CN216183865U

CN216183865U - Print control device and printer

Info

Publication number: CN216183865U
Application number: CN202122713796.3U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 周大鹏; 刘蕴韬; 郑亨举; 郭强
Original assignee: Beijing Zhongxin Zhixin Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Zhongxin Zhixin Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-11-08
Filing date: 2021-11-08
Publication date: 2022-04-05
Anticipated expiration: 2031-11-08

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a print control apparatus for controlling printing by a printer, including: the main control chip is used for sending signals to each control module, receiving the signals of each control module, and driving the corresponding components to execute printing control actions by each control module based on the signals; the first steering engine control module is used for driving the first steering engine to execute the uncovering action; the second steering engine control module drives the second steering engine to execute rotation action so that the object to be printed moves to the position to be printed; the active motor control module drives the active motor to execute the ribbon winding rotation action; the driven motor control module drives the driven motor to execute the ribbon winding rotation action; the first sensor detection control module is used for sending a signal representing a to-be-printed product to the main control chip; the second sensor detection control module is used for sending a signal representing the to-be-printed matter to the main control chip; and the printing head control module controls the printing head to print. The present disclosure also provides a printer.

Description

Print control device and printer

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to a print control apparatus and a printer.

Background

In the prior art, a test tube printer usually prints required information on label paper, and then sticks the label paper to the outer wall of a test tube.

However, different test tube holding environments are involved due to different uses of the test tubes, such as shaking during transportation, and a cold storage environment, and the label paper on the outer wall of the test tube is very easy to fall off or the content of the paper is damaged during the process.

The structure of the test tube printer in the prior art is still not perfect enough, correspondingly, the printing control device in the prior art, the stability of printing in-process test tube is relatively poor, damages the test tube relatively easily, and test tube printer and printer printing control device's reliability, printing efficiency, stability etc. need further promote.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to solve at least one of the above-described technical problems, the present disclosure provides a print control apparatus and a printer.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a print control apparatus for controlling printing by a printer, including:

the main control chip is used for sending signals to each control module, receiving the signals of each control module, and driving the corresponding components to execute printing control actions by each control module based on the signals;

the first steering engine control module receives the uncovering signal from the main control chip and drives the first steering engine to execute an uncovering action;

the second steering engine control module receives the rotation signal from the main control chip and drives the second steering engine to execute rotation action so that the object to be printed moves to the position to be printed;

the active motor control module receives the rotation signal from the main control chip and drives the active motor to execute the ribbon winding rotation action;

the slave motor control module receives the rotation signal from the master control chip and drives the slave motor to execute the ribbon winding rotation action;

the first sensor detection control module is used for receiving a first sensor detection signal, judging whether a to-be-printed object exists or not and sending a signal representing the to-be-printed object to the main control chip;

the second sensor detection control module is used for receiving a second sensor detection signal, judging whether a to-be-printed matter exists or not and sending a signal representing the to-be-printed matter to the main control chip;

the printing head control module receives a signal from the main control chip and controls the printing head to print;

and the number of the first and second groups,

and the touch display control module is used for receiving the printing control input signal and controlling the display screen to display the printing state information.

According to the print control apparatus of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the first sensor and the second sensor are distance detection sensors.

According to the printing control device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the printing control input signal includes a first printing mode signal and a second printing mode signal, the first printing mode signal is a manual printing mode signal indicating that the object to be printed needs to be manually placed in the first placement position of the object to be printed, and the second printing mode signal is an automatic printing mode signal indicating that the object to be printed is automatically placed in the second placement position of the object to be printed.

The printing control apparatus according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure further includes:

first jacking motor control module and/or second jacking motor control module, first jacking motor control module is used for the drive to treat that the first jacking motor that printed matter second placed the position carries out the jacking action for treat that printed matter high position is appropriate, second jacking motor control module is used for controlling the second jacking motor that prints the position and carries out the jacking action, makes to treat that printed matter high position is appropriate.

