JP2000296653A - Recording medium and recording method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately decide a type and a size of a sheet and to suitably print a recording medium by providing an IC chip in which information such as a sheet type, a sheet size or the like is already input to the medium, and collating the information of the medium sent to a printer before printing with information in the chip. SOLUTION: A sheet type, size information, control data for recording of the recording medium are sent to a control means 30 by an external device 40. Before controlling a sheet feeding control circuit 10 and a print control circuit 20 from the means 30, data of an IC chip 2 in which information such as a sheet type, sheet size or the like are input are read by an IC reader 8, and its output signal is received by a data transfer circuit 9. The circuit 9 outputs the data of the chip 2 to the means 30, which decides the type and the size of the medium, and collates the information of the type and the size of the medium input from the device 40 in advance with the information sent from a recorder.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for drawing a desired image on a recording medium such as paper or film by an image forming means such as a pen plotter, a thermal head or an ink jet head printer. The present invention relates to a recording medium type determination device that determines the type of a recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in this type of image recording apparatus (especially an ink jet printer), recording is performed on various recording media such as paper such as white paper and transparent transparency.

When paper is used as a recording medium, the allowable amount of ink that can be absorbed differs depending on the type of paper. Therefore, the same amount of ink that can be absorbed by special paper having a high ink absorption rate is applied to plain paper. When ejected, the ink cannot be absorbed and overflows over the plain paper, and the overflowed ink adheres to the image recording apparatus and becomes dirty. Further, there is a problem that the ink adhered to the image recording apparatus is transferred to the sheet to be recorded next, and the recording medium set correctly is not used. For this reason, since it is necessary to change the control of the ink ejection amount or the like according to the paper type, the type of paper is determined before the control, and the paper type set on the control side and the paper type set in the image recording apparatus are set. If the paper types do not match, it is preferable to prevent information from being recorded on the wrong recording medium by transmitting information to the control side and not receiving control data at the same time.

If the size of the recording medium actually set in the image recording apparatus is smaller than the paper size assumed on the control side, the ink adheres to the portion of the recording apparatus that protrudes from the recording medium. Therefore, it is desirable to transmit the paper size information to the control side, since the transfer problem as described above occurs.

However, at present, the paper type is simply judged and classified by reading the surface of the paper with, for example, a transmitted light / reflected light sensor or the like. From a user's external observation, such as transparent transparency, only a distinctly different paper type can be determined.

[0006] In the future, even white recording paper, plain paper or special paper
There is a tendency for paper types to increase, such as glossy paper. In this case, in the conventional simple method as described above, for example, it is easy to make an error in determining whether the paper is plain paper or special paper. Therefore, a highly accurate classification and classification method is required even for a paper type that is difficult to distinguish. ing.

As for the paper size, as a method for preventing ink from adhering to the outside of the recording medium, it is assumed that the size of the paper holder in the image recording apparatus is fixed and a specific paper size is used. Various methods have been devised, such as a paper holder and a paper holder that can change the length of the long and short sides, align the edge guide with the paper, and determine the paper size from the adjusted position. When paper of a size smaller than the set paper is loaded,
In most cases, a paper setting error is often noticed during printing, and the time printed before the paper and the error are detected is wasted.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium capable of determining the type and size of paper.

[0009]

The recording medium of the present invention has the following features.
A C chip is provided, and information of a recording medium is recorded on the IC chip. Further, the recording method of the present invention, before printing, the information of the recording medium input to the printer,
The information recorded in the IC chip unit is collated.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to one embodiment of the drawings. 1 and 2 are explanatory diagrams each showing an example of a recording medium type discriminating apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a recording medium, and FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram of the recording device.
In FIG. 1, 1 is a recording medium, and 2 is an IC chip portion of the recording medium.

In FIG. 2, 3 is a paper feed roller, 4 is a paper feed roller, 5 is a paper presser, 6 is a print head, 7 is an edge guide, 8 is an IC reader, 9 is a data transfer circuit, and 10 is a paper feed control. Circuit, 11 is a paper feed motor, 12 is a paper feed motor, 20 is a print control circuit, 30 is control means,
31 is a warning light, and 40 is an external device.

The configuration and operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. By the external device 40, the paper type of the recording medium
The size information and control data for recording are transmitted to the control unit 30.

Before the control means 30 controls the paper feed control circuit 10 and the print control circuit 20, the IC reader 8
I that contains information such as paper type and paper size
The data of the C chip unit 2 is read, and the data transfer circuit 9 receives the output signal.

The data transfer circuit 9 outputs data of the IC chip unit 2 to the control means 30. The control unit 30 receives this signal, determines the type and size of the recording medium, and compares the information on the type and size of the recording medium input from the external device 40 in advance with the information sent from the recording device.

If the information does not match, the control of the control circuit 10 and thereafter is stopped, and a warning is output to the external device 40, or the warning lamp 31 in the recording device is turned on, and the medium to be recorded before recording is recorded. Before recording, it is possible to recognize that the type and size are different from the medium and size actually set in the recording apparatus.

If the information matches, the recording medium 1 is controlled by a paper feed roller 3 which is rotated by a paper feed motor 11 controlled by a feed control circuit 10 while the edges of the recording medium 1 are aligned by an edge guide 7. After reaching the paper presser 5 and the paper feed roller 4, the paper feed roller 3 is stopped, and the paper feed roller 4 is rotated by a paper feed motor 12 controlled by a feed control circuit 10. Transported at a constant speed in the direction.

The recording head 6 is provided with information of the type and size of the recording medium and image signals input from an external device through a print control circuit 20 after being subjected to predetermined processing. Is performed.

With this configuration, simply
Further, the type and size of the recording medium can be immediately determined.

[0019]

According to the present invention, the recording medium 1 is provided with an IC chip in which information such as paper type and paper size has been input, and the information on the recording medium sent to the printer before printing is collated with the information in the IC chip. Appropriate printing on the medium becomes possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a developed perspective view of a main part showing a recording medium of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a main part showing the recording apparatus of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Recording medium 2 IC chip 3 Paper feed roller 4 Paper feed roller 5 Paper press 6 Recording head 7 Edge guide 8 IC reader 9 Data transfer circuit 10 Paper feed control circuit 11 Paper feed motor 12 Paper feed motor 20 Print control circuit 30 Control means 31 warning light 40 external device

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A recording medium comprising an IC chip, wherein information of the recording medium is recorded on the IC chip. 2. A printing method, wherein before printing, information on a recording medium input to a printer is collated with information recorded on the IC chip unit.