JP2003127443A - Method of recording in image recorder, and image recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To raise a recording speed for recording on a passbook or a sheet of paper and to improve the recording quality. SOLUTION: There is disclosed an image recorder wherein a recording head 12 is equipped with a plurality of recording wires 47 and a control board section 50 controls to allow the recording head 12 to record an image on recording media including the passbook and copy paper. The control board section 50 has a normal recording mode for recording on the passbook or the paper sheet by the recording head and a copy recording mode for recording on the copy paper by the recording head. An impact force of the recording wire of the recording head in the normal recording mode is lower than that in the copy recording mode and the driving speed of the recording head in the normal recording mode is higher than that in the copy recording mode. The control board section selects to set the normal recording mode or the copy recording mode corresponding to the kind of the set recording medium.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording method of an image recording apparatus for recording an image on a sheet by a recording head equipped with a recording wire and the image recording apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An image recording apparatus has a magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus in which a magnetic head records and reproduces magnetic information on a magnetic recording medium (for example, a magnetic stripe), and the recording head is protruded by a recording wire. There is known a so-called passbook type dot impact printer that records an image including characters on an image recording medium (for example, a passbook) provided with the magnetic stripe.

Such printers are mainly used in financial institutions and the like, and in addition to passbooks, they can also record images on single sheets or copy sheets.

In a general dot impact printer, before recording by the recording head, the platen gap between the recording head and the platen or the paper surface is detected to recognize the paper thickness, and the type of the image recording medium (one The recording head is set to a normal recording mode suitable for a single sheet or the like, and a copy recording mode suitable for a copy sheet by determining a sheet or a copy sheet. In the copy recording mode, the impact force of the recording wire in the recording head is stronger and the driving speed of the recording head is set slower than in the normal recording mode.

However, in the above-mentioned passbook type dot impact printer, which is premised on recording an image in a passbook, the passbook has a large paper thickness, and it is possible to distinguish copy paper from passbook from the viewpoint of paper thickness. Therefore, the recording mode of all the image recording media is set to the copy recording mode and the recording head is drive-controlled for all the image recording media without detecting the platen gap and recognizing the paper thickness.

[0006]

However, in the case of a single sheet or a passbook, it suffices to perform recording on only the front surface of one sheet. Therefore, originally, it is sufficient to perform recording in the normal recording mode with a high recording speed. Nevertheless, since the copy recording mode is executed, the recording speed becomes slow.

Further, when recording is performed on a sheet of paper or a passbook in the copy recording mode, show-through may occur and the recording quality may deteriorate. In this case, there is a problem that the show-through is detected when the recording line (printing line) is detected, and the recording line is erroneously detected.

An object of the present invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a recording method for an image recording apparatus and an image recording apparatus capable of increasing the recording speed for a passbook or a sheet of paper. Especially. Another object of the present invention is to provide a recording method for an image recording apparatus and an image recording apparatus capable of improving the recording quality on a passbook or a sheet of paper.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording method for an image recording apparatus, wherein a recording head having a plurality of recording wires records an image on a recording medium including a passbook and copy paper. The recording head has a normal recording mode for recording on a passbook or a sheet of paper and a copy recording mode for recording on the copy paper by the recording head, and the normal recording mode is the copy recording mode. Compared with the case, the impact force of the recording wire in the recording head is weak, the driving speed of the recording head is fast, and the normal recording mode and the copy recording mode are set according to the set recording medium type. It is characterized by being selected and set.

According to a second aspect of the invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the type of the recording medium is set by default or by operating a dedicated switch.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the recording head having a plurality of recording wires records an image on an image recording medium including a passbook and a copy sheet, and the magnetic head of the magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus uses the passbook. In a recording method of an image recording apparatus for recording or reading magnetic information on a magnetic recording medium equipped with, a normal recording mode for the recording head to record on a passbook or one sheet, and the recording head to record on copy paper. In the case of the normal recording mode, compared with the case of the copy recording mode, the impact force of the recording wire in the recording head is weak, and the driving speed of the recording head is high. The normal recording mode and the copy recording mode are selected and set according to the type of the set image recording medium. The type of body, in which the magnetic head of said magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus and setting is determined by whether or not read magnetic information.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image recording apparatus in which the recording head includes a plurality of recording wires, and the control device controls the recording head to record an image on a recording medium including a passbook and copy paper. , The control device is
The recording head has a normal recording mode for recording on a passbook or a sheet of paper and a copy recording mode for recording on the copy paper by the recording head, and the normal recording mode is the copy recording mode. Compared with the case, the impact force of the recording wire in the recording head is weak and the driving speed of the recording head is high, and the control device sets the normal recording mode and the copy recording mode to the recording medium in which the normal recording mode and the copy recording mode are set. It is characterized in that it is configured to select and set according to the type of.