The printing control apparatus according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure may further include: and the compaction motor control module receives a compaction signal of the to-be-printed object from the main control chip and is used for driving the compaction motor to perform the action of clamping the to-be-printed object.

The printing control device according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure may further include a third sensor detection control module, where the third sensor detection control module receives a magnitude of a pressing pressure of the pressing motor to the to-be-printed matter detected by the third sensor, and sends a signal indicating that a preset value is reached to the main control chip, where the third sensor is a pressure sensor.

According to the printing control device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, when the active motor performs the rotation around the ribbon, the movement speed of the active motor is determined based on the speed of the active motor pulling the ribbon, and the speed of the active motor pulling the ribbon is calculated based on the printing interval, the number of steps the motor has rotated, and the thickness of the ribbon

and the buzzer control module is used for sending out a sound to prompt the printer to have a fault when the printing control is wrong.

the wireless communication control module is used for controlling other equipment to establish connection with the printer in a wireless access mode; and/or

And the USB communication control module is used for controlling the USB interface equipment to be connected with the printer.

According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a printer including:

the above-mentioned printing control device;

the first steering engine executes the uncovering action so that the object to be printed is put in from the uncovered position;

the second steering engine executes rotation action to enable the object to be printed to move to the position to be printed;

the driving motor executes the ribbon winding rotation action;

a driven motor for executing the rotation of the ribbon;

the first sensor is used for acquiring sensing data indicating whether printed matters exist or not and sending the sensing data to the first sensor detection control module;

the second sensor acquires sensing data indicating whether printed matter exists or not and sends the sensing data to the second sensor detection control module;

a print head that performs a printing action; and the number of the first and second groups,

and the touch screen is used for receiving the printing control input signal and controlling the display screen to display the printing state information.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate exemplary embodiments of the disclosure and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

Fig. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a print control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a printer configuration according to yet another embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 3 to 11 are schematic structural views of part of constituent components of the printer apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

The present disclosure will be described in further detail with reference to the drawings and embodiments. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not to be construed as limitations of the present disclosure. It should be further noted that, for the convenience of description, only the portions relevant to the present disclosure are shown in the drawings.

It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present disclosure may be combined with each other without conflict. Technical solutions of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments.

Unless otherwise indicated, the illustrated exemplary embodiments/examples are to be understood as providing exemplary features of various details of some ways in which the technical concepts of the present disclosure may be practiced. Accordingly, unless otherwise indicated, features of the various embodiments may be additionally combined, separated, interchanged, and/or rearranged without departing from the technical concept of the present disclosure.

The use of cross-hatching and/or shading in the drawings is generally used to clarify the boundaries between adjacent components. As such, unless otherwise noted, the presence or absence of cross-hatching or shading does not convey or indicate any preference or requirement for a particular material, material property, size, proportion, commonality between the illustrated components and/or any other characteristic, attribute, property, etc., of a component. Further, in the drawings, the size and relative sizes of components may be exaggerated for clarity and/or descriptive purposes. While example embodiments may be practiced differently, the specific process sequence may be performed in a different order than that described. For example, two processes described consecutively may be performed substantially simultaneously or in reverse order to that described. In addition, like reference numerals denote like parts.

When an element is referred to as being "on" or "on," "connected to" or "coupled to" another element, it can be directly on, connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may be present. However, when an element is referred to as being "directly on," "directly connected to" or "directly coupled to" another element, there are no intervening elements present. For purposes of this disclosure, the term "connected" may refer to physically, electrically, etc., and may or may not have intermediate components.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments and is not intended to be limiting. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Furthermore, when the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" and variations thereof are used in this specification, the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components and/or groups thereof are stated but does not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components and/or groups thereof. It is also noted that, as used herein, the terms "substantially," "about," and other similar terms are used as approximate terms and not as degree terms, and as such, are used to interpret inherent deviations in measured values, calculated values, and/or provided values that would be recognized by one of ordinary skill in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a print control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 1, a print control apparatus for controlling printing by a printer includes:

the main control chip is used for sending signals to each control module, receiving the signals of each control module, and driving the corresponding components to execute printing control actions based on the signals;

and the number of the first and second groups,

Wherein the object to be printed may be a tube.

