JP2013111843A - Label generation apparatus, label generation system, and label generation method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a label generation apparatus, a label generation system, and a label generation method, that can generate an article label with which the producer of an article can be easily identified, regardless of a type of the article label.SOLUTION: The label generation apparatus includes: an identification information registration section (producer database 41) which registers identification information for identifying a producer in a plurality of display forms; a label selection section 32 which selects a type of an article label L to be issued; a display form selection section (identification information selection section 33) which selects a display form of identification information according to a selection result by the label selection section 32; a print data generation section 35 which generates print data by adding the identification information shown in the selected display form to label data of the article label L; and a label issuing portion 36 which issues the article label L on the basis of the print data.

Description

  The present invention relates to a label producing apparatus that issues a product label, a label producing system, and a label producing method.

  In a store that sells merchandise, a merchandise label on which information about the merchandise such as a merchandise name and price is printed is attached to the merchandise. In particular, at a farm direct sales office or the like, a product label on which the name of the producer is printed in addition to the product name and price is attached so that the producer of the sold crop can be seen. Patent Document 1 discloses a label printer that issues such a product label. The label printer issues a product label on which a product name, a production area, a producer name, a price, and a code image including the product information of the crop are printed.

JP 2010-284955 A

  By the way, in the direct sales place of agricultural products, it is common for the producer of the product to take home the unsold product. Therefore, the producer looks for the product he / she has produced and takes it home, depending on the name of the producer printed on the product label. However, products of different producers are often mixed in crops of the same variety, and even if the producer name is entered as information identifying the producer as in the product label above, It was happening to bring back the crops of other producers. Therefore, in addition to the name of the producer, a caricature or face photo of the producer has been placed to make it easier to identify the producer. However, depending on the type of product label (label size), the caricature or face Often there is no space for photos.

  In view of the above points, the present invention provides a label creation device, a label creation system, and a label creation method capable of creating a product label that can easily identify the producer of the product regardless of the type of the product label. The purpose is to do.

  The label producing apparatus of the present invention includes an identification information registration unit for registering identification information for identifying a producer of a product in a plurality of display forms, a label selection unit for selecting the type of product label to be issued, and label selection Depending on the selection result of the part, the display form selection part for selecting the display form of the identification information registered in the identification information part, and the identification information indicated by the selected display form is added to the label data of the product label. A print data generation unit that generates print data and a label issue unit that issues a product label based on the print data are provided.

  The label creation method of the present invention includes an identification information registration step for registering identification information for identifying a producer of a product in a plurality of display forms, a label selection step for selecting the type of product label to be issued, and a label selection In accordance with the selection result of the step, the display form selection step for selecting the display form of the identification information registered in the identification information registration step, and the identification information indicated by the selected display form is added to the label data of the label. A print data generation step for generating print data and a label issue step for issuing a label based on the print data are provided.

According to these configurations, since the display form of the identification information to be printed is selected according to the type of the product label to be issued, the identification information can be printed in a form that matches the type of the product label. Therefore, a product label that can easily identify the producer can be issued regardless of the type of product label to be issued. The label selection unit may be configured to detect the type of product label to be issued by the set label sheet, or may be configured to select the label type by a user operation.
The “identification information” refers to, for example, the background, frame, character, image, etc. of the product label.

  In this case, it is preferable that the display form selection unit selects a display form having a display size that can be printed on the product label selected by the label selection unit from among the plurality of display forms.

  According to these configurations, the identification information can be reliably printed on the product label without selecting a display form that cannot be printed.

  In this case, the display form selection unit is capable of printing identification information of a plurality of display forms on the selected product label, and when the specific display form is included therein, the specific display form Is preferably selected.

  According to these configurations, a specific display form is preferentially selected from among printable display forms. In this case, if the specific display form is set to a display form that makes it easy to identify the producer, the identification information can be printed in a display form that makes it easy to identify the producer among the printable display forms.

  In the above label producing apparatus, the identification information registration unit preferably registers the identification information in at least one of the display forms among the face image, color, and mark shape for identifying the producer. .

  According to these structures, the identification information which can identify a producer intuitively can be printed on a product label. “Color” refers to the color of the background, frame, character, etc. of the product label, for example. Further, for example, the identification information may be configured by combining two types of display forms such as “yellow star shape” by combining “color” and “mark shape”.

  In the above label producing apparatus, it is preferable that the label selecting unit selects the size of the product label as the type of the product label.

