JP2001247250A - Ink-jet printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ink-jet printer with a function of sorting out printouts by group that sorts out the printouts into groups of different numbers of them with a simple structure. SOLUTION: A emergent tray (part) 55 where printouts are stacked is reciprocated crossing to the feed direction of the printouts to to stack them group by group in a mutually separated relation.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ink jet printer for sorting output prints for each group.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When prints output from a printer constitute a series of counties, it is convenient that the prints are sorted for each county for subsequent handling.

For this reason, an apparatus called a sorter for sorting is known.

[0004]

However, since the sorter has a large number of independent rooms and each print group is housed in each room, a large number of print groups are required to cope with the large number of print groups. In this case, the size of the apparatus becomes large, and the operability when removing the print group from each room of the sorter is poor.

[0005] A sorter provided in a copying machine has a function of arranging pages in order.

However, in a printer that outputs a print based on digital data, the page order can be adjusted in software. In a printer that reads a negative film or the like of a photograph with a scanner and outputs the print, the printer prints each print. Since the number of sheets to be printed is different, a function for aligning pages is unnecessary, and it is required to sort the print groups for each action.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a first object of the present invention is to provide a printer which has a simple structure and sorts print groups having different numbers of prints into groups.

A second object is to provide a printer in which sorted counties can be easily taken out.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an ink jet printer for sorting output prints for each group. An ink-jet printer characterized by reciprocating in a direction intersecting with the printer and stacking prints alternately shifted for each group.

[0010] By simply reciprocating the portion on which the output prints are stacked in a direction intersecting with the direction of travel of the prints, that is, with a simple configuration, it is possible to sort prints of different numbers into groups.

[0011] Further, since the area above the portion where the prints are stacked can be opened, the sorted groups can be easily taken out.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in an ink jet printer for sorting output prints for each group, a portion on which output prints are stacked is moved in a direction intersecting with the direction of travel of the prints to stack the prints. A sorting device for an ink jet printer, wherein the position is shifted for each county.

By simply moving the portion on which the output prints are stacked in a direction intersecting with the print traveling direction,
That is, with a simple configuration, print groups having different numbers of prints can be sorted for each group.

Further, since the upper part of the portion where the prints are stacked can be opened, the sorted groups can be easily taken out.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the ink jet printer according to the first or second aspect, wherein a print in which information on the county is recorded is output for each county.

For each county, print out information on the county, for example, customer information such as customer name and customer number, order information such as order date and time, print size and number of prints, and print information such as print date and time. Thereby, even if the prints in the county are not visually recognized, the contents of the county can be understood and the sorting can be further facilitated.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an ink-jet printer which sorts output prints for each group, wherein the output for sorting is different from the print size for each group.

By making the sorting output larger than the size of the prints, it is possible to easily separate the groups having different numbers from the stacked prints with a simple configuration.

In the configuration for performing the sorting output having different sizes, a long recording medium in the form of a roll is used as in the invention according to claim 5, and the output for sorting having the different size is changed by changing the cutting length. Alternatively, a storage section may be provided for separately storing print paper for recording an image and a separation paper having a size different from that of the print paper, as in the invention according to claim 6, so that the output of the image can be performed at the time of image recording. At times, different recording papers may be output.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided an ink jet printer according to the fourth aspect of the invention, wherein information relating to a county is recorded in the sorting output.

By recording information about the county in the output for sorting, the contents of the county can be understood and the sorting can be further facilitated without visually checking the prints in the county.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an ink jet printer according to any one of the first to seventh aspects, further comprising a retaining section for temporarily retaining output prints before sorting. is there.

By providing a staying portion for temporarily staying the output prints before sorting, the inks of the prints can be dried, and even if the prints are stacked, the inks are transferred to other prints and stains on the image are removed. And the back of the print is not stained.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an ink jet printer according to the eighth aspect, wherein the staying time in the staying portion is a drying time of the ink.

The staying time in the staying section is the drying time of the ink, so that the ink of the print can be completely dried, and even if the prints are stacked, the ink is transferred to another print, and the stain on the image is removed. And the back of the print is not stained.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, the print of the eighth aspect of the present invention is output in parallel by a plurality of systems,
The stagnation unit is provided in each system, and is an ink jet printer.

