JP2002298455A - Information recording and reproducing device and information processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To write/read information to/from a recording disk carrier and to print out information on a print area of the recording carrier by using one recording medium support means and to prevent the information recorded on the recording medium and print contents from being noncoincident. SOLUTION: The information recording and reproducing device is provided with a support means that removably supports the recording disk carrier, an information recording means 2 that writes the information to the recording carrier, an information reproducing means 2 that reads the information recorded on the recording carrier, a print control means 3 that prints out information on a print area of the recording carrier supported by the support means, and a control means 1 that controls the information recording means, the information reproducing means and the print means. The control means 1 stops driving the information recording means 2 and the information reproducing means 2 when driving the print means 3, while stopping driving the print means 3 when the control means 1 drives either of the information recording means 2 and the information reproducing means 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a CD drive capable of writing and reading data to and from a CD, and more particularly, to a printing function capable of printing desired information on a CD label surface. The present invention relates to a CD drive device provided with

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, personal computers (PCs)
With the spread of such, as a storage medium that can be applied to this,
Various things are used. Among them, CD-R (Compact
Disk-Recordable) and CD-RW (Compact Disk Re-Writable)
A CD recorder that writes data to a write-once optical disc such as a hard disk has a large storage capacity and is inexpensive. For example, various data such as a document file created by a PC and a digital image photographed by a digital camera are stored on a CD-R or CD-RW.

When such a CD-R or CD-RW is used, the contents are written on the label surface of the CD so that the contents of the data written on the CD can be visually distinguished. As a description method, a tape-shaped sticker on which the title is printed is attached, or a title or image is printed by a printer on a disk-shaped sticker sheet specially prepared for a CD label, and the printed sticker is attached to the CD. A method of sticking on a label surface and the like are performed. Among them, in the latter, a print area corresponding to the CD shape can be formed, which is preferable in terms of appearance and securing of the described area. However, in this case, since the user has to manually attach a separately prepared sticker to the CD, there is a problem that it takes time and is difficult to attach the sticker well.

[0004] For this reason, in addition to the above-described method of sticking a sticker-like label, a label-printable CD in which a printing area is formed by providing an ink receiving layer on the label surface of the CD in advance is also used. . As a device for performing printing on the printing area of the CD, there is a CD label printer which performs printing by directly ejecting ink to the printing area using an ink jet recording method. This printer is based on an ordinary ink jet printer, and sets a CD on a CD label printing tray.
In general, a printing tray in which D is set is sent to a platen and printing is performed by a recording head. According to this printer, unlike a commercial offset printing press that prints a large number of CD labels, it is possible to beautifully print desired description information created by an individual even on a single CD.

[0005]

However, since the conventional CD label printer is a dedicated device for printing, it does not have a function as a CD drive such as writing and reading for CD. For this reason,
Users who have a CD label printer as described above,
At present, a CD drive for writing and reading to and from a CD-R, a CD-RW and the like is separately owned, and each device is operated separately as needed.

For example, when data is written to a CD-R or the like, a CD is taken out from a tray of a CD recorder, mounted on a printing tray, set in a printer together with the tray, and printed. Is performed. For this reason, the attachment / detachment to / from the CD, particularly the attachment work to the print tray is troublesome, and in some cases, the C
D is mistaken, and a CD on which information different from the content to be printed is written is set in a printer, and an error such as printing the wrong description on a label tends to occur.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-32030 discloses a "method of printing on write-once media". The publication proposes a system in which a CD recorder and a CD label printer are connected to a single PC to facilitate creation of data to be printed on a label, but a mechanical structure such as a tray for holding a CD is provided. No specific description has been made about the control operation and the control operation, and the present situation has not been implemented.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and includes a recording and reading operation of information on a disk-shaped record carrier and a printing operation on a print area of the record carrier. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information recording / reproducing apparatus and an information processing system which can be performed by using a support means and can prevent occurrence of inconsistency between a record carrier and printed contents.

[0009]

The present invention has the following arrangement to solve the above-mentioned problems.

That is, the present invention provides a support means for detachably supporting a disk-shaped record carrier, an information recording means for performing an operation of writing information on the disk-shaped record carrier supported by the support means, Information reproducing means for reading information recorded on a disc-shaped record carrier, printing means for performing printing in accordance with predetermined print information on a print area of the disc-shaped record carrier supported by the support means, the information recording means, A control unit for controlling the information reproducing unit and the printing unit, wherein the control unit stops driving of the information recording unit and the information reproducing unit when the printing unit is driven, and one of the information recording unit and the information reproducing unit. The driving of the printing means is stopped at the time of driving.

[0011] The information recording means may move relative to a disc-shaped recording carrier supported by the support member and eject ink to a printing area formed on the disc-shaped recording carrier. It can be considered.