Wherein the first sensor and the second sensor are distance detection sensors.

The printing control input signal comprises a first printing mode signal and a second printing mode signal, the first printing mode signal is a manual printing mode signal and indicates that the object to be printed needs to be manually placed in a first placing position of the object to be printed, and the second printing mode signal is an automatic printing mode signal and indicates that the object to be printed is automatically placed in a second placing position of the object to be printed.

Wherein the print control apparatus may further include:

first jacking motor control module and/or second jacking motor control module, first jacking motor control module are used for driving the first jacking motor that waits the printed matter second to place the position and carry out the jacking action for it is appropriate to wait to print the high position of matter, and second jacking motor control module is used for controlling the second jacking motor that prints the position and carries out the jacking action, makes it appropriate to wait to print the high position of matter.

Wherein the print control apparatus may further include: and the compaction motor control module receives a compaction signal of the to-be-printed object from the main control chip and is used for driving the compaction motor to perform the action of clamping the to-be-printed object.

The printing control device can further comprise a third sensor detection control module, the third sensor detection control module receives the pressing pressure of the pressing motor to the printed matter detected by the third sensor, and sends a signal indicating that the pressing pressure reaches a preset value to the main control chip, and the third sensor is a pressure sensor.

Wherein, when the active motor rotates around the ribbon, the movement speed of the active motor is determined based on the ribbon pulling speed of the active motor, and the ribbon pulling speed of the active motor is calculated based on the printing interval, the rotated steps of the motor and the ribbon thickness

Wherein the print control apparatus may further include:

the wireless communication control module is used for controlling other equipment to establish connection with the printer in a wireless access mode;

the USB communication control module is used for controlling the USB interface equipment to be connected with the printer;

and the Wifi control module is used for controlling other equipment to be connected with the printer in a Wifi mode.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a printer configuration according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 2, the printer includes:

the above-mentioned printing control device;

the driving motor executes the ribbon winding rotation action;

a driven motor for executing the rotation of the ribbon;

And the first jacking motor is positioned at the second placement position of the object to be printed and executes jacking action, so that the height position of the object to be printed is proper.

And the second jacking motor is positioned at the printing position and executes jacking action, so that the height position of the object to be printed is proper.

And the pressing motor is used for executing the action of clamping the object to be printed.

And the third sensor is used for detecting and sending the magnitude of the pressing pressure of the pressing motor on the to-be-printed matter, sending a signal indicating that the preset value is reached to the main control chip, and is a pressure sensor.

When the driving motor rotates around the color ribbon, the movement speed of the driving motor is determined based on the speed of the driving motor for pulling the color ribbon, and the speed of the driving motor for pulling the color ribbon is calculated based on the printing interval, the number of steps of the motor which has rotated and the thickness of the color ribbon.

And the buzzer is used for sounding to prompt the printer to have a fault when the printing control has an error.

The wireless communication equipment is used for establishing connection between other equipment and the printer in a wireless access mode; and/or

And the USB communication is used for establishing connection between the USB interface equipment and the printer.

And the Wifi equipment is connected with the printer in a Wifi mode.

Fig. 3 to 11 are schematic structural views of a printer according to a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure (serial application of the present disclosure).

