CN113478981B - Printer and printing method - Google Patents
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Abstract
The embodiment of the application provides a printer and a printing method. The printing mechanism is arranged on the frame; one side of the printing mechanism for outputting the printing medium is provided with a first paper path; one side of the printing mechanism for inputting the printing medium is provided with a second paper path; the antenna mechanism comprises a first antenna component and a second antenna component, the first antenna component and the second antenna component are respectively arranged on the frame, the first antenna component is located on one side of the printing mechanism, which is used for outputting printing media, and faces the first paper path, and the second antenna component is located on one side of the printing mechanism, which is used for inputting printing media, and faces the second paper path. The printer and the printing method can write in and test various labels, so that the application range of the printer is enlarged, various antenna assemblies are loaded, and the writing and testing performances are more reliable; the high printing efficiency of the printer to the label can be ensured, and the high inspection efficiency of the printer to the label can be ensured.
Description
Technical Field
The application relates to the technical field of printers, in particular to a printer and a printing method.
Background
At present, the existing printer is limited by space and can only be provided with one antenna, so that the antenna in the printer with a plurality of labels cannot be read and written, the application range of the printer is limited, the internal structure of the printer is more, the influence of internal metal parts on the labels is large, the interference is more, if the labels need to be checked after printing, the checking is also carried out in a back way, the checking efficiency is low, and if the labels are checked first and then are printed in a back way, the printing efficiency is low.
Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the application aims to provide a printer and a printing method, which are used for solving the problem that the existing printer cannot read and write various labels.
An embodiment of the present application provides a printer including:
a frame;
the printing mechanism is arranged on the frame; one side of the printing mechanism for outputting the printing medium is provided with a first paper path; one side of the printing mechanism for inputting the printing medium is provided with a second paper path;
the antenna mechanism comprises a first antenna assembly and a second antenna assembly, the first antenna assembly and the second antenna assembly are respectively arranged on the frame, the first antenna assembly is located on one side of the printing mechanism, which is used for outputting printing media, and faces the first paper path, and the second antenna assembly is located on one side of the printing mechanism, which is used for inputting the printing media, and faces the second paper path.
The printer is characterized in that the printing mechanism is used for performing printing operation on a printing medium, such as printing a label, the second paper path is used for inputting the label to be printed into the printing mechanism, the printed label is output into the first paper path from the printing mechanism and then is output to the outside from the first paper path, the first antenna assembly and the first paper path are arranged on the same side of the printing mechanism, the second antenna assembly and the second paper path are arranged on the same side of the printing mechanism, the first antenna assembly and the second antenna assembly can be provided with different antennas, the number of the first antenna assembly and the second antenna assembly can be multiple, and the multiple first antenna assemblies can also be provided with different antennas, so that writing and inspection can be performed on various labels, the application range of the printer is improved, meanwhile, the multiple antenna assemblies are loaded, and the writing and inspection performances are more reliable. In addition, as the first antenna component and the second antenna component are respectively arranged at the two sides of the printing mechanism, in the whole process of printing the label, the second antenna component positioned at one side of the printing mechanism, namely the second antenna component positioned in the printer, can test the label to be printed, determine whether the internal information of the label is complete, determine whether the label can normally communicate, and print the label if the label is qualified, so that compared with the process of singly arranging one antenna outside the printer for detection, the label can be directly input into the printing mechanism for printing through a second paper after the label is qualified without being qualified, and the printing efficiency is high; after the printing mechanism finishes printing, because the internal structure of the printer is more, the influence of the internal metal parts on the label is large, the interference is more, and the printing mechanism can possibly cause certain damage to the label, so that the printed label is required to be detected, whether the internal information of the printed label is still complete or not can be effectively detected by using the first antenna assembly outside the printer, defective products are prevented from flowing out, and compared with the detection that the printed label is returned to the antenna inside the printer, the detection efficiency is high, and therefore, the second antenna assembly and the first antenna assembly are respectively arranged inside and outside the printing mechanism, so that the high printing efficiency of the printer on the label can be ensured, and the high detection efficiency of the printer on the label can be ensured.
