JP2005153177A - Stencil printing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide stencil printing equipment enabling double-sided printing capable of performing accurate printing corresponding to a kind of a master wound around a printing drum. <P>SOLUTION: The stencil printing equipment 1 enabling the double-sided printing has the printing drum 12 around which a master 66 for single-sided printing and a master 65 for the double-sided printing which are different in lengths from each other can be wound and a printing member 13 which presses paper P fed from a feeding part 3 to the printing drum 12. The rear end 65C of the master 65 for the double-sided printing wound around the printing drum 12 is detected by a rear end detecting means 170, and based on detection information from the detecting means 170, a kind of the master wound around the printing drum 12 is discriminated by a control means 160. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a stencil printing apparatus that determines whether or not printing is possible and the type of a printing drum based on a detection result of a master rear end.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a printing unit having a drum and a press roller for winding a double-sided printing master on which two images are arranged, an auxiliary tray for temporarily storing surface-printed paper, and a printing unit from above the auxiliary tray. A stencil printing apparatus capable of double-sided printing, having a refeeding unit that refeeds the surface-printed paper toward the paper and a switching member that guides the paper that has passed through the printing unit to either the auxiliary tray or the paper discharge unit Has been described. In this apparatus, during duplex printing, the first sheet is fed from the sheet feeding unit to the printing unit to print one image on the surface of the sheet, and the printed sheet (surface printed sheet) is assisted by a switching member. The paper is guided to the tray, and the second sheet is fed from the sheet feeding unit to the printing unit to print one image on the surface of the sheet, and the first sheet printed on one side by the refeed unit is printed on the printing unit. And the other image is printed on the back side of the sheet, and the switching sheet guides the first sheet to the paper discharge unit and the second sheet (front printed sheet) to the auxiliary tray. .

  Patent Document 2 describes a multicolor printing apparatus in which, when performing multicolor printing, a printing drum around which a master plate made by color is wound is attached to and detached from the apparatus main body.

JP 2003-200355 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-297074

  In the stencil printing apparatus described in Patent Document 1, it is not detected whether the master wound around the printing drum is for single-sided printing or double-sided printing. In addition, since the correspondence between the type of master and the size of the paper set in the paper feed tray is not detected, the orientation that cannot be printed on both sides when the master for double-sided printing is wound around the printing drum or Even when a sheet of the size is in the paper feed tray, the printing operation may be executed. If printing is executed in this way, the printed image is not printed normally, or the printing pressure member and the master come into direct contact with each other, and the printing pressure member is stained with ink.

  In the case of a stencil printing apparatus in which the printing drum is detachable from the apparatus main body as described in Patent Document 2, it is conceivable that the printing drum to be mounted is erroneously mounted. For example, when a printing drum for use in a stencil printing apparatus is installed, it is necessary to perform re-making with a stencil printing apparatus in which the plate making apparatus is integrated. However, since the type of the installed drum is not detected, it is for double-sided printing. There is a risk that printing will be performed with the original master. Even in the case of a stencil printing apparatus that does not have a plate making apparatus, if the type of the installed drum is not detected, printing by the incorrectly installed printing drum will be executed.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a stencil printing apparatus that enables double-sided printing that can perform accurate printing corresponding to the type of master wound around a printing drum.

  The present invention provides a stencil printing apparatus capable of avoiding printing by a printing drum that is incorrectly installed.

  According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printing drum in which a single-sided printing master and a double-sided printing master having different lengths can be wound, and a printing member that presses paper fed from a paper feeding unit to the printing drum. A stencil printing apparatus capable of duplex printing, comprising: a trailing edge detection means for detecting a trailing edge of either a single-sided printing master or a duplex printing master wound around a printing drum; and detection from the trailing edge detection means And a control means for determining the type of the master wound around the printing drum based on the information.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the stencil printing apparatus according to the first aspect, the trailing edge detecting means is disposed at a position for detecting the trailing edge of the duplex printing master when the printing drum occupies a predetermined position. It is characterized by.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the stencil printing apparatus according to the first or second aspect of the present invention, the stencil printing apparatus further comprises a paper size detecting means for detecting the size of the paper fed from the paper feeding section, and the control means is provided with the rear end detecting means. Whether or not single-sided printing or double-sided printing is possible is determined based on the detected information and the paper size information from the paper size detecting means.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the stencil printing apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention, the stencil printing apparatus includes a display unit that displays a printable state, and controls the display state of the display unit according to the printable state determined by the control unit. It is a feature.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a stencil printing apparatus comprising: a printing drum that can be attached to and detached from the apparatus main body with the master wound thereon; and a printing member that presses the paper fed from the paper feeding unit to the printing drum. When the printing drum is in a predetermined position, the rear end detecting means for detecting the rear end of the non-corresponding master, and the type of the printing drum attached to the apparatus main body are determined based on the detection information from the rear end detecting means. And a control means for performing the above.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the stencil printing apparatus according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the stencil printing apparatus has a display device for displaying the type of the printing drum attached to the apparatus main body, and the control means uses the detection information from the rear end detection means. Based on this, the display state of the display device is controlled.

  According to the present invention, when either the single-sided printing master or the double-sided printing master is attached to the printing drum, the trailing edge is detected by the trailing edge detection means, and based on the detection information from the trailing edge detection means. Since the type of the master wound on the printing drum is determined, accurate printing corresponding to the type of the master wound on the printing drum can be performed.

  According to the present invention, the size of the paper fed from the paper feed unit is detected by the paper size detection means, and the control means is based on the detection information from the trailing edge detection means and the paper size information from the paper size detection means. Since it is determined whether single-sided printing or double-sided printing is possible, accurate printing corresponding to the type of master wound around the printing drum can be performed.

  According to the present invention, since the type of the printing drum attached to the apparatus main body is determined based on the detection information from the rear end detecting means for detecting the rear end of the incompatible master, printing by the erroneously attached printing drum is performed. Can be avoided.

  According to the present invention, the type of the printing drum mounted on the apparatus main body is displayed on the display device, and the display state of the display device is controlled based on the detection information from the rear end detection means. Printing by the printing drum can be avoided.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a stencil printing apparatus capable of duplex printing to which the present invention is applied. In the drawing, the stencil printing apparatus includes a printing unit 2, a plate making unit 3, a paper feeding unit 4, a plate discharging unit 5, a paper discharging unit 6, an image reading unit 7, an auxiliary tray 8, a refeed unit 9, a switching member 10, and the like. I have.

  The printing unit 2 is disposed substantially at the center of the apparatus main body 11 of the stencil printing apparatus, and includes a plate cylinder 12 serving as a printing drum and a press roller 13 serving as a printing pressure member. The plate cylinder 12 includes a pair of flanges (not shown) that are rotatably supported by a support shaft 14 that also serves as an ink supply pipe, a porous support plate (not shown) wound around the outer peripheral surface of each flange, and a porosity (not shown). It is mainly composed of a mesh screen (not shown) wound around the outer peripheral surface of the support plate. The plate cylinder 12 is configured to be rotationally driven by a plate cylinder driving unit 121 (see FIG. 6) and to be detachable from the apparatus main body 11. In this embodiment, the plate cylinder 12 has a size of an outer peripheral surface that can obtain a printed product of A3 size at the maximum during single-sided printing.

  An ink supply means 15 is disposed inside the plate cylinder 12. The ink supply means 15 includes a support shaft 14, an ink roller 16, and a doctor roller 17. The ink supplied from the support shaft 14 has a wedge-shaped cross section formed in a proximity portion between the ink roller 16 and the doctor roller 17. Ink is supplied to the inner peripheral surface of the plate cylinder 12 from the ink reservoir 18 formed by collecting in the space. A stage portion is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the plate cylinder 12, and a clamper 19 for holding the tip of the master is disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the plate cylinder 12. The clamper 19 is opened and closed by an opening / closing means (not shown) when the plate cylinder 12 is rotated to a predetermined position.

  A press roller 13 is disposed below the plate cylinder 12. The press roller 13 is configured by winding an elastic body such as rubber around a metal core 13 a and is provided so as to extend in the axial direction of the plate cylinder 12. As shown in FIG. 2, the press roller 13 is rotatably supported by a pair of arm members 20 serving as press roller support members at both ends of the core portion 13a. Each arm member 20 having a substantially L shape is integrated by a swing shaft 21 attached to a portion near the bent portion, and the swing shaft 21 is rotatably supported by the apparatus main body 11. Yes. Between each arm member 20, in addition to the press roller 13, a refeed guide member 22, a refeed resist roller 23 as a refeed resist member, a refeed positioning member 24, a refeed transport member 25, a cleaning A cleaning roller 26 and a guide plate 27 are provided as members.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the refeed guide member 22 disposed in the vicinity of the right side of the press roller 13 is integrally provided on each of the support shafts 28a, 29a, and 30a, and the respective peripheral surfaces thereof are pressed by the press roller. A plurality of roller rollers 28, 29, 30 pressed against the peripheral surface of the paper 13, and a paper guide plate 31 formed in a curved shape for causing the paper P as a printing paper to follow the peripheral surface of the press roller 13; have. Each support shaft 28a, 29a, 30a is rotatably supported at each end by each arm member 20, and is urged toward the core portion 13a by urging means (not shown). Each of the rollers 28, 29, and 30 is integrally attached to the corresponding support shaft 28 a, 29 a, 30 a with a predetermined interval over substantially the entire width of the press roller 13. The paper guide plate 31 is disposed at a position away from the peripheral surface of the press roller 13 by a predetermined distance that is smaller than the radius of each of the rollers 28, 29, 30, and both ends thereof are fixed to the arm members 20. Has been. The paper guide plate 31 is formed to have a curved surface centered on the core portion 13 a, and the paper guide plate 31 is configured to bring the peripheral surfaces of the rollers 28, 29, and 30 into contact with the peripheral surface of the press roller 13. A plurality of openings are formed.