  According to these structures, the display form according to the size of the product label can be selected.

  The label producing apparatus further includes a producer information obtaining unit that obtains producer information for identifying the producer, and the print data generating unit includes, in the label data, the producer identification information identified by the producer information. It is preferable to add.

  According to these structures, the display form according to the kind of merchandise label can be selected with respect to the producer which the acquired producer information shows.

  In the above label producing apparatus, a time limit storage unit that stores a time limit related to a product, a time limit mark registration unit that registers a time limit mark indicating the time limit, and a time limit mark that selects a time limit mark according to the time limit of the product of the product label to be issued And a selection unit, and the print data generation unit preferably further adds the selected expiration date mark to the label data.

  According to these structures, the product label which can grasp | ascertain a deadline intuitively can be issued. The “expiration date” indicates any one of a product expiration date, a shelf life date, an expiration date, and the like.

  A label production system according to the present invention includes a computer including an identification information registration unit, a label selection unit, a display form selection unit, and a print data generation unit, and a printer including a label issuing unit. .

  According to these structures, the label production system which can issue the product label which can identify the producer of goods easily can be provided.

It is an external view of the label production apparatus concerning one Embodiment of this invention. It is the block diagram which showed the control structure of the label production apparatus. It is a screen transition diagram of the touch panel display at the time of label production. It is the block diagram which showed the function structure of the label production apparatus. (A) is a figure which shows a producer database, (b) is a figure which shows the display form table of identification information. (A) is a figure which shows a goods term database, (b) is a figure which shows the example of a term mark. It is a figure which shows the example of printing of a product label. It is a flowchart which shows the production method of a product label.

  Hereinafter, a label producing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. This label production apparatus produces the product label L on which each information for showing the producer of the product, the expiration date of the product and the expiration date of the product to the producer is printed. FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing the appearance of the label producing apparatus 1. As illustrated, the label producing apparatus 1 includes a touch panel display 2 and a label discharge port 3, and includes a print mechanism 5 and a control device 6 (both of which are shown in FIG. 2). The touch panel display 2 functions as a display unit that displays various screens for issuing the product label L and as an operation unit for performing various operations (see FIG. 3). The label discharge port 3 discharges the printed product label L according to the operation of the touch panel display 2.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control configuration of the label producing apparatus 1. As illustrated, the label producing apparatus 1 includes a print mechanism 5, a touch panel display 2, and a control device 6. The print mechanism 5 includes components for printing on paper and issuing a product label L, such as a print head, a paper transport mechanism, and a paper cut mechanism (all not shown). The control device 6 includes a driver group 11 that drives each component of the print mechanism 5, a storage unit 12 that stores various data for printing the product label L, and a control unit 13 that performs overall control thereof. The control unit 13 performs drive control of the print mechanism 5 via the driver group 11 and display control of the touch panel display 2. On the other hand, the storage unit 12 includes label data for each product label L, a producer database (producer DB) 41 that summarizes information related to the producer of the product, a display form table 42 of identification information for identifying the producer, a product A term database (product term DB) 43, the above-described identification information, image data indicating the product term, and the like are stored (detailed later).

  Here, various screens displayed on the touch panel display 2 will be described with reference to FIG. The figure is a screen transition diagram of the touch panel display 2 accompanying the creation of the product label L. Prior to the use of the label producing device 1, a login screen D <b> 1 is displayed on the touch panel display 2. On the login screen D1, a text box and a numeric keypad for inputting a user ID and a personal identification number, and a login button are displayed. As described above, the label issuing device 1 can be used only by users registered in advance. When the user ID and password are input and the login button is pressed, the screen moves to the menu screen D2.

  Although details are not illustrated, various menu buttons for performing “print”, “edit”, “new creation”, “deletion” and the like of the product label L are displayed on the menu screen D2. When the “print” menu is selected among these menu buttons, the screen shifts to a label selection screen D3.