In one embodiment, the printer further comprises a media support plate, the first antenna assembly is located above the first paper path, the media support plate is located below the first paper path, the space above the media support plate forms the first paper path, the media support plate is used for supporting printing media, one end of the first paper path is adjacent to the printing mechanism, and the other end of the first paper path is communicated with the outside.
In one embodiment, the medium supporting plate includes a horizontal portion and a supporting portion connected to each other, the space above the horizontal portion forms the first paper path, and the supporting portion is disposed on the frame and is used for supporting the horizontal portion.
In one embodiment, the first antenna assembly is located below the first paper path, and the first antenna assembly is configured to support a print medium.
In one embodiment, the number of the first antenna assemblies is two, the two first antenna assemblies are vertically and alternately distributed, one first antenna assembly is located above the first paper path, the other first antenna assembly is located below the first paper path, the first paper path is formed by the upper space of the first antenna assembly located below, and the first antenna assembly located below is used for supporting printing media.
In one embodiment, the first antenna assembly includes a first antenna mount disposed on the frame and a first antenna disposed within the first antenna mount and oriented toward the first paper path.
In one embodiment, the second antenna assembly is located below the second paper path, and the second antenna assembly is configured to support the print medium.
In one embodiment, the second antenna assembly includes a second antenna frame and a second antenna disposed in the second antenna frame, the second antenna frame is disposed on the frame, the second antenna frame is located below the second paper path, and the second antenna frame located below the second paper path is used for supporting a printing medium.
In one embodiment, the printing mechanism comprises a printing head assembly and a printing rubber roller assembly which are respectively arranged on the frame, a printing space is formed between the printing head assembly and the printing rubber roller assembly, one end of the printing space is communicated with the first paper path, and the other end of the printing space is communicated with the second paper path; and a transition plate is arranged between the second paper path and the printing space, one end of the space above the transition plate is communicated with the printing space, and the other end of the space above the transition plate is communicated with the second paper path.
In one embodiment, the second paper path forms an included angle with the first paper path, and the included angle is an obtuse angle.
A printing method applied to the printer of any one of the above embodiments, the printing method comprising the steps of:
s1, carrying out pre-printing inspection on a printing medium positioned on a second paper path through a second antenna assembly, and judging whether the internal information of the printing medium is complete or not;
s2, if the pre-printing test of the printing medium is qualified, inputting the printing medium into a printing mechanism for printing operation;
s3, performing post-printing inspection on the printed printing medium which is output to the first paper path through the first antenna assembly, and judging whether the internal information of the printing medium is still complete;
and S4, outputting the printing medium if the post-printing inspection of the printing medium is qualified.
The printing method is applied to the printer, the printing mechanism of the printer is used for performing printing operation on a printing medium, for example, printing a label, the second paper path is used for inputting the label to be printed into the printing mechanism, the printed label is output into the first paper path from the printing mechanism and then is output to the outside from the first paper path, as the first antenna component and the first paper path are arranged on the same side of the printing mechanism, the second antenna component and the second paper path are arranged on the same side of the printing mechanism, the first antenna component and the second antenna component can be provided with different antennas, the number of the first antenna component and the second antenna component can be multiple, and the multiple first antenna components can also be provided with different antennas, so that writing and checking can be performed on various labels, the application range of the printer is improved, and meanwhile, the writing and checking performances are more reliable. In addition, as the first antenna component and the second antenna component are respectively arranged at the two sides of the printing mechanism, in the whole process of printing the label, the second antenna component positioned at one side of the printing mechanism, namely the second antenna component positioned in the printer, can test the label to be printed, determine whether the internal information of the label is complete, determine whether the label can normally communicate, and print the label if the label is qualified, so that compared with the process of singly arranging one antenna outside the printer for detection, the label can be directly input into the printing mechanism for printing through a second paper after the label is qualified without being qualified, and the printing efficiency is high; after the printing mechanism finishes printing, because the internal structure of the printer is more, the influence of the internal metal parts on the label is large, the interference is more, and the printing mechanism can possibly cause certain damage to the label, so that the printed label is required to be detected, whether the internal information of the printed label is still complete or not can be effectively detected by using the first antenna assembly outside the printer, defective products are prevented from flowing out, and compared with the detection that the printed label is returned to the antenna inside the printer, the detection efficiency is high, and therefore, the second antenna assembly and the first antenna assembly are respectively arranged inside and outside the printing mechanism, so that the high printing efficiency of the printer on the label can be ensured, and the high detection efficiency of the printer on the label can be ensured.
