EP0785078B1 - Dispositif d'entraínement pour imprimante de ruban - Google Patents

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EP0785078B1
EP0785078B1 EP96115209A EP96115209A EP0785078B1 EP 0785078 B1 EP0785078 B1 EP 0785078B1 EP 96115209 A EP96115209 A EP 96115209A EP 96115209 A EP96115209 A EP 96115209A EP 0785078 B1 EP0785078 B1 EP 0785078B1
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Mathew Richard Palmer
Anthony Roy Dunn
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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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  • the invention relates to a tape printing device according to the The preamble of claims 1 and 2.
  • Such devices have a housing that has a data input device in the form of a keyboard for entering one to be printed Message and a printing mechanism and a propulsion system contains.
  • the housing also includes a cassette receiving space for holding a cassette that is to be printed on Includes ribbon and ribbon.
  • In another System receives the cassette receiving room two separate Cassettes, one of which is the ribbon and one of which is to be printed Band contains, such as in our previous one European patent application 0 573 187.
  • the ribbon and the ribbon to be printed overlap between a printhead and a platen of the Print mechanism led.
  • the ribbon is between for printing the printhead and the platen against what is to be printed Ribbon pressed and picture element data to be printed out transferred to the thermal print head.
  • the thermal print head Usually includes the thermal print head a series of print elements on which data is sequentially transferred and printed. While The ribbon to be printed is printed by the thermal print head and pressure roller defined printing zone, so that adjacent rows are sequential in the direction of movement of the tape to be printed, where to be printed Characters are shaped.
  • the tape to be printed is a multi-layer tape with a Image receiving layer and one through an adhesive layer back layer attached to the image receiving layer.
  • the Label printing machine includes a cutting mechanism for separation a section of the multilayer tape after Printing to make a label. The back layer the label can then be removed to stick the Allow labels on any object.
  • tape is formed by means of a Stepper motor under the control of a microcontroller the pressure zone.
  • the system is based on the assumption that the motor and belt are moving as expected while Ink deposited on the ribbon to be printed from the printhead as soon as the microcontroller has the correct stepper motor drive and strobe signals are sent in response to the reference clock Has.
  • the belt as a result of high levels of friction on the platen roller jammed, or elsewhere, like in the transmission. In this case the engine will stop moving forward and neighboring Rows of picture elements are overlapped, results in an unusable label.
  • a stepper motor is also a relatively expensive component of printers and has a relatively high power requirement. This is particularly disadvantageous when the printer is running on batteries to be operated.
  • EP 0 652 111 by Esselte Dymo N.V. discloses a label printer, in the band by means of a DC motor instead a stepper motor is moved by the printing device. On DC motor is a cheaper component, but can nonetheless result in equivalent print quality, without the stepper motor discussed above Problems.
  • the speed of the DC motor set to a certain value and on Encoder is used to measure the speed of the motor and to control the printing of rows to the time between Set dots so that the spacing of printed rows on the tape remains the same.
  • Printing devices of the type described above can now be printed with Operate band of a variety of different widths. For example, a new machine with bandwidths from Operate 6mm, 9mm, 12mm and 19mm. Obviously you can Tapes of different widths Include text of different heights.
  • a Tape printing device proposed according to the teaching of claim 1.
  • a Tape printing device proposed according to the teaching of claim 2.
  • the motor can be a DC motor or a stepper motor his.
  • a DC motor drives the belt continuously Printing mechanism over.
  • Ribbons of different widths can have text of different heights record, the height in the direction of the width of the tape is measured.
  • Large text heights require more performance to print as text of smaller heights and require a slower one Belt speed. If an engine only one speed for all bandwidths, this must be based on the speed that is needed to print to allow text of the greatest possible height. In the absence the above aspect of the invention would do so thus mean that text of smaller height, that of narrower Band fits, would be printed unnecessarily slowly.
  • the above aspect the invention allows the advantage of using printing smaller text heights with higher speed, while the Print quality of larger text heights on wider tapes is not is adversely affected.
  • the label printing device also allows when printing a small height text on a wide one Tied the use of the higher speed, even though a wide band was used.
  • the printing device preferably contains a data input device for entering information that is to be printed Image defined and processor means for generating pixel data, that define the image.
