JP2007098882A - Portable-type ledger sheet printing apparatus, ledger sheet printing method, and printing paper for ledger sheet - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce cost of printing paper while maintaining the positional accuracy of a double-type ledger sheet on which printing is performed. <P>SOLUTION: In a portable-type ledger sheet printing apparatus which performs printing on a double-type ledger sheet comprised of a first ledger sheet and a second ledger sheet, a continuous paper sheet having a first eye mark and a second eye mark is used as printing paper. The apparatus has a control means which detects the first eye mark (S18), thereby determining the printing starting position of the first ledger sheet and the paper cut position after printing of the second ledger sheet is completed (S24) and detects the second eye mark, thereby determining the printing starting position of the second ledger sheet (S16). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable form printing apparatus, a form printing method, and a form printing sheet used in the portable form printing apparatus for printing a duplex form relating to power, water, gas, and the like.

  For example, when reading the amount of power, the meter reader carries a handy terminal (portable information meter reading terminal device), and the handy terminal automatically reads the meter reading value of each customer's meter and inputs the meter reading value. . Alternatively, the meter reader reads the meter reading value visually and inputs it manually to the handy terminal. A portable form printing device (something separate from or incorporated in the handy terminal) prints out a form such as a meter reading result notification form or a transfer form on-site and gives it to the customer.

  Conventionally, for customers who have not made a contract for automatic withdrawal of usage fees for electricity, water, etc., it consists of a postal payment handling slip (first vote) and a payment slip / receipt (second vote). To print the form, and to do that, on the back of the printing paper, an eye mark for cueing, an eye mark for the first vote for determining the printing start position of the first vote, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-162886 (Patent Document 1) discloses providing three types of eye marks for the second vote for determining the printing start position.

A specific example will be described with reference to FIG. 7. On the back surface of the printing paper 100 such as roll paper, an eye mark 101 for a first vote (for example, 2 mm wide), an eye mark 102 for a second vote (for example, 5 mm wide), a head A take-out eye mark 103 (for example, a width of 3 mm) is printed in advance. The print start position of the first vote 104 is determined by the eye mark 101, and the print start position of the second vote 105 is determined by the eye mark 102. Then, the paper cut position of the printing paper 100 is determined by the eye mark 103. At the paper cutting position, the paper is cut along the perforation 106 (preliminarily processed into the printing paper 100) by the paper cutter. A perforation 107 is also inserted in advance between the first vote 104 and the second vote 105.
JP 2001-162886 A

  However, in Patent Document 1, since three types of eye marks must be provided in advance on the back surface of the printing paper, the cost of the printing paper is high.

(Object of the present invention)
An object of the present invention is to provide a portable form printing apparatus, a form printing method, and a form printing sheet that can reduce the cost of printing paper while maintaining the positional accuracy of a duplex form to be printed.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a portable form printing apparatus that prints a duplex form comprising a first form and a second form, and has a first eye mark and a second eye mark. By using paper as printing paper and detecting the first eye mark, the printing start position of the first vote and the paper cutting position after completion of printing of the second vote are determined, and the second eye mark is Control means is provided for determining the printing start position of the second vote by detecting.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a form printing method for printing a duplex form composed of a first form and a second form, and a continuous eye having a first eye mark and a second eye mark. By using paper as printing paper and detecting the first eye mark, by determining the print start position of the first vote, printing the first vote, and detecting the second eye mark, A printing start position of the second vote is determined, the second vote is printed, and the first eye mark on the paper surface subsequent to the printing paper surface is detected, thereby determining the paper cut position after the second vote printing. The printing paper surface is sent to the paper cutting position.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a form printing paper using continuous paper on which a double-form form comprising a first form and a second form is printed. A first eye mark for determining a print start position and a paper cut position after completion of printing of the second vote, and a second eye mark for determining the print start position of the second vote. It is what.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the cost of printing paper while maintaining the positional accuracy of a duplex form to be printed.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention is as described in Examples described later.

  FIG. 1 is a view showing the back side of a printing paper 1 used in a portable form printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The first eye mark 2 and the second eye mark 3 are previously printed in a color that does not reflect light, such as black, on the back surface (opposite side of the printing surface) of the printing paper 1 (for example, continuous paper such as roll paper). Has been. The first eye mark 2 has, for example, a width of 2 mm, and is used for the print start position determination and the paper cut position determination of the first vote 4. The second eye mark 3 has a width different from the width of the first eye mark 2, for example, a width of 6 mm, and is used for determining the print start position of the second vote 5.

