JP2001139078A - Packaging member for sheet of cut paper and image forming device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To save troubles of inputting cut paper information. SOLUTION: The packaging member 50 for sheets of cut paper is formed with a cut line 53 for separating a lid 51 from a body 52. The body 52 is formed with a locked piece 58 on a surface opposite to the lid 51, and a locked hole 58p to be locked with a lock pin 43a of a printer 30 is formed on it. Cut paper information 57 expressed in a barcode is applied on the body 51 at a position adjacent to the cut line 53. A barcode reader 46 is provided inside a paper feed port 42 of the printer 30, and the body 52 is inserted together with the sheets 1 of cut paper into the port 42, thereby allowing the cut paper information 57 which is applied on the body 52 to be read by the barcode reader 46.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus such as a printer or a copy, a storage medium storing an operation program of an image forming control apparatus for controlling the same, a packaging member for cut paper used in the image forming apparatus, Further, the present invention relates to a cut paper package having a plurality of cut papers and a packaging member for wrapping the cut papers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when printing on cut paper, a user first takes out a cut paper wrapped in a wrapping paper, arranges the cut paper once, and then sets it in a paper feed unit of a printer. Subsequently, cut sheet information such as the type of cut sheet to be used for printing is input to the printer host, and the printer is caused to execute printing.

[0003]

However, such a conventional technique has a problem that the user has to input cut sheet information by himself, which is extremely troublesome. Further, there is a problem that, if cut paper information such as a paper type is erroneously input, print quality is deteriorated.

[0004] In addition, in the prior art, there is also a problem that setting of cut sheets when exchanging cut sheets is troublesome.

Accordingly, a first object of the present invention is to provide a cut-sheet wrapping member capable of omitting an operation of inputting cut-sheet information by the user himself and preventing an input error, a cut having a plurality of cut sheets and a wrapping member wrapping the cut sheet An object of the present invention is to provide a paper package, an image forming apparatus, and a storage medium storing an operation program of an image forming control apparatus suitable for the control.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a cut sheet packaging member capable of easily setting cut sheets when exchanging cut sheets used in an image forming apparatus.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cut sheet packaging member for storing a plurality of cut sheets used for image formation in an image forming apparatus. A separating line is formed on the lid side and the main body side for separating the cut paper packaging member, and the image forming apparatus is formed on the main body side so that the main body side is not fed to the image forming apparatus together with the cut paper. A locked portion is formed to be locked to a part of the sheet feeding portion, and cut sheet information readable by a sensor is attached to a position on the main body side and adjacent to the separation line. It is characterized by the following.

A second cut sheet wrapping member for achieving the above object is a cut sheet wrapping member for storing a plurality of rectangular cut sheets used for image formation in an image forming apparatus in a stacked state. A first separating line for separating the cut paper packaging member is formed such that one longitudinal end of the rectangular cut paper is the main body side and the other end is the lid side, and the cut rectangular paper is stored. A second separation line for separating the cut paper packaging member is formed such that one end in the short direction of the cut paper of the shape is the main body side and the other end is the lid side, and the first separation line is The main body side when separated and the main body side when separated by the second separation line are each supplied with the image forming apparatus so that the main body side is not fed to the image forming apparatus together with the cut sheet. Part of paper section A locked portion to be formed is formed, a position adjacent to the first separation line on the main body side when divided by the first separation line, and the position when separated by the second separation line. Cut sheet information readable by a sensor is attached to a position adjacent to the second separation line on the main body side.

[0009] A third cut paper packaging member for achieving the first object is the first or second cut paper packaging member, wherein the lid side is cut off and the side from which the lid side has been removed is attached. When the plurality of cut sheets covered by the main body side are arranged in the paper feeding unit of the image forming apparatus toward the image forming apparatus, the position of the cut sheets of the image forming apparatus in the width direction is guided. The cut sheet information is attached to a position on the fixed guide side of the fixed guide and the movable guide.

[0010] A fourth cut paper packaging member for achieving the first object is the cut paper insertion member according to any one of the first to third cut paper packaging members, which inserts a cut paper from the main body side to the lid side. The cut sheet information is provided side by side in parallel with the direction.

[0011] A fifth cut paper packaging member for achieving the first object is the cut paper insertion member according to any one of the first to fourth cut paper packaging members, wherein the cut paper insertion member extends from the main body side to the lid side. An arrow indicating a direction is provided on the main body side.

A sixth cut sheet packaging member for achieving the first object is the cut sheet packaging member according to any one of the first to fifth cut sheets, wherein the cut sheet information includes a model number and a size of the cut sheet. , Paper type, thickness, number of sheets, and unit price.

[0013] A seventh cut sheet packaging member for achieving the first object may be any one of the first to sixth cut sheet packaging members, wherein the cut sheet information is displayed in a bar code. Is characterized by the fact that

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an eight-cut paper packaging member according to any one of the first to sixth cut paper packaging members, wherein the paper information is represented by a bar code. In addition, characters are also displayed.