  A re-feeding registration roller 23 is disposed below the press roller 13. The roller-shaped refeed resist roller 23 is rotatably supported by a support shaft 23a, and the support shaft 23a is attached to one end of a swing arm 32 as a refeed resist support member. The swinging arm 32 having a substantially square shape is supported by a support shaft 32a fixed between the arm members 20 so that the bent portion can swing freely. It is determined so that it is located at the approximate center in the width direction of the press roller 13 and is located in the middle of the position where each roller 30 is disposed. At the other end of the swing arm 32, a plunger 33a of a solenoid 33 attached to one arm member 20 via a bracket (not shown) and one end are fixed to the one arm member 20 and supported with respect to the swing arm 32. The other end of the tension spring 34 is attached to the shaft 32a to give a rotational biasing force in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. With this configuration, the re-feeding registration roller 23 occupies the press contact position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 2, which presses the peripheral surface against the peripheral surface of the press roller 13 with a predetermined press contact force when the solenoid 33 is operated. When the operation is released, the peripheral surface of the tension spring 34 is separated from the peripheral surface of the press roller 13 by the urging force of the tension spring 34 and occupies a separation position indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. The re-feeding resist contact / separation mechanism 40 is constituted by the solenoid 33 and the tension spring 34.

  A refeed positioning member 24 is disposed near the upper portion of the refeed resist roller 23. The re-feeding positioning member 24 is made of a plate material having an L-shaped cross section, and is formed so that the width thereof is substantially the same as the width of the press roller 13, and the bent end portion 24a faces upward. The portion is fixed to each arm member 20. The refeed positioning member 24 has a notch (not shown) for preventing the refeed registration roller 23 from colliding with the swing.

  A refeed conveyance member 25 is disposed below the press roller 13 and to the left of the refeed positioning member 24. The refeed conveyance member 25 includes a conveyance member main body 35, a driving roller 36, a driven roller 37, an endless belt 38, a suction fan 39, and the like, and an auxiliary tray 8 is integrally formed on the upper surface thereof.

  The transport member body 35, which is a casing formed so that its upper surface is opened and its width is slightly smaller than the interval between the arm members 20, is provided with bearings (not shown) on both the upstream and downstream sides of the sheet transport direction. Each bearing (not shown) rotatably supports the drive shaft 36a and the driven shaft 37a. Both ends of the drive shaft 36a penetrate both side surfaces of the conveying member main body 35, and both the penetrated both end portions are rotatably supported by a bearing member (not shown) provided in the apparatus main body 11. A drive gear (not shown) is attached to one end of the drive shaft 36 a, and the drive shaft 36 a is rotationally driven by a conveying member drive motor 122 provided in the apparatus main body 11. The driven shaft 37a is configured such that both ends thereof do not penetrate both side surfaces of the conveying member main body 35. Bosses 35a are integrally provided on both outer sides of the upstream end of the conveying member body 35 in the sheet conveying direction, and each boss 35a is fitted in a long hole (not shown) formed in each arm member 20, respectively. Has been. With this configuration, the transport member main body 35 is centered on the drive shaft 36a as the arm members 20 swing when the press roller 13 is brought into and out of contact with the plate cylinder 12 by a press roller contact / separation mechanism 55 described later. Rocking is possible.

  The plurality of roller-shaped drive rollers 36 are integrally attached to the drive shaft 36a, and predetermined intervals are provided between the drive rollers 36, respectively. A plurality of driven rollers 37 having the same shape as the drive roller 36 are integrally attached to the driven shaft 37 a at the same interval as each drive roller 36. An endless belt 38 having a plurality of holes (not shown) is stretched between the drive rollers 36 and the corresponding driven rollers 37 corresponding thereto with a predetermined tension. The endless belt 38 made of a frictional resistance member is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 2 when the drive shaft 36a is rotationally driven by the conveying member drive motor 122.

  A suction fan 39 is integrally attached to the lower surface of the conveying member main body 35, and the auxiliary tray 8 is integrally attached to the upper surface of the conveying member main body 35. The auxiliary tray 8 is formed with a plurality of openings (not shown) for allowing the endless belts 38 to face the sheet conveying surface, and a fence for receiving the sheet P being conveyed at the downstream end in the sheet conveying direction. 8a is integrally formed. A hole (not shown) is provided in the lower surface of the conveying member main body 35, which is a mounting surface of the suction fan 39, and the suction fan 39 is activated thereby to apply a negative pressure to the inside of the conveying member main body 35, which is a casing. The sheet P is sucked onto the upper surface of each endless belt 38 that is generated and moved. The suction force of the suction fan 39 and the frictional resistance force of the endless belt 38 are determined between the paper P and each endless belt 38 when the leading edge of the paper P comes into contact with the bent end 24a of the refeed positioning member 24. The strength is set so that slipping occurs. The re-feeding guide member 22, the re-feed registration roller 23, the re-feed positioning member 24, and the re-feed conveying member 25 constitute a re-feed unit 9.

  A cleaning roller 26 that cleans the peripheral surface of the press roller 13 is disposed in the vicinity of the press roller 13 and above the refeed conveyance member 25. The cleaning roller 26 having substantially the same width as the press roller 13 has at least the surface thereof made of a highly hygroscopic material such as Japanese paper or sponge, and integrally has a core portion 26a at the center thereof. . The cleaning roller 26 is rotatably supported by fitting the core portion 26a into a long hole (not shown) formed in each arm member 20, and a pressing roller is provided by a biasing means (not shown) provided in the long hole. The peripheral surface is constantly pressed against the peripheral surface of the press roller 13 with a predetermined pressing force. The cleaning roller 26 is about one-tenth of the peripheral speed of the press roller 13 in the same direction as the press roller 13 when the press roller 13 rotates by a cleaning roller driving means (not shown) provided on one arm member 20. It is rotationally driven at a peripheral speed.

  A guide plate 27 is disposed on the upper left side of the cleaning roller 26. Both ends of the guide plate 27, which is a plate material, are fixed to each arm member 20, and the sheet P pressed against the plate cylinder 12 by the press roller 13 does not touch the cleaning roller 26 and is attached to the auxiliary tray 8. Guide you to head. The guide plate 27 is disposed at a position close to the peripheral surfaces of the press roller 13 and the cleaning roller 26.

  On the other end side of each arm member 20 opposite to the one end side where the press roller 13 is supported, rotatable cam followers 41 are arranged in such a manner as to face each other. Further, the other end of the printing spring 42 having one end fixed to the apparatus main body 11 is attached in the vicinity of the position where the cam follower 41 of each arm member 20 is disposed. As a result, each arm member 20 is given a rotational urging force in the clockwise direction in the drawing around the swing shaft 21.

  In the vicinity of the left side of each cam follower 41, a multistage cam 43 having three cam plates 43A, 43B, 43C is disposed. Each cam plate 43A, 43B, 43C is fixed to a cam shaft 44 supported at both ends by the apparatus main body 11 and movably in the paper surface direction of FIG. The plate 43B, the cam plate 43A, and the cam plate 43C are arranged in this order. Each of the cam plates 43A, 43B, and 43C has a base portion that is a disc concentric with the cam shaft 44 and a convex portion having the same protruding amount. As shown in FIG. 3, the multistage cam 43 is provided with plate cylinder driving means via a drive gear 45 attached to the cam shaft 44 and a transmission gear 47 attached to a support shaft 46 rotatably supported by the apparatus body 11. The rotational force from 121 is transmitted, and it is rotated in the clockwise direction in FIG.

  The press roller 13 occupies a separation position shown in FIG. 2 where the circumferential surface is separated from the circumferential surface of the plate cylinder 12 when any convex portion of each of the cam plates 43A, 43B, 43C comes into contact with the cam follower 41. When the contact between any of the convex portions and the cam follower 41 is released, the peripheral surface occupies the press contact position shown in FIG. 3 where the peripheral surface presses the peripheral surface of the plate cylinder 12 by the urging force of the printing pressure spring 42. Each of the cam plates 43A, 43B, and 43C is configured so that the base and the cam follower 41 do not come into contact when the press roller 13 occupies the press contact position. The shape of the convex portions of the cam plates 43A, 43B, and 43C is such that the contact range between the press roller 13 and the plate cylinder 12 is a range in which all of the front surface region, the intermediate region, and the back surface region shown in FIG. Thus, the cam plate 43B is formed so as to be in the same range as the surface region, and the cam plate 43C is formed so as to be in the combined range of the downstream portion of the surface region, the intermediate region, and the back surface region. Further, the interval between the cam plates 43A, 43B, 43C is set to be sufficiently larger than the plate thickness of the arm member 20.

  In FIG. 2, press roller locking means (not shown) that prohibits the swinging of each arm member 20 in a state where the press roller 13 occupies the separated position is disposed near the right side of each arm member 20. The press roller locking means (not shown) has a solenoid (not shown), and the state of holding each arm member 20 and the state of releasing the holding are selectively switched by switching on and off the solenoid (not shown). A solenoid (not shown) is operated in a state where the cam follower 41 is in contact with any one of the convex portions of the cam plates 43A, 43B, and 43C.

  A moving arm 48 and a step cam 49 are disposed near the lower portion of the cam shaft 44 as shown in FIG. The moving arm 48 having a substantially L shape has a bent portion attached to a support shaft 48a that is rotatably supported by the apparatus main body 11. A roller 48b is provided at one end of the moving arm 48, and a moving portion 48 is provided at the other end. Each cam follower 48c is rotatably attached. Furthermore, the other end of the tension spring 50 having one end attached to the apparatus main body 11 is attached to a portion between the other end of the moving arm 48 and the bent portion, and the moving arm 48 is centered on the support shaft 48a. In the figure, a rotational biasing force in the clockwise direction is applied.

  The roller 48 b is disposed between the discs 44 a and 44 b that are fixed to each other in the middle of the cam shaft 44, and the cam follower 48 c has its peripheral surface brought into contact with the peripheral surface of the step cam 49 by the biasing force of the tension spring 50. It is in contact. The interval between the discs 44a and 44b is set to be slightly larger than the diameter of the roller 48b.

