JPH04158497A - Collection information print controller for automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simply perform print output by eliminating waste by performing the print operation of an item from which a block for which data is judged as invalid is eliminated from a comprising content by a printer. CONSTITUTION:When a print item is selected by a selector 2, a print control part 4 retrieves the block in accordance with the comprising content of the print item in a data storage part 3. At this time, a data valid/invalid decision means 5 adds all the data at every block, and decides the validity/invalidity of the data based on whether or not an addition result is invalid, and when the block for which the data is judged as invalid exists, the format of print is modified, and the print is performed by eliminating an invalid block from the comprising content. Thereby, the waste can be eliminated, and the simple print output easy to recognize can be performed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine collected information printing control device that prints out various collected information of the vending machine.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In recent years, various vending machine collected information printing control devices have been proposed that can aggregate various types of collected information from vending machines in a system room and also record the results as printed results (for example, (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 59-8093).

As shown in the block diagram of FIG. 3, this type of collected information printing control device for a vending machine includes a printing device 1 that performs printing,
A selection device 2 for selecting printing items to be output by the printing device 1; and a data storage section for storing data of the printing items selected by the selection device 2 for each block by type of printing content. 3, and a print control section 4 for searching the data storage section 3 for a block corresponding to the configuration of the print item selected by the selection device 2 and controlling the printing operation of the printing device 1. , as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4, when a printing item is selected by the selection device 2 (ST
EPl), the print control section 2 searched the data storage section 3 for blocks constituting print items (5TEP2) and printed all of the data (5TEP3).
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Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the above conventional configuration, the selection device '2
When a print item is selected in , all the data of the block that corresponds to the configuration of the print item in the data storage section 3 is printed, so even if all the data of a certain block is invalid, All invalid data will be printed out.

Therefore, in such a case, there is a disadvantage that there is a lot of useless data, making it difficult to read the printed results.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and is a collection information printing control for vending machines that can eliminate waste and perform concise printout by printing excluding invalid block data. The purpose is to provide equipment.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the collected information printing control device for a vending machine of the present invention includes a printing device for printing and a selection device for selecting printing items to be output by the printing device. , a data storage section for storing the data of the print item selected by the selection device in blocks for each type of print content, and a block corresponding to the configuration content of the print item selected by the selection device. a print control unit that searches the data storage unit to control the printing operation of the printing device, and a print control unit that determines whether the data is valid or invalid for each block in the data storage unit and removes blocks whose data is determined to be invalid. data validity/invalidity determination means for outputting the remaining blocks to the print control unit.

According to the above-mentioned configuration, the present invention performs a printing operation in which, when a printing item is selected by the selection device, when the printing control section searches for a block diagram corresponding to the configuration content of the printing item in the data storage section, The data validity/invalidity determination means checks the validity of data for each block.

By determining invalidity and having the printing device perform a printing operation for the items whose data is excluded from the configuration contents, it is possible to eliminate waste and perform concise printout. Become.

Embodiment Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a collected information printing control device for a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the printing control device shown in FIG.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a printing device that performs printing, 2 is a selection device for selecting printing items to be output by printing device 1, and 3
4 is a data storage unit for storing the data of the print item selected by the selection device 2 in blocks for each type of internal characters to be printed; 4 is a data storage unit for storing the data of the print item selected by the selection device 2; This is a print control unit that searches the data storage unit 3 for a corresponding block and controls the printing operation of the printing device 1. 6
is data validity/invalidity determining means), which determines whether data is valid or invalid for each block in the data storage section a, and excluding blocks whose data is determined to be invalid, the remaining blocks are sent to the print control section 4. Output to.

A method of determining print data and a printing operation will be explained with reference to FIG.

First, when a printing item is selected using the selection device 2 (STEP
ll), the print control unit 4 searches for a block corresponding to the configuration of the print item in the data storage unit 3 (STEP 1).
2). At this time, the data validity/invalidity determining means 6 adds all the data for each block (5TEP1s), and determines whether the data is valid or not depending on whether the addition result is invalid.
If there is a block whose data is determined to be invalid, the printing format is revised, the invalid block is removed from the configuration (STEP 15), and the data is printed (STEP 14). STEPl
e) It is possible to produce concise and easy-to-read printout without waste.

Effects of the Invention As described above, the collected information printing control device for a vending machine of the present invention includes a printing device for printing, a selection device for selecting printing items to be output by the printing device, and a selection device for selecting printing items to be output by the printing device. A data storage section for storing the data of the printing items to be printed in blocks for each type of printing content, and a data storage section that searches the data storage section for blocks that correspond to the configuration contents of the printing items selected by the selection device. When searching for a block that matches the configuration of print items in the print control unit and data storage unit, which controls the printing operation of the printing device, it determines whether the data is valid or invalid for each block, and has a data validity/invalidity determination means that outputs the blocks that are determined to be invalid from the configuration content to the print control unit, and allows the printing device to perform the printing operation, thereby eliminating waste and concise printing. It is possible to realize an excellent collection information printing control device for a vending machine that can perform printout.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a collected information printing control device for a vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the printing control device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a conventional vending machine A block diagram of the collected information printing control device, FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the printing control device shown in FIG. 3. 1-... Printing device, 2... Selection device, 3
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Claims (1)

[Claims] A printing device for printing, a selection device for selecting printing items to be output by the printing device, and data for the printing items selected by the selection device are stored for each block for each type of printing content. a print control unit that searches the data storage unit for a block corresponding to the configuration of the print item selected by the selection device and controls the printing operation of the printing device; data validity/invalidity determination means for determining whether data is valid or invalid for each block, excluding blocks whose data is determined to be invalid, and outputting the remaining blocks to the printing control section. Collection information printing control device.