JPS63118256A - Printer for booklet-like medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To realize a small-sized, lightweight printer reduced in power consumption and handy to carry, by allowing a printing means to take printing operation by the cooperation of the first, second and third drive means and applying printing to the booklet-like medium inserted in and located to a medium guide. CONSTITUTION:An operator inserts a passbook 34, wherein the page to be printed thereof is opened, in a medium guide 5 from the front surface thereof and allows the position to be printed of said page to coincide with positioning marks 7am 7b. Hereupon, pressure rollers 24a, 24b are pushed up and the passbook 34 is held between feed rollers 20a, 20b to complate setting. A printing pen 8 moves in an X-direction, that is, in a character length direction in integral relation to a support 10 and a holder 9, and the support 10, the holder 9 and the printing pen 8 move in a Y-direction, that is, in a line direction along with a carriage and, with the movement of all of them in both X- and Y-directions, the printing pen 8 further moves up and down to print transaction data on the passbook 34 by drawing. When the printing of one line is finished, the feed rollers 20a, 20b rotate and the passbook 34 is fed by definite quantith to perform line feed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a printer for booklet-like media used in financial institutions for printing on booklet-like media such as passbooks, and particularly relates to a printer that is small, lightweight, and portable. It is related to printers suitable for various purposes.

[Conventional technology]

Banks and other financial institutions widely use booklet-like media, so-called passbooks, to record transaction data, and the printers used to print and record transaction data on these passbooks are
Window counter equipment installed at financial institution counters
Machine=W/M) and automatic tellers installed at stores etc.
Chine), etc., and is operated as an automatic bookkeeping machine that automatically prints (bookkeeping) according to the operation of a teller staff or the customer himself/herself when making a transaction.

This automatic bookkeeping machine, when you insert your passbook into its handling slot,
This system automatically imports the passbook into the printer, transports it to the printing section, and prints transaction data at a predetermined printing position.If there is data to be carried over to the next page, the system automatically turns the pages. If the transaction data is subsequently printed, and if all the entry fields of that passbook are printed, a new passbook will be issued, the necessary data will be printed, and the transaction data will be returned to the original handling port for processing. It has various functions so that a series of steps can be completed in a short time.

Conventional printers for booklet-like media, such as automatic bookkeeping machines, are equipped with various functions as described above to allow the person operating the printer to quickly complete paperwork. It has been automated to minimize the number of computers, and is mainly designed to be installed and operated within the stores of financial institutions and the like, with the purpose of improving office work efficiency.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, the above-described conventional printer for booklet-like media has the following problems.

In other words, in financial institutions, diplomats visit customers' homes, workplaces, etc. and conduct transactions there. Including the equipment involved, it was too large for diplomatic staff to bring to their customers to record books.
Moreover, there is a problem that power consumption is too large.

Recently, Wβ has been proposed for the purpose of being carried by diplomats, but its structure is basically the same as the W/M for stores mentioned above, and the weight is 5 to 10. Because it is a small device, it is not easy to transport, and it is a heavy burden for diplomatic personnel.

Among the devices that make up this portable W/M, with the exception of printers for booklet media, efforts have been made to make them smaller and lighter in weight. The structure is complicated, small,
The current situation is that it is difficult to reduce the weight, and a sufficient one has not yet been developed.

The present invention has been made to solve these problems, and an object of the present invention is to realize a printer for booklet-like media that consumes little power, is small, lightweight, and suitable for portability.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a medium guide provided with a mark such as a mark for positioning a line to be printed on a booklet-like medium as a positioning means, a pen section, and supplying ink to the pen section. A printing means consisting of a pen shaft having a built-in ink supply means, and a means for moving the printing means in at least three directions: a direction perpendicular to the printing line, a direction of the printing line, and a direction toward and away from the booklet-like medium. 1st degree: The second and third drive means and the conveyance means for transporting the booklet-like medium are integrated.

[Effect]

In the above-described configuration, when printing, first the booklet-like medium is opened and inserted into the medium guide, and the position where the booklet-like medium is to be printed is positioned and set at the printing position by the positioning means.