Further, as the disk-shaped record carrier,
It is a write-once optical disk, and the information recording means can perform an information writing operation by irradiating the optical disk with a light beam.

[0013] Further, as the disk-shaped record carrier,
It is preferably CD-R or CD-RW.

[0014] The printing means may discharge ink from a print head and discharge ink onto a print area of the disk-shaped record carrier to perform printing.

Further, the supporting means includes a tray for detachably holding a disk, a tray for storing a disk for performing a recording operation and a reading operation for a disk-shaped record carrier, and a disk discharge position for separating from the disk. Tray moving means for selectively moving the tray, and the tray moving means may be controlled by the control means.

Further, the control means may prohibit the tray from moving to the disk ejection position when at least one of the information recording means and the label printing means is driven.

Further, the control means controls the movement of the tray to the disk discharge position when the information recording operation by the information recording means on the disk-shaped record carrier is completed and before the printing operation by the printing means is started. The printing operation by the printing means can be prohibited when the tray is moved to the disc ejection position.

[0018] Further, the control means terminates printing on the print area of the disk-shaped recording medium by the printing means,
And, before the information writing operation by the information recording means is started, the movement of the tray to the disc ejection position is permitted, and when the tray is moved to the disc ejection position, the writing of information by the information recording means is prohibited. can do.

Further, the control means moves the tray to the disk discharge position when the information recording operation on the disk-shaped record carrier by the information recording means is completed and before the printing operation by the printing means is started. The printing operation by the printing means is interrupted when the tray is moved to the disc ejection position, and the printing operation by the printing means is stopped when the tray moved to the disc ejection position is moved again to the disc storage position. It can be restarted.

The control means may control the tray to move to the disk discharge position when the printing on the printing area of the disk-shaped recording medium by the printing means is completed and before the information writing operation by the information recording means is started. When the tray is moved to the disc ejection position, writing of information by the information recording means is interrupted when the tray is moved to the disc ejection position, and when the tray moved to the disc ejection position is moved to the disc storage position again, the information recording means is stopped. Can be restarted.

[0021] Further, there are provided identification information generating means for generating identification information attached to the disc-shaped record carrier, and identification information transmitting means for transmitting information transmitted from the identification information generating means to a predetermined information processing apparatus. It is desirable.

The present invention also relates to an information processing apparatus for supplying information to the information recording / reproducing apparatus, wherein the information recording / reproducing apparatus generates recording information to be written on a disk-shaped record carrier; A device comprising: print information creating means for creating print information to be printed on a print area of a disk-shaped record carrier; and transmitting means for sending information created by each of the information creating means to the information recording / reproducing apparatus. can do.

[0023] Further, the information recording / reproducing means includes identification information generating means for generating identification information for identifying a disc-shaped record carrier; storage means for storing the identification information generated by the identification information generating means; Identification information transmitting means for transmitting the identification information stored in the storage means generated by the identification information generation means to the information recording and reproducing device;
A receiving unit that receives the identification information transmitted from the information recording / reproducing apparatus; and a comparing unit that compares the identification information stored by the storage unit with the identification information received from the identification information transmitting unit by the receiving unit. It is also possible.

The present invention is also an information processing system including the information recording / reproducing device and the information processing device,
The transmitting means in the information processing device transmits recording information to be written on the disk-shaped record carrier together with the identification information of the disk-shaped record carrier, and the information recording / reproducing device transmits the received identification information to the disk-shaped record carrier. The information processing apparatus sends a transmission request for identification information to the information recording / reproducing apparatus before transmitting the print information to the information recording / reproducing apparatus, and the information recording / reproducing apparatus transmits In response to a request for transmission of identification information, the identification information recorded on the disk-shaped record carrier is read and transmitted to the information processing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus receives the identification information and the identification information stored in the storage unit. Are compared, and the label print information is transmitted only when they match.

[0025]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a disk drive device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a central control unit that controls various operations such as calculation, determination, and control, and 2 denotes a CD recorder unit (an information recording unit, an information recording unit) that writes and reads information to and from a CD-R or CD-RW. A label printing unit (printing means) for writing predetermined print information in a print area formed on a label surface such as a CD-R or CD-RW;
It is. Reference numeral 4 denotes a tray control unit that controls the movement of the tray 101 (see FIG. 2) as support means for supporting a CD-R or CD-RW. Reference numeral 5 denotes an external interface for connecting the central control unit to an external device such as a personal computer.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a conceptual configuration of an information processing system provided with the above disk drive. In the figure, reference numeral 100 denotes a CD recorder having a label printing function as a disk drive. This CD recorder has a CD-R / C to be printed in addition to the configuration shown in FIG.
A tray 101 for holding a disk-shaped record carrier 102 such as a D-RW is provided. The tray 101 is provided so as to be movable between a predetermined storage position and a predetermined discharge position of the main body of the CD recorder 100, and its driving is controlled by the tray control unit 4. The tray 101 writes and reads information to and from a CD-R / CD-RW (disk-shaped record carrier) 102 and prints information formed on the label surface of the CD-R / CD-RW 102 by an ink receiving layer. It is used in both cases where print information is printed in the area.