According to a ninth cut paper packaging member for achieving the first object, the ninth cut paper packaging member according to any one of the first to eighth cut paper packaging members, The relative positional relationship between the section and the cut sheet information attached to the main body side does not change even if the size of the cut sheet to be stored changes.

A first cut paper package for achieving the first object includes any one of the first to ninth cut paper packaging members and a plurality of cut paper packaging members housed in the cut paper packaging member. And cut paper.

[0017] A second cut paper package for achieving the first object is a plurality of cut papers on which images are formed on the surface by an image forming apparatus, and a cut paper packaging member for accommodating the plurality of cut papers. And in a cut paper package comprising:
The cut paper packaging member is formed with a separation line for dividing the cut paper packaging member into a lid side and a main body side, and among the plurality of cut papers laminated in the cut paper packaging member, in the stacking direction. The cut sheet positioned at the end is provided with cut sheet information that can be read by a sensor.

[0018] A third cut paper package for achieving the first object includes a plurality of rectangular cut papers on the surface of which an image is formed by an image forming apparatus, and a plurality of cut papers accommodating the plurality of cut papers. And a paper wrapping member, the cut paper wrapping member is arranged such that one end in the longitudinal direction of the stored rectangular cut paper is the main body side and the other end is the lid side. In order to separate the cut paper packaging member, a first separating line for separation is formed, and one end in the short direction of the stored rectangular cut paper is the main body side and the other end is the lid side. Among the plurality of cut sheets stacked in the cut sheet packaging member, the cut sheet positioned at the end in the stacking direction has cut sheet information readable by the sensor. Are marked with It is an.

A fourth cut sheet package for achieving the first object is the second or third cut sheet package, wherein the cut sheet information is located at an end in the stacking direction. The cover is attached to a portion exposed on the cut paper when the lid is separated from the main body side.

A fifth cut paper package for achieving the first object is any one of the second to fourth cut paper packages, wherein the lid side is cut off and the lid side is removed. When a plurality of cut sheets covered by the main body side are arranged in a paper feeding section of the image forming apparatus with the cut side facing the image forming apparatus, the position of the image forming apparatus in the width direction of the cut sheets is determined. The cut sheet information is attached to a position on the fixed guide side of a fixed guide and a movable guide for guiding the sheet.

A sixth cut sheet package for achieving the first object is the cut sheet package according to any one of the second to fifth cut sheets, wherein the cut sheet information is stored in the cut sheet package member. Among a plurality of cut sheets stacked in a stack, the cut sheets located at both ends in the stacking direction are attached to the cut sheets,
It is characterized by the following.

A seventh cut paper package for achieving the first object is a cut paper package according to any one of the second to sixth cut paper packages, wherein cut paper is inserted from the main body side to the lid side. The cut sheet information is provided side by side in parallel with the direction.

An eighth cut paper package for achieving the first object is the cut paper package according to any one of the second to seventh cut paper inserts, wherein the cut paper is inserted from the main body side to the lid side. An arrow indicating the direction is attached to the main body side,
It is characterized by the following.

A ninth cut paper package for achieving the first object is the cut paper package according to any one of the second to eighth cut paper packages, wherein the cut paper information is a model number and a size of the cut paper. , Paper type, thickness, number of sheets, and unit price.

According to a tenth cut paper package for achieving the first object, the cut paper information is displayed as a bar code in any of the second to ninth cut paper packaging members. Is characterized by the fact that

A first image forming apparatus for achieving the first object is an image forming apparatus for forming an image on the surface of cut paper stored in a cut paper packaging member separated into a lid side and a main body side. A reading unit that reads cut sheet information attached to a part of the cut sheet packaging member; an output unit that outputs at least a part of the cut sheet information read by the reading unit; A paper supply unit on which paper is set, and the lid side is cut off from the main body side of the cut paper packaging member, and when the main body side is set in the paper supply unit together with a plurality of cut sheets, the main body side is fed. And a locking portion for locking the main body side to the paper feeding portion.

According to a second image forming apparatus for achieving the first object, in the first image forming apparatus, the paper feeding section is configured to guide a position of the cut sheet in a width direction. A fixed guide and a moving guide are provided, and the reading means is provided on the fixed guide side in a paper feeding port in which the cut sheet enters in the paper feeding unit.

A third image forming apparatus for achieving the first object.

[0029] In the first image forming apparatus, there is provided an information card mounting portion into which a portion attached with the cut sheet information removed from the cut sheet packaging member can be inserted.
The information card mounting section is provided with the reading means.

A fourth image forming apparatus for achieving the first object is the image forming apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the output means includes the cut sheet read by the reading means. At least one of a display unit that displays at least a part of the information and a transmission unit that transmits at least a part of the cut sheet information to an image forming control device that controls the image forming apparatus. It is a feature.