The prints are output in parallel in a plurality of systems, and the staying portions are provided in each system, thereby facilitating sorting.

[0028]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (First Embodiment) A first embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, the overall configuration will be described with reference to FIG. 1 which is a front configuration diagram of the printer of the first embodiment.

In the figure, a paper roll 3 around which a long recording medium 1 is wound is provided above the apparatus.

The recording medium 1 fed from the paper roll 3 is nipped and conveyed downward (sub-scanning direction) by a first roller pair 7 driven by a recording medium conveying motor (not shown).

A print head 9 for ejecting ink to the recording medium 1 and forming an image on the recording medium 1 is provided between the paper roll 3 and the first roller pair 7.

The print head 9 is movably engaged with a guide 11 disposed in a direction (main scanning direction) substantially perpendicular to the conveying direction of the recording medium 1 (sub scanning direction: the direction of arrow I in the figure). Are moved along the guide 11 by a print head drive motor (not shown).

The movement of the print head 9 is detected by a print head movement detection linear encoder (not shown).

Below the first roller pair 7, driven by a cutter driving motor (not shown) in the main scanning direction, the recording medium 1 on which image formation has been completed is cut in the main scanning direction to form a sheet-shaped print. A cutter 13 is provided.

Below the cutter 13, a sorting section 50 is provided.

The sorting section 50 is provided with two guides 51 and 53 extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the conveying direction of the sorting section recording medium 1 (a direction intersecting with the printing direction). A paper discharge tray 55 on which the cut recording medium 1 is stacked is movably engaged with 51 and 53.

The discharge tray 55 is moved along guides 51 and 53 by a sorter driving motor (not shown).

Next, the electrical configuration will be described with reference to FIG. 2, which is a block diagram illustrating the electrical configuration of FIG.

In the figure, reference numeral 100 denotes a host computer which stores image data (parameters such as image recording size, image data color-separated into YMCK) to be recorded by the printer of this embodiment. Image data sent from the host computer 90 is taken into the printer of the present embodiment via the interface unit 91.

Reference numeral 92 denotes an image memory for temporarily storing the fetched image data.
Is a print head driver that drives the.

Reference numeral 98 denotes a print head drive motor for driving the print head 9; 99, a recording medium transport motor for driving the first roller pair 7 for nipping and transporting the recording medium 1;
00 is a cutter driving motor for driving the cutter 13, 101
Reference numeral denotes a recording medium discharge motor that drives the second roller pair 17 that sandwiches and conveys the recording medium 1, and reference numeral 102 denotes a sorting unit driving motor that drives the discharge tray 55 of the sorting unit 50.

Reference numeral 110 denotes a unit which receives information from the interface unit 19, the image memory 92, and the printer head driver 95 and generates a pulse signal of ink ejection timing. Head drive motor 9
8, recording medium transport motor 99, cutter drive motor 10
0, recording medium discharge motor 101, sorting unit drive motor 1
02.

Next, the operation will be described with reference to FIG. 3 which is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the above configuration.

The host computer 90 sends the print information (print size, number of prints, etc.) relating to the first order (county) to the control unit 1 via the interface unit 2.
10 (step 1).

Subsequently, from the host computer 90,
The first order information sheet data is stored in the interface unit 9
1 to the image memory 92. Here, the order information sheet data is information about the order (for example, customer information such as customer name and customer number, order date and time,
Print order information such as print size and number of prints, print information such as print date and time) is developed into fonts and processed into printable image data.

When a predetermined amount or all of the first order information sheet data is transferred, the control unit 110
Start printing the order information sheet data.

After driving the recording medium conveying motor 99 to convey the leading end of the paper roll 3 to a predetermined recording position, the image memory 92, the print head driver 95, and
The print head drive motor 98 is driven. The print head drive motor 98 connects the print head 9 to the recording medium 1.
Is moved at a predetermined speed in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction. The first order information sheet data in the image memory 92 is read out from the image memory 92 in a predetermined order and is converted by the print head driver 95 into a predetermined signal for driving the print head. The image data is input to the print head 9 in synchronization with the pulse signal from the printer 1 and is recorded on the recording medium 1 as an image.

