JP2019001155A - Recording apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a recording apparatus of manual scanning type, which makes a printing range or a recording range distinct, enables easy printing in a desired position on a recording material, and can be stored without requiring a large space.SOLUTION: An HMP 11 (Handy Mobile type inkjet Printer) comprises a guide member (17) (a sign member) indicating an area of recording by a recording section. By rotating (opening) the guide member 17 as shown by an arrow R, this guide member can be moved from a storage position in a housing of the recording apparatus and to a sign position indicating an area where an image is recorded by the recording section. Thus, a printing range or a recording range can be made distinct, printing can easily be carried out in a predetermined position on a recording material and the device can be stored without requiring a large space.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 10

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording apparatus, and more particularly to a manual scanning recording apparatus.

With the spread of notebook computers and smartphones, portable recording devices are being demanded.
As a portable recording apparatus, a recording apparatus that records an image while scanning a recording medium such as a paper surface with a human hand is well known (for example, Patent Document 1). Such a recording apparatus that records an image while scanning a recording medium with a human hand is called a handheld recording apparatus, a handy printer, a handy mobile printer, or the like. Hereinafter, these are collectively referred to as a handy mobile printer.

  The handy mobile printer is capable of printing and recording on the paper freehand, thus achieving both mobile convenience and paper compatibility.

Conventional handy mobile printers can scan the paper freehand, but have a problem that the printing range and recording range are unknown.
Patent Document 2 discloses a handy type recording apparatus in which the apparatus main body can be accurately moved in a direction perpendicular to the recording direction.

However, even in the recording apparatus described in Patent Document 2, the problem that the printing range and the recording range are unknown is not solved.
In the manual scanning type recording apparatus, the present invention makes it possible to clarify the printing range and recording range, easily perform printing at a desired position on the recording material, and store the apparatus without taking up a large space. The challenge is to make it possible.

  In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides a recording apparatus that records an image by manually scanning the recording material, a recording unit that records an image on the recording material, a housing that houses the recording unit, and the housing And a marking member that is movable between a storage position stored in the recording position and a marking position indicating an image recording area by the recording unit.

  According to the recording apparatus of the present invention, the printing range and the recording range are clarified, and the user can easily perform printing at a desired position on the recording material and can store the apparatus without taking up a large space.

1 is an external perspective view of a handy mobile inkjet printer (HMP) according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is the external appearance perspective view of HMP seen from the opposite side of FIG. It is a figure explaining the structure of a guide member, (a) is a mode that the guide member was released, (b) is a figure which shows typically the lower surface of HMP. It is a schematic diagram explaining the line feed operation at the time of printing. It is a figure which shows the modification of a guide member. It is a figure which shows another modification of a guide member. It is a figure which shows the modification which provided the guide member in the both sides of the HMP main body. It is a schematic diagram explaining the line feed operation at the time of printing in the configuration example of FIG. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows HMP which concerns on other embodiment from diagonally upward. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the same HMP of the state which opened the guide member from diagonally upward. It is a perspective view which shows the same HMP of the state which opened the upper unit with respect to the lower unit. It is a bottom view which shows the same HMP from the recording surface side. It is a block diagram which shows a part of electric circuit of the same HMP. It is an expansion perspective view of the guide member of the HMP. It is an expanded sectional view near the guide member of the HMP.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a handy mobile ink jet printer (hereinafter abbreviated as HMP) which is an embodiment of a recording apparatus according to the present invention. Although the recording apparatus of the present embodiment is configured as an ink jet printer, the present invention is not limited to the ink jet system, and can be applied to a recording apparatus of an appropriate system such as a thermal transfer system.

  The HMP 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes an upper unit 2 and a lower unit 3. The upper unit 2 is equipped with a control board, and includes an operation unit button 5 and a USB connection port 9 for operating ink discharge timing and the like. An ink jet head (discharge head) is mounted on the lower unit 3. Further, a guide roller 4 (movement assisting means for assisting movement in the scanning direction) is provided for straightness of operation in the left-right direction of the main body.