Reference numeral 200 denotes a PC used by connecting to the disk drive of the present invention; 201, a monitor connected to the PC 200; 202, various information inputs and commands including information to be transmitted to the CD recorder 100; A keyboard as input means for performing input and the like; 203, an input means for inputting information and instructions together with the keyboard 202; a mouse; 204, a hard disk built in the main body of the PC 200; Is a USB bus. The PC 200 stores software for using the apparatus of the present invention, image data to be written to the CD recorder 100, and the like in the hard disk 204.

Next, the CD-R / RW 102 will be described with reference to FIG.
The flow of the storage processing operation for the tray 101 will be described. When the user presses a tray switch provided on the CD recorder 100, this is detected by the tray control unit 4, and the tray 1
01 is discharged. Then, a tray ejection notification is sent to the central control unit 1, and a tray ejection notification is sent from the central control unit 1 to the PC 200 via the external interface 5. At this time, since the application on the PC 200 side has not been started yet, the tray discharge notification is discarded after being received by the driver.

After that, the user can use the CD-R / CD having a label printable printing area having an ink receiving layer on the label surface.
Set the RW 102 on the tray 101 at the discharge position,
When the tray switch is pressed, this is detected by the tray control unit, and the tray 101 is stored in the storage position. Then, the tray storage notification is notified to the central control unit 1, and the central storage unit 1 notifies the PC 200 of the tray storage notification. At this point, since the application has not been started yet, the notification is discarded after being received by the driver on the PC.

Next, the user starts the software for using the apparatus of the present invention on the PC 200 and
The user designates image data to be saved using the keyboard 202 and the mouse 203 while looking at the screen displayed in 1. Thereafter, a layout, an image, and a title for printing in the print area of the CD-R / RW 102 are designated, and when all the designations have been completed, the execution start is selected. This allows
Record processing for the CD-R / RW 102 is started.

Next, the flow of a record processing operation for the CD-R / RW 102 will be described with reference to FIG.

From the PC 200 via the USB bus 300,
A CD record preparation command is sent. Then, the external interface 5 transmits the received command to the central control unit 1. The central controller 1 receives the command, interprets it, and sends a command to the tray controller 4 to lock the tray 101 and prohibit the tray 101 from moving to the discharge position. The tray control unit 4 receives this command, locks the tray 101, and operates the CD-R / R
Prevent W102 from being taken out of CD recorder 100. Then, the tray control unit 4 returns a lock completion response to the central control unit 1.

Next, the central control unit 1 sends a lock command to the label printing unit 3. The label printing unit 3 receives the instruction,
Locks all internal mechanical operations and returns a lock completion response. This prohibits the label printing unit 3 from operating while the CD recorder 2 is operating. Thereafter, the central controller 1 sends a write preparation command to the CD recorder 2.
Upon receiving this command, the CD recorder unit 2 performs a write preparation operation, returns a preparation completion response, and waits for write data.

Upon receiving the write preparation command from the CD recorder section 2, the central control section 1 returns a write preparation completion response to the PC 200. Upon receiving the response, the PC 200 starts transmitting the write data. The central control unit 1 monitors the data received from the PC via the external interface 5, and
All data and control commands related to writing to the R / RW 102 are relayed between the PC 200 and the CD recorder unit 2, and a process related to a normal CD record is performed between the PC 200 and the CD recorder unit 2.

Next, the flow of the record end processing operation is shown in FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

When the writing operation to the CD-R / RW 102 is completed, a record end command is sent from the PC 200 to the central control unit 1. The central control unit 1 receives the command and transmits a write end command to the CD recorder unit 2. Upon receiving the write end command, the CD recorder unit 2
Return from the write state to the normal standby state and return an end response. The central control unit 1 sends an unlock command to the label printing unit 4, and upon receiving the command, the label printing unit 4 releases the locked state and returns a release completion response to the central control unit 1. The central control unit 1 returns a record end response to the PC 200, and ends the record processing.

Next, the label printing process start operation will be described with reference to FIG. When the record processing by the CD recorder unit 2 is completed, the PC 200 sends an instruction to start printing on the print area of the CD-R / RW 102 (label print start instruction). The external interface 5 receives the instruction and transmits it to the central control unit 1. The central control unit 1 sends an instruction to the tray control unit 4 to check the state of the tray 101. At this time, a response of the locked state is received from the tray control unit 4. Next, the central controller 1 sends an operation lock command to the CD recorder 2. The CD recorder unit 2 receives this lock command and locks the internal operation until receiving the next lock release command. As a result, the operation of the CD recorder unit 2 during the label printing operation is prohibited. Thereafter, the central control unit 1 sends a print preparation command to the label printing unit 3. CD on command
After performing the print preparation operation, the label printing unit 3 returns a preparation completion response, and waits for print data.

