JP2010173127A - Printing apparatus and label printer - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printing apparatus capable of surely forming a printed article based on a printing format in accordance with a use for utilization, and to provide a label printer. <P>SOLUTION: The printing apparatus includes: a format storing part 24 for storing a plurality of kinds of the printing formats; a printing condition storing part 27 for storing the kinds of the printing formats and the printing conditions corresponding to respective kinds in relation to each other; a format selecting part for selecting either one among a plurality of kinds of the printing formats; a print indicating part for indicating the printing of printing data based on the selected printing format; an information acquiring part 15 for acquiring information from the outside; a judging part for judging whether the printing condition related to the printing format to be a printing object is satisfied or not based on the information acquired before or after printing indication using the printing indication as a trigger; and a printing part 16 for executing printing when the printing condition is satisfied by the judging result of the judging part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a printing apparatus and a label printer that perform printing on a print medium based on print data.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a label printer that prints predetermined items on a label affixed to a roll mount is known. In this type of label printer, multiple print formats (print formats) are prepared according to the label size to be used, the intended use of the label (purpose of use), or the type of business of the user. A desired label is created by appropriately selecting a format (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-24654

By the way, in the above-mentioned label printer, the user can freely select the print format, so by mistake, select a format different from the print format used for business (print format with different usage) and label It is conceivable to print, and as a result, there is a problem that a label having an incorrect content is created.
In particular, when creating a label to be affixed to a test container that contains blood, urine, pathological specimens, etc. for each test in a hospital, create a label that associates the test content (test type) with personal information (patient information) Therefore, creating and affixing a label in a format different from the print format of the target examination means that the examination contents are mistaken, and as a result, there is a risk of serious damage to the patient.

  SUMMARY An advantage of some aspects of the invention is that it provides a printing apparatus and a label printer that can reliably produce a printed material based on a print format corresponding to a use application.

  The printing apparatus of the present invention includes a format storage unit that stores a plurality of types of print formats, a print condition storage unit that stores the types of print formats and print conditions corresponding to each type, and a plurality of types of print formats. Among them, a format selection unit for selecting one, a print instruction unit for instructing printing of print data based on the selected print format, an information acquisition unit for acquiring information from the outside, and a print instruction as a trigger, Based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit before or after the print instruction, a determination unit that determines whether or not a print condition associated with a print format to be printed is satisfied, and a determination result of the determination unit A printing unit that executes printing when the condition is satisfied.

  According to this configuration, printing of a printed matter is executed only when the printing condition associated with the printing format to be printed is satisfied (obtained). Accordingly, it is possible to prevent creation of a printed matter having an incorrect print format, that is, a printed matter having an incorrect content, and to reliably produce a printed matter based on the print format corresponding to the use application.

  In the printing apparatus of the present invention, the printing condition is preferably room information of a room where the printing apparatus exists.

According to this configuration, by using the printing conditions as room information, it is possible to create a printed matter in the printing format only in a room corresponding to the type of printing format. That is, in another room, it is impossible to perform printing in that format, and therefore it is possible to prevent the creation of a printed material using an incorrect printing format.
For example, when creating a label for blood tests (printed material) in a hospital, by associating blood laboratory information only with a blood test print format, it is possible to select other print formats in the blood laboratory by mistake. Cannot print. That is, in the blood test room, it is not possible to use a format other than the blood test print format, and therefore it is possible to prevent the creation of a label with an incorrect content.

  In the printing apparatus of the present invention, it is preferable that the information acquisition unit further includes a voice recognition unit that acquires voice information from the outside and recognizes the acquired voice information, and the printing condition is predetermined voice information.

  According to this configuration, by setting the printing condition as predetermined audio information, a printed matter of the print format can be created only when the audio information corresponding to the type of the print format is recognized. For example, when a format other than the print format used for the job is selected for a job by using voice information as a word that can identify the job type (work content) (a word that must be used in the job) Unable to create a printed material. As a result, it is possible to prevent creation of a printed matter with an incorrect print format.

