CN1978196A - Printer used with rolled sheet - Google Patents
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In a printer, a first section is sized to accommodate a rolled sheet therein. A printing head is horizontally movable along a moving path extending in a first direction and operable to perform printing on a part of the rolled sheet which is drawn out from the first section. A second section is provided on a first side of the first section relative to the first direction. A third section is provided on a second side of the first section relative to the first direction opposite to the first side. A control board on which a circuit operable to control an operation of the printer is mounted is disposed in the first section so as to extend vertically. An ink supplying member is disposed in the third section that supplies ink to the printing head. The moving path is longer than a dimension of the first section in the first direction.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of string type printer (serial-type printer) that uses rolled sheet, wherein when on rolled sheet, printing when mobile on the width of printhead at printer, more specifically, relate to a kind of improvement technology that is used to reduce the size of printer.
Background technology
Known a kind of string type printer of rolled sheet that uses is used to issue receipt or analog, wherein prints when being installed in printhead on the carriage rolled sheet transversely mobile.Usually, in such printer, rolled sheet is received horizontal-extending in the horizontal, and prints at the paper of extracting out from rolled sheet that has elongated when the carriage that printhead is installed is moved back and forth in the horizontal.
In this structure, transport the moving range of the carriage of printhead, that is, need the moving range of the carriage of fill order's wire printing (one line of printing) to compare greatly with rolled sheet size in the horizontal in the horizontal.Therefore, the space that must have transversely big than a rolled sheet compartment width is set to be used for the mobile space of carriage.Former thereby speech with regard to this, printer size is in the horizontal decided on the mobile space of carriage, and can form dead space at the rolled sheet compartment in the one or both sides transversely of printer.When purpose is when reducing the size of string type printer, this dead space is an obstacle.
In described string type printer, wherein ink gun is used as printhead, and the DC motor is often with acting on the motor that mobile ink gun is mounted to the carriage on it.In this case, for direction of rotation and the position of rotation that detects the DC motor, linear scale is set along the mobile route (that is the shift position of carriage) of carriage.For example, under the situation of optics linear scale, linear scale is provided with a plurality of slits, and the optical pickocff that is installed on the carriage reads slit, produces the A phase signals and the B phase signals of displacement 90 degree (for example) thus.Detect rotation status, for example direction of rotation of DC motor and rotary speed (moving direction of carriage and translational speed) according to this detection signal.The DC motor is subjected to FEEDBACK CONTROL according to testing result, makes to control the motion that is installed in the ink gun on the carriage.
At this moment, a part of ink droplet that is ejected on the recording paper from ink gun floats as small ink mist.In addition, the narrow gap of the relative maintenance of the nozzle surface of ink gun with recording paper.Therefore, when the carriage that transports ink gun moves back and forth, can produce negative pressure in the described gap off, and a part of ink droplet is blown and is produced ink mist.The ink mist that is produced flies on the air-flow that the motion by carriage produces and scatters around, makes may be made dirty in the surface of the parts around the carriage.Particularly, at air-flow that the motion by carriage produces under situation about flowing on the direction perpendicular to the moving direction of carriage, what paid close attention to is may be made dirty by ink mist in the surface that mobile route along carriage is arranged near the linear scale the carriage, thereby will hinder normal position probing operation.
For fear of above-mentioned concerned issue, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication 11-138781A number (JP-A-11-138781), blower fan is disposed near the mobile route of carriage with airflow flowing on the moving direction that is created in carriage, makes ink mist can not advance towards linear scale.In Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication 2001-138548A number (JP-A-2001-138548), wind deflector is arranged to produce air-flow by the locomotivity of printhead, and ejects ink mist by air-flow.In Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication 2005-88235A number (JP-A-2005-88235), regulate on the surface that rib is set at carriage with the air-flow that motion was produced of bracket, make air-flow can not advance towards the linear scale of carriage back.
