JP2001010135A - Recorder and recording method for booklet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate flexure from either page to be recorded by providing a section for controlling a thermal head to perform recording while carrying a booklet through a carry roller from the binding part side toward the side end part side when recording is performed on either page of the booklet. SOLUTION: A booklet recorder 13 has a section for controlling carriage of a booklet 10 through carrying rollers, recording with a thermal head 4, and the like. When recording is performed on either page of the booklet 10 on the opposite sides of the binding part 11, the control section 14 controls the thermal head 4 to perform recording while carrying the booklet 10 through the carry rollers 8 from the binding part 11 side toward the side end part 12 side. Since either page is carried in the direction for straightening flexure, flexure can be eliminated from either page in the recording.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a booklet recording apparatus and a booklet recording method, and more particularly to a method suitable for performing desired recording on any two adjacent pages across a closed portion of the booklet. The present invention relates to a booklet recording device and a booklet recording method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, a booklet recording apparatus 1 has been used as a recording apparatus for recording characters and images on desired spread pages of a booklet having a closed portion at the center such as a passport.

The booklet recording apparatus 1 has an elongated flat platen 2 at a desired position of an apparatus main body (not shown) as shown in FIG. A long carriage shaft (not shown) is provided in the vicinity of the platen 2 in parallel with the platen 2, and a carriage 5 on which a thermal head 4 is mounted is mounted on the carriage shaft. 2 so as to reciprocate freely.

In front of the platen 2, a booklet having a closing portion substantially at the center is placed between the platen 2 and the thermal head 4 in a two-page spread state in which any two pages adjacent to the closing portion are open. A transport roller 8 for transport is rotatably provided by a paper feed motor (not shown). A pressure roller 9 for pressing and transporting the booklet together with the transport roller 8 is pressed against the outer periphery of the transport roller 8.

[0005] Behind the transport roller 8, there is provided a paper feed roller 7 for supplying a double-page spread booklet 10 from the side end 12 to a position sandwiched between the transport roller 8 and the pressing roller 9. The paper feed roller 7 is rotatably driven by the paper feed motor.

[0006] When the booklet recording apparatus 1 performs recording on both pages of the booklet in a two-page spread state, first,
As shown in FIG. 7, the booklet 10 is placed in a two-page spread state in which any two adjacent pages are opened with the closing part 11 interposed therebetween, and the booklet 10 in the two-page spread state is parallel to the closing part 11. After the sheet is inserted into the apparatus from the side end 12 first, the paper feed roller 7 is driven to supply the booklet 10 to a position where the transport roller 8 and the pressing roller 9 are held. After the leading end of the booklet 10 is supplied to the position between the conveying roller 8 and the pressing roller 9, the conveying roller 8 is driven to move the booklet 10 downstream of the thermal head 4 in the sheet feeding direction. While the paper is being conveyed, the thermal head 4 sequentially performs desired recording on the two-page spread pages that are sequentially conveyed between the platen 2 and the thermal head 4 from the side edge portion 12 of the page on the downstream side in the paper feeding direction. Had to be done.

[0007]

However, in the conventional booklet recording apparatus 1, when printing is performed on both pages of the booklet 10 in the spread state by the thermal head 4, a gap between the platen 2 and the thermal head 4 is generated. The booklet 10 has been conveyed from the side edge 12 side of the page on the downstream side in the paper feeding direction. For this reason, as shown in FIG.
And has been bent by the friction between the pressing roller 9 and the pressing roller 9.

For this reason, when printing is performed on the page on the downstream side in the paper feeding direction, the bending of this page causes the thermal head 4 to be brought into a desired press-contact position when the thermal head 4 presses against the platen 2 and the actual press-contact position. There was a gap. further,
When the booklet 10 is transported in a state in which the pages are bent, a case in which the entire booklet 10 is not transported because only the bending is drawn in has occurred. Therefore, the actual paper feed for the steps of the paper feed motor, that is, the transport of the booklet 10 must be performed. And the paper feeding accuracy could not be maintained satisfactorily.

For this reason, there has been a problem that the thermal head 4 cannot perform proper recording on both pages of the booklet 10.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and does not cause bending of both pages on which recording is performed during the transport of a booklet, and properly holds the thermal head in pressure contact with both pages. It is another object of the present invention to provide a booklet recording apparatus and a booklet recording method capable of performing appropriate recording on both pages of a double-page spread state of a booklet by improving the paper feeding accuracy by a conveyance roller. It is.

