JP2002292971A - Recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recorder in which error recovery processing of a recording medium can be facilitated. SOLUTION: The recorder 100 having a recording section 150 on the front side is arranged such that error recovery processing of a recording medium can be operated in the front 104 of the recording section from the lower side 105a of the carrying passage of a recording medium carrying means 140. Even when the recording medium is jammed on the carrying passage thereof, jam error recovery processing can be operated easily by inserting a hand from the lower side of the recording medium carrying passage in front of the recording section.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to relates to a recording apparatus for recording information on a recording medium, a recording apparatus having a recording unit, particularly the front side of the apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, an ink jet printer, which is one of recording apparatuses, includes a print head mounted on a carriage reciprocating in a main scanning direction and a printing paper intermittently set in a sub scanning direction by a set amount. It is provided with a paper transport means for transporting, printing paper is transported in the sub-scanning direction while the print head is moved in the main scanning direction, and ink droplets are ejected from the print head onto the printing paper to print information. ing.

[0003] As a type of the ink jet type printer, a back paper feed type in which printing paper is stored in a tray provided on the back side of the printer body and discharged to a stacker provided on the front side of the printer body. And a front paper feed type in which printing paper is stored in a tray that can be inserted and removed from the front side of the printer main body, and is discharged to a stacker provided on the front side of the printer main body. In the front-feed type ink jet printer, the print head and the like are disposed on the front side of the printer main body, and the paper transport path from the tray to the stacker is formed flat.

[0004]

When a paper jam occurs on the paper transport path during use of the above-described conventional front-feeding type ink jet printer, the user is required to place the printer on the front side of the printer body. The user inserts his hand through the provided tray insertion slot to remove the paper that has caused a paper jam. However, since the tray insertion opening is narrower, or pledged hand, it is difficult to pull out to the outside by holding the print paper with a finger, effort is applied.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a recording apparatus capable of easily performing error recovery processing of a recording medium.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording apparatus having a recording section on the front side of the apparatus, wherein a recording medium transport path is provided in front of the recording section. The error recovery processing of the recording medium is operable from below. Accordingly, even when the recording medium has caused the transport path on an example jamming of the recording medium, the front of the recording unit, and easily manipulate the error recovery process in jam pledged hand from the lower side of the recording medium transportation path be able to.

[0007] In the invention according to claim 2 is the recording apparatus according to claim 1, the frame of the apparatus body is characterized in that portions corresponding to the lower side of the recording portion is cut out. As a result, the notch of the frame is connected to the insertion slot of the tray provided on the front side of the apparatus main body, so that the user can make a relatively large portion formed from the bottom side to the front side of the apparatus main body. It is sufficient to insert a hand through the opening, and for example, a recording medium having a jam on the transport path of the recording medium can be easily removed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the recording apparatus according to the second aspect, the frame is cut off at a portion other than a guide portion of a tray for storing the recording medium. . Thus, even if the frame is cut out, there is no need to separately provide a guide portion for the tray, so that it is possible to reduce the number of components and cost.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a configuration example of an ink jet printer, which is one of the ink jet recording apparatuses according to an embodiment of the present invention, as viewed obliquely from the front. The inkjet printer 100 has a flat rectangular parallelepiped shape, and is configured so that all operations can be performed from one side (hereinafter, referred to as a front side). The paper transport unit 140 and the printing unit 150 shown in FIG. 4 and the like described later of the ink jet printer 100 are covered by a housing 101 having an open front side and a front frame 102 fitted on the front side of the housing 101. ing.

As shown in FIG. 1, the casing 101 is formed by, for example, sheet metal working of a metal plate or by injection molding of plastic. As shown in FIG. 1, the front frame 102 is formed by injection molding of a plastic. Stackers 120 are arranged vertically, an operation panel 130 is arranged beside them, and an arrow b shown above the opening.
An open / close cover 103 that can be opened and closed in the front-rear direction is attached.