  Note that a so-called ink jet mechanism that performs recording by discharging liquid or droplets such as ink from a head is well known, and the description thereof is omitted here. Further, if it can be mounted on the HMP 1, an ink jet mechanism having an appropriate configuration can be adopted. In the HMP 1 of the present embodiment, the inkjet mechanism corresponds to a recording unit that records an image on a recording material, and the recording unit is stored in the housing of the lower unit 3.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the HMP 1 viewed from the opposite side of FIG.
As shown in this figure, a guide member 7 is provided on one side surface of the lower unit 3 as a marking member indicating the width of the recording area by the recording unit. The guide member 7 is a guide member used when a line feed operation is performed during printing. The structure of the guide member will be described later.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the horizontal direction (short direction) of the main body of the HMP 1 is defined as the X direction, and the longitudinal direction of the main body perpendicular thereto is defined as the Y direction. In the printing operation using the HMP1, when printing characters or designs linearly, the HMP1 is moved in the X direction. Then, the line feed is made by moving HMP1 in the Y direction.

  However, the printing operation using the HMP 1 is not limited to the above. It is possible to print by moving the HMP1 in an oblique direction other than the X direction or in a curved line, such as when arranging characters or designs in a design manner, or by moving the HMP1 in a direction other than the Y direction to make a line feed It is also possible to do.

  On the lower surface of the lower unit 3 of the HMP 1, as shown in FIG. 3, an ink discharge section 6 (image recording section) opened downward is provided. Ink ejected from an ink jet head (not shown) reaches a recording material such as paper from the opening of the ink ejection section 6 and image recording is performed.

3A and 3B are views for explaining the structure of the guide member 7. FIG. 3A is a perspective view showing a state in which the guide member 7 is released, and FIG. 3B is a view schematically showing the lower surface of the HMP1.
The guide member 7 is mounted near the lower end of the main body of the HMP 1 (side surface of the lower unit 3) via a hinge and is provided so as to be openable and closable with respect to the main body of the HMP 1 (side surface of the lower unit 3). When the guide member 7 is used, the guide member 7 is open as shown in FIG. 3A, and when the guide member 7 is not used, the guide member 7 can be stored (stored on the side surface of the main body).

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3B, the guide member 7 is located on the extension line of the ink discharge unit 6, and the width (size in the Y direction) of the guide member 7: L is the same width as the ink discharge unit 6. (The size in the Y direction is the same). The color of the guide member 7 is transparent so that a recording material such as a sheet that is behind the guide member 7 or a sheet under the guide member 7 can be seen during printing.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram for explaining a line feed operation during printing.
Here, a line feed operation in the case of printing a plurality of lines similar to a normal printer (a printer having a non-portable paper transport mechanism) will be described.

  Procedure (1) shows a state where the central portion of the print area is printed. The user manually moves the HMP 1 from left to right (X direction in FIG. 1) and performs printing while performing a freehand operation.

Step (2) shows a state when printing has been completed up to the right end of the print area.
When the procedure (2) is completed, the HMP 1 main body is temporarily lifted from the paper (recording material) and a line feed operation is required. At that time, since the next printing range is clearer by the guide member 7 (since the next printing area = the recording area is indicated by the guide member 7), as shown in the procedure (3), the upper side of the guide member 7 is By aligning with the printed bottom, it is easy to perform proper line feed operation without overlapping the printed part before line break, leaving a gap (gap becomes larger than necessary), or making the gap too narrow. It can be carried out.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a modification of the guide member.
In the guide member 7B shown in this figure, the width of the base portion (size in the Y direction) is larger than the width of the ink discharge portion 6, but the width of the tip portion 7Ba (size in the Y direction): La is the ink discharge portion. 6 (the same size in the Y direction). As in this modification, if at least a part of the guide member has the same width as the ink ejection unit 6 (the size in the direction orthogonal to the scanning direction is substantially the same), the next printing range can be easily grasped. Can do.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating another modification of the guide member.
The guide member 7C shown in this figure has a width (size in the Y direction) larger than the width of the ink discharge portion 6, but is located on the upper surface of the guide member 7C in the same row as both ends of the ink discharge portion 6 in the Y direction. A mark shape 8 is provided. When the guide member 7C is a transparent member, the mark shape 8 can be provided on the lower surface of the guide member 7C. In this example, the width (interval in the Y direction) of the mark shape 8 provided as two straight lines is the same width as that of the ink ejection unit 6. By providing such a mark shape 8 on the guide member, the next printing range can be easily grasped even when the width of the guide member (the size in the Y direction) is larger than the width of the ink discharge section 6. .

