JP2008137155A - Stencil printing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide stencil printing equipment the main body of which can be used by a normal operating method even when an information input operation is not conducted, in the case when a consumable article having no identification information on the consumable article or an incompatible consumable article is mounted. <P>SOLUTION: The stencil printing equipment includes a means 3 for reading the identification information from a storage means 6 of the consumable article being mounted and a means 8 for detecting that the consumable article is mounted, and includes a control means for determining operating conditions of the equipment main body according to whether or not the mounted consumable article is an incompatible one. This equipment has the function of making it possible to make incompatibility information of the consumable article ineffective. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention includes a means for reading identification information from a storage means for a mounted consumable, and a detecting means for detecting that the consumable is mounted, depending on whether the mounted consumable is a compatible product. The present invention relates to a stencil printing apparatus provided with a control means for determining the operating conditions of the apparatus main body.

  Conventionally, in a stencil printing apparatus, consumables such as an ink container and a stencil sheet roll having a structure that can be attached to and detached from the apparatus main body are used. Such consumables are attached to the main body of the machine, and after ink or stencil paper has been supplied to the necessary locations as appropriate, when all the ink or stencil paper is consumed, it is removed for disposal or recycling. New consumables are installed and printing can be continued.

  As described above, in order to continue using the printing apparatus by exchanging consumables, it is necessary to select and use consumables suitable for the functions and characteristics of the apparatus main body. If an incompatible consumable is selected and used for the main body of the stencil printing apparatus, an appropriate image cannot be formed, or the main body of the apparatus or its consumable may break down. is there.

  In order to prevent misuse of nonconforming products, the shape of the ink container and the paper tube diameter of the stencil roll should be unique to the device main body, and nonconforming consumables should not be physically attached to the device main body. Although there are some examples, the management of consumables becomes complicated if the ink container shape and paper tube diameter are changed for each model.

  Therefore, (a) a part of the consumables is equipped with information storage means for storing information based on electronic data, the apparatus main body is provided with a control unit and information transmission means connected to the information storage means in contact or non-contact. Information is transmitted between the installed consumables and the main body of the device, and if the result of collation between the data set in the control unit and the consumable information is incompatible, the operation of the main body of the device is stopped. There is a technique for giving a message to the user to inform the user (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  Further, (b) a consumable having a storage means for identifying a consumable having storage means for storing identification information indicating whether or not it is compatible is mounted on the apparatus main body, and the consumable is a nonconforming product. Even when the determination is made, for example, when the consumable is an ink container, the control information input unit waits for the user to input ink clay information on the ink clay setting screen displayed on the display unit. When ink clay information is input on the ink clay setting screen, there is a technique of performing printing by controlling the printing pressure of a press roller based on the input ink clay information (see, for example, Patent Document 2). ).

  Furthermore, the master roll in which the optical information indicating either the manufacturer or the type of the base paper is given to the specified position and the end mark is given to the specified position on the terminal end side of the base paper is defined as a genuine product, and the above For master rolls, when non-conformance of at least one of the manufacturer or base paper type is detected for the first time, error display as a non-genuine product is prohibited and plate making is prohibited, and when the above non-conformity is detected for the second time or later, an error occurs. There is a base paper discriminating method that avoids display and allows plate making until the end mark is detected (see, for example, Patent Document 3).

  In the above prior art (a), when the consumable is determined to be incompatible by the apparatus main body, the apparatus main body cannot be used. In (b), it is necessary for the user to input control information suitable for the incompatible consumable, Each time the main body of the device is used or the consumables are replaced, the user may need to operate. In (c), even if it is a non-conforming product that can be used, it will be adjusted as error handling for the first time. Since the processing operation is necessary, the above operation is very inconvenient when the user recognizes the non-conforming product and uses the apparatus main body.