Fig. 3 to 11 show part of the constituent components of the printer control apparatus according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 3 to 5, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a printer 1 having a swing assembly includes:

the swinging assembly comprises a swinging rod 201 and a holding mechanism 202, the holding mechanism 202 is arranged at the first end of the swinging rod 201, the holding mechanism 202 is used for holding the object to be printed, and the swinging rod 201 can be driven to swing so as to swing the object to be printed held by the holding mechanism 202 at the first end of the swinging rod 201 to a position to be printed; the ribbon transmission and holding component is used for transmitting and holding the ribbon; and a printhead assembly including a printhead 205, the printhead 205 being capable of heating the ribbon to print information carried by the printhead onto an object to be printed that is swung to a print position via the ribbon.

Fig. 6 to 8 are schematic structural views of the swing assembly.

Preferably, the holding mechanism 202 is provided with a holding seat 203, the holding seat 203 can be penetrated by an object to be printed and holds the object to be printed (such as a test tube), the holding seat 203 is detachably mounted on the holding mechanism 202, the holding mechanism 202 is detachably mounted on the swinging rod 201, and the holding seat 203 can be provided with different apertures to adapt to test tubes with different sizes.

Preferably, the swing assembly further comprises a first driving device 18, and the first driving device 18 is used for providing power to the second end of the swing rod 201 to drive the swing rod 201 to swing.

In the above embodiment, it is preferable that the holder 203 has a holding hole whose circumferential edge is provided with a flexible portion.

In the above embodiment, the flexible portion is preferably an elastic ring.

The material of the elastic ring can be appropriately selected by those skilled in the art.

For the printer 1 with the swing assembly, preferably, the swing assembly is fixed on the base 10 of the printer 1 with the swing assembly, the first driving device 18 is arranged on the base 10, the first driving device 18 comprises a gear assembly and a second steering engine, the second steering engine transmits the rotation motion to the gear assembly through an output shaft of a motor, and the gear assembly transmits the rotation motion to the swing rod 201 through a bearing.

The connected mode of gear assembly and second steering wheel belongs to prior art, and this disclosure is no longer repeated.

With the printer 1 with the swing assembly of the above embodiment, preferably, the printer 1 with the swing assembly further includes a pressure providing assembly for applying pressure to the object to be printed rotated to the position to be printed so that the object to be printed is in stable contact with the ink ribbon.

Fig. 9 shows the structure of the pressure providing assembly of the preferred embodiment of the present disclosure.

Preferably, the pressure providing assembly comprises a second driving device, a reversing assembly and a pressure applying assembly, the second driving device outputs a rotating action, the reversing assembly converts the rotating action output by the second driving device into a linear action, and the linear action is transmitted to the pressure applying assembly, so that the pressure applying assembly applies pressure to the object to be printed at the position to be printed.

Preferably, the second driving means includes a pressing motor 208 and a second driving motor support 209, and the second driving motor support 209 is used for stably supporting the pressing motor 208.

As shown in fig. 9, preferably, the reversing assembly includes a coupler 210, a lead screw 211, a lead screw nut block 214, an elastic portion 216 and a driving block 217, the second driving device transmits a rotation motion to the lead screw 211 through the coupler 210, the lead screw nut block 214 is sleeved on the lead screw 211, a first end of the elastic portion 216 is fixedly connected with the lead screw nut block 214, a second end of the elastic portion 216 is fixedly connected with the driving block 217, the rotation motion of the lead screw 211 is converted into a linear motion by the lead screw nut block 214, and the linear motion of the lead screw nut block 214 is transmitted to the driving block 217.

Preferably, the reversing assembly further comprises a connecting block 220, the connecting block 220 is fixedly connected with the driving block 217, the connecting block 220 comprises two connecting arms, each connecting arm is provided with at least one connecting portion, and the reversing assembly is fixedly connected with the pressure applying assembly through at least one connecting portion of each connecting arm of the two connecting arms of the connecting block 220.

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, one connection portion is provided on each connection arm.

Preferably, a plurality of connecting portions are provided on each connecting arm.

By the arrangement of the plurality of connecting portions, the angle of the pressure applying assembly can be adjusted.