As shown in FIG. 2, the tray 110 has a main body 111 for storing the printing paper before printing in a stacked state, and a diagonally upward lifting of the front portion of the printing paper for supplying the stacked and stored printing paper one by one. It has a hopper 112. As shown in FIG. 2, the main body 111 is made slightly larger than, for example, A4 size printing paper. The main body 111 includes a positioning member 111 a for positioning the printing paper in the width direction of the printing paper disposed therein. It is designed to be positioned at a predetermined position by a lengthwise positioning member not to be stacked and stored.

As shown in FIG. 2, the hopper 112 has a paper supporting portion 112a provided at a front portion inside the main body 111 and a leg portion 112b integrally formed with the paper supporting portion 112a. The front part of the printing paper is lifted obliquely upward by the paper support part 112a that pivots around the end of the leg part 112b by the urging member 112c locked to the part 112b and the inner bottom surface of the main body 111. I have.

This tray 110 is, as shown in FIG.
The printing paper can be supplied in a state where the printing paper is stored in the housing 101 behind the front frame 102, and as shown in FIG. The printing paper can be replenished or replaced. As the printing paper, plain paper, special paper, recommended OH
P-sheets, glossy papers, glossy films, label sheets, postcards made by government, and the like can be used.

As shown in FIG. 3, the stacker 120 holds a receiving tray 121 for receiving and placing printing paper discharged after printing is completed, and a rear end portion of the receiving tray 121 pulled out forward. Or the cradle 12 pushed backward
1 is provided. Cradle 121
Is made slightly larger than, for example, A4 size printing paper, and is configured to hold the printing paper discharged after printing is completed. The base 122 is fixed in the housing 101, and is configured to support or receive or hold the receiving base 121 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction.

As shown in FIG. 1, the operation panel 130 is provided with a power button 131, a reset button 132, a paper discharge button 133, and the like.
1 is electrically connected to a dedicated controller board or the like of the control unit 160 incorporated in the controller 1. This operation panel 13
By operating each of the 0 buttons 131 to 133, etc.,
The inkjet printer 100 can be started, printed, stopped, and the like.

The opening / closing cover 103 is, as shown in FIG.
It is formed in a size that can cover substantially the upper half of the front frame 102 by injection molding of plastic, so that it can be pivotally opened and closed about the lower part by pulling the upper part forward and pushing it backward. It is configured. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the supporting ribs 103a are formed at two lower portions of the opening / closing cover 103 so as to protrude.
3 a is supported by the front frame 102 as a pivot center of the opening / closing cover 103. Further, locking ribs 103b are formed at upper portions of both side surfaces of the opening / closing cover 103 so as to protrude therefrom. 1
02.

Then, as shown in FIG.
A paper transport unit 140 is disposed above the tray 110 when the cover 03 is opened. Above the paper transport unit 140, a main scanning direction (a carriage 151 to be described later) indicated by an arrow c is shown.
(A scanning direction) is provided. Here, FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state where the housing 101, the front frame 102, and the opening / closing cover 103 are removed, and FIG.
FIG. 7 is a front view thereof, FIG. 8 is a side view thereof, and a detailed configuration of the sheet transport unit 140 and the printing unit 150 will be described with reference to FIGS.

The paper transport section 140 transports printing paper to the housing 10.
1 has a function of transporting it from the tray 110 stored in the tray 1 to the stacker 120 pulled out to the front side, and the following members are arranged in order from the rear side to the front side. That is, a first paper guide 141 (see FIGS. 5, 6, and 8) disposed above the tray 110, a paper feed roller 142 (see FIGS. 5, 6, and 8) disposed vertically opposed, and a pad 143a. Pad holder 143 (see FIG. 8) having pad holder 143 (see FIG. 8), second paper guide 144 that supports pad holder 143 (see FIG. 8), and driven rollers 145 (see FIGS. 5 to 8) that are vertically opposed to each other. , A paper feed roller 146 (see FIGS. 5, 6, and 8), a third paper guide 147 (see FIGS. 5 to 8) disposed below the printing unit 150, and a discharge jagged roller 148 that is vertically opposed. (FIGS. 5-8
And a paper discharge roller 149 (see FIGS. 5, 7, and 8).