FIG. 7 is a view showing a modification in which guide members are provided on both sides of the HMP main body.
In the configuration of FIG. 7, guide members 7 are provided on both sides (both sides in the X direction) of the main body of the HMP 1. In the case of this configuration, printing is possible regardless of which of the X direction the HMP 1 is moved. The printing operation will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 8, for convenience of explanation, the right guide member is assumed to be 7R, and the left guide member is assumed to be 7L.

In FIG. 8, procedure (1) shows a state in which the central portion of the print area is printed. The user manually moves the HMP 1 from left to right and performs printing while performing a freehand operation.
Step (2) shows a state when printing has been completed up to the right end of the print area.

When the procedure (2) is completed, the position in the X direction (left and right direction in FIG. 8) remains unchanged, and the HMP 1 is moved downward in the figure to perform a line feed. At that time, as shown in the figure of the procedure (3), by aligning the upper side of the left guide member 7L with the printed lowermost part, it overlaps with the printed part before line feed, or there is a gap (the gap is more than necessary). Appropriate line feed operation can be easily performed without the gap being too narrow.
The procedure (4) shows a state in which printing is performed by moving in the opposite direction to the procedure (1), that is, from the right to the left.

  In this configuration, it is not necessary to move the HMP 1 from the right end (one end portion in the X direction) to the left end (the end portion on the opposite side in the X direction) at the time of line feed as in the case of FIG. Therefore, printing can be performed with a new line by a simpler operation.

  In the configuration of FIG. 7, the guide member 7 of FIG. 3 is described as being provided on both sides of the HMP body. However, the guide member 7B of FIG. 5 is provided on both sides of the HMP body, or the guide member 7C of FIG. May be provided on both sides of the HMP main body. Furthermore, the structure which combined the guide members 7, 7B, and 7C may be sufficient.

 Next, another embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a handy mobile inkjet printer (hereinafter referred to as HMP) which is a portable image forming apparatus will be described. First, a basic configuration of an HMP according to another embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 9 is an external perspective view showing the HMP 11 according to another embodiment from obliquely above. The HMP 11 shown in the figure has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the width in the scanning direction (= printing direction: arrow X direction in the figure) is such that the user can hold it with his palm.

  The housing 80 of the lower unit 13 of the HMP 11 has a recording surface 30 (lower surface of the apparatus) having a recording portion of the inkjet head, an upper surface 31 opposite to the recording surface, and a scanning orthogonal direction that is a direction orthogonal to the scanning direction of the HMP 1 (see FIG. The left side surface 32 extends in the direction of the middle arrow Y). Further, it also has a right side surface 33 extending in the scanning orthogonal direction (arrow Y direction in the drawing), a back surface 34 extending in the scanning direction (arrow X direction in the drawing), a front surface 35 extending in the scanning direction, and the like. .

  The HMP 11 shown in the figure has a posture in which the recording surface 30 faces downward in the vertical direction and the upper surface 31 that is the recording opposite surface faces upward in the vertical direction. A print button 14 and a power button 15 are provided in the outer edge (inside the frame) of the upper surface 31. A USB connection port 19 is provided on the left side surface 32 of the upper unit 12.

