JP2009096101A - Recording medium conveying tray and recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recorder capable of enhancing an accuracy of a recording position with a simple constitution. <P>SOLUTION: A recording medium conveying tray 100 on which a recording medium L1 equipped with a lenticular lens is placed, and which is conveyed in the recording device 200, includes an engagement part 12 which can be engaged with the lenticular lens having a prescribed pitch of the prescribed recording medium equipped with the same, along the linear direction of the lenticular lens having the prescribed pitch. A guided part 17 which can be engaged with a guide part 11 disposed in the recording device 200 and which is guided by the guide part 11, is disposed on the other surface of the conveying tray 100. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a recording medium transport tray used when a recording medium having a lenticular lens is loaded in a recording apparatus, and a recording apparatus including the recording medium transport tray.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a recording medium has a lenticular lens superimposed on a recording layer, and an image recorded on the recording layer can be viewed through the lenticular lens as a three-dimensional image or a change picture image that changes depending on the viewing angle. Known from. In order to be able to view an image recorded on such a recording medium as a predetermined three-dimensional image or a modified picture image, it is necessary to accurately correspond the recording position on the recording layer to the lens arrangement of the lenticular lens. is there. Therefore, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses means for detecting the position of a lenticular lens using a sensor and recording at a desired position based on the detection result. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-228561 discloses a means for improving the accuracy of the recording position by taking measures to prevent the recording medium placed on the transfer tray from being displaced on the tray.

Japanese Patent No. 3471930 JP 2007-130769 A

However, in the case of the means of Patent Document 1, there is a problem that it is necessary to provide a sensor, resulting in high cost. Further, in the case of the means of Patent Document 2, it is possible to prevent the positional deviation of the recording medium with respect to the transport tray, but if the transport tray is transported in an inclined state with respect to the transport direction, the recording is performed. The position accuracy cannot be increased.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a recording apparatus that can increase the accuracy of the recording position with a simple configuration.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a recording medium transport tray on which a recording medium having a lenticular lens is placed and transported through a recording apparatus, the recording medium transporting tray having a lenticular lens having a predetermined pitch. A guided portion that has an engaging portion that can be engaged with a lenticular lens having a predetermined pitch along a linear direction of the lenticular lens having a predetermined pitch, engages with a guide portion provided in the recording apparatus, and receives a guide of the guide portion. The part is provided on one surface.

By configuring the recording medium transport tray in this way, the transport direction during transport of the recording medium can be maintained constant, and the accuracy of the recording position on the recording medium can be improved.

In addition to the above-described invention, another invention is such that a recording medium is placed on a surface opposite to one surface, and the lenticular lens along the linear direction of the lenticular lens of the recording medium is placed on the opposite surface. It is assumed that an engaging portion that engages with the lens is provided.

By configuring the recording medium transport tray in this manner, the transport direction during transport of the recording medium placed on the recording medium transport tray can be maintained constant, and the accuracy of the recording position on the recording medium can be maintained. Can be improved.

According to another invention, in addition to the above-described invention, the engaging portion provided on the opposite surface has another lenticular lens having a pitch different from that of the lenticular lens having a predetermined pitch. Suppose that it engages with another lenticular lens along the linear direction of a lens.

By configuring the recording medium transport tray in this way, the transport direction when transporting other recording media can be maintained constant, and the accuracy of the recording position on the other recording medium can be improved.

In addition to the above-described invention, in another invention, the engaging portion provided on the opposite surface has a linear direction different from that of the guide portion.

By configuring the recording medium transport tray in this way, even when the linear direction of the lenticular lens of the other recording medium is different from the linear direction of the lenticular lens of the predetermined recording medium,
It is possible to maintain the conveyance direction at the time of conveyance of the other recording medium, and to improve the accuracy of the recording position on the other recording medium.

In addition to the above-described invention, in another invention, a reinforcing member is provided between the guided portion and the engaging portion.

The bending of the recording medium transport tray in the vertical direction can be suppressed, and the accuracy of the recording position on the recording medium can be improved.

In addition to the above-described invention, another invention includes a contact means for contacting at least one side edge of another recording medium.

By configuring the recording medium transport tray in this manner, it is possible to more reliably position other recording media, and it is also possible to position a recording medium that does not have a lenticular lens by the contact means. .

According to another invention, in addition to the above-mentioned invention, an adhesive means for attaching another recording medium is provided on the other surface on which the engaging portion is provided.

By configuring the recording medium transport tray in this manner, positioning of other recording media can be performed more reliably.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a recording apparatus provided with the above-described recording medium transport tray.

By configuring the recording apparatus in this way, the conveyance direction during conveyance of the recording medium can be maintained constant, and the accuracy of the recording position on the recording medium can be improved.

According to the present invention, the conveyance accuracy of a recording medium having a lenticular lens can be increased with a simple configuration.