In the small size rolled sheet printer of distribution receipt or analog, only there is the little space that is used for mobile ink gun.Therefore, in many cases, can not ensure the space that is used to settle the blower fan that will produce air-flow, be used to settle the space of wind deflector or be used for moving space with the carriage that is formed at described lip-deep adjusting rib.Therefore, assembling is used to prevent that ink mist is deposited on the mechanism's existing problems on the linear scale, is in the time of will reducing the size of string type rolled sheet printer in purpose especially.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, a more favourable aspect of the present invention provides a kind of printer that uses rolled sheet, arranges that by the dead space that effectively utilizes at least one side that is formed at the rolled sheet compartment parts that are used for described printer can reduce the size of described printer.
Another more favourable aspect of the present invention provides a kind of printer that uses rolled sheet, is used to wherein prevent that the mechanism that linear scale is made dirty by ink mist can be assembled in the narrow space, can reduce to be used for the size of the described printer of rolled sheet thus.
According to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of printer, comprising:
Be sized to rolled sheet is held within it first;
Printhead, described printhead can be along moving horizontally at the upwardly extending mobile route of first party, and are used for being printed by the part of the rolled sheet of extracting out from described first;
Second portion, described second portion are positioned at first side of described first with respect to described first direction;
Third part, described third part are positioned at second side of the described first relative with described first side with respect to described first direction;
Control panel, the circuit that is used to control the operation of described printer is installed in described control panel, and described control panel is arranged in the described first vertically to extend; And
Be arranged on the ink feed member in the described third part, in order to ink feed being given described printhead,
Wherein said mobile route is longer than the size of described first on described first direction.
Because the movable passageway of described printhead is longer than the width of described first on described first direction on the described first direction, so the both sides of first compartment can form the space.By above-mentioned structure, this space is used to be provided with described control panel and described ink feed member within it.Therefore, needn't be provided for settling the place of described control panel and described ink feed member individually.For example, compared by horizontally disposed situation in the bottom of described printer, can reduce the height of described printer with described control panel.Therefore, can realize compact rolled sheet printer.
In addition, owing to described control panel is arranged vertically, so will fall fast along the surface of described plate from the liquid such as ink and water of leak or similar position.When described control panel when horizontally disposed short circuit or similar problem may appear because liquid remains on the surface of described plate.Yet, can reduce to cause the risk of this trouble by above-mentioned structure.
Described printhead can be ink gun.
Described printer may further include the head maintenance unit of described printhead being carried out attended operation, and described head maintenance unit is set on the mobile route of described second side of described first.
Be used as at described ink gun under the situation of described printhead, blocked described head maintenance unit be set owing to stay the ink solidifies in the described nozzle in order when described printhead is not used, to protect the nozzle surface of described printhead and to prevent described nozzle.Can effectively utilize the dead space on described first next door by above-mentioned structure, wherein said dead space is the mobile space that is formed for guaranteeing described print head.This can more advantageously reduce the size of described rolled sheet printer.
Described head maintenance unit can be set on the described third part.
Described printer may further include the head unit that is arranged on described first, described control panel and the described head maintenance unit.Described head unit comprises: the body side frame that unit framework, described unit framework are included in the upwardly extending main frame of described first party and are arranged on the two ends of described main frame with respect to described first direction; Extend upward the also axis of guide of the described body side frame of bridge joint in described first party; And carriage, described carriage is installed described printhead, and can move to transport described printhead along described mobile route along the described axis of guide.
Described first can be arranged to make axially being complementary with described first direction of rolled sheet.
Described first can be formed with and be arranged through the opening that it changes rolled sheet.Described opening can be positioned in the front side of described printer.
Described ink feed member can be print cartridge.
Described second portion can be formed with and be arranged through the opening that it changes described print cartridge.
Described printer may further include: linear scale, described linear scale extends upward in described first party, and be provided be suitable for detected to determine the slit pattern of the position of described printhead on described first direction; And tabular component, described tabular component extends upward and is set between described mobile route and the described linear scale in described first party, and described tabular component is sized to and is oriented to be used to stop the air-flow that flow to described linear scale from described printhead.
Can cross described mobile route by above-mentioned structure and stop the air-flow that flow to a side of described linear scale from described printhead reliably.Therefore, can prevent described linear scale the surface since ink mist adhere to described surface and made dirty.
