserting a separating sheet between the labels when the contents of the printing conditions stored in the printing condition items to be sorted are changed.
The label printer according to any one of claims 2 and 3. 5. The label printing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a two-dimensional bar code indicating the content of a label to be printed next is written on the partition paper. 6. The label printing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the partition paper is colored.