According to a fifth aspect of the invention, in the invention according to the fourth aspect, the type of the recording medium is set by default or by operating a dedicated switch.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the recording head includes a plurality of recording wires, and the control device controls the recording head to record an image on an image recording medium including a passbook and a copy sheet. In an image recording device in which a control device controls a magnetic head of a magnetic recording / reproducing device to record or read magnetic information on a magnetic recording medium of the passbook, in the control device, the recording head is a passbook or a sheet of paper. The normal recording mode for recording and the copy recording mode for recording on the copy paper by the recording head are provided, and the recording in the recording head in the normal recording mode is more than that in the copy recording mode. The impact force of the wire is weak, and the drive speed of the recording head is high. The copy recording mode is selected and set according to the type of the set image recording medium, and the type of the image recording medium is set depending on whether the magnetic head of the magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus has read magnetic information. The feature is that it is determined and set.

The invention according to claim 1 or 4 has the following effects.

The recording head has a normal recording mode for recording on a passbook or a sheet of paper and a copy recording mode for recording on the copy paper by the recording head, and the normal recording mode is the copy recording mode. Compared with the above, the impact force of the recording wire in the recording head is weaker, the driving speed of the recording head is faster, and the normal recording mode and the copy recording mode are selected and set according to the type of the set recording medium. Therefore, when recording a passbook or a sheet of paper by setting the normal recording mode, the recording speed can be increased compared with the case of recording this passbook or a sheet of paper by the copy recording mode. It is possible to improve the recording quality by suppressing the occurrence of

The invention described in claim 2 or 5 has the following effects.

By the default setting of the type of recording medium,
Or, it is set by operating the dedicated switch respectively, and the normal recording mode and the copy recording mode are selected and set according to the type of the set recording medium.
The user (user) of the recording apparatus sets the type of the recording medium by performing the default setting or operating the dedicated switch, so that the image can be suitably displayed on the recording medium in the recording mode according to the type of the recording medium. Can be recorded.

The invention according to claim 3 or 6 has the following effects.

Since the type of the image recording medium is determined and set according to whether or not the magnetic head of the magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus has read the magnetic information, the normal recording mode and the copy recording mode are selected and set. If the passbook has a magnetic recording medium on which magnetic information can be recorded, the recording mode is necessarily set to the normal recording mode, and if the copy paper does not have the magnetic recording medium, the recording mode is set to the copy recording mode. Inevitably it can be set. As a result, the image can be preferably recorded on the image recording medium in the recording mode according to the type of the image recording medium.

In particular, since a passbook which is an image recording medium can be inevitably recorded in the normal recording mode, the recording speed can be increased as compared with the case where the passbook is recorded in the copy recording mode. It is possible to suppress the occurrence and improve the recording quality.

[0022]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[A] First Embodiment (FIGS. 1 to 5) FIG. 1 shows a path including a magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus to which the first embodiment of the image recording apparatus according to the present invention is applied. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing a book type dot impact printer.
2 is a side sectional view showing the printer of FIG.

In the printer 10 as the image recording apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the recording wires 47 of the recording head 12 (FIG. 2) are connected to the image recording medium via the ink ribbon 48 (both of FIG. 4). It is a passbook type dot impact printer that records an image including characters by hitting the dots on the magnetic recording / reproducing device 11.

The image recording medium is usually a passbook, a copy paper, a sheet of paper or the like used in a financial institution, and the magnetic recording is performed on a magnetic stripe as a magnetic recording medium attached to the passbook. The reproducing device 11 records magnetic information, or reads and reproduces the recorded magnetic information.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the printer 10 includes a main body frame having a left side frame 13, a right side frame 14, and a base frame 15, a carriage (not shown), the recording head 12, the transport device 16, The magnetic recording / reproducing device 11 and the control board unit 50 as a control device are included.