On the other hand, the central control unit 1 returns a print preparation completion response to the PC 200. PC 200 receives this response,
Start transmission of print data. The central control unit 1 monitors the received data from the PC 200 via the external interface 5, and if the received data is neither a print interruption command nor a print end command, relays all the received data to the label printing unit 3. The data received from the label printing unit 3 is transmitted to the PC 200 via the external interface 5. In this way, data related to the label printing process is transmitted and received between the PC 200 and the label printing unit 3, and the CD-
Label printing is performed on the R / RW print area.

Next, the flow of the label printing end process will be described with reference to FIG. When printing is completed, a print end command is transmitted from the PC 200, and the central control unit 1 receives the command and sends a print end command to the label printing unit 3, and the label printing unit 3
Receives the command and enters the normal standby state. Central control unit 1
Sends a lock release command to the CD recorder unit 2. The CD recorder unit 2 receives the command to release the lock state, returns a release completion response, and enters a normal standby state. Next, the central control unit 1 sends an instruction to release the lock to the tray control unit 4, the tray control unit 4 releases the lock state, returns a release completion response, and enters a state of receiving the discharge of the tray 101. Central control unit 1 returns an end response to PC 200, and the label printing process ends.

Since the tray 101 is unlocked as described above, the user can move the tray from the storage position to the discharge position by pressing the tray button attached to the main body. That is, when the tray button is pressed, it is detected by the tray control unit 4 and the tray 1 is pressed.
01 moves from the storage position to the discharge position. Then, the tray discharge notification is sent to the central control unit 1, and the central control unit 1
Sends a tray discharge notification to the PC 200 and completes the process.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the first embodiment, once information recording on the CD-R / RW 102 is started,
The tray 101 could not be ejected until both the writing of the recording information into the DR / RW 102 and the label printing were completely completed. However, after writing the record information, there is also a case where the user wants to print the label after confirming the written contents whether or not the writing was correctly performed.

Therefore, in the second embodiment, for such a case, after the information is recorded on the CD-R / RW 102, the ejection of the tray 101 is accepted. That is, when the user ejects the tray 101, the label printing process is temporarily interrupted. And CD-
When the R / RW 102 is returned to the tray 101 and the tray 101 is stored again, label printing is restarted. Hereinafter, the operation of the second embodiment will be described in detail. The operation of storing the CD-R / RW 102 in the tray 101 is the same as the operation shown in FIG. 3 in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted. Also, the record start processing is the same as that in FIG. 4 of the first embodiment, and the description is omitted.

Here, a record end processing operation, which is a processing operation different from that of the first embodiment, will be described with reference to FIG. When the writing to the CD-R / RW 102 is completed, a record end command is sent from the PC 200 to the central control unit 1. The central control unit 1 receives the command and
A write end command is transmitted to the recorder unit 2. As a result, the CD recorder unit 2 returns from the writing state to the normal standby state, and returns an end response to the central control unit 1. The central control unit 1 sends a lock release command to the label printing unit 3, and the label printing unit 3 releases the lock state and returns a release completion response.

The central controller 1 sends an unlock command to the tray controller 4. The tray control unit 4 releases the locked state,
It is ready to accept the user's tray switch operation, and returns a tray release response to the central control unit 1. Upon receiving this response, the central control unit 1 returns a tray release response to the PC 200.

At this time, since the tray 101 is in the unlocked state, the user presses a tray switch attached to the main body of the CD recorder 100 by hand, thereby causing the tray 10 to be unlocked.
1 can be moved from the storage position to the discharge position. When the tray switch is pressed, it is detected by the tray control unit 4, and the tray 101 moves from the storage position to the discharge position. The user can take out the CD from the ejected tray 101 and confirm, for example, that information recorded by another CD reader can be read in an appropriate state.

When the tray 101 is discharged, a tray discharge notification is sent from the tray control unit 4 to the central control unit 1. Upon receiving this notification, the central control unit 1 sends a tray discharge notification to the PC 200. The software on the PC 200 receives the tray discharge notification, temporarily suspends the label printing process, and displays a suspended message on the monitor 201 screen.

Next, a process for restarting label printing will be described with reference to FIG. When the user mounts the CD-R / RW 102 on the tray 101 and presses the tray switch, this is detected by the tray control unit 4. The tray controller 4 stores the tray 101 and sends a tray storage notification to the central controller 1. Upon receiving this notification, the central control unit 1 sends a tray storage notification to the PC 200.