  The step cam 49 has three cam portions 49 a, 49 b, 49 c on its peripheral surface, and is fixed to a support shaft 51 that is rotatably supported by the apparatus main body 11. A gear 54 that meshes with a gear 53 attached to an output shaft of a stepping motor 52 attached to the apparatus main body 11 is attached to the support shaft 51, and the step cam 49 is moved by the arrow shown in FIG. It is rotationally driven in the direction. With this configuration, when the stepping motor 52 is actuated to rotate the step cam 49, the moving arm 48 swings about the support shaft 48a, and the roller 48b pushes the disk 44a or the disk 44b so that the camshaft 44 is illustrated. 3 in the left-right direction.

  Each cam portion 49a, 49b, 49c is in contact with the cam follower 48c and the cam portion 49b so that the cam plate 43B is in a position where the cam follower 41 can come into contact with the cam follower 41 when the cam follower 48c and the cam portion 49a contact each other. When the cam follower 48c and the cam portion 49c come into contact with each other so that the cam plate 43A may come into contact with the cam follower 41, the cam shaft 44C is placed in the position that can come into contact with the cam follower 41. Each shape is formed to be moved.

  The above-described cam follower 41, the printing pressure spring 42, the multistage cam 43, the press roller locking means (not shown), the moving arm 48, and the step cam 49 constitute a press roller contact / separation mechanism 55. By the operation, the press roller 13 selectively occupies the separated position shown in FIG. 2 and the press contact position shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a switching member 10 that switches the transport path of the paper P is disposed on the transport path of the paper P on the left side of the contact position between the plate cylinder 12 and the press roller 13. The switching member 10 made of a plate material having substantially the same width as that of the plate cylinder 12 and the press roller 13 is rotatably supported on the downstream end thereof in the paper transport direction so as to be coaxial with the driven roller 88, and is shown in FIG. As a result of the operation of 123, the upstream end portion in the sheet conveying direction formed with an acute cross section is selectively positioned at a first position indicated by reference numeral 10a and a second position indicated by reference numeral 10b in FIG. When the switching member 10 occupies the first position 10a, the tip of the switching member 10 is located close to the peripheral surface of the press roller 13 and does not interfere with the clamper 19 on the plate cylinder 12, and occupies the second position 10b. The tip is placed at a position close to the peripheral surface of the plate cylinder 12. The paper P that has passed between the plate cylinder 12 and the press roller 13 is guided to the paper discharge unit 6 when the switching member 10 occupies the first position 10a, and the switching member 10 moves to the second position 10b. When occupied, it is guided to the auxiliary tray 8 through the space between the guide plate 27 and the guide plate 56 fixed to the apparatus main body 11.

  A plate making unit 3 is disposed in the upper right part of the apparatus main body 11. The plate making unit 3 includes a master holding member 57, a platen roller 58, a thermal head 59 as a punching unit, a cutting unit 60, a master stock unit 61, a tension roller pair 62, a reverse roller pair 63, and the like. The plate making section 3 generates a plurality of heat generating elements which are the heat generating sections of the thermal head 59 according to the image signal, and selectively melts and punches a thermoplastic resin film of the master 64 described later to form a punching pattern according to the image signal. A double-sided printing master 65 having a first plate-making image 65A and a second plate-making image 65B as shown in FIG. 4 or an image amount corresponding to two sides of the first plate-making image 65A and the second plate-making image 65B. A single-sided printing master 66 having a third plate-making image 66A having a region is made. The first plate-making image 65A is formed at a position corresponding to the front surface region shown in FIG. 1 when the double-sided printing master 65 is wound on the outer peripheral surface of the plate cylinder 12, and the second plate-making image 65B is a back surface region. And corresponding positions. FIG. 4 is a view of the state wound around the plate cylinder 12 as seen from the film surface.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, plate making is performed so that a predetermined blank portion SK is provided between the first plate making image 65A and the second plate making image 65B. Therefore, the full length of the double-sided printing master 65 is slightly longer than that of the single-sided printing master 66.

  The master holding members 57 are respectively provided on a pair of side plates (not shown) of the apparatus main body 11 and rotatably and detachably support both ends of a core portion 64b of a master roll 64a formed by winding the master 64 in a roll shape. ing. As the master 64, a thickness of 40 μm obtained by bonding a thermoplastic resin film having a thickness of 1.6 μm on a Japanese paper as a porous support is used.

  The platen roller 58 provided on the left side of the master holding member 57 is rotatably supported on a side plate (not shown) of the apparatus main body 11 and is driven to rotate by the plate-making driving means 124. A stepping motor is used for the plate-making driving means 124.

  A thermal head 59 having a large number of minute heating elements arranged below the platen roller 58 and arranged in the main scanning direction is attached to a side plate (not shown) of the apparatus main body 11 and is attached with a biasing means (not shown). The surface of the heating element is pressed against the platen roller 58 by force. The thermal head 59 is connected to a thermal head drive circuit (not shown). This thermal head drive circuit selectively generates heat from the heating elements of the thermal head 59 that contacts the thermoplastic resin film surface of the master 64 in accordance with an image data signal that is an image signal, and heat-melts and punches the master 64. Perform plate making.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a known cutting means 60 for cutting the master 64 is disposed on the left side of the platen roller 58 and the thermal head 59. A master stock section 61 is disposed below the cutting means 60 on the downstream side in the master conveyance direction. The master stock portion 61, which is a space for temporarily storing the double-sided printing master 65 or the single-sided printing master 66, is partitioned by a plurality of plate members, and a suction fan (not shown) is provided at the innermost portion. It is arranged. When the suction fan is operated, a negative pressure is generated in the master stock unit 61 that is a sealed space, and the master stock unit 61 is a master for double-sided printing 65 or a master for single-sided printing 66 that has been transported after plate making. It is stored towards the innermost part of. A tension roller pair 62 is disposed at a portion between the cutting means 60 and the master stock portion 61. A reverse roller pair 63 is disposed downstream of the master stock unit 61 in the master conveyance direction. The rollers on one side of the tension roller pair 62 and the reverse roller pair 63 are rotated by a drive motor (not shown) to feed the master in the master stock unit 61 toward the plate cylinder 12.

  The digital image signal that is the source of the image on the master is formed by reading an original with the image reading unit 7 disposed on the upper part of the apparatus main body 11, and the stencil printing apparatus is connected to an external processing apparatus such as a personal computer. In some cases, it is formed by the output of a digital manuscript created on a computer.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the image reading unit 7 reads the documents 91A and 91B indicated by broken lines. That is, each document placed on the document placement table 92 is subjected to exposure reading while being conveyed in the direction of arrow Y1 by the rotation of the separation roller 93, the front document conveyance roller pair 94, and the rear document conveyance roller pair 95, respectively. . At this time, when there are a large number of originals, only the lowermost original is conveyed by the action of the separating blade 96. One roller of the rear document transport roller pair 95 is rotationally driven by a document transport roller motor 128 serving as a document drive unit. The front document transport roller pair 94 is rotationally driven in conjunction with the drive of the rear document transport roller pair 95. When reading the images of the originals 91A and 91B, the reflected light from the surface of the original illuminated by the fluorescent lamp 99 as the light source is reflected by the mirror 98 while being conveyed on the contact glass 97 as the image reading means, and passes through the lens 100. , By being incident on an image sensor 101 composed of a CCD (charge coupled device) or the like. The document from which the image has been read is discharged onto a document tray 80 (not shown). The electrical signal photoelectrically converted by the image sensor 101 is input to an analog / digital (A / D) conversion board (not shown) in the apparatus body cabinet 50, converted into a digital image signal, and stored in the image memory 135.

  In the present embodiment, a double-sided printing master 65 or a single-sided printing master 66 made by the plate making unit 3 provided in the stencil printing apparatus is wound around a plate cylinder 12 that is detachable from the apparatus main body 11. However, the masters 65 and 66 are made by a plate making apparatus provided separately from the stencil forming apparatus, and the plate cylinder 12 on which the masters 65 and 66 are selectively wound is mounted on the apparatus main body 11. Also good. If there is no plate making unit 3, the image reading unit 7 is also unnecessary.

  A sheet feeding unit 4 is disposed below the plate making unit 3. The paper feed unit 4 includes a paper feed tray 67, a paper feed roller 68, a separation roller 69, a separation pad 70, a registration roller pair 71, and the like. A paper feed tray 67 on which a large number of sheets P can be stacked is supported by the apparatus main body 11 so as to be movable up and down, and is moved up and down by a paper feed driving means 125 (see FIG. 6) including a lifting means. A pair of side fences 72 supported by a rail member (not shown) so as to be movable in the paper width direction perpendicular to the paper transport direction are provided on the upper surface of the paper feed tray 67 on which A3 size paper P can be placed vertically. . On the free end side of the paper feed tray 67, a plurality of paper size detection sensors 73 for detecting the size of the paper P stacked and fed are provided. The paper P is basically set with a paper size adapted to the sizes of the first image area 4 and the second image area 5. That is, when the maximum print size at the time of single-sided printing is A3 size, the maximum print size at the time of double-sided printing is roughly A4 size, and the maximum sheet passing paper is also A4. Although the paper passing direction is the short side direction, the paper may be set in different sizes and orientations during single-sided printing and double-sided printing.

  Above the paper feed tray 67, a paper feed roller 68 having a high frictional resistance member on the surface is disposed. The paper feed roller 68 is rotatably supported by a bracket (not shown) supported by the apparatus main body 11 so as to be swingable. When the paper feed tray 67 is lifted by lifting means (not shown), paper is fed with a predetermined pressure contact force. The uppermost sheet P on the tray 67 is pressed against. The paper feed roller 68 is rotationally driven by the paper feed driving means 125.

  On the left side of the paper feed roller 68, a separation roller 69 and a separation pad 70 each having a high friction resistance member on the surface are disposed. The separation roller 69 is drivingly connected to the paper feed roller 68 through a timing belt 69a, and is driven to rotate in the same direction in synchronism with the rotation of the paper feed roller 68. The separation pad 70 is pressed against the separation roller 69 by a biasing force of a biasing means (not shown).