(First embodiment)
Hereinafter, a recording medium transport tray (hereinafter simply referred to as a tray) 100 and a recording apparatus 200 according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the recording apparatus 200, and is a perspective view of the recording apparatus 200 as viewed from the rear. A recording apparatus 200 shown in FIG. 1 shows a state in which a lens sheet L1 as another recording medium is loaded in the recording apparatus 200 using the tray 100. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view in which the tray 100, the lens sheet L1, and the recording apparatus 200 are separately illustrated for easy understanding of the configuration of the tray 100. In FIG. 1, the recording apparatus 2
The direction of the arrow X, which is the direction in which the lens sheet L1 loaded in 00 travels, is the front (front side), and the opposite direction is the rear (rear side). In addition, the direction of the arrow Y that is the right hand direction from the rear to the front is the right side (right side), and the left hand direction that is the opposite direction is the left side (left side).
The following explanation will be given with the direction of the arrow Z as the upper side (upper side) and the opposite direction as the lower side (lower side).

The recording apparatus 200 includes a housing 1 that is an exterior body and a tray 100 on which the lens sheet L1 is placed.
A tray support guide 2 that supports the tray 100 from below, a paper feed roller 3 and a paper discharge roller 4 that transport the tray 100 placed on the tray support guide 2 from the rear to the front, A recording head 5 that performs recording on the lens sheet L1 is included.

In the lens sheet L1, a lenticular lens 6 as another lenticular lens is formed on one surface of a transparent resin sheet, and an image forming layer 7 is formed on the other surface. The lens sheet L1 is configured so that an image recorded on the image forming layer 7 can be viewed through the lenticular lens 6. Therefore, for example, in the image forming layer 7,
When an image with parallax is recorded corresponding to the arrangement pitch, focal length, etc. of the lenticular lens 6 and this image is viewed from the lenticular lens 6 side, it is viewed as a three-dimensional image or as a different image depending on the viewing angle. It can be done. The lens sheet L1 may be configured to directly record on the resin portion on the surface opposite to the side on which the lenticular lens 6 is formed without forming the image forming layer 7.

A paper feed opening 8 for feeding the tray 100 on which the lens sheet L1 is placed into the housing 1 is formed on the rear side surface of the housing 1, and a paper feed opening is provided on the front side surface. A paper discharge opening 9 for discharging the tray 100 on which the lens sheet L1 supplied from the opening 8 is placed is formed. The tray 100 supplied to the recording apparatus 200 from the paper feed opening 8 is a lens sheet L.
1 is carried forward by the paper feed roller 3 and the paper discharge roller 4, and after recording is performed by the recording head 5, it is discharged from the paper discharge opening 9 to the outside of the recording apparatus 200.

The tray support guide 2 is disposed at a position where the upper surface of the tray guide surface 10 is substantially the same as the upper portion of the paper feed roller 3 and the paper discharge roller 4. The tray support guide 2 has a rectangular plate-like body as a whole, and the front-rear direction is provided from a position protruding rearward of the paper feed opening 8 to a position in front of the paper feed roller 3. Moreover, about the width direction on either side, it is the width | variety which can support the tray 100 mounted over the full width. The tray support guide 2 is attached to the housing 1 or a structure such as an internal frame with a configuration not shown.

The tray support guide 2 is formed of a plate-like body formed of resin or the like, and the tray guide surface 1
0 is formed as a guide portion 11 for guiding the transport direction of the tray 100 placed on the tray guide surface 10. The guide portion 11 is composed of a plurality of ridge portions 12.
The ridge portion 12 is formed in the same shape as the lenticular lens of a guide portion lens sheet (not shown) as a predetermined recording medium having a lenticular lens having a predetermined pitch different from the lenticular lens 6 of the lens sheet L1. That is, the ridge portion 12 is formed on the tray 100
Instead, it is formed in the same shape as the lenticular lens of the guide portion lens sheet, which is a lens sheet that is placed and conveyed on the tray support guide 2. That is, the ridge 12 having the same shape as the lens element forming the lenticular lens of the guide part lens sheet,
Tray 10 with the same pitch as the arrangement pitch of the lenticular lens of the lens sheet for the guide section
They are arranged side by side over a width that is the same as or wider than the width of zero. That is, the ridge 12
Is an engaging portion that can engage with the lenticular lens along the linear direction of the lenticular lens of the guide portion lens sheet.

In the present embodiment, the guide part lens sheet and the lens sheet L1 are arranged such that the arrangement pitch of the lenticular lenses of the guide part lens sheet is larger than that of the lenticular lens 6 of the lens sheet L1. Further, the longitudinal direction of the ridge 12, that is, the generatrix (ridgeline) direction of the ridge 12 is formed along a predetermined conveyance direction of the lens sheet L 1, that is, a direction orthogonal to the main scanning direction.