The conveying device 16 comprises a pair of upper and lower drive rollers 1.
7 and a driven roller 18 are arranged on both sides of the recording head 12 one by one, and the two sets of the driving roller 17 and the driven roller 18 sandwich the passbook and the like placed on the conveyance guide 19 and store the passbook and the like. The sheet is conveyed in the sub-scanning direction (arrow B direction). The driven roller 18 is the drive roller 17
It may be a drive roller as well.

The carriage is equipped with a recording head 12, and the recording head 12 is caused to run rightward or leftward in the main scanning direction (direction of arrow A in FIG. 1) along the platen 49 shown in FIG. The main scanning direction is a direction orthogonal to the carrying direction (sub-scanning direction) of the passbook or the like by the carrying device 16.

The platen 49, as shown in FIG.
The biasing spring 51 is used to elastically support the recording head 12 so that the recording head 12 can be moved toward and away from the recording head 12. As a result, when a passbook or the like having a different thickness is conveyed between the recording head 12 and the platen 49, the platen 49 moves in the thickness direction of the passbook or the like.
By moving in a direction away from the recording head 12, a constant platen gap is secured between the recording head 12 and the surface (printing surface) of the passbook or the like.

The recording head 12 includes a large number of recording wires 4
7 in front of the recording wires 47 in the protruding direction,
The ink ribbon 4 is provided between the recording head 12 and the platen 49.
8 is located. While the recording head 12 travels in the main scanning direction together with the carriage, the recording wire 47 is projected and hits the ink ribbon 48, and the ink of the ink ribbon 48 is attached to a passbook or the like located below the recording head 12. Then, an image including characters is recorded in this passbook or the like.

As shown in FIG. 2, the control board portion 50 is installed in the lower rear portion of the base frame 15, controls the recording head 12 and the carrier device 16, and also controls the magnetic recording / reproducing device 11 as described later. To control.

That is, the control board unit 50 controls the carrying device 16 when a sensor (not shown) detects that the passbook has been manually fed from the front of the printer 10.
This passbook is driven by the driving roller 17 and the driven roller 18.
In the direction of arrow B, the printer 10 is conveyed (loaded) from the front to the rear of the printer 10. The control board unit 50 then controls the magnetic recording / reproducing device 11 to read and reproduce the magnetic information recorded on the magnetic stripe of the carried-in passbook by using the magnetic head 20.

After that, the control board unit 50 controls the recording head 1
2 is controlled to record an image in the passbook, and the magnetic recording / reproducing device 11 is controlled to cause the magnetic head 20 to record the magnetic information to be updated on the magnetic stripe. After updating the magnetic information, the control board unit 50 controls the transport device 16 so that the driving roller 17 and the driven roller 18 cause
The passbook is conveyed (carried out) from the rear side to the front side of the printer 10 in the direction of the arrow B, and ejected out of the printer 10.

Now, the magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus 11 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, a recording / reproducing mechanism unit 22 including a magnetic head 20 and a carrier 21, a carrier drive system 23 for moving the carrier 21, a rotary encoder 24 for detecting the position of the carrier 21, and the like. A rotation mechanism unit 25 as a rotation unit for rotating the timing disk 45, and a medium holding unit 26 (FIG. 2) for holding a passbook or the like are configured.

The magnetic head 20 records magnetic information on a magnetic stripe of a passbook at a predetermined recording density, or reads and reproduces the recorded magnetic information.

The carrier 21 is slidable on a lower carrier shaft 27 (FIGS. 2 and 3) and an upper carrier shaft 28 mounted between the left side frame 13 (FIG. 1) and the right side frame 14 of the printer 10. The printer 10 is inserted.
It is movably provided in the same direction as the main scanning direction (direction of arrow A). An arm 29 has a fulcrum 30 on the carrier 21.
And the magnetic head 20 is installed at the tip of this arm 29. The base end portion of the arm 29 is tensioned and supported by the carrier 21 using a tension coil spring 31.
Due to the biasing force of the tension coil spring 31, the arm 29
Is urged in a direction to rotate around the fulcrum 30, and the magnetic head 20 can be pressed against the passbook on the transport guide 19.