  The first eye mark 2 defines the print start position of the first vote 4, and the second eye mark 3 defines the print start position of the second vote 5. Then, the paper cut position of the printing paper 1 is determined by the first eye mark 2 on the second paper surface after the printing paper surface. At the paper cutting position, the paper is cut along the perforation 6 by a paper cutter. The perforation 6 and the perforations 7 between the first vote 4 and the second vote 5 are processed in advance on the printing paper 1.

  Since there are two types of eye marks, the cost of the printing paper 1 can be reduced compared to the three types of conventional printing paper 100.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the portable form printing apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The control board 11 is equipped with a CPU 12, a memory 13, an operation display unit 14 including a power lamp, a data lamp, a power switch, a feed switch, a power supply circuit 15, and the like. A rechargeable lithium ion battery 16 is connected to the power supply circuit 15. A wireless modem 18 is connected to the modem interface 17 of the control board 11. A communication connector 20 is connected to the communication interface 19. The CPU 12 performs input / output of information with the handy terminal (portable information meter-reading terminal device) by the wireless modem 18 or the communication connector 20.

  The thermal printer unit 21 includes a thermal head 22, a thermistor 23, a paper feed motor 24, a paper feed roller 25, a paper end sensor 26, an eye mark sensor 27, a leaf switch 28, and the like. These include a head interface 29, a motor interface 30, The CPU 12 is connected to the sense interface 31 and the leaf interface 32. The thermistor 23 is for monitoring the head temperature so that appropriate power can be supplied to the thermal head 22. The paper end sensor 26 is for detecting the presence or absence of the printing paper 1 in combination with the eye mark sensor 27. In other words, the CPU 12 determines that there is no printing paper 1 when the outputs of both the paper end sensor 26 and the eye mark sensor 27 that are turned on by detection of projection light reflection are on. The leaf switch 28 detects whether or not a printer cover (not shown) is normally closed.

  A paper cutter 33 is provided at a paper discharge port (not shown) of the portable form printing apparatus 10 so that the user can easily detach the printing paper 1 by applying the perforation 6 of the printing paper 1 to the paper cutter 33.

  The positional relationship among the thermal head, paper cutter, and eye mark sensor will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 3A shows the positional relationship when the print start position and the paper cut position are determined by the three types of eye marks 101, 102, and 103 shown in FIG. It is necessary that the perforation 106 be positioned below the paper cutter when the cueing eye mark 103 passes a specified distance after passing through the eye mark sensor.

  3B uses the positional relationship among the thermal head, the paper cutter, and the eye mark sensor shown in FIG. 3A as they are, and the two types of eye marks 2 and 3 shown in FIG. A state when the position is to be determined is shown. In this case, before the eye mark sensor detects the passage of the first eye mark 2, the perforation 6 has already passed under the paper cutter, and the paper cutter cannot act on the perforation 6. End up. That is, the positional relationship between the thermal head, the paper cutter, and the eye mark sensor is not appropriate.

  FIG. 3C shows the positional relationship among the thermal head 22, the paper cutter 33, and the eye mark sensor 27 in one embodiment of the present invention. The positional relationship is such that when the first eye mark 2 on the paper surface (second sheet) next to the printing paper is passed a specified distance after passing through the eye mark sensor 27, the perforation 6 comes under the paper cutter 33. Thus, the distance between the eye mark sensor 27 and the paper cutter 33 is determined.

  4 and 5 are flowcharts showing the print processing operation of the CPU 12, and FIG. 6 is a time chart showing the operation timing of the paper feed motor 24, the eye mark sensor 27, and the thermal head 22.

  In step S1, a print processing operation is started. In step S2, the paper feed motor 24 is reversely rotated from the position shown in FIG. 3C to start feeding the printing paper 1 in the reverse direction (the reverse direction of the arrow in FIG. 3C) at time t1 (FIG. 6). As a result, the rear edge of the first eye mark 2 reaches the eye mark sensor 27 at time t2, which is turned off from on, and the front edge of the first eye mark 2 passes the eye mark sensor 27 at time t3. Turn from off to on. In step S3, the reverse detection of the first eye mark 2 is determined by turning the eye mark sensor 27 on-off-on. When reverse detection is not determined, the process proceeds to error processing after step S26 shown in FIG.

