JP2006276389A - Medium to be printed - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medium to be printed, which can prevent printing unevenness caused by non-uniform thickness of an inlet even when performing a printing in a state where the media are stacked on the inlet by a thermal printer or a heat transfer printer. <P>SOLUTION: The medium to be printed comprises; a sheet 10 to be printed which is composed of a first area 11 and a second area 12 having a line-symmetrical shape with respect to a linear boundary line X and a third area 13 adjacent to the second area 12; an inlet 2 which has a non-contact IC circuit mounted on a substrate having almost the same shape as the first area and adheres to a rear face of the first area 11 by an adhesive 14; a pasteboard 3 temporarily stuck by an adhesive 15 applied to rear faces of the second and third areas 12 and 13. The second and third areas 12 and 13 are printed, and then the pasteboard is peeled, and the first and second areas 11 and 12 are stuck to each other to prepare a label. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a printing medium on which printing is performed by being nipped and conveyed between a thermal head and a platen roller by a thermal printer or a thermal transfer printer, and more particularly, a printing medium in which an inlet in which a non-contact IC circuit is formed is laminated. It relates to the medium.

  A non-contact IC circuit such as an RFID (Radio Frequency ldentification) label is composed of an antenna, an IC chip, etc., and a non-contact IC circuit composed of an antenna, an IC chip, etc. is mounted on a sheet substrate such as a film. It is marketed under names such as “Inlet”. Such a non-contact IC circuit has a feature of having a large storage capacity and a high security function, and can perform non-contact communication only by bringing the non-contact IC circuit close to the reader / writer. Can be used for product management and logistics management.

  However, since the contents stored in the IC chip cannot be read by other than a reader / writer, the inlet is embedded in the label, and the characters and barcode printed on the surface of the label are read by human vision or optically read by a barcode reader or the like. Use forms that can be read by a machine are expanding (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  However, in the conventional technology, when an inlet is embedded in a label on which a product name, price, size, lot number, etc. are printed, a non-contact IC circuit is laminated on a printing paper (paper, thermal paper, or film). However, if the paper to be printed is thin, when printing is performed with a thermal printer or thermal transfer printer that is sandwiched and conveyed between the thermal head and the platen roller, printing unevenness occurs due to uneven thickness of the inlet. There was a problem of end.

In other words, the thickness of the inlet differs between the location of the base only, the location where the antenna is mounted, and the location where the IC chip is mounted, so when printing is performed on the printing paper with the inlet stacked. The thermal head is not pressed evenly against the paper to be printed, and printing unevenness occurs. Such a problem is solved when the paper to be printed is thick, since the thickness unevenness of the inlet can be absorbed by the thickness of the paper to be printed. However, this problem is remarkable when the paper to be printed is 70 μm or less. Appears in
JP 2002-123805 A

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to perform printing by being nipped and conveyed by a thermal head and a platen roller in a state where an inlet is laminated on a thin print-receiving sheet. Even when printing is performed by a thermal printer or a thermal transfer printer, it is an object to provide a printing medium capable of preventing the occurrence of uneven printing due to uneven thickness of the inlet.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following configurations.
The gist of the invention described in claim 1 is to be printed comprising a first area and a second area having a line-symmetric shape across a straight boundary line, and a third area adjacent to the second area. A non-contact IC circuit is mounted on a sheet, a first adhesive applied to the back surface of the first region, and a substrate having substantially the same shape as the first region, and the first adhesive causes the An inlet bonded to the back surface of the first region, a second adhesive applied to the back surface of the inlet, the second region, and the third region, and the second adhesive are temporarily attached. The print medium is temporarily attached to the mount in a state where the inlet is stacked only in the first region.
The gist of the invention described in claim 2 resides in the medium to be printed according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the paper to be printed is 70 μm or less.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printing medium according to the first or second aspect, wherein a fold assist shape is formed on the boundary line.
According to a fourth aspect of the invention, a perforation is formed at a boundary between the second region and the third region. Existing on the printing medium.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, after the mount is peeled from the printing medium according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the printing paper is bent at the boundary line and applied to the back surface of the inlet. The second pressure-sensitive adhesive applied and the second pressure-sensitive adhesive applied to the back surface of the second region are adhered, and the second pressure-sensitive adhesive applied to the back surface of the third region is covered. It exists in the label characterized by being affixed on a patch.
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printer for performing printing by being sandwiched and conveyed by a thermal head and a platen roller. After printing on the third area, the mount is peeled off, the printing paper is bent at the boundary line, and the second adhesive applied to the back surface of the inlet and the back surface of the second area The second pressure-sensitive adhesive applied to the surface of the third region is adhered, and the second pressure-sensitive adhesive applied to the back surface of the third region is attached to the object to be pasted. Be on the label.