Preferably, the connecting portion is a connecting hole. The connection hole is shown in fig. 9, and the connection block 220 has a W shape, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the shape of the connection block 220 in fig. 7 is merely exemplary.

According to the preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, the reversing assembly further includes a guide rail 212, a first slider 215 and a second slider 219, the lead screw nut block 214 is fixedly disposed on the first slider 215, the driving block 217 is fixedly disposed on the second slider 219, and the first slider 215 and the second slider 219 can slide on the guide rail 212.

Preferably, the reversing assembly further comprises two connecting plates 213, the first slider 215 and the second slider 219 are respectively connected with one connecting plate 213, and the connecting plates 213 and the guide rail 212 have matching shapes, so that the first slider 215 and the second slider 219 can slide on the guide rail 212 through the connecting plates 213.

Preferably, the reversing assembly further comprises a third sensor 218, the third sensor 218 is disposed on the elastic portion 216, and the third sensor 218 detects the magnitude of the pressure output by the driving block 217 by detecting the amount of deformation of the elastic portion 216.

In each of the above embodiments, the elastic portion 216 is preferably a spring.

With the printer 1 having the swing assembly of each of the above embodiments, preferably, the pressure applying assembly includes two force applying portions each including the deep groove ball bearing portion 223 and the support bracket 221, the deep groove ball bearing portion 223 including a plurality of deep groove ball bearings, the deep groove ball bearing portion 223 being provided on the support bracket 221 through the bearing mounting shaft 222, and both the force applying portions applying pressure to the object to be printed through the deep groove ball bearing portion 223.

Preferably, each support bracket 221 is detachably connected to the connection block 220 through the connection portion of one connection arm of the connection block 220.

With respect to the printer 1 having the swing assembly of each of the above embodiments, the print head assembly further includes a print head support 204 and a print head driving motor 207, the print head support 204 is used for supporting the print head 205, and the print head driving motor 207 powers the operation of the print head 205.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, the printer 1 with the swing assembly further includes a sensor for detecting whether the holding mechanism 202 of the swing assembly is loaded with the object to be printed when the holding mechanism 202 is rotated to the object to be printed loading position.

With the printer 1 having the swing assembly of each of the above embodiments, the object to be printed is a test tube.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the printer 1 with the swing assembly of the present disclosure is not limited to printing test tubes, but can also print other cylindrical objects (e.g., glass columns), and can even print objects to be printed in other shapes by making an adaptation to the partial structure of the printer 1 with the swing assembly.

Fig. 10 exemplarily shows the structure of the lifting mechanism 206 of the printer 1 with the swing assembly of the present disclosure.

The printer 1 with the swing assembly according to the preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 5, a square head guide groove 19 and a lift mechanism holding groove 20 are provided at one end of the base 10 near the deep groove ball bearing portion 223, one end of the lift mechanism 206 is convex so as to be inserted into the lift mechanism holding groove 20, when the holding mechanism 202 of the swing assembly is rotated to the object-to-be-printed loading position, the lifting mechanism 206 is used to lift the object to be printed, prevent the object to be printed from being separated from the position to be printed due to the small size, since the objects to be printed may vary in size (e.g., longer tubes and shorter tubes), the lifting mechanism 206 may accommodate different sizes of objects to be printed by adjusting the lifting height, and the lifting mechanism 206 may adjust the height of the lifting mechanism 206 by sliding up and down within the lifting mechanism retaining slot 20 to accommodate different heights of objects to be printed.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, for the printer 1 with the swing assembly of each of the above embodiments, preferably, the ribbon transport holding assembly includes a ribbon guide post 27, a ribbon tensioning portion 21, a ribbon driven assembly 22, and a ribbon driving assembly 23, the ribbon passes through the ribbon driven assembly 22, the ribbon tensioning portion 21, the ribbon guide post 27, and the ribbon driving assembly 23 in sequence, the ribbon driving assembly 23 winds the ribbon to drive the ribbon, the ribbon driven assembly 22 can release the ribbon based on the driving of the ribbon by the ribbon driving assembly 23, and the ribbon tensioning portion 21 is used for tensioning the ribbon between the ribbon driven assembly 22 and the ribbon driving assembly 23.