  If reverse detection is determined, the process proceeds to step S4. In step S4, at time t4, the paper feed motor 24 is rotated forward to start feeding the printing paper 1 in the forward direction. As a result, the front edge of the first eye mark 2 reaches the eye mark sensor 27 at time t5 and turns off from on, and the rear edge of the first eye mark 2 passes the eye mark sensor 27 at time t6. Turn from off to on. In step S5, the detection of the first eye mark 2 is determined by turning the eye mark sensor 27 on and off. When the first eye mark detection is not discriminated, the process proceeds to error processing after step S26.

  If it is determined that the first eye mark 2 is detected, the process proceeds to step S 6, and the printing paper 1 is sent to the printing start position of the first vote 4. The first vote printing start position is a position determined in advance with the detection point of the first eye mark 2 as a reference. In the next step S7, the second form printing start position set value calculated in advance and stored in the memory 13 is set in the second form printing start position counter. The second form printing start position set value is a value for determining whether or not the printing of the first form 4 is in the area of the second form 5.

  In step S8, the thermal head 22 is driven at time t7 to start printing the first vote 4. During printing of the first vote 4, the second vote printing start position counter is counted down in step S9.

  At time t8, the front edge of the second eye mark 3 reaches the eye mark sensor 27 and turns it off from on. At time t9, the rear edge of the second eye mark 3 passes the eye mark sensor 27 and turns on from off. To. In step S10, the detection of the second eye mark 3 is determined by turning the eye mark sensor 27 on and off. Steps S8 to S10 are repeated until the second eye mark 3 is detected, and the first vote 4 is printed.

  When the detection of the second eye mark 3 is determined, it is determined whether or not there is remaining print data of the first vote 4 in step S11. If there is remaining print data, the remaining print data is printed in step S12. In step S13, the second vote printing start position counter is counted down. If it is determined in step S11 that there is no remaining printing data for the first vote 4, the process proceeds to step S14, where it is determined whether there is a remaining number in the second vote printing start position counter. The remaining number means that the position where the printing of the first vote 4 is completed is in front of the perforation 7, and the absence of the remaining number means that the position where the printing of the first vote 4 is completed is the perforation. It means that it has entered the area of the second vote 5 beyond 7. When there is no remaining number, the process proceeds to error processing after step S26.

  If there is a remaining number, the process proceeds to step S15 shown in FIG. 5, and the printing paper 1 is sent by the remaining number of the second vote printing start position counter. In step S 16, the printing paper 1 is sent to the printing start position of the second vote 5. This second form printing start position is a position determined in advance with reference to the detection point of the second eye mark 3.

  In step S17, printing of the second vote 5 is started. When the printing of the second vote 5 is completed at time t10, for example, the driving of the thermal head 22 is stopped.

  At time t11, the front edge of the first eye mark 2 on the second paper surface after the printing paper surface reaches the eye mark sensor 27, which is turned off from on, and after the first eye mark 2 at time t12. The edge passes from the eye mark sensor 27 and turns on from off. In step S18, the detection of the first eye mark 2 on the next paper surface is determined by turning the eye mark sensor 27 on and off. Steps S17 and S18 are repeated until the first eye mark 2 is detected, and the second vote 5 is printed, or only when the printing of the second vote 5 is completed, the printing paper 1 is fed. .

In step S19, the paper cut position set value stored in the memory 13 is set in the paper cut position counter. The paper cut position set value is the position of the paper cut position (perforation 6) that is determined in advance with reference to the detection point of the first eye mark 2 on the next paper surface.
When the detection of the first eye mark 2 is determined, it is determined whether or not there is remaining print data of the second vote 5 in step S20. If there is remaining print data, the remaining print data is printed in step S21. In step S22, the paper cut position counter is counted down. If it is determined in step S20 that there is no remaining print data in the second vote 5, the process proceeds to step S23, and it is determined whether or not there is a remaining number in the sheet cut position counter. The remaining number means that the position where the printing of the second vote 5 is completed is in front of the perforation 6, and the absence of the remaining number means that the position where the printing of the second vote 5 is completed is a sheet cut. It means that it has entered the area of the first vote 4 on the next page beyond the perforation 6 which is the position. When there is no remaining number, the process proceeds to error processing after step S26.

