JP2001188472A - Product label making method and product label continuum - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To provide a product label creation method and a product label continuum which have a high degree of design freedom and are easy to manage. SOLUTION: Plain labels 24B, 24B,... Temporarily attached to a band-shaped backing 24A at a constant pitch have a store name 32A and a price 3.
2B are printed at once by a printer, and a predetermined number of product labels 32, 32,. This eliminates the need to prepare a plurality of labels on which shop names are printed in advance, and facilitates label management. Also, since only the required number of sheets can be created, there is no waste and the cost is extremely high. Further, since the background pattern and the content of the product information can be freely changed, the degree of freedom in designing the product label is improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for producing a commodity label and a continuum of commodity labels, and more particularly to a method for producing a commodity label on which price and decoration are printed and a continuum of commodity labels.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a retail store such as a supermarket,
In order to inform consumers of the price of a product to be sold, a label on which the price is printed is attached to the product and the product is sold. At this time, a supermarket or the like often sells a product by attaching a label on which the store name is printed in addition to the price. Conventionally, this kind of product label has been prepared by printing a price on a label on which background information such as a store name or the like is printed in advance with a handler beller.

[0003]

However, the method of producing a product label by printing a price on a label on which a store name is printed in advance has a drawback that the background information design is fixed to one. Then, when trying to create a product label with different background information, there is a disadvantage that a label with different background information must be separately prepared.

In recent years, a product label on which a store name and a price are printed in advance is sometimes attached to a product at a stage where the product is wholesaled from a distribution warehouse or a wholesaler to the supermarket, rather than at a stage where the product is displayed at the supermarket. . In this case, there is a drawback in that the distribution warehouse side must prepare a label on which the name of the store for each supermarket that sells the goods is printed. In particular, in recent years, there has been a tendency to sell a wide variety of products in small quantities, and when labeling different background information for each product, there is a drawback that labels with different background information must be prepared by that number. . In addition, every time the background information is changed, the labeling must be replaced and set on the handle bar, which is extremely troublesome.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing a product label which has a high degree of freedom in design and is easy to manage, and a continuum of product labels.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for producing a product label on which background information such as characters and pictures and product information are displayed. The background information and the product information are printed at a time on the printed plain label by a printer, so that the required number of product labels is created at a time.

According to the present invention, background information and merchandise information are printed at a time on a plain label by a printer, and a predetermined number of merchandise labels are created at a time. This eliminates the need to prepare a plurality of labels with different background information, and facilitates label management. In particular, when only a small number of product labels with different background information are created, only the required number of product labels can be created, so that there is no waste and extremely economical. Further, since the contents of the background information and the product information can be freely changed, the degree of freedom of the product label design is improved. Further, since only the required number of sheets are created, management of the number of created sheets becomes easy.

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a plurality of product labels temporarily attached to a belt-shaped mount at a constant pitch are provided with a continuous product label group having different background information and product information. It is characterized by.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of a method for producing a product label and a continuous product label according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, a description will be given of the configuration of a product label issuing system used when the method for producing a product label according to the present invention is performed.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a product label issuing system. As shown in FIG. 1, the product label issuing system 10 includes a color label printer 12 and a host computer 14.

The color label printer 12 includes a roll paper holding unit 16, a transport unit 18, and a printing unit 20.

The roll paper holder 16 is provided with the roll paper holder 2.
2, and the roll paper 24 as a recording medium is rotatably held by the roll paper holder 22.

The transport section 18 is provided with a plurality of feed rollers 26, 26,... Driven by a motor (not shown), and the roll paper held by the roll paper holder 22 by the feed rollers 26, 26,. 24 is conveyed to the printing unit 20.

The printing unit 20 includes a recording head 28 for performing line recording on the surface of the roll paper 24 by an ink jet method.
It has. The recording head 28 includes a yellow head 28Y, a cyan head 28C, a magenta head 28M,
The four recording heads of the black head 28B are built in, and the corresponding ink cartridges 30Y and 30
Ink is supplied from C, 30M, and 30B.