  A print medium according to the present invention includes a print medium including a first area and a second area having a line-symmetric shape across a straight boundary line, and a third area adjacent to the second area. An inlet in which a non-contact IC circuit is mounted on a substrate having substantially the same shape as the first region, and is adhered to the back surface of the first region with an adhesive, and the back surfaces of the inlet, the second region, and the third region The second area and the third area where the inlet is not laminated can be used as the print area, and the first area can be used as the print area. The direction perpendicular to the boundary line between the first region and the second region is set as the pitch direction, and printing is performed on the second region and the third region excluding the first region, thereby affecting the influence of the uneven thickness of the inlet. 2nd area and 3rd area without receiving Since printing can be performed, the inlet is also used when printing is performed by a thermal printer or thermal transfer printer that prints by sandwiching and transporting the thermal head and the platen roller while the inlet is stacked on a thin paper. It is possible to prevent the occurrence of uneven printing due to uneven thickness.

  Furthermore, when the printing medium according to the present invention is used as a label, the printing medium is attached to an object by an adhesive applied to the back surface of the third area, and at the boundary between the second area and the third area. Since the first region and the second region which are overlapped are not attached to the object to be pasted by being configured to provide the perforation, the first in which the inlet is laminated by being cut off at the perforation. By removing the area and the second area from the third area attached to the object to be pasted easily, it is possible to easily collect the inlet and to effectively use the environmental resources. Play.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment and configuration of a print medium according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AB in FIG.

  With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, the printing medium 1 according to the present embodiment includes a printing medium 10 including a first area 11, a second area 12, and a third area 13, and a first area 11. The adhesive 14 applied to the back surface of the inlet, the inlet 2 bonded to the back surface of the first region 11 via the adhesive 14, the back surface of the inlet 2, the back surfaces of the second region 12 and the third region 13 And the back surface of the first region 11 (inlet 2), the second region 12 and the third region 13, that is, the surface on which the adhesive 15 is applied is mounted by the adhesive 15 3 is temporarily attached.

  The boundary line X between the first region 11 and the second region 12 is a straight line, and the first region 11 and the second region 12 are line-symmetric with respect to the boundary line X. Yes. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the shape of the first region 11 and the second region 12 is a rectangle. However, as long as the shape is axisymmetric with respect to the boundary line X, a substantially circular shape, a triangle, other irregular shapes, etc. The corner R may be further processed by cutting the corners into a circular arc shape.

  The third region 13 is provided adjacent to the second region 12, and a perforation 16 is formed at the boundary line between the third region 13 and the second region 12. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the shape of the third region 13 is a rectangle and is provided adjacent to the second region 12 in a direction orthogonal to the boundary line X. However, the third region 13 is substantially circular or It may be an arbitrary shape such as a triangle or other irregular shape, and may be provided in an arbitrary direction as long as it is adjacent to the second region 12.

  The inlet 2 has a non-contact IC circuit composed of an IC chip 21 and an antenna 22 mounted on a sheet substrate such as a film, and has substantially the same shape as the first region 11. The non-contact IC circuit is a label that includes an IC chip 21 and an antenna 22 and can perform wireless (non-contact) information communication using radio waves, such as an RFID, a non-contact IC label, and a wireless IC label. Although it may be expressed by other names, in the present invention, it is typically expressed as a non-contact IC circuit.

  Thermal paper, film, or the like can be used as the printing paper 10. In the present embodiment, the printing paper 10 has a thickness of 70 μm or less. Accordingly, when printing is performed on the surface of the print-receiving paper 10 in a state where the inlet 2 is stacked on the print-receiving paper 10 by a thermal printer or a thermal transfer printer which performs printing while being sandwiched and transported by the thermal head and the platen roller, the inlet 2 There is a concern about the occurrence of printing unevenness due to the thickness unevenness and the damage of the IC chip 21 due to the heat from the thermal head.

  In the present embodiment, the direction orthogonal to the boundary line X between the first region 11 and the second region 12 is the pitch direction, and the second region 12 and the third region excluding the first region 11 Since the inlet 2 is not laminated in the second area 12 and the third area 13 by printing on the surface of the sheet 13, the thickness becomes uniform in the width direction, thereby preventing the occurrence of printing unevenness. In addition, since heat is not applied from the thermal head in the first region 11, damage to the IC chip 21 can be prevented. In addition, on the surface of the 2nd area | region 12 and the 3rd area | region 13, the character notation 51, such as a company name and a product name, the numerical notation 52, such as a price, and the symbol notations 53, such as a barcode, can be printed.

  A boundary line X between the first region 11 and the second region 12 is a portion that becomes a crease on a straight line when the first region 11 and the second region 12 are bonded together. As the crease assisting shape, it is conceivable to form a perforation, a cut that leaves a part in the thickness direction, a V-shaped cut that leaves a part in the thickness direction, or a combination thereof.

  The pressure-sensitive adhesives 14 and 15 can be of any type such as emulsion, solvent, hot melt, UV hot melt, UV curable, and air curable. It is optional such as rubber. Further, the strength of the pressure-sensitive adhesives 14 and 15 is not particularly limited, but is preferably equal to or higher than that called a strong pressure-sensitive adhesive (800 g / 25 mm or more according to JIS Z 0237 180 ° peeling method).

