EP1093930A2 - Anordnung zum automatischen Einstellen von drucken und Materialen dafür - Google Patents

Anordnung zum automatischen Einstellen von drucken und Materialen dafür Download PDF

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EP1093930A2
EP1093930A2 EP00203281A EP00203281A EP1093930A2 EP 1093930 A2 EP1093930 A2 EP 1093930A2 EP 00203281 A EP00203281 A EP 00203281A EP 00203281 A EP00203281 A EP 00203281A EP 1093930 A2 EP1093930 A2 EP 1093930A2
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01Ink jet
    • B41J2/17Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/175Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B41J2/17503Ink cartridges
    • B41J2/17543Cartridge presence detection or type identification
    • B41J2/17546Cartridge presence detection or type identification electronically
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/36Blanking or long feeds; Feeding to a particular line, e.g. by rotation of platen or feed roller
    • B41J11/42Controlling printing material conveyance for accurate alignment of the printing material with the printhead; Print registering
    • B41J11/46Controlling printing material conveyance for accurate alignment of the printing material with the printhead; Print registering by marks or formations on the paper being fed
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J29/00Details of, or accessories for, typewriters or selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for
    • B41J29/38Drives, motors, controls or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism
    • B41J29/393Devices for controlling or analysing the entire machine ; Controlling or analysing mechanical parameters involving printing of test patterns