In addition, because described tabular component arranges along the described mobile route of described ink gun, so the parts around described ink gun, the described axis of guide, described linear scale or the like are arranged to be parallel to described mobile route.As a result, the direction along described mobile route forms dead space between these parts.Because this dead space can be used for described tabular component is set within it, promptly described tabular component can be set so need not increased in size.Therefore, in the printer that the present invention can suitably be applied to make with reduced size, wherein said printer is restricted aspect the space of parts being used to settle.
Described printer may further include: be arranged to first tabular component adjacent with the first end of described mobile route; And second tabular component that is arranged on the second end place of the described mobile route relative with described first end.At least one member in described first tabular component and described second tabular component is formed with through hole.
By guaranteeing that the mobile of surrounding air that air duct can make the motion by described ink gun produce becomes steady at the described mobile space of described ink gun and between by the outside of described through hole.In addition, can relax the negative pressure that is produced with between the described nozzle surface of narrow gap described ink gun respect to one another and the paper.As a result, can reduce the ink mist amount.
Described printer may further include: the axis of guide, and the described axis of guide extends upward and described first tabular component of bridge joint and described second tabular component in described first party; And carriage, described carriage is installed described printhead, and can move to transport described printhead along described mobile route along the described axis of guide.Described through hole can be relative with described carriage.
Described printer may further include head unit, and described head unit is set on described first, described control panel and the described head maintenance unit.Described printhead, described carriage, the described axis of guide, described linear scale and described tabular component can form one in described head unit.
According to another aspect of the present invention, also provide a kind of rolled sheet printer of compactness, comprising:
Printhead, described printhead can be along moving horizontally at the upwardly extending mobile route of first party;
Printer casing, described printer casing limits described mobile route and supports described printhead, described printer casing comprise be sized to rolled sheet hold within it first, be positioned at respect to described first direction described first a side second portion and be positioned at the third part of described first with respect to the opposite side of described first direction, wherein:
Described printhead is used for being printed by the part of the rolled sheet of extracting out from described first; And
The parts that print necessary described printer are set in described second portion and the described third part.
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Describe these and other aspect and advantage of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in detail, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the perspective view of printer according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the perspective view with printer of the preceding door closure of opening;
Fig. 3 is the perspective view that shows the internal mechanism of printer;
Fig. 4 is the sectional view of printer along front-rear direction;
Fig. 5 be printer along the right side-left to sectional view;
Fig. 6 A is the upper viewing view of the head unit in the printer;
Fig. 6 B is the left side view of head unit; And
Fig. 6 C is the right side view of head unit.
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Describe embodiments of the invention in detail hereinafter with reference to accompanying drawing.
As shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, rolled sheet printer 1 according to an embodiment of the invention comprises that the shell 1a and the paper outlet 2 that are roughly rectangular shape generally are formed on the front surface of shell 1a.Spray paper guide (ejected sheet guide) 3 is outstanding forward below paper outlet 2, and lid is opened the side that bar 4 is set at spray paper guide 3.
Another opening 1c is formed at the right side of lid 5a, and can be connected to opening 1c around the lid 5b that its lower end tilts to open by making it.When this lid 5b is opened, can be released to the print cartridge chamber 19 of ink supply part, and can changes print cartridge from the front side of printer.Control panel 5c is set at the left side of lid 5a, and comprises that the positioning indicator 6 of LED, paper feed button 7 or the like is disposed on the control panel 5c.
As shown in Fig. 3 to Fig. 5, rolled sheet compartment 11 is arranged in the middle body along laterally (right side-left to) of printing mechanism part 10, and rolled sheet 12 is contained in this rolled sheet compartment 11 to point to the horizontal horizontal installment state of printer.Head unit 13 flatly is installed in the top of rolled sheet compartment 11.Head unit 13 comprises after a while the right side that the head unit framework 14 that will describe in detail and horizontal bridge are connected on head unit framework 14 and the carriage axis of guide 15 between left side frame 14a and the 14b.The carriage 17 that ink gun 16 is mounted thereon in the mode of downward finger is suitable for moving back and forth along the carriage axis of guide 15 by tray motor 18.