  The USB connection port 19 is for connecting a USB cable. The battery can be charged by supplying power from an external power source to the rechargeable battery (51 in FIG. 13) mounted in the HMP 11 via the USB cable connected to the USB connection port 19. .

  An end portion on the front surface 35 side of the lower unit 13 is a grip portion 36 that is wider than a portion other than the end portion of the lower unit 13. When the user moves the HMP 11 in the scanning direction (the arrow X direction in the figure) on the surface of the recording material for image formation, the user moves the HMP 11 with the grip portion 36. The reason why the grip portion 36 is wider than the other portions in the scanning orthogonal direction is that the grip portion 36 is a battery housing portion described later, in addition to making it easier to hold by hand. A recess 39 is formed on the left side surface 32. The user can stably hold the HMP 11 by placing a finger in the recess 39.

The user can switch on / off the power of the HMP 11 by long pressing the power button 15. In a state where the power is turned on, image information can be acquired from a control board provided in the upper unit 12 of the HMP 11 by Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication with a smartphone or the like. Thereafter, after placing the HMP 11 on the surface of the recording material in a posture in which the recording surface 30 faces the surface of the recording material, the print button 14 is pressed once, and then the HMP 11 is moved along the scanning direction. An image can be formed on the surface. The HMP 11 forms an image on the surface of the recording material each time it is moved forward and backward along the scanning direction (in the direction of arrow X in the figure) by the user's moving operation. Can do. Ink ejection from the inkjet head 40 may be performed continuously after the user presses and releases the print button 14 once, or may be performed only while the user presses the print button 14.
The recording material is not limited to paper such as paper, and includes OHP, cloth, cardboard, packaging containers, glass, substrates, and the like.

  A guide member 17 is attached to the left side surface 32 of the housing 80 as a marking member that indicates the width of the recording area by the recording unit. In the state shown in FIG. 9, the guide member 17 is closed and accommodated in the left side surface 32 of the housing 80.

  FIG. 10 is an external perspective view showing the HMP 11 with the guide member 17 opened from obliquely above. The user can open the guide member 17 by holding the upper portion of the guide member 17 accommodated in the housing 80 and rotating it as indicated by an arrow R. As shown in FIG. 9, there is a gap S between the housing 80 and the stored guide member 17. That is, the housing 80 is formed with a notch 80c at a position above the upper edge portion of the accommodated guide member 17. The gap S of the notch 80c has a length that allows the user to insert a finger. As a result, the user can easily turn the guide member 17 accommodated in the housing 80. The guide member 17 is formed of a transparent resin similarly to the guide member 7 of the first embodiment. The user can easily perform printing at a desired position on the surface of the recording material by operating the HMP 11 while comparing the positions of the guide member 17 and the surface of the recording material. The width L of the guide member 17 in the scanning orthogonal direction (the arrow Y direction in the figure) is the same as the width of the recording portion of the inkjet head 40 (the width of the recording area, which is the width of a plurality of ejection holes 41a described later). The width L may be different from the width of the recording unit, but is preferably equal to or larger than the width of the recording unit of the inkjet head 40. By setting the width L of the guide member 17 to be equal to or greater than the width of the recording portion of the inkjet head 40, for example, when the user prints two lines of characters adjacent to each other, it is possible to avoid overlapping characters. The width L of the guide member 17 is preferably within + 10% and more preferably within + 5% of the width of the recording portion in order to accurately grasp the printing position.

  The guide member 17 as a marking member is located between an opposing position (FIG. 10) facing the surface of the recording material upstream or downstream of the recording unit in the scanning direction and a retracted position (FIG. 9) retracted from the opposing position. It is possible to move with. The guide member 17 has a storage position (FIG. 9) stored in the housing 80 of the HMP 11 and a protruding position (FIG. 10) protruding from the housing 80 of the HMP 11 toward the upstream or downstream in the scanning direction from the storage position. It can be moved between. Further, the guide member 17 is movable between a storage position (FIG. 9) stored in the housing 80 of the HMP 11 and a marking position (FIG. 10) indicating a recording area of the recording unit. As a result, the printing range and recording range are clarified, and the user can easily grasp the position of the recording area of the recording unit and perform printing at a desired position on the recording material. In addition, the guide member does not get in the way when storing without using the HMP 11, and can be stored without taking up a large space.