  The printing apparatus of the present invention further includes a personal information storage unit that stores personal information including a personal ID for specifying an individual, and a personal ID acquisition unit that acquires a personal ID, and the print data is acquired by the individual It preferably includes personal information associated with the ID.

  According to this configuration, it is possible to prevent personal information input mistakes and errors. In addition, as personal information, the information of the creator of printed matter and the person identified by printed matter can be considered.

  The printing apparatus of the present invention preferably includes a printing history storage unit that stores a printing history printed by the printing unit, and an external output unit that outputs the printing history to an external device.

  According to this configuration, since the print history can be stored and output to an external device (for example, a personal computer or a memory card), the convenience of print history management is good.

  Preferably, the printing apparatus of the present invention further includes a clock unit that measures the date and time, and the printing history includes at least one of a printing format type, a printing date and time, and personal information.

  According to this configuration, when (print date and time), who (personal information of the creator), who (personal information of the person identified by the printed matter), what kind of content (type of print format) is printed Since it is possible to manage the history, it is convenient.

  The label printer of the present invention is characterized by including each unit in the printing apparatus described above.

  According to this configuration, it is possible to provide a label printer that can execute label printing only when a printing condition associated with a printing format to be printed is satisfied (obtained).

It is a control block diagram of the label printer of the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating association between a print format type and a print condition according to the first embodiment. It is a figure explaining the content of a printing history. It is a functional block diagram of the label printer of 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining the printing procedure of the inspection label by the label printer of 1st Embodiment. It is a control block diagram of the label printer of the second embodiment. It is a figure explaining the correlation with the classification of the printing format of 2nd Embodiment, and printing conditions. It is a functional block diagram of the label printer of 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining the printing procedure of the label for a test | inspection by the label printer of 2nd Embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this embodiment, the printing apparatus is described as an example of a label printer that prints predetermined items on a label attached to a roll-shaped mount, and an inspection label is created in a hospital using this label printer as an example. .

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a control block diagram showing the configuration of the label printer 1 (printing apparatus) according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the label printer 1 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, a display unit 13, a clock unit 14, a reader unit 15 (information acquisition unit), a printing unit 16, and an input device interface 17 (personal ID acquisition unit). A memory slot 18 (external output unit) and a network interface 19 (external output unit) are provided.

  The control unit 11 includes a CPU 21 (Central Processing Unit), a ROM 22 (Read Only Memory), and a RAM 23 (Random Access Memory), and controls the entire label printer 1. The ROM 22 stores a control program and control data for the CPU 21 to execute various processes. The RAM 23 is used as a work area when the CPU 21 executes various processes.

  The storage unit 12 includes a print format storage area 24 (format storage part), a personal information storage area 25 (personal information storage part), a room information storage area 26, a print condition storage area 27 (print condition storage part), and a print history storage area. 28 (print history storage unit).

  In the print format storage area 24, the print format of the inspection label corresponding to each inspection, the print format ID for uniquely identifying the type of the print format, and the inspection contents corresponding to the type of the print format (for example, If it is a print format for blood test, “use test such as“ blood test ”) is associated and stored.

  In the personal information storage area 25, nurse information and patient information are stored as personal information. The nurse information is associated with a nurse's name and a nurse ID (personal ID) uniquely assigned to identify each nurse. On the other hand, the patient information is associated with the patient's name and a patient ID (personal ID) uniquely assigned to identify each patient.

  In the room information storage area 26, as the room information, the name of each laboratory (for example, a blood laboratory, a urine laboratory, etc.) and a room ID for uniquely identifying each laboratory are associated. .

  The printing condition storage area 27 stores printing conditions for printing each inspection label. As shown in FIG. 2, each printing format (print format ID) and the inspection label of the printing format are stored. Are associated with room information (room ID) that can be printed.