JP 2001-18507 A (see claims 1 and 5) JP 2004-255585 A (see summary and claims 1 and 2) JP 2000-168217 A (see claim 10, paragraphs 0039-0040)

  In view of the above circumstances, in the stencil printing apparatus as described above, when a consumable item that does not have consumable item identification information is attached or an incompatible consumable item is attached, there is no information input operation. Another object of the present invention is to provide a stencil printing apparatus in which the apparatus main body can be used in a normal operation method.

The present invention has the following configuration in order to achieve the above object.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided means for reading the identification information from the storage means for the mounted consumables, and detecting means for detecting that the consumables are mounted. In a stencil printing machine equipped with control means that determines the operating conditions of the main body depending on whether or not there is a consumable nonconformity when a consumable that does not have identification information indicating the consumable identification function is installed It has a function that can invalidate information.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a means for reading identification information from the storage means for the mounted consumables, and the control for determining the operating condition of the apparatus main body depending on whether or not the mounted consumables are compatible. In a stencil printing machine provided with a means, if a consumable item having identification information indicating a consumable item identification function is mounted and the read identification information is information indicating that it is inappropriate, the nonconforming item of the consumable item It has a function that can invalidate information.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the stencil printing apparatus according to the first or second aspect, there is provided means for displaying whether the compatibility information of the consumable item is selected as “valid” or “invalid” mode. Prepared.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when a consumable item that does not have consumable item identification information is attached, the apparatus main body can be used in a normal operation method without an information input operation.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, when an unsuitable consumable is mounted, the apparatus main body can be used in a normal operation method without an information input operation.
According to the third aspect of the present invention, the current operation mode of the apparatus main body can be easily confirmed, and the setting can be changed in advance when it is not the desired mode. This is particularly effective when there are a plurality of users.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing signal transmission / reception paths in the apparatus main body 10 and the consumable 11 of the stencil printing apparatus according to the present invention. The apparatus main body 10 includes an apparatus main body control unit 1, a consumable item identification information determination unit 2, a consumable item identification information reading unit 3, an operation mode switching input unit 4, a consumable item mounting detection unit 8, and an operation mode display unit 9. It is.

  The apparatus main body control unit 1 includes a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, an I / O, and the like, and controls overall printing in the stencil printing apparatus. The apparatus main body control unit 1 exchanges signals with the consumable item identification information determination unit 2, the operation mode switching input unit 4, the consumable item mounting detection unit 8, the operation mode display unit 9, and the like.

  The consumable item identification information reading unit 3 reads the consumable item identification information transmitted from the consumable item 11, and transmits the read information to the consumable item identification information determining unit 2. The consumable item identification information determination unit 2 determines whether or not the consumable item 11 is an appropriate item based on the consumable item identification information transmitted from the consumable item identification information reading unit 3, and the determination result is sent to the apparatus main body control unit 1. Send to.

  The consumable item 11 is a consumable item used in the stencil printing apparatus, and can be continuously printed by being consumed as the printing is continued and replaced with a new consumable item. The consumable item 11 includes a consumable item identification information transmission unit 5 and a consumable item identification information storage unit 6.

  The consumable item identification information storage unit 6 stores the manufacturer name, specifications, and the like of the consumable item. The consumable item identification information transmission unit 5 transmits the consumable item identification information stored in the consumable item identification information storage unit 6 to the consumable item identification information reading unit 3 by wire or wirelessly.

  The consumable item mounting detection unit 8 is a detecting unit that detects that the consumable item 11 is mounted on the apparatus main body 10. When the consumable item 11 is detected by the consumable item mounting detection unit 8, the apparatus main unit control unit is detected. 1, the consumable item identification information reading unit 3 functions to receive the consumable item identification information from the consumable item identification information transmission unit 5.

  The operation mode switching input unit 4 is a means for inputting whether the determination result by the consumable item identification information determination unit 2 is validated or invalidated, and can be entered by the user's judgment. The input information is transmitted to the apparatus main body control unit 1 to display on the operation mode display unit 9 which of the valid and invalid operation modes is selected.