As shown in Figure 5, print cartridge compartment 19 and head maintenance unit 20 are set in the space that right side frame impaled of the right side part of the head unit 13 that is projected into the right side by rolled sheet compartment 11, above rolled sheet compartment 11 and shell 1a.Each three print cartridge 19C, 19M and 19Y that all has smooth rectangular shape can be loaded in the print cartridge chamber 19 that is arranged in the bottom by the front surface from the print cartridge compartment on vertical orientated.Print cartridge 19C, 19M and 19Y are filled with the ink that is respectively cyan, reddish violet and yellow (for example).The head maintenance unit 20 that is arranged on 19 tops, print cartridge chamber comprises the wiper of the nozzle surface that is used to clean ink gun 16 and the recovery section (not shown) that is used for reclaiming in the mode identical with known head maintenance unit discarded ink, and wherein said discarded ink is ejected or from the nozzle ejection of nozzle surface.
The space that is impaled by the left side frame of the left part of rolled sheet compartment 11, head unit 13 and shell 1a is restricted to control panel 21 is mounted to plate mounting portion 22 on it.The left side frame 23a that this plate mounting portion 22 is positioned at the printer body frame 23 in the right side frame of shell 1a covers.Control panel 21 is arranged in the plate mounting portion 22 with perpendicular attitude (being in vertically arranged state).Be arranged in each positioning indicator 6 on the control panel 5c, paper feed button 7 or the like and be connected to corresponding circuit part on the control panel 21.
As shown in Figure 4, paper guide 31 is flatly along the rearward position place between rolled sheet compartment 11 and the head unit 13 of being horizontally installed on of printer.In the front of paper guide 31, by a step printer vertically on flatly platen parts (platen) 32 are arranged on higher position.Be installed in the top that ink gun 16 on the carriage 17 directly is arranged in platen parts 32.The nozzle surface 16a of ink gun 16 is relative with the upper surface 32a of the platen parts 32 that keep specific gap, and print position is limited by upper surface 32a.
First roller for conveying paper sheets 33 transversely horizontally suspends position in platen parts 32 back printer.First pressure roller 34 with preset width is pushed first roller for conveying paper sheets 33 from the below with predetermined pressure.First roller for conveying paper sheets 33 is driven by the paper feed motor 37 that is installed on the head unit 13.Second roller for conveying paper sheets 35 is disposed in the front end of platen parts 32.Second pressure roller 36 is pushed second roller for conveying paper sheets 35 from the top.
Carriage 17 is provided with ink damper (ink damper) 41C, 41M and 41Y, and the end of three soft ink barrel 42C, 42M and 42Y is connected to described ink damper.The other end of ink barrel 42C, 42M and 42Y is connected respectively to print cartridge 19C, 19M and the 19Y that is installed in the print cartridge chamber 19.Each ink color is supplied to ink gun 16 via ink barrel 42C, 42M and 42Y, therefore makes ink gun 16 can implement panchromatic printing.
Shown in the thick chain-dotted line among Fig. 4, the paper 12a that extracts out from the rolled sheet 12 that is contained in the rolled sheet compartment 11 is passed through between first roller for conveying paper sheets 33 and first pressure roller 34 by paper guide 31 guiding, and move between second roller for conveying paper sheets 35 and second pressure roller 36, passing through, and then from paper outlet 2 ejections along the upper surface 32a of platen parts 32.
When first roller for conveying paper sheets 33 and second roller for conveying paper sheets 35 are opened 12a with the paper feeding of this state rotation luck.Ink gun 16 is driven when the transversely movable support bracket 17 of printer when transporting paper 12a, and prints on the surface of the paper 12a by print position (32a).