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  • This invention relates to an arrangement for the automatic setting of printers, and more particularly to the setting of printer parameters by means of code reading.
  • the parameters concern the printer work parameters, data communication or printing layout.
  • the code to be read may be affixed directly onto material to be used in the printer, or onto separate sheets or labels.
  • This invention also relates to materials, i.e. printing materials and dyes, to be used together with a printer. With the aid of the present invention, an optimum setting of the printer is automatically obtained, entailing a high quality and making the printer easily usable also for unqualified staff members.
  • the setting of the printer was performed by entering parameters using a keyboard in connection to the printer, or by data transfer.
  • parameters to be entered There are, however, many parameters to be entered, and the parameter theory is rather complicated, implying that frequently the user may not be able to perform a correct printer setting himself.
  • some parameters are factory set and can only be changed by a qualified service technician. This of course means that the quality of the printed product will be less than optimal.
  • coding has been used for the setting of various devices.
  • programming of video recorders with the aid of bar codes setting of cameras by reading codes on film cartridges, setting of audio tape recorders by sensing cavities on the tapes, etc. It is not known, however, to control a printer by codes in the way that the present invention teaches.
  • the present invention resolves the problem of setting the printer by affixing a code onto, or in connection with, materials to be used together with the printer.
  • the code may be read automatically or through a simple manipulation performed by the printer user.
  • an optimum setting of the printer is achieved fully automatically or semi-automatically. This means that a high print-out quality can be warranted.
  • the invention allows for quick and easy exchange of dye and receiver material with an automatic or semi-automatic optimal setting of the printer work parameters with regard to the dye as well as to the receiver material.
  • other printer functions such as data communication with peripheral equipment, and printing layout, can be controlled in a simple manner.
  • the present invention thus provides an arrangement for the automatic setting of a printer means.
  • the arrangement includes a printing mechanism and a control unit for providing a print-out on a printing material with the aid of a dye.
  • a code reader is connected to the control unit for reading a code for controlling at least one parameter of the printer means.
  • the code may be associated with the printing material, the dye, a printer means peripheral device, or a printing layout.
  • the present invention also provides materials intended for use together with such an arrangement.
  • the printer 1 comprises a printing mechanism 2, performing the actual printing.
  • the printing mechanism is of the thermo-transfer type, i.e. the printing mechanism includes a printing head having heated points or dots (not shown).
  • the dots act on a heat-sensitive dye or transfer ribbon which transfers dye to a receiver material, normally paper, but synthetic materials are also commonly used.
  • the paper may be a single layer or comprise of a carrier or back paper carrying labels or tickets to be printed.
  • the receiver material may come in the form of a roll, loose sheets, or a continuous web.
  • the transfer ribbon is delivered as a roll which is fitted into the machine and wound past the printer head. Printing mechanisms of this type are well known in the trade and do not, as such, constitute any part of the invention.
  • thermo-transfer technology it is especially important that the transfer ribbon and the receiver material are adapted to each other.
  • the printing mechanism is controlled by a control unit 3 (CPU), which may be microprocessor based.
  • a code reader is used.
  • the code reader may be external 4, and be complemented by an internal code reader 5, or vice versa, as will be explained below.
  • the code reader reads a code, in the discussed example illustrated by a bar code 6 (Fig. 2), which is provided in connection with the transfer ribbon and the receiver material.
  • the code is pre-printed or affixed directly onto the start end of the dye ribbon roll and the roll of receiver material.
  • the internal code reader is utilised, reading the code at the beginning of the roll, before any print-out has been performed. Thereby, the printer is immediately set for optimum printing quality.
  • the printer according to the invention preferably includes also an external code reader 4, that may completely replace the internal code reader, e.g. if wanting to modernise an existing printer without a code reader.
  • the external code reader 4 may be used for reading from e.g. separate sheets comprising codes for various possible paper and dye ribbon qualities.
  • a printer manufacturer could for example enclose such a separate sheet with many different codes listing dye ribbon and printing material data from different manufacturers, in order to make his printer flexible and not to be confined to certain manufacturers. The materials manufacturer obtains the same advantage of increased flexibility, as his material will not be confined to a certain printer.
  • Another suitable location for affixing the code may be on a material packing. This is especially preferable when the printing material comes in sheets rather than on a roll, and when the dye consists of ink or dye powder that is not suitable in itself to carry the code.
  • the code may in this case be read either internally, if the package or a part thereof is fed into the reader, or be read by the external code reader.
  • a bar code is shown.
  • the advantage of the bar code is that a reliable reading is quickly and simply available.
  • Other optical codes are of course also possible, e.g. two-dimensional codes, colour codes, dot codes, matrix codes, etc.
  • magnetic codes and magnetic code readers are suitable for the present invention.
  • the magnetic code may be applied directly onto the material in question, or onto a label in the same manner as the above described bar code.
  • the magnetic code may also be provided on a plastic card and be read by an internal or external slot reader.
  • the code may also be provided in the form of a conductive metal layer for electronic reading.
  • the metal layers might preferably be arranged on the packaging for internal reading; compare film cartridges in minicameras.
  • Codes may also be read electronically by means of RF tags or RF labels. These consist of metal layers constituting electronic components. When subjected to a radio frequency magnetic field, caused by the code reader, they answer with a frequency comprising the code.
  • Fig. 3 shows an embodiment of the arrangement according to the invention, where an RF tag 7 is positioned at the beginning of a roll of material 8, i.e. at the exterior end 9 of the roll.
  • the RF tag is read automatically by an integrated RF code reader.
  • a further variant is to place an RF tag 12 directly on the outside of the core before winding the material on, or an RF tag 13 on the inside of the core 11.
  • the RF tag can be placed on the inside also when the material has already been wound onto the core.
  • the invention may also be applied to other types of printers.
  • Direct thermo-printers function in a similar manner to thermo-transfer printers but utilise no transfer ribbon. Instead, the printing head is allowed to apply heat directly onto a heat-sensitive paper.
  • Ink jet and laser printers use ink and carbon powder, respectively, as dye, which is supplied in cartridges.
  • the printers may need adjustment for writing on special materials, e.g. metal and plastic resins. Codes may be easily applied e.g. on the ink or carbon powder package, as mentioned above.
  • reader readers of different types that can be used with the present invention.
  • the most common types are contact readers, e.g. bar code pens, or distance readers, e.g. CCD readers and laser scanners, which may be fixed or hand held, and slot readers, being common with plastic cards but also usable for bar codes.
  • the external reader may be mounted on a stand, or be fixed in the form of an eye on the side of the printer, for reading by sliding the code past the eye at a suitable distance.
  • the readers as such do not constitute any part of the present invention.
  • the printer has been set mainly with regard to the print-out quality.
  • the invention is not intended to be limited to this only, but the reading may also be used for controlling the data communication between the printer and its peripheral equipment, such as baud rate and number of bits, and printing layouts.
  • the printing can thus be controlled by a simple reading of a code from a "ready-reckoner", best done using the external reader 4.
  • the code constitutes a command to the control unit or to an external computer, controlling the printing layout.
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SE9602934A SE508004C2 (sv) 1996-08-07 1996-08-07 Arrangemang för automatisk inställning av printrar samt material därtill
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