In the present embodiment, the guide portion 11 is configured by attaching the guide portion lens sheet to the upper surface of the tray support guide 2 with the lenticular lens side of the guide portion lens sheet facing upward. Thus, since the guide part 11 is formed by sticking the lens sheet for the guide part to the tray support guide 2, the guide part 11 can be easily provided on the tray support guide 2. When the tray support guide 2 is formed by resin molding, a mold surface corresponding to the guide portion 11 is formed in advance on the molding die so that the guide portion 11 is molded integrally with the tray support guide 2. Also good. Further, the tray support guide 2 may be formed of a metal plate. In this case, the guide part 11 can be formed by cutting a metal plate.

As shown in FIG. 2, the tray 100 has a rectangular plate-like body as a whole, has the same shape as the lens sheet L1 to be placed or a size larger than that, and can be placed on the entire surface of the lens sheet L1. It has become. The upper surface of the tray 100, that is, the lens sheet L
The mounting surface 13 on which 1 is mounted is formed as an engaging portion 15 having a plurality of ridges 14 for engaging with the lenticular lens 6 of the lens sheet L1 and positioning the lens sheet L1. On the other hand, on the lower surface of the tray 100, a guided portion 17 having a plurality of ridge portions 16 that engage with the guide portion 11 provided in the tray support guide 2 described above is provided.

The engaging portion 15 is formed in the same shape as the lenticular lens 6 of the lens sheet L1. That is, the convex strip 14 has a linear body having the same shape as the lens element 18 forming the lenticular lens 6 and spans a width wider than the width of the lens sheet L1 at the same pitch as the arrangement pitch of the lenticular lens 6. It is installed side by side. The longitudinal direction of the ridges 14, that is, the generatrix (ridgeline) direction of the ridges 14, is formed along a predetermined conveyance direction of the lens sheet L1, that is, a direction orthogonal to the main scanning direction.

The guided portion 17 is formed in the same shape as the guide portion 11. That is, the ridge 16
Is a linear body having the same shape as the ridges 12 of the guide 11, and is arranged in parallel across the entire width of the lower surface of the tray 100 at the same pitch as the arrangement pitch of the ridges 12. The longitudinal direction of the ridge 16, that is, the generatrix (ridgeline) direction of the ridge 16 is along the same direction as the ridge 14 of the engaging portion 15, that is, the direction orthogonal to the main scanning direction. Is formed.

Incidentally, the engaging portion 15 of the tray 100 is the lenticular lens 6 in the present embodiment.
The lens sheet L <b> 1 facing the upper surface is attached to the upper surface of the tray 100. Thus, the engaging part 15 can be easily provided in the tray 100 by forming the engaging part 15 by the lens sheet L1. Similarly to the engaging portion 15, the guided portion 17 is also configured by attaching the lenticular lens side of the guide portion lens sheet downward to the lower surface. When the tray 100 is formed by resin molding, a mold surface corresponding to the engaging portion 15 and the guided portion 17 is formed in advance in the molding die, and the engaging portion 15 and the guided portion 17 are connected to the tray 100. You may make it shape | mold integrally. Further, the tray 100 may be formed of a metal plate. In this case, the engaging portion 15 and the guided portion 17 can be formed by cutting the engaging portion 15 and the guided portion 17 by cutting the metal plate.

A paper feed roller 3 and a paper discharge roller 4 are disposed before and after the recording head 5. The paper feed roller 3 and the paper discharge roller 4 are rotationally driven by a paper feed motor 19 and a paper discharge motor 20, respectively. On the upper side of the sheet feed roller 3, for example, three sheet feed-side driven rollers 21 that rotate following the rotation of the sheet feed roller 3 are provided in the left-right direction. Further, on the upper side of the paper discharge roller 4, for example, three paper discharge side driven rollers 22 that rotate following the paper discharge roller 4 are provided in the left-right direction.
Accordingly, the lens sheet L1 supplied to the recording apparatus 200 from the paper feed opening 8 is disposed between the paper feed roller 3 and the paper feed side driven roller 21 together with the tray 100 on which the lens sheet L is placed, and the paper discharge roller 4 and the paper discharge roller 4. It is sandwiched between the paper-side driven rollers 22, receives the rotation of the paper feed roller 3 and the paper discharge roller 4, and is conveyed from the rear to the front. Then, after recording is performed on the conveyed lens sheet L 1 by the recording head 5, the recording sheet 5 is discharged from the discharge opening 9 to the outside of the recording apparatus 200.

In front of the paper discharge roller 4, there is provided a paper discharge side tray support guide 23 that supports the lower surface of the tray 100 that is recorded by the recording head 5 and discharged from the paper discharge opening 9. The sheet discharge side tray support guide 23 prevents the conveyance tray 100 sent out from the sheet discharge roller 4 from bending downward so that the protruding line part 14 of the guided part 17 does not come off the protruding line part 12 of the guide part 11. Further, the upper surface 24 has the same height as the placement surface 13 of the tray support guide 2 or a slightly lower height, and the length in the front-rear direction is also set sufficiently long.