Scissors cutter 50 is set at paper outlet 2 places.Cutter 50 comprises with the vertically arranged fixed cutter 51 of mode on pointing to and with the vertically arranged movable cutter 52 of the mode under pointing to.When movable cutter 52 by cutter driving mechanism 53 in vertical direction around the one end during along the lateral inclination of printer, with the contact point of fixed cutter 51 transversely the moving of printer, make to cut paper 12a between described movable cutter and described fixed cutter in the horizontal.For example, when finish a series of printings on paper 12a after, transporting of paper 12a can stop, and wherein the printing portion of paper 12a is from paper outlet 2 ejection predetermined lengths.Can be ejected in the paper that prints on it by cut paper 12a with cutter 50 with predetermined length.
In this embodiment, rolled sheet compartment 11 is set at printer centre transversely, and the head unit 13 with Breadth Maximum is horizontally set on the top of rolled sheet compartment 11.Be formed at the right side of rolled sheet compartment 11 of head unit 13 belows and those spaces in left side and be used as the space that is used to arrange print cartridge chamber 19, head maintenance unit 20 and plate mounting portion 22.Mode can not stay dead space in the both sides of rolled sheet compartment 11 according to this, thereby more advantageously reduces the size of rolled sheet printer 1.
Particularly, compared following aspect by horizontally disposed situation in the bottom of printer with control panel 21.At first, can reduce the height dimension of printer.Secondly, when the liquid such as ink of revealing or water dropped on the rolled sheet printer 1, liquid can remain on the horizontally disposed control panel surface, and may cause short circuit or other problem.Yet under the situation that is arranged vertically control panel 21, liquid falls fast along the plate surface, and will can not be short-circuited or other problem.
In addition, be used for the front surface that the opening 1b of rolled sheet compartment 11 and 1c and print cartridge chamber 19 are formed at printer, be easy to change rolled sheet 12 and print cartridge 19Y, 19M and 19C with front side from printer 1.Alternatively, at least one opening that is used for the opening 1b of rolled sheet compartment 11 and is used for the opening 1c of print cartridge chamber 19 can be set at the upper surface of printer.The opening that is used for rolled sheet compartment 11 and print cartridge chamber 19 can certainly be arranged on the side of printer.In this case, rolled sheet 12 is contained in the rolled sheet compartment 11 with the front-rear direction of horizontal installment state along printer, and ink gun 16 is formed on the front-rear direction of printer and moves back and forth.
As shown in Fig. 6 A to Fig. 6 C, head unit 13 comprises head unit framework 14 as mentioned above.The carriage axis of guide 15 is on transversely flatly between the right side and left side frame 14a and 14b of bridge joint at head unit framework 14 of printer.Be used for making the carriage axis of guide 15 to be formed at the bottom that ink gun 16 is mounted to carriage 17 back sides on it by its guiding axis hole 17a.The bottom of carriage 17 front surfaces is shelved on the guide rail 61 that extends along the transverse horizontal of printer, make carriage 17 can be when keeping particular pose transversely moving back and forth at printer.
Be used for comprising tray motor 18 and the Timing Belt (timing belt) 62 that drives by tray motor 18 along the mechanism that the carriage axis of guide 15 moves back and forth carriage 17.Near the position of Timing Belt 62 back of the carriage axis of guide 15 reaches is in transversely being stretched horizontally of printer, and described Timing Belt is fixed to from the rearwardly projecting belt of guiding axis hole 17a coupling part 17b.
In addition, the DC motor is used as tray motor 18, and linear scale 63 is set for SERVO CONTROL DC motor 18.Linear scale 63 be disposed between the carriage axis of guide 15 and the Timing Belt 62 and be parallel to the described carriage axis of guide and described Timing Belt the position the top and near, the wherein said carriage axis of guide and described Timing Belt be horizontal-extending in the horizontal.For example, linear scale 63 is provided with the slit pattern (not shown) with printer trailing flank facing surfaces.The position of optical pickocff 64 above guiding axis hole 17a is installed on the cradle guide 17.When carriage 17 was moved, optical pickocff 64 moved along the surface of linear scale 63, thereby detected slit pattern.