  The print history storage area 28 stores the print history of the inspection label. As shown in FIG. 3, the print history includes the print date, nurse name (examination label creator), patient name (examination subject), and examination contents. As described above, the history management of when (printing date and time), who (nurse name), who (patient name), and what content (examination content) was performed is convenient.

  The display unit 13 is formed by a touch panel, and functions as an operation unit for performing an input instruction (for example, a print format selection instruction or a print instruction) and a display unit for displaying an input result.

  The clock unit 14 is an RTC (Real Time Clock) built in the label printer 1 and counts the date and time. Here, it is used to obtain the printing date and time of the inspection label.

  The reader unit 15 reads a room ID that uniquely identifies each examination room from an IC tag T provided in each examination room in the hospital. The printing unit 16 functions as a printing unit that prints the inspection label.

  The input device interface 17 is for connecting a barcode reader 31 for reading a barcode of an ID card or a wristband (both not shown) carried by a nurse or patient. The nurse ID and patient ID are acquired by reading the barcode. In this way, by acquiring the nurse ID and patient ID using the barcode reader 31, it is possible to prevent an input error or erroneous entry of personal information (nurse name or patient name).

  The memory slot 18 is an interface for attaching / detaching a memory card 32 (smart media, memory stick, etc.). The network interface 19 is connected to the personal computer 33. The CPU 21 outputs a print history to the memory card 32 and the personal computer 33 through these interfaces. Thus, since the print history can be output to an external device such as the memory card 32 or the personal computer 33, the convenience of managing the print history is good.

  Next, the functional configuration of the label printer 1 will be described with reference to the functional block diagram of FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the label printer 1 includes a format selection unit 41 (format selection unit), a personal information acquisition unit 42, a room information acquisition unit 43, a print instruction unit 44 (print instruction unit), and a determination unit 45 (determination unit). ), A printing unit 46, a notification unit 47, a printing date acquisition unit 48, and a printing history storage unit 49.

  The format selection means 41 is used by the nurse to select a test print format. The personal information acquisition means 42 acquires nurse information (nurse ID) and patient information (patient ID). The room information acquisition unit 43 acquires the room information (room ID) of the room where the label printer 1 exists. Based on the selected print format, the print instruction unit 44 issues an instruction for printing the nurse name corresponding to the acquired nurse ID and the patient name corresponding to the patient ID on the label.

  The determination unit 45 determines whether or not a print condition associated with the selected print format is satisfied. That is, it is determined whether or not the room information associated with the print format to be printed has been acquired. The printing unit 46 prints the inspection label when the determination unit 45 determines that the printing condition is satisfied. On the other hand, when the determination unit 45 determines that the printing condition is not satisfied, the notification unit 47 notifies that fact. The printing date acquisition unit 48 acquires date information from the clock unit 14. The print history storage means 49 stores the print history of the test label (print date / time, nurse name, patient name, test content).

  Here, the procedure for printing the inspection label by the label printer 1 of the first embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, the label printer 1 selects a test print format designated by the nurse (S01). Subsequently, the label printer 1 acquires the nurse ID and the patient ID by reading the ID card or wristband carried by the nurse or patient with the barcode reader 31 (S02, S03). Then, the label printer 1 issues a print instruction for the patient name corresponding to the patient ID and the nurse name corresponding to the nurse ID based on the selected print format by the print instruction operation by the nurse (S04).

  At this time, the label printer 1 acquires the room ID of the examination room in which the label printer 1 exists by using the reader unit 15 (S05). Then, the label printer 1 determines whether or not the room ID associated with the selected print format matches the acquired room ID (S06). That is, it is determined whether or not a printing condition associated with the selected printing format is satisfied.

  Here, if the room IDs match, that is, if the printing conditions are satisfied (S07; Yes), the label printer 1 prints an inspection label based on the printing format (S08). On the other hand, when the room IDs do not match, that is, when the printing conditions are not satisfied (S07; No), the label printer 1 indicates that the selected print format is another inspection print format, that is, the inspection contents. It is notified that a different print format has been selected (S09).

