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CN210211740U
CN210211740U CN201920548551.XU CN201920548551U CN210211740U CN 210211740 U CN210211740 U CN 210211740U CN 201920548551 U CN201920548551 U CN 201920548551U CN 210211740 U CN210211740 U CN 210211740U
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The embodiment of the utility model provides a bar code printer, include: a printing ribbon cartridge and at least one processing ribbon cartridge; the printing ribbon cartridge and the processing ribbon cartridge are arranged along the motion track of the printing label output; the printing ribbon cassette is located upstream of the processing ribbon cassette. Through using above-mentioned bar code printer to this avoids current bar code printer to have the problem that the added value that prints the label and do not have the design sense and can't produce the advertising effect, satisfies the trade company to the demand of advertisement design, improves the dynamics of advertising.

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Bar code printer
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a bar code printer.
Background
At present, bar code printers are widely applied to various industries of production and life, such as transportation, shopping, office and other fields, due to the advantages of high-speed printing and portable use.
With the development of society, enterprises and public institutions increasingly pay more attention to enterprise images and enterprise propaganda, and the importance of advertisement design is gradually increased. Particularly, the retail industry makes full and detailed advertising efforts. The printed label of the bar code printer is used as a medium for communicating with customers, and merchants hope to have good design, so that an advertising effect is generated, and the cognition of the customers to the enterprise is enhanced.
However, although the technology of printing labels by conventional barcode printers is well developed, the contents displayed on the labels still have only basic functions, and do not have a barcode with a design feeling that is attractive to customers. Printed labels have no added value.
Therefore, the conventional barcode printer has a problem that the printed label has no design feeling and cannot generate the added value of the advertising effect.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
In view of the above problem, the utility model aims at providing a bar code printer has special processing mechanism to this avoids current bar code printer to have the problem of printing the added value that the label does not have the design sense and can't produce the advertising effect, in order to satisfy the trade company to the demand of advertisement design, improves the dynamics of advertising.
The utility model provides a bar code printer, include: a printing ribbon cartridge and at least one processing ribbon cartridge; the printing ribbon cartridge and the processing ribbon cartridge are arranged along the motion track of the printing label output; the printing ribbon cassette is located upstream of the processing ribbon cassette.
By arranging the processing ribbon cartridge, after the printing ribbon cartridge finishes the printing of basic functions such as bar codes and the like, design patterns and colors with advertising function can be added on the printing label through the special processing ribbon cartridge, so that the integrally printed label has the effect of attracting the eyes of customers, and the printing label is added with the advertising effect.
Further, the bar code printer further comprises a paper pressing roller, a driving motor and a rotation transmission mechanism; the paper pressing rollers are multiple; the paper pressing rollers are correspondingly arranged below the printing ribbon cassette and the processing ribbon cassette; the paper pressing roller is meshed with the rotation transmission mechanism; the driving motor is meshed with the rotation transmission mechanism.
The mode of combining the driving motor and the rotary transmission mechanism is adopted to enable the paper pressing rollers to rotate so as to drive the label paper to move, the internal space of the bar code printer can be optimized, and excessive driving motors are not needed; in addition, the same driving motor is used, so that the rotation of the paper pressing rollers can be synchronized, and the phenomenon that printed labels are wrinkled or slipped in the conveying process is avoided.
Further, in the above barcode printer, the rotation transmission mechanism includes a transmission member and a driven gear; the transmission part is respectively meshed with the driving motor and the driven gear; the number of the driven gears is multiple; the driven gears are correspondingly meshed with the paper pressing rollers one by one.
The rotary transmission mechanism adopts a mode that a transmission part is matched with a driven gear, has a simple structure, is easy to realize, and can effectively ensure the synchronous rotation of the paper pressing roller.
Further, in the barcode printer, the process ribbon cartridge includes a print head, a ribbon, a supply roller, and a take-up roller; the supply roller is disposed upstream in the ribbon feeding direction; the take-up roller is arranged at the downstream of the ribbon conveying direction; the print head is disposed between the supply roller and the take-up roller.
According to the above configuration, the ink ribbon wound around the supply roller is transferred in the direction of the print head by the rotation of the supply roller, and after the coloring ink is supplied to the print label, the ink ribbon is transferred to the take-up roller, and the curling operation is completed by the take-up roller, whereby the print label can be effectively specially processed to meet the design requirement.
Further, in the barcode printer, the process ribbon cartridge further includes a ribbon roller; the ribbon roll is symmetrically arranged on the running track of the ribbon between the winding roll and the supply roll.
In the process that the colored ribbon supplies the coloring ink to the printing label, the colored ribbon on the supply roller is continuously reduced, the colored ribbon on the winding roller is continuously increased, the position can be adjusted by symmetrically arranging the colored ribbon rollers on the running track of the colored ribbon, the colored ribbon is not deformed or displaced to a certain extent, and the operation of supplying the coloring ink is smoothly carried out.