  • the data entry device could be part of the housing that houses the printing mechanism comprises, or could be arranged outside the housing, wherein pixel data from the data input device the printing device can be transferred.
  • the processor means can Means for determining the width of the label printing device tape inserted and means for calculating the height of the image to be printed so as to include that of the means selected target speed of rotation to select of the engine.
  • the zone is for recording a cassette receiving space for recording a tape containing tape.
  • the cassette can also include image transfer tape. Alternatively, it can Image transfer belt included in a separate cassette or it can be dispensed with entirely if the Labels are printed using a thermal direct technique.
  • the printing device comprises a cutting mechanism for cutting printed sections of the tape for production a label.
  • a cutting mechanism for cutting printed sections of the tape for production a label.
  • the printing device can be further simplified by the Providing two set speeds of the motor, fast and slow.
  • the determination of the text height can then be done to determine if the text height is large or is small, so that the target speed accordingly can be chosen.
  • the selection of the target speed of the motor based on the text height allows the effective printing of a label with high quality text. Furthermore, it is not necessary to calculate how many print elements in each print run are to be activated because the target speed of the motor based on the total height of the text to be printed is selected without considering whether the text is dense or is thin or not.
  • the present invention can be advantageous in a printing device used in which the engine in conjunction with funds used to monitor the speed of rotation of the motor which is used with the print head control to control the sequentially printing the groups of pixel data in Depends on the speed of the engine connected are.
  • the DC motor preferably drives a printing roller in rotation which moves the ribbon to be printed by friction.
  • the print roller cooperates with the thermal print head for printing of the picture.
  • the means increase Monitor the speed of the shape of a wave encoder for example, they include a slotted one for rotation disc arranged with the shaft of the DC motor, and a light source and a light detector on opposite Sides of the disc.
  • the print head controller uses signals of the wave encoder to sequentially print the groups control of pixel data and ensure that neighboring groups of pixel data in correct relationship to be printed to each other by the speed depends on the ribbon to be printed.
  • the drive system can serve to provide a tape end indicator. If the end of the tape to be printed is attached to the spool is so that a relative movement is prevented, that can Stopping by means of speed monitoring are determined and accordingly an indication of the end of the tape are given. The cassette can then be replaced by a new cassette to be replaced. This principle can also be used Detection of other error conditions, such as jamming or Ribbon tear can be used.
  • the means to resist movement at the end of the tape can realized by attaching the tape to the supply spool become.
  • Highly abrasive material can also end up on the belt be added so that it is the platen and the motor brakes as soon as the belt movement has stopped.
  • FIG. 1 is a drawing of a printing device of the type with which the present invention is concerned with in principle.
  • the Printing device includes a housing 200 which is a data input device 202 in the form of a keyboard, which carries a variety of buttons 204.
  • the printing device includes one Print key 206 for activating a printing process after defines a label using the input device 202 has been.
  • the printing device also contains a display 208 and a cutter activation button 128 for Actuate a cutter to cut a section of the volume on which one defines a label an image has been printed.
  • the input device 202 is connected to one Microcontroller (microcontroller) 12 connected to the Display 208 by a display control circuit 212 controls and a printing mechanism PM by one in the following controls the feedback loop to be discussed.
  • Microcontroller microcontroller
  • a display control circuit 212 controls and a printing mechanism PM by one in the following controls the feedback loop to be discussed.
  • Figure 3 illustrates the elements of a drive system Pressure device.
  • Reference numerals 2 and 4 designate one Print roller or a thermal print head, which are the main components of the print mechanism PM.
  • the reference numbers 6 and 7 denote the ribbon 6 and the ribbon 7 for printing in overlap between the platen and the printhead be passed through.
  • the ribbon is adjacent to the thermal print head 4 and is wound up from a supply roll onto a take-up roll, usually in a cassette.
  • the ribbon on the print head 4 due to the friction effect between the printable Band 6 and the ribbon 7 passed, whereby it is intended that the two together at the same speed should run.
  • the take-up reel is driven, so that if she was allowed to do so, she would attach the ribbon faster Printhead would pass when the platen roller did.
  • Slip coupling is usually provided to ensure that the ribbon 7 with the movement the pressure roller 2 moves defined speed, wherein the coupling ensures that ribbon loops are always included and the tension is maintained.
  • the take-up roll can be driven with the platen roller ensure that the ribbon is wound, but others Drive arrangements are possible.