The medium holding portion 26 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
When the magnetic head 20 presses the passbook on the conveyance guide 19 from below, the passbook is held from above and is provided so as to extend in the main scanning direction (direction of arrow A) of the printer 10. In this medium holding unit 26, a holding unit 34 (for example, made of sponge) is fixed to an elevating plate 33 that can be moved up and down using a parallel link mechanism 32, and the holding unit 34 holds the passbook from above.

The elevating plate 33 can be raised by being pressed by an elevating lever 36 which is rotationally driven by an elevating motor 35 shown in FIG. When the magnetic head 20 is not performing the recording / reproducing operation on the magnetic stripe of the passbook, the elevating lever 36 raises the elevating plate 33 to separate the pressing portion 34 from the passbook, and allows the conveying device 16 to convey the passbook or the like. To do.

As shown in FIG. 3, the carrier driving system 23 linearly moves the carrier 21 in the main scanning direction of the printer 10 (direction of arrow A), that is, in the longitudinal direction of the magnetic stripe attached to the passbook. The drive motor 37 and the timing belt 38 are provided.

The drive motor 37 is fixedly attached to the base frame 15, as shown in FIG. A drive pulley 39 is attached to the motor shaft of the drive motor 37 so as to rotate together. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a driven pulley 41 is rotatably attached to the base frame 15 via an expansion / contraction amount adjusting mechanism 40 for adjusting the expansion / contraction amount of the timing belt 38. The timing belt 38 is wound around the drive pulley 39 and the driven pulley 41, and the carrier 21 is coupled to the front side or the rear side of the timing belt 38.

Therefore, the carrier 21 is driven by the forward or reverse rotation of the drive motor 37 via the timing belt 38, guided by the lower carrier shaft 27 and the upper carrier shaft 28, and then in the main scanning direction (arrow) of the printer 10. A direction) Move to the right or left.

As shown in FIG. 3, the rotating mechanism section 25 has a rotating pulley 42 and a wire 43. The rotary pulley 42 is rotatably supported by a support shaft 44 planted in the carrier 21, and the timing disk 45 of the rotary encoder 24 is fixed to the rotary pulley 42 so as to rotate integrally therewith. The wire 43 is wound around the rotary pulley 42 once or plural times, and both ends thereof are locked to the left side frame 13 and the right side frame 14, respectively, as shown in FIG.

Therefore, when the carrier 21 moves in the main scanning direction (arrow A direction), the rotary pulley 42 rotates following this movement, whereby the timing disk 45 of the rotary encoder 24 is moved to the carrier 21.
It is possible to rotate in response to the movement (movement) of.

The rotary encoder 24 has a timing disk 45 and an optical sensor 46. The timing disc 45 is fixed to the rotary pulley 42 as described above, and the optical sensor 46 is installed on the carrier 21. The optical sensor 46 is composed of, for example, a photo interrupter or the like. Further, the timing disk 45 is formed with a plurality of slits in the circumferential direction. Timing disc 4
When the optical disk 5 rotates following the movement of the carrier 21 via the rotary pulley 42, the optical sensor 46 detects the presence or absence of a slit in the timing disk 45 and outputs a pulse signal to the control board unit 50.

The position of the carrier 21 is detected on the basis of this pulse signal, and the control board unit 50 causes the carrier 21 to move.
The carrier 21 is controlled based on the position information of. Further, the control board unit 50 sets the output timing of the pulse signal output from the optical sensor 46 of the rotary encoder 24 as the recording timing of the magnetic information by the magnetic head 20, and based on this pulse signal, the magnetic stripe of the passbook by the magnetic head 20. To record magnetic information.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the control board unit 50 controls the recording wire 47 of the recording head 12 to record an image on an image recording medium such as a passbook, a sheet of paper or a copy sheet. To do. At this time, the control board unit 50
Has a normal recording mode in which the recording head 12 records on a passbook or one sheet, and a copy recording mode for recording on a copy sheet, as a recording mode for driving the recording head 12.