[0011]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a booklet recording apparatus for achieving the above object, wherein the recording is performed on either of the two pages of the booklet. Another feature is that a control unit is provided for controlling the thermal head to perform recording while transporting the booklet from the closing portion side to the side edge portion by the transport roller.

[0012] By adopting such a configuration, even when printing is performed on either of the two pages in the double-page spread state, the printing is performed from the closed side to the side end of the page on which the printing is performed. Since the booklet can be conveyed in the direction, the press-contact position of the thermal head and the paper feeding accuracy by the conveyance roller can be maintained satisfactorily without causing bending of both pages on which recording is performed.

The features of the booklet recording apparatus according to claim 2 are as follows.
2. The control unit according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to close a page on the upstream side in the sheet feeding direction among the two pages in a two-page spread state by the thermal head while conveying the booklet to the downstream side in the sheet feeding direction by rotating the conveyance roller forward. After the recording is sequentially performed from the side, the transport roller is rotated in the reverse direction to transport the booklet upstream in the paper feeding direction, and the thermal head closes the downstream one of the two pages in the paper feeding direction. The point is that control is performed so that recording is performed sequentially from the copy side.

By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to improve the working efficiency and to prevent the two pages on which recording is performed during the transport of the booklet from being bent without causing the press-contact position of the thermal head and the paper by the transport roller. Feeding accuracy can be kept good.

The feature of the booklet recording device according to claim 3 is that
2. The control unit according to claim 1, wherein the control unit closes a downstream side in the sheet feeding direction of the two pages in a two-page spread state by the thermal head while conveying the booklet to the upstream side in the sheet feeding direction by rotating the conveying roller in the reverse direction. After the recording is sequentially performed from the side, the transport roller is normally rotated to transport the booklet to the downstream side in the paper supply direction, and the thermal head closes the upstream one of the two pages in the paper supply direction. The point is that control is performed so that recording is performed sequentially from the copy side.

By adopting such a structure, the press-contact position of the thermal head and the paper by the transport roller can be improved without increasing the work efficiency and causing the two pages on which the recording is performed during the transport of the booklet to be bent. Feeding accuracy can be kept good.

The feature of the booklet recording method according to claim 4 is that
Even when recording is performed on any one of the two pages of the booklet, the recording is performed by the thermal head while the booklet is conveyed from the closed portion side to the side edge portion side by the conveyance roller. The point is to control.

By adopting such a method, even when recording is performed on either of the two pages in the double-page spread state, the recording is performed from the closed side to the side end side of the page to be recorded. Since the booklet can be conveyed in the direction, the press-contact position of the thermal head and the paper feeding accuracy by the conveyance roller can be maintained satisfactorily without causing bending of both pages on which recording is performed.

The feature of the booklet recording method according to claim 5 is that
After rotating the transport rollers forward to transport the booklet downstream in the paper feeding direction, the thermal head sequentially prints from the closing portion side to the upstream page in the paper feeding direction of the two pages in the spread state, By rotating the transport roller in the reverse direction and transporting the booklet to the upstream side in the paper supply direction, the thermal head causes the downstream side of the two pages to be sequentially printed from the closing portion side for the page in the paper supply downstream side. The point is to control.

By adopting such a method, it is possible to improve the working efficiency and to prevent the two pages on which recording is performed during the transport of the booklet from being bent without causing the press-contact position of the thermal head and the paper by the transport roller. Feeding accuracy can be kept good.

The feature of the booklet recording method according to claim 6 is that
After rotating the transport rollers in reverse to transport the booklet to the upstream side in the paper feeding direction, the thermal head sequentially prints from the closed side to the downstream side in the paper feeding direction of the two pages in the spread state, While the transport roller is rotated forward to transport the booklet to the downstream side in the paper supply direction, the thermal head sequentially records from the closing portion side to the upstream page in the paper supply direction among the two pages. The point is to control.

By adopting such a method, it is possible to improve the working efficiency and to prevent the two pages on which recording is performed during the transport of the booklet from being bent without causing the press-contact position of the thermal head and the paper by the transport roller. Feeding accuracy can be kept good.