  A registration roller pair 71 is disposed on the left side of the separation roller 69 and the separation pad 70. The registration roller pair 71 including the driving roller 71a and the driven roller 71b transmits the rotational driving force from the plate cylinder driving unit 121 by a driving force transmitting unit (not shown) such as a gear or a cam, so that the driving roller 71a is connected to the plate cylinder. 12, the paper P is fed toward the printing unit 2 at a predetermined timing by a driven roller 71 b that rotates at a predetermined timing in synchronization with the driven roller 71 and is in pressure contact with the driving roller 71 a.

  A plate discharging unit 5 is disposed on the upper left side of the printing unit 2. The plate discharging unit 5 includes an upper plate discharging member 74, a lower plate discharging member 75, a plate discharging box 76, a compression plate 77, and the like. The upper plate removal member 74 has a drive roller 78, a driven roller 79, an endless belt 80, etc., and the endless belt is driven by the drive roller 78 being rotated in the clockwise direction in the drawing by the plate discharge drive means 126 (see FIG. 6). 80 moves in the direction of the arrow in FIG. The lower plate removing member 75 includes a driving roller 81, a driven roller 82, an endless belt 83, and the like, and transmits the driving force of the plate discharging driving means 126 that rotationally drives the driving roller 78 by a driving force transmitting means (not shown) such as a gear or a belt. As a result, the drive roller 81 is rotationally driven in the counterclockwise direction in the figure, whereby the endless belt 83 moves in the arrow direction in FIG. Further, the lower plate removing member 75 is movably provided by a moving means (not shown) included in the plate discharging driving means 126, and an endless belt 83 located on the outer peripheral surface of the driven roller 82 is located at the position shown in the figure. It selectively occupies a position in contact with the outer peripheral surface.

  A plate removal box 76 for storing a used master therein is detachably attached to the apparatus main body 11. A compression plate 77 for pushing the used master carried by the upper plate removal member 74 and the lower plate removal member 75 into the plate release box 76 is supported by the apparatus main body 11 so as to be movable up and down, and is included in the plate discharge drive means 126. It is moved up and down by the lifting means that does not.

  A paper discharge unit 6 is disposed below the plate discharge unit 5. The paper discharge unit 6 includes an air knife device 150, a peeling claw 84, a paper discharge conveying member 85, a paper discharge tray 86, and the like. A plurality of peeling claws 84 are arranged in the width direction of the plate cylinder 12, and are respectively integrally attached to a support shaft that is swingably supported by the apparatus main body 11. The plurality of peeling claws 84 are swung by a claw rocking means (not shown), and the tips of the peeling claws 84 are located close to the peripheral surface of the plate cylinder 12 and the tips of the plates are avoided in order to avoid obstacles such as the clamper 19. It selectively occupies a position away from the outer peripheral surface of the trunk 12. The claw swinging means (not shown) transmits the driving force from the plate cylinder driving means 121 shown in FIG. 6 by the driving force transmission means (not shown), and swings the peeling claw 84 in synchronization with the rotation of the plate cylinder 12. The air knife device 150 is for assisting the peeling of the paper P by the peeling claw 84, and is used to guide the blower fan 151 and the air emitted from the fan 151 to the plate cylinder 12 near the paper discharge claw 84 in a thin layer. And a duct 152.

  A paper discharge conveying member 85 disposed below the peeling claw 84 and to the left of the switching member 10 includes a driving roller 87, a driven roller 88, an endless belt 89, a suction fan 90, and the like. A plurality of roller-shaped drive rollers 87 are attached to a support shaft (not shown) rotatably supported on a unit side plate (not shown) at a predetermined interval, and each is integrally driven to rotate by a paper discharge driving means 127 (see FIG. 6). Is done. A plurality of driven rollers 88 are also provided on a support shaft (not shown) rotatably supported on the same side plate at equal intervals with each drive roller 87, and each drive roller 87 and each corresponding driven roller 88 corresponding to this have a plurality of holes. The endless belts 89 having the above are stretched over each other. A suction fan 90 is disposed below the driving roller 87, the driven roller 88, and the endless belt 89. The paper discharge conveying member 85 sucks the paper P onto each endless belt 89 by the suction force of the suction fan 90, and transports the paper P in the direction of the arrow in FIG.

  A paper discharge tray 86 on which the paper P conveyed by the paper discharge conveyance member 85 is stacked is provided with one end fence 91 movable in the paper conveyance direction and a pair of side fences 92 movable in the paper width direction. And have.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a dog 133 serving as a phase timing detection plate is attached to the outer surface of a flange (not shown) constituting the plate cylinder 12, and a photo attached to the apparatus main body 11 near the periphery of the plate cylinder 12. A home position sensor 134 composed of an interrupter is provided. The home position sensor 134 detects the dog 133 and outputs a phase timing signal to the control means 160 when the plate cylinder 12 occupies a position where the clamper 19 faces the press roller 13.

  In the vicinity of the peeling claw 84, a rear end detection sensor 170 is disposed as a rear end detection means for detecting the rear end of either the double-sided printing master 65 or the single-sided printing master 66 wound around the plate cylinder 12. It is installed. In this embodiment, the rear end detection sensor 170 is disposed at a position for detecting the rear end 65C of the double-sided printing master 65 when the plate cylinder 12 occupies the home position at the predetermined position shown in FIG. . The rear end detection sensor 170 is a well-known sensor of an optical reflection type including an irradiation unit that irradiates light toward the outer peripheral surface of the plate cylinder and a light receiving unit, and detects the rear end 65C of the double-sided printing master 65. If there is a master signal, a Low signal is output, and a Hi signal is output when there is no master. In this embodiment, when plate making is started, detection light is irradiated from the rear end detection sensor 170 toward the plate cylinder 12.

  FIG. 5 shows the operation panel 103 of the stencil printing apparatus. In the figure, an operation panel 103 provided on the upper front surface of the apparatus main body 11 has a print start key 104, a stop key 105, a ten key 106, a paper size key 107, a plate making start key 108, a duplex printing key 110, It includes a single-sided printing key 111, display means 113, 114, 115 that are LEDs, a display device 116 that is an LCD, and the like.

  The start key 104 is pressed when the stencil printing apparatus performs the plate making operation and the printing operation. When the start key 104 is pressed, the plate making operation is performed after the plate discharging operation and the document reading operation are performed. The operation and printing operation are performed, and the stencil printing apparatus enters a print standby state. A stop key 104 is pressed when the operation of the apparatus is stopped, and a numeric key 106 is pressed when a numerical value such as the number of prints is input. The plate making start key 108 is pressed when performing the plate making operation, the paper size key 107 is pressed when inputting the paper size arbitrarily, and the paper size input by the paper size key 107 is detected by the paper size detection sensor 73. Overrides the paper size specified. The duplex printing key 110 is pressed before the printing start key 104 is pressed when the stencil printing apparatus performs the duplex printing operation. The single-sided printing key 111 is pressed before the start key 104 is pressed when the stencil printing apparatus performs a single-sided printing operation. Various results determined by the control unit 160 are displayed on the display device 116.

  FIG. 6 shows a block diagram of a control system used in the stencil printing apparatus 1. In the figure, the control means 160 is constituted by a known microcomputer, and has a CPU 161, ROM 162, and RAM 163 therein, and is provided inside the apparatus main body 11.

  The CPU 161 is based on various signals from the operation panel 103, detection signals from various sensors provided in the apparatus main body 11, and an operation program called from the ROM 131, the printing unit 2, the plate making unit 3, the paper feeding unit 4, and the discharge plate. Operation of the drive unit provided in the unit 5, the paper discharge unit 6, the image reading unit 7, the re-feeding resist contact / separation mechanism 40 provided in the re-feed unit 9, and the operation of the solenoid 123 that operates the switching member 10. To control the operation of the stencil printing apparatus 1 as a whole. The ROM 162 stores an operation program for the entire stencil printing apparatus, and this operation program is appropriately called by the CPU 161. The ROM 162 stores master type information, paper size / orientation information, and a printable state based on a combination of master information and paper size information as data. The master type indicates whether the master is a double-sided printing master 65 or a single-sided printing master 66. The RAM 163 has a function of temporarily storing calculation results of the CPU 161, a function of storing data signals and ON / OFF signals set and input from various keys and various sensors on the operation panel 103 as needed.

  The control unit 160 uses the phase timing signal from the home position sensor 134 and the rotation pulse signal generated every time the plate cylinder driving unit 121 rotates by a certain angle to determine the rotation phase position (timing) of the plate cylinder 12 in real time. Detect and recognize. The control unit 160 has a function of determining the type of master wound around the plate cylinder 12 based on detection information from the rear end detection sensor 170 and a function of displaying the determined type of master on the display device 160. ing.

  The operation of the stencil printing apparatus 1 having such a configuration will be described. In this embodiment, two originals 91A and 91B are set on the mounting table 92, and the original 91A is a front side original that is a first original, and the original 91B is a back side original that is a second original. When the operator presses the duplex printing key 110 and presses the plate making start key 108, the master determination process shown in FIG. 7 starts.

  In step S1, plate making is started. Here, the document reading roller motor 128 is driven in the image reading unit 7 to read the first document image (first document 91A). The read original image is stored in the image memory 135 as a digital image signal of the front surface image, and the rear end detection sensor 170 is operated to irradiate the detection light toward the outer peripheral surface of the plate cylinder 12. When the reading operation of the first document 91A is completed and the digital image signal is stored in the image memory 135, the reading operation of the second document (second document 91B) is continuously performed. Done at a similar speed. The read document image is stored in the image memory 135 as a digital image signal of the back image. In parallel with the image reading operation for the first document 91A, the plate discharging unit 5 performs the plate discharging operation. The plate cylinder 12 from which the used master has been peeled off from the outer peripheral surface stops at the plate feeding standby position, and the clamper 19 is opened by an opening / closing means (not shown).

