Express sheet printing method and printer

Abstract

The invention discloses an express sheet printing method and a printer. The method comprises the steps that a thermal printing area and a special ink printing area on a to-be-printed express sheet are determined; wherein the special ink printing area is an X-ray recognized ink paper material; thermal printing data and ink-jet printing data are determined; and determining current printing position information, and printing the thermal printing data and the ink-jet printing data according to a matching result of the current printing position information, the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area to obtain a target express sheet. According to the scheme, the special ink printing area which can be identified by the X-ray is added on the express waybill to be printed, so that the express waybill of the express can be scanned at the same time when the express is subjected to X-ray security check, and the efficiency and accuracy of express security check and express waybill scanning are improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of printers, and in particular to a method and a printer for printing an express delivery label. Background Art

[0002] In recent years, with the increasing demand for online shopping among users and the rapid development of express delivery services, the number of express deliveries has also been increasing and the requirements for express delivery security have been increasing.

[0003] During the transportation process, express delivery needs to be constantly inspected and the delivery bill attached to the express delivery is scanned to ensure the safety of the express delivery during transportation. However, the current express delivery inspection equipment cannot simultaneously inspect the express delivery and scan the delivery bill attached to the express delivery, resulting in low efficiency during express delivery transportation, high cost of express delivery inspection equipment, and large floor space, which reduces the efficiency of manpower utilization. Summary of the invention

[0004] The present invention provides a method and a printer for printing an express delivery bill, so as to solve the problem that the express delivery cannot be simultaneously inspected and scanned during transportation.

[0005] According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for printing an express delivery label is provided, the method comprising:

[0006] Determine the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area on the express delivery label to be printed; the special ink printing area is the ink paper material identified by X-ray;

[0007] Determine thermal printing data and inkjet printing data;

[0008] Determine the current printing position information, and according to the matching results between the current printing position information and the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area, print the thermal printing data and the inkjet printing data to obtain the target express delivery bill.

[0009] According to another aspect of the present invention, a printer for an express delivery label is provided, which can execute any express delivery label printing method of the embodiments of the present invention, and the printer includes:

[0010] The print head is used to print data, and ink paper that repeatedly absorbs special ink is arranged under the print head; wherein the special ink is X-ray recognition ink.

[0011] The technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention determines the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area on the express delivery bill to be printed, thereby adding a special ink printing area that can be identified by X-rays to the express delivery bill to be printed, so that when the courier passes through X-ray security inspection, the express delivery bill of the courier can be scanned at the same time, thereby improving the efficiency of express security inspection and express delivery bill scanning; determines the thermal printing data and the inkjet printing data, and determines the current printing position information, and prints the thermal printing data and the inkjet printing data according to the matching result of the current printing position information with the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area to obtain the target express delivery bill, thereby matching the printing data with the position on the express delivery bill to be printed, so that the inkjet printing data on the target express delivery bill obtained is located in the special ink printing area that can be identified by X-rays, thereby improving the efficiency and accuracy of scanning the express delivery bill.

[0012] It should be understood that the contents described in this section are not intended to identify the key or important features of the embodiments of the present invention, nor are they intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Other features of the present invention will become easily understood through the following description. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0013] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the following briefly introduces the drawings required for use in the description of the embodiments. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative work.

[0014] Figure 1 The present invention provides a flowchart of a method for printing an express delivery label. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0015] In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the scheme of the present invention, the technical scheme in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work should fall within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0016] It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", etc. in the specification and claims of the present invention and the above-mentioned drawings are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not necessarily used to describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the data used in this way can be interchanged where appropriate, so that the embodiments of the present invention described herein can be implemented in an order other than those illustrated or described herein. In addition, the terms "including" and "having" and any variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions, for example, a process, method, system, product or device that includes a series of steps or units is not necessarily limited to those steps or units that are clearly listed, but may include other steps or units that are not clearly listed or inherent to these processes, methods, products or devices.

[0017] Embodiment 1

[0018] Figure 1 This is a flow chart of a method for printing a courier label provided in Embodiment 1 of the present invention. This embodiment is applicable to the case where a barcode that can be recognized by X-ray is printed on the courier label using special ink. Figure 1 As shown, the method includes:

[0019] S101. Determine a thermal printing area and a special ink printing area on the express delivery label to be printed; wherein the special ink printing area is an ink paper material identified by X-ray.