A storage medium for achieving the first object includes a transmitting / receiving section for transmitting an image forming command to an image forming apparatus for forming an image on the surface of a cut sheet, a display section for displaying various information, In the storage medium storing the operation program of the image forming control device having, from the image forming apparatus, cut sheet information including at least one of a model number, a paper type, a thickness, and a unit price of the cut sheet, A program comprising: a transmission / reception control procedure to be received by the transmission / reception section; and a display control procedure to display at least a part of the cut sheet information received by the transmission / reception section on the display section. It is something that is memorized.

[0032] The second storage medium for achieving the first object is the first storage medium, wherein the display control step includes the step of displaying various types of at least one piece of cut sheet information of the cut sheet information. While displaying on the display unit, when the transmitting and receiving unit receives the one piece of cut sheet information, the received one piece of cut sheet information is preferentially displayed with respect to the various types, and a program is stored. Is what it is.

A first cut sheet packaging member for achieving the second object is a cut sheet packaging member for storing a plurality of cut sheets used for image formation in an image forming apparatus in a stacked state. A separation line for separating the cut paper packaging member is formed on the main body and the main body side, and the main body side of the image forming apparatus is prevented from being fed together with the cut paper to the image forming apparatus. A locked part to be locked to a part of the part is formed.

A second cut sheet packaging member for achieving the second object is a cut sheet packaging member for storing a plurality of rectangular cut sheets used for image formation in an image forming apparatus in a stacked state. A first separation line for separating cut paper packaging members is formed and stored such that one end in the longitudinal direction of the cut rectangular paper stored is the main body side and the other end is the lid side. A second separation line for separating the cut paper packaging member is formed such that one end side in the short direction of the rectangular cut sheet is the main body side and the other end side is the lid side, and the first cut line is formed. The image forming apparatus is configured such that the main body side when separated by the separation line and the main body side when separated by the second separation line are so formed that the main body side is not fed to the image forming apparatus together with the cut sheet. One of the paper feeder An engaged portion to be engaged is formed on, it is characterized in.

[0035]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Various embodiments according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the image forming system according to the first embodiment includes a printer host 10 and a printer 30 that performs printing based on a print command output from the printer host 10. .

The printer host 10 includes a host body 11
, Display device (display unit) 12 and keyboard 1
3 is provided. The host body 11 controls a CPU 20 that executes various programs, a ROM 21 that stores various data and various programs, a RAM 22 that temporarily stores various data and various programs, and a display device (display unit) 12. A display controller 23, an input device controller 24 for controlling the input device 13 such as a keyboard and a mouse, a floppy disk drive 25, a hard disk drive 26,
CD-ROM drive 27 and printer interface
(Transmitter / receiver) 28 and network interface 29
And

The host body 11 of the printer host 10
Functionally, as shown in FIG.
A print command creation unit 82 that converts a document created by the application 81 into a print command that can be interpreted by the printer 30; a user interface control unit (display control procedure) 83 that controls the display device 12 and the input device 13; And a transmission / reception control unit (transmission / reception control procedure) 84 for controlling transmission / reception of data between the transmission / reception device and the communication device. All of the above functional components are CD-
The CD-ROM 17 is provided as a host operation program from the ROM 17 or the like.
And then install it on the hard disk drive 26, load it into the RAM 22 and copy it to the CP
Functions when U20 executes.

As shown in FIG. 1, the printer 30 has a monitor (output means, display means) 37, a printing mechanism 41, and a print controller 31 for controlling these. The print controller 31 includes a CPU 32 that executes various programs.
And an RO in which various data and various programs are stored
M33, a RAM 34 for temporarily storing various data and various programs, a monitor controller 35 for controlling a monitor 37, and an interface (output means, transmission means) 36.

The printing mechanism 41 and the printing controller 31 are housed in a casing. As shown in FIG. 3, the casing 40 has a cut sheet feed port 42 and a cut sheet discharge port 47 formed therein. The cut sheet feed port 42 is provided with a sheet feed tray 43 and a moving guide 44 and a fixed guide 45 for guiding the position of the cut sheet 1 in the width direction. In the paper feed tray 43, a cut paper packaging member 50 is provided.
A locking pin (locking portion) 43a is provided for holding the sheet on the sheet feeding tray 43. Also, cut paper feed port 4
Inside 2, a bar code reader (reading means) 46 is provided. A paper discharge tray 48 is provided at the cut paper discharge port 47.

Next, a first embodiment of the cut sheet packaging member will be described with reference to FIGS.

The cut sheet packaging member 50 of the present embodiment is formed of a vinyl sheet into a rectangular parallelepiped shape for packing a plurality of rectangular cut sheets 1. Cut paper packaging member 5
0, the lid side 5 to take out a plurality of cut sheets 1 inside.
A separation line 53 that separates the main body 1 from the main body side 52 is formed. The separation line 53 is formed in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the cut sheet packaging member 50. This separation line 53 is easily separated into the lid side 51 and the main body side 52.
It is formed as a separating tape.