When the print head 9 moves from one end to the other end of the recording medium 1, the control unit 110 stops the print head driving motor 98 and drives the recording medium conveying motor 99 to convey the recording medium 1 by a predetermined amount. .

When the conveyance of the recording medium 1 by a predetermined amount is completed,
The control unit 110 rotates the print head drive motor 98 in the reverse direction to the previous one to move the print head 9 in the opposite direction to the previous one, and also drives the image memory 92 and the print head driver 95 to continuously record the order information sheet data. Record on medium 1.

When the print head 9 moves from one end to the other end of the recording medium 1, the control unit 110 stops the print head driving motor 98 and drives the recording medium conveying motor 99 to convey the recording medium 1 by a predetermined amount. .

The control section 110 repeats the same operation until all the first order information sheet data is recorded.

When the recording of the first order information sheet is completed, the control unit 110 drives the cutter drive motor 100 to separate the recorded first order information sheet from the long recording medium 1 and record the first order information. The sheet-shaped recording medium (first order sheet) is set (step 2).

The control unit 110 controls the recording medium discharge motor 10
1 to transport the separated first order information sheet to the sorting unit 50, and
02 to control the first order information sheet to be transported to a predetermined position for loading the first order (step 3).

When the transfer of the first order information sheet data is completed, the first image data of the first order is fetched from the host computer 90 to the image memory 92 via the interface 91 (step 4).

When a predetermined amount or all of the first image data is transferred, the control unit 110 starts printing the first image data in the same manner as printing the first order information sheet data.

When the recording of the first image is completed, the control unit 110 drives the cutter driving motor 100 to separate the recorded first image from the long recording medium 1, and the first image is recorded. The recording medium is in the form of a sheet (step 5).

The control unit 110 controls the recording medium discharge motor 10
1 to transport the sheet-shaped recording medium on which the separated first image is recorded to the sorting unit 50,
The sorter driving motor 102 for driving the sheet discharge tray 55 is controlled so that the sheet-shaped recording medium on which the first image is recorded is conveyed to the predetermined position of the sheet discharge tray 55 for the first order stacking. (Step 6).

When the first image transfer of the first order is completed, the host computer 90 sends the second image of the first order.
The second image data is transferred to the image memory 92 via the interface unit 91, is recorded on the recording medium 1 like the first image, is cut off, and is conveyed to the predetermined position of the sorting unit 50 for loading the first order. Is done.

In the same manner, all the images of the first order are recorded on the recording medium 1, and are stacked on the discharge tray 55 at a predetermined position for stacking the first order (step 7).

When recording of all images of the first order is completed, print information on the second order is transferred from the host computer 90 to the control unit 110 via the interface unit 91, and subsequently, the host computer 90 sends the second order print information. The information sheet data is transferred to the image memory 92 via the interface unit 91, and the first
Similarly to the order information sheet data, the data is recorded on the recording medium 1, cut, and then conveyed to the sorting unit 50. At this time, the control unit 110 controls the sorting unit drive motor 102 to control the second order information sheet to be conveyed to the predetermined position of the sheet discharge tray 55 for the second order stacking.

Subsequently, the images of the second order are sequentially transferred from the host computer 90, recorded on the recording medium 1, and stacked at a predetermined position of the sorting section 50 for stacking the second order.

Thereafter, the same processing is repeated for the third and subsequent orders, and information sheets and images of each order are recorded and stacked on each order stacking position of the sorting section 50 until the printing of the order is completed. Step 8).

Here, the predetermined position for loading each order will be described. In the present embodiment, as shown in the figure, the output tray 55 (part) on which the output sheet-shaped recording medium (print) is stacked reciprocates in a direction intersecting the traveling direction of the sheet-shaped recording medium. And move the sheet-shaped recording medium to the order (county).
Each time they were staggered and stacked.

According to the above arrangement, the portion on which the output sheet-shaped recording medium is stacked is simply reciprocated in a direction intersecting the traveling direction of the sheet-shaped recording medium. Orders of different sheet-shaped recording media can be sorted for each order.