  On the label selection screen D3, the label data of each product label L stored in the label producing apparatus 1 is displayed as a print candidate 21. As shown in FIG. 3, the print candidate 21 includes a label image 22 based on the label data of the product label L and a size display 23 indicating the label size of the product label L. In the label producing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, four types of label sizes can be printed (see FIG. 5B), and a predetermined label size of 1 is set for each product label L. That is, the user selects a desired candidate from the print candidates 21 displayed on the label selection screen D3, and at the same time selects the label size of the product label L to be printed. Note that the print candidate 21 displayed on the label selection screen D3 may be the print candidate 21 of the product label L that has been printed or edited by the user in the past based on the user ID input on the login screen D1. preferable. According to this, the display of the print candidate 21 that is unlikely to be selected by the user is omitted, and the user can easily select the desired print candidate 21.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a display order designation button group for selecting the display order of the print candidates 21 is displayed on the label selection screen D3. The user can select the display order of the print candidates 21 from “recently printed order” and “printed number order”. Furthermore, when there are six or more stored label data, a page switching button is displayed below the print candidate 21.
When an arbitrary product label L is selected from the displayed print candidates 21, the screen shifts to a label print screen D4.

  The label print screen D4 displays a label image 22 and a size display 23 of the selected product label L, and a text box, a numeric keypad, and an OK button for inputting the number of prints. As shown in FIG. 3, a producer identification display 24 for identifying the producer of the product is inserted into the label image 22 displayed on this screen. The producer identification display 24 includes images and marks that can intuitively identify the producer of the product. In the figure, a producer's portrait is inserted as the producer identification display 24. As described above, by printing the producer identification display 24 that can intuitively identify the producer in addition to the producer name on the product label L, the producer or consumer of the product can easily access the producer. Can be identified.

The label producing apparatus 1 of the present invention stores a producer identification display 24 in a plurality of display forms for one producer, and the producer that prints according to the label size of the selected product label L. The display form of the identification display 24 is selected. In the present embodiment, the producer of the product is specified by the user ID entered on the login screen D1, and the producer identification display 24 indicating the specified producer is printed on the product label L. (Both are described in detail later). In the label selection screen D3, the label image 22 in which the producer identification display 24 is inserted in advance may be displayed.
When the number of copies to be printed is input to the text box and the OK button is pressed, the product label L based on the selected label data is printed and issued for the set number of copies.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the label producing apparatus 1. As illustrated, the label producing apparatus 1 includes a producer information acquisition unit 31, a label selection unit 32, an identification information selection unit 33, a deadline mark selection unit 34, a print data generation unit 35, and a label issue unit 36. Further, the label producing apparatus 1 includes a producer database 41, a display form table 42 for the producer identification display 24, and a product expiration date database 43 as various data for issuing the product label L.

  The producer information acquisition unit 31 is mainly configured by the login screen D1 and acquires producer information for specifying the producer. The producer information is a user ID input on the login screen D1. In other words, in this embodiment, the user ID is a producer ID for identifying the producer. The producer identification display 24 of the producer specified by the acquired producer information (producer ID) is inserted into the label image 22 of the product label L to be printed.

  The label selection unit 32 is mainly configured by the label selection screen D2, and selects a product label L to be printed. The label size of the product label L to be printed is specified by the selection result of the label selection unit 32. The specified label size is used when the display form of the producer identification display 24 is determined. Further, the label data of the product label L includes a product ID for specifying the product of the product label L, and the product ID specified by the selection result of the label selection unit 32 is used for calculating a product deadline to be described later. It is done.

  The identification information selection unit 33 is mainly configured by the control unit 13 and the storage unit 12 and is inserted into the label image 22 of the product label L according to the specified producer ID and the selection result of the label selection unit 32. The person identification display 24 is selected. First, the identification information selection unit 33 refers to the producer database 41 and selects identification information corresponding to the producer ID (user ID) input through the login screen D1. The identification information display form table 42 is referred to, and the display form of the identification information to be displayed is determined according to the label size selected by the label selection unit 32 (display form selection unit).

  The expiration date selection unit 34 is mainly configured by the control device 6, and selects the expiration date mark 25 to be inserted into the label image 22 of the product label L according to the selection result of the label selection unit 32. The deadline mark selection unit 25 refers to the product deadline database 43, calculates the deadline corresponding to the product ID, and selects the deadline mark 25 corresponding to the calculated deadline.

  The print data generation unit 35 is mainly configured by the control device 6 and inserts the producer identification display 24 selected by the identification information selection unit 33 and the expiration date mark 25 selected by the expiration date selection unit 34 into the label data. Thus, print data for the product label L is generated. Note that the producer identification display 24 and the deadline mark 25 may be inserted by performing reduction / enlargement processing of data constituting existing label data, image processing accompanied by layout change processing, or margins of existing label data. Alternatively, the process of simply adding the producer identification display 24 and the deadline mark 25 may be performed.

