The present invention relates to a print method using a printer module of a portable label printing/sticking machine and a printer module, capable of printing items or data across at least two vertical stages.
In the prior art, there is known a portable label printing/sticking machine, in particular, for use in food products or food materials. In this portable label printing/sticking machine, items such as a production date, an expiration date, a freshness date, and various items regarding freezing, thawing, heating, and other various treatment cautions and data such as dating for management or a specific date/time are printed on a label. If printer modules are individually provided for every item print or every data print, the number of the printer modules and the size of the printer modules increase disadvantageously. Therefore, it is necessary to provide a printer module equipped in the portable label printing/sticking machine within a limited range of the weight and the size. In particular, it is desirable to print each data regarding at least two types of independent items on a single label. For example, in order to print two types of items and corresponding data, generally, the printer module is required to have a total of four stages aligned in a vertical direction. This is not practical in actual use of the portable label printing/sticking machine.
For example,
As illustrated in
However, in the display printed on the label piece 1 of
As illustrated in
In particular, in a food product labeling system, the types of item prints such as a “freshness date” or “production calendar date” tend to increase in addition to the “expiration date.” Therefore, it is desirable to print each data, for example, for at least two types of independent items on the single label piece 1 or 5 depending on the number of item prints as described above.
Patent Document 1: JP2011-152800A
In view of the aforementioned problems, it is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a print method using a printer module of a portable label printing/sticking machine and a printer module, by which an item and corresponding data can be printed across at least two vertical stages.
The present invention provides a print method using a printer module of a portable label printing/sticking machine and a printer module, by which at least two types of independent data such as dating and items thereof can be printed within a restricted number of stages.
The present invention provides a print method using a printer module of a portable label printing/sticking machine and a printer module, by which necessary information can be printed on a label piece having a size restriction.
The present invention focuses on an item print band provided in any one of the first and second printer modules provided in at least two vertical stages as a printer module. According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a print method using a printer module of a portable label printing/sticking machine, the portable label printing/sticking machine performing printing on each label piece of a continuous label formed by temporarily adhering a plurality of label pieces on a ribbon-shaped liner sheet and sticking the label pieces, wherein the printer module is first and second printer modules provided in at least two vertical stages, any one of the first and second printer modules being provided with an item print band across at least two columns, the other one of the first and second printer modules being provided with a data print band, and the print method includes printing a partitioning frame that partitions a print area of the label piece into four regions including upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right regions on the label piece in advance, and printing on the four regions of the print area using the first and second printer modules.
In the print method described above, an item may be printed in left and right regions of any one of upper and lower print sections of the four partitioned regions partitioned into four regions including the upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right regions of the label piece using the item print band, and data corresponding to the item may be printed in left and right regions of the other one of the upper and lower print sections of the four regions using the data print band.
In the print method described above, display data regarding at least any one of the item and the data to be printed may be printed in the partitioning frame in advance.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printer module of a portable label printing/sticking machine that performs printing on each label piece of a continuous label formed by temporarily adhering a plurality of label pieces on a ribbon-shaped liner sheet and sticking the label pieces, wherein the printer module is first, second, and third printer modules provided in three vertical stages, the second printer module located in a center of the first to third printer modules being provided with an item print band to print at least two types of items, and data corresponding to the items are printed using the first and third printer modules located above and below the second printer module.
In the printer module of the portable label printing/sticking machine described above, the item print band may be configured to print a partitioning frame for partitioning the items into two vertical regions on the label piece along with the items.
In the print method using the printer module of the portable label printing/sticking machine and the printer module according to the present invention, the item print band is provided in any one of first and second printer modules provided in at least two vertical stages as a printer module, and two types of items can be printed using the item print band. Therefore, it is possible to perform printing on a label piece 1 depending on item print or data print necessitating various prints.
In particular, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a partitioning frame that partitions a print area of the label piece into four regions, including upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right regions, is printed on the label piece in advance, and printing is performed on the four regions of the print area using the first and second printer modules. Therefore, it is possible to individually performing the item print and the data print for each region. In addition, since the item print band is provided in at least two columns, it is possible to cope with an increase of the item print.