Further, since the upper part of the sheet discharge tray 55 on which the sheet-shaped recording medium is stacked can be opened, the sorted orders can be easily taken out.

Further, by outputting a sheet-shaped recording medium on which information on the order is recorded for each order, the sorting is further facilitated.

In this embodiment, the information sheet data of each order is transferred and recorded before the image data. However, the information sheet data may be transferred and recorded after the image data.

Further, the sorting method is not limited to the above embodiment.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4, even if a belt conveyor 200 which moves in a direction intersecting with the printing progress direction is provided in the sorting section and the stacking position of the sheet-shaped recording media is shifted for each group, it is simple. With this configuration, it is possible to sort orders of sheet-shaped recording media having different numbers of sheets for each order.

As a method of stacking the sheet-shaped recording media, as shown in FIG. 5, the recording media may be independently arranged on the conveyor 200 for each group.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the recording is performed on the long recording medium in the form of a roll, and the recording medium is cut after the recording. Alternatively, the recording medium may be cut into a predetermined size.
Thereafter, recording may be performed, or recording may be performed using a sheet-shaped recording medium that has been cut in advance.

(Second Embodiment) A second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

In the present embodiment, as shown in the figure, an order sheet is used as an output for sorting different in size from the print for each order (county). The sorting sheets 250 are output and stacked.

By outputting sorting sheets 250 having different sizes from prints for each order, it is possible to easily sort print groups having different numbers of prints by group with a simple configuration. Is recorded, the contents of the order can be understood and the sorting can be further facilitated without visually confirming the print in the order.

(Third Embodiment) FIG. 7 is a front view of a printer according to a third embodiment, and FIG. 8 and FIG. 7 are side views of a staying portion in FIG. The third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the overall configuration will be described with reference to FIG.

The printer of this embodiment is of a type in which prints are output in parallel with two systems.

In the figure, a first paper roll 3 and a second paper roll 5 around which the recording medium 1 is wound are provided above the apparatus.

The recording medium 1 fed from the first and second paper rolls 3 and 5 is moved downward by a first roller pair 7 driven by a recording medium transport motor (not shown).
(Sub-scanning direction).

A print head 9 for ejecting ink to the recording medium 1 and forming an image on the recording medium 1 is provided between the first and second paper rolls 3 and 5 and the first roller pair 7. Is arranged.

The print head 9 has a guide 1 disposed in a direction (main scanning direction) substantially perpendicular to the direction in which the recording medium 1 is conveyed.
1 and movably engaged with the guide 11 by a print head drive motor (not shown).

The movement of the print head 9 is detected by a print head movement detection linear encoder (not shown).

Below the first roller pair 7, driven by a cutter driving motor (not shown) in the main scanning direction, the recording medium 1 on which image formation has been completed is cut in the main scanning direction to form a sheet-shaped print. A cutter 13 is provided.

Below the cutter 13, there is provided a second roller pair 17 which is driven by a recording medium discharge motor (not shown) and nips and conveys a sheet-shaped print to a staying section 20 (to be described in detail later). Have been.

Below the stagnation section 20, a sorting section 50 is provided.

The sorting section 50 has two guides 51 extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the conveying direction of the sorting section recording medium 1.
A paper discharge tray 55 on which the cut recording medium 1 is loaded is movably engaged with the two guides 51 and 53.

The paper discharge tray 55 is moved along guides 51 and 53 by a sorter driving motor (not shown).

Next, the staying section 20 will be described with reference to FIG.

The staying section 20 is provided with two stoppers 22 and 22 'driven by solenoids 21 and 21' corresponding to two types of print output.

Upstream of the stoppers 22 and 22 ', sensors 23 and 23' for detecting the presence or absence of a recording medium are provided.

Next, the electrical configuration of the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG.

In the figure, reference numeral 100 denotes a host computer which stores image data (parameters such as an image recording size and image data color-separated into YMCK) to be recorded by the printer of this embodiment. Image data sent from the host computer 90 is taken into the printer of the present embodiment via the interface unit 91.