 Instead of configuring the guide member 17 to be rotatable with respect to the housing 80, the guide member 17 may be configured to be capable of moving back and forth in the scanning direction X from the housing 80. Further, instead of configuring the guide member 17 to be rotatable about a rotation axis parallel to the scanning orthogonal direction Y with respect to the housing 80, the guide member 17 is arranged in the height direction of the HMP (that is, the surface of the recording material). You may comprise so that rotation is possible centering | focusing on the rotating shaft parallel to a perpendicular direction.

  FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing the HMP 11 in a state where the upper unit 12 is opened with respect to the lower unit 13. As illustrated, the upper unit 12 is held by the lower unit 13 so as to open and close with respect to the lower unit 13. A battery 51 for supplying power to each device of the HMP 11 is mounted in the internal space of the grip portion 36 of the lower unit 13.

An ink tank integrated ink-jet head 40 (ink cartridge) is detachably accommodated in a portion of the housing 80 of the lower unit 13 that is different from the grip portion 36. As shown in FIG. 11, the inkjet head 40, that is, the ink cartridge, integrally includes a recording unit and an ink tank, and is detachable from the housing 80 of the lower unit 13 of the HMP 11. At this time, the recording unit for ejecting ink droplets is directed downward in the vertical direction. The ink jet head 40 records an image on a recording material by ejecting ink droplets from a recording unit. The housing 80 detachably accommodates the recording unit of the inkjet head 40.
A head pressing plate spring 37 is fixed to the inner surface of the upper unit 12 for pressing and locking the inkjet head 40 mounted in the lower unit 13.

  In the HMP 11, since the battery 51 is positioned on the side of the ink jet head 40 in the lower unit 13, the height of the HMP 11 is made lower than that of the configuration positioned above. Accordingly, the HMP 11 can be prevented from being overturned during the moving operation by lowering the position of the center of gravity of the HMP 11.

  The size of the HMP 11 in the scanning direction (device width) is such that it is slightly wider than the inkjet head 40. By making the apparatus width as small as possible, the range in which the HMP 11 can be moved in the scanning direction on the surface of the recording material can be widened, and the recordable range on the surface of the recording material can be made as wide as possible.

FIG. 12 is a bottom view showing the HMP 11 from the recording surface side. In the figure, the recording surface 30 as the recording surface of the HMP 11 is provided with an opening 30a for exposing the recording portion 41 of the inkjet head 40 mounted in the lower unit 13 (FIG. 11). The recording unit 41 has a plurality of ejection holes 41a and can individually eject ink droplets from the respective ejection holes 41a by driving the piezoelectric elements. The width of the recording area of the image of the recording unit 41 corresponds to the width of the plurality of ejection holes 41a.
The ink jet head 40 includes a piezoelectric plate (laminated piezoelectric element or thin film piezoelectric element), an electrothermal transducer such as a heating resistor as a drive source for ejecting ink, and a static plate composed of a diaphragm and a counter electrode. An electric actuator or the like is used.

  The “liquid” ejected from the ejection hole 41a of the recording unit 41 is not particularly limited as long as it has a viscosity and surface tension that can be ejected from the ejection hole 41a. It is preferable that the viscosity is 30 mPa · s or less. Specifically, “liquid” refers to solvents such as water and organic solvents, colorants such as dyes and pigments, functional compounds such as polymerizable compounds, resins, and surfactants, DNA, amino acids, proteins, calcium, and the like. These include solutions, suspensions, emulsions and the like containing biocompatible materials, edible materials such as natural pigments, and the like. These can be used for applications such as ink for ink jet, surface treatment liquid, components for electronic elements and light emitting elements, liquid for forming an electronic circuit resist pattern, and material liquid for three-dimensional modeling.