Of the plurality of surfaces forming the main body side 52, a locked piece 58 extending in the direction opposite to the lid side 51 is formed on the surface opposite to the lid side 51. The locked piece 58 has a locked hole 58p into which the locking pin 43a (shown in FIG. 3) of the printer 30 enters.

On one surface 54 of the main body 52, a cut sheet insertion arrow 56 and cut sheet information 57 relating to the cut sheet 1 to be placed in the packaging member are printed. One surface 54 of the main body 52 is a surface facing the surface of the cut sheet 1 stored therein. The cut sheet insertion arrow 56 is directed from the main body side 52 to the lid side 51. The cut sheet information 57 is printed at the left end position in the direction indicated by the arrow 56 and at a position adjacent to the separation line 53.

As shown in FIG. 5, the cut sheet information 57 includes the model number, size, paper type, thickness, number of sheets, unit price, and the like of the cut sheet. These are indicated by a bar code together with characters indicating their contents. The reason why the characters are written together with the barcode is so that the user can visually recognize the cut sheet information. Each piece of information is arranged in the direction of the cut sheet insertion arrow, in other words, in the cut sheet insertion direction.

As shown in FIG. 6, the cut paper packaging member 50
The cut sheet information 57 attached to the main body side 52 of the main body side 52
The relative positional relationship between the locked piece 58 and the locked hole 58p is set so as not to change even if the size of the cut sheet changes. This is because even if the size of the cut sheet changes, the position of the locking pin 43a for locking the main body side 52 of the cut sheet packaging member 50 does not need to be changed.

Next, the operation of the image forming system described above for printing on cut paper wrapped in a cut paper wrapping member will be described.

First, as shown in FIG. 4, the user cuts the cut paper packaging member 50 along the separating line 53, and separates the lid side 51 from the main body side 52 of the cut paper packaging member 50. Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the user inserts the locking pin 4 of the printer 30 into the locked hole 58p of the cut sheet packaging member 50.
Insert 3a. Then, the main body side 52 of the cut paper packaging member 50 and the cut paper 1 contained therein are placed on the paper feed tray 43 such that the cut paper insertion arrow 56 faces the paper feed port 42 of the printer 30. When the main body side 52 is placed on the paper feed tray 43, the main body side 52 slides on the paper feed tray 43, and the leading end portion of the main body side 52 and the cut sheet 1 exposed from the main body side 52 enter the paper feed port 42. When the locked piece 58 of the cut paper packaging member 50 is completely extended, it stops. In this process, the cut sheet information 57 attached to the main body 52 is read by the barcode reader 46 in the paper feed port 42. In addition, cut paper information 57 is attached to the fixed guide 45 side of the main body 52 in a state where the cut paper 1 is inserted into the paper feed port 42, and a barcode reader 46 is provided on the fixed guide 45 side in the paper feed port 42. The reason is that even if the size of the cut sheet changes, the distance of the cut sheet information 57 from the fixing guide 45 does not change, and the bar code reader 46 fixed at a certain position does not change.
Because it can be read with.

When reading a bar code with the bar code reader 46, it is necessary to relatively move the bar code reader 46 in the direction in which the bar codes are arranged. In the present embodiment, since the barcodes representing the cut sheet information 57 are arranged in the cut sheet insertion direction, the main body side 52 of the cut sheet packaging member 50 can be connected to the sheet feed port without moving the barcode reader 46. In the process of inserting the cut sheet information, a bar code representing the cut sheet information can be read.

The present invention is not limited to the bar codes representing the cut sheet information being arranged in the cut sheet insertion direction. For example, the bar codes are perpendicular to the cut sheet insertion direction. They may be arranged in a direction. In this case, the bar code reader is relatively moved in the direction in which the bar codes are arranged.

The cut sheet information read by the bar code reader 46 is temporarily stored in the RAM 34 of the printer 30.

Subsequently, the user sets printing conditions on the printer host 10. In the print condition setting, a print condition setting screen as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 is displayed on the display device 12 by the user interface control unit 83 of the printer host 10. Generally, for example, when setting the paper type on the basic setting screen shown in FIG. 7, the user clicks an arrow 60 a in the paper type column 60 to display a plurality of paper types in a pull-down display. Select one from multiple paper types. For example, in the case of setting the paper size on the paper setting screen shown in FIG.
Is clicked, a plurality of paper sizes are displayed in a pull-down display, and one of the plurality of paper sizes is selected.

On the other hand, in the present embodiment, when displaying the print condition setting screen, the user interface control unit 83 of the printer host 10 transmits the cut sheet information to the printer 30 via the transmission / reception control unit 84. Upon receiving the request, the printer 30 fetches the cut sheet information acquired and displays a sheet type, a sheet size, and the like based on the cut sheet information. That is, on the basic setting screen shown in FIG. 7, the paper type included in the cut paper information is automatically displayed from the printer 30 in the paper type column 60. On the paper setting screen shown in FIG. 8, the paper size included in the cut paper information from the printer 30 is automatically displayed in the paper size column 61. In this embodiment, in addition to the above automatic update,
Manual updates are also possible. In the manual update, an "update" button is provided on the print condition setting screen, and the update is performed when this button is clicked. This manual update is effective when reducing wasteful communication when connecting to a network or when editing a document with a paper size not set in the printer.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the information relating to the cut sheet is automatically set, so that the user does not have to bother to set the information relating to the cut sheet in the host 10, and the input of the information is also possible. Mistakes can be prevented. The various cut sheet information may be displayed on the monitor 37 (shown in FIG. 1) of the printer 30.