[0023]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a booklet recording apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

Note that portions which are not different from the conventional one in basic configuration will be described using the same reference numerals.

As shown in FIG. 1, the booklet recording apparatus 13 according to the present embodiment has an elongated flat platen 2 with a recording surface facing upward at a desired position of an apparatus main body (not shown). . Above the platen 2, a long flat plate-shaped carriage shaft (not shown) is provided in parallel with the platen 2.
A carriage 5 on which a thermal head 4 is mounted is supported reciprocally along the platen 2.

In front of the platen 2, a booklet 10 having a closing portion 11 at the center between the platen 2 and the thermal head 4 is opened in a double-page state in which both adjacent pages are opened with the closing portion 11 interposed therebetween. The transport roller 8 is transported rotatably by a paper feed motor (not shown).

A pressure contact roller 9 is pressed against the outer periphery of the transport roller 8 to transport the booklet 10 while holding the spread booklet 10 together with the transport roller 8.

Behind the transport roller 8, a paper feed roller 7 for supplying a booklet 10 in a spread state from the side end portion 12 to a position sandwiched between the transport roller 8 and the pressure roller 9 is provided. The paper feed roller 7 is rotatably driven by the paper feed motor.

Further, a paper feed port (not shown) is provided behind the paper feed roller 7 for inserting the double-page spread booklet 10 into the apparatus 13 from the side end portion 12 first. The paper feed port is also a discharge port for discharging the booklet 10 after recording is completed to the outside of the apparatus 10.

The booklet recording apparatus 13 according to the present embodiment has a control unit 14 that performs various controls when the booklet 10 is conveyed by the conveying rollers 8 and recording is performed by the thermal head 4.

The control unit 14 controls the closing roller 11 by the transport roller 8 regardless of which of the two pages in a double-page spread state sandwiches the closing unit 11 of the booklet 10. From the side to the side end 12 side.
Is controlled so that recording is performed by the thermal head 4 while conveying the recording paper.

Therefore, since both pages are conveyed in the direction in which the bending is stretched at the time of recording, the bending does not occur in the both pages.

Next, a booklet recording method according to the present invention using the booklet recording device 13 will be described with reference to FIGS.

In this embodiment, the control unit 1
As an example of control, first, the transport roller 8 is rotated forward to transport the booklet 10 to the downstream side in the paper feeding direction while the thermal head 4 is used to transport the booklet 10 to the upstream side in the paper feeding direction. Is sequentially recorded from the closing portion 11 side of the page, and the thermal head 4 rotates the transport roller 8 in the reverse direction to transport the booklet 10 upstream in the paper feeding direction. Control is performed such that printing is sequentially performed on the pages on the downstream side in the sheet feeding direction from the closing unit 11 side.

First, as shown in FIG.
Is inserted into the apparatus 13 from the paper feed port with any two pages adjacent to each other across the closing portion 11 being opened, and the booklet 10 in the spread state is moved by the paper feed roller 7 to the side end 1.
From the second side, the paper is supplied to the holding position between the transport roller 8 and the pressure roller 9.

Then, after the leading end of the booklet 10 is supplied to a position between the conveying roller 8 and the pressing roller 9, the conveying roller 8 is driven to rotate in the forward direction to move the booklet 10 to the side. The sheet is conveyed downstream from the end 12 first in the sheet feeding direction. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, when a page on the upstream side in the paper feeding direction is conveyed between the platen 2 and the thermal head 4, the thermal head 4 is pressed against the page on the upstream side in the paper feeding direction. Recording is performed sequentially from the closing unit 11 side.

Next, when the recording on the upstream side in the paper feeding direction is completed, the transport roller 8 is rotated in the reverse direction under the control of the control unit 14, and the booklet 10 is moved upstream in the paper feeding direction as shown in FIG. To the side. At this time, between the platen 2 and the thermal head 4, pages on the downstream side in the paper feeding direction are conveyed in order from the closing portion 11 side.

Then, as shown in FIG.
While the pages on the downstream side in the sheet feeding direction are sequentially conveyed from the closing portion 11 between the thermal head 4 and the thermal head 4, the thermal head 4 is brought into pressure contact with an ink ribbon to sequentially perform recording.