In one embodiment, after the step S3, the method further includes:
and if the post-printing inspection of the printing medium is not qualified, re-writing information into the printing medium after printing through the first antenna assembly, and then performing the post-printing inspection.
In one embodiment, the step of "if the post-press inspection of the print medium is failed," is repeated, information writing is performed again on the print medium after printing through the first antenna assembly, and then the post-press inspection is performed n times, and if the post-press inspection is failed last time, the print medium is invalidated, wherein n is an integer greater than 0.
In one embodiment, before the step S1, the method further includes:
information is written to the print medium by the second antenna assembly.
Additional features and advantages of the disclosure will be set forth in the description which follows, or in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the techniques of the disclosure.
In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present application more comprehensible, preferred embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a printer according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion of the printer shown in FIG. 1 at A;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a printer according to another embodiment of the present application;
fig. 4 is a flowchart of a printing method according to an embodiment of the present application.
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The following description of the embodiments of the present application will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. The components of the embodiments of the present application generally described and illustrated in the figures herein may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations. Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the application, as presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the application, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the application. All other embodiments, which can be made by a person skilled in the art without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the present application.
In the present application, the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "rear", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "middle", "vertical", "horizontal", "lateral", "longitudinal" and the like indicate an azimuth or a positional relationship based on that shown in the drawings. These terms are only used to better describe the present application and its embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope of the indicated devices, elements or components to the particular orientations or to configure and operate in the particular orientations.
Also, some of the terms described above may be used to indicate other meanings in addition to orientation or positional relationships, for example, the term "upper" may also be used to indicate some sort of attachment or connection in some cases. The specific meaning of these terms in the present application will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.
Furthermore, the terms "mounted," "configured," "provided," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly. For example, it may be a fixed connection, a removable connection, or a unitary construction; may be a mechanical connection, or a point connection; may be directly connected, or indirectly connected through intervening media, or may be in internal communication between two devices, elements, or components. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.
Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used primarily to distinguish between different devices, elements, or components (the particular species and configurations may be the same or different), and are not used to indicate or imply the relative importance and number of devices, elements, or components indicated. Unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more.
In one embodiment, a printer includes a frame, a printing mechanism, and an antenna mechanism. The printing mechanism is arranged on the frame; one side of the printing mechanism for outputting the printing medium is provided with a first paper path; one side of the printing mechanism for inputting the printing medium is provided with a second paper path; the antenna mechanism comprises a first antenna assembly and a second antenna assembly, the first antenna assembly and the second antenna assembly are respectively arranged on the frame, the first antenna assembly is located on one side of the printing mechanism, which is used for outputting printing media, and faces the first paper path, and the second antenna assembly is located on one side of the printing mechanism, which is used for inputting the printing media, and faces the second paper path.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, a printer 10 of an embodiment includes a chassis 100, a printing mechanism 200, and an antenna mechanism 300. The printing mechanism 200 is disposed on the frame 100; one side of the printing mechanism 200 for outputting the printing medium 20 has a first paper path 400; the side of the printing mechanism 200 for inputting the print medium 20 has a second paper path 500. The antenna mechanism 300 includes a first antenna assembly 310 and a second antenna assembly 320, the first antenna assembly 310 and the second antenna assembly 320 are respectively disposed on the frame 100, the first antenna assembly 310 is located on a side of the printing mechanism 200 for outputting the printing medium 20 and is directed to the first paper path 400, and the second antenna assembly 320 is located on a side of the printing mechanism 200 for inputting the printing medium 20 and is directed to the second paper path 500.