  • the platen roller 2 will at least driven to rotate and pushes on a surface against the ribbon 6, the other surface on the ribbon 7 is present.
  • the tape 6 is thus moved past the print head 4 due to friction between belt 6 and pressure roller 2, which is usually made of rubber.
  • the print roller 2 is powered by a DC motor 20 through a transmission 21 ( Figure 4) driven.
  • the motor 20 is controlled by the microcontroller 12 via a current buffer 22 using Pulse width modulation driven to a linear control voltage of the DC motor 20 at its connections 24, 26 to approximate.
  • a DC motor rotates continuously with an applied voltage related speed. The rotation is continuous and not gradually.
  • the printhead 4 includes a shift register and a parallel storage register. Data is transferred serially to the print head 4, Bit by bit time-controlled under the control of the microcontroller in the register of the thermal print head arrangement. At the end the transmission of a series of picture element data Data in the memory register under the command of the microcontroller stored. The storage register is this data hold new shift register contents until the next store operation into the storage register. Later the Print head 4 'strobed' by the microcontroller to run in parallel Turn on high current output drivers that are in picture element patterns according to the data contained in the memory register Deposit melted ink from ribbon 7 onto ribbon 6.
  • the time of writing data into the storage register can occur while a strobe signal is printing due to data in the memory register, but it is not necessary that the operation takes place in such a way that the operations in are essentially independent.
  • the thermal print head has a series of printing elements that act as vertical Row to be printed on the tape to be printed. On Characters thus become neighboring by printing a number and slightly overlapping rows printed, the different Pixel data on the tape to be printed include as it moves past the thermal printhead.
  • a schematically represented by reference numeral 28 Shaft encoder 28 is attached to the motor shaft 30 to the Monitor speed of motor 20.
  • the wave encoder comprises a slotted disc 32, for example nine Slots 34, which is attached to the motor shaft, with a fixed optical sensor 36 comprising an infrared LED and a phototransistor that blocks the passage of radiation the LED to the phototransistor through the slots 34 of the slotted Disc 32 includes.
  • the optical sensor 36 sends Pulses via a feedback line 40 to the microcontroller, each pulse being the passage of a slot 34 of the slotted disc 32 past the optical sensor 36.
  • the microcontroller 12 can control the speed of the motor 20 by measuring the frequency of the by line 40 pulses fed back to it from the optical sensor 36 notice.
  • the elements of the wave encoder are more detailed shown in Figure 4, the reference numeral 21 a transmission for driving the printing roller 2 by the motor 20 reproduces.
  • a crystal or ceramic oscillator 18 provides reference time signals ready for microcontroller 12. Also supplied the microcontroller 12 the thermal print head 4 via the Line 16 with print data. With every pressure strobe signal printed the series of data contained in the memory register.
  • reference numeral 15 indicates a power supply for the current buffer 22 and the microcontroller 12 again.
  • the Power supply can be the mains or batteries.
  • FIG 5 illustrates the view of a cassette receiving space a pressure device, which is located on the back of the in Figure 1 shown device.
  • the cassette receiving room will represented by the dotted line 102.
  • the cassette recording room includes the thermal print head 4 and the platen roller 2, used to define a pressure zone P as described above work together.
  • the print head 4 is pivotable around a pivot 8 is mounted so that it is in contact with the Printing roller 2 can be brought and moved away from it to take out and replace a cassette 10.
  • a cassette inserted in the cassette accommodating space 102 is generally provided with reference number 110.
  • the cassette 110 contains a supply roll 112 with image receiving belt 6, which comprises an image receiving layer, which by means of an adhesive layer attached to a peelable backing layer is.
  • the image receiving tape 6 is by a (not shown) Guide mechanism guided by the cartridge 110 and leaves it shortly after the pressure zone P through an outlet O and then reaches a cutting location C.
  • the cassette 110 also includes a ribbon supply roll 116 and one Ribbon take-up roll 118.
  • the ribbon 7 is taken from the ribbon supply roll 116 passed through the pressure zone P and on of the ribbon take-up spool 118.
  • the platen roller 2 is driven so that it rotates and the image receiving belt 6 at the printing zone P drives past while printing. That way the image receiving tape 6 printed and from the printing zone P to Cutting zone C out.
