EP0573188B1 - Dispositif pour imprimer des étiquettes - Google Patents

Dispositif pour imprimer des étiquettes Download PDF

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EP0573188B1
EP0573188B1 EP19930303972 EP93303972A EP0573188B1 EP 0573188 B1 EP0573188 B1 EP 0573188B1 EP 19930303972 EP19930303972 EP 19930303972 EP 93303972 A EP93303972 A EP 93303972A EP 0573188 B1 EP0573188 B1 EP 0573188B1
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image receiving
receiving tape
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Doug Scott Macarthur
Charles Robert Sims
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Esselte NV
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
    • B41J3/407—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
    • B41J3/4075—Tape printers; Label printers

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  • Thermal printing devices for producing labels are known. They operate with a supply of tape arranged to receive an image and a means for transferring an image onto the tape.
  • a tape holding case holds a supply of image receiving tape and a supply of an image transfer ribbon, the image receiving tape and transfer ribbon being passed in overlap through a printing zone of the printing device.
  • a thermal print head cooperates with a platen to transfer an image from the transfer ribbon to the tape.
  • a printing device operating with a tape holding case of this type is described for example in EP-A-0267890 (Varitronics, Inc.).
  • the image receiving tape comprises an upper layer for receiving an image which is secured to a releaseable backing layer by a layer of adhesive.
  • the present invention seeks to provide a printing apparatus capable of printing on wider image receiving tapes in a simple and cost effective manner.
  • printing apparatus comprising;
  • the printing means By arranging for the printing means to be movable between the first and second positions the printing means itself need only have a width corresponding to half of the width of the image receiving tape.
  • printing can be accomplished on a lower portion of the tape with the printing means in a first position and then on the upper portion of the tape with the printing means in a second position.
  • the driving means is operable to drive the image receiving tape in a forwards direction for printing on a lower portion thereof and then to drive the image receiving tape rearwardly so that the upper portion of the tape can be printed in alignment with the lower portion.
  • the means for receiving a supply of image transfer ribbon is a ribbon holding case which is mounted with the print head and movable therewith. This means that the width of the image transfer ribbon can correspond to the width of the print head and be approximately half the width of the image receiving tape.
  • the printing device also has a print head 12 and a platen 14 cooperating with the print head and between which the image receiving tape 4 and the image transfer ribbon 7 are held in overlap.
  • the print head 12 has a width of 16mm and has a column containing 128 pixels in each column.
  • the print head 12 is shown in its operative position pressed against the platen 14 to cause an image to be transferred from the image transfer ribbon 7 to the image receiving tape 4.
  • the print head 12 can be moved to an inoperative position where it is spaced from the platen 14 to allow the image receiving tape 4 and the image transfer ribbon 7 to be released.
  • the image transfer ribbon 7 is drawn back into the cassette 3 on its take-up spool while the image receiving tape 4 on which an image has been printed is passed through an outlet 10 of the device using the feed rollers 6,8.
  • the print head 12 and the image transfer ribbon cassette 3 are mounted on a chassis 16.
  • the chassis 16 can be raised and lowered relative to a base plate 18 of the printing device via a lifting motor 20 driving a threaded rod 22.
  • the base position of the chassis 16 is shown in a full line in Figure 2 and its raised position is shown in a dotted line.
  • the chassis 16 can be moved reciprocally by means of rollers 24 running in a guide on the base plate 18. In this way, the print head 12 can be brought into and out of contact with the platen 14. It will be appreciated that other ways of moving the print head between its operative and inoperative positions are possible, such as moving the print head relative to. its chassis 16 or by pivoting the entire chassis 16.
  • the image transfer ribbon is 16mm wide.
  • the device When a cassette 2 housing an image receiving tape of equivalent width is inserted into the device the device operates conventionally, that is with the thermal print head being used to transfer an image to the image receiving tape.
  • printing is accomplished as follows.
  • a message to be printed is formulated using a display and microcontroller of the device in a conventional manner.
  • a print instruction is given and, with the chassis 16 in its base position, the print head is moved into its operative position to bear against the platen 14 and a message is printed on the lower half of the image receiving tape, with the feed rollers 6,8 driving the image receiving tape through the print zone.
  • the print head 12 is moved out of contact with the platen 14 by rolling the chassis 16 to the left in Figure 2 and the motor 20 is operated to raise the chassis 16 into its raised position shown in dotted outline in Figure 2.
  • the image receiving tape 4 is driven backwards using the feed rollers 6,8 into the tape receiving part of the cassette 2 by a distance corresponding to the distance through which it was driven forwards for printing.
  • the print head is then brought back into contact with the platen 14 so that now the image transfer ribbon is aligned with the upper part of the image receiving tape. Printing is then accomplished of the upper part of the image receiving tape.

Claims (5)

  1. Appareil d'impression comportant :
    des moyens pour recevoir une réserve de bande (4) de réception d'images ;
    des moyens (3) pour recevoir une réserve de ruban (7) de transfert d'images ;
    des moyens pour entraîner le ruban de transfert d'images et la bande de réception d'images en superposition à travers une zone d'impression ;
    des moyens d'impression (12, 14) dans la zone d'impression (5) mobiles entre une position de travail dans laquelle une image est transférée du ruban (7) de transfert d'images sur la bande (4) de réception d'images et une position de repos ; caractérisé par
    des moyens (24) pour déplacer les moyens d'impression entre une première position alignée avec une partie inférieure de la bande (4) de réception d'images et une seconde position alignée avec une partie supérieure de la bande (4) de réception d'images.
  2. Appareil d'impression selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les moyens d'entraînement (6, 8) peuvent être commandés pour entraîner la bande (4) de réception d'images dans un sens vers l'avant pour une impression sur une partie inférieure de cette bande, puis pour entraîner la bande (4) de réception d'images vers l'arrière afin que la partie supérieure de la bande puisse être imprimée en alignement avec la partie inférieure.
  3. Appareil d'impression selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel les moyens d'impression comprennent une tête (12) d'impression thermique pouvant coopérer avec un cylindre (14).
  4. Appareil d'impression selon la revendication 3, dans lequel le cylindre (14) a une longueur correspondant à la largeur de la bande (4) de réception d'images et est agencé de façon à rester immobile, et la tête (12) d'impression a une longueur approximativement égale à la moitié de la largeur de la bande (4) de réception d'images.
  5. Appareil d'impression selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les moyens (3) destinés à recevoir une réserve de ruban (7) de transfert d'images comprennent un boîtier porte-ruban qui est monté avec la tête (12) d'impression et qui est mobile avec elle.
EP19930303972 1992-06-01 1993-05-21 Dispositif pour imprimer des étiquettes Expired - Lifetime EP0573188B1 (fr)

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GB9211544 1992-06-01
GB929211544A GB9211544D0 (en) 1992-06-01 1992-06-01 Label printing apparatus

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JPH06328821A (ja) * 1993-05-19 1994-11-29 Brother Ind Ltd テープカセット
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EP0573188A1 (fr) 1993-12-08
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AU3982393A (en) 1993-12-02
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GB9211544D0 (en) 1992-07-15
JPH0647936A (ja) 1994-02-22

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