In the printer 10 described above, the printing mechanism 200 is configured to perform a printing operation on the print medium 20, for example, to print a label, the second paper path 500 is configured to input the label to be printed into the printing mechanism 200, and the printed label is output from the printing mechanism 200 to the first paper path 400 and then output from the first paper path 400 to the outside, because the first antenna assembly 310 and the first paper path 400 are disposed on the same side of the printing mechanism 200, the second antenna assembly 320 and the second antenna assembly 500 are disposed on the same side of the printing mechanism 200, the first antenna assembly 310 and the second antenna assembly 320 may have different antennas, and the number of the first antenna assembly 310 and the second antenna assembly 320 may be multiple, and the multiple first antenna assemblies 310 may also have different antennas, so that writing and checking can be performed on multiple labels, thereby improving the usage range of the printer 10, and simultaneously loading multiple antenna assemblies, and ensuring more reliable writing and checking performances. In addition, since the first antenna assembly 310 and the second antenna assembly 320 are respectively arranged at two sides of the printing mechanism 200, in the whole process of printing the label, the second antenna assembly 320 positioned at one side of the printing mechanism 200, namely the second antenna assembly 320 positioned in the printer 10, can test the label to be printed, determine whether the internal information of the label is complete, determine whether the label can normally communicate, and print the label if the label is tested to be qualified, so that compared with the process of independently arranging one antenna outside the printer 10 for detection, the label is not required to be tested to be qualified and then returned to the printing mechanism 200 for printing, and can be directly input into the printing mechanism 200 through the second paper 500 for printing after the label is tested to be qualified, and the printing efficiency is high; after the printing mechanism 200 finishes printing, because the internal structure of the printer 10 is more, the influence of internal metal parts on the label is large, the interference is more, and the printing mechanism 200 can possibly cause certain damage to the label, so that the printed label needs to be detected, whether the information in the printed label is still complete or not can be effectively detected by using the first antenna assembly 310 outside the printer 10, defective products are prevented from flowing out, and compared with the detection that the printed label is returned to the antenna in the printer 10, the detection efficiency is high, and the second antenna assembly 320 and the first antenna assembly 310 are respectively arranged in the printer mechanism 200 and outside the printer.
In order to ensure that the printing medium 20 is smoothly transported into the first paper path 400, in one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, a guiding support portion 600 is disposed on one side of the printing mechanism 200 for outputting the printing medium 20, the guiding support portion 600 is disposed near the printing mechanism 200, and the guiding support portion 600 is located between the first paper path 400 and the printing mechanism 200, so that the guiding support portion 600 can perform a function of supporting and guiding the printing medium 20 just outputted from the printing mechanism 200, and ensure that the printing medium 20 is smoothly transported into the first paper path 400.
In order to enable writing and inspection of the anti-metal label and to ensure formation of the first paper path 400, in one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the printer 10 further includes a medium support plate 700, the first antenna assembly 310 is located above the first paper path 400, the medium support plate 700 is located below the first paper path 400, an upper space of the medium support plate 700 forms the first paper path 400, the medium support plate 700 is used for supporting the printing medium 20, one end of the first paper path 400 is adjacent to the printing mechanism 200, and the other end is in communication with the outside, so that the medium support plate 700 can function as a support for the printing medium 20, and an upper space of the medium support plate 700 can form the first paper path 400 for conveying the printing medium 20, and since the first antenna assembly 310 is disposed above the first paper path 400, when the printing medium 20 conveyed by the first paper path 400 is an anti-metal label, the first antenna assembly 310 disposed above is not affected by the metal label with respect to the bottom of the anti-metal label disposed below the first paper path 400, so that writing and normal anti-metal label can be performed.
To facilitate the placement and support of the print medium 20 by the media support plate 700, in one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the media support plate 700 includes a horizontal portion 710 and a support portion 720 connected, the space above the horizontal portion 710 forms the first paper path 400, the support portion 720 is disposed on the frame 100, the support portion 720 is used to support the horizontal portion 710, the horizontal portion 710 of the media support plate 700 is used to form a support structure below the first paper path 400, and the support portion 720 is used to support the horizontal portion 710.
In order to be able to write and verify the flexible tag better, in one of them embodiment, the first antenna assembly is located the below of first paper way, the top space of first antenna assembly forms first paper way, first antenna assembly is used for supporting the print medium, when the print medium is flexible tag, because flexible tag receives self gravity influence in the removal process, can paste bearing structure down, paste first antenna assembly promptly, for first antenna assembly sets up above, the first antenna assembly of setting up in first paper way below and flexible tag direct contact, the distance is short, the effect of writing in and verifying is better, and first antenna assembly can play the effect of forming first paper way and the effect of supporting the print medium moreover.