  • the cutting zone C is on the wall the cassette 110 near the printing zone P. Because the tape 6 driven by the drive of the printing roller 2 from the cassette there is no need for another drive mechanism of tape 6 and this allows the cutting zone C to be closer to the pressure zone P.
  • a slot 24 is included in section 22 of the wall and the image receiving tape 6 is moved from the printing zone P to the cutting zone C, where it from opposite wall sections on both sides of the slot 24 is supported.
  • the tape printing device 1 comprises a generally by the reference numeral 26 marked cutting mechanism.
  • This The cutting mechanism includes the cutter actuator 128 carrying a blade 130.
  • the blade 130 is severed the image receiving tape 6 and then enters the slot 124.
  • Cassette 110 can be selected from a set of cassettes each of which is a tape 6 to be printed on another Contains width. For example, widths of 6mm, 9mm, 12mm and 19mm can be made available.
  • the width of the in Pressure device used tape is through a tape size switch 60 identified that at the bottom of the cassette receiving space arranged and in Figure 5 with dashed lines is drawn.
  • the band size switch 60 can be between its position shown in Figure 5 on the right to a position selected from two possible positions one in the middle and one on the left.
  • the limit of movement of the tape size switch 60 is through dashed line 64 illustrates. The movement of the Switch 60 is detected by microcontroller 12 to determine what width of tape 6 is inserted into the device is.
  • Bandwidth detection for use with the present invention be provided.
  • three sizes of text can be selected on the printer, which are called small, medium and large.
  • bar codes can be printed. These are in Relative to the selected width of the band 6 as follows:
  • 6mm tape can only hold one line of small size text; 9mm and 12mm tape can hold up to two lines of small size text or include a line of medium-sized text; 19 mm tape can hold up to four lines of small size text, up to two lines of medium size text or one line of large text Record size or a bar code.
  • the target speed of the DC motor 20 becomes corresponding the width of the tape used and the Print selected height of text.
  • All labels are on one embodiment 6mm, 9mm or 12mm wide tape at a first tape speed printed. If, however, tape with 19mm width is used is, the speed of the engine can be the first Speed or be a second speed that is slower than the first speed. If the for Print selected text even on tapes of a smaller width would be the first, faster speed for printing selected. When the one selected for printing Text is only printable on a 19mm tape, the second, used slower speed.
  • the speed of the DC motor 20 is determined by the Microcontroller 12 using a simple algorithm controlled, the the number of reference clock pulses of the Crystal oscillator 18 between successive encoder pulses measures that of the microcontroller along the feedback line 40 are supplied. The one from this measurement value obtained is used to calculate the target speed used, this is used successively to change the Pulse width of the pulse width modulated supplied to the current buffer 22 Drive signal used so that in the speed is kept constant. If the speed of the engine falls below a certain value, the motor becomes maximum Power supplied. If the speed is different, the motor is not driven. There is a between these maximum and minimum values linear speed versus drive characteristic used. Obviously, the microcontroller can take appropriate measures hit when the speed outside certain Limits is because they always have knowledge of the approximate Engine speed.
  • Step S2 is a flowchart showing the relevant steps.
  • the sequence starts with step S1 labeled start.
  • Step S2 a user uses the data entry device 202 and their buttons 204 to create a label image with among different to define possible text heights of selected text height.
  • the height of a text can be as previously described Users selected from three text heights, small, medium and large become.
  • the user can also specify that under Use keys of the input device more than one Line can be arranged on the tape. So in the end of step S2, a user completes a label image defined with its text height and number of lines.
  • test step S7 is answered with a yes and accordingly Block S8 a slow speed of the DC motor set.
  • step S9 fast speed set if a 19mm tape is used is, but the text does not fall under any of the above categories falls.
  • the flow chart in FIG. 6 shows that used a high belt speed under all circumstances if no 19mm tape is used.
  • the height of the printed text determines the tape speed, but the width of the band determines the height of the available text.
  • the height of the printed Text is a function of the text size selected by the user and the available width of the tape. The described embodiment the invention thus maximizes effectiveness printing while maintaining good print quality for a variety of different text heights and widths of the Band.