  In the plate making unit 3, the heating element of the thermal head 59 is used based on the digital image signal stored in the memory 135 in order to form the first plate making image 65 </ b> A and the second plate making image 65 </ b> B on the thermoplastic resin film surface of the master 64. While heating, the master feed motor 124B is driven to transport the heat-sensitive stencil master 64, and the first plate-making image 65A and the second plate-making image 65B are each made to form a double-sided printing master 65.

  The double-sided printing master 65 on which the plate-making images 65A and 65B are formed is stored in the master stock unit 61, and when the stencil printing apparatus 1 is in a plate feeding standby state after the plate discharging operation is completed, the reversing roller pair 63 is operated. It is conveyed toward the open clamper 19. Thereafter, the plate cylinder 12 is intermittently rotated, and the double-sided printing master 65 is wound around the plate cylinder 12. When all the image data for two sheets is sent from the image memory 135, the cutting means 60 is activated to cut the double-sided printing master 65. The cut master for duplex printing 65 is pulled out from the plate making unit 3 by the rotation of the plate cylinder 12, and the plate cylinder 12 is stopped at the home position to complete the plate making operation and the plate feeding operation.

  The completion of plate making in step S2 is determined based on, for example, whether or not the cutting means 60 is driven. When the plate making is finished, the process proceeds to step S3, and it is determined from the output change from the rear end detection sensor 170 whether or not the master rear end detection is detected. This step is performed while the plate cylinder 12 is stopped at the home position. If the signal from the trailing edge detection sensor 170 is Low when the plate cylinder 12 is stopped, the master trailing edge 65C is detected, and the process proceeds to step S4 where the master for double-sided printing 65 is made and wound. If it is determined that the process has been performed, the process proceeds to step S6. In step S6, the display device 116 displays that the master wound around the plate cylinder 12 is the double-sided printing master 65.

  If the signal from the trailing edge detection sensor 170 is Hi in step S3, it means that the master trailing edge 65C has not been detected, so that the process proceeds to step S5 and the one-sided printing master 66 is wound. Determination is made and the process proceeds to step S6. In this case, the display device 116 displays that the master wound around the plate cylinder 12 is the single-sided printing master 66.

  As described above, by sensing the type of the master wound around the plate cylinder 12 after the plate making is completed, the type of the master wound around the plate cylinder 12 can be determined. In addition, since the master type that has been made is displayed on the display device 116, the contents of the plate making can be visually confirmed even if the plate making is performed by wrong selection. This can be prevented.

  The printing operation is performed following the plate feeding operation. When the plate cylinder 12 stops at the home position, the stepping motor 52 shown in FIG. 3 operates to rotate the step cam 49 and press roller locking means (not shown) to bring the cam portion 49a into contact with the cam follower 48c. As a result, the moving arm 48 is swung around the support shaft 48a, and the cam shaft 44 is moved to a position where the cam plate 43B can be brought into contact with the cam follower 41. Is released.

  Thereafter, the paper feed roller 68, the separation roller 69, the drive rollers 36 and 87, and the suction fans 39 and 90 are respectively driven, and the plate cylinder 12 is driven at a low speed by the drive of the plate cylinder drive means 121. The first sheet P1 is pulled out from the sheet feed tray 67 and the leading end thereof is sandwiched between the registration roller pair 71. When the clamper 19 passes the position corresponding to the switching member 10, the solenoid 123 is actuated to position the switching member 10 at the second position, and then the double-sided printing master 65 wound on the plate cylinder 12. The drive roller 71a is rotationally driven at a predetermined timing when the leading end of the image area of the first plate-making image 65A in the plate cylinder rotation direction reaches a position corresponding to the press roller 13, so that the drawn paper P1 is extracted from the plate cylinder 12. And the press roller 13.

  The cam plate 43B moved to a position where it can come into contact with the cam follower 41 at the predetermined timing disengages its convex portion from the cam follower 41, and the press roller 13 presses the peripheral surface by the biasing force of the printing spring 42. Press contact with the outer peripheral surface of the body 12. As a result, the press roller 13, the paper P1, the first plate-making image 65A forming portion of the double-sided printing master 65, and the plate cylinder 12 are pressed against each other, and the ink supplied to the inner peripheral surface of the plate cylinder 12 by the ink roller 16 is the plate cylinder. The first plate-making image 65A is exuded after being filled in the porous support plate (not shown) and mesh screen (not shown) wound around the plate cylinder 12 and the porous support of the master 65 for double-sided printing. The portion of the double-sided printing master 65 where the first plate-making image 65A is formed is printed by being transferred to the paper P1 through the punching portion.

  The sheet P1, on which the image corresponding to the first plate-making image 65A is printed on the surface by printing, is peeled off from the double-sided printing master 65 on the outer peripheral surface of the plate cylinder by the leading end of the switching member 10, while The re-feeding means 9 is guided by the switching member 10 occupying the position 2. The sheet P 1 guided downward by the switching member 10 passes between the guide plates 27 and 56, has its tip abutted against the fence 8 a, and is placed on the auxiliary tray 8. The sheet P1 transported on the auxiliary tray 8 is transported in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 1 while being held on the endless belt 38 that rotates by the transport of the transport member drive motor 122 by the suction force generated by the drive of the suction fan 39. The front end (the rear end when the first plate-making image 65A is printed) is brought into contact with the bent end portion 24a. At this time, since slip occurs between the paper P1 and the endless belt 38, the paper P1 is stopped in a state where the leading end thereof is in contact with the bent end portion 24a. A sensor (not shown) is provided for detecting when the leading edge of the paper P1 comes into contact with the bent end 24a. When the sensor (not shown) detects the leading edge of the paper P1, the drive roller 36 and the suction fan 39 are operated. It is good also as a structure which stops.

  The plate cylinder 12 continues to rotate while the paper P1 is being guided on the auxiliary tray 8, and when the press roller 13 finishes contact with the surface area of the plate cylinder 12, the convex portion of the cam plate 43B becomes the cam follower 41. It occupies the separated position by contacting the Due to the function of the cam plate 43B, the back surface region of the plate cylinder 12 and the press roller 13 are not in pressure contact with each other in the absence of the paper P, and ink transfer to the peripheral surface of the press roller 13 can be prevented. At this time, a press roller locking means (not shown) is operated to hold the press roller 13 at the separated position, and then the stepping motor 52 is operated to rotate the step cam 49 to bring the cam portion 49b into contact with the cam follower 48c. As a result, the moving arm 48 is swung around the support shaft 48a, and the cam shaft 44 is moved to a position where the cam plate 43A can be brought into contact with the cam follower 41.

  Almost simultaneously with the above-described operation, the paper feed roller 68 and the separation roller 69 are driven, the second sheet P2 is drawn from the paper feed tray 67, and the leading end thereof is sandwiched between the registration roller pair 71. Then, the drive roller 71a is rotationally driven at a predetermined timing similar to that described above, and the drawn paper P2 is fed toward the space between the plate cylinder 12 and the press roller 13.

  In the press roller contact / separation mechanism 55, when the cam shaft 44 rotates to a position where the convex portion of the moved cam plate 43A can come into contact with the cam follower 41, the operation of the press roller locking means (not shown) is released. At this time, the plate cylinder 12 rotating in synchronization with the camshaft 44 occupies a position where the non-opening portion, which is a portion other than the front surface region, the back surface region, and the intermediate region, faces the press roller 13. Further, the solenoid 123 is operated until the surface region of the plate cylinder 12 passes through the portion facing the press roller 13 and the clamper 19 occupies the position corresponding to the switching member 10 again. It is displaced from the position to the first position.

  At a predetermined timing when the sheet P2 is fed by the registration roller pair 71, the cam plate 43A disengages the convex portion from the cam follower 41, so that the press roller 13 causes the printing cylinder to move its peripheral surface by the urging force of the printing spring 42. 12 is pressed against the outer peripheral surface. As a result, the press roller 13, the paper P2, the first plate-making image 65A forming portion of the double-sided printing master 65, and the plate cylinder 12 are pressed against each other, and the ink supplied to the inner peripheral surface of the plate cylinder 12 by the ink roller 16 is supplied to the plate cylinder. The image is transferred to the paper P2 through the 12 openings, a porous support plate (not shown), a mesh screen (not shown), and a perforated portion of the first platemaking image 65A.

  The paper P2 on which an image corresponding to the first plate-making image 65A is printed is guided to the paper discharge conveyance member 85 by the switching member 10 occupying the first position, and from the front end portion thereof by the peeling claw 84. It peels from the double-sided printing master 65 on the outer peripheral surface. The peeled paper P2 falls downward and is sent to the paper discharge conveying member 85 and then discharged onto the paper discharge tray 86.

  After the sheet P2 is fed by the registration roller pair 71, it is slightly earlier than the leading end of the image area of the second plate-making image 65B in the plate cylinder rotation direction of the double-sided printing master 65 reaches the position corresponding to the press roller 13. The solenoid 33 is actuated at a predetermined timing, which is the timing, and the swing arm 32 is swung in the clockwise direction in FIG. 2 about the support shaft 32a. As a result, the re-feeding registration roller 23 is swung from the separation position to the press-contact position, and the sheet P1 stopped with the leading end abutting against the bent end 24a abuts on the plate cylinder 12 and is driven to rotate. The press roller 13 is in contact with the peripheral surface.

  The paper P1 brought into contact with the peripheral surface of the press roller 13 by the re-feeding registration roller 23 is conveyed to the downstream side in the rotational direction by the rotational force of the press roller 13, and the paper guide plate 31 and the rollers 28, 29, The sheet 30 is conveyed toward the contact portion with the plate cylinder 12 while being in close contact with the peripheral surface of the press roller 13. At this time, an image corresponding to the first plate-making image 65A is printed on the surface of the paper P1, but since the paper P1 is in close contact with the peripheral surface of the press roller 13 by the action of the refeed guide member 22, once. The sheet P1 in contact with the peripheral surface of the press roller 13 is not displaced, and the occurrence of problems such as rubbing dirt or thickening of the image line is prevented. Then, after the rear end and the intermediate region of the paper P2 pass through the position corresponding to the press roller 13, the paper P1 is moved to the plate cylinder 12 and the press roller at the timing when the leading end of the back surface region reaches the position corresponding to the press roller 13. 13 is sent to the abutting part.