In the color label printer 12 configured as described above, the roll paper 24 held in the roll paper holder 22 is conveyed to the printing unit 20 by feed rollers 26, 26,. The printing unit 20 performs required color recording on the surface of the supplied roll paper 24. At this time, color recording is performed by the black head 2 of the recording head 28.
8B, and ends with a magenta head 28M, a cyan head 28C, and a yellow head 28Y. In this way, color recording is performed on the roll paper 24 as a recording medium by each color of each head.

The host computer 14 controls the color label printer 12 to record predetermined information on the surface of the roll paper 24. That is, the user inputs information to be recorded on the surface of the roll paper 24 from the host computer 14, determines the layout and design, and causes the color label printer 12 to print.

Next, a first embodiment of the method for producing a product label according to the present invention using the product label issuing system 10 configured as described above will be described.

In this embodiment, a case where a product label on which a store name and a price are printed as a product label will be described.

A recording medium is used in which a large number of plain labels 24B, 24B,... The continuous body of the label is wound into a roll and set in the roll paper holder 22.

First, the user creates the product label 32
Is determined and input to the host computer 14. That is, first, the shop name display and the design and layout of the frame to be printed as background information are determined and input to the host computer 14. Next, the design and layout of the price display to be printed as product information are determined and input to the host computer 14. In addition,
The design and layout of the display contents are performed while checking on the monitor of the host computer 14.

Next, the required number of issued product labels 32 is input to the host computer 14.

The issuance preparation work is completed as described above, and an issuance command is issued from the host computer 14 to the color label printer 12.

Color label printer 1 receiving an issuance command
As shown in FIG. 2, the recording head 28 prints a designated number of pictures of the design designated on the plain labels 24B, 24B,... Temporarily attached to the band-shaped backing sheet 24A, as shown in FIG. Thus, the required number of product labels 32, 32,... On which the store name 32A and the price 32B are printed are created. The user can use the created product labels 32, 3
2, ... are cut along the perforations 24a formed on the band-shaped backing sheet 24A and collected from the color label printer 12. Then, they are peeled off one by one by hand and affixed to the target product.

In the case of successively creating product labels with different display prices or different display stores,
The same operation is repeated again.

As described above, according to the method of producing a product label of the present embodiment, it is not necessary to prepare a label on which a store name is printed in advance for each store. This facilitates label management.

Further, since only the required number of sheets are prepared, it is very economical. In particular, when only a small number of product labels with different store names are created, only the required number of product labels can be created.

Further, since the background information and the product information can be freely changed, the degree of freedom of the product label design is improved. In particular, the use of the color label printer 12 enables color printing. For example, a product label can be created with a free design such as a store name of red, a frame of blue, and a price of black. Also in this case, since only the required number of sheets can be created, there is no waste and the cost is extremely high.

Further, according to the method of producing a product label according to the present embodiment, the product label is produced by designating the number of product labels to be issued. Can be managed. This also facilitates product management.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view for explaining a second embodiment of the method for producing a product label according to the present invention.

In the present embodiment, as a recording medium, a block formed by continuously forming four plain labels 40B, 40B,... In the width direction and two in the longitudinal direction is defined as one block. A large number of pieces are temporarily attached at a constant pitch. The continuous body of the label is wound into a roll and set in the roll paper holder 22. The product label issuing system 10 to be used is the same as that of the above-described first embodiment.

First, the user creates the product label 32
Is determined and input to the host computer 14.

Here, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, detailed information of the product to which the created product labels 42, 42,... Are attached to some of the plain labels 40B, 40B,. Design to print 44. In the detailed information 44 of the product, the created product labels 42, 42,
Are set so that various detailed information such as a product name and a product number, a manufacturer, a shelf number, a color, and an internal capacity of the product which are effective when the...

In the example shown in FIG. 4, a different product label is created for every two blocks at a time. Here, as the detailed information 44 of the product, a product number 44A, a product name 44B, an internal capacity 44C, The color 44D is described.

Thus, the detailed information of the product is designed to be printed on some of the plain labels 40B, 40B,... Together with the product labels 42, 42, and is input to the host computer 14. Then, an issuance command is issued from the host computer 14 to the color label printer 12.