A recording head 5 is disposed above the paper feed roller 3 and the paper discharge roller 4. The recording head 5 is attached to the lower surface of the carriage 25 and is configured as an ink jet recording head for discharging ink in the present embodiment. The carriage 25 is movably supported by a carriage guide 26 that extends in the left-right direction, and a carriage motor 27.
It is attached to a timing belt 28 driven by. For this reason, when the timing belt 28 is rotationally driven in the left-right direction by the carriage motor 27, the recording head 5 can move in the left-right direction along the carriage guide 26 together with the carriage 25.

Therefore, the conveyance of the lens sheet L1 in the sub-scanning direction, which is the conveyance direction of the lens sheet L1, is controlled by the paper feed roller 3 and the paper discharge roller 4, and the movement of the recording head 5 in the main scanning direction, that is, in the horizontal direction. Also, the recording head 5 can be moved to a predetermined position on the lens sheet L1, and an image can be recorded at a desired position on the lens sheet L1. The lens sheet L1 is placed on the tray support guide 2 so that the image forming layer 7 side faces the recording head 5 and the lenticular lens 6 side contacts the guide portion 11. That is, the recording head 5 performs recording on the image forming layer 7, and a recorded matter is produced in which the image recorded on the image forming layer 7 can be viewed from the lenticular lens 6 side.

Recording on the lens sheet L1 by the recording apparatus 200 configured as described above is performed as follows. First, the lens sheet L1 is placed with the side of the lenticular lens 6 facing the tray 100. Since the engaging portion 15 and the lenticular lens 6 have the same shape, the lenticular lens 6 meshes with the engaging portion 15 in the lens sheet L1 placed on the tray 100. Therefore, the lens sheet L1 is in a state where the left and right direction (main scanning direction) is positioned by the engaging portion 15. That is, the engaging portion 15 constitutes an engaging portion that engages with the lenticular lens 6 along the linear direction of the lenticular lens 6 of the lens sheet L1 placed on the tray 100. That is, the lens sheet L1 is moved by the engaging portion 15 to the tray 100.
It will be positioned so that it will not rotate or move from side to side.

Then, the tray 100 on which the lens sheet L1 is placed is placed on the tray support guide 2 so that the guided portion 17 engages with the guide portion 11 provided on the tray support guide 2.
In the guide portion 11 and the guided portion 17, the ridge portions 12 and the ridge portions 16 having the same shape are arranged in parallel at the same arrangement pitch. Therefore, the ridges 12 and the ridges 16 are engaged with each other in a state in which they can move in the front-rear direction without rattling in the left-right direction. In this way, the tray 100 is placed on the tray support guide 2 by placing the tray 100 on the tray support guide 2 so that the protrusions 16 of the guided portion 17 are fitted to the protrusions 12 of the guide portion 11. On the other hand, positioning in the left-right direction and rotation on the tray support guide 2 are prevented.

Therefore, the tray 100 conveyed by the paper feed roller 3 and the paper discharge roller 4 is conveyed in a state in which a certain conveyance direction is maintained along the direction orthogonal to the main scanning direction, that is, the sub-scanning direction. . Further, as described above, the lens sheet L1 placed on the tray 100 is positioned by the engaging portion 15 so as not to move or rotate in the left-right direction on the tray 100. Therefore, the lens sheet L1 is conveyed in a fixed direction, and recording on the lens sheet L1 by the recording head 5 can be performed at a predetermined position.

By the way, the guide part 11 provided in the tray support guide 2 is formed in the same shape as the lenticular lens of the guide part sheet lens having a lenticular lens having a larger pitch than the lenticular lens 6 of the lens sheet L1. Therefore, the tray 10
When the guide portion sheet lens is placed on the tray support guide 2 toward the guide portion 11 on the lenticular lens side instead of 0, the lenticular lens and the guide portion 11 of the guide portion lens sheet are engaged with each other, The guide part lens sheet is positioned in the left-right direction (main scanning direction) by the guide part 11. That is, when the guide portion sheet lens is conveyed by the paper feed roller 3 and the paper discharge roller 4, the guide portion 11 guides the lenticular lens of the guide portion lens sheet in a direction orthogonal to the main scanning direction (sub scanning direction). It is conveyed in the state. Therefore, even when the guide lens sheet is directly placed on the tray support guide 2 and conveyed, and recording is performed by the recording head 5, recording on the guide lens sheet can be performed at a predetermined position.

As described above, in the recording apparatus 200, the convex portion 12 of the guide portion 11 has the same shape as the lenticular lens of the guide portion lens sheet, so that the guide portion lens sheet is made to have a predetermined shape using the guide portion 11. It can be transported along the transport direction, and recording on the guide portion lens sheet can be performed at a predetermined position.

Further, by configuring the engaging portion 15 of the tray 100 to engage with a lenticular lens having a pitch different from that of the guide portion lens sheet, a lens having a lenticular lens having a pitch different from that of the guide portion lens sheet. With respect to the sheet, the lens sheet having a lenticular lens having a different pitch from that of the guide lens sheet can be transported along a predetermined transport direction by placing the sheet on the tray 100 and transporting the sheet to a predetermined position. Recording can be performed. That is, it is possible to perform recording with one recording apparatus 200 while conveying lens sheets having lenticular lenses having different pitches in a predetermined conveying direction.