And the above-mentioned 1. The second and third driving means are driven, and by their cooperation, the printing means is operated to print on the booklet-like medium. Performs a line feed.

Further, when the printing of the first opened page is completed and the printing is to be carried over to the next page, the booklet-like medium is removed from the printer, the next page is opened, and then set again and printing is performed.

Therefore, according to this, there is no need for a long conveyance path as in the past, and there is no need for an automatic page break mechanism or position detection means, etc.
Furthermore, since the peripheral part of the printing means is simplified, a compact and lightweight media printer with low power consumption can be realized.
Convenient to carry.

〔Example〕 Examples will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the internal structure of an embodiment of the printer for booklet-like media according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view from the rear side of the embodiment of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is the embodiment of the embodiment of FIG. 1. FIG.

First, in Fig. 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a frame of the printer, which has an opening 2 in the center of the front, and a medium conveyance path extending from the opening 2 to the rear side, and above the medium conveyance path, which will mainly be described later. There are built-in parts forming a printing means, and parts mainly forming a medium conveying means, which will be described later, on the lower side.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a push button provided on the upper surface of the frame 1 for vertically moving a pressure roller, which will be described later.
Further, 4 is a connector for connecting the printer to a control section and a power supply section, which will be described later.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a hollow medium guide provided integrally on the front part of the frame 1. This medium guide 5 is made of a transparent material so that the printed content of the booklet-like medium, which will be described later, can be confirmed. has a notch 6 to enable the movement and attachment/detachment of a pen means as a printing means, which will be described later, and a cutout 6 on both sides of this notch 6 to ensure initial setting of the booklet-like medium. Positioning marks 7a and 7b serving as positioning means serving as a reference for the printing start position are attached so as to face each other.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a printing pen as a printing means, which consists of a pen part and a pen shaft having an ink supply means inside, and has a structure in which ink is sequentially supplied to the pen part during printing by the ink supply means.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a holder made of a flexible material, and the tip of this holder 9 protrudes from the frame 1 circle to a position directly below the notch 6 of the medium guide 5, and the printing is printed on the tip. Pen 8 is attached.

Next, to explain the configuration of FIGS. 1 and 2, 1
0 is a support, on which the base of the holder 9 is fixed, and this support 1° is connected to a first guide shaft 12 and a first screw shaft 13 provided on a carriage 11. They are held in place and reciprocated in the X direction, which is the direction of the character length of the characters to be printed, that is, the direction orthogonal to the printing line, as the first control motor 14 rotates. It constitutes the first driving means of the pen 8.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a second screw shaft disposed facing the Y-direction printing line direction perpendicular to the X direction, 16 a second control motor for rotating the second screw shaft 15, and 17 the second screw shaft. a second guide shaft arranged parallel to the screw shaft 15, the carriage 11 being held in place by both shafts 15, 17;
The second screw shaft 15 is rotated by the second control motor 16 to reciprocate in the Y direction, and these constitute a second driving means for the printing pen 8.

A soft bar 18 is provided to be rotatable about the second guide shaft 17, and its front end is in contact with the lower surface of the holder 9.

Reference numeral 19 denotes a solenoid, which causes the soft par 18 to rotate by a certain amount, thereby causing the holder 9 to rotate.
moves up and down, the pen part of the printing pen 8 comes into contact with the booklet-like medium,
The two are spaced apart from each other and constitute a third driving means for the printing pen 8.

That is, in this embodiment, 8 to 19 form a printing machine groove having the structure of an X-Y plotter, and the printing pen 8 can be moved up and down by the solenoid 19 via the soft pad 18 and the holder 9. , by rotating the first screw shaft 13 by the first control motor 14, the printing pen 8 is moved in the X direction and the character length direction via the support 10 and the holder 9, and the second control By rotating the second screw shaft 15 by the motor 16, the carriage 11. The printing pen 8 is moved in the Y direction via the support 10 and the holder 9 to print text, characters, 2 figures, etc.

20a and 20b are feed rollers, and these two ends -220
& and 20b are fixed to a rotating shaft 21 arranged along the opening 2 of the frame 1 at a predetermined interval.