  As a result, the press roller 13, the paper P1, the second plate-making image 65B forming portion of the double-sided printing master 65, and the plate cylinder 12 are pressed against each other, and the ink supplied to the inner peripheral surface of the plate cylinder 12 by the ink roller 16 is the plate cylinder. The second plate-making image 65B of the master for double-sided printing 65 is formed by being transferred to the paper P1 through the 12 openings, a porous support plate (not shown) and a mesh screen (not shown), and a perforation portion of the second plate-making image 65B. The part is printed.

  The paper P1 on which the image corresponding to the first plate-making image 65A is printed on the front surface and the image corresponding to the second plate-making image 65B is printed on the back surface is transferred to the paper discharge conveyance member 85 by the switching member 10 occupying the first position. And is peeled from the double-sided printing master 65 on the outer peripheral surface of the plate cylinder by the action of the air sprayed from the air knife 152 and the peeling claw 84. The peeled sheet P1 falls downward and is sent to the paper discharge conveying member 85 and then discharged onto the paper discharge tray 86. Thus, the plate-making operation of the double-sided printing master 65 is completed, and the printing operation is completed. Move on.

  At the time of printing, a predetermined blank portion S is provided between the first plate-making image 65A and the second plate-making image 65B of the double-sided printing master 65, and the double-sided printing master 65 is wound on the outer peripheral surface of the plate cylinder 12. Since the intermediate area is formed when the paper is loaded, it is possible to prevent the rear end of the paper P2 sent from the paper supply unit 4 and the front end of the paper P1 sent from the refeeding means 9 from being overlapped, which is good Can be used for easy printing. Further, when the paper P1 is fed again from the refeeding means 9, the ink from the paper P1 is retransferred to the surface of the press roller 13 by coming into contact with the printing surface of the paper P1. Since the surface has ink repellency and the cleaning roller 26 cleans the peripheral surface of the press roller 13, the amount of re-transferred ink from the paper P1 to the peripheral surface of the press roller 13 is reduced and from the peripheral surface of the press roller 13. The removal of the retransfer ink is promoted, and the retransfer of the ink from the press roller 13 to the back surface of the paper P can be prevented during the following printing.

  When the printing operation is completed, the stencil printing apparatus 1 enters a print standby state and waits for the press of the print start key 104. When the number of prints is set on the numeric keypad 106 and the print start key 104 is pressed, the printing operation starts. In the printing operation, the plate cylinder 12 is rotationally driven at the printing speed after the cam shaft 44 is moved to a position where the cam plate 43B can come into contact with the cam follower 41 as in the case of printing, and the switching member 10 is moved to the first position. 2 is positioned. After rotation of the plate cylinder 12 is started, the first sheet P1 is fed from the sheet feeding unit 4, and the fed sheet P1 is temporarily stopped by the registration roller pair 71 and then fed at the same timing as the trial printing. The The sheet P1 is pressed against the first plate-making image 65A of the double-sided printing master 65 by the press roller 13, whereby an image corresponding to the first plate-making image 65A is printed on the surface. The sheet P1 on which the image is printed is peeled and guided by the switching member 10 occupying the second position, conveyed onto the auxiliary tray 8, and stopped in a state where the leading end is in contact with the bent end 24a. .

  Thereafter, the press roller locking means (not shown) is operated to hold the press roller 13 at the separated position, and the cam shaft 44 is moved to a position where the cam plate 43A can come into contact with the cam follower 41. The operation of the press roller locking means is released. Almost simultaneously with this operation, the second sheet P2 is fed from the sheet feeding unit 4, and the sheet P2 is temporarily stopped by the registration roller pair 71 and then fed toward the printing unit 2 at the same timing as the sheet P1. Is done. The switching member 10 is positioned at the first position so as to avoid a collision with the clamper 19, and then is positioned again at the second position after passing the clamper 19.

  The fed paper P2 is pressed against the first plate-making image 65A of the double-sided printing master 65 by the press roller 13, and after the image corresponding to the first plate-making image 65A is printed on the surface, it occupies the second position. Stripping is guided by the switching member 10 and conveyed onto the auxiliary tray 8. At this time, the solenoid 33 is actuated at the same timing as the trial printing, and the paper P1 retained on the auxiliary tray 8 is conveyed to the printing unit 2 by the rotational force of the press roller 13. After the rear end of the sheet P2 passes through the contact portion between the plate cylinder 12 and the press roller 13, the sheet P1 passes through a position where the intermediate area of the plate cylinder 12 faces the press roller 13, and the back area is the press roller. 13 is sent to the contact portion between the plate cylinder 12 and the press roller 13 at a timing facing the plate 13, and is pressed against the second plate-making image 65B of the double-sided printing master 65 by the press roller 13, whereby the second plate-making image is formed on the back surface thereof. An image corresponding to 65B is printed.

  During the above-described operation, the solenoid 123 is actuated immediately before the intermediate region of the plate cylinder 12 occupies the position facing the press roller 13, and the switching member 10 is displaced from the second position to the first position. As a result, the rear end of the sheet P2 guided by the switching member 10 is guided onto the auxiliary tray 8 through a slight gap between the lower surface 10a of the switching member 10 and the peripheral surface of the press roller 13. Subsequently, the leading edge of the conveyed paper P <b> 1 is guided to the paper discharge conveying member 85 along the upper surface 10 b of the switching member 10. The paper P <b> 1 is peeled off from the double-sided printing master 65 by the peeling claw 84, transported by the paper discharge transport member 85, and discharged onto the paper discharge tray 86.

  The third sheet P3 is fed from the sheet feeding unit 4, and the sheet P3 is temporarily stopped by the registration roller pair 71 and then fed toward the printing unit 2 at the same timing as the sheet P1. The switching member 10 is positioned at the first position to avoid a collision with the clamper 19, and is positioned again at the second position after passing the clamper 19. The fed paper P3 is guided on the auxiliary tray 8 by the switching member 10 after an image corresponding to the first plate-making image 65A is printed on the surface. Then, the solenoid 33 is actuated at a predetermined timing, and the paper P2 stopped on the auxiliary tray 8 is conveyed to the printing unit 2. The sheet P2 is sent to the contact portion between the plate cylinder 12 and the press roller 13 at the same timing as the above-described sheet P1, and an image corresponding to the second plate-making image 65B is printed on the back surface thereof. The switching member 10 is displaced from the second position to the first position at the same timing as described above, and the rear end of the sheet P3 has a slight gap between the lower surface 10a of the switching member 10 and the peripheral surface of the press roller 13. It is guided on the auxiliary tray 8 through. Following this, the leading edge of the paper P2 conveyed from the auxiliary tray 8 is guided to the paper discharge conveying member 85 along the upper surface 10b of the switching member 10, and the paper P2 is peeled off by the peeling claw 84 by the double-sided printing master 65. After being further peeled off, the sheet is conveyed by the sheet discharge conveying member 85 and discharged onto the sheet discharge tray 86.

  Thereafter, the same printing operation as described above is performed up to the (N-1) th sheet. Then, after the Nth sheet PN is fed from the sheet feeding unit 4 and an image corresponding to the first plate-making image 65A is printed on the surface and guided onto the auxiliary tray 8, the (N-1) th sheet When an image corresponding to the second plate-making image is printed on the back surface of the sheet P (N-1) and discharged onto the sheet discharge tray 86, a press roller locking means (not shown) is activated to cause the press roller 13 to move. After the cam shaft 44 is moved to a position where the cam plate 43C can be brought into contact with the cam follower 41 while being held at the separated position, the operation of the press roller locking means (not shown) is released. At this time, the switching member 10 maintains the state of occupying the first position.

  Then, the cam follower 41 can be brought into contact with the cam follower 41 at a first timing earlier than the leading end of the image area of the second plate-making image 65B in the plate cylinder rotation direction of the double-sided printing master 65 reaching the position corresponding to the press roller 13. The cam plate 43 </ b> C moved to the position disengages the convex portion from the cam follower 41, and the press roller 13 presses the peripheral surface thereof against the outer peripheral surface of the plate cylinder 12 by the biasing force of the printing pressure spring 42. Thereafter, the solenoid 33 is actuated at a second timing slightly earlier than the leading end of the image area of the second plate-making image 65B in the direction of rotation of the plate cylinder of the double-sided printing master 65 reaches the position corresponding to the press roller 13, and the oscillation is performed. The moving arm 32 is swung clockwise around the support shaft 32a in FIG. As a result, the re-feeding registration roller 23 is swung from the separation position to the press-contact position, and the sheet PN stopped with the leading end abutting against the bent end portion 24a abuts on the plate cylinder 12 and is driven to rotate. The press roller 13 is in contact with the peripheral surface.

  The sheet PN is sent to the contact portion between the plate cylinder 12 and the press roller 13 at the same timing as the sheet P1, and an image corresponding to the second plate-making image 65B is printed on the back surface thereof. The paper PN on which the image is printed is guided to the paper discharge conveyance member 85 along the upper surface 10b of the switching member 10, and is peeled off from the double-sided printing master 65 by the peeling claw 84 and then conveyed by the paper discharge conveyance member 85. The paper is discharged onto the paper discharge tray 86. Thereafter, the press roller 13 occupies the separated position by the convex portion of the cam plate 43 </ b> C coming into contact with the cam follower 41 when the contact with the back surface region of the plate cylinder 12 is finished. Due to the function of the cam plate 43C, the surface region of the plate cylinder 12 and the press roller 13 are not pressed against each other in the absence of the paper P, and ink transfer to the peripheral surface of the press roller 13 can be prevented. At this time, the press roller locking means (not shown) is operated to hold the press roller 13 in the separated position, and then the plate cylinder 12 stops at the home position, and the stencil printing apparatus 1 finishes the printing operation and enters the print standby state again. Become.