Specifically, for example, the lens sheet for the guide part is a lens sheet having a 60 LPI (Lens Per Inch) lenticular lens in which 60 lens elements are arranged per inch, and the guide part 11 is a 60 LPI lenticular lens. It is assumed that it corresponds to the lens, and the guided portion 17 also corresponds to this guide portion 11. And the engaging part 1
5 corresponds to the lenticular lens 6 of the lens sheet L1 having a 100 LPI lenticular lens. As a result, when recording is performed on a 60 LPI lens sheet, it is possible to perform recording with high recording position accuracy by directly guiding the lens sheet to the tray support guide 2. Further, when recording is performed on a 100 LPI lens sheet, recording with high recording position accuracy can be performed by placing the lens sheet on the tray 100 and performing recording. Accordingly, the tray 100 is set to 60 LPI for the guided portion 17 and the engaging portion 15 corresponding to the lenticular lens having a desired recording pitch is prepared for each pitch of the lenticular lens. Recording can be performed on a lens sheet of a plurality of lenticular lenses having a plurality of pitches by the recording apparatus 200 of the table.

Further, the lens sheet L1 is placed on the tray 100 and conveyed, so that the lens sheet L1 is transferred.
And the distance from the ink discharge portion of the recording head 5 is shortened. Alternatively, by setting the thickness of the tray 100 to a predetermined thickness according to the thickness of the lens sheet L1, the distance between the ink ejection unit of the recording head 5 and the lens sheet L1 can be set to a predetermined distance. Therefore, the recording head 5
Misalignment that occurs until the ink ejected from the ink adheres to the lens sheet L1 can be reduced.

Note that the pitch of the engaging portions 15 may be the same as that of the guide portions 11. That is, you may comprise the pitch of the engaging part 15 at the same pitch as the lenticular lens of the lens sheet for guide parts. Even in this case, the lens sheet placed on the tray 100 can be transported along a predetermined transport direction, and recording can be performed at a predetermined position. In addition, the distance between the lens sheet and the ink ejection portion of the recording head 5 can be shortened, and the positional deviation that occurs until the ink ejected from the recording head 5 adheres to the lens sheet can be suppressed.

(Detection of transport angle)
By the way, the guide part 11, the guided part 17, and the engaging part 15 are precisely along the predetermined conveying direction of the lens sheet L1, that is, the guide part 1, the guided part 17, and the engaging part 15 are in the main scanning direction. When it is provided so as to be orthogonal to (the direction orthogonal to the paper feed roller 3 and the paper discharge roller 4), recording can be performed at a predetermined position of the lens sheet L1. On the other hand, when the guide portion 11 or the like is provided in a state not orthogonal to the main scanning direction,
The lens sheet L1 is conveyed obliquely with respect to a predetermined conveyance direction. As a result, as the lens sheet L1 is conveyed, the lens sheet L1 is conveyed while being displaced left or right depending on the skew direction, and recording cannot be performed at a predetermined position of the lens sheet L1. However, since the lens sheet L1 is conveyed while being guided by the guide unit 11, the lens sheet L1 is conveyed while maintaining a constant skew state. That is, the distance that the lens sheet L1 is conveyed is proportional to the amount of displacement of the lens sheet L1 leftward or rightward. Therefore,
The inclination angle between the guide direction of the guide portion 11 and the predetermined conveyance direction is measured in advance, and the recording image data for recording is corrected according to the inclination angle, whereby the lens sheet L1 is skewed. Can be recorded at a predetermined position on the lens sheet L1.

The measurement of the inclination angle can be performed as follows. With the recording device 200, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, an inspection image CM composed of a plurality of lines Ln, which are inspection images, is recorded on the lens sheet L1. In the image data, these lines Ln have a central line LA in the line Ln along the predetermined transport direction, and the lines Ln on the left and right of the line LA are centered on the line LA. Assume that the slopes are accumulated in the same direction in different directions in order.

For example, the line Ln on the right side of the line LA is 0.0 clockwise in the conveyance direction.
The inclination angle is set so as to increase sequentially in increments of 1 degree, and the line Ln on the left side of the line LA is set so that the inclination angle increases sequentially in increments of 0.01 degrees counterclockwise in the conveyance direction. Based on such inspection image data, the inspection image CM is recorded on the lens sheet L1 that is conveyed while being guided by the guide unit 11. When the inspection image CM recorded on the lens sheet L1 is viewed from the lenticular lens 6 side, as shown in FIG. 4, along the generatrix (ridgeline) of the lens element 18 of the lenticular lens 6 in the line Ln. The recorded line LB can be visually recognized as one continuous line. On the other hand, since the line Ln that is not recorded along the generatrix (ridgeline) of the lens element 13 is recorded across the plurality of lens elements 18, for example, any one of the left and right sides discontinuously like the line LC or the like. The line is divided in the direction.

