Utility Timers in a Food Freshness Printer
AssigneeAvery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC
InventorsMark S. MORROW, Gary E. MCMULLEN, Lavern C. LITMER, Douglas M. CHANDLER
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Abstract
A method of adding a plurality of customizable event timers to a food freshness printer or smart printer is disclosed. The customizable event timers are added by the operator for the purpose of sounding an alarm to indicate an elapse in time and/or printing labels at a predetermined interval. When the event timer expires and the user acknowledges the audible tone, the user has the option to restart the timer for the next event or delete the timer. Further, the event timers enable the user to either display a message or print a set of labels when the timer expires.
Claims20
A process for creating a time configuration file or item select form that will enable predetermined timer events for a user to be preinstalled into a food freshness barcode printer or smart printer, comprising the steps of:
- entering a button process;
- and
- determining if a button is a label or not.
A process for creating timer events in a food freshness barcode printer or smart printer that will sound on a periodic basis or at the elapsing of a specific time, comprising the steps of:
- starting a process;
- stopping a one second reference timer;
- examining an active timer list;
- and
- determining whether a timer screen is visible.
A process for removal of timer events in a food freshness barcode printer or smart printer, comprising the steps of:
- starting a process;
- continuing to a remove timer button;
- and
- removing a selected timer from an active timer list.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.