Reference numeral 92 denotes an image memory for temporarily storing the captured image data, and reference numeral 95 denotes a signal from the printhead movement detection linear encoder 97 to receive a signal from the printer head 9.
Is a print head driver that drives the.

Reference numeral 98 denotes a print head drive motor for driving the print head 9; 99, a recording medium transport motor for driving the first roller pair 7 for nipping and transporting the recording medium 1;
00 is a cutter driving motor for driving the cutter 13, 101
Reference numeral denotes a recording medium discharge motor that drives the second roller pair 17 that sandwiches and conveys the recording medium 1, and reference numeral 102 denotes a sorting unit driving motor that drives the discharge tray 55 of the sorting unit 50.

Reference numeral 110 denotes an interface unit 19, an image memory 92, a printer head driver 95, and a staying unit 20.
The information from each of the sensors 23 and 23 ′ is taken in to generate a pulse signal of ink ejection timing, and the interface unit 91, the image memory 92, the print head driver 95, the print head drive motor 98, the recording medium transport motor 99, The control unit controls the cutter driving motor 100, the recording medium discharge motor 101, the sorting unit driving motor 102, and the solenoids 21 and 21 ′ of the staying unit 20.

The operation of the above configuration will be described. Until an image is recorded on the recording medium 1, the operation is substantially the same as that of the first embodiment. However, the print head 9 moves from one end of the guide 11 to the other end while the first paper roll 3
In addition, recording is performed on both the recording medium fed from the second paper roll 5.

For this reason, the first image data to be recorded on the recording medium fed from the first paper roll 3 and
The second image data to be recorded on the recording medium fed from the second paper roll 5 may be alternately transferred from the host computer 90 by a recording data amount corresponding to one scan of the print head 9, An image memory 92 having a sufficient capacity is provided, and first image data is stored in the host computer 9.
0, the image is temporarily stored in the image memory 92, and then the second image is transferred from the host computer 90.
The first and second image data may be sequentially read from the image memory 92 in an order corresponding to the scan of the print head 9.

When the control unit 110 captures a signal from the corresponding sensor 23 (or sensor 23 ') of the staying unit 20 and detects that there is no sheet-shaped recording medium at the corresponding staying position, the solenoid 21 (or the solenoid 21 ') to move the stopper 22 (or the stopper 22') to the position indicated by the two-dot chain line.

When the image recording is completed, the recording medium fed from the first paper roll 3 and the recording medium fed from the second paper roll 5 are cut by the cutter 13 to form a cut sheet-shaped recording medium. Medium 31 and 3
1 'falls downward, and the stopper 22 and the stopper 2
Stay temporarily at 2 '.

When the required time (the time for sufficiently drying the ink in this embodiment) elapses, the control unit 110
Drives the solenoid 21 after controlling the sorter driving motor 102 to move the sheet discharge tray 55 so that the sheet-shaped recording medium 31 is stacked at the predetermined position for stacking the sheet discharge tray 55 at the corresponding order. Then, the stopper 22 is moved to the solid line position.

Then, the sheet-shaped recording medium 31 falls to a predetermined position for loading the corresponding order on the sheet discharge tray 55 of the sorting section 50, and the sheet-shaped recording medium 31 is stacked on the sheet discharge tray 55.

Subsequently, the control unit 110 controls the sorting unit driving motor 102 to discharge the sheet-shaped recording medium 31 ′ so that the sheet-shaped recording medium 31 ′ is stacked at the corresponding predetermined position for stacking the order. After moving the plate 55, the solenoid 21 '
To move the stopper 22 'to the solid line position.

Then, the sheet-shaped recording medium 31 ′ falls to a predetermined position for stacking the corresponding sheets on the sheet discharge tray 55 of the sorting section 50, and the sheet-shaped recording medium 31 ′ is moved to the sheet discharge tray 55.
Loaded on top.

Here, when the sheet-shaped recording medium 31 and the sheet-shaped recording medium 31 'have the same order (that is, the first image and the second image have the same order),
The control unit 110 is loaded so as to be stacked at the same position on the discharge tray 55.
Controls the sorting unit 55.