  The label issuing unit 36 is mainly configured by the print mechanism 5 and issues a product label L based on the print data generated by the print data generation unit 35.

  Here, the producer database 41 and the identification information display form table 42 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 5A, the producer database 41 includes “producer ID”, “producer name”, “address (city name)” for identifying the producer, and “producer ID” for identifying the producer. "Identification information" is registered (identification information registration unit). The identification information is registered for each producer in three styles of “caricature”, “mark”, and “color”. “Caricature” is image data created using the producer's face as a motif (see FIG. 7A). Note that the image data of the producer's face photo may be registered. “Mark” indicates a mark shape (mark shape) such as “star” or “triangle” as shown in the figure. This “mark” indicates the address of the producer (may be the production area), and the same mark shape is registered for producers having the same city as the address. On the other hand, “color” indicates an individual producer, and a different color is registered for each producer.

  The “caricature (or facial photograph)” is registered after obtaining the consent of the producer, and the producer who has not obtained the consent is registered “none”. That is, the “caricature” is registered only for some producers. On the other hand, “mark” and “color” are registered for all producers.

  As shown in FIG. 5B, the identification information display form table 42 shows the display form of identification information according to the label size of the product label L. That is, the display form table 42 indicates display forms that are printable display sizes for the four types of label sizes. As shown in the figure, the display forms are “caricature”, “color × mark”, and “color only”.

  The “caricature” is a caricature or face photo registered in the producer database 41. The producer identification display 24 displayed in this display form requires a certain print area (display size) that allows the contents of the complex image (producer's face) to be identified. Selection is possible for large label sizes “100 × 130 mm” and “80 × 100 mm”.

  The “color × mark” is configured by filling a mark indicating a producer's address (city) with a color indicating the individual producer. For example, if the “mark” registered in the producer database 41 is a star and the “color” is green, the producer identification display 24 becomes a green star (see FIG. 7B). ). The producer identification display 24 displayed in this display form is a simple mark, and a printing area (display size) required for the producer identification display 24 based on the above “caricature” is small. In addition to “130 mm” and “80 × 100 mm”, the label size of “51 × 72 mm” having a small area can be selected. In addition, it is preferable that the producer identification display 24 displayed by this display form is text data. According to this, the data amount of the print data of the product label L can be suppressed.

  “Color only” changes the background color of a predetermined portion of the selected label data to the registered “color”. In this embodiment, the background of the text data indicating the product name, the production area (city) name, and the producer name is changed to the registered “color” (see FIG. 7C). That is, this display form does not add the producer identification display 24 that requires a new printing area to the label data like the “caricature” or “mark”, but the printing area of the existing label data. The producer identification display 24 can be inserted into the label data without change. Therefore, this display form can be selected for all label sizes including “30 × 50 mm” which is the minimum label size that cannot be selected in other display forms.

  As described above, the identification information selection unit 33 selects one display form from among the display forms displayed as “O” in the display form table 42 for the selected label size. For label sizes where “Caricature” can be printed, such as “100 × 130 mm” and “80 × 100 mm”, “Caricature” is given priority over “Color × Mark” and “Color only”. To select. However, in the case of a producer who does not have “caricature” registered, the “color × mark” display form is selected. According to this, as long as printing is possible, it is possible to preferentially print “caricature” which is the display form that is most easily identified by the producer. The “specific display form” in the claims refers to this “caricature”. In addition, when the selected label size is “51 × 72 mm”, the identification information selection unit 33 preferentially selects “color × mark”.

  Next, the product expiration date database 43 and the expiration date mark 25 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 5A, “product ID”, “product name”, “type of time limit”, and “time limit” are registered in the product time limit database 43 (time limit storage unit). “Product ID” is included in the label data of the selected product label L and identifies the product. “Type of time limit” indicates the type of time limit for the specified product. In the present embodiment, either “expiration date” or “best before date” is registered as the type of time limit. “Time limit” is expressed by the number of days elapsed since the label creation date. Note that the product deadline is mainly registered for products that are processed products, and is not registered for all products.

  FIG. 6B shows a time limit mark 25 to be printed on the product label L. This time limit mark 25 is stored (registered) in a predetermined storage area of the storage unit 12 (time limit mark registration unit). The deadline mark 25 indicates a “deadline” calculated in a different manner depending on the “type of deadline” registered in the product database 43. The deadline mark 25 can be printed on the product label L having label sizes of “100 × 130 mm”, “80 × 100 mm”, and “51 × 72 mm”.