Preferably, the ribbon driven assembly 22 includes a ribbon winding driven shaft 301, a ribbon winding driven wheel 302, and a ribbon winding driven motor, wherein the ribbon winding driven shaft 301 is fixedly connected to the ribbon winding driven wheel 302, the ribbon winding driven shaft 301 is used for winding the ribbon, and the ribbon winding driven wheel 301 is used for driving the ribbon winding driven wheel 302.

Preferably, the number of the belt driven pulleys 302 is plural, and the plural belt driven pulleys 302 driving motors are uniformly provided at circumferential edge positions of the belt driven pulleys 302 to drive the belt driven pulleys 302.

According to the preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, the ribbon driving assembly 23 includes a ribbon winding driving shaft 401, a ribbon winding first driving wheel 402, a ribbon winding second driving wheel 403, a driving motor 404 and a ribbon limiting device 405, the driving motor 404 drives the ribbon winding second driving wheel 403 to rotate, the ribbon winding second driving wheel 403 transmits the rotation to the ribbon winding first driving wheel 402, the ribbon winding driving shaft 401 is fixedly connected with the ribbon winding first driving wheel 402, so that the ribbon winding driving shaft 401 rotates along with the ribbon winding first driving wheel 402 to wind the ribbon, the ribbon limiting device 405 is connected with the ribbon winding driving shaft 401, the radial dimension of the ribbon limiting device 405 is larger than that of the ribbon winding driving shaft 401, and the ribbon limiting device 405 is used for limiting the movement of the ribbon and preventing the ribbon from falling off.

Preferably, the ink ribbon drive assembly 23 further includes a take-up position stop 24, the take-up position stop 24 being disposed adjacent the first capstan 402.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, referring to fig. 1, the printer 1 with the swing assembly further includes a holding mechanism bracket 25, the holding mechanism bracket 25 is used to store the holding mechanism 202, and preferably, the holding mechanism bracket 25 has a plurality of strip-shaped grooves to accommodate the shape of the holding mechanism 202 when storing the holding mechanism. The holding mechanism bracket 25 is provided on the base 10 of the printer 1 with the swing assembly, and is completely covered with the second housing 12 of the printer 1 with the swing assembly, and it is necessary to completely open the second housing 12 of the printer 1 with the swing assembly when storing the spare holding mechanism 202.

For the printer 1 with the swing assembly of each of the above embodiments, the print head 205 is a thermal print head.

Preferably, the number of the ribbon guide pillars 27 of the printer 1 having the swing assembly is plural.

Fig. 3 illustrates four ribbon guide posts 27.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, the printer 1 with a swing assembly includes a first housing 11, a second housing 12, an electronically controlled display 13, a first cover 14, and a second cover 15. The side wall of the base 10 covers the first housing 11, and the swinging assembly, the pressure providing assembly, the lifting mechanism, the ribbon transport holding assembly, the print head assembly, and the holding mechanism support are all disposed on the base.

As can be seen from fig. 3 to 5, other components or assemblies of the printer 1 with the swing assembly may be provided on the base 10.

Fig. 11 exemplarily shows an external structure of the printer 1 having the swing assembly.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic control display 13 is mounted in an electronic control display mounting groove of the second housing 12 for displaying operating parameters of the printer 1 having the swing assembly.

Referring to fig. 3 and 5, according to a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, the second cover 15 can be driven to move up and down, and the second cover 15 is driven by a second cover driving motor 17.

When the printing operation based on automatic tube placing is performed, the second cover body 15 is first driven by the second cover body driving motor 17 to move downward to a preset position, the swing rod 201 drives the holding mechanism 203 to be driven above the second cover body 15, the test tube is placed in the holding seat 203 of the holding mechanism 202, the swing rod 201 is driven to move away from the top of the second cover body 15 to a position to be printed, and the second cover body 15 is driven to be lifted to a closed position.