The color label printer 1 receiving the issuance command
2, the print head 28 prints the designated number of pictures of the design designated on the plain labels 40B, 40B,... Temporarily attached to the band-shaped backing paper 40A, as shown in FIG. Thus, as shown in FIG. 4, the required number of labels on which the detailed information 44, 44,... Of the product are printed together with the product labels 42, 42,. The user cuts off the produced product labels 42, 42,... Along the perforations 40a formed on the band-shaped backing sheet 40A, and
Collect from Then, they are peeled off one by one by hand and affixed to the target product. At this time, the user enters detailed information 4 of the product.
4, the product labels 42, 42,... Can be correctly affixed to predetermined products.

As described above, according to the method for producing a product label of the present embodiment, by printing the detailed information 44 of the product on some of the labels, the produced product labels 42, 4
2, ... can be correctly attached to the specified product. This is particularly effective when various kinds of product labels are issued at once as shown in FIG. In other words, if a variety of product labels are issued at once, it becomes difficult to know which product the created product label should be attached to, which makes management more complicated. By printing it on a part (header), it becomes easy to manage the created product label. In addition, this makes it possible to issue a variety of product labels at one time, thereby improving the efficiency of product label creation.

In this embodiment, four plain labels 40B, 40B,...
A block formed by continuously forming two sheets in the longitudinal direction is defined as one block, and a plurality of blocks are temporarily attached to the band-shaped backing paper 40A at a constant pitch, but a label such as that used in the first embodiment is used. A continuum may be used (see FIG. 2). In this case, it is preferable to print the detailed information of the product on the first or last label of the created product label.

In the above-described series of embodiments, a case has been described where a product label on which a store name and a price are printed is created. However, the present invention provides a product label on which background information and product information are printed. Can be applied to all.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5, a manufacturer and a frame are printed as background information, and a product name,
It can also be applied to product labels on which prices, bar codes, etc. are printed.

As shown in FIG. 6, a delivery note label printed with the issuer, frame, and title to be input as background information, and a delivery destination, a barcode, and content according to the title as product information. It can also be applied to

Further, in the above-described series of embodiments, a product label producing system using a color label printer has been exemplified as an apparatus for carrying out the present invention, but the present invention can be implemented by other label producing apparatuses. can do.

As the color label printer, in addition to the above-described ink jet system, a printer of a thermal transfer system or a toner system may be used. If no color printing is performed, a monochrome printer may be used.

[0044]

As described above, according to the present invention,
By printing background information and product information on a plain label at once with a printer and creating a predetermined number of product labels at once, there is no need to prepare multiple labels with different background information, making label management easy. Become. In the case where only a small number of product labels with different background information are created, only the required number of product labels can be created. Further, since the contents of the background information and the product information can be changed freely, the degree of freedom of the product label design is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a product label issuing system.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view for explaining a method for producing a product label according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a method for producing a product label according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a product label created by a method for creating a product label according to a second embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view for explaining a method for producing a product label according to another embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view for explaining a method for producing a product label according to another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Product label issuing system, 12 ... Color label printer, 14 ... Host computer, 16 ... Roll paper holding part, 18 ... Conveying part, 20 ... Printing part, 22 ... Roll paper holder, 24 ... Roll paper, 24A ... , 24B: plain label, 26: feed roller, 28: recording head, 32: product label, 40A: band mount, 40B: plain label, 42: product label, 44: product detailed information

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A method for producing a product label on which background information such as characters and pictures and product information are displayed, wherein the background information and the product information are printed by a printer on a plain label temporarily attached at a fixed pitch to a band-shaped backing paper. A method for producing a product label, wherein a required number of product labels are produced at once by printing at a time. 2. The method for producing a product label according to claim 1, wherein the background information and the product information are printed in different colors. 3. The method for producing a product label according to claim 1, wherein detailed information of the product to which the product label to be created is attached is printed on one of the plain labels. 4. A continuum of product labels, wherein a group of product labels having different background information and product information are consecutively provided on a large number of product labels temporarily attached to the belt-shaped mount at a constant pitch.