22 is a feed motor, 23 is a gear means, and the gear means 23 transmits the rotational force of the feed motor 22 to the rotating shaft 21, and the rotational force of the feed motor 22 is transmitted to the feed rollers 20a, 20.
b is designed to rotate.

24a and 24b are pressure rollers, and both rollers 2
4a and 24b are rotatably supported by elastic plates 25a and 25b attached to predetermined positions of the frame 1, respectively.The elastic plates 25a and 25b apply a predetermined pressing force to the feed rollers 20a and 20b. They are in contact with each other on top.

26 is! This reset lever 26 is arranged so as to come into contact with the lower surfaces of the elastic plates 25a and 25b, and one end of the reset lever 26 is bent upward and connected to the push button 3, so that the push button 3 can be pressed down. yo series reset lever
26 is an elastic plate 25a.

Pressure roller 24a by pushing up 25b.

24b is separated from the feed rollers 20a and 20b.

The above-mentioned parts 20a, 20b to 26 constitute the medium conveyance means of this embodiment, and the medium guide 5 is formed by this medium conveyance means.
The booklet-like medium inserted from the holder is transported.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram when the printer for booklet-like media having the above-described configuration is applied to a portable W/M, and 27 in the figure indicates the printer.

Reference numeral 28 indicates a keyboard unit for inputting transaction data, etc. by an operator such as a diplomatic representative of a financial institution; 29 indicates a password input unit for the operator to enter a password; 30 indicates a password input unit for inputting a password by the operator; A display section 31 is for displaying input transaction data etc. to the operator.
and a control unit 32 that controls the printer 2T for booklet-like media.
is the power supply section of the entire W/M, 33 is the connector, and these 28
29 constitutes the main body of the W/M, and a printer 27 for booklet media is connected to the connectors 4 and 33 as an external device.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the printing state of this embodiment.
The operation will be explained with reference to the figures and the figures mentioned above.

In addition, in FIG. 5, 34 is a passbook as a booklet-like medium.

First, when the operator inputs a password into the password input section 29 with the power supply section 32 turned on, the inputted certificate is sent to the control section 31, and a control is performed in advance to identify the operator. It is compared with the password set in the section 31, and if it matches, printing becomes possible.

Here, the operator selects frame 1 of the printer 2T for booklet-like media.
When the push button 3 provided at
, 20b is also far away.

Also, at this time, the printing pen 8 is at the initial position near the positioning mark 7a position, and the tip of the holder 9 is pressed upward by the solenoid 19 via the soft pad 18, causing the printing pen 8 to bend. It has been lifted to a predetermined position and is waiting.

In this state, the operator opens the page of the passbook 34 to be printed,
Then, point this passbook 34 in a predetermined direction and insert it into the media guide 5.
When the press button 3 is released after aligning the print position with the positioning marks 7a and 7b, the cappressure rollers 24a and 24b are pushed by the restoring force of the elastic plates 25a and 25b. The pressure roller 24a is lowered.

24b is the passbook 3 between the feed rollers 20a and 20b.
Attach 4 to complete the set.

Here, when the operator inputs data such as date, item, amount, etc. related to the transaction using the keyboard section 28, these data are stored in the memory of the control section 31 and displayed on the display section 30.

The operator looks at this and confirms the content, and when the operator instructs the keyboard section 28 to print, the control section 31
The printer 27 for booklet-like media is then driven to start printing the data.

That is, first, the solenoid 19 moves the soft pad 18 downward, the holder 9 is restored, and the pen part of the printing pen 8 comes into contact with the printing surface of the bankbook 34.

Then, the first control motor 14 rotates the first screw shaft 13, and the printing pen 8 moves together with the support 1o and the holder 9 in the X direction, that is, the character length direction, and the second control motor When the second screw shaft 15 is rotated by the screw shaft 16, the support 10° holder 9 and the printing pen 8 are moved together with the carriage 11 in the Y-direction thumb row direction, and along with this movement in both the X and Y directions,
By moving the printing pen 8 up and down by the solenoid 19 via the soft pad 18, transaction data is printed on the bankbook 34 by drawing.