When a printer that cannot acquire cut sheet information is used, even if the printer host 10 requests the printer for cut sheet information, the printer cannot respond to the request. Therefore, in this embodiment,
As in the general example described above, a function that allows the user to select various types of cut sheet information is left, and when cut sheet information is transmitted from the printer, this cut sheet information is displayed with priority. .

Although only the paper type and paper size of the plurality of cut paper information are displayed here, all the cut paper information acquired by the printer 30, that is, the size and paper type, as well as the model number, are displayed. , Thickness, number of sheets, unit price, etc. may be displayed. Conversely, when the cut sheet information can be obtained from the printer 30, only the setting of the cut sheet information may be performed, and the cut sheet information may not be displayed. However, it is preferable to display the unit price. When this unit price is displayed, the total printing cost obtained from the number of prints may be displayed together.

In the cut sheet information, the thickness of the cut sheet is
For example, it is used for correcting the moving speed of the print head of the printer 30, and the number of sheets is used for grasping the remaining number of cut sheets.

In the present embodiment, the cut paper 1 is placed on the paper feed tray 43 in a state where a plurality of cut papers 1 are contained in the main body side 52 of the cut paper packaging member 50. There is also an advantage that dust does not adhere. When changing the size of the cut paper on the paper feed tray 43, the cut paper is exchanged together with the main body side 52 of the cut paper packaging member 52. For this reason, this exchange work can also be easily performed.

In general, when a cut sheet is taken out from the packaging member and a plurality of cut sheets are placed on the paper feed tray, it is necessary to once align the plurality of cut sheets. However, in the present embodiment, it is necessary to take such time and effort to place the cut paper 1 on the paper feed tray 43 in a state where the plurality of cut papers 1 are contained in the main body side 52 of the cut paper packaging member 50. Nor.

The cut paper packaging member 50 of the present embodiment is
Is formed of a vinyl sheet, but may be formed of a hard resin or metal. In this case, the cut paper packaging member has higher rigidity and durability than the vinyl sheet, and thus can also serve as a paper feed cassette. Further, in this case, when a new cut sheet is purchased, the used cut sheet packaging member may be collected by a dealer and reused.

Next, a second embodiment of the cut sheet packaging member will be described with reference to FIG. The cut paper packaging member 50c of the present embodiment has the same basic configuration as that of the first embodiment, and is different from the first embodiment only in the position of the locked piece. The locked piece 58c of the cut paper packaging member 50c of the present embodiment includes, among a plurality of surfaces forming the main body side 52, a left side surface in the direction indicated by the cut paper insertion arrow 56,
That is, it is formed on the surface on the fixed guide 45 side of the printer 30 shown in FIG. A locked hole 58pc is also formed in the locked piece 58c.

In this case, a locking pin for locking the main body side 52 is provided on a fixed guide of the printer.

As described above, the locked piece is provided so that the main body side of the cut paper packaging member is not fed to the printer together with the cut paper. You may. However, as described above with reference to FIG. 6, it is preferable that the position of the locked hole does not change even if the size of the cut sheet changes.

Next, a third embodiment of the cut sheet packaging member will be described with reference to FIGS. Each of the above embodiments considers only the case where the cut paper insertion direction is the longitudinal direction of the cut paper, that is, only the case where the cut paper is placed vertically, but in this embodiment, the cut paper is placed horizontally. This is also taken into account.

The cut paper packaging member 50b of the present embodiment is
As shown in FIG. 10, the first lid side 51a is located at a position corresponding to the longitudinal end of the rectangular cut sheet, and the first lid side 51a is located at the side corresponding to the opposite end in the longitudinal direction of the cut sheet. Body side 5
A first separation line 53a is formed in parallel with the short direction of the cut sheet so that 2a exists, and a second lid side 51b exists at a position corresponding to an end in the short direction of the cut sheet. A second separation line 53b is formed parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cut sheet so that the second main body side 52b is located on the side corresponding to the opposite end of the cut sheet in the short direction.

The cut paper insertion arrow includes a first cut paper insertion arrow 56a pointing from the first main body side 52a to the first lid side 51a, and a cut paper insertion arrow from the second main body side 52b to the second lid side 51a.
The second cut paper insertion arrow 56b facing the direction b is printed on the first main body side 52a and the second main body side 52b, respectively.

The cut sheet information includes a position at the left end in the direction indicated by the first cut sheet insertion arrow 56a and adjacent to the first separation line 53a, and a second cut sheet insertion arrow 56b. The first cut sheet information 57a and the second cut sheet information 57b are printed at the left end position in the direction shown and at a position adjacent to the second separation line 53b, respectively.