In the normal recording mode, the recording head 12
When the energization time to the electromagnet coil is set to be short, the impact force of the recording wire 47 is weak, and the driving frequency of the recording head 12 is set to be high, so that the recording head 1
The driving speed of 2, that is, the recording speed is high. On the other hand, in the copy recording mode, the energization time to the electromagnet coil of the recording head 12 is set to be long and the recording wire 4
7 has a strong impact force, and the recording head 1
The driving frequency of 2 is set low, and the driving speed of the recording head 12, that is, the recording speed is set low.

Since the magnetic stripe is always attached to the passbook, the control board unit 50 depends on whether the magnetic head 20 in the magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus 11 has read the magnetic information recorded on the magnetic stripe. The type (passbook, single sheet, copy sheet) of the image recording medium conveyed in the printer 10 is determined and set. Further, the control board unit 5
0 selects and sets the recording mode of the recording head 12 to either the normal recording mode or the copy recording mode in accordance with the type of the set image recording medium.

That is, as shown in FIG.
First, 0 is set so that the type of image recording medium is "copy paper" at the start of the recording operation (S1).

Next, when the control board section 50 inputs a command to read the magnetic information recorded on the magnetic stripe (S
2) The magnetic head 20 is caused to execute a magnetic information reading operation (S3), and at this time, it is determined whether or not the magnetic head 20 could read the magnetic information (S4).

In step S4, the magnetic head 2
When the magnetic information can be read by 0, the control board unit 50 determines that the image recording medium conveyed in the printer 10 is a passbook having a magnetic stripe, and the type of the image recording medium is “ It is changed to "passbook" and set (S5).

In step S4, when the magnetic information cannot be read by the magnetic head 20, the control board unit 50 continues to set the type of the image recording medium to "copy paper".

Next, the control board section 50 judges whether or not there is an instruction to record an image on the image recording medium (S6), and if there is this instruction, the type of image recording medium currently set. Is a "passbook" (S7).

In step S7, the control board unit 5
When it is determined that the type of the image recording medium currently set is “passbook”, the recording mode of the recording head 12 is set to the normal recording mode, and the passbook as the image recording medium has a weak impact force. To record (print) at high speed (S8).

When it is determined in step S7 that the type of image recording medium currently set is not "passbook", the control substrate section 50 sets the recording mode of the recording head 12 to the copy recording mode, Recording (printing) is performed at low speed on the copy paper, which is an image recording medium, with a strong impact force (S9).

Therefore, according to the above embodiment, the following effects and advantages can be obtained.

The control board section 50 of the printer 10 determines and sets the type of the image recording medium depending on whether the magnetic head 20 of the magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus 11 has read the magnetic information, and sets the normal recording mode and the copy mode. Since the recording mode is selected and set, if the passbook has a magnetic stripe on which magnetic information can be recorded, the recording mode is inevitably set to the normal recording mode and copy paper without the magnetic stripe is set. If so, the recording mode can be inevitably set to the copy recording mode. As a result, the image can be preferably recorded on the image recording medium in the recording mode according to the type of the image recording medium.

Since a passbook which is an image recording medium can be inevitably recorded in the normal recording mode, the recording speed can be increased as compared with the case where the passbook is recorded in the copy recording mode, and the show-through can be prevented. It is possible to suppress and improve the recording quality. By improving this recording quality,
It is possible to prevent erroneous detection due to show-through at the time of detecting a recording line (printing line), and to detect the recording line satisfactorily.

[B] Second Embodiment (FIG. 6) FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the recording executed by the control board unit in the dot impact printer to which the second embodiment of the image recording apparatus according to the present invention is applied. 7 is a flowchart showing a mode setting operation. In the second embodiment, the same parts as those in the first embodiment will be omitted by using the same reference numerals and phrases.

The dot impact printer as the image recording device of the second embodiment is not limited to the one having the magnetic recording / reproducing device 11 like the dot impact printer 10 of the first embodiment, but the magnetic recording device Those not including the recording / reproducing device 11 are also included.

Further, in the second embodiment, the control board section 50 sets the recording mode of the recording head 12 to the normal recording mode according to the type of the image recording medium (recording medium) set by the default setting. Select either the copy recording mode or the setting.

That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the control board unit 5
In the non-volatile memory 0 (not shown), the type of recording medium is set to either "passbook" or "copy paper" by default setting by the user of the printer (S11).

