JP4619929B2 - Package label printing system and package label printing method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a package label printing system and a package label printing method for managing the printing of labels to be affixed to packages of sales products in a store such as a supermarket.

Conventionally, stores such as supermarkets sell products with a label such as price attached to a package of products for sale (for example, a package of cooked products such as salads and rice cakes). This label is usually attached to the package by a store clerk. Further, in large supermarkets where stores are scattered in various places, for example, the store staff at each store determines whether to attach a label with a low price according to the time of day. Note that Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for printing a label.
JP 2000-47841 A

  Here, as a problem when affixing labels to packages of sales products, (1) In large supermarkets, labels are replaced for each person in charge at each store. (2) When there are multiple labels to be affixed to the package label, it has been troublesome to generate multiple labels. (3) Affix multiple labels In some cases, there was a mistake that the work of pasting all the labels to be pasted was not completed, and it was put out in the store, (4) It took time to complete the label creation after receiving instructions from the headquarters, etc. There was a problem, and it was necessary to solve these problems.

  Therefore, the present invention reduces the labor of label creation to be affixed to the package of sales merchandise, has a degree of freedom in management of sales promotions in a plurality of stores, and can manage the management of sales promotions flexibly. It is an object of the present invention to provide a package label printing system and a package label printing method.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a package label printing system in which a package label printing apparatus and a management server are connected via a communication network, the package label printing apparatus received via the communication network. Printing information storage means for printing the sales information and the advertising information in predetermined areas of the printing medium, respectively, and the management server stores at least the sales information and the advertising information as printing information; and the package Printing apparatus identification information storage means for storing identification information of the label printing apparatus; setting information storage means for storing the transmission time of the printing information designated by the administrator and the identification information of the package label printing apparatus in association with each other; , and time counting means for counting the time, when the time has become the transmission time, the administrator Comprising the print information has been designated, likewise based on the identification information of the management package label printing apparatus which has been designated from the user, and a print information transmitting means for transmitting the package label print apparatus shown in the identification information This is a package label printing system.

The present invention also relates to a package label printing method in a package label printing system in which a package label printing device and a management server are connected via a communication network, the sales information received by the package label printing device via the communication network. And the advertisement information are respectively printed in predetermined areas of the print medium, and the management server stores at least the sales information and the advertisement information as print information, stores the identification information of the package label printing device, and The transmission time of the print information that has been designated by the user is stored in association with the identification information of the package label printing device, the time is counted, and when the time becomes the transmission time, the administrator designates the transmission time. identification information of the received the printing information, package label print apparatus also has been designated from said manager Based on a package label print method and transmitting the package label print apparatus shown in the identification information.

  According to the present invention, in a large supermarket, it is possible to control the printing of package labels displaying advertisement information and the like all at once by registration of an administrator, so there is no variation in the correspondence of the person in charge at each store, and each store The sales promotion effect can be increased at the same time. In addition, since a plurality of pieces of information are displayed in each area of one package label, it is possible to reduce the label creation work, thereby improving work efficiency. Moreover, since it is a single package label, forgetting to attach information requested by the headquarters to the product is reduced. In addition, since the printing process can be centrally managed by the management server 1, it is possible to shorten the time until the person in charge at each store completes the label creation.

  Hereinafter, a package label printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a package label printing system according to the embodiment. In this figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a management server, which is installed at a supermarket headquarters having a plurality of stores. Reference numeral 2 denotes a package label printing apparatus, which performs processing for printing print information received from the management server 1. The package label printing apparatus 2 is installed in each store. The management server 1 and the package label printing apparatus 2 are connected via a communication network. The package label printing apparatus 2 includes a printer processing unit 3. Although the figure shows a state in which the printer processing unit 3 is separated from the apparatus main body, these may be an integrated apparatus. A plurality of package label printing apparatuses 2 may be installed in each store.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the management server and the package label printing apparatus.
As shown in FIG. 2, the management server 1 includes a communication processing unit that transmits and receives information to and from the package label printing apparatus 1, a control unit 12 that controls each processing unit of the management server 1, and print information to the package label printing apparatus 2. A print information transmission processing unit 13 for transmission and a database 14 for storing various data are provided. The management server 1 also includes a counter 15 that counts time.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the package label printing apparatus 2 includes a communication processing unit that processes transmission and reception of information with the management server 1, a control unit 22 that controls each processing unit of the package label printing apparatus 2, and a package A print processing unit 23 that prints labels and a storage unit 24 that stores various data are provided.

  Then, in response to an instruction from the administrator or execution of the set program, the management server 1 transmits print information all at once to the package label printer 2 installed in each store, and the package label printer 2 in each store The price, store name, product name, advertisement information, etc. included in the print information are printed in the specified area of the label, thereby creating a store representative for the label to be affixed to the package of the sold product. Reduce labor and centralize sales promotion management at multiple stores.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a processing flow of the package label printing system.
Next, a processing flow of the package label printing system in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
First, the administrator registers product information and advertisement information as print information in the management server 1, that is, product information such as product name, price, store name, production location information, etc., and advertisement information to be attached to the product (step). S1). In the print information, a print position (such as coordinates on the label) indicating where the product name, price, store name, production location information, and advertisement information are printed is registered according to the setting of the administrator ( Step S2). The print information is recorded in a print information table held in the database 14 in association with the print information. Further, the IP address of each package label printing apparatus is recorded in the transmission destination table held in the database 14 as the transmission destination. The print information may be registered by the administrator when there are some conditions. For example, on a winter day when the temperature is low, printing information for reducing the price of ingredients for hot pot dishes is registered.