As the locked piece, the first body 5
2a, a first locked piece 58a is formed on a surface opposite to the first lid side 51a, and a second lid is formed on a surface forming the second main body side 52b. A second locked piece 58b is formed on a surface opposite to the side 51b. The first locked piece 58a and the second locked piece 58b have a first locked hole 58pa and a second locked hole 58pb, respectively.
Are formed.

As shown in FIG. 11, the relative positional relationship between the first cut sheet information 57a and the first locked hole pa, the second cut sheet information 57b and the second locked hole pb, Are the same. Further, similarly to the first embodiment, these relative positional relationships are set so as not to change even if the size of the cut sheet changes. That is,
The positional relationship between the cut sheet information and the locked holes is the same regardless of whether the cut sheet is used vertically or horizontally and the size of the cut sheet is changed.

For example, when the cut paper is used vertically, the first lid side 51a is separated from the first main body side 52a, and the first main body side 52a and the cut paper contained therein are separated. , The first cut paper insertion arrow 56a is
It is placed on the paper feed tray 43 so as to face the paper feed port 42 of the “0”. When the cut paper is used horizontally, the second lid 51b is separated from the second main body 52b,
The second main body side 52b and the cut paper contained therein are placed on the paper feed tray 43 such that the second cut paper insertion arrow 56b faces the paper feed port 42 of the printer 30.
In any case, the first cut sheet information 57a and the second cut sheet information 57b are the same as in the first embodiment.
Is read by the barcode reader 46 of the printer 30.

As described above, in this embodiment, the main body sides 52a and 52b can be placed on the paper feed tray 43 together with the cut paper regardless of whether the cut paper is used vertically or horizontally. Therefore, in any case, the cut sheet information 57 printed on the main body side 52a, 52b is used.
a and 57b can be read by the printer 30.

In this embodiment, the first cut sheet information 57a and the second cut sheet information 57b are the same as the cut sheet information 57 in the first embodiment, The information indicating that the paper is placed vertically may be included in the information, and the information that the paper is horizontally placed may be included in the second cut sheet information.

Next, a fourth embodiment of the cut sheet packaging member will be described with reference to FIG. Similarly to the first embodiment, the cut paper packaging member 50d of the present embodiment also has a lid 5
A separation line 53 is formed which divides the sheet 1 into a main body 52 and a cut paper insertion arrow 56 from the main body 52 to the lid 51 is printed on one surface 54 of the main body 52. Body side 52
Are formed on the surface opposite to the first lid side 51.

In this embodiment, one surface 54 of the main body 52
An information card 59 on which cut sheet information 57 is printed is pasted at a position on the left side in the direction indicated by the cut sheet insertion arrow 56 and adjacent to the separation line 53.
This information card 59 is formed of a so-called release sheet and can be easily peeled off.

The cut paper packaging member 50d of this embodiment
When the information card 59 is not separated from the main body 52, it can be used in the same manner as in the first embodiment. When the information card 59 is separated from the main body 52, a printer according to a second embodiment described below is used.

As shown in FIG. 13, similarly to the printer 30 according to the first embodiment, a cut paper feed port 42 and a cut paper discharge port are provided in a casing 40a of the printer 30a according to the second embodiment. 47 are formed. The cut sheet feed port 42 is provided with a sheet feed tray 43 and a moving guide 44 and a fixed guide 45 for guiding the position of the cut sheet 1 in the width direction. In the paper feed tray 43,
A locking pin 43a is provided. Cut paper exit 47
Is provided with a paper discharge tray 48. Casing 4
An information card insertion slot (information card mounting portion) 49 is further formed in Oa. This information card slot 49
Inside, a barcode reader 46a is provided. When the information card 59 peeled off from the main body side 52 is inserted into the information card insertion slot 49, the cut sheet information 57c printed on the information card 59 is read by the barcode reader 46a.
Is read.

In the cut sheet packaging member 50d of the fourth embodiment, the cut sheet information 57 can be read by both the printer 30 of the first embodiment and the printer 30a of the second embodiment. Paper insertion arrow 5
Although the portion on the left side in the direction indicated by 6 and adjacent to the separation line is the information card 59, when used only in the printer 30a according to the second embodiment, the packaging member 50 is used.
The information card 59 may be pasted on any part of d.

In the cut sheet packaging member 50d of the fourth embodiment, the information card 59 is peeled off from the main body side 52 for use. For example, cut paper information is printed on a part of the main body side 52, and This part may be separated and used as an information card.

Next, a cut sheet packaging member according to a fifth embodiment and cut sheets packaged in the cut sheet packaging member will be described with reference to FIG.