The printing unit 150 includes a carriage 151 (see FIGS. 5 to 8) movable in the main scanning direction.
An ink cartridge 152 (see FIGS. 5 to 8) detachably mounted in the front-rear direction with respect to the carriage 151;
A print head 153 (see FIGS. 7 and 8),
A guide rod 154 (see FIGS. 5 to 8) for guiding the movement of the carriage 151, a flexible wiring board 155 (see FIGS. 5 to 7) for electrically connecting the print head 153 and a dedicated controller board of the control unit 160, and an ink cartridge. Assist means 156 (see FIGS. 5 to 8) for assisting in attaching / detaching 152 to / from carriage 151 is provided. The ink cartridge 152 includes a total of four color tanks, for example, yellow, magenta, cyan, and black.
It is configured so that full-color printing is possible.

As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, a drive motor 171 and a gear mechanism 172 are disposed on one side of the paper transport unit 140 as a transport drive unit 170 for driving the paper transport unit 140. A drive motor 181 and a belt mechanism 182 as a print driving unit 180 of the unit 150 are disposed on the rear side of the printing unit 150.

The operation of such a configuration will be briefly described. It is assumed that the connection wiring and the connection of the power plug between the inkjet printer 100 and a computer or the like have already been completed. First, in a state shown in FIG. 1, the user pulls a finger on a concave portion provided on the bottom surface of the tray 110 and pulls the finger as shown in FIG. 2.
Pull 10 forward.

Subsequently, after a plurality of printing papers are stored in a stacked state at a predetermined position in the main body 111 of the tray 110, the tray 110 is pushed backward and set. At this time, the front of the printing paper is lifted obliquely upward by the hopper 112, and the front end of the top printing paper contacts the paper feed roller 142.

Next, the user hangs his finger on the concave portion provided on the bottom surface of the stacker 120 and pulls it.
As shown in FIG. 3, the stacker 120 is pulled out forward. Then, the user operates the operation panel 130 to put the inkjet printer 100 in a standby state, and inputs a print command from a computer or the like.

Then, as shown in FIG.
The uppermost sheet of printing paper P is guided by the first paper guide 141 and the second paper guide 144 and is drawn forward by the rotation of the paper feed roller 142 in the sub-scanning direction. And the pad 143a, and is sent further forward. Then, the printing paper P is sandwiched between the driven roller 145 and the paper feed roller 146 and is sent further forward.

When the printing paper P reaches the third paper guide 147, the movement of the carriage 151 in the main scanning direction is started. Then, the printing paper P being conveyed in the sub-scanning direction
On the other hand, the print head 153 ejects ink droplets while moving in the main scanning direction, and prints predetermined print information on the printing paper P. At this time, the scanning timing and the ink ejection timing of the print head 153 are controlled by a dedicated controller board or the like of the control unit 160, and high-precision ink dot control, halftone processing, and the like are executed.

Then, the printing paper P is sandwiched between the paper discharge roller 148 and the paper discharge roller 149 and sent further forward, and finally the printing paper P on which printing is completed is discharged onto the stacker 120. Is done. When the ink in the ink cartridge 152 is exhausted, the open / close cover 103 is opened as shown in FIG.
Is rotated forward as shown by an arrow d in the drawing to separate it from the ink cartridge 152, and as shown in FIG. 10, the ink cartridge 152 is pulled out forward as shown by an arrow e in the drawing.
Replace with a new ink cartridge 152.

As described above, according to the ink jet printer 100, all the operations are performed on the front side from the setting of the printing paper P before printing to the removal of the printing paper P after printing, and the replacement of the ink cartridge 152. Since the processing can be performed, the operation is quick and easy, the printing efficiency can be improved, and the peripheral devices can be installed on the upper portion of the printer, so that the work space can be effectively used.

FIG. 11 and FIG. 12 is a perspective view from perspective view and a front upward as viewed on the characteristic features of the ink jet printer 100 from the front upper right. A characteristic part of the ink jet printer 100 is a printing unit 150.
, From the lower side of the transport path of the paper transport unit 140, an error of the printing paper P, for example, a recovery process for a paper jam or the like can be operated.

That is, the insertion port 104 of the tray 110 or the stacker 120 is provided in front of the printing unit 150, and the insertion port 10
An opening 105a continuing from No. 4 is provided. This opening 1
05a, as shown in FIG. 13, by a portion corresponding to below the transport path of the paper conveying unit 140 in the base frame 105 constituting the casing 101 cut out portion excluding the guide portion 105b of the tray 110 Is formed.

