JP2001260426A - Method and apparatus for seal recording - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and an apparatus for seal recording in which not only a single frame printing but also continuous printing can be carried out when seal recording is performed using a recording medium provided with a basic seal material strippable from a basic stripping material and in which the basic seal material can be stripped easily from the basic stripping material. SOLUTION: The basic seal material provided with an adhesive layer on the rear surface is laid on the basic stripping material and, in order to perform seal recording using a roll recording medium 20, the roll recording medium is fed, carried and discharged. On the other hand, thermal sublimation or thermal transfer recording is performed based on print data and rotary cutters 11, 12 performing any one of half cut only of the basic seal material or full cut up to the basic stripping material are provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sticker recording method and a sticker recording apparatus, and more particularly to a technique for performing sticker recording in an arbitrary form.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, after printing and recording on the surface of a seal base material including paper, the seal base material is peeled off from the release base material, so that an adhesive layer provided on the back surface of the seal base material allows the seal base material to be located at an arbitrary position. It is performed to record a sticker that can be adhered to a sheet.

[0003] For example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-257427, "Digital Camera Having Seal Printer Function and Seal Cartridge and Recording Medium Used Therefor," printers and digital cameras are becoming smaller. There has been proposed a seal printer in which a photographed image can be printed and recorded on the spot.

According to Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 10-244728, a seal paper provided with a plurality of pre-cut seal portions so as to be peeled off from a release substrate is used, and the seal paper is peeled off in the margin of a non-printed seal paper. There is disclosed a technique of recording information on a seal portion to be peeled off, reliably obtaining print data of a number corresponding to the number of seal portions to be peeled, and performing seal recording.

[0005]

However, according to each of the above publications, a recording medium having a plurality of pre-cut seal portions so as to be peeled off from a release substrate is used. Since the printing method is limited to a method of printing one frame on the seal portion, for example, continuous printing cannot be performed.

[0006] It is surprisingly troublesome to set a recording medium having a plurality of such pre-cut seal portions in an apparatus.

[0007] Therefore, a sealing base material provided with an adhesive layer on the back surface is superimposed on a release base material, a roll-shaped recording medium is set, and a cutter is built in the recording apparatus. If it is configured to perform full cutting to the size, continuous printing is possible, and the troublesome work of setting the recording medium in the device will also be eliminated, but if the full cutting is performed in this way, the seal part and The peeling substrate is in close contact with the gap without any gap, and it is very difficult to peel the substrate. If you try to forcibly peel it off, the printed seal will be bent or damaged.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and when performing seal recording using a recording medium provided with a seal portion (substrate) that can be peeled off from a release substrate, For the purpose of providing a seal recording method and a seal recording apparatus which enables not only printing of one frame but also continuous printing, for example, and which can easily peel off a seal base material from a release base material when full-cut. I have.

[0009]

Means for Solving the Problems To solve the above-mentioned problems,
In order to achieve the object, according to the present invention, there is provided a seal recording method for performing recording using a roll-shaped recording medium in which a seal substrate provided with an adhesive layer on the back surface is laminated on a release substrate. A transporting step of supplying, transporting and discharging the roll-shaped recording medium; a recording step of performing recording on the surface of the seal base material by a method including thermal sublimation or thermal transfer recording based on print data; A cutting step of performing a half-cut only of the material or both or one of a full cut up to the release substrate, and a selecting step of selecting a plurality of cutting modes performed in cooperation with the cutting step and the recording step, A control step of controlling the transporting step, the recording step, and the cutting step based on a selection result in the selecting step.

[0010] Further, there is provided a seal recording apparatus for superposing a seal base material provided with an adhesive layer on a back surface thereof on a release base material and performing recording using a roll-shaped recording medium. Conveying means for supplying, conveying and discharging, recording means for performing recording on the surface of the seal base material by a method including thermal sublimation or thermal transfer recording based on print data, and half-cutting or peeling base of only the seal base material Cutting means for performing both or any of full cutting up to the material, selecting means for selecting a plurality of cutting modes performed in cooperation with the cutting means and the recording means, the transporting means, the recording means, and And a control unit connected to the disconnecting unit and the selecting unit and performing control based on a selection result by the selecting unit.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a seal recording apparatus. As a recording method for performing recording based on print data on a surface of a seal base material, thermal sublimation or thermal transfer recording is performed. Although the case is shown in detail below, the thermal sublimation or thermal transfer recording method shown in the figure is relatively excellent at the present time in terms of miniaturization and cost reduction. The case where the sublimation or thermal transfer recording method is adopted is shown,
The recording method is not limited to this, and may be a recording method that can be configured to be small, such as ink jet recording.