Furthermore, as shown in Figure 4, vertical partition plate 65 is connected to head unit framework 14 in Timing Belt 62 back.Vertical partition plate 65 transversely bridges between right side and left side frame 14a and the 14b printer.The position of gas flow adjusting flange 70 between Timing Belt 62 and paper guide 31 is connected to the front surface of this vertical partition plate 65.With regard to cross sectional shape, gas flow adjusting flange 70 has the horizontal frame 70a that extends forward from vertical partition plate 65 and from the acclivitous tilt frame 70b of the front end of horizontal frame 70a.Whole width between gas flow adjusting flange 70 extend through right sides and left side frame 14a and the 14b.In other words, gas flow adjusting flange 70 is arranged to cross the moving range of carriage 17.The horizontal frame 70a of gas flow adjusting flange 70 be positioned at be installed in carriage 17 on the substantially identical height place of nozzle surface 16a of ink gun 16.Linear scale 63 is isolated with the nozzle surface 16a of ink gun 16 by this gas flow adjusting flange 70 in the position of carriage 17 back.
The mobile route of carriage 17, that is, the mobile route of ink gun 16 is positioned at printer that the carriage axis of guide 15 limited transversely.As shown in Fig. 3 and Fig. 6 A, the mobile space 17A of carriage 17 is by right side and left side frame 14a, and the front baffle 14c and the vertical partition plate 65 of 14b, head unit framework 14 impale.In addition, the space of mobile space 17A below is blocked by platen parts 32 and paper guide 31.
In this embodiment, as shown in Fig. 6 B and Fig. 6 C, right side and left side frame 14a, 14b are formed with opening 14d and the 14e that is positioned at corresponding to the position of the right flank of carriage 17 and left surface.Particularly, opening 14d and 14e be formed at be installed in carriage 17 on the relative position of sidepiece of nozzle surface 16a of ink gun 16.
In the head unit 13 that has gas flow adjusting flange 70 and right side and left side opening 14d, 14e as mentioned above, can reduce the ink mist amount that is produced.In addition, can prevent that the ink mist that is produced from adhering on the surface of linear scale 63.
Particularly, when ink droplet when carriage 17 moves from being installed in ink gun 16 on the carriage 17 when paper 12a sprays, a part is sprayed ink and is formed ink mist and also scatter.In addition, because the nozzle surface 16a of ink gun 16 moves in the narrow gap of the paper 12a on platen parts 32, so because the athletic meeting of ink gun 16 produces negative pressure between nozzle surface 16a and paper 12a.Therefore, a part of ink droplet that is ejected into paper 12a can be blown off and be scattered.
In this embodiment, head unit 13 is provided with and is used for around the right side of the mobile space 17A both sides of carriage 17 and opening 14d and 14e that the air of left side frame 14a and 14b passes through.These openings 14d and 14e are formed at the position corresponding to the nozzle surface 16a of ink gun 16.Therefore, when carriage 17 moved to right side and left side, air was introduced in the carriage mobile space 17A reposefully via opening 14d and 14e.Therefore, the air-flow that produces by the motion of carriage 17 in carriage mobile space 17A becomes steadily, and prevents turbulent flow.In addition, can relax because the motion of carriage 17 and the negative pressure that between the nozzle surface 16a of ink gun 16 and paper 12a, produces.The ink mist amount that as a result, can reduce to produce.
Furthermore, because the gas flow adjusting flange 70 of the mobile route of linear scale 63 by crossing carriage is isolated with the nozzle surface 16a of ink gun 16 substantially, so the ink mist that is produced between nozzle surface 16a and the paper 12a is stopped by gas flow adjusting flange 70, so that can not scatter towards linear scale 63 from the dorsal part of carriage 17.Mode can prevent that the surface of linear scale 63 from being made dirty by ink mist according to this.
As mentioned above, in this embodiment, can reduce the generation of ink mist.In addition, because can prevent that ink mist from scattering towards linear scale, made dirty by ink mist so can prevent or suppress linear scale 63 reliably.
Furthermore, gas flow adjusting flange 70 is disposed in and is formed between Timing Belt 62 and the paper guide 31 and in the vacant space that transversely (along the direction of the mobile route of carriage) extends of printer.Therefore, gas flow adjusting flange 70 can be set and can not increase the size of printer, and therefore will can not hinder the size that reduces printer.