Next, a method of using the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an operation of creating a label from the embodiment of the print medium according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is created from the embodiment of the print medium according to the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of a label, and FIG. 5 is CD sectional drawing shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 3A, as shown in FIG. 3B, the print-receiving paper 10 composed of the first area 11, the second area 12, and the third area 13 is peeled off from the mount 3. The adhesive 15 applied to the back surface of the inlet 2 on the back surface side of the first region 11 and the adhesive 15 applied to the second region 12 are bonded to each other by bending from the boundary line X. The back surface of the 1st area | region 11 and the back surface of the 2nd area | region 12 are bonded together.

  In a state in which the back surface of the first region 11 and the back surface of the second region 12 are bonded together, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the printing paper 10 has the first region 11 and the second region 12. The first region 11, the pressure-sensitive adhesive 14, the inlet 2, the pressure-sensitive adhesive 15, and the second region 12 are laminated, and the third region 13 is bent. The pressure-sensitive adhesive 15 applied to the back surface is exposed, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive 15 applied to the back surface of the third region 13 can be attached to the object to be pasted.

  Since the first region 11 and the second region 12 have a line-symmetric shape with the boundary line X in between, the first region 11 and the inlet 2 have substantially the same shape. As shown in FIG. 2, the first region 11 and the second region 12 are bonded together without shifting.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the first region 11 and the second region 12 having line-symmetric shapes with respect to the straight boundary line X and the second region 12 adjacent to the second region 12 are adjacent to each other. 3, a non-contact IC circuit mounted on a substrate 10 having a shape substantially identical to that of the first region 11 and bonded to the back surface of the first region 11 by an adhesive 14. 2 and the mount 2 temporarily attached to the adhesive 15 applied to the back surface of the inlet 2, the second region 12 and the third region 13, the inlet 2 is laminated. The second region 12 and the third region 13 that are not present can be used as the print region, and the direction perpendicular to the boundary line X between the first region 11 and the second region 12 is defined as the pitch direction. The second region 12 excluding the region 11 and By printing on the third area 13, printing can be performed on the second area 12 and the third area 13 without being affected by the uneven thickness of the inlet 2. Even when printing is performed by a thermal printer or a thermal transfer printer that performs printing by sandwiching and transporting between the thermal head and the platen roller in a state where the inlet 2 is laminated, the occurrence of uneven printing due to uneven thickness of the inlet 2 is prevented. There is an effect that can be.

  Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, when used as a label, the second region 12 and the third region 13 are adhered to the object to be pasted by the adhesive 15 applied to the back surface of the third region 13. Since the first region 11 and the second region 12 that are overlapped are not attached to the object to be pasted, by cutting the perforation 16, It is possible to easily collect the inlet 2 by easily removing the first region 11 and the second region 12 where the inlet 2 is laminated from the third region 13 attached to the object to be pasted. It is possible to effectively use environmental resources.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and it is obvious that the embodiments can be appropriately changed within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. In addition, the number, position, shape, and the like of the constituent members are not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be set to a suitable number, position, shape, and the like in practicing the present invention. In each figure, the same numerals are given to the same component.

1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment and a configuration of a printing medium according to the present invention. It is AB sectional drawing shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the operation | movement which produces a label from embodiment of the to-be-printed medium based on this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the label produced from embodiment of the to-be-printed medium based on this invention. It is CD sectional drawing shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Print medium 2 Inlet 3 Mount 10 Paper to be printed 11 1st area | region 12 2nd area | region 13 3rd area | region 14 Adhesive 15 Adhesive 16 Perforation 21 IC chip 22 Antenna 51 Character description 52 Numerical description 53 Symbol description X border

Claims (6)

A printing paper comprising a first area and a second area having a line-symmetric shape across a straight boundary line, and a third area adjacent to the second area;
A first adhesive applied to the back surface of the first region;
An inlet in which a non-contact IC circuit is mounted on a substrate having substantially the same shape as the first region, and is bonded to the back surface of the first region by the first adhesive;
A second adhesive applied to the inlet, the back surface of the second region and the third region;
A mount temporarily attached to the second adhesive,
A printing medium, wherein the printing paper is temporarily attached to the mount in a state where the inlet is stacked only in the first region.   The printing medium according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of the printing paper is 70 μm or less.   The print medium according to claim 1, wherein a fold assist shape is formed on the boundary line.   The printing medium according to claim 1, wherein a perforation is formed at a boundary between the second area and the third area.   5. The second pressure-sensitive adhesive applied to the back surface of the inlet and the second adhesive, after peeling the mount from the print-receiving medium according to claim 1, bending the print-receiving paper at the boundary line. The second pressure-sensitive adhesive applied to the back surface of the second region is adhered, and the second pressure-sensitive adhesive applied to the back surface of the third region is attached to the object to be pasted. label. After performing printing on the second area and the third area of the print medium according to any one of claims 1 to 4, by a printer that performs printing while being nipped and conveyed by a thermal head and a platen roller, The second adhesive applied to the back surface of the inlet, and the second adhesive applied to the back surface of the second area A label produced by adhering to an object to be adhered with the second adhesive applied to the back surface of the third region.

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