Therefore, in the line Ln, the inclination angle of the line Ln corresponding to the line LB that can be seen by one line through the lenticular lens 6 is the inclination angle between the guide direction of the guide portion 11 and the predetermined conveyance direction. Can be measured as Then, corrected image data is generated by rotating the recording image data based on the measured inclination angle. By recording an image on the lens sheet L1 based on the corrected image data, the image can be recorded at a predetermined position even when the lens sheet L1 is conveyed obliquely.

Note that the measurement of the inclination angle of the guide portion 11 in the guide direction was performed using one type of inspection image in which lines were formed at an inclination angle of 0.01 degrees. The inclination angle of the guide portion 11 in the guide direction may be measured using two different types of inspection images. For example, 0
. A first inspection image in which lines are formed at an inclination angle of 05 degrees is recorded on the lens sheet L1. When this inspection image is viewed through the lenticular lens 6, the longest line is one line. Is identified. Next, a second inspection image is formed on another lens sheet L1 in which lines are formed at an inclination angle of 0.01 degrees to the left and right with the inclination angle of the line as the center. Then, when the second inspection image is viewed through the lenticular lens 6, the line having the longest length of one line is specified. The inclination angle of this line can be measured as the inclination angle between the guide direction of the guide portion 11 and a predetermined transport direction.

Thus, by measuring the inclination angle of the guide portion 11 in the guide direction using two types of inspection images, it is possible to widen the range of inclination angles that can be measured and perform high-accuracy measurement. That is, in the case of only an inspection image in which lines are formed at an inclination angle of 0.01 degrees, the inclination angle is measured only up to the number of lines of 0.01 degrees on both sides of the central line. I can't. However, it is possible to measure a wide range of tilt angles by using an image for inspection in which lines are formed at an inclination angle of 0.05 degrees, and then the lines are inclined at an inclination angle of 0.01 degrees. By using the formed inspection image, it is possible to measure the tilt angle with high accuracy. By increasing the types of inspection images, it is possible to measure the transport inclination angle with a wider range and higher accuracy.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a tray 300 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the tray 300. In order to make the configuration of the tray 300 easy to understand, the tray 300, the lens sheet L2, and the recording apparatus 200 are separately divided and drawn. is there. In addition, about the structure similar to having demonstrated in the above-mentioned 1st Embodiment, suppose that the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

The tray 300 according to the second embodiment is for placing a lens sheet L2 called a so-called oblique lens sheet. The oblique lens sheet is a lens lens in which a lenticular lens is arranged with its linear direction inclined to the side of the lens sheet. That means
The lens sheet L2 of the present embodiment is rectangular, and the lenticular lens 30 is
The lens element 31 is an oblique lenticular lens provided at an angle inclined with respect to the side of the lens sheet L2.

When such a lens sheet L2 is guided and transported along the predetermined transport direction by the guide portion 11 on which the ridges 12 are formed, as shown by the dotted line portion R in FIG. It is necessary to place the lens sheet L2 obliquely on the tray support guide 2 so as to engage with the guide portion 11. When the lens sheet L2 is placed on the tray support guide 2 obliquely in this way, the lens sheet L2 protrudes from the tray support guide 2 because the length in the left-right direction and the front-rear direction occupied by the lens sheet L2 in the recording apparatus 200 increases. Or the lens sheet L2 may protrude from the recording area of the recording head 5.

Therefore, it is necessary to process the lens sheet L2 by cutting the lens sheet L2 so that the lens sheet L2 does not protrude so that the lens sheet L2 does not protrude.
There is a problem that recording cannot be performed in 2 and man-hours for cutting are required. Therefore,
In the tray 300, the engaging portion 32 has the same shape as the lenticular lens 30, and
The lens element 31 is provided in an inclined state at the same angle. In other words, the engaging portion 32 is configured by the convex strip portion 33 that has the same shape as the lenticular lens 30 and is inclined at the same angle as the lens element 31. That is, the convex strip portion 33 of the engaging portion 32 is formed by the lens sheet L2.
Are mounted at an angle with which the lenticular lens 30 is engaged when the side is placed on the tray 300 in a direction along a predetermined conveying direction.

Therefore, when the lens sheet L2 is placed on the tray 300 so that the lenticular lens 30 engages with the engaging portion 32, the side of the lens sheet L2 is parallel to the side of the tray 300. And placed on the tray 300. That is, the lens sheet L2 is placed on the tray 300 without protruding from the tray 300. Therefore, recording can be performed by effectively using the area of the lens sheet L2. The lens sheet L2 that is an oblique lens sheet can also be transported along a predetermined transport direction by being placed on the tray 300 and transported, and recording can be performed at a predetermined position.