Upon receiving the tray storage notification, the PC 200 restarts the label printing process and sends a label printing preparation instruction to the central control unit 1. The central controller 1 sends a lock command to the tray controller 4. As a result, the tray control unit 4
1 is locked and the tray 10 is locked even if the tray switch is pressed.
1 is prohibited from moving to the discharge position, and then a tray lock response is returned to the central control device 1.

The central controller 1 sends an operation lock command to the CD recorder 2. Upon receiving the lock command, the CD recorder unit 2 locks the internal operation until receiving the next unlock command. This allows the CD recorder unit 2 to print during label printing.
Is forbidden to operate.

Thereafter, the central control unit 1 controls the label printing unit 3
Sends a print preparation command to Upon receiving the command, the label printing unit 3 returns a preparation completion response after performing the printing preparation operation, and waits for print data. The central control unit 1 returns a print preparation completion response to the PC 200. The PC 200 receives this response and starts transmitting the print data. Data related to the CD label printing process is transmitted and received between the PC 200 and the label printing unit 3, and printing is performed on the label surface of the CD-R / RW 102. Note that the label printing end processing is the same as the processing already described with reference to FIG.

In the second embodiment, when the record processing is completed and the PC 200 receives the end response, the processing of the application on the PC 200 is as follows.
A message indicating that the tray can be ejected may be displayed on the screen of the monitor 201 so that the user can easily understand the timing at which the user presses the tray switch.

Further, in the second embodiment, when the user ejects the tray after the end of the record processing,
Once the processing is interrupted, the label printing processing may be completely stopped instead of interrupted, and the processing may be terminated.

(Third Embodiment) Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the first embodiment and the second embodiment, the label printing processing operation is performed after the record processing operation. However, in the third embodiment, the order of the two processing operations is reversed, and It is also possible to perform a label printing process operation and then perform a record process. Further, in the third embodiment, label printing is performed first, and once label printing is completed, it is possible to permit discharge of the tray 101 once. Then, the user ejects the tray 101 to interrupt the processing, removes the CD-R / RW 102 from the tray 101, visually confirms the quality of the printing, and if the printing is satisfactory, prints the tray 101 again. Return tray 1
01 is stored, and the operation of restarting recording of information on the next CD-R / RW 102 can be performed.

Hereinafter, the operation of the third embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, the CD-
The storage processing of the R / RW 102 is the same as that shown in FIG. 3 in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.
Also, the procedure for starting the application on the PC 200 and preparing the label print information and the record information is the same as in the first and second embodiments, and thus the description is omitted.

Here, the label printing start processing will be described with reference to FIG.

When the user finishes specifying all the predetermined information by the application on the PC 200 and selects the start of the operation, the PC 200 sends a label print preparation instruction. Upon receiving this instruction, the central control unit 1 sends a lock command to the tray control unit 4. The tray control unit 4 locks the tray 101, prohibits the tray from being moved from the storage position to the discharge position even when the tray switch is pressed, and returns a lock response to the central control unit 1.

The central controller 1 sends an operation lock command to the CD recorder 2. The CD recorder unit 2 receives this lock command and locks the internal operation until receiving the next lock release command. As a result, the operation of the recorder unit 2 during label printing is prohibited.

Thereafter, the central control unit 1 sends a print preparation command to the CD label printing unit 3. Upon receiving this command, the CD label printing unit 2 performs a print preparation operation, returns a preparation completion response, and waits for print data. The central control unit 1 is a PC 200
To the print ready response. The PC 200 receives this response and starts transmitting the print data. Data relating to the CD label printing process is transmitted and received between the PC 200 and the label printing unit 3, and printing is performed on the printing area of the CD-R / RW 102.

The processing after the end of the label printing operation is the same as the operation shown in FIG. In the label printing operation end processing, the tray 101 is unlocked when the label printing operation ends, so that the user can eject the tray 101 by pressing a tray switch attached to the main body of the CD recorder 100. For this reason, the user takes out the CD-R / RW 102 from the tray 101 and
The printing state of the printing area can be visually confirmed. By pressing the tray switch, a tray discharge notification is sent from the tray control unit 4 to the central control unit 1, and the central control unit 1 sends a tray discharge notification to the PC 200. The software on the PC 200 receives the tray discharge notification, temporarily suspends the record processing, and displays a suspended message on the screen.

Next, the processing for restarting the record processing is shown in FIG.
Explanation will be made using 0. As mentioned above, once tray 1
01 is ejected, and after confirming the printing state of the CD-R / RW 102, if the record processing is to be continued, the user stores the CD-R / RW 102 in the tray 101 and presses the tray switch. Then, this is detected by the tray control unit 4, the tray control unit 4 stores the tray 101, and sends a tray storage notification to the central control unit 1. Upon receiving the notification, the central control unit 1 sends a tray storage notification to the PC 200.