Within the outer edge of the recording surface 30, a position detecting sensor 18 as a detecting means for detecting the position of the HMP 11 on the recording material, a rotatable left first roller portion 37a, a left second roller portion 37b, and a right first roller portion. 38a, the right second roller portion 38b, and the like are provided.
When the user moves the HMP 11 in the scanning direction, the four roller portions that are in contact with the surface of the recording material rotate like tires. By providing the roller unit, the user can move the HMP 11 straight along the scanning direction while keeping the distance between the recording unit 41 of the inkjet head 40 and the surface of the recording material constant. That is, the four roller portions guide the movement of the housing 80 of the HMP 1 in the scanning direction.

  The position detection sensor 18 is a sensor that detects the distance to the surface of the recording material and the surface state (for example, unevenness), or detects the movement distance of the HMP 11, for example, an optical mouse (pointing device) of a personal computer. It is similar to that used. The position detection sensor 18 irradiates the place (recording material) where it is placed, and reads the state of the portion as a “pattern”. Then, the movement amount is calculated by continuously capturing how the “pattern” moves with respect to the movement of the position detection sensor 18.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a part of the electric circuit of the HMP 11.
The control board 57 includes a CPU 55 that performs various arithmetic processes and program execution, a Bt (Bluetooth) board 52, a RAM 53 that temporarily stores data, a ROM 54, a recording control unit 56, and the like. The control board 57 is fixed at a position behind the USB connection port 19 (FIG. 9) in the hollow of the upper unit 12 (FIG. 9).

  The Bt board 52 performs data communication by Bluetooth communication with an external device such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal. The ROM 54 stores firmware that performs hardware control of the HMP 11, drive waveform data of the inkjet head 40, and the like. The recording control unit 56 executes data processing for driving the inkjet head 40 and generates a drive waveform.

  The control board 57 is electrically connected to the gyro sensor 58, the position detection sensor 18, the LED lamp 59, the inkjet head 40, the print button 14, the power button 15, the battery 51, and the like.

  The gyro sensor 58 detects the inclination and rotation angle of the HMP 11 by a known technique and transmits the result to the control board 57. The LED lamp 59 is provided inside the exterior cover made of a light-transmitting material in the print button 14 and causes the print button 14 to emit light.

  When the power button 15 is pressed to turn on the power of the HMP 11, power is supplied to each module, and the CPU 55 starts a startup operation based on a program stored in the ROM 54 and develops the program and each data in the RAM 53. When the image data to be formed is received from an external device via Bluetooth communication. The recording control unit 56 generates a drive waveform according to the image data. Then, the ejection of ink from the inkjet head 40 is controlled so as to form an image corresponding to the position on the surface of the recording material detected by the position detection sensor 18.

  FIG. 14 is an enlarged perspective view of the guide member 17 of the HMP 11. The guide member 17 includes a pair of arms 17f, a base portion 17c supported by the pair of arms 17f, and a distal end portion 17a extending from the base portion 17c in the scanning direction. The front end portion 17a is formed with a notch 17b as a center position indicating portion at a position corresponding to the center position of the recording portion in the scanning orthogonal direction. By forming the notches 17b, the user can easily grasp the center position of the recording area width in the scanning orthogonal direction, and can accurately perform printing at a desired position. A pair of claws 80 b are provided on the left side surface of the housing 80. The pair of claws 80b are engaged with both ends of the guide member 17 to hold the guide member 17 at the storage position in the left side surface 32 (see FIG. 9).