In order to ensure that the anti-metal label and the flexible label have better writing and checking effects, in one embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the number of the first antenna assemblies 310 is two, the two first antenna assemblies 310 are vertically spaced, one first antenna assembly 310 is located above the first paper 400, the other first antenna assembly 310 is located below the first paper 400, the first paper 400 is formed by the upper space of the first antenna assembly 310 located below, the first antenna assembly 310 located below is used for supporting the printing medium 20, so that when the printing medium 20 is the anti-metal label, the first antenna assembly 310 located above the first paper 400 is not affected by the metal film at the bottom of the anti-metal label, writing and checking can be performed normally on the anti-metal label, when the printing medium 20 is the flexible label, the first antenna assembly 310 located below the first paper 400 is in direct contact with the flexible label, the distance is short, the writing and checking effects are better, and the first antenna assembly 310 located below is used for supporting the printing medium 20, and the anti-metal label can have better effects than the first antenna assembly can perform the functions of printing and checking the anti-metal label.
To ensure that the first antenna assembly 310 stably writes and inspects the print medium 20, in one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the first antenna assembly 310 includes a first antenna frame 311 and a first antenna 312, the first antenna frame 311 is disposed on the frame 100, the first antenna 312 is disposed in the first antenna frame 311 and faces the first paper path 400, and the first antenna 312 can be stably disposed by disposing the first antenna frame 311 and protecting the first antenna 312, thereby ensuring that the first antenna 312 can stably perform writing and inspection operations. In one embodiment, when the first antenna assembly 310 is located above the first paper 400, the first antenna frame 311 of the first antenna assembly 310 is spaced from the first paper 400 by a distance greater than the thickness of the tag. In one embodiment, when the first antenna assembly 310 is located below the first paper path 400, the first paper path 400 is formed by the space above the first antenna frame 311 of the first antenna assembly 310, and the first antenna frame 311 is used for supporting the printing medium 20.
In order to facilitate the placement of the second antenna assembly 320, in one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the second antenna assembly 320 is located below the second paper path 500, the space above the second antenna assembly 320 forms the second paper path 500, the second antenna assembly 320 is used for supporting the printing medium 20, since the internal space of the printer 10 is limited, and many other components are located above the second paper path 500 inside the printer 10, the placement of the second antenna assembly 320 below the second paper path 500 avoids the problems that the second antenna assembly 320 has no space and is difficult to place above, and when the printing medium 20 is a flexible label, the flexible label is under the influence of its own gravity in the moving process, and is tightly attached to the supporting structure, that is, the second antenna assembly 320 placed below the second paper path 500 is in direct contact with the flexible label, so that the distance is short, the writing and inspection effects are better, and the second antenna assembly 320 can play a role in forming the second paper path 500 and supporting the printing medium 20.
In order to ensure that the second antenna assembly 320 stably writes and inspects the printing medium 20, in one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the second antenna assembly 320 includes a second antenna frame 321 and a second antenna 322 disposed in the second antenna frame 321, the second antenna frame 321 is disposed on the frame 100, the second antenna frame 321 is disposed below the second paper path 500, the second antenna frame 321 disposed below the second paper path 500 is used for supporting the printing medium 20, the second antenna 322 can be stably disposed by disposing the second antenna frame 321, and the second antenna 322 is protected, thereby ensuring that the second antenna 322 can stably perform writing and inspection operations.
In other embodiments, the number of the second antenna assemblies is a plurality of, two of the second antenna assemblies are vertically and alternately distributed, one of the second antenna assemblies is located above the second paper path, the other second antenna assembly is located below the second paper path, the second paper path is formed in the space above the second antenna assembly located below, the second antenna assembly located below is used for supporting a printing medium, and the upper and lower second antenna assemblies are arranged to facilitate writing and checking of various labels.