In such a configuration, the error recovery processing operation of the printing paper P will be described with reference to the perspective views seen from the bottom side in FIGS. If, for example, a paper jam occurs near the paper feed roller 142, the pad 143a, and the pad holder 143 on the transport path of the paper transport unit 140 while using the inkjet printer 100, the user inserts the paper as shown in FIG. The tray 110 and the stacker 120 inserted from the opening 104 are completely pulled out to the outside, and as shown in FIG.
To state 5a is open connected.

In this state, as shown in FIG. 16, the paper transport unit 140 is completely exposed, so that the user can connect his hand through the opened insertion opening 104 and the opening 105a to clear the paper jam. from the resulting location printing paper P
Get rid of. As described above, since the user only has to insert his / her hand through the relatively large opening formed from the bottom side to the front side of the ink jet printer 100, the error recovery processing of the printing paper P is easily operated. be able to.

The guide portion 105b of the tray 110 remains on the base frame 105, and
Since the guide portion 105b need not be separately provided, the number of components can be reduced and the cost can be reduced.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to various embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and other embodiments may be implemented within the scope of the invention described in the appended claims. It goes without saying that also applies. For example, a printer has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to, for example, a recording device such as a facsimile device or a copying device.

[0035]

As described above, according to the recording apparatus of the present invention, even when the recording medium is jammed on the recording medium transport path, for example, even before the recording section and the recording medium transport path. The error recovery process for the jam can be easily operated by inserting a hand from below.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a configuration example of an ink jet printer, which is one of the ink jet recording apparatuses according to an embodiment of the present invention, as viewed obliquely from the front.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where a tray of the ink jet printer of FIG. 1 is pulled out.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state where a stacker of the ink jet printer of FIG. 1 is pulled out.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which an opening / closing cover of the ink jet printer of FIG. 1 is opened.

5 is a perspective view showing a state in which a housing, a front frame, and an opening / closing cover of the ink jet printer of FIG. 1 are removed.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the ink jet printer of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the ink jet printer of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a side view of the ink jet printer of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a first perspective view showing a procedure for replacing an ink cartridge of the ink jet printer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a second perspective view showing a procedure for replacing an ink cartridge of the ink jet printer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a characteristic portion of the ink jet printer of FIG. 1 as viewed from the upper front right side.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a characteristic part of the ink jet printer of FIG. 1 as viewed from the front upper side.

13 is a plan view of the frame which is a characteristic part of an ink jet printer of FIG.

[14] first as seen from the bottom side showing the error recovery process operation of the printing paper of the ink-jet printer of FIG. 1
It is a perspective view of.

FIG. 15 is a second view from the bottom side showing the error recovery processing operation of the printing paper of the ink jet printer of FIG. 1;
It is a perspective view of.

FIG. 16 is a third bottom view illustrating the error recovery processing operation of the printing paper of the ink jet printer of FIG. 1;
It is a perspective view of.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 ink jet printer 101 housing 102 front frame 103 opening / closing cover 104 insertion slot 105 base frame 105 a opening 105 b guide section 110 tray 111 main body 112 hopper 120 stacker 121 receiving base 122 base 130 operation panel 140 paper transport section 141 first paper guide 142 paper feed roller 143 pad holder 144 second paper guide 145 driven roller 146 paper feed roller 147 third paper guide 148 paper discharge jaw roller 149 paper discharge roller 150 printing unit 151 carriage 152 ink cartridge 153 print head 154 guide rod 155 flexible wiring board 156 Assist means 160 Control unit 170 Transport drive unit 171 Drive motor 172 Gear mechanism 180 Print drive unit 181 Drive motor 182 Belt mechanism

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A recording apparatus having a recording section on the front side of the apparatus, wherein an error recovery process for the recording medium is operable from the front of the recording section and below the recording medium transport path. Recording device. 2. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a portion of the frame of the apparatus main body corresponding to a portion below the recording unit is cut off. Wherein the frame is a recording apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that the portion except for the guide portion of the tray for accommodating the recording medium is cut out.