The cut paper packaging member 50e of the present embodiment is
As in the third embodiment, the first lid side 51a exists at a position corresponding to the longitudinal end of the rectangular cut sheet 1, and
A first separating line 53a is formed parallel to the short side of the cut sheet so that the first main body side 52a is located on the side corresponding to the opposite end of the cut sheet 1 in the longitudinal direction. The second lid side 51 is located at a position corresponding to the short end of
b so that the second main body side 52b exists on the side corresponding to the opposite end of the cut sheet 1 in the short direction.
A second separation line 53b is formed in parallel with the longitudinal direction. As in the third embodiment, a first cut sheet insertion arrow 56a is printed on the first main body side 52a, and a second cut paper insertion arrow 56b is printed on the second main body side 52b. ing.

Among the plurality of cut sheets 1 wrapped by the cut sheet wrapping member 50e, the cut sheet 1 located at the end in the stacking direction of the cut sheets 1, ie, the top cut sheet 1, is cut. Paper information 57ea and 57eb are printed. The cut sheet information is a portion that is exposed when the first lid side 51a is cut off on the uppermost cut sheet 1 and is located on the left side in the direction indicated by the first cut sheet insertion arrow 56a. The first cut sheet information 57ea is printed at the position, and is a portion that is exposed when the second lid side 51b is cut off, and is located at the left position in the direction indicated by the second cut sheet insertion arrow 56b. The second cut sheet information 57eb is printed.

In the present embodiment, when the cut sheet 1 is used in a vertical position, the first lid 51a is cut off, and
The cut paper 1 is placed on the paper feed tray with the direction indicated by the first cut paper insertion arrow 56a facing the paper feed port of the printer. In this process, the first cut sheet information 57ea printed on the top cut sheet 1 is read by the bar code reader of the printer. When the cut sheet 1 is used in a horizontal position, the second cover side 51b is cut off, the direction indicated by the second cut sheet insertion arrow 56b is directed to the paper feed port of the printer, and the cut sheet 1 is Place it on the paper tray. In this process, the second cut sheet information 57eb printed on the top cut sheet 1 is read by the bar code reader of the printer.

In this embodiment, since the cut sheet information 57ea and 57eb are already printed on the top cut sheet 1, the top cut sheet 1 is discharged before printing by the printer. There is a need. For this reason, information indicating that the first cut sheet is immediately discharged without being printed may be added as a part of the cut sheet information.

Also, in the cut sheet packaging member of this embodiment, a locked piece may be provided as in each of the above embodiments. Further, in the present embodiment, the cut sheet information is added only to the top cut sheet, but
Cut sheet information may be added. This is convenient when the cut paper insertion arrow is not printed on the cut paper packaging member and it is not known which one should be turned up. In addition, when cut paper information is added to the cut paper as in the present embodiment, the paper is discharged from the paper discharge port. A barcode reader may be provided, for example, a printhead. In this case, it is not necessary to attach the cut sheet information to an exposed portion when the lid side is cut off. Also, the print head
Since the bar code can be moved in a direction perpendicular to the sheet feeding and discharging direction, the bar codes may be arranged in the moving direction of the print head.

Although the above embodiments are all directed to a printer as an image forming apparatus, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be directed to copying. .

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According to the present invention, cut paper information is added to the cut paper packaging member, and when the portion to which the cut paper information is attached is mounted on the image forming apparatus, the cut paper information is read into the image forming apparatus. Therefore, it is possible to save the user himself / herself from inputting cut sheet information and eliminate cut sheet information input errors.

Even in the case where the cut sheet information is added to the cut sheet, the cut sheet information is read into the image forming apparatus in the same manner as described above. It is possible to eliminate a mistake in inputting paper information.

Further, in the present invention, since the cut paper is used in a state of being stored in the main body side of the cut paper packaging member,
Since the cut sheet is free of dust, and the cut sheet is replaced together with the main body, the cut sheet can be easily replaced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram of an image forming system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a software configuration diagram of a printer host as a first embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a printer and a cut sheet packaging member according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a cut sheet packaging member according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a main part plan view of the cut sheet packaging member in the first embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a positional relationship between cut sheet information of a cut sheet packaging member and a locked hole according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a print basic setting screen of the printer host according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a print sheet setting screen of the printer host according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a cut sheet packaging member according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a cut sheet packaging member according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a positional relationship between cut sheet information and a locked hole of a cut sheet packaging member as a third embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a cut sheet packaging member according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a cut sheet packaging member according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention and a printer as a second embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of a cut sheet packaging member and a cut sheet packaged in the cut sheet packaging member according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Cut paper 10 ... Printer host 12 ... Display device 30, 30a ... Printer 37 ... Monitor 40, 40a ... Casing 41 ... Printing mechanism 42 ... Cut paper feed port 43 ... Feed tray 43a ... Locking pin 44 ... Movement guide 45: fixed guides 46, 46a: bar code reader 49: information card insertion port 50, 50b, 50c, 50d, 50e: cut paper packaging member 51, 51a, 51b: lid side 52, 52a, 52b: main body side 53, 53a , 53b ... separating line 56, 56a, 56b ... cut paper insertion arrow 57, 57a, 57b, 57ea, 57eb ... cut paper information 59 ... information card