At this time, the page on the downstream side in the paper feeding direction is not conveyed between the platen 2 and the thermal head 4 first from the side edge 12 side of the page as in the conventional case, but is closed. The paper is conveyed between the platen 2 and the thermal head 4 from the side first. That is, the booklet 10 is not conveyed in the direction in which the page is bent as in the related art, but is conveyed in the direction in which the page is stretched, so that the page on which recording is performed does not bend.

The booklet 10, which has been conveyed to the upstream side in the sheet feeding direction by the conveying rollers 8 and recorded on the page on the downstream side in the sheet feeding direction, is directly conveyed by the conveying rollers 8 to the upstream side in the sheet feeding direction. The paper is discharged to the outside of the apparatus 13 through the same discharge port as the paper feed port. At this time, booklet 1
The transport amount required by the transport roller 8 from the insertion of the “0” inside the device 13 to the discharge to the outside of the device 13 is a transport amount corresponding to about four pages of the booklet 10. This is the minimum transport amount possible when performing control to transport the booklet 10 from the closing portion 11 side to the side end portion 12 side when recording on both pages.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, since the pages on which recording is performed during the transport of the booklet 10 do not bend, the thermal head 4 for the pages transported between the platen 2 and the thermal head 4 is used. Can be appropriately held, the paper feeding accuracy of the transport roller 8 can be improved, and appropriate recording on the booklet 10 can be performed.

Further, since the booklet 10 can be transported to the minimum while controlling the transport of the booklet 10 from the closing portion 11 side of the page to be recorded, the work efficiency can be improved.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be variously modified as needed.

For example, in the above embodiment, first,
After the booklet 10 is conveyed to the downstream side in the paper feeding direction and the recording is performed on the page on the upstream side in the paper feeding direction, the booklet 10 is conveyed to the upstream side in the paper feeding direction and the page on the downstream side in the paper feeding direction is recorded. However, the present invention is not limited to this. First, the booklet 10 is closed by the closing unit 1.
1 is conveyed downstream in the paper feeding direction until it exceeds the holding position of the conveying roller 8 and the pressing roller 9,
Is rotated in the reverse direction so that the booklet 10 is conveyed to the upstream side in the paper supply direction while recording is performed on the page on the downstream side in the paper supply direction. Then, the conveyance roller 8 is rotated forward to supply the booklet 10. Control may be performed so that recording is performed on the page on the upstream side in the paper feeding direction while the paper is conveyed on the downstream side in the paper direction.

Also in this case, the booklet 10 is closed
Since the sheet can be conveyed in the direction from the first side to the side end 12 side, good recording can be performed without causing the page to be bent. Further, in this case, if the discharge port of the booklet 10 is provided on the downstream side in the sheet feeding direction separately from the sheet feeding port, the insertion of the booklet 10 from the inside of the apparatus 13 to the outside of the apparatus 13 can be performed. The transport amount required until the discharge can be made the same as in the above embodiment, and the working efficiency can be improved.

Further, in the case where full-color printing is performed on both pages by sequentially repeating the operation for printing on both pages for each of the ink ribbons of different colors, the closing portion 11 of the page where printing is performed by the transport roller 8 From the thermal head 4 while conveying the booklet 10 from the
May be sequentially repeated for different ink ribbons.

In the above-described embodiment, the recording by the thermal head 4 is performed in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction of the booklet 10. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The transport direction of the booklet 10 and the recording direction of the thermal head 4 may be parallel by configuring the apparatus 13 so that the direction is parallel to the transport direction of the booklet 10.

[0048]

As described above, according to the booklet recording apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention and the booklet recording method according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the booklet is placed in a direction in which both pages in the double-page spread state are not bent. Since the recording can be performed on both pages while being conveyed, the pressure contact position of the thermal head with respect to the page on which recording is performed can be appropriately maintained, and the accuracy of paper feeding by the conveying roller can be improved. The recording on the booklet by the head can be appropriately performed.

According to the booklet recording apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention and the booklet recording method according to the fifth aspect, the transport amount of the booklet can be reduced as much as possible. In addition to the effects of the recording device for booklets and the booklet recording method according to claim 4, the working efficiency can be improved.