The PC 20 receiving the tray storage notification
0 sends a CD recorder preparation command to the central control unit 1, and the preparation command is sent to the central control unit 1 via the external interface 5. The central control unit 1 receives this command, interprets the content, and sends a command to lock the tray 101 to the tray control unit 4. The tray control unit 4 receives this command, locks the tray 101, and prohibits the tray 101 from moving to the discharge position by a user operation.

Next, the central control unit 1 sends a lock command to the label printing unit 3. The label printing unit 3 receives this command,
Locks all internal mechanical operations and returns a lock completion response. Thus, the label printing unit 3 does not operate during the operation of the CD recorder.

The central control unit 1 then controls the CD recorder unit 2
Send a write preparation command to Upon receiving the command, the CD recorder unit 2 performs a write preparation operation, returns a preparation completion response, and waits for write data. The central control unit 1 is a PC 20
A write preparation completion response is returned to 0.

Upon receiving the write preparation completion response, the PC 20
0 starts transmission of write data. The central control unit 1 monitors received data from the PC 200 via the external interface 5 and relays all data and control commands related to writing to the CD-R / RW 102 between the PC 200 and the CD recorder unit 2; Processing relating to a normal CD record is performed between the PC 200 and the CD recorder unit 2. Thereafter, the record end processing shown in FIG. 8 is performed.

In the third embodiment, the CD-R
After the information writing to the / RW 102 is completed, the tray 101 is once allowed to be ejected, and the process is interrupted when the PC 200 receives the tray ejection notification. However, the application on the PC 200 is changed to change the tray ejection notification. Alternatively, the label printing may be completely stopped when the message is received, and the process may be terminated.

Also, once label printing on the CD-R / RW 102 is started, the tray 101 cannot be ejected until both recording of information on the CD-R / RW 102 and label printing are completely completed. You may do it. This is because in the label printing end processing operation of FIG.
This can be realized by not sending a lock release command to the tray control unit 4.

(Fourth Embodiment) Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the fourth embodiment, the CD-R
When recording information on the / RW102, the CD-R / RW102
Is generated and stored, and the CD-R / R
Before writing information to W102, copy the generated ID to CD-
Write to R / RW 102, and when resuming label printing, C
The identification ID is read from the DR / RW 102, and the ID is compared with the previously stored ID. If the IDs match, label printing is performed. If the IDs do not match, the user is warned of a different CD. Things.

In this embodiment, the CD-R / R
Processing such as generation, storage, writing, reading, and comparison of an ID for identifying the W102 is realized by application software on a personal computer.

Further, the user places a CD-R /
RW102 is set, and tray 101 is set to CD recorder 1
Then, the application is activated after being stored in the main body of the 00. While viewing the screen displayed on the monitor 201, the user specifies the image data to be saved using the keyboard 202 and the mouse 203. After that, a layout, an image, and a title to be printed in the print area of the CD-R / RW 102 are designated,
When all processes have been completed, execution start is selected. The application generates an ID for identifying the CD-R / RW 102 to be written. This ID is PC20
It is generated by combining the unique number of the network adapter 0 and the creation time.

Here, the flow of record processing for the CD-R / RW 102 will be described with reference to FIG. PC200
Sends a CD record preparation command via the USB bus 300. The central control unit 1 receives this command, interprets the content, and sends a command to lock the tray 101 to the tray control unit 4. The tray control unit 4 receives this command and locks the tray 101.

Next, the central control unit 1 sends a lock command to the label printing unit 3, and the label printing unit 3 locks all internal mechanical operations. The central control then proceeds to C
A write preparation command is sent to the D recorder section 2. The CD recorder section 2 returns a preparation completion response after performing a write preparation operation, and waits for write data.

Upon receiving the preparation completion response from the CD recorder section 2, the central control section 1 returns a write preparation completion response to the PC 200. The PC 200 receives this response and starts transmitting the write data. At this time, writing of the identification ID generated by the application is performed first, and subsequently, information to be recorded is transmitted.

The central control unit 1 monitors the data received from the PC 200 via the external interface 5 and
All data and control commands related to writing to the / RW 102 are relayed between the PC 200 and the CD recorder 2, and a process related to a normal CD record is performed between the PC 200 and the CD recorder 2.

When the transmission of the record information to the CD-R / RW 102 is completed, the PC 200 sends a record end command. The central control unit 1 receives this command and
A write end command is transmitted to the recorder unit 2, the CD recorder unit 2 returns from the write state to the normal standby state, and returns an end response to the central control unit 1. Then, the central control unit 1 sends an unlock command to the label printing unit 3, and the label printing unit 3
Releases the lock state and returns a release completion response to the central control unit 1.

