Printer Print Template Editing for Weighing Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current industrial weighing technologies require complex operations to configure and modify print templates, making it difficult to quickly insert, edit, and modify custom fields, and do not allow for flexible typesetting of weighing data.
Innovation Solution
A printer and printing method that allow users to edit print templates on a host computer tool, incorporating custom and variable fields, enabling quick configuration and flexible typesetting of weighing data without needing to operate the weighing instrument, and allowing multiple sets of data to be printed on a single ticket.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If custom entries are edited and uploaded to the instrument through a related tool, then custom data can be printed, but the operation becomes complex and cannot implement quick modification
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the print template configuration function from the weighing instrument and relocates it to a host computer. This separation allows the instrument to focus on weighing operations while the host computer handles complex template editing, thus reducing operation complexity at the instrument while maintaining custom data printing capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a print template configuration interface on the host computer that acts as an intermediary between the user and the printing system. This interface simplifies the configuration process by providing a user-friendly environment for editing custom entries and print templates, eliminating the need for complex instrument operations.
2Manufacturing precision
If print debugging is performed many times before confirmation, then typesetting requirements can be met, but what you see is what you get cannot be implemented quickly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a preview function that allows users to see the exact print output before actually printing. This preliminary visualization enables users to verify typesetting accuracy immediately after configuration, eliminating the need for multiple debug prints and allowing what you see to be what you get.
3Productivity
If the print template is configured at the instrument, then weighing data can be printed, but quick modification of custom fields is difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the print template configuration function from the weighing instrument and relocates it to a host computer. This separation allows the instrument to focus on weighing operations while the host computer handles complex template editing, thus reducing operation complexity at the instrument while maintaining custom data printing capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a dynamic print template system where users can easily add, remove, and modify custom fields and their positions through a user-friendly interface on the host computer. This dynamic configuration capability allows quick adaptation to different printing requirements without complex instrument operations.
Data Source
AI summary
A printer and a printing method therefor is disclosed. The printing method includes: S1: editing a print template at a printer, the edited print template including a custom field and a variable field, and printing the custom field before the variable field; S2: obtaining weighing data at a weighing instrument; S3: obtaining weighing data that matches the variable field, inserting the matched weighing data in a position of the corresponding variable field, and printing the weighing data after the weighing data is completely matched; determining whether the weighing data at the instrument is completely sent and/or completely obtained by the printer, and if the weighing data is not completely sent and/or obtained, returning to step S2, or if the weighing data is completely sent and/or obtained, performing step S5; and S5: if there is still a custom field not printed in the print template, printing the custom field not printed.