Then, the printing pen 8 is fed character by character in the row direction Y direction, and when printing of one line is completed, the feed motor 22 is driven for a certain period of time, and the feed motor 22 is driven for a certain period of time, and the feed motor 22 is thereby 21 and integrally with the feed roller 20a,
20b rotates and conveys the passbook 23 by a certain amount to perform a line feed.

During this time, the pen portion of the printing pen 8 is separated from the bankbook 34 and returned to its initial position, and after a line feed, transaction data is printed in the same manner as described above.

When printing is completed, the printing pen 8 is returned to the initial position and driven to each part.

In this state, the operator presses the push button 3 and presses the pressure roller 2.
4a and 24b upward and remove the passbook 34.

If the transaction data cannot be printed on the first page opened and is to be carried over to the next page, command the keyboard unit 28 to temporarily suspend printing, remove the passbook 34 once, open the next page, and then 34 and print again.

Although the above-mentioned embodiment describes the case where printing is performed on the bankbook 34, it is possible to print not only on the bankbook 34 but also on all booklet-like media. In addition, in the present invention, since the printing pen 8 is movable in the vertical direction following the thickness of the printing medium, it is said that it is suitable for printing on booklet-like media whose thickness changes, but it is also suitable for printing on paper sheets etc. Needless to say, it can also be implemented.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention includes a medium guide having a positioning means, a pen-shaped printing means, and a first guide for moving the printing means in three predetermined directions. The second and third driving means are integrated with a conveying means for transporting the booklet-like medium, and the page to be printed on the booklet-like medium is inserted into the medium guide, and the positioning means is used to insert the page to be printed on the booklet-like medium. After positioning and setting the position to be printed, the printing means is operated to print by the cooperation of each of the driving means to print on the booklet-like medium, and the booklet is printed by the conveying means for each line of printing. When a booklet-like medium is forwarded and printing is to be carried over to the next page, the booklet-like medium is removed, the next page is opened, and the next page is set again to print.

Therefore, there is no need for a long conveyance path as in the past, no automatic page break mechanism or position detection means, etc., and the printing means is simple and pen-shaped, making the overall structure extremely simple. This allows for low power consumption and
Moreover, the present invention has the effect of realizing a compact and lightweight printer for booklet-like media, which is effective for portable use.

Furthermore, since the pen-shaped printing means of the present invention is removable, it has the advantage that color printing of two or more colors can be easily performed by simply preparing a plurality of printing means with different ink colors. It can be used in a wide range of applications as a printer for booklet-like media.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the internal structure of an embodiment of a printer for booklet-like media according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the rear side thereof.
3 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, FIG. 4 is a block diagram when configured as a portable W/M, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the printing state. . 5: Media guide 6: Notch 7 a 27 b: Positioning mark 8: Printing pen 9: Holder 10: Support 11: Carriage 13: First screw shaft 14: First control motor 15: Second screw Shaft 16: Second control motor 18: Soft par
19: Solenoid 20a, 20b: Feed roller 2
2: Feed motor 24a, 24b: Pressure rollers 25a, 25b: Elastic plate 26: Reset lever Patent applicant: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., agent, patent attorney: Takashi Kanakura A perspective view showing the entire external appearance of the embodiment shown in Fig. 1. 3- Block diagram Tsumugi when used as a portable W/M 4 countries

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Printing means consisting of a medium guide having a positioning means for positioning the line to be printed on a booklet-like medium, and a pen shaft having a built-in pen part and means for supplying ink to the pen part. and moving the printing means at least in three directions: a direction perpendicular to the print line, a print line direction, and a direction in which it approaches and separates from the booklet-like medium.
comprising first, second, and third driving means for moving the booklet-like medium in the direction; and a medium conveying means for feeding the booklet-like medium, and the first, second, and third driving means cooperate with each other. 1. A printer for booklet-like media, characterized in that the printer operates the printing means to print on the booklet-like medium inserted and positioned in the medium guide.