  FIG. 15 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the guide member 17 of the HMP 11. The guide member 17 is supported by the housing 80 at a position of a fulcrum 17e provided on the arm 17f. The arm portion 17f, the base portion 17c, and the distal end portion 17a of the guide member 17 are rotatable with respect to the housing 80 about the fulcrum 17e. The surface of the base portion 17c has a contact portion 17d that can contact the contacted portion 80a on the surface of the housing 80. The user can turn the guide member 17 in the direction indicated by the arrow R by releasing the engagement between the pair of claws 80 b and the guide member 17. When the guide member 17 is rotated to the position shown in FIG. 15, the contact portion 17c and the contacted portion 80a contact each other, whereby the rotation of the guide member 17 is restricted. The contact part 17c and the contacted part 80a as the restriction part regulate the position of the guide member 17 so that a predetermined gap D is provided between the lower surface of the guide member 17 and the recording material (paper P). . In this state, only four roller parts including the left second roller part 37b of the HMP 11 are in contact with the surface of the recording material, and the guide member 17 remains separated from the recording material. By keeping the guide member separated from the recording material by the contact portion 17c and the contacted portion 80a, when the user moves the HMP 11 and records an image on the recording material, the guide member 17 is on the recording material. Can be prevented from contacting the image. This can prevent the recorded image from being disturbed.

  In this embodiment, the guide member 17 provided on the downstream side in the scanning direction X of the HMP 11 (on the left side surface 32 side) has been described, but instead of or in addition to this, the upstream side of the scanning direction X of the HMP 11. The guide member 17 having the same configuration may be provided on the side (the right side surface 33 side).

  When the guide members 17 are provided on both the left and right sides of the housing 80, the user can move the HMP 11 straight ahead more easily by operating the HMP 11 while comparing the positions of the pair of left and right guide members 17 and the surface of the recording material. . Further, by keeping the pair of left and right guide members 17 away from the recording material, the guide member 17 can be prevented from coming into contact with the recording material and damaging its surface.

  In the HMP 11 that can be mounted with an inkjet head 40 (ink cartridge) including a recording unit that records an image on a recording material, a housing 80 that can accommodate the inkjet head 40 (ink cartridge) and the recording unit, and scanning of the housing 80. Roller parts 37a, 37b, 38a, 38b for guiding the movement in the direction, and a guide member 17 movable between a storage position stored in the housing 80 and a marking position indicating an image recording area by the recording unit, The HMP 11 may be configured to include: Also in this case, according to the HMP 11 with the recording unit mounted, it is possible to clarify the printing range / recording range, to easily perform printing at a desired position on the recording material, and to save a large space. The device can be stored.

  As described so far, in the recording apparatus of the present invention, the printing range is provided by including the marking member that is movable between the storage position stored in the housing and the marking position indicating the image recording area by the recording unit. -The recording range can be clarified, printing can be easily performed at a desired position on the recording material, and the apparatus can be stored without taking up a large space.

Further, since the marking member is provided on the upstream side or the downstream side in the scanning direction with respect to the printing unit, the printing area / printing range can be easily grasped.
Further, the size of the marking member in the direction orthogonal to the scanning direction is substantially the same as the size of the recording portion in the direction orthogonal to the scanning direction, so that the next print range / recording range can be indicated with a simple configuration. It becomes possible.

  In addition, since the size in the direction perpendicular to the scanning direction of at least a part of the marking member is substantially the same as the size of the image recording portion of the recording means in the direction perpendicular to the scanning direction, the next printing can be performed with a simple configuration. The range / recording range can be indicated.

  In addition, a mark shape located in the same row as both ends of the recording unit in a direction orthogonal to the scanning direction is provided on a part of the marking member, so that the next printing range / recording range can be shown with a simple configuration. Is possible.

  In addition, since the marking member is provided with a transparent member, it is possible to see a sheet at the back of the marking member or a sheet under the marking member.

Further, since the marking members are provided on both sides of the housing in the scanning direction, it is possible to minimize the movement amount at the time of line feed.
In addition, by providing a movement assisting unit that assists the movement of the apparatus main body in the scanning direction, it is possible to improve the consistency between the recording before the line feed and the recording after the line feed, and the image quality can be improved.

  Further, the marking member has a center position marking portion indicating the central position of the recording portion at a position corresponding to the central position of the recording portion in the direction orthogonal to the scanning direction, so that the center of the recording area width in the scanning orthogonal direction is obtained. The position can be easily grasped, and printing can be accurately performed at a desired position.