  When there is a remaining number, the process proceeds to step S24, and the printing paper 1 is sent by the remaining number of the paper cut position counter. As a result, the printing paper 1 comes to the paper cutting position (the perforation 6 between the next paper surface). In step S25, the paper feed motor 24 is stopped at time t13, and the print processing operation is terminated. When printing the remaining print data of the second vote 5 in step S21, time t10 in FIG. 6 is after time t11 or t12.

  If “NO” in Steps S3 and S5, it is because the printing paper 1 is incomplete, such as the first eye mark 2 is not printed, so that the paper cutting position is between the new paper surface. In order to send the printing paper 1 (cueing), the process proceeds to step S26. If “NO” in steps S14 and S23, the printing has been performed beyond the area where printing should be accommodated. Therefore, the step for feeding the printing paper 1 to the paper cutting position between the new paper surface is performed. Proceed to S26.

  In step S26, an error counter is set. The number of error counters set is set to a sufficient distance (for example, 200 mm longer than the total length of the first vote 4 and the second vote 5) to send to the first eye mark 2 on a new sheet. In step S27, the printing paper 1 is fed in the forward direction, and in step S28, the error counter is counted down. In step S29, as long as the remaining number of error counters is present, the process proceeds to step S30, where the first eye mark 2 is detected. When the first eye mark 2 is detected, the printing paper 1 is printed by a designated distance (previously stored in the memory 13) to the paper cutting position with the detection point of the first eye mark 2 as a reference in step S31. In step S25, the print processing operation is terminated. If it is determined in step S29 that there is no remaining error counter, the error processing is impossible and the print processing operation is terminated in step S25.

  According to the present embodiment, the same high accuracy can be obtained by using two types of eye marks as in the case of using three types of eye marks.

  The portable form printing apparatus of the present invention can also be applied as a printer built in a handy terminal.

  In addition, the present invention is not limited to a duplex form for postal transfer, but can be applied to a duplex form for other purposes.

It is a figure which shows the back surface of the printing paper used for the portable form printing apparatus which is one Example of this invention. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a portable form printing apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the position of the thermal head in the conventional apparatus and one Example of this invention, a paper cutter, and an eye mark sensor. 3 is a flowchart showing a printing process operation of the portable form printing apparatus of FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a continuation of the flowchart of FIG. 4. FIG. 3 is a time chart illustrating a printing processing operation of the portable form printing apparatus of FIG. 2. It is a figure which shows the back surface of the printing paper used for the conventional portable form printing apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Printing paper 2 1st eye mark 3 2nd eye mark 4 1st vote 5 2nd vote 6,7 Perforation 10 Portable form printing apparatus 12 CPU
21 Thermal Printer Unit 22 Thermal Head 24 Paper Feed Motor 25 Paper Feed Roller 27 Eye Mark Sensor 33 Paper Cutter

Claims (4)

  In a portable form printing apparatus that prints a duplex form comprising a first form and a second form, a continuous paper having a first eye mark and a second eye mark is used as a printing paper, and the first eye By detecting the mark, the printing start position of the first vote and the paper cutting position after completion of the printing of the second vote are determined, and the printing of the second vote is started by detecting the second eye mark. A portable form printing apparatus comprising control means for determining a position.   The eye mark sensor and the paper so that the paper cutting position comes to the origin of the paper cutter when the first eye mark on the paper surface next to the printing paper surface is detected by the eye mark sensor. The portable form printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a distance between the cutters is determined.   In a form printing method for printing a duplex form comprising a first form and a second form, a continuous paper having a first eye mark and a second eye mark is used as printing paper, and the first eye mark is By detecting, the printing start position of the first vote is determined and the first vote is printed, and by detecting the second eye mark, the printing start position of the second vote is determined and the second vote is determined. By printing a vote and detecting the first eye mark on the next sheet of the printed sheet, the sheet cut position after printing the second sheet is determined and the printed sheet surface is sent to the sheet cut position. A form printing method characterized by that. A form printing paper using continuous paper on which a double form of a first form and a second form is printed, wherein the first print start position and the second form are printed. A form printing sheet comprising a first eye mark for determining a cutting position and a second eye mark for determining a printing start position of the second form.

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