  During the above-described printing, a predetermined blank portion SK is provided between the first plate-making image 65A and the second plate-making image 65B of the double-sided printing master 65, and the double-sided printing master 65 is placed on the outer peripheral surface of the plate cylinder 12. Since the intermediate region is formed when the paper is wound, it is possible to prevent the trailing edge of the paper P sent from the paper feeding unit 4 and the leading edge of the paper P sent from the refeeding means 9 from being overlapped, By switching the switching member 10, the paper P from the paper feeding unit 4 can be reliably conveyed to the auxiliary tray 8, and the paper P from the refeeding means 9 can be reliably conveyed to the paper discharge tray 86. Further, when the paper P is re-feeded from the re-feeding means 9, the ink from the paper P and the outer periphery of the plate cylinder are brought into contact with the printing surface of the paper P and the outer peripheral surface of the plate cylinder 12. Although the ink from the surface retransfers, the peripheral surface of the press roller 13 has ink repellency and the cleaning roller 26 cleans the peripheral surface of the press roller 13. The transfer ink is reduced and the removal of the retransfer ink from the peripheral surface of the press roller 13 is promoted, and the retransfer of the ink from the press roller 13 to the back surface of the paper P can be prevented during the following printing.

  According to this stencil printing apparatus 1, during single-sided printing, the plate-making unit 3 creates a single-sided printing master 66, winds it around the plate cylinder 12, and feeds the paper P from the paper feeding unit 4, Since the press roller 13 is pressed against the plate cylinder 12, single-sided printing can be performed in the same manner as in a normal stencil printing apparatus without wasting the master 64. At the time of double-sided printing, the plate making unit 3 creates a double-sided printing master 65 and winds it around the plate cylinder 12, feeds the first sheet P 1 from the paper feed unit 4, and this surface is pressed by the press roller 13. After being brought into pressure contact with the cylinder 12, the sheet is discharged onto the auxiliary tray 8, and the second sheet P 2 is fed from the paper feeding unit 4, and this surface is pressed against the plate cylinder 12 with the press roller 13, and then the auxiliary tray 8. Since the first sheet P1 is reversely fed by the refeeding means 9 and the back surface is pressed against the plate cylinder 12 by the press roller 13 and then discharged onto the discharge tray 86. Both the front image and the back image printed on the paper P are formed by the ink transferred from the plate cylinder 12 by the press roller 13, and a good double-sided printed product can be obtained.

  Next, another processing operation from the master determination processing to printing by the control means 160 will be described using the flowcharts shown in FIGS. The flowchart of FIG. 9 is connected to the terminal A shown in FIG. 8, and the flowchart of FIG. 10 is connected to the terminal B shown in FIG. In this embodiment, the control unit 160 determines the master type from the detection information from the rear end detection sensor 170, stores the determination result in the RAM 163 as master type information, and stores the stored master type information and the paper size detection sensor. Based on the paper size information from 73, it is determined whether single-sided printing or double-sided printing is possible, and the display state of the display means 113, 114, 115 is controlled according to the determined printable state. . The display unit 113 includes display units 113A and 113B. The display unit 113A is turned on when double-sided printing is possible, and the display unit 113B is turned on when double-sided printing is impossible. The display unit 114 includes display units 114 </ b> A and 114 </ b> B and is connected to the control unit 160. The control unit 160 turns on the display unit 114A when single-sided printing is possible, and turns on the display unit 114B when single-sided printing is impossible. The display unit 115 includes display units 115 </ b> A and 115 </ b> B and is connected to the control unit 160. The display portions 113A, 114A, and 115A constitute an effective display portion, and the display portions 113B, 114B, and 115B constitute an invalid cover portion.

  The control unit 160 lights the display unit 115A when double-sided printing is possible, and lights the display unit 115B when double-sided printing is not possible. When the display units 113B, 114B, and 115B are lit, the control unit 160 operates the key even if the single-sided print key 110, the double-sided print key 111, and the start key 104 corresponding to these display units are operated. Has a function to disable.

  The operation of the stencil printing apparatus by the control means 160 having such a configuration will be described. Steps T1 to T5 in FIG. 8 have the same contents as steps S1 to S5 in FIG. When the master trailing edge 65C is detected by the trailing edge detection sensor 170 after the plate making operation is finished, it is determined as the double-sided printing master 65 and stored in the RAM 163 as master type information (double-sided printing master) in step T6. Proceed to step T8 in FIG. If the master rear end 65C is not detected in step T3, it is determined as the single-sided printing master 66 and stored in the RAM 163 as master type information (single-sided printing master) in step T7.

  When step T6 ends, the process proceeds to step T8, and it is determined whether or not the paper P on the paper feed tray 67 is a paper that can be printed on both sides. Here, the paper size information from the paper size detection sensor 73 is fetched in preference to the paper size information from the paper size key 107, and the size and orientation of the paper P are determined. In this embodiment, as the types of paper that can be printed on both sides, the paper size is JIS standard A4 or B4 or less, and the paper orientation is a loading orientation that can be vertically conveyed in the paper conveyance direction. In the case of A6 size, the loading direction is such that the paper plate can be conveyed horizontally in both directions.

  If a paper capable of duplex printing is set in step T8, the process proceeds to step T9, and the operations of the simplex print key 110, duplex print key 111, and print star key 104 are validated, and the process proceeds to step T10. In step T10, the display portions 113A, 114A, 115A of the display means 113, 114, 115 are turned on. In this state, when a key corresponding to the display unit 113A, 114A, 115A that is lit in step T11 is selected and operated, the display unit 113A, 115A or the display unit 114A, 115A corresponding to the operated key is displayed in step T12. At step T13, the duplex printing operation starts. In step T14, when printing is stopped due to, for example, out of paper, the process returns to step T8 to detect the size and orientation of the paper P to be replenished.

  If the paper on the paper feed tray 67 is A4 landscape or A3 size, it is determined in step T8 that paper that cannot be printed on both sides is set, and the process proceeds to step T15. In step T15, only the operations of the single-sided printing key 110 and the printing start key 104 necessary for single-sided printing are validated. In step T16, the display portions 113A and 115A of the display means 113 and 115 necessary for single-sided printing are turned on. In this state, when a key corresponding to the display portions 113A and 115A that are lit in step T11 is selected and operated, the display portions 113A and 115A corresponding to the operated keys are turned off in step T12, and the process proceeds to step T13. The single-sided printing operation starts. In step T14, when printing is stopped due to, for example, out of paper, the process returns to step T8 to detect the size and orientation of the paper P to be replenished.

  On the other hand, when step T7 in FIG. 8 is completed, the process proceeds to step T17 in FIG. 10, and it is determined whether or not the paper P on the paper feed tray 67 is a paper that can be printed on one side. Here, the paper size information from the paper size detection sensor 73 is fetched in preference to the paper size information from the paper size key 107, and the size and orientation of the paper P are determined. In this embodiment, as the type of paper that can be printed on one side, the paper size is JIS standard A4 horizontal or A3 size.

  If a paper that can be printed on one side is set in step T17, the process proceeds to step T18, and the operations of the single-sided print key 110 and the print star key 104 are validated, and the process proceeds to step T19. In step T19, the display portions 113A and 115A of the display means 113 and 115 are turned on. In this state, when a key corresponding to the display portions 113A and 115A that are lit in step T20 is selected and operated, the display portions 113A and 115A corresponding to the operated keys are turned off in step T21, and one side is displayed in step T22. The printing operation starts. In step T23, when printing is stopped due to, for example, out of paper, the process returns to step T17 to detect the size and orientation of the paper P to be replenished.

  If the paper on the paper feed tray 67 is not A4 landscape or A3 size, it is determined in step T17 that a paper that cannot be printed on one side is set and the process proceeds to step T24. In step T24, operations of the single-sided printing key 110, the double-sided printing key 111, and the printing start key 104 necessary for double-sided printing are validated. In step T25, the display portions 113A, 114A, and 115A of the display means 113, 114, and 115 necessary for duplex printing are turned on. In this state, the process proceeds to step T20, and when a key corresponding to the lit display portions 113A, 114A, 115A is selected and operated, the display portions 113A, 115A or the display portions 114A, 115A corresponding to the operated keys are displayed. The light is turned off in step S21, and the process advances to step T22 to start the duplex printing operation. In step T23, when printing is stopped due to, for example, out of paper, the process returns to step T8 to detect the size and orientation of the paper P to be replenished.

  Thus, the size of the paper P fed from the paper feed tray 67 is detected by the paper size detection sensor 73, and the control means 160 detects the detection information from the trailing edge detection sensor 170 and the paper size information from the paper size detection sensor. Therefore, it is determined whether single-sided printing or double-sided printing is possible. Therefore, accurate printing can be performed with a sheet corresponding to the type of master wound around the plate cylinder 12. In addition, when printing is possible, only the key operation related to the printing is enabled, and the display means corresponding to these enabled keys is lit, so that an erroneous operation is unlikely to occur, and even if it is operated by mistake, Printing that does not support the paper size is not executed. For this reason, it is possible to prevent wasteful printing due to an erroneous operation, and it is possible to prevent direct contact between the plate cylinder 12 and the press roller 13 caused by a mismatch between the master, the paper, and the printing mode, thereby preventing the press roller 13 from being stained. be able to.

  FIG. 11 shows a configuration of a stencil printing apparatus 200 that can perform only single-sided printing. A feature of the stencil printing apparatus 200 is that it has a rear end detection sensor 270 and uses the output from this sensor to distinguish a plate cylinder that does not correspond to the apparatus.

  The stencil printing apparatus 200 shown in FIG. 11 has a configuration in which the auxiliary tray 8, the refeeding means 9, the switching member 10, the refeeding conveyance member 25, and the like used for duplex printing are removed from the stencil printing apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1. Yes, other than this is a shared configuration. Therefore, the apparatus configuration described in FIG. 1 is omitted, and the characteristic configuration and operation will be described.

  The stencil printing apparatus 200 includes a plate cylinder 220 as a printing drum that can be attached to and detached from the apparatus main body 201 in a state in which a master is wound, and a printing member that presses the paper P fed from the paper supply unit 4 to the plate cylinder 220. As a press roller 13. The press roller 13 selectively occupies a separated position separated from the plate cylinder 220 by an operation of the press roller contacting / separating mechanism 55 shown in FIG.