Further, in the barcode printer, the process ribbon cartridge is a hot melt type ribbon cartridge.
Further, in the barcode printer, the print head is a thermal print head.
The size of the transferred point (dot) is changed according to the heat value of the thermal printing head, so that the melting type thermal transfer printing of the area modulation mode of density modulation is carried out, special processing operation can be effectively carried out on the printed label, and the printing quality is ensured.
Further, in the above barcode printer, the ribbon includes a support and a colored ink; the colored ink is located on the surface of the support.
Further, in the barcode printer, the support is polyethylene terephthalate.
Further, in the barcode printer, the colored ink is an ink to which a filler is added.
According to the above configuration, a dye or pigment other than the sublimation dye can be used as the coloring ink, and the resistance of the coloring ink, such as heat resistance, solvent resistance, and light resistance, can be greatly improved. The number of selectable color materials is increased, and the ink is suitable for image formation by special color ink such as fluorescence or infrared absorption, gold color, silver color, and the like.
The embodiment of the utility model provides a bar code printer, include: a printing ribbon cartridge and at least one ribbon cartridge for special processing; the printing ribbon cartridge and the ribbon cartridge for special processing are arranged along the motion track of the output of the printing label; the printing ribbon cassette is located upstream of the special processing ribbon cassette. Through using above-mentioned bar code printer to this avoids current bar code printer to have the problem that the added value that prints the label and do not have the design sense and can't produce the advertising effect, satisfies the trade company to the demand of advertisement design, improves the dynamics of advertising.
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Various other advantages and benefits will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments. The drawings are only for purposes of illustrating the preferred embodiments and are not to be construed as limiting the invention. Also, like reference numerals are used to refer to like parts throughout the drawings. In the drawings:
fig. 1 is a schematic view of an internal structure of a barcode printer according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the relative position of the ribbon cartridge for processing in the embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a ribbon cartridge for processing in an embodiment of the present invention; and
fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of the label printing effect in the embodiment of the present invention.
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1 Bar code printer
2 printing ribbon cartridge
21 first printing head
22 first color band
3 ribbon cartridge for processing
31 second print head
32 second color band
33 second feed roller
34 second take-up roll
35 second ribbon roll
4 paper pressing roller
5 drive motor
6 rotation transmission mechanism
7 Label
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Various exemplary embodiments, features and aspects of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, like reference numbers can indicate functionally identical or similar elements. While the various aspects of the embodiments are presented in drawings, the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale unless specifically indicated. The word "exemplary" is used exclusively herein to mean "serving as an example, embodiment, or illustration". Any embodiment described herein as "exemplary" is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments.
It should be noted that in the description of the present invention, the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate directions or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, which are merely for convenience of description, but do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
Furthermore, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" in the description of the present invention are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that features of the embodiments of the invention may be combined with each other without conflict. The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments.
In the following detailed description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a better understanding of the present invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without some of these specific details. In some instances, methods, instrumentalities and elements well known to those skilled in the art have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the present invention.
In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, embodiments of the barcode printer according to the present invention are described in detail below.
Referring now to fig. 1-4, a preferred embodiment of the bar code printer of the present invention is shown. Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an internal structure of a barcode printer according to an embodiment of the present invention; fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the relative position of the ribbon cartridge for processing in the embodiment of the present invention; fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a ribbon cartridge for special processing in an embodiment of the present invention; fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of the label printing effect in the embodiment of the present invention.
The embodiment of the utility model provides a bar code printer 1, include: a printing ribbon cartridge 2 and a processing ribbon cartridge 3; the printing ribbon cartridge 2 and the processing ribbon cartridge 3 are arranged along the motion track output by the printing label 7; the printing ribbon cassette 2 is located upstream of the processing ribbon cassette 3. The processing ribbon cartridge 3 is a special processing ribbon cartridge.
By providing the processing ribbon cartridge 3, after the printing ribbon cartridge 2 finishes printing of basic functions such as a bar code, design patterns and colors having an advertising function can be added to the print label 7 by the processing ribbon cartridge 3, so that the overall printed label 7 has an effect of attracting the eyes of a customer, and the print label 7 has an advertising effect.
Next, the barcode printer 1 further includes a platen 4, a drive motor 5, and a rotation transmission mechanism 6; two paper pressing rollers 4 are provided; the two paper pressing rollers 4 are correspondingly arranged below the printing ribbon cartridge 2 and the processing ribbon cartridge 3; the paper pressing roller 4 is meshed with the rotation transmission mechanism 6; the driving motor 5 is engaged with the rotation transmission mechanism 6.