Here, two paper rolls 3,5
In the above description, two images are recorded in parallel on the recording medium fed from the printer. However, when only one image is printed, the image is printed on the recording medium fed from either the paper roll 3 or the paper roll 5. After recording and cutting by the cutter 13, the control unit 110 controls the corresponding solenoid 21 (or the solenoid 21) of the staying unit 20 and the sorting unit driving motor 102 so that the sheet-shaped recording medium is At a predetermined position.

According to the above configuration, the staying unit 2 for temporarily staying the sheet-shaped recording medium on which the image is recorded before sorting.
0, where the ink is allowed to dry for a sufficient period of time to dry, so that the ink can be dried, and then, even if the prints are stacked, the ink is transferred to another print, causing image smearing or the reverse side of the print. It will not get dirty.

Further, the prints are output in parallel in a plurality of systems, and the staying section 20 is provided in each system, so that the sorting becomes easy.

[0109]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, it is only necessary to reciprocate the portion on which the output prints are stacked in a direction intersecting with the print traveling direction.
That is, with a simple configuration, print groups having different numbers of prints can be sorted for each group.

Further, since the area above the portion where the prints are stacked can be opened, the sorted groups can be easily taken out.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is only necessary to move the portion on which the output prints are stacked in a direction intersecting the direction of travel of the prints. Can be sorted by county.

Further, since the area above the portion where the prints are stacked can be opened, the sorted groups can be easily taken out.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, for each county, information about the county, for example, customer information such as customer name and customer number, order date and time, order information such as print size and number of prints, and print date and time. By outputting the print in which the print information is recorded, the contents of the county can be understood and the sorting can be further facilitated without visually checking the prints in the county.

According to the fourth, fifth and sixth aspects of the present invention, by setting the sorting output to be larger than the size of the print, it is possible to easily separate the groups having different numbers from the stacked prints with a simple configuration. .

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the information about the county is recorded in the sorting output, so that the contents of the county can be recognized without visually confirming the print in the county, and the sorting can be further facilitated. become.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, by providing the staying portion for temporarily staying the output prints before sorting, the inks of the prints can be dried. The image is not transferred, and the back surface of the print is not stained.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the residence time in the retaining section is a drying time of the ink.
The ink of the print can be completely dried, and even if the prints are subsequently stacked, the ink is transferred to another print, and the image is not stained and the back surface of the print is not stained.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, the prints are output in parallel in a plurality of systems, and the staying portions are provided in each system, thereby facilitating sorting.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front configuration diagram of a printer according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating another example of the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating another example of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a front configuration diagram of a printer according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a side view of the staying portion of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of FIG. 7;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Recording medium 7 1st roller pair 9 Print head 13 Cutter 17 2nd roller pair 20 Staying part 50 Sorting part 55 Discharge tray (part)

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Claims (10)

[Claims] In an ink jet printer for sorting output prints by county, a portion on which output prints are stacked is reciprocated in a direction intersecting with the print traveling direction, and the prints are alternately shifted by county. An ink jet printer characterized by stacking. 2. In an ink jet printer for sorting output prints for each group, a portion on which the output prints are stacked is moved in a direction intersecting with the direction of travel of the prints, and a position where the prints are stacked is shifted for each group. A sorting device for an ink jet printer, comprising: 3. The ink jet printer according to claim 1, wherein a print in which information on the county is recorded is output for each county. 4. An ink jet printer for sorting output prints for each group, wherein the output for sorting is different from the print size for each group. 5. The ink jet printer according to claim 4, wherein the output for the different sizes is performed by changing the cutting length by using a long recording medium in the form of a roll. 6. A storage section for separately storing a print sheet for recording an image and a separation sheet having a size different from that of the print sheet, wherein different recording sheets are output at the time of image recording and at the time of division output. The inkjet printer according to claim 4, wherein: 7. The ink jet printer according to claim 4, wherein information on a county is recorded in the sorting output. 8. A printing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a stagnant section for temporarily stagnating the output prints before sorting them.
An inkjet printer according to any one of claims 1 to 7. 9. The ink jet printer according to claim 8, wherein the staying time in the staying section is a drying time of the ink. 10. The ink jet printer according to claim 8, wherein the prints are output in parallel in a plurality of systems, and the staying section is provided in each system.