[0020] In an embodiment of the present invention, an express delivery bill refers to a label of an express package, including at least one of the following information: information of the sender and recipient of the express package, logistics information of the express package, express delivery number information, etc. The express delivery bill to be printed refers to the express delivery bill that is ready to be printed by a printer. Thermal printing refers to the use of the heat-sensitive property of the thermal coating on thermal paper to generate heat on the paper through a thermal print head, causing a chemical reaction in the thermal coating, thereby forming an image or text on the paper. The thermal printing area refers to the area on the express delivery bill to be printed where information is printed by a thermal print head, and is made of thermal paper. Special ink refers to ink that can be identified by X-rays. The special ink printing area refers to the area on the express delivery bill to be printed where special ink is used for printing, and is made of ink paper material that can be identified by X-rays.

[0021] Specifically, a thermal printing area made of thermal paper and a special ink printing area made of ink paper material that can be identified by X-rays are determined on the express delivery bill to be printed. Since the express delivery must go through an X-ray scanning process when passing through security inspection, adding a special ink printing area that can be identified by X-rays to the express delivery bill to be printed can realize the simultaneous scanning of the express delivery bill when the express delivery passes through security inspection, obtain the information on the bill, and improve the efficiency of express delivery security inspection and scanning.

[0022] As an optional method, determining the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area on the express delivery label to be printed includes the following steps A1-A2:

[0023] Step A1: determine the printing requirement, and determine the corresponding printing template according to the printing requirement.

[0024] Step A2: determine the thermal printing area and special ink printing area on the express delivery label to be printed according to the printing template.

[0025] In the embodiment of the present invention, the printing requirement refers to the user's requirements for the display and functions of the express delivery bill. The printing template refers to the template used by the printer to print the express delivery bill, which is predetermined according to the printing requirement. The printing template will pre-divide the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area where the printing information is located.

[0026] Specifically, based on the user's demand for express delivery labels, the printing demand is determined. A printing template corresponding to the printing demand is selected, and the thermal printing area and special ink printing area on the express delivery label to be printed are determined according to the thermal printing area and special ink printing area pre-divided in the printing template. The express delivery label to be printed is printed based on the printing template, which improves the universality of label printing.

[0027] As an option, a blank area is set between the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area.

[0028] Specifically, there is a blank area between the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area on the express delivery label to be printed, so as to separate the special ink printing area from the thermal printing area, thereby avoiding mutual interference of chemical reactions between different areas and improving the accuracy of printing the express delivery label to be printed.

[0029] S102: Determine thermal printing data and inkjet printing data.

[0030] Specifically, according to the actual needs of the user, the information printed in the thermal printing area on the express delivery bill to be printed is determined as the thermal printing data. The information printed in the special ink printing area that can be identified by X-ray on the express delivery bill to be printed is determined as the inkjet printing data.

[0031] As an option, the inkjet printing data is a barcode, which is convenient for printing and prevents data loss caused by improper inkjet, and the printing precision requirement is low. At the same time, the barcode can be associated with relevant information of the express delivery, for example, the barcode can be associated with the express delivery number information, or the sender, recipient and logistics information of the express delivery.

[0032] S103, determine the current printing position information, and print the thermal printing data and the inkjet printing data according to the matching results between the current printing position information and the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area to obtain the target express delivery bill.

[0033] In the embodiment of the present invention, the current printing position information refers to the position information of the print head on the express delivery form to be printed when the express delivery form to be printed is printed.

[0034] Specifically, the current printing position information of the express delivery bill to be printed is determined, and the current printing position information is matched with the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area on the express delivery bill to be printed. If the current printing position information matches the thermal printing area, the thermal printing data is printed on the express delivery bill to be printed. If the current printing position information matches the special ink printing area that can be identified by X-rays, the inkjet printing data is printed on the express delivery bill to be printed. When both the thermal printing data and the inkjet printing data are printed on the express delivery bill to be printed, the target express delivery bill is obtained.

[0035] As an optional method, according to the matching result between the current printing position information and the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area, the thermal printing data and the inkjet printing data are printed, including the following steps B1-B2:

[0036] Step B1: If the current printing position information is located in the thermal printing area, thermal printing is performed on the thermal printing data.

[0037] Step B2: If the current printing position information is located in the special ink printing area, inkjet printing is performed on the inkjet printing data.