Although in the above-described embodiment, the present invention is applied in the rolled sheet printer of ink-jet type, yet the invention is not restricted to ink-jet printer.Be in the string type printer of the present invention's printhead that can also be applied to be provided with some other type apparently.
It is for reference that the disclosure content that the Japanese patent application that comprises Japanese patent application 2005-353040 number of filing an application on December 7th, 2005 of specification, graphic and claim and file an application on December 7th, 2005 is 2005-353041 number is incorporated this paper in this integral body.
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1. printer comprises:
Be sized to rolled sheet is held within it first;
Printhead, described printhead can be along moving horizontally at the upwardly extending mobile route of first party, and are used for being printed by the part of the rolled sheet of extracting out from described first;
Second portion, described second portion are positioned at first side of described first with respect to described first direction;
Third part, described third part are positioned at second side of the described first relative with described first side with respect to described first direction;
Control panel, the circuit that wherein is used to control the operation of described printer is installed in described control panel, and described control panel is arranged in the described first vertically to extend; And
Be arranged on the ink feed member in the described third part, in order to ink feed being given described printhead,
Wherein said mobile route is longer than the size of described first on described first direction.
2. printer according to claim 1, wherein said printhead are ink gun.
3. printer according to claim 2 further comprises the head maintenance unit of described printhead being carried out attended operation, and described head maintenance unit is set on the mobile route of described second side of described first.
4. printer according to claim 3, wherein said head maintenance unit is set on the described third part.
5. printer according to claim 4 further comprises the head unit that is arranged on described first, described control panel and the described head maintenance unit, and described head unit comprises:
The body side frame that unit framework, described unit framework are included in the upwardly extending main frame of described first party and are arranged on the two ends of described main frame with respect to described first direction;
Extend upward the also axis of guide of the described body side frame of bridge joint in described first party; And
Carriage, described carriage is installed described printhead, and can move to transport described printhead along described mobile route along the described axis of guide.
6. printer according to claim 5, wherein said first is arranged to make axially being complementary with described first direction of rolled sheet.
7. printer according to claim 6, wherein:
Described first is formed with and is arranged through the opening that it changes rolled sheet; And
Described opening is positioned in the front side of described printer.
8. printer according to claim 7, wherein said ink feed member is a print cartridge.
9. printer according to claim 8, wherein said second portion are formed with and are arranged through the opening that it changes described print cartridge.
10. printer according to claim 2 further comprises:
Linear scale, described linear scale extends upward in described first party, and be provided be suitable for detected to determine the slit pattern of the position of described printhead on described first direction; And
Tabular component, described tabular component extends upward and is set between described mobile route and the described linear scale in described first party, and described tabular component is sized to and is oriented to be used to stop the air-flow that flow to described linear scale from described print head.
11. printer according to claim 10 further comprises:
Be arranged to the first terminal first adjacent tabular component with described mobile route; And
Be arranged to the second terminal second adjacent tabular component of the described mobile route relative with described first end,
At least one member in wherein said first tabular component and described second tabular component is formed with through hole.
12. printer according to claim 11 further comprises:
The axis of guide, the described axis of guide extends upward and described first tabular component of bridge joint and described second tabular component in described first party; And
Carriage, described carriage is installed described printhead, and can move to transport described printhead along described mobile route along the described axis of guide, and wherein said through hole is relative with described carriage.
13. printer according to claim 12 further comprises:
Head unit, described head unit is set on described first, described control panel and the described head maintenance unit, and wherein said printhead, described carriage, the described axis of guide, described linear scale and described tabular component form one in described head unit.
14. a compact rolled sheet printer comprises:
Printhead, described printhead can be along moving horizontally at the upwardly extending mobile route of first party;
Printer casing, described printer casing limits described mobile route and supports described printhead, described printer casing comprise be sized to rolled sheet hold within it first, be positioned at respect to described first direction described first a side second portion and be positioned at the third part of the opposite side of described first with respect to described first direction, wherein:
Described printhead is used for being printed by the part of the rolled sheet of extracting out from described first; And
The parts that print necessary described printer are set in described second portion and the described third part.
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