The mode of combining the driving motor 5 and the rotation transfer mechanism 6 is adopted to enable the two paper pressing rollers 4 to rotate so as to drive the label 7 to move, the internal space of the bar code printer 1 can be optimized, and the driving motor 5 does not need to be arranged excessively; in addition, the rotation of the two platen rollers 4 can be synchronized using the same drive motor 5, preventing the printed label 7 from wrinkling or slipping during transportation.
In the barcode printer 1, the rotation transmission mechanism 6 includes a transmission member and a driven gear; the transmission part is respectively meshed with the driving motor 5 and the driven gear; two driven gears are provided; the driven gears are correspondingly engaged with the paper pressing rollers 4 one by one.
The rotary transmission mechanism 6 adopts a mode that a transmission part is matched with a driven gear, has simple structure and easy realization, and can effectively ensure the synchronous rotation of the paper pressing roller 4.
In the barcode printer 1, the ribbon cassette 3 for processing includes a second print head 31, a second ribbon 32, a second supply roller 33, and a second take-up roller 34; the second supply roller 33 is disposed upstream in the conveying direction of the second belt 32; the second take-up roller 34 is disposed downstream in the conveying direction of the second color ribbon 32; the second print head 31 is disposed between the second supply roller 33 and the second take-up roller 34.
The printing ribbon cartridge 2 includes a first printer head 21, a first ribbon 22, a first supply roller, and a first take-up roller; the first supply roller is provided upstream in the conveying direction of the first ribbon 22; the first take-up roller is disposed downstream in the conveying direction of the first color ribbon 22; the first printer head 21 is disposed between the first supply roller and the first take-up roller.
According to the above configuration, the ink ribbon wound around the supply roll is transported in the direction of the print head by the rotation of the supply roll, and after the colored ink is supplied to the print label 7, the ink ribbon is transported to the take-up roll, and the curling operation is completed by the take-up roll, whereby printing and special processing can be effectively performed on the print label 7 to satisfy the design requirements.
In addition, in the barcode printer 1, the process ribbon cartridge 3 further includes a second ribbon roller 35; the second ribbon roll 35 is symmetrically disposed on the running track of the second ribbon 32 between the second take-up roll 34 and the second supply roll 33.
In the process of supplying the coloring ink to the print label 7 by the second ribbon 32, the number of the ribbons on the second supply roller 33 is decreased, the number of the second ribbons 32 on the second take-up roller 34 is increased, and the second ribbon rollers 35 are symmetrically arranged on the running track of the second ribbon 32, so that the position can be adjusted, and the second ribbon 32 is ensured not to be deformed or displaced to a certain extent, and the operation of supplying the coloring ink is smoothly performed.
In the bar code printer 1, the printing ribbon cartridge 2 is a thermal melting type ribbon cartridge; the first print head 21 is a thermal print head.
Further, the print ribbon cassette 2 transfers the hot-melt pigment ink applied to the first ribbon 22 to the label 7 sheet by the heated first printer head 21. The ink supplied from the print ribbon cartridge 2 is a wax pattern.
The ink supplied to the print ribbon cartridge 2 may be 3 types of wax resin type (semi-resin, wax + resin type) or resin type (resin type) other than wax type, and may be used depending on the application.
Meanwhile, in the bar code printer 1, the processing ribbon cartridge 3 is a hot melt type ribbon cartridge; the second print head 31 is a thermal print head.
A melting type thermal transfer printing of an area modulation method for performing density modulation by changing the size of a transferred dot (dot) according to the size of the heat generation amount of a thermal print head; that is, the ink is softened by the controlled heat from the thermal head, and the softened region is changed according to the magnitude of the heat to thereby realize area modulation, and thus, the special processing work can be effectively performed on the print label 7, and the print quality can be ensured.
Further, in the above barcode printer 1, the second ribbon 32 includes a support and a colored ink; the colored ink is positioned on the surface of the support; the support is polyethylene terephthalate; the coloring ink is an ink added with a filler. The colored ink is formed in advance on the support by a printing method or the like.
With the above configuration, dyes or pigments other than sublimation dyes can be used as the coloring ink, and the resistance of the coloring ink, such as heat resistance, solvent resistance, and light resistance, can be greatly improved. The number of selectable color materials is increased, and the ink is suitable for image formation by special color ink such as fluorescence or infrared absorption, gold color, silver color, and the like.
Referring again to fig. 1-4, in actual operation:
the feed roller feeds the wound label 7 sheet toward the discharge port of the barcode printer 1, and at the same time, the two platen rollers 4 are rotated in synchronization by the drive motor 5 and the rotation transmitting mechanism 6. When the top end of the label 7 to be printed is in the printing area of the printing ribbon cassette 2, the first printing head 21 prints the basic function of the label 7 paper according to the instruction (as shown by the character part "ABC" in fig. 4); during printing, the first supply roller in the print ribbon cassette 2 conveys the first ribbon 22 toward the first printer head 21, and then the first take-up roller curls.