[0038] As an optional method, according to the length of the paper of the express delivery label to be printed, an ink identification unit is added under the print head or a material identification unit is configured in the printer to determine the current printing position information of the express delivery label to be printed. Exemplarily, if the ink identification unit detects that there is a special ink that can be identified by X-rays on the printed express delivery label, it is considered that the current printing position information is located in the special ink printing area; if the ink identification unit does not detect that there is a special ink that can be identified by X-rays on the printed express delivery label, it is considered that the current printing position information is located in the thermal printing area.

[0039] Specifically, if the current printing position information is in the thermal printing area of ​​the express delivery bill to be printed, the thermal printing data is printed in the thermal printing area of ​​the express delivery bill to be printed by thermal printing. If the current printing position information is in the special ink printing area of ​​the express delivery bill to be printed that can be identified by X-rays, the inkjet printing data is printed in the special ink printing area of ​​the express delivery bill to be printed that can be identified by X-rays by inkjet printing.

[0040] As an option, an ink sheet that repeatedly absorbs the special ink is arranged under the print head of the printer;

[0041] Accordingly, performing inkjet printing on the inkjet printing data includes:

[0042] The print head performs inkjet printing by performing inkjet pressing to perform inkjet printing on the inkjet printing data.

[0043] Specifically, an ink paper made of ink-absorbing material is arranged under the print head of the printer. The ink paper is used to continuously absorb special ink that can be identified by X-rays and can be reused. Furthermore, when the inkjet printing data is inkjet printed in the special ink printing area of ​​the express delivery bill to be printed, the ink can be printed on the express delivery bill to be printed by simply pressing the print head to spray ink, thereby completing the inkjet printing. The ink paper that repeatedly absorbs special ink that can be identified by X-rays is arranged under the print head, so that one print head can complete thermal printing and inkjet printing, thereby improving printing efficiency and saving costs.

[0044] As an option, according to the matching result between the current printing position information and the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area, the thermal printing data and the inkjet printing data are printed, including:

[0045] If the current printing position information does not match either the thermal printing area or the special ink printing area, the position of the express delivery label to be printed is adjusted until it matches either the thermal printing area or the special ink printing area.

[0046] Specifically, there are blank areas above and below the express delivery bill to be printed, and between the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area. If the current printing position is in the blank area, it means that the current printing position information does not match the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area. Therefore, the position of the express delivery bill to be printed needs to be adjusted until the printing position information matches the thermal printing area or the special ink printing area. Exemplarily, the position of the express delivery bill to be printed can be adjusted by moving the printer forward or backward, or by manual adjustment.

[0047] The technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention determines the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area on the express delivery bill to be printed, thereby adding a special ink printing area that can be identified by X-rays to the express delivery bill to be printed, so that when the courier passes through X-ray security inspection, the express delivery bill of the courier can be scanned at the same time, thereby improving the efficiency of express security inspection and express delivery bill scanning; determines the thermal printing data and the inkjet printing data, and determines the current printing position information, and prints the thermal printing data and the inkjet printing data according to the matching result of the current printing position information with the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area to obtain the target express delivery bill, thereby matching the printing data with the position on the express delivery bill to be printed, so that the inkjet printing data on the target express delivery bill obtained is located in the special ink printing area that can be identified by X-rays, thereby improving the efficiency and accuracy of scanning the express delivery bill.

[0048] Embodiment 2

[0049] Embodiment 2 of the present invention provides a printer for express delivery labels, which is applicable to printing a barcode that can be recognized by X-rays on an express delivery label with special ink, and can execute any express delivery label printing method provided in the embodiments of the present invention. The printer includes:

[0050] The print head is used to print data, and ink paper that repeatedly absorbs special ink is arranged under the print head; wherein the special ink is X-ray recognition ink.

[0051] As an option, the print head is a thermal print head.

[0052] As an option, the printer also includes:

[0053] The material identification unit is used to identify the material to be printed on the express delivery label.

[0054] As an option, the printer of the express delivery bill provided in the embodiment of the present invention may perform:

[0055] Determine the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area on the express delivery label to be printed; the special ink printing area is the ink paper material identified by X-ray;

[0056] Determine thermal printing data and inkjet printing data;

[0057] Determine the current printing position information, and according to the matching results between the current printing position information and the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area, print the thermal printing data and the inkjet printing data to obtain the target express delivery bill.

[0058] As an option, determine the thermal printing area and special ink printing area on the express delivery label to be printed, including:

[0059] Determine the printing requirements and determine the corresponding printing template according to the printing requirements;

[0060] Determine the thermal printing area and special ink printing area on the express delivery label to be printed based on the printing template.

[0061] As an option, a blank area is set between the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area.