Note that the ridge 33 may be formed at an angle orthogonal to the ridge 12 of the tray support guide 2 in the left-right direction, that is, in a direction along the main scanning direction. When the tray 300 has such a configuration, a state in which the lens sheet in which the linear direction of the lenticular lens is formed in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction is engaged with the engaging portion 32. Can be transported.

(Modification)
Next, a tray 400 that is a modification of the tray 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

In addition, about the structure similar to having demonstrated in the above-mentioned 1st Embodiment, suppose that the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

In the recording apparatus 200 according to the first embodiment described above, even when a so-called plain paper such as a copy paper or a photographic paper without a lenticular lens is placed instead of the lens sheet L1, these ordinary papers are placed. By preventing the paper from rotating on the loading surface 13, it is possible to perform recording at a predetermined position on the plain paper. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, in the tray 100, when the lens sheet L <b> 1 is placed on the rear end edge 40, the protrusions that are long in the left-right direction as contact means that contact the side edge of the rear end of the lens sheet L <b> 1. Guide body 41
Is provided. By placing the plain paper P along the guide body 41 on the tray 400,
The plain paper P is prevented from rotating on the placement surface 13 by the guide body 41, and the tray 4
It is conveyed in a state where it is placed at 00. Therefore, the plain paper P is conveyed in a certain fixed direction, and recording on the plain paper P by the recording head 5 can be performed at a predetermined position. When the lens sheet L1 is placed on the tray 400 along the guide body 41 instead of the plain paper P, the lens sheet L1 is positioned by the engaging portion 15 and the guide body 4
Since positioning is also performed by 1, more reliable positioning is performed.

Note that the attachment position of the guide body 41 may be changed according to the size of the plain paper P as shown in FIG. In this case, the guide body 4 is provided with the insertion bosses 42 and the boss holes 43 into which the insertion bosses 42 are fitted on the tray 400 side according to the size of the plain paper P.
1 can be easily changed in accordance with the size of the plain paper P to be placed. FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of the portion A shown in FIG. 7 and shows the state of the portion where the boss hole 43 is formed. The boss hole 43 is formed in a flat portion 44 formed by lacking a part of the engaging portion 15.

Further, the guide body 41 is provided with a plurality of guide portions so as to correspond to a plurality of sides as well as one side of the plain paper P to be placed, so that the positioning of the plain paper P on the transport tray 1 is ensured. It can be carried out. Further, if the shape of the outer periphery of the plain paper P is, for example, a curved line, the guide body 41 has a shape that matches the curved line, so that reliable positioning according to the shape of the plain paper P can be performed.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the guide portion 11 is formed over the entire width in the left-right direction of the tray support guide 2, and the guided portion 17 is also the tray 100 (the tray 300 and the tray 400).
) Across the entire width in the left-right direction. However, in order for the guided portion 17 to be guided by the guide portion 11, at least one of them is two, and the other is one, and these ridges 12 and ridges 16 are leftward and rightward. It is sufficient to engage in both directions. By increasing the number of the ridge portions 12 and the ridge portions 16 and increasing the number of portions engaged with each other, the guide by the guide portion 11 of the tray 100 (the tray 300, the tray 400) becomes reliable.

In addition, when the guide part 11 is comprised by the several protruding item | line part 12, let the space | interval of the protruding item | line 12 be the integral multiple of the arrangement pitch of the lenticular lens of the lens sheet for guide parts. As a result, when the guide part lens sheet is placed on the guide part 11, all of the plurality of ridges 12 positioned below the guide part lens sheet can be engaged with the guide part lens sheet. The engagement state between the guide portion lens sheet and the guide portion 11 can be ensured.

Further, in the first embodiment described above, the engaging portion 15 is formed over the entire width in the left-right direction of the lens sheet L1, but it may be constituted by at least one or several protruding strip portions 14. Good. When the engaging portion 15 is constituted by a plurality of ridges 14, the interval between the ridges 14 is
It is set as an integral multiple of the arrangement pitch of the lenticular lens 6 of the lens sheet L1. This
When the lens sheet L1 is placed on the tray 100, all of the plurality of ridges 14 positioned below the lens sheet L1 can be engaged with the lens sheet L1, and the lens sheet L1, the engaging portion 15, The engagement state can be ensured.

In the second embodiment described above, the engaging portion 32 is formed over the entire surface of the lens sheet L2. However, the engaging portion 32 may be configured by at least one or several convex strips 33. When the engaging portion 32 is constituted by a plurality of ridge portions 33, the interval between the ridge portions 33 is an integral multiple of the arrangement pitch of the lenticular lenses 30 of the lens sheet L2. Thus, the tray 30
When the lens sheet L2 is placed at 0, the plurality of convex strips 33 positioned on the lower side of the lens sheet L2 can all be engaged with the lens sheet L2, and the lens sheet L2 and the engaging portion 32 can be engaged.
The engagement state can be ensured.

Further, in each embodiment, the engaging portion 15 is the convex ridge portion 14, and the engaging portion 32 is also the convex ridge portion 33, but as shown in FIG. A concave strip 50 having the same shape as that of the lenticular lens L1 or the lenticular lens L2 may be used as the engaging portion 14 or the engaging portion 32. Further, any one of the guide portion 11 and the guided portion 17 may be a concave portion.