In this state, the control board unit 50 determines whether or not there is an instruction to record an image on the recording medium (S1).
2) If there is this instruction, it is determined whether or not the type of image recording medium currently set is "passbook" (S13).

When it is determined in step S13 that the type of image recording medium currently set is "passbook", the control board unit 50 sets the recording mode of the recording head 12 to the normal recording mode, High-speed recording (printing) is performed on a sheet of paper or a passbook, which is a recording medium, with a weak impact force (S14).

When it is determined in step S13 that the type of image recording medium currently set is not "passbook", the control substrate unit 50 sets the recording mode of the recording head 12 to the copy recording mode, Recording (printing) is performed at a low speed on the copy paper, which is an image recording medium, with a strong impact force (S15).

The setting of the type of recording medium according to the default setting is particularly effective when the printer 10 is used only for a passbook or for one sheet or copy sheet.

Therefore, according to the second embodiment,
The following effects and are achieved.

The recording head 12 has a normal recording mode for recording on a passbook or a sheet of paper and a copy recording mode for recording on the copy paper by the recording head 12, and the normal recording mode is a copy recording mode. In comparison with the above case, the impact force of the recording wire 47 on the recording head 12 is weak and the driving speed of the recording head 12 is high, and the normal recording mode and the copy recording mode are selected according to the set recording medium type. Therefore, when recording a passbook or a single sheet by setting the normal recording mode, the recording speed can be increased as compared with the case of recording this passbook or a single sheet by the copy recording mode. Further, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of show-through and improve the recording quality. Due to this improvement in recording quality, it is possible to prevent erroneous detection due to show-through at the time of detecting a recording line (printing line), and it is possible to detect the recording line satisfactorily.

Since the type of the recording medium is set by default and the control substrate section 50 selects and sets the normal recording mode and the copy recording mode according to the set type of the recording medium, the recording apparatus is set. By setting the type of the recording medium by performing the default setting by the user, the image can be appropriately recorded on the recording medium in the recording mode according to the type of the recording medium.

[C] Third Embodiment (FIG. 7) FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the recording executed by the control board portion in the dot impact printer to which the third embodiment of the image recording apparatus according to the present invention is applied. 7 is a flowchart showing a mode setting operation. Also in the third embodiment, the same parts as those in the first embodiment will be omitted by using the same reference numerals and phrases.

The dot impact printer as the image recording apparatus of the third embodiment is also a magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus like the dot impact printer 10 of the first embodiment, as in the second embodiment. The magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus 11 is not limited to those including the magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus 11.

Further, the printer 1 of the third embodiment
At 0, the control board unit 50 sets the recording mode of the recording head 12 to the normal recording mode according to the type of the image recording medium (recording medium) set by the operation of the dedicated switch provided on the operation panel (not shown). Select either the recording mode or the setting.

That is, a dedicated switch (not shown) for switching between the normal recording mode and the copy recording mode is set on the operation panel (not shown) of the printer 10. As shown in FIG. 7, the type of recording medium is set to either "passbook" or "copy paper" by the operation of the dedicated switch by the user of the printer 10 (S21).

In this state, the control board section 50 determines whether or not there is an instruction to record an image on the recording medium (S2).
2) If there is this instruction, it is determined whether or not the type of image recording medium currently set is "passbook" (S23).

When it is determined in step S23 that the type of image recording medium currently set is "passbook", the control substrate unit 50 sets the recording mode of the recording head 12 to the normal recording mode, High-speed recording (printing) is performed on a sheet of paper or a passbook, which is an image recording medium, with a weak impact force (S24).

When it is determined in step S23 that the type of recording medium currently set is not the "passbook", the control substrate unit 50 sets the recording mode of the recording head 12 to the copy recording mode to perform recording. Recording (printing) is performed at low speed on the copy paper, which is a medium, with a strong impact force (S25).

To set the type of the recording medium by operating the dedicated switch on the operation panel as described above, the printer 1 often uses a passbook or switching between a single sheet and a copy sheet.
It is particularly effective for 0.

Therefore, according to the above embodiment, in addition to the same effects as the effects of the second embodiment, the following effects are exhibited.