With reference to the block diagram of FIG. 1 and the flowchart of FIG. 2, the operation when a consumable item is mounted will be described.
When the consumable item 11 is mounted on the apparatus main body 1 (step P-1), the consumable item identification information reading unit 3 receives the consumable item from the consumable item identification information transmitting unit 5 based on a signal from the consumable item detection unit 8. The identification information is read, and the consumable item identification information determination unit 2 determines whether or not the consumable item is a conforming item (step P-2).

  The apparatus main body control unit 1 confirms the determination result of the consumable item identification information determination unit 2, and if the consumable item 11 is a conforming product, the answer is YES in Step P-2. If not, the process proceeds to Step P-4 to determine the validity of the determination result.

  In step P-4, the validity / invalidity of the determination result in the consumable item identification information determination unit 2 is determined based on the information input in the operation mode switching input unit 4. That is, if the input of the operation mode switching input unit 4 sets the determination result of the consumable item identification information determination unit 2 to “valid”, the consumable item 11 has been recognized as a nonconforming item, and thus the apparatus main body. The operation is stopped (step P-5), and the input of changing the control information setting such as the operation conditions for printing in the apparatus main body 1 to be compatible with the printing by the current consumables 11 is controlled by the apparatus main body, for example. This is performed for the unit 1 (step P-6). This shifts to normal operation (step P-3).

  On the other hand, if the input of the operation mode switching input unit 4 makes the determination result of the consumable item identification information determination unit 2 “invalid”, the determination that the consumable item 11 is incompatible is invalidated. Therefore, the process proceeds to the normal operation of step P-3 in the same manner as the determination result of the previous step P-2 is determined as the conforming product.

  The case where the determination result of the consumable item identification information determination unit 2 is “invalid” is, for example, a case in which a consumable item other than a genuine product is programmed to be determined as a non-conforming product, Even if there is a case where it is judged that there is no problem in practical use by a use record or a quality survey.

  Since the input result to the operation mode switching input unit 4 is displayed on the operation mode display unit 9, the user checks whether the determination result is in a valid mode or invalid mode. be able to. Therefore, the setting can be changed in advance when the mode is not desired. This is particularly effective when there are a plurality of users.

In the case where a consumable item that does not have identification information recording means (such as the consumable item identification information storage unit 6 and the consumable item identification information transmission unit 5) is mounted on the consumable item mounting detection unit 8, the consumable item identification information reading unit 3, since no information can be read, the consumable item identification information determination unit 2 determines that the product is not a conforming product. In this case, the control is performed according to the input result to the operation mode switching input unit 4 as in the case where the non-conforming product is determined in Step P-2.
In any case, display (valid or invalid display) information of the operation mode selected and input by the operation mode switching input unit 4 is sent to the operation mode display unit 9 via the apparatus main body control unit 1 and displayed.

It is a block diagram of a control system concerning the present invention. It is the flowchart explaining the control procedure concerning consumables mounting concerning the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Apparatus main body control part 2 Consumables identification information determination part 3 Consumables identification information reading part 4 Operation mode switching input part 5 Consumables identification information transmission part 6 Consumables identification information storage part 8 Consumables attachment detection part 9 Operation mode display part 11 Consumables

Claims (3)

A means for reading identification information from the storage means for the mounted consumables and a detecting means for detecting that the consumables are mounted, and depending on whether or not the mounted consumable is a compatible product, In a stencil printing apparatus provided with a control means for determining operating conditions,
A stencil printing apparatus having a function capable of invalidating nonconformity information of a consumable when a consumable having no identification information indicating a consumable is identified. In a stencil printing machine comprising means for reading identification information from a storage means of a mounted consumable, and comprising a control means for determining the operating condition of the apparatus main body depending on whether or not the mounted consumable is a compatible product ,
When a consumable item having identification information indicating a consumable item identification function is mounted and the read identification information is information indicating nonconformity, the consumable item nonconformity information is invalidated. A stencil printing device. In the stencil printing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
A stencil printing apparatus comprising means for displaying whether the compatibility information of consumables is selected as "valid" or "invalid" mode.

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