As shown in FIG. 2, the tray 100 described above is coated with a re-tacky adhesive such as a silicone adhesive on the mounting surface 13 of the tray 100 to form an adhesive surface 29, and is mounted on the mounting surface 13. The lens sheet L1 is placed on the adhesive surface 29, so that the lens sheet L
The positioning of 1 may be made more reliable. Further, the adhesive surface 29 has a tray 30.
0 or the tray 400 may be provided. In particular, in the tray 400, when the plain paper P is placed, the plain paper P does not engage with the engaging portion 10. Therefore, the plain paper P is fixed by the adhesive surface 29 in conjunction with the positioning by the guide body 41. The plain paper P can be positioned more reliably.

As shown in FIG. 10A, the trays 100, 300, and 400 can be configured, for example, by bonding two lens sheets L3 and L4 to each other with the adhesive layer 51 interposed therebetween. However, when the lens sheet to be bonded is thin and has low rigidity, the sheet is bent when being conveyed on the tray support guide 2, and there is a problem that the recording position by the recording head 5 cannot be made accurate. Sometimes. Therefore, as shown in FIG.
A thin plate 52 formed of a metal such as stainless steel, a resin such as acrylic, PET (polyethylene terephthalate), or PETG (amorphous PET copolymer) is reinforced between the lens sheets L3 and L4 through an adhesive layer 51. Tray 100, 300, 40 sandwiched as a member
You may make it comprise 0. By configuring the trays 100, 300, and 400 in this way, the deflection of the trays 100, 300, and 400 can be suppressed, and the recording position by the recording head 5 can be made accurate.

Note that at least one surface of the guide portion 11 and the guided portion 17 is coated with a low friction material such as fluororesin, so that the friction between the tray 100 (the tray 300 and the tray 400) and the guide portion 11 is reduced. The tray 100 (tray 300, tray 400) can be smoothly conveyed, and the wear resistance of the guide portion 11 and the guided portion 17 can be improved.

In the recording apparatus 200 described in each of the above embodiments, the recording head 5 has the lens sheet L1,
The present invention can also be applied to a recording apparatus using a so-called line head that moves in a direction orthogonal to the L2 transport direction but does not move the recording head. In this case, the main scanning direction which is the moving direction of the recording head 6 is a direction corresponding to the longitudinal direction of the line head.

1 is a rear perspective view of a recording apparatus according to a first embodiment of the invention. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the tray which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the recording content of the image for a test | inspection. It is a figure which shows an image when the image for a test | inspection is seen from the lenticular lens side. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the tray which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 6 is a rear perspective view of a recording apparatus and a tray according to a first modification. It is a back perspective view which shows the modification of the tray shown in FIG. It is an enlarged view of the part A of FIG. It is a figure which shows the modification of the shape of an engaging part, a guide part, and a to-be-guided part. It is sectional drawing which shows the structure of a tray.

Explanation of symbols

6,30 ... lenticular lens (other lenticular lens) 11
Guide portion 15, 32 ... engaging portion 17 ... guided portion 29
... Adhesive part (adhesive means) 52 ... Thin plate (reinforcing member) 41 ... Guide body (contact means) 100, 300 ... Tray (recording medium transport tray)
200: Recording device L1, L2: Lens sheet (other recording medium)

Claims (8)

A recording medium transport tray on which a recording medium having a lenticular lens is placed and transported in a recording apparatus,
A guide portion provided in the recording apparatus having an engaging portion capable of engaging with the lenticular lens having the predetermined pitch along a linear direction of the lenticular lens having the predetermined pitch on a predetermined recording medium having the lenticular lens having the predetermined pitch. And a guided portion for receiving the guide of the guide portion is provided on one surface. The recording medium is placed on a surface opposite to the one surface, and the opposite surface is engaged with the lenticular lens along the linear direction of the lenticular lens of the recording medium. The recording medium carrying tray according to claim 1, further comprising a section. The engaging portion provided on the opposite surface includes the other portion along a line direction of the other lenticular lens of another recording medium having another lenticular lens having a pitch different from the lenticular lens having the predetermined pitch. The recording medium carrying tray according to claim 1, wherein the recording medium carrying tray is engaged with the lenticular lens. The recording medium carrying tray according to claim 2, wherein the engaging portion provided on the opposite surface has a linear direction different from that of the guide portion. 5. The recording medium carrying tray according to claim 1, wherein a reinforcing member is provided between the guided portion and the engaging portion. 6. 6. The recording medium transport tray according to claim 1, further comprising an abutting unit that abuts against at least one side edge of the other recording medium. The recording medium conveyance according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein an adhesive means for affixing the other recording medium is provided on the other surface on which the engaging portion is provided. Tray. A recording apparatus comprising the recording medium carrying tray according to claim 1.