  As shown in FIG. 6B, when the type of time limit is “expiration date”, the time limit mark 25 is represented by a single square mark. A predetermined color is determined for each day of the week, and the color on which this mark is filled indicates what day the deadline is. For example, as shown in the figure, when the calculated due date is “Monday”, one mark indicated by a red square is printed. When the due date is “Tuesday”, one mark indicated by a yellow square is printed. When the due date is “Wednesday”, one mark indicated by a green square is printed. Since the expiry date reaches the expiry date within a relatively short period from the label creation date, the expiry date 25 indicates what day the expiry date is.

  On the other hand, when the type of deadline is “best before date”, the deadline mark is represented by four round marks. A predetermined color is defined for each month (January to December), and the color in which this mark is filled indicates how many months the deadline is. In addition, the four round marks indicate the first week to the fourth week of each month in order from the left, and indicate how many weeks the deadline is due to the number of filled round marks. Yes. For example, as shown in the figure, when the calculated deadline is until the second week of January, of the four round marks, two round marks indicating the second week of the deadline are the colors of January. It is painted in red. Similarly, when the calculated deadline is up to the third week of March, among the four round marks, the three round marks indicating the third week of the deadline are filled with blue, which is the color of March. It is.

  In this way, the product deadline can be intuitively recognized by expressing the product deadline (consumption deadline and expiration date) with a mark and color instead of a date. For example, if products with the same product type have different product deadlines, the product deadline can be intuitively grasped by the above-mentioned deadline mark 25, so that the product to be easily collected can be identified. it can.

  Next, a printing example of the product label L will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10A shows a print example of the product label L when the selected label size is “80 × 100 mm” and “caricature” is registered in the producer database 41. On the product label L, the image data of the registered portrait is printed as the production identification display 24. FIG. 6B is a print example of a product label L having a label size of “51 × 72 mm”. The product label L is printed with a production identification display 24 indicating the producer with the producer ID “001”. That is, a producer identification display 24 is printed which is formed by filling a star mark indicating the producer's address with a green color that identifies the producer.

  FIG. 7C is an example of printing a product label L having a label size of “30 × 50 mm”. On the product label L, as the production identification display 24, the background of the text data indicating the product name, the place of production, and the producer name is converted into green identifying the producer with the producer ID “001” and printed. . In this embodiment, the producer identification display 24 is configured to change the color of a part of the background. However, as the production identification display 24, a frame image of a color that identifies the producer ((c) in FIG. 2) or a background image of a color that identifies the producer (see FIG. 3C) -3 may be printed.

  FIG. 7D is a print example of the product label L when the selected label size is “80 × 100 mm” and the product due date is registered in the product due date database 43. The product label L is printed with a star-shaped mark that is filled with a color (for example, blue) indicating the producer as the producer identification display 24. Further, one square mark painted in green indicating Wednesday of the expiration date is printed as the expiration date mark indicating the product expiration date. That is, as described above, the product expiration date of the product label L is the “expiration date”, and the expiration date indicates Wednesday. In the product label L, the producer is displayed as “manufacturer”.

  Next, the label producing method of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When acquiring the producer ID (S01), the label producing apparatus 1 (control unit 13) displays the print candidate for the product label L on the touch panel display 2 (S02). When the selection operation signal for the product label L to be printed is received (S03), the display mode of the identification information is selected according to the label size of the selected product label L (S04). When the selected label size is “30 × 50 mm” (S04: “30 × 50 mm”), the display form of “color only” is selected (S05). When the selected label size is “51 × 72 mm” (S04: “51 × 72 mm”), the display form of “color × mark” is selected (S06). When the selected label size is “80 × 100 mm” or “100 × 130 mm” (S04: “80 × 100 mm” or “100 × 130 mm”), and “caricature” is registered as identification information ( S07: Yse), the display form of “caricature” is selected (S08). On the other hand, if “caricature” is not registered as identification information (S07: No), the display form of “color × mark” is selected (S09).