In FIG. 1, the sticker recording device 1 indicated by a dashed line has various modes of use. The case where the sticker recording device 1 is connected to a personal computer 2 as shown in the figure will be described below. An interface cable for transmitting print data serially or in parallel between the personal computer 2 and the main body 1 is connected to the buffer unit 3, and the buffer unit 3 is connected to a control unit 4 for performing control described later. ing.

The personal computer 2 has a CD-ROM storing software attached to or separately provided from the sticker recording apparatus 1.
An operation program, which will be described later, is loaded from the ROM, and a display for operation is performed on the screen. The operator inputs according to this display to obtain a seal print, which will be described later.

The apparatus 1 is loaded with a roll-shaped recording medium 20 wound in a roll form as shown in the figure, and is unwound as shown in the figure so that the tip comes out from the opening 1a of the apparatus 1. Set with the recording side up. This roll-shaped recording medium 20 is obtained by laminating a sealing base material provided with an adhesive layer on the back surface on a continuous band-shaped base on which a release material is formed on a base material, and can be peeled off from the release base material. The seal base is formed continuously as described above. Therefore,
It may be a roll-shaped recording medium in a step before the conventional sealing portion is cut by a plurality of pieces in advance.

As shown, the roll-shaped recording medium 20 set to be rotatable includes a drive roller 10 driven by a first motor M1 connected to a control unit 4 via a motor driver 5. By being driven by the platen roller 9, a portion unrolled from the roll-shaped recording medium 20 as shown in the drawing is conveyed in forward and reverse directions through a buffer zone, thereby performing color printing.

In order to perform this color printing, a thermal line head 8 having a heat generating portion of a predetermined width extending in the front and back direction of the sheet opposite to the platen roller 9 is moved between an operation position shown and a standby position not shown. To move up and down. The thermal line head 8 is energized at any time based on print data separated into three primary colors sent from a print data buffer unit 6 connected to the control unit 4.
A recording ribbon built in the ribbon cassette 7 is stretched between the thermal line head 8 and the sheet base of the roll-shaped recording medium 20 as shown in the figure.

The ribbon cassette 7 includes a plurality of colors of yellow Y, magenta M, and cyan C which are subjected to thermal sublimation printing or thermal transfer printing on a base film serving as a recording ribbon base material.
And the overcoat layer are sequentially and repeatedly arranged, and a mark detected by an optical sensor is formed at the starting corner of the overcoat layer with yellow Y, magenta M, and cyan C, as described later. The timing for energizing to perform thermal transfer and thermal sublimation can be measured.

After use, the recording ribbon is taken up by a second motor M2 connected to the motor driver 5.

Next, there is provided cutting means for performing a half cut of only the seal base material or a full cut to the release base material,
Third motor M connected to motor driver 5 described above
The rotary cutter 11 is provided so as to be moved in parallel by the drive of No. 3 so as to move between a standby position shown in the drawing and an operating position not shown. This rotary cutter 11
The fixed blade member 12 that is rotatably driven by the fourth motor M4 connected to the motor driver 5 so as to be able to perform a full cut and a half cut, which will be described later, is provided. The thermal line head 8 is provided on the downstream side.

Here, as shown in the external perspective views of FIGS. 2A and 2B, a guillotine-type cutter 110 is provided in place of the rotary cutter 11 so as to be driven up and down. The fixing member 120 is provided at the tip of the blade portion of the guillotine type cutter 11.
0 may be configured to perform a full cut and a half cut described later by making the stroke of the vertical drive variable, and a thermal line head 8 as shown in FIG.
May be provided on the upstream side. When the cutter is provided on the upstream side of the thermal line head 8 as described above, the buffer zone shown in FIG. 1 is not necessary, but the drive roller 10 needs an extra number for conveyance after cutting. Become. In FIG. 2A, the width of the heat generating portion of the thermal line head 8 and the width of the recording ribbon are set to be equal to or larger than the width W of the roll-shaped recording medium 20.

Next, FIG. 3 shows the seal recording apparatus 1 described above.
5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment. FIG.
(A)-(c) is a figure which shows the recording result.

In FIG. 3, when the apparatus 1 is started, a print to be printed is selected from a personal computer screen in step S1. Subsequently, in step S2, (a) to (b) of FIG.
One of the cut modes shown in (c) is selected while looking at the personal computer screen.