  The plate cylinder 220 has the same configuration and the same diameter as the plate cylinder 12 and is detachable from the apparatus main body 201. An opening / closing cover 250 indicated by a virtual line for opening / closing an opening (not shown) communicating with the inside of the apparatus main body 201 is attached. The opening / closing cover 250 is opened / closed when the plate cylinder 220 is replaced.

  Inside the apparatus main body 201, when the plate cylinder 220 occupies a home position at a predetermined position, a rear end detection sensor 270 as a rear end detection means for detecting a rear end of a non-corresponding master, and an opening / closing cover 250 An open / close detection sensor 280 for detecting the open / closed state of is provided. The rear end detection sensor 270 is a well-known sensor of an optical reflection type including an irradiating unit that irradiates light toward the outer peripheral surface of the plate cylinder and a light receiving unit, and is a specific master wound around the plate cylinder 220. When a rear end is detected, a Low signal is output, and when a master is not detected, a Hi signal is output. The open / close detection sensor 280 is configured by an on / off switch such as a limit switch, and outputs an on signal when the open / close cover 250 is closed. Inside the apparatus main body 201 is provided control means 260 for determining the type of the plate cylinder 220 attached to the apparatus main body 201 based on detection information from the rear end detection sensor 270.

  The control means 260 is a well-known microcomputer and has a CPU 261, a ROM 262, and a RAM 263 therein as shown in FIG. The CPU 261 is based on various signals from the operation panel 203, detection signals from various sensors provided in the apparatus main body 201, and an operation program called from the ROM 261, the printing unit 2, the plate making unit 3, the paper feeding unit 4, and the plate ejection. The operation of each driving means provided in the unit 5, the paper discharge unit 6, and the image reading unit 7 is controlled, and the operation of the entire stencil printing apparatus 200 is controlled. The ROM 262 stores an operation program for the entire stencil printing apparatus, and this operation program is appropriately called by the CPU 261. The RAM 263 has a function of temporarily storing calculation results of the CPU 261, a function of storing data signals and ON / OFF signals set and input from various keys and various sensors on the operation panel 203 as needed. A home position sensor 134, an operation panel 203, a rear end detection sensor 270, an open / close detection sensor 280, and a sound setting unit 290 are connected to the control unit 260.

  The control unit 260 uses the phase timing signal from the home position sensor 134 and the rotation pulse signal generated every time the plate cylinder driving unit 121 rotates by a certain angle to determine the rotation phase position (timing) of the plate cylinder 220 in real time. Detect and recognize. The control means 260 has a function of detecting the type of the master wound around the plate cylinder 220 based on the detection information from the rear end detection sensor 270 and determining the type of the plate cylinder 220 mounted on the apparatus main body 201. And a function of controlling the display state of the display means 116 based on detection information from the rear end detection hand sensor 270 and driving the sound generation means 290 to generate a warning sound. Controlling the display state means displaying the determined type of plate cylinder and the content of warning on the display device 116.

  As shown in FIG. 12, an operation panel 203 provided on the upper front surface of the apparatus main body 201 has a print start key 104, a stop key 105, a ten key 106, a paper size key 107, a plate making start key 108, and an LED on the upper surface. Display means 115, a display device 116 including an LCD, and the like. The function of each key conforms to the key described in FIG.

  A series of flow from plate cylinder discrimination processing to printing in the stencil printing apparatus 200 having such a configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. As a premise to be described below, it is assumed that the plate cylinder 220 is removed from the apparatus main body 201 and a new plate cylinder 220 is attached.

  In step V1 of FIG. 14, the opening / closing cover 250 is opened and the plate cylinder 201 is set on the apparatus main body 201, and it is determined from the output of the opening / closing detection sensor 280 whether or not the opening / closing cover 250 is closed in step V2. The plate cylinder 201 is set so as to occupy the pouch position. If the open / close detection sensor 280 is on in step V2, the process proceeds to step V3 assuming that the plate cylinder 206 is attached to the apparatus main body 201 and the open / close cover 250 is closed.

  In step V3, it is determined from the output change from the rear end detection sensor 270 whether or not the rear end of the master wound around the plate cylinder 220 is detected. If the signal from the trailing edge detection sensor 270 is Low, the master trailing edge has been detected, so the process proceeds to Step V4, where it is determined that the master cylinder for double-sided printing is mounted, and the process goes to Step V5. move on. In step V5, the warning content indicating that the master cylinder for double-sided printing is mounted is displayed on the display device 116, and the sound generating means 290 is driven to generate a warning sound, and the process proceeds to step V6. In step V6, the print start key 104 is invalidated and the process proceeds to step V7, where plate making for forming a master for single-sided printing is executed. In this plate-making operation, when the plate-making start key 106 is pressed, the master for duplex printing wound around the plate cylinder 220 is discarded by the plate-release unit 5, and a new plate-making corresponding to the single-sided document 91A is made by the plate-making unit 3. It is wound around the plate cylinder 220. When the plate making start key 106 is pressed, the warning display and the warning sound are canceled.

  When the plate making operation in step V7 is completed, the process proceeds to step V10, the trailing edge detection sensor 270 is in a standby state, that is, the power supply to the sensor is turned off, and the process proceeds to step V11 to execute single-sided printing. When printing is performed, printing is started by pressing the print start key 104 after inputting the number of prints using the numeric keypad 106. Then, in step V12, it is determined from the count of the number of printed sheets whether or not the printing has been completed.

  If the signal from the rear end detection sensor 270 is Hi in step V3, the rear end of the master is not detected, so it is determined that a single-side plate-making master-attached plate cylinder is attached, and step V9. Proceed to In step V9, the plate making start key 108 is disabled and the process proceeds to step V10. The trailing edge detection sensor 270 is set in a standby state, and the process proceeds to step V11 to execute single-sided printing. In step V12, when printing is finished, this process is finished.

  As described above, since the type of the plate cylinder 220 mounted on the apparatus main body 201 is determined based on the detection information from the rear end detection sensor 270 that detects the rear end of the incompatible master, the plate cylinder mounted incorrectly. Printing by 220 can be avoided. Further, the type of the plate cylinder 220 mounted on the apparatus main body 201 is displayed on the display unit 116, and the display state of the display unit 116 is controlled based on the detection information from the rear end detection sensor 270. Printing by the plate cylinder can be avoided.

  When an incorrect plate cylinder on which a double-sided printing master is wound is mounted on the apparatus main body 201, the printing start key 104 is mounted on the apparatus main body 201, and a regular plate cylinder on which the single-sided printing master is wound is mounted on the apparatus main body 201. Since the plate making start key 108 is invalidated when it is set, printing and plate making due to an erroneous operation can be prevented. Since the rear end detection sensor 270 is turned off (standby state) after completion of drum discrimination, it is possible to promote power saving of the apparatus. Since the type of the plate cylinder mounted on the apparatus main body 201 can be detected, the plate cylinder used in the stencil printing apparatus 1 for double-sided printing can be used in the stencil printing apparatus 200 for single-sided printing. Can be shared.

1 is a configuration diagram showing a stencil printing apparatus capable of duplex printing to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied. FIG. 4 is an enlarged view showing a configuration in the vicinity of a refeed unit. It is the schematic explaining the contacting / separating mechanism of a printing pressure member. It is the schematic explaining the master for double-sided printing, and the master for single-sided printing. It is the elements on larger scale which show one form of the operation panel of the stencil printing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows one structure of the control part of the stencil printing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows one form of a master determination process. It is a flowchart which shows another form of master determination processing. It is a flowchart connected to the terminal A of FIG. It is a flowchart connected to the terminal B of FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a stencil printing apparatus capable of single-sided printing to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied. It is the elements on larger scale which show one form of the operation panel of the stencil printing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows one structure of the control part of the stencil printing apparatus shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows one form of plate cylinder discrimination | determination processing.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,200 Stencil printing device 4 Paper feed part 12,220 Printing drum 11,201 Main body 13 Printing member 65 Master for double-sided printing 66 Master for single-sided printing 73 Paper size detection means 113, 114, 115 Display means 160, 260 Control means 170, 270 Rear end detection means P paper

Claims (6)

Double-sided printing is possible, including a printing drum on which a single-sided printing master and a double-sided printing master of different lengths can be wound, and a printing member that presses paper fed from a paper feeding unit to the printing drum. In stencil printing equipment,
A trailing edge detecting means for detecting a trailing edge of either the single-sided printing master or the double-sided printing master wound around the printing drum;
A stencil printing apparatus comprising: a control unit that determines a type of a master wound around the printing drum based on detection information from the rear end detection unit. In the stencil printing apparatus according to claim 1,
The stencil printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the trailing edge detecting means is disposed at a position for detecting a trailing edge of the duplex printing master when the printing drum occupies a predetermined position. In the stencil printing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
Paper size detection means for detecting the size of paper fed from the paper feed unit;
The control means determines whether single-sided printing or double-sided printing is possible based on detection information from the trailing edge detection means and paper size information from the paper size detection means. Stencil printing device. In the stencil printing apparatus according to claim 3,
A display means for displaying a printable state;
The stencil printing apparatus, wherein the control means controls the display state of the display means in accordance with the determined printable state. In a stencil printing apparatus comprising a printing drum that can be attached to and detached from the apparatus main body with a master wound thereon, and a printing member that presses paper fed from a paper feeding unit to the printing drum,
A trailing edge detecting means for detecting a trailing edge of a non-corresponding master when the printing drum occupies a predetermined position;
A stencil printing apparatus comprising: control means for discriminating a type of printing drum mounted on the apparatus main body based on detection information from the trailing edge detection means. In the stencil printing apparatus according to claim 5,
A display device for displaying the type of printing drum mounted on the apparatus main body;
The stencil printing apparatus, wherein the control means controls a display state of the display device based on detection information from the trailing edge detection means.

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