The preliminarily printed label 7 paper continues to move towards the direction of the discharge port, and when the top end of the label 7 to be printed is positioned in the printing area of the ribbon cartridge 3 for processing, the second printing head 31 prints a design pattern and a color with advertising function on the label 7 paper according to an instruction (such as a blue line shown in fig. 4); during printing, the second ribbon 32 is fed toward the second print head 31 by the second feeding roller 33 in the ribbon cartridge 3 for processing, and then is curled by the second take-up roller 34, and the second ribbon roller 35 ensures that the second ribbon 32 is not deformed or displaced by position adjustment.
The barcode printer 1 performs the above operation, so that the label 7 printed as a whole has an effect of attracting the eyes of the customer, and the printed label 7 has an advertising effect.
In fact, the embodiment of the utility model provides an in the processing of bar code printer does not do the restriction with the quantity of ribbon cartridge, can be one or more according to the demand to this obtains more abundant, the design pattern that has the advertising effect, satisfies the advertising demand of different trade companies to printing the label.
Furthermore, the embodiment of the present invention provides a ribbon cartridge for processing, which can be disposed in the upstream of the printing ribbon cartridge except for being located in the downstream of the printing ribbon cartridge, as long as the printing label performs special processing in the conveying process.
The support may be made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET for short) or other compounds such as polyethylene naphthalate (PEN for short).
The colored ink may be an ink to which a WAX component is added, in addition to the filler.
In addition, the second color band may be made of other materials, for example: a binder resin such as a polyolefin resin, a polyvinyl butyral, a vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer, a polyurethane resin, an epoxy resin, or a polystyrene acrylate is added with a colorant such as an organic dye, an organic pigment, or an inorganic pigment.
To sum up, no matter the selection of the second ribbon material, the relative position of the ribbon cassette for processing, or the selection of the number of the ribbon cassettes for processing, the design of the printing label having additional advertising value by using the ribbon cassette for processing to complete the special design after completing the printing by using the printing ribbon cassette is all within the protection scope of the present invention.
The embodiment of the utility model provides an among the bar code printer, include: a printing ribbon cartridge and at least one processing ribbon cartridge; the printing ribbon cartridge and the processing ribbon cartridge are arranged along the motion track of the printing label output; the printing ribbon cassette is located upstream of the processing ribbon cassette. Through using above-mentioned bar code printer to this avoids current bar code printer to have the problem that the added value that prints the label and do not have the design sense and can't produce the advertising effect, satisfies the trade company to the demand of advertisement design, improves the dynamics of advertising.
As described above, although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that many modifications can be made to the embodiments without substantially departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, all such modifications are included in the scope of the present invention.

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1. A bar code printer, comprising:
a printing ribbon cartridge and at least one processing ribbon cartridge;
the printing ribbon cartridge and the processing ribbon cartridge are arranged along the motion track of the printing label output;
the printing ribbon cassette is located upstream of the processing ribbon cassette.
2. The bar code printer according to claim 1,
the paper pressing device also comprises a paper pressing roller, a driving motor and a rotation transmission mechanism;
the paper pressing rollers are multiple;
the paper pressing rollers are correspondingly arranged below the printing ribbon cassette and the processing ribbon cassette;
the paper pressing roller is meshed with the rotation transmission mechanism;
the driving motor is meshed with the rotation transmission mechanism.
3. The bar code printer according to claim 2,
the rotation transmission mechanism comprises a transmission piece and a driven gear;
the transmission part is respectively meshed with the driving motor and the driven gear;
the number of the driven gears is multiple;
the driven gear is correspondingly meshed with the paper pressing roller.
4. The barcode printer of claim 3,
the ribbon cartridge for processing comprises a printing head, a ribbon, a supply roller and a winding roller;
the supply roller is arranged at the upstream of the ribbon conveying direction;
the take-up roller is arranged at the downstream of the ink ribbon conveying direction;
the print head is disposed between the supply roller and the take-up roller.
5. The barcode printer of claim 4,
the ribbon cartridge for processing further comprises a ribbon roller;
the ribbon roll is symmetrically arranged on the running track of the ribbon between the winding roll and the supply roll.
6. The barcode printer of claim 5,
the ribbon cartridge for processing is a hot melt type ribbon cartridge.
7. The bar code printer according to claim 6,
the print head is a thermal print head.
8. The bar code printer according to claim 7,
the printing ribbon box and the processing ribbon box are provided with ribbons;
the ribbon includes a support and a colored ink;
the colored ink is located on the surface of the support.
9. The bar code printer according to claim 8,
the support is polyethylene terephthalate.
10. The bar code printer according to claim 9,
the coloring ink is added with a filler.
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