According to the preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, the first cover 14 is preferably opened, the first cover driving motor 16 is disposed below the first cover 14, the first cover driving motor 16 can drive the first cover 14 to open and close, the holding mechanism 202 rotates to a position below the first cover 14, the object to be printed is placed on the holding mechanism 202, and the printing operation is performed, so as to realize the printing operation based on manual pipe laying.

In the above embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the ribbon transport holding assembly further includes a groove portion 26, the groove portion 26 is formed on the base 10, and at least a part of the ribbon tension portion 21 can move within the groove portion 26, thereby adjusting the degree of tension of the ribbon by the ribbon tension portion 21.

According to the printer 1 having the swing assembly according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the components or assemblies described above is provided in the first housing 11 and the second housing 12 of the printer.

It should be understood that portions of the present disclosure may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination thereof. In the above embodiments, the various steps or methods may be implemented in software stored in a memory and executed by a suitable instruction execution system. For example, if implemented in hardware, as in another embodiment, any one or combination of the following techniques, which are known in the art, may be used: a discrete logic circuit having a logic gate circuit for implementing a logic function on a data signal, an application specific integrated circuit having an appropriate combinational logic gate circuit, a Programmable Gate Array (PGA), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or the like.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps of the method implementing the above embodiments may be implemented by hardware that is instructed to implement by a program, which may be stored in a readable storage medium, and when executed, includes one or a combination of the steps of the method embodiments.

In addition, each functional unit in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be integrated into one processing module, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one module. The integrated module can be realized in a hardware mode, and can also be realized in a software functional module mode. The integrated module, if implemented in the form of a software functional module and sold or used as a separate product, may also be stored in a readable storage medium. The storage medium may be a read-only memory, a magnetic or optical disk, or the like.

In the description herein, reference to the description of the terms "one embodiment/implementation," "some embodiments/implementations," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment/implementation or example is included in at least one embodiment/implementation or example of the present application. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms described above are not necessarily the same embodiment/mode or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments/modes or examples. Furthermore, the various embodiments/aspects or examples and features of the various embodiments/aspects or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without conflicting therewith.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present application, "plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing embodiments are merely for clarity of illustration of the disclosure and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure. Other variations or modifications may occur to those skilled in the art, based on the foregoing disclosure, and are still within the scope of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A print control apparatus for controlling printing by a printer, comprising:

the printing head control module receives a signal from the main control chip and controls the printing head to print; and

2. The print control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first sensor and the second sensor are distance detection sensors.

3. The printing control device of claim 1, wherein the printing control input signal comprises a first printing mode signal and a second printing mode signal, the first printing mode signal is a manual printing mode signal indicating that the object to be printed needs to be manually placed in the first placement position of the object to be printed, and the second printing mode signal is an automatic printing mode signal indicating that the object to be printed is automatically placed in the second placement position of the object to be printed.

4. The print control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

5. The print control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: and the compaction motor control module receives a compaction signal of the to-be-printed object from the main control chip and is used for driving the compaction motor to perform the action of clamping the to-be-printed object.

6. The printing control device according to claim 5, further comprising a third sensor detection control module, wherein the third sensor detection control module receives the magnitude of the pressing pressure of the pressing motor to the object to be printed, detected by the third sensor, and sends a signal indicating that the preset value is reached to the main control chip, and the third sensor is a pressure sensor.

7. The print control apparatus of claim 1 wherein the speed of movement of the active motor while the active motor is performing the rotation about the ribbon is determined based on the speed at which the active motor pulls the ribbon, the speed at which the active motor pulls the ribbon being calculated based on the print interval, the number of motor steps that have been rotated, and the thickness of the ribbon.