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, the inspection label is printed only when the room information (room ID) associated with the print format to be printed is acquired (only when the printing condition is satisfied). Execute. That is, by setting the printing condition as room information (room ID), it is possible to create an inspection label for the print format only in a room corresponding to the type of print format. As a result, in another room, it is impossible to perform printing in that format, and therefore it is possible to prevent the production of an inspection label using an incorrect print format.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a label printer 100 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The label printer 100 according to the second embodiment is different from the label printer 1 according to the first embodiment in that audio information is used instead of room information as a printing condition. Hereinafter, different points will be mainly described.

  FIG. 6 is a control block diagram of the label printer 100 according to the second embodiment. The basic configuration is the same as that of the label printer 1 of the first embodiment, but includes a voice input unit 101 (information acquisition unit) and a voice recognition unit 102 instead of the reader unit 15 (see FIG. 1). A voice dictionary storage area 103 is provided in place of the information storage area 26 (see FIG. 1).

  The voice dictionary storage area 103 stores a voice dictionary that associates a voice (words that are surely used in the examination) with which the examination content can be identified and a voice ID for specifying the voice. For example, voice (words) used in blood tests such as “blood test”, “collect blood”, or “blood collection is finished” includes a voice ID indicating blood test (ID for blood test) ), And the voice used for urinalysis such as “Urine test”, “Collect urine”, or “Urence collection is finished”, voice ID indicating urinalysis (for urinalysis) ID) is associated.

  The printing condition storage unit 27 stores printing conditions for printing each inspection label. As shown in FIG. 7, each printing format (print format ID) and printing of the label of the printing format are printed. Audio information (audio ID) as a condition is associated.

  The voice input unit 101 is for inputting voice information. The voice recognition unit 102 recognizes (identifies) the input voice information and extracts a voice ID based on the voice dictionary.

  Next, the functional configuration of the label printer 100 will be described with reference to the functional block diagram of FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the label printer 100 includes a format selection unit 41, a personal information acquisition unit 42, a voice information acquisition unit 111, a voice recognition unit 112, a print instruction unit 44, a determination unit 45, a printing unit 46, and a notification unit 47. The printing date acquisition means 48 and the print history storage means 49 are provided.

  Since the format selection means 41, personal information acquisition means 42, print instruction means 44, printing means 46, notification means 47, print date acquisition means 48 and print history storage means 49 are the same as in the first embodiment, description will be made. Omitted.

  The voice information acquisition unit 111 acquires voice information input from the voice input unit 101. The voice recognition unit 112 recognizes the acquired voice information and acquires (extracts) a voice ID associated with the voice information. The determination unit 45 determines whether or not a print condition associated with the selected print format is satisfied. That is, it is determined whether or not voice information (voice ID) associated with a print format to be printed has been acquired.

  Here, the procedure for printing the inspection label by the label printer 100 of the second embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, the label printer 100 selects a test print format designated by the nurse (S11). Subsequently, the label printer 100 acquires the nurse ID and the patient ID by reading the ID card or wristband carried by the nurse or patient with the barcode reader 31 (S12, S13). Then, the label printer 100 issues a print instruction of the patient name corresponding to the patient ID and the nurse name corresponding to the nurse ID based on the selected print format by the print instruction operation by the nurse (S14).

  At this time, the label printer 1 acquires voice information by the voice input unit 101 (S15). The acquired voice information is recognized by the voice recognition unit 102, and a voice ID corresponding to the recognized voice is acquired (extracted) (S16). Then, the label printer 100 determines whether or not the voice ID associated with the selected print format matches the acquired voice ID (S17). That is, it is determined whether or not a printing condition associated with the selected printing format is satisfied.