In order to ensure that the anti-metal label and the flexible label have better writing and checking effects, in one embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the number of the first antenna assemblies 310 is two, two first antenna assemblies 310 are distributed at intervals up and down, one first antenna assembly 310 is located above the first paper 400, the other first antenna assembly 310 is located below the first paper 400, the space above the first antenna assembly 310 located below forms the first paper 400, and the first antenna assembly 310 located below is used for supporting the printing medium 20; the second antenna assembly 320 is located below the second paper 500, the space above the second antenna assembly 320 forms the second paper 500, the second antenna assembly 320 is used for supporting the printing medium 20, so that when the printing medium 20 is an anti-metal label, the first antenna assembly 310 located above the first paper 400 is not affected by a metal film at the bottom of the anti-metal label, writing and checking can be performed normally on the anti-metal label, when the printing medium 20 is a flexible label, the first antenna assembly 310 located below the first paper 400 is in direct contact with the flexible label, the distance is short, the effect of writing and checking is better, the first antenna assembly 310 can play a role of forming the first paper 400 and a role of supporting the printing medium 20, when the printing medium 20 is in the second paper 500 before printing, the second antenna assembly 320 located below the second paper 500 is in direct contact with the flexible label, the distance is short, the effect of writing and checking is better, and the second antenna assembly 320 can play a role of forming the second paper 400 and supporting the second paper 500, so that the effect of writing and checking can be guaranteed on the flexible label and the anti-metal label; in addition, since the internal space of the printer 10 is limited, there are many other components above the second paper path 500 inside the printer 10, so that the second antenna assembly 320 is disposed below the second paper path 500, and the problems that the second antenna assembly 320 has no space and is difficult to dispose above are avoided.
In order to smoothly guide the printing medium 20 into the printing mechanism 200, in one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the printing mechanism 200 includes a printhead assembly 210 and a printing rubber roller assembly 220 respectively disposed on the frame 100, and a printing space is formed between the printhead assembly 210 and the printing rubber roller assembly 220, wherein one end of the printing space is communicated with the first paper path 400, and the other end is communicated with the second paper path 500; a transition plate is disposed between the second paper path 500 and the printing space, one end of the space above the transition plate is communicated with the printing space, and the other end is communicated with the second paper path 500, so that the printing medium 20 can be smoothly guided into the printing space through the transition plate, and the printing medium 20 is prevented from falling or bending and cannot enter the printing space of the printing mechanism 200.
To ensure print quality, in one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the second paper path 500 forms an included angle with the first paper path 400, the included angle being an obtuse angle, so that the print medium 20 can be ensured to fully contact the print head assembly 210 and the print roller assembly 220 between the print head assembly 210 and the print roller assembly 220, print quality is ensured, and the obtuse angle can effectively ensure that the print medium 20 enters the print space relative to an acute angle and a right angle. In one embodiment, the included angle is 120 ° to 170 °. In one embodiment, the included angle is 150 °.
In one embodiment, a printing method is applied to the printer 10 according to any one of the above embodiments, and the printing method includes the following steps: s1, performing pre-printing inspection on the printing medium 20 positioned on the second paper path 500 through the second antenna assembly 320, and judging whether the internal information of the printing medium 20 is complete; s2, if the pre-printing test of the printing medium 20 is qualified, inputting the printing medium 20 into the printing mechanism 200 for printing operation; s3, performing post-printing inspection on the printing medium 20 which is printed and output to the first paper path 400 through the first antenna assembly 310, and judging whether the internal information of the printing medium 20 is still complete; and S4, outputting the printing medium 20 if the post-printing inspection of the printing medium 20 is qualified.
As shown in fig. 4, a printing method applied to the printer 10 according to any of the above embodiments includes the steps of:
810. the second antenna assembly 320 performs a pre-print inspection of the print medium 20 positioned on the second paper path 500 to determine whether the information inside the print medium 20 is complete. In this embodiment, the print medium 20 is a tag, for example, an RFID tag. Therefore, the label can be checked before printing, and whether the internal information of the label is complete or not can be determined, so that whether the label can normally communicate or not can be determined. In one embodiment, before the step 810, the method further includes: information is written to the print medium 20 through the second antenna assembly 320 so that tags not having information written thereto can be written to and inspected.
820. If the pre-print test of the print medium 20 is acceptable, the print medium 20 is input to the printing mechanism 200 for a printing operation. If the pre-printing inspection is qualified, namely that the internal information of the label is complete is inspected, the label can be normally communicated, printing can be performed, one line is inspected first and then printed, the back printing is not needed after inspection, and the printing efficiency is high.