  In addition, when the marking member is at the marking position, the HMP is moved and recorded by providing a regulating unit that regulates the position of the marking member so as to have a predetermined gap between the marking member and the recording material. When the image is recorded on the material, the marking member can be prevented from coming into contact with the image on the recording material, thereby preventing the recorded image from being disturbed.

  Further, since the gap is provided between the housing and the marking member at the storage position, the marking member accommodated in the housing can be easily rotated.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated based on the example of illustration, this invention is not limited to this. For example, any recording system can be used as long as the present invention is applicable. In addition, the shape and size of the marking member can be changed as appropriate.

The position and size of the recording unit are also examples, and an appropriate configuration can be adopted. The scanning direction can also be set arbitrarily.
The recording apparatus of the present invention can be used not only as a printer but also as an apparatus that receives and outputs data from a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or the like. The data receiving method is not limited to Bluetooth connection (wireless connection), and any wired / wireless communication method including USB connection can be employed.

1,11 Handy mobile printer: HMP (recording device)
2, 12 Upper unit 3, 13 Lower unit 4 Guide roller (movement assisting means)
5 Operation unit buttons 6 Ink ejection unit (image recording unit)
7, 17 Guide member (display member)
8 Marking shape 9, 19 USB connection port 18 Position detection sensor 37, 38 Roller part (movement assist means)
40 Inkjet head 41 Recording section 57 Control board 80 Housing P Paper (recording material)
X Scan direction

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-112700 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-116380

Claims (15)

In a recording apparatus for recording an image by manually scanning on a recording material,
A recording unit for recording an image on a recording material;
A housing for housing the recording unit;
A marking member movable between a storage position stored in the housing and a marking position indicating a recording area of an image by the recording unit;
A recording apparatus comprising:   The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the marking member is provided upstream or downstream in the scanning direction from the recording unit.   The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a size of the marking member in a direction orthogonal to the scanning direction is substantially the same as a size of the recording unit in a direction orthogonal to the scanning direction.   The size of a direction orthogonal to the scanning direction of at least a part of the marking member is substantially the same as the size of the recording unit in the direction orthogonal to the scanning direction. Recording device.   The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a part of the marking member is provided with a mark shape positioned in the same row as both end portions of the recording unit in a direction orthogonal to a scanning direction.   The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the marking member is a transparent member.   The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the marking members are provided on both sides of the housing in a scanning direction.   The recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising movement assisting means for assisting movement of the apparatus main body in the scanning direction.   9. The labeling member according to claim 1, further comprising: a center position indicating unit that indicates the center position of the recording unit at a position corresponding to the center position of the recording unit in a direction orthogonal to a scanning direction. The recording apparatus according to any one of the above.   2. A regulation unit that regulates a position of the marking member so as to have a predetermined gap between the marking member and the recording material when the marking member is at the marking position. The recording apparatus according to any one of 9.   The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a gap is provided between the housing and the marking member at the storage position. A recording unit for recording an image on a recording material;
A housing for housing the recording unit;
A roller for guiding the movement of the housing in the scanning direction;
A marking member movable between a storage position stored in the housing and a marking position indicating a recording area of an image by the recording unit;
A recording apparatus comprising:   13. The apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising a restricting portion that restricts a position of the marking member so that a predetermined gap is provided between the marking member and the recording material when the marking member is at the marking position. The recording device described. In a recording apparatus capable of mounting a recording unit for recording an image on a recording material,
A housing capable of accommodating the recording unit;
A roller for guiding the movement of the housing in the scanning direction;
A marking member movable between a storage position stored in the housing and a marking position indicating a recording area of an image by the recording unit;
A recording apparatus comprising: 15. The apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising a restricting portion that restricts a position of the marking member so that a predetermined gap is provided between the marking member and the recording material when the marking member is at the marking position. The recording device described.

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