  Here, if the voice IDs match, that is, if the printing conditions are satisfied (S18; Yes), the label printer 100 prints an inspection label based on the print format (S19). On the other hand, if the voice IDs do not match, that is, if the printing conditions are not satisfied (S18; No), the label printer 100 indicates that the selected print format is another inspection print format, that is, the inspection contents. It is notified that a different print format has been selected (S20).

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, the inspection label is printed only when the sound information (sound ID) associated with the print format to be printed is acquired (only when the print condition is satisfied). Execute. That is, by setting the printing condition as predetermined audio information, an inspection label for the print format can be created only when the audio information corresponding to the type of the print format is recognized. This prevents the creation of an inspection label with an incorrect print format because an inspection label cannot be created if a format other than the print format used in the inspection is selected. Can do.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment and the second embodiment, the inspection label is printed only when the printing condition associated with the print format to be printed is satisfied (obtained). This prevents the creation of inspection labels with incorrect print formats, that is, inspection labels with incorrect contents, and reliably creates inspection labels based on the print format (depending on the inspection contents) according to the intended use. can do.

  Note that both room information and audio information may be set as printing conditions. Thereby, it is possible to create an inspection label based on a print format corresponding to the inspection (a print format corresponding to the application).

  In the present embodiment (first embodiment and second embodiment), room information and audio information are set as printing conditions, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, nurse information may be set as a printing condition so that a predetermined examination label cannot be created by anyone other than a predetermined nurse.

  In the present embodiment, various information (print format, personal information, room information, voice dictionary, print condition, and print history) is stored in the storage unit 12 of the label printer 1 (100). It is not limited. For example, by storing at least a part of the information in the memory card 32 and mounting the information in the label printer 1 (100), necessary information is read from the memory card 32 when the inspection label is printed. You may do it. Accordingly, it is possible to cope with a case where the capacity of the storage unit 12 of the label printer 1 (100) is small.

  Further, in the present embodiment, information serving as a print condition is acquired after a print instruction, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the print condition may be acquired before a print instruction.

  In addition, the apparatus configuration and processing steps of the label printer 1 (100) can be appropriately changed without departing from the gist of the present invention, regardless of the embodiment described above.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Label printer 14 ... Clock part 15 ... Reader part 16 ... Printing part 17 ... Input device interface 18 ... Memory slot 19 ... Network interface 24 ... Print format storage area 25 ... Personal information storage area 27 ... Print condition storage area 28 ... Printing History storage area 32 ... Memory card 33 ... Personal computer 41 ... Format selection means 44 ... Print instruction means 45 ... Discrimination means 101 ... Voice input section 102 ... Voice recognition section

Claims (7)

A format storage unit for storing a plurality of types of print formats;
A printing condition storage unit that associates and stores the type of the printing format and the printing condition corresponding to each type;
A format selection unit for selecting one of the plurality of types of print formats;
A print instruction unit for instructing printing of print data based on the selected print format;
An information acquisition unit for acquiring information from outside;
A determination unit that determines whether the print condition associated with the print format to be printed is satisfied based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit before or after the print instruction with a print instruction as a trigger When,
A printing apparatus comprising: a printing unit that executes printing when the printing condition is satisfied according to a determination result of the determination unit.   The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printing condition is room information of a room where the printing apparatus exists. The information acquisition unit acquires audio information from outside,
A voice recognition unit for recognizing the acquired voice information;
The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printing condition is predetermined audio information. A personal information storage unit for storing personal information including a personal ID for identifying an individual;
A personal ID acquisition unit for acquiring the personal ID,
The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the print data includes personal information associated with the acquired personal ID. A print history storage unit for storing a print history printed by the printing unit;
The printing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an external output unit that outputs the print history to an external apparatus. It further has a clock unit that measures the date and time
The printing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the printing history includes at least one of a type of the printing format, a printing date and time, and the personal information.   A label printer comprising each part of the printing apparatus according to claim 1.

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