830. The print medium 20 printed and output to the first paper path 400 is subjected to post-printing inspection by the first antenna assembly 310 to determine whether the information inside the print medium 20 is still complete. After the label is printed, the printed label needs to be checked again to determine whether the internal information of the label is lost to cause incomplete or complete disappearance, so as to avoid outflow of defective products. In one embodiment, after the step 830, the method further includes: if the post-printing inspection of the printing medium 20 is not qualified, the information writing is performed again on the printing medium 20 after printing through the first antenna assembly 310, and then the post-printing inspection is performed, so that when the printed label is inspected to be unqualified, the information can be rewritten through the first antenna assembly 310, and then the post-printing inspection can be performed again, the condition that the once-inspection is not qualified is avoided, the material and the cost are saved, and after the information is rewritten, if normal communication can be ensured, the printed label can be changed into a good product again, and the output can be performed. In one embodiment, the step of "if the post-press inspection of the print medium 20 is failed, writing information to the print medium 20 after printing is performed again by the first antenna assembly 310, and then performing the post-press inspection is performed n times, and if the post-press inspection is failed last time, the print medium 20 is invalidated, wherein n is an integer greater than 0, so that writing information can be performed multiple times, so as to avoid the waste and the increase of cost caused by unsuccessful write-once and direct tag invalidation. In one embodiment, the value of n is 3, so that after the appropriate number of re-writing, if the final inspection is still not acceptable, it indicates that the tag is seriously damaged, the complete information cannot be written, and the labor cost and the time cost are high due to the repeated operation.
840. If the post-press inspection of the print medium 20 is acceptable, the print medium 20 is output. If the post-press inspection is qualified, that is, the internal information of the printed label inspected by the first antenna assembly 310 is still complete, and normal communication can be ensured, the output can be performed, so that the problem of inconvenience in re-inspection by using an internal antenna is avoided.
The printing method described above is applied to the printer 10, where the printing mechanism 200 of the printer 10 is used for performing printing operations on the print medium 20, for example, printing labels, the second paper path 500 is used for inputting labels to be printed into the printing mechanism 200, the printed labels are output from the printing mechanism 200 to the first paper path 400 and then output from the first paper path 400 to the outside, since the first antenna assembly 310 and the first paper path 400 are disposed on the same side of the printing mechanism 200, the second antenna assembly 320 and the second paper path 500 are disposed on the same side of the printing mechanism 200, the first antenna assembly 310 and the second antenna assembly 320 may have different antennas, and the number of the first antenna assembly 310 and the second antenna assembly 320 may be multiple, and the multiple first antenna assemblies 310 may also have different antennas, so that writing and checking of multiple labels may be performed, thereby improving the loading range of the printer 10, and simultaneously enabling more reliable writing and checking performances. In addition, since the first antenna assembly 310 and the second antenna assembly 320 are respectively arranged at two sides of the printing mechanism 200, in the whole process of printing the label, the second antenna assembly 320 positioned at one side of the printing mechanism 200, namely the second antenna assembly 320 positioned in the printer 10, can test the label to be printed, determine whether the internal information of the label is complete, determine whether the label can normally communicate, and print the label if the label is tested to be qualified, so that compared with the process of independently arranging one antenna outside the printer 10 for detection, the label is not required to be tested to be qualified and then returned to the printing mechanism 200 for printing, and can be directly input into the printing mechanism 200 through the second paper 500 for printing after the label is tested to be qualified, and the printing efficiency is high; after the printing mechanism 200 finishes printing, because the internal structure of the printer 10 is more, the influence of internal metal parts on the label is large, the interference is more, and the printing mechanism 200 can possibly cause certain damage to the label, so that the printed label needs to be detected, whether the information in the printed label is still complete or not can be effectively detected by using the first antenna assembly 310 outside the printer 10, defective products are prevented from flowing out, and compared with the detection that the printed label is returned to the antenna in the printer 10, the detection efficiency is high, and the second antenna assembly 320 and the first antenna assembly 310 are respectively arranged in the printer mechanism 200 and outside the printer.
In all embodiments of the present application, "large" and "small" are relative terms, "more" and "less" are relative terms, "upper" and "lower" are relative terms, and the description of such relative terms is not repeated herein.