[0062] As an option, the inkjet printed data is a barcode.

[0063] As an option, according to the matching result between the current printing position information and the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area, the thermal printing data and the inkjet printing data are printed, including:

[0064] If the current printing position information is located in the thermal printing area, thermal printing is performed on the thermal printing data;

[0065] If the current printing position information is located in the special ink printing area, inkjet printing is performed on the inkjet printing data.

[0066] Optionally, inkjet printing is performed on the inkjet printing data, including:

[0067] The print head performs inkjet printing by performing inkjet pressing to perform inkjet printing on the inkjet printing data.

[0068] As an option, according to the matching result between the current printing position information and the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area, the thermal printing data and the inkjet printing data are printed, including:

[0069] If the current printing position information does not match either the thermal printing area or the special ink printing area, the position of the express delivery label to be printed is adjusted until it matches either the thermal printing area or the special ink printing area.

[0070] The print head provided in the embodiment of the present invention is only a part of the printer for the express delivery label provided in the embodiment of the present invention. The printer also includes components such as a print engine, an ink cartridge, a paper input and output tray, a control panel, and a connection port.

[0071] The technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention realizes adding a special ink printing area that can be identified by X-rays to the express delivery bill to be printed by determining the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area on the express delivery bill to be printed, so that when the express delivery passes through the X-ray security inspection, the express delivery bill of the express delivery can be scanned at the same time, thereby improving the efficiency of express delivery security inspection and express delivery bill scanning; determining the thermal printing data and the inkjet printing data, and determining the current printing position information, and printing the thermal printing data and the inkjet printing data according to the matching result of the current printing position information and the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area, and obtaining the target express delivery bill, thereby matching the printing data with the position on the express delivery bill to be printed, so that the inkjet printing data on the target express delivery bill obtained is located in the special ink printing area that can be identified by X-rays, thereby improving the efficiency and accuracy of scanning the express delivery bill. The printer of the express delivery bill provided by the embodiment of the present invention can execute the printing method of the express delivery bill provided by any embodiment of the present invention, and has the functional modules and beneficial effects corresponding to the execution method.

[0072] It should be understood that the various forms of processes shown above can be used to reorder, add or delete steps. For example, the steps described in the present invention can be executed in parallel, sequentially or in different orders, as long as the desired results of the technical solution of the present invention can be achieved, and this document does not limit this.

[0073] The above specific implementations do not constitute a limitation on the protection scope of the present invention. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications, combinations, sub-combinations and substitutions can be made according to design requirements and other factors. Any modification, equivalent substitution and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for printing an express delivery label, characterized in that: The method includes: Determine the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area on the express delivery label to be printed; the special ink printing area is the ink paper material identified by X-ray; Determine thermal printing data and inkjet printing data; Determine the current printing position information, and according to the matching result between the current printing position information and the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area, print the thermal printing data and the inkjet printing data to obtain the target express delivery bill.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that: Printing the thermal printing data and the inkjet printing data according to the matching result between the current printing position information and the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area, including: If the current printing position information is located in the thermal printing area, thermally printing the thermal printing data; If the current printing position information is located in the special ink printing area, inkjet printing is performed on the inkjet printing data.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that in, An ink sheet that repeatedly absorbs special ink is set under the printer's print head; Accordingly, performing inkjet printing on the inkjet printing data includes: The print head performs inkjet printing to inkjet print the inkjet printing data by performing inkjet pressing.

4. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that: Printing the thermal printing data and the inkjet printing data according to the matching result between the current printing position information and the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area, including: If the current printing position information does not match either the thermal printing area or the special ink printing area, the position of the express delivery label to be printed is adjusted until it matches any one of the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area.

5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that: Determine the thermal printing area and special ink printing area on the express delivery label to be printed, including: Determine the printing requirement, and determine the corresponding printing template according to the printing requirement; Determine the thermal printing area and special ink printing area on the express delivery bill to be printed according to the printing template.

6. The method according to claim 1 or 5, characterized in that: A blank area is set between the thermal printing area and the special ink printing area.

7. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The inkjet printing data is a barcode.

8. A printer, which executes the method for printing an express delivery label according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that: include: A print head is used to print data, and ink paper that repeatedly absorbs special ink is arranged under the print head; wherein the special ink is X-ray recognition ink.

9. The printer according to claim 8, characterized in that: The print head is a thermal print head.

10. The printer according to claim 8, characterized in that: The printer also includes a material identification unit for identifying the material to be printed on the express delivery label.

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