According to the booklet recording apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention and the booklet recording method according to the sixth aspect, the transport amount of the booklet can be reduced as much as possible. In addition to the effects of the recording device for booklets and the booklet recording method according to claim 4, the working efficiency can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a booklet recording apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a supply state of a booklet between a platen and a thermal head in the embodiment of the booklet recording method according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a printing state on a page on the upstream side in the sheet feeding direction in the embodiment of the booklet printing method according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state in which the booklet is transported upstream in the sheet feeding direction in the embodiment of the booklet recording method according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state of recording on a page on the downstream side in the paper feeding direction in the embodiment of the booklet recording method according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a conventional booklet recording apparatus.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a booklet conveyance state in a conventional booklet recording method.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a problem of a conventional booklet recording apparatus.

[Description of Signs] 2 Platen 4 Thermal Head 5 Carriage 7 Arrangement 8 Conveyance Roller 9 Pressure Contact Roller 10 Booklet 11 Closer Part 12 Side End 13 Booklet Recorder 14 Control Unit

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A carriage on which a thermal head is mounted is reciprocally supported along a platen, and a booklet having a closing portion is opened in a double-paged state in which any two adjacent pages are opened with the closing portion therebetween. A transport roller for transporting between the platen and the thermal head is rotatably disposed, and a pressure contact roller for transporting while holding the booklet together with the transport roller is rotatably disposed, and the booklet is opened in a spread state. A booklet recording apparatus that performs desired recording with the thermal head on both pages while being transported by the transport roller and the pressure roller while being inserted first from a side end side, wherein: Regardless of which page is recorded, the thermal head causes the thermal head to perform recording while transporting the booklet from the closing portion side to the side edge portion by the transport roller. Booklet recording apparatus characterized in that a control unit for controlled so. 2. The control section controls the thermal head to rotate the transport roller in the forward direction to transport the booklet downstream in the paper feeding direction, and the thermal head prints the booklet on the upstream in the paper feeding direction among the two pages in the facing state. On the other hand, after the recording is sequentially performed from the closing portion side, while the transport roller is rotated in the reverse direction to transport the booklet to the upstream side in the paper feeding direction, the thermal head causes the page on the downstream side in the paper feeding direction among the two pages. 2. The booklet recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein control is performed such that recording is sequentially performed from the closing portion side. 3. The control section controls the thermal head to rotate the transport roller in the reverse direction to transport the booklet upstream in the paper feeding direction, and to cause the thermal head to print a page on the downstream side in the paper feeding direction among the two pages in the spread state. On the other hand, after the recording is sequentially performed from the closing portion side, while the transport roller is rotated forward to transport the booklet to the downstream side in the paper feeding direction, the thermal head causes the page on the upstream side in the paper feeding direction among the two pages. 2. The booklet recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein control is performed such that recording is sequentially performed from the closing portion side. 4. A booklet having a closing portion is inserted from a side end of the booklet in a state where both pages adjacent to each other across the closing portion are opened, and the booklet is sandwiched between a conveying roller and a pressing roller. A booklet recording method for performing desired recording by the thermal head on both pages of a spread state of the booklet while transporting between the platen and the thermal head and reciprocating a carriage on which the thermal head is mounted along the platen. In the case where recording is performed on any one of the two pages of the booklet, the thermal head is used to convey the booklet from the closing portion side to the side end portion side by the conveyance roller. A recording method for a booklet, characterized in that the recording is controlled to be performed. 5. The printer according to claim 1, wherein said transport roller is rotated forward to transport said booklet downstream in the paper supply direction, and said thermal head closes the upstream side in the paper supply direction out of both pages in said spread state. After the recording is performed sequentially, the transport head is rotated in the reverse direction to transport the booklet to the upstream side in the paper supply direction while the thermal head closes the downstream side of the two pages in the paper supply direction. 5. The booklet recording method according to claim 4, wherein control is performed such that recording is performed sequentially from the side. 6. The thermal printer according to claim 1, wherein said transport roller is rotated in a reverse direction to transport said booklet upstream in the paper feeding direction. And then sequentially rotates the transport rollers to transport the booklet downstream in the paper feeding direction while the thermal head closes the upstream one of the two pages in the paper feeding direction. 5. The booklet recording method according to claim 4, wherein control is performed such that recording is performed sequentially from the side.