The type of recording medium is set by the operation of the dedicated switch on the operation panel, and the control board unit 50 selects and sets the normal recording mode and the copy recording mode according to the type of the recording medium set. Therefore, the user (user) of the recording apparatus operates the dedicated switch to set the type of the recording medium, so that the image can be suitably recorded on the recording medium in the recording mode according to the type of the recording medium. it can.

Although the present invention has been described based on the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this.

[0081]

According to the recording method of the image recording apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to increase the recording speed for a passbook or a sheet of paper. Further, according to the recording method of this image recording apparatus, it is possible to improve the recording quality on a passbook or a single sheet.

According to the image recording apparatus of the fourth to sixth aspects of the invention, it is possible to increase the recording speed on the passbook or one sheet. Further, according to this image recording apparatus, it is possible to improve the recording quality on a passbook or a sheet of paper.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing a passbook type dot impact printer provided with a magnetic recording / reproducing device, to which a first embodiment of an image recording device according to the present invention is applied.

2 is a side sectional view showing the printer of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a main part of the magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing the recording head and the transport device of FIG.

5 is a flowchart showing a recording medium type setting operation and a recording mode setting operation executed by the control board unit of FIG. 2. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a recording mode setting operation executed by the control board unit in the dot impact printer to which the second embodiment of the image recording apparatus according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a recording mode setting operation executed by a control board unit in a dot impact printer to which the third embodiment of the image recording apparatus according to the present invention is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Printer (image recording device) 11 Magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus 12 recording head 20 magnetic head 47 recording wire 50 Control board unit (control device)

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A recording method of an image recording apparatus, wherein a recording head having a plurality of recording wires records an image on a recording medium including a passbook and a copy sheet, wherein the recording head records on a passbook or one sheet. Of the normal recording mode and a copy recording mode for recording on the copy paper by the recording head, the impact of the recording wire in the recording head in the normal recording mode is larger than that in the copy recording mode. The force is weak and the driving speed of the recording head is high, and the normal recording mode and the copy recording mode are
A recording method for an image recording apparatus, wherein the recording method is selected and set according to the type of recording medium that has been set. 2. The recording method for an image recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the type of recording medium is set by default or by operating a dedicated switch. 3. A recording head having a plurality of recording wires records an image on an image recording medium including a passbook and a copy sheet, and a magnetic head of a magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus changes the magnetic recording medium provided on the passbook. In a recording method of an image recording apparatus for recording or reading magnetic information, a normal recording mode for the recording head to record on a passbook or a sheet of paper, and a copy recording mode for the recording head to record on copy paper. In the normal recording mode, the impact force of the recording wire in the recording head is weaker and the driving speed of the recording head is faster than that in the copy recording mode. Recording mode and
According to the set type of the image recording medium, it is selected and set, and the type of the image recording medium is determined and set depending on whether or not the magnetic head of the magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus has read magnetic information. A recording method of a characteristic image recording apparatus. 4. The recording head comprises a plurality of recording wires,
An image recording device in which the control device controls the recording head to record an image on a recording medium including a passbook and a copy sheet, wherein the control device includes a normal recording for the recording head to record on a passbook or one sheet. And a copy recording mode for the recording head to record on copy paper,
In the normal recording mode, the impact force of the recording wire in the recording head is weaker and the driving speed of the recording head is set faster than in the copy recording mode. An image recording apparatus configured to select and set the copy recording mode according to the type of recording medium that has been set. 5. The image recording apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the type of recording medium is set by default or by operating a dedicated switch. 6. The recording head comprises a plurality of recording wires,
The control device controls the recording head to record an image on an image recording medium including a passbook and a copy sheet, and the control device controls the magnetic head of the magnetic recording / reproducing device.
In an image recording device for controlling magnetic information to be recorded or read on a magnetic recording medium of the passbook, the control device includes a normal recording mode for the recording head to record on a passbook or one sheet, and the recording head. Has a copy recording mode for recording on copy paper,
In the normal recording mode, the impact force of the recording wire in the recording head is weaker and the driving speed of the recording head is set faster than in the copy recording mode. The copy recording mode is selected and set according to the type of the set image recording medium, and the type of the image recording medium is set depending on whether the magnetic head of the magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus has read magnetic information. An image recording apparatus characterized by making a judgment and setting.