In response to this response, the central control unit 1 sends a lock release command to the tray control unit 4, and the tray control unit 4 releases the lock and enters a state of receiving a command by pressing the tray switch. The tray control unit 4 returns a release completion response to the central control unit 1, and the central control unit 1 returns a record end response to the PC 200, and ends the record processing. Here, when the user presses the tray switch, the tray switch 4
And the tray 101 moves from the storage position to the discharge position. Then, the tray discharge notification is sent to the CD recorder unit 2.
From the PC 200.

Here, the process of restarting label printing is shown in FIG.
3 will be described. When the user mounts the CD-R / RW 102 on the tray 101 and presses the tray switch, this is detected by the tray control unit 4. And the tray controller 4
Moves the tray 101 to the storage position and sends a tray storage notification to the central control unit 1. Upon receiving this notification, the central control unit 1 sends a tray storage notification to the PC 200.

When PC 200 receives the tray storage notification, PC 200
Send ID read preparation command. The central control unit 1 interprets the command, locks the tray 101, locks the operation of the label printing unit 3, and then sends an ID reading preparation command to the CD recorder unit 2. In response to this command, the CD recorder unit 2 sends a preparation completion response to the central control unit 1, and the central control unit 1
Return a ready response to 200.

Here, the PC 200 is a CD-R / RW10
Read the ID information stored in 2. After reading this ID information, the PC 200 sends a read end command to the central control unit 1, and the central control unit 1 sends a read end command to the CD recorder unit 2. Upon receiving this command, the label printing unit 3 releases the lock. The application on the PC 200 compares the read ID with the stored ID, terminates the process if they do not match, restarts the label printing process if they match, and issues an instruction to prepare for label printing. Send to central control unit 1. In response to this instruction, the central control unit 1
An operation lock command is sent to the D recorder unit 2, and the operation of the CD recorder unit 2 is locked.

Thereafter, the central control unit 1 sends a print preparation command to the label printing unit 3. Upon receiving the instruction, the label printing unit 3
After performing the print preparation operation, a preparation completion response is returned, and the print data is awaited. Upon receiving this response, the central control unit 1
Return a print ready response to 0. The PC 200 receives this response and starts transmitting the print data. Data related to the CD label printing process is transmitted and received between the PC 200 and the label printing unit 3, and printing is performed on the printing area of the CD-R / RW 102.

The label printing end processing is the same as the processing operation described with reference to FIG. 7 in the first embodiment, and the description is omitted here.

In each of the above embodiments, a general-purpose personal computer (PC) is connected to the CD recorder 10.
0, and here, a case where various kinds of information such as recording information are created by activating a dedicated application has been described. However, the dedicated information processing apparatus is connected to the CD recorder 100. And data to be printed on the label side by firmware in the information processing apparatus and CD-R /
Processing such as creation of information to be recorded in the RW 102, generation of an identification ID, storage, writing, reading, and comparison may be performed.

Although the method of generating the identification ID is based on the combination of the unique number of the network adapter of the PC 200 and the time of generation, the generation of the identification ID is not necessarily limited to this method. For example, a method of combining a device-specific serial number and a creation time may be used, and text information of a title to be printed in a print area of a CD-R / RW may be used as an ID.

[0084]

As described above, according to the present invention, when performing both operations of writing the record information on the disc-shaped record carrier and printing on the print area of the carrier, the user needs the disc-shaped record carrier. Since it becomes possible only by setting the carrier on the common indicating means, the operation of attaching and detaching the disc-shaped record carrier is greatly reduced, and the information recorded between the information recorded on the disc-shaped record carrier and the print information due to the mistake of the disc is replaced. It is possible to prevent inconvenience that mismatch occurs. Further, while at least one of the writing of the record information on the disc-shaped record carrier and the printing operation on the print area is being performed, the operation of the support means is prohibited, so that the information recording operation is performed. Further, it is possible to reliably prevent the occurrence of a malfunction such as a failure in printing due to the operation of the support means of the disk-shaped record carrier during the printing operation, and high reliability can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an information recording / reproducing apparatus applied to each embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a conceptual configuration of an information processing system applied to each embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows a CD-R / R according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
It is an operation explanatory view showing a storing process operation of W in a tray.

FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a record start processing operation in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a record end processing operation in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a label printing start processing operation according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a label printing end processing operation according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a second record end processing operation in the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a label printing restart processing operation according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a record restart processing operation according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a label printing start processing operation in a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a record start processing operation in the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a fourth label printing start processing operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Central control part 2 CD recorder part 3 Label printing part 4 CD tray control part 5 External interface 100 Device of this invention 101 CD tray 102 CD-R / RW 200 PC 201 Monitor 202 Keyboard 203 Mouse 204 Hard disk 300 USB bus

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Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. A support means for detachably supporting a disc-shaped record carrier, an information recording means for performing an operation of writing information on the disc-shaped record carrier supported by the support means, and the disc-shaped record carrier Information reproducing means for reading information recorded in the recording means, printing means for performing printing in accordance with predetermined print information on a print area of the disc-shaped record carrier supported by the support means, the information recording means, the information reproducing means, Control means for controlling the printing means, wherein the control means stops driving of the information recording means and the information reproducing means when the printing means is driven, and said driving means when driving any one of the information recording means and the information reproducing means. An information recording / reproducing apparatus, wherein driving of a printing unit is stopped. 2. The information recording means according to claim 1, wherein said information recording means moves relative to a disk-shaped record carrier supported by said support member and discharges ink to a print area formed on said disk-shaped record carrier. The information recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The information according to claim 1, wherein the disc-shaped record carrier is a write-once optical disc, and the information recording means performs an information writing operation by irradiating the optical disc with a light beam. Recording and playback device. 4. The information recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the disc-shaped record carrier is a CD-R or a CD-RW. 5. The information recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said printing means discharges ink from a print head and discharges ink to a printing area of a disk-shaped record carrier for printing. apparatus. 6. The support means comprises: a tray for detachably holding a disk; a tray for storing a predetermined disk for performing a recording operation and a reading operation for a disk-shaped record carrier; 6. The information recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a tray moving unit that selectively moves the tray, wherein the tray moving unit is controlled by the control unit. 7. The control unit, when at least one of the information recording unit and the label printing unit is driven,
7. The information recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the movement of the tray to the disc ejection position is prohibited. 8. The control means, when the information recording operation on the disk-shaped record carrier by the information recording means is completed and before the printing operation by the printing means is started, move the tray to the disk ejection position. 7. The information recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein printing is permitted by the printing means when the tray is moved to the disc ejection position. 9. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the printing unit finishes printing the printing area of the disk-shaped recording medium by the printing unit and before the information recording operation of the information recording unit is started. Allow travel,
7. The information recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein writing of information by the information recording means is prohibited when the tray is moved to the disk ejection position. 10. The control means moves the tray to a disk discharge position when the information recording operation by the information recording means on the disk-shaped record carrier is completed and before the printing operation by the printing means is started. The printing operation by the printing means is interrupted when the tray is moved to the disc ejection position, and the printing operation by the printing means is stopped when the tray moved to the disc ejection position is moved again to the disc storage position. 7. The information recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the information recording and reproducing apparatus restarts. 11. The control unit according to claim 1, wherein the printing unit finishes printing on the print area of the disk-shaped recording medium and before the information recording unit starts an information writing operation, the tray moves to a disk ejection position. When the tray is moved to the disc ejection position, writing of information by the information recording means is interrupted when the tray is moved to the disc ejection position, and when the tray moved to the disc ejection position is moved to the disc storage position again, the information recording means is stopped. 7. The information recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the information writing by the information recording / reproducing apparatus is restarted. 12. An identification information generating means for generating identification information attached to the disk-shaped record carrier, and identification information transmitting means for transmitting information transmitted from the identification information generating means to a predetermined information processing device. The information recording / reproducing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein: 13. An information processing apparatus for supplying information to the information recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information recording / reproducing apparatus generates recording information to be written on a disk-shaped record carrier. Means, print information creating means for creating print information to be printed on a print area of the disc-shaped record carrier, and transmitting means for sending information created by each of the information creating means to the information recording / reproducing apparatus. An information processing apparatus comprising: 14. An identification information generating means for generating identification information for identifying a disc-shaped record carrier, a storage means for storing the identification information generated by the identification information generating means, and an identification information generated by the identification information generating means. Identification information transmitting means for transmitting the identification information stored in the storage means to the information recording / reproducing apparatus; receiving means for receiving the identification information transmitted from the information recording / reproducing apparatus; and identification information stored by the storage means And a comparing means for comparing the identification information received from the identification information transmitting means by the receiving means.
3. The information processing apparatus according to 3. 15. An information processing system comprising: the information recording / reproducing device according to claim 12; and the information processing device according to claim 14, wherein the transmission unit in the information processing device is a disk-shaped recording device. The recording information to be written on the carrier and the identification information of the disc-shaped record carrier are transmitted together. The information recording / reproducing apparatus records the received identification information on the disc-shaped record carrier. Before transmitting the print information to the recording / reproducing device, the information recording / reproducing device sends a request for transmitting identification information to the information recording / reproducing device. The recorded identification information is read and transmitted to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus compares the received identification information with the identification information stored in the storage unit, and An information processing system wherein label print information is transmitted only when they match.