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A cut sheet packaging member for storing a plurality of cut sheets used for image formation in an image forming apparatus in a stacked state, wherein a separation line for separating the cut sheet packaging member is formed on a lid side and a main body side. A locked portion is formed on the main body side so that the main body side is not fed to the image forming apparatus together with the cut sheet, and is locked by a part of a paper feeding section of the image forming apparatus. On the main body side, at a position adjacent to the separation line,
A cut sheet packaging member having cut sheet information readable by a sensor. 2. A cut sheet packaging member for storing a plurality of rectangular cut sheets used for image formation in an image forming apparatus in a stacked state, wherein one end in the longitudinal direction of the stored rectangular cut sheets is provided. A first separating line for separating the cut paper packaging member is formed such that the cut side is on the main body side and the other end side is on the lid side, and one end in the short direction of the stored rectangular cut paper is on the main body side. A second separation line for separating the cut paper packaging member is formed such that the other end side is the lid side, and the main body side when separated by the first separation line, and the second separation line In the case where the main body side is divided by the following, a locked portion which is locked to a part of a paper feeding unit of the image forming apparatus so that the main body side is not fed to the image forming apparatus together with the cut sheet. Is formed, and the first separation line is formed. A position adjacent to the first separation line on the main body side when divided, and a position adjacent to the second separation line on the main body side when separated by the second separation line, A cut sheet packaging member having cut sheet information readable by a sensor. 3. A cut sheet packaging member for accommodating a plurality of cut sheets used for image formation in an image forming apparatus in a state where the cut sheet packaging member is divided into a lid side and a main body side. A locked portion is formed on the main body side so as to be locked to a part of a paper feeding unit of the image forming apparatus so that the main body side is not fed to the image forming apparatus together with the cut sheet. Cut paper packaging members. 4. A cut sheet packaging member for storing a plurality of cut sheets of rectangular shape used for image formation in an image forming apparatus, wherein one end in the longitudinal direction of the stored cut sheets of rectangular shape is provided. A first separating line for separating the cut paper packaging member is formed such that the cut side is on the main body side and the other end side is on the lid side, and one end in the short direction of the stored rectangular cut paper is on the main body side. A second separation line for separating the cut paper packaging member is formed such that the other end side is on the lid side, and the main body side when separated by the first separation line, and the second separation line In the case where the main body side is divided by the following, a locked portion which is locked to a part of a paper feeding unit of the image forming apparatus so that the main body side is not fed to the image forming apparatus together with the cut sheet. Is formed, characterized by that That cut sheet packaging member. 5. A cut comprising: the cut sheet packaging member according to claim 1; and a plurality of cut sheets stored in the cut sheet packaging member. Paper packaging. 6. A cut sheet packaging body comprising: a plurality of cut sheets used for image formation in an image forming apparatus; and a cut sheet packaging member for accommodating the plurality of cut sheets. A separation line is formed to divide the cut paper packaging member into a lid side and a main body side, and is located at an end in the stacking direction among a plurality of cut papers stacked in the cut paper packaging member. For cut paper,
A cut paper package, which has cut paper information readable by a sensor. 7. A cut paper package comprising a plurality of rectangular cut sheets on which images are formed on the surface by the image forming apparatus, and a cut sheet packaging member for storing the plurality of cut sheets. A first separation line for separating the cut paper packaging member is formed such that one end in the longitudinal direction of the rectangular cut paper is the main body side and the other end is the lid side, and the cut rectangular paper is stored. A second separation line for separating the cut paper packaging member is formed such that one end in the short direction of the cut paper of the shape becomes the main body side and the other end side becomes the lid side, inside the cut paper packaging member. Among the plurality of stacked cut sheets, the cut sheet located at the end in the stacking direction includes:
A cut paper package, which has cut paper information readable by a sensor. 8. An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a surface of cut paper stored in a cut paper packaging member separated from a lid side and a main body side, wherein the cut paper packaging member is attached to a part of the cut paper packaging member. Reading means for reading cut sheet information, output means for outputting at least a part of the cut sheet information read by the reading means, a sheet feeding section on which a plurality of cut sheets are set, and a cut sheet packaging member. When the lid side is separated from the main body side and the main body side is set in the paper feeding section together with a plurality of cut sheets, the main body side is locked to the paper feeding section so that the main body side is not fed. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a locking portion. 9. A transmitting and receiving unit for transmitting an image forming command to an image forming apparatus for forming an image on the surface of a cut sheet,
A display unit for displaying various information; and a storage medium storing an operation program of the image forming control device, comprising: from the image forming device, at least one of a model number, a paper type, a thickness, and a unit price of the cut sheet. A transmission / reception control procedure for causing the transmission / reception unit to receive cut sheet information including one, and a display control procedure for displaying at least a part of the cut paper information received by the transmission / reception unit on the display unit. A storage medium in which a program is stored.