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  1. Imprimante de ruban, comportant :
    un carter (200) avec une zone destinée à la réception d'un ruban (6) sur lequel une image est à imprimer ;
    un dispositif d'entrée de données (202) destiné à l'entrée d'une information qui définit l'image à imprimer en tant qu'étiquette, l'image pouvant être définie de telle sorte qu'elle comporte un texte d'une hauteur choisie parmi différentes hauteurs, et que le texte s'étende sur une ou plusieurs lignes espacées dans le sens de la largeur du ruban (6) ;
    un mécanisme d'impression (PM) comportant un groupe d'éléments d'impression auxquels des données d'éléments d'image séquentiels, qui définissent l'image à imprimer, sont transmises de façon séquentielle sur une base de groupes par une commande de tête d'impression, les groupes étant à imprimer dans le sens de déplacement du ruban (6) en étant voisins les uns des autres ;
    un moteur (20) pouvant fonctionner le long du mécanisme d'impression (PM) pour l'entraínement du ruban (6) ;
       caractérisée par des moyens destinés à détecter une hauteur maximale du texte à imprimer sur la base de la hauteur choisie du texte et du nombre de lignes, et des moyens destinés à la sélection d'une vitesse de consigne de la rotation du moteur (20) en fonction de la hauteur maximale détectée du texte.
  2. Imprimante de ruban, comportant :
    un carter (200) avec une zone destinée à la réception d'un ruban (6) sur lequel une image est à imprimer, le ruban (6) ayant une largeur choisie parmi une pluralité de différentes largeurs ;
    un dispositif d'entrée de données (202) destiné à l'entrée d'une information qui définit l'image à imprimer en tant qu'étiquette, l'image pouvant être définie de telle sorte qu'elle comporte un texte d'une hauteur choisie parmi différentes hauteurs ;
    un mécanisme d'impression (PM) comportant un groupe d'éléments d'impression auxquels sont transmises séquentiellement des données d'éléments d'image, qui définissent l'image à imprimer, sur une base de groupes par une commande de tête d'impression, les groupes étant à imprimer dans le sens de déplacement du ruban (6) voisins les uns des autres ;
    un moteur (20) pouvant fonctionner le long du mécanisme d'impression (PM) pour l'entraínement du ruban (6) ;
       caractérisée par des moyens destinés à la sélection d'une vitesse de consigne de la rotation du moteur (20) en fonction de la largeur du ruban (6) et de la hauteur du texte.
  3. Imprimante de ruban selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comporte des moyens destinés à détecter la largeur du ruban (6) introduit, et des moyens destinés à détecter la hauteur du texte à imprimer afin de commander les moyens destinés à la sélection de la vitesse de consigne de la rotation du moteur (20).
  4. Imprimante de ruban selon la revendication 2 ou 3, caractérisée en ce que l'image peut être définie de telle sorte que le texte s'étende sur une ou plusieurs lignes espacées dans le sens de la largeur du ruban (6), et en ce que les moyens destinés à la sélection de la vitesse de consigne de la rotation du moteur (20) définissent également la vitesse de consigne en fonction du nombre des lignes du texte.
  5. Imprimante de ruban selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisée en ce que les moyens destinés à détecter la hauteur maximale du texte à imprimer peuvent fonctionner de telle sorte qu'ils détectent si le texte est grand ou petit, et en ce que les moyens destinés à la sélection d'une vitesse de consigne de la rotation du moteur (20) sélectionnent une vitesse élevée ou faible en fonction de la hauteur maximale petite ou grande détectée du texte.
  6. Imprimante de ruban selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comporte un mécanisme de découpe (130) destiné à découper une section du ruban (6) sur lequel est imprimée l'image définissant l'étiquette, et en ce que la vitesse de consigne sélectionnée est maintenue pour l'ensemble de la section.
  7. Imprimante de ruban selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisée en ce que le moteur (20) est un moteur à courant continu, et en ce qu'il est prévu des moyens destinés à la surveillance de la vitesse de rotation du moteur, qui sont reliés à la commande de la tête d'impression, et qui commandent- l'impression séquentielle des données d'éléments d'image en fonction de la vitesse de rotation du moteur (20).
  8. Imprimante de ruban selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que la zone destinée à la réception du ruban (6) à imprimer est un espace de réception (102) pour une cassette (110) contenant un ruban.
  9. Imprimante de ruban selon la revendication 7 en liaison avec une cassette (110).
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