Thereafter, in step S3, FIG.
When the one-frame print shown in FIG. 4A is selected, the process proceeds to step S4, where one frame of the selected print is printed on the seal base material. This print is the above-mentioned multiple colors of yellow Y,
Magenta M, cyan C, and the overcoat layer are sequentially sent out, and power is supplied to the thermal line head, and the transfer is performed in the forward and reverse directions.

Thereafter, in step S5, the rotary cutter 11 is moved by retracting the groove of the fixed blade member 12, or the guillotine cutter is driven by a motor and stopped just before the full cut, as shown in FIG. As shown in a), half cut HC is performed on a portion of about 2 mm before and after printing. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S6, in which the groove portion of the fixed blade member 12 is positioned so that the rotary blade enters, and a full cut FC is performed. Thus, the cutting in the apparatus 1 is completed, and the processing is completed by discharging the sheet to the outside of the apparatus in step S7.

Also, in step S8, FIG.
When the print of an arbitrary length shown in FIG.
Then, the user proceeds to step 9 to specify the number of the selected prints to be printed.
Thereafter, in step S10, continuous printing for the designated number of prints is performed on the seal base material.

Thereafter, in step S5, the rotary cutter 11 or the guillotine cutter is driven by a motor so that the half-cut HC is cut into a portion of about 2 mm before and after the continuous printing as shown in FIG. Perform Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S6, where a full cut FC is performed. Thus, the cutting in the apparatus 1 is completed, and the processing is completed by discharging the sheet to the outside of the apparatus in step S7.

Then, in step S11, FIG.
When half-cut printing for performing half-cut before and after printing is selected as shown in FIG.
The process proceeds to step S2, where the half cut is performed, the print selected in step S13 is printed, and the process is terminated by discharging the print in step S7 to the outside of the apparatus. In the above description, the case where the cut mode in step S2 is selected while looking at the personal computer screen has been described. However, the cut mode may be selected by a key switch or the like which is provided in advance in the printer body for each cut mode. good.

Next, FIG. 5 is a side view showing a state in which the seal base material on which the seal recording has been performed as described above is easily peeled off from the half cut HC. As shown in FIG. By bending the portion upward, the adhesive force is released. From this state, the seal recording portion P can be peeled from the peeling substrate B. That is,
If the full cut is made, the seal recording portion P and the peeling base material B will be in close contact with no gap, making it very difficult to peel off. However, the half cut as described above makes it easy to peel off. .

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described configuration, and it is needless to say that various configurations are possible. For example, it is possible to apply the present invention to monochrome printing in addition to the above-described color printing. Needless to say. Also, various types of certificate issuing devices may be configured as a dedicated seal recording device in which functions to be performed by the personal computer are integrated.

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When performing seal recording using a recording medium provided with a seal base material that can be peeled off from the release base material, not only one-frame printing but also continuous printing, for example, is possible. A seal recording method and a seal recording apparatus that can be easily peeled off from a material can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a sticker recording apparatus.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are external perspective views of a sticker recording apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the sticker recording apparatus 1;

FIGS. 4A to 4C are plan views showing recording results.

FIG. 5 is a half-cut H seal material on which a seal record is recorded.
It is the side view which showed a mode that it peeled off easily from the part of C.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Seal recording device 2 Personal computer 4 Control part 7 Ribbon cassette 8 Line thermal head 11 Rotary cutter 12 Fixed blade member

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A seal recording method in which a sealing base material provided with an adhesive layer on the back surface is superimposed on a release base material and recording is performed using a roll-shaped recording medium. A transporting step of supplying, transporting and discharging, a recording step of performing recording on a surface of the seal base material by a method including thermal sublimation or thermal transfer recording based on print data, and a half cut or peeling of only the seal base material A cutting step of performing both or any of full cutting up to the base material, a selecting step of selecting a plurality of cutting modes performed in cooperation with the cutting step and the recording step, and based on a selection result in the selecting step. A seal recording method, comprising: a control step of controlling the transporting step, the recording step, and the cutting step. 2. A seal recording apparatus for performing recording using a roll-shaped recording medium in which a sealing base material provided with an adhesive layer on the back surface is laminated on a release base material, and the recording is performed using a roll-shaped recording medium. Conveying means for supplying, conveying, and discharging; recording means for performing recording on the surface of the seal base material based on print data by a method including thermal sublimation or thermal transfer recording; and half-cutting or peeling base of only the seal base material Cutting means for performing both or any of full cutting up to the material; selecting means for selecting a plurality of cutting modes performed in cooperation with the cutting means and the recording means; the transporting means, the recording means, and A seal recording apparatus, comprising: a control unit connected to a cutting unit and the selection unit, and performing control based on a selection result of the selection unit.