In particular, according to the second aspect of the present invention, first, second, and third printer modules are provided as a printer module in three vertical stages, and an item print band is provided in the second printer module located in a center of the first to third printer modules to print at least two types of items. In addition, data corresponding to the items are printed using the first and third printer modules located above and below the second printer modules. As a result, it is possible to display the items accordingly even when information regarding the item print increases.
According to the present invention, a print method using a printer module of a portable label printing/sticking machine and a printer module, capable of printing on a label piece depending on an item print or a data print necessitating various prints, are implemented by providing an item print band capable of printing two types of items in any one of first and second printer modules provided in at least two vertical stages as a printer module.
Embodiments
Next, a print method using a printer module of a portable label printing/sticking machine and a printer module according to a first embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to
In the continuous label 21, a plurality of label pieces 23 (corresponding to the label piece 1 of
In particular, as illustrated in
The selection shaft member 27 rotatably and stoppably supports these elements by a pressing member 43 biased by a spring 42.
According to the present invention, the width and the number (number of columns) of the print band 28 in an axial direction of the selection shaft 32 and the print letters and/or symbols 37 for printing are appropriately changed depending on the types and the sizes of various item prints and data prints. That is,
As illustrated in
As illustrated in
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Note that display data (for example, a fact that the corresponding product is sold in “Friday”) relating to any one of the item print and the data print is printed in the partitioning frame 44 in advance as illustrated in
As a result, the regions of the upper and lower print sections 45 and 46 (including the left region 45A, the right region 45B, the left region 46A, and the right region 46B) can be distinctively partitioned by the previously printed partitioning frame 44 on the label piece 23, and necessary items and data can be printed on each region. In addition, since the item print band 6 is provided in at least two columns, it is possible to increase the amount of information regarding the item print.
According to the second embodiment, a first printer module for printing on an upper print section 51, a second printer module for printing on a middle print section 52, and a third printer module for printing on a lower print section 53 are provided. The item print band 50 similar to those of the item print band 6 in the first printer module 16 (second printer module 17) described above and the data print band 2 are appropriately employed in the first to third printer modules.
That is, the item print band 50 for printing at least two types of items is provided in the second printer module located in the center, and the data print bands 2 are provided in the first and third printer modules located above and below the second printer module, so that data corresponding to the item can be printed.
Using the item print band 50, a partitioning frame 54 for partitioning the item print into two vertical regions (including the upper print section 51 and the lower print section 53) can be printed on the label piece 23 along with the items (for example, “production” and “expiration date”).
Specifically, in particular, as illustrated in
As illustrated in
1: label piece (prior art,
2: data print band
3: upper print section
4: lower print section
5: label piece (prior art,
6: item print band
7: upper print section
8: middle print section
9: lower print section
10: portable label printing/sticking machine (
11: sticking machine body
12: grip
13: lever shaft
14: handling lever
15: yoke
16: first printer module (printer module)
17: second printer module (printer module)
18: ink roller
19: platen
20: sticking roller
21: continuous label
22: liner sheet
23: label piece (
24: turning edge
25: printer body
26: index wheel
27: selection shaft member
28: print band (print band 2, item print band 6, 50)
29: indicator
30: arrow tip
31: index window
32: selection shaft
33: selection knob
34: selection pin
35: inner circumferential concave portion
36: index letters and/or symbols
37: print letters and/or symbols
38: spring
39: steel ball
40: selection groove
41: elastic support body
42: spring
43: pressing member
44: partitioning frame (
45: upper print section
45A: left region of upper print section 45
45B: right region of upper print section 45
46: lower print section
46A: left region of lower print section 46
46B: right region of lower print section 46
50: item print band (
51: upper print section (
52: middle print section
52A: left region of middle print section 52
52B: right region of middle print section 52
53: lower print section
54: partitioning frame (
54A: lower line of partitioning frame 54
54B: upper line of partitioning frame 54
54C: slash line of partitioning frame 54
54D: partitioning frame print (
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