It should be appreciated that reference throughout this specification to "in this embodiment," "in an embodiment of the present application," or "as an alternative" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present application. Thus, the appearances of the phrases "in this embodiment," "in an embodiment of the application," or "as an alternative embodiment" in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. Those skilled in the art will also appreciate that the embodiments described in the specification are alternative embodiments and that the acts and modules referred to are not necessarily required for the present application.
In various embodiments of the present application, it should be understood that the sequence numbers of the foregoing processes do not imply that the execution sequences of the processes should be determined by the functions and internal logic of the processes, and should not be construed as limiting the implementation of the embodiments of the present application.
The foregoing is merely illustrative of the present application, and the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art will readily recognize that variations or substitutions are within the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.
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1. A printer, comprising:
a frame;
the printing mechanism is arranged on the frame; one side of the printing mechanism for outputting the printing medium is provided with a first paper path; one side of the printing mechanism for inputting the printing medium is provided with a second paper path; the print medium includes an anti-metal label and a flexible label;
the antenna mechanism comprises a first antenna component and a second antenna component, the first antenna component and the second antenna component are respectively arranged on the rack, the first antenna component is positioned on one side of the printing mechanism, which is used for outputting a printing medium, and faces the first paper path, and the second antenna component is positioned on one side of the printing mechanism, which is used for inputting the printing medium, and faces the second paper path; a guiding-out supporting part for conveying and connecting printing media is arranged between the first paper path and the printing mechanism;
the number of the first antenna assemblies is two, the two first antenna assemblies are distributed vertically at intervals, and one first antenna assembly is positioned above the first paper and is used for writing and checking the anti-metal tag; another of the first antenna assemblies is located below the first paper path for writing and verifying the flexible tag; the first paper path is formed in an upper space of the first antenna assembly located below, and the first antenna assembly located below is used for supporting a printing medium.
2. The printer of claim 1, wherein the first antenna assembly comprises a first antenna mount and a first antenna, the first antenna mount disposed on the frame, the first antenna disposed within the first antenna mount and oriented toward the first paper path.
3. The printer of claim 1, wherein the second antenna assembly is positioned below the second paper path, and wherein an upper space of the second antenna assembly forms the second paper path, the second antenna assembly for supporting a print medium.
4. A printer according to claim 3, wherein the second antenna assembly comprises a second antenna frame and a second antenna disposed within the second antenna frame, the second antenna frame being disposed on the frame, the second antenna frame being located below the second paper path for supporting a print medium.
5. The printer of claim 1, wherein the printing mechanism comprises a printing head assembly and a printing rubber roller assembly which are respectively arranged on the frame, a printing space is formed between the printing head assembly and the printing rubber roller assembly, one end of the printing space is communicated with the first paper path, and the other end is communicated with the second paper path; and a transition plate is arranged between the second paper path and the printing space, one end of the space above the transition plate is communicated with the printing space, and the other end of the space above the transition plate is communicated with the second paper path.
6. The printer of claim 5, wherein said second paper path forms an included angle with said first paper path, said included angle being an obtuse angle.
7. A printing method, characterized by being applied to the printer according to any one of claims 1 to 6, comprising the steps of:
s1, carrying out pre-printing inspection on a printing medium positioned on a second paper path through a second antenna assembly, and judging whether the internal information of the printing medium is complete or not;
s2, if the pre-printing test of the printing medium is qualified, inputting the printing medium into a printing mechanism for printing operation;
s3, performing post-printing inspection on the printed printing medium which is output to the first paper path through the first antenna assembly, and judging whether the internal information of the printing medium is still complete;
and S4, outputting the printing medium if the post-printing inspection of the printing medium is qualified.
8. The printing method according to claim 7, characterized by further comprising, after said step S3:
and if the post-printing inspection of the printing medium is not qualified, re-writing information into the printing medium after printing through the first antenna assembly, and then performing the post-printing inspection.
9. The printing method according to claim 8, wherein the step of repeating the "if the post-press test of the printing medium is failed, writing information again to the printing medium after printing through the first antenna assembly, and then performing the post-press test" is performed n times, and if the last post-press test is failed, the printing medium is disabled, wherein n is an integer greater than 0.
10. The printing method according to claim 7, characterized by further comprising, before said step S1:
information is written to the print medium by the second antenna assembly.
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