  In such a situation, the manager instructs transmission of the print information registered in the management server 1 when the price of a certain product is changed. When the print information transmission processing unit 13 receives the print information transmission instruction (step S3), the print information recorded in the print information table and the package label printing apparatus 2 installed in each store recorded in the transmission destination table. Read the IP address. Then, the print information transmission processing unit 13 transmits the print information all at once to each IP address (step S4).

  The administrator sets the transmission time, and registers the transmission time so that the print information transmission processing unit 13 automatically transmits the print information all at once when the time counted by the counter 15 reaches the transmission time. You may do it.

  When the package label printer 2 receives the print information, the package label printer 2 reads information to be printed such as a product name, price, store name, production place information, advertisement information and the print position of each information from the print information. Then, the read information is output to the printer processing unit 3 (step S5). The printer processing section 3 prints and outputs information to be printed such as product name, price, store name, production place information, and advertisement information on a label based on the respective printing positions (step S6). As a result, the printing information registered by the person in charge of the management is distributed to the stores all at once, and a label can be created without the effort of the person in charge of the store. The print information may include other information such as the number of printed sheets.

FIG. 4 is an image diagram of the package label.
In FIG. 4, (a) is a label before printing of printing information, and (b) is a label after printing of printing information. By the processing of the print processing unit 23, as shown in FIG. 4, the product name, the price, the store name, the production area information, and the advertisement information of the print information are printed in separate print areas.

  With the above process, package labels displaying advertisement information etc. can be printed all at once in a large supermarket by registering the administrator, so there is no variation in the correspondence of the person in charge at each store, and at each store The sales promotion effect can be increased at the same time. In addition, since a plurality of pieces of information are displayed in each area of one package label, it is possible to reduce the label creation work, thereby improving work efficiency. Moreover, since it is a single package label, forgetting to attach information requested by the headquarters to the product is reduced. In addition, since the printing process can be centrally managed by the management server 1, it is possible to shorten the time until the person in charge at each store completes the label creation.

  The management server and the package label printing apparatus described above each have a computer system inside. The process described above is stored in a computer-readable recording medium in the form of a program, and the above process is performed by the computer reading and executing this program. Here, the computer-readable recording medium means a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a semiconductor memory, or the like. Alternatively, the computer program may be distributed to the computer via a communication line, and the computer that has received the distribution may execute the program.

  The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

A conventional label can be used as the package label of the package label printing system of the present invention. Specifically, the base material is a paper, synthetic paper, a heat-sensitive color developing label in which a heat-sensitive color developing agent is coated on a film such as OPP or PET, and a label that can be used for an ink jet type or transfer type printer comprising the base material. Can be mentioned.
In the case of using a label based on a thermosensitive coloring method, for example, a printing film disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-189297 can be used. The printing film can be peeled from one surface of a base material that can be heat-sealed from a heat-sensitive color developing portion, and the base material and the heat-sensitive color developing portion, and a peelable portion having a thickness of 0.1 to 10.0 μm is provided. It is characterized by being provided. Alternatively, the label is provided on one surface of the substrate with a heat-sensitive color developing part, a release part, and a peelable part having a thickness of 0.1 to 10.0 μm that can be peeled from the base material and the heat-sensitive color developing part. In addition, an adhesive portion may be provided on the other surface of the base material. Thereby, the label can display a lot of product information, designs, etc., and the attached label can be easily peeled off. Furthermore, once peeled off the label cannot be reapplied, it is possible to completely prevent mischief such as reapplying a tampered label, and it has been necessary in the past for separating and collecting the packaging film and the label. Troublesome work can be eliminated.
In the present invention, a label printer suitable for each printing method can be used.
One or a plurality of labels printed by the label printer can be used depending on the content to be displayed, the label affixing design on the package, and the like, and information can be displayed by affixing them at predetermined positions.
By using the package label printing system of the present invention, it is possible to provide a package in which various information provision and sales promotion measures are managed in an integrated manner.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a package label printing system. It is a functional block diagram of a management server and a package label printing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the processing flow of a package label printing system. It is an image figure of a package label.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Management server 2 ... Package label printing device 3 ... Printer processing part

Claims (2)

A package label printing system in which a package label printing device and a management server are connected via a communication network,
Package label printing device
Printing means for printing the sales information and the advertising information received via the communication network in respective predetermined areas of the print medium,
Management server
Print information storage means for storing at least the sales information and the advertisement information as print information;
Printing device identification information storage means for storing identification information of the package label printing device;
Setting information storage means for storing the transmission time of the printing information designated by the administrator and the identification information of the package label printing device in association with each other;
Time counting means for counting time;
When the time becomes the transmission time, the said print information has been designated from the administrator, based on the same identification information of the administrator from the received designation package label printer, indicated by the identification information A package label printing system comprising: a printing information transmitting means for transmitting to a package label printing apparatus. A package label printing method in a package label printing system in which a package label printing device and a management server are connected via a communication network,
Package label printing device
Print sales information and advertisement information received via the communication network in a predetermined area of the print medium,
Management server
Storing at least the sales information and the advertisement information as print information;
Storing identification information of the package label printing device;
Storing the print information transmission time designated by the administrator in association with the identification information of the package label printing device;
Count the time,
When the time becomes the transmission time, the said print information has been designated from the administrator, based on the same identification information of the administrator from the received designation package label printer, indicated by the identification information A package label printing method comprising: transmitting to a package label printing device.

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