  Subsequently, when the “product due date” is registered for the product specified by the selected product label L (S10: Yes), the due date is calculated with reference to the product due date database 43 (S11). Then, a deadline mark indicating the calculated deadline is selected (S12). When the label size is “30 × 50 mm” in S04, even if the product deadline is registered, the deadline calculation and the deadline mark selection (S11 and S12) are not performed. Then, the print data of the product label L is generated by adding the selected identification information and the product time limit to the label data of the selected product label L (S13). Then, based on the generated print data, a product label L is issued (S14).

  According to the label producing apparatus 1 and the label producing method described above, the producer identification display 24 for identifying the producer by the portrait, the mark, and the background is printed on the product label L in addition to the display of the producer name by characters. Therefore, the producer and the consumer can intuitively grasp the producer of the product. In addition, since the display form of the producer identification display 24 is selected according to the label size of the product label L to be printed, the producer identification display 24 cannot be printed appropriately due to the limitation of the printing area due to the label size. Absent. That is, it is possible to select a display form that can be printed according to the label size of the product label L and to reliably print the producer identification information 24.

  In the above embodiment, the print content and label size of the product label L are selected simultaneously by selecting the print candidate of the product label L. However, a plurality of label sizes are selected for the same print content. It may be possible. In this case, the identification information selection unit 33 selects a display form of the producer identification information 24 according to the selected label size.

  In the above embodiment, the display form of the producer identification information 24 is selected according to the label size of the product label L to be printed. However, the display form is selected according to the type (print content) of the product label L. It is good also as a structure which selects. For example, the product label L is configured such that a display form to be printed is set in advance by a component table label, a price label, and a POP label, and the display form of the producer identification information 24 is selected according to the type of the product label L to be printed. It is good. According to this configuration, regardless of the label size, the display form of the producer identification display 24 can be selected according to the presence / absence and size of the margin due to the print content.

  In addition, the printer provided with said label issuing part 27 (printing mechanism 5), a control apparatus, and the touch panel display 2 (Producer information acquisition part 31, label selection part 32, identification information selection part 33, term mark selection part 34, The print data generation unit 35, the producer database 41, the display form table 42 of the producer identification display 24, and the product expiration date database 43) may be configured as separate devices (label production system). .

1: Label creation device 2: Touch panel display 6: Control device 12: Storage unit 13: Control unit 24: Producer identification display 25: Deadline mark 31: Producer information acquisition unit 32: Label selection unit 33: Identification information selection unit 34 : Deadline mark selection unit 35: Print data generation unit 36: Label issuing unit 41: Producer database 42: Display form table 43: Product deadline database 3: Label selection screen L: Product label

Claims (9)

An identification information registration unit for registering identification information for identifying the producer of the product in a plurality of display forms;
A label selector for selecting the type of product label to be issued;
In accordance with the selection result of the label selection unit, a display mode selection unit that selects a display mode of the identification information registered in the identification information unit,
A print data generation unit that generates print data by adding the identification information shown in the selected display form to the label data of the product label;
And a label issuing unit that issues the product label based on the print data.   The said display form selection part selects the display form used as the display size which can be printed on the said product label selected by the said label selection part among these several display forms. Label making device.   The display form selection unit is a case where identification information of a plurality of display forms can be printed on the selected product label, and when the specific display form is included in them, the specific display form is displayed. The label producing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the label producing apparatus is selected.   The identification information registration unit registers the identification information in at least one of the display forms of a face image, a color, and a mark for identifying the producer. The label producing apparatus according to any one of 1 to 3.   5. The label producing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the label selection unit selects a size of the product label as a type of the product label. A producer information obtaining unit for obtaining producer information for identifying the producer;
The label production apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the print data generation unit adds identification information of a producer specified by the producer information to the label data. An expiration date storage unit for storing an expiration date related to the product;
A deadline mark registration unit for registering a deadline mark indicating the deadline;
A deadline mark selecting unit that selects the deadline mark corresponding to the deadline of the product of the product label to be issued,
The label production apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the print data generation unit further adds the selected deadline mark to the label data. A computer including the identification information registration unit, the label selection unit, the display form selection unit, and the print data generation unit;
A label production system comprising: a printer including the label issuing unit. An identification information registration step for registering identification information for identifying the producer of the product in a plurality of display forms;
A label selection step for selecting the type of product label to be issued,
In accordance with the selection result of the label selection step, a display form selection step for selecting a display form of the identification information registered in the identification information registration step;
A print data generation step of generating print data by adding the identification information indicated in the selected display form to the label data of the product label;
A label issuing step for issuing the product label based on the print data.

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