JP2012071468A - Printer for seal paper - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printer for seal paper, which enhances the degree of freedom of cutting and which facilitates handling of the cut seal paper.SOLUTION: The printer for the seal paper prints an image on the seal paper Pa which is constituted by bonding a mount Pa2 and a seal portion Pa1 together. The printer for the seal paper includes: a printing section which prints the image on the seal paper Pa; a cutting plotter section for cutting the seal paper Pa on which the image is printed by the printing section; and a control section which generates or acquires plot cutting information including cutting position information on a cutting position and cutting pressure information on cutting pressure, and which controls the cutting plotter section so that it can cut the seal paper Pa on the basis of the plot cutting information. The control section changes the cutting pressure so that a perforation C1, which is formed by alternately repeating a half cut passing through the seal portion Pa1 and not passing through the mount Pa2 and a full cut passing through both the seal portion Pa1 and the mount Pa2, can be provided in at least some of the cutting positions.

Description

  The present invention relates to a sticker paper printer having a cutting function for cutting a recording medium such as sticker paper after printing.

  Thermal printers use thermal heads to heat recording media such as thermal paper that changes color when heat or heat is sensed by transferring dye or pigment to the recording media, such as paper, through heating control of the heating resistor on the thermal head. Thus, the printing apparatus prints on the recording medium.

  As an example of application of a thermal printer, Patent Document 1 stores a roll wound with a band-shaped recording medium such as print paper, pulls out the recording medium from the roll, performs printing, and discharges the printed recording medium to the outside. Therefore, a printer for cutting with a cutter is disclosed.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-26883 discloses an automatic photo photographic apparatus that cuts a photograph printed by a printing unit according to a layout designated by a user while providing two to three slight cuts per side along a straight line with a cutting plotter. It is disclosed.

JP 2008-030308 A JP 2003-195212 A

  As a recording medium printed by the above conventional printer, a sticker paper configured by pasting a base sheet and a seal portion may be used, and the printed sticker paper is removed from the base sheet in order to stick the seal portion to a desired place. The user often removes only the seal portion or cuts the seal paper into a plurality of pieces with the base plate and the seal portion bonded together in order to share a plurality of printed images on one sticker paper. It is preferable to be able to carry out without using tools such as scissors.

  However, in the thing of patent document 2, since there are few uncut parts, while it is possible for a user to tear and isolate | separate easily, at the time of discharge | emission with conveyance means, such as a conveyance roller, or a user's It is not preferable because it may be easily and easily separated during carrying.

  Further, when the sticker paper is cut along a straight line, the cut sticker paper has a substantially rectangular shape and becomes monotonous.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such a problem, and the object thereof is to prevent the cut sticker paper from being separated unexpectedly and separated, and to make the cut sticker paper easy to handle. Thus, it is an object of the present invention to provide a printer for sticker paper in which the degree of freedom of the sticker paper shape is improved.

  In order to achieve this object, the present invention takes the following measures.

  That is, a printer for sticker paper according to one configuration of the present invention is a printer for sticker paper that prints an image on sticker paper configured by bonding a base sheet and a seal portion, and prints an image on the sticker paper Generate plot cut information including a printing unit, a cutting plotter unit that cuts the sticker sheet on which an image is printed by the printing unit, cut position information related to a cut position, and cut pressure information related to a cut pressure at the cut position Or a control unit that acquires and controls the cutting plotter unit to cut the seal paper based on the plot cut information, and the control unit changes the cutting pressure to change the seal unit. A half cut that cuts with a cutting pressure that does not pass through the mount and does not pass through the mount, and a pair of the seal portion and the mount. And providing a perforation formed by alternately repeated and a full cut for cutting in cutting pressure to penetrate at least a portion of the positions of the cut.

  Conventionally, since a slight uncut portion is provided, it may be easily and easily separated and separated into pieces, but in the present invention, it is formed by alternately repeating half-cut and full-cut. Since the perforation is provided, the mounts are repeatedly connected along the perforation, and it is possible to prevent the paper from being separated unexpectedly. Furthermore, since the seal portion is cut through all along the perforation, the seal portion can be easily peeled off from the mount, and a plurality of holes are formed in the mount along the perforation, It is easy for the user to tear the seal paper into a plurality of pieces with the mount and the seal portion bonded together, and the seal paper can be easily handled for many purposes.

  Here, the cutting position according to the cutting position information refers only to the cutting position at the plot cutting section, and does not include the position where cutting is not performed. In addition, penetrating through the seal portion and the mount means penetrating in the thickness direction of the seal portion and the mount. The perforation is formed by alternately repeating a half cut and a full cut. In order to repeat half cut and full cut alternately, if there is a certain repetition period, it may be repeated at regular intervals, or at least one of the half cut and full cut may be changed.

  A printer for sticker paper according to another configuration of the present invention is a printer for sticker paper that prints an image on a sticker paper that is formed by laminating a base sheet and a seal portion, and cuts the sticker paper on which an image is printed Generating or obtaining plot cut information including a cutting plotter unit to perform, cut position information relating to a cut position, and cut pressure information relating to a cut pressure at the cut position, and cutting the sticker sheet based on the plot cut information And a control unit that controls the cutting plotter unit, wherein the control unit uses at least a part of the cutting pressure set so as to penetrate the seal unit and not penetrate the mount, The sticker paper is cut at least partially along a curve.

  Conventionally, the shape of the seal portion is fixed to a substantially rectangular shape. However, in the present invention, at least part of the shape is cut along a curved line. In addition, since the cut is made so as to penetrate at least part of the seal portion and not penetrate the mount, the mount is partially connected and the seal portion can be easily peeled off.

  As a mode of cutting by using at least a part of the cutting pressure set so as not to penetrate the seal portion and not to penetrate the mount, the cut portion is cut so that the seal portion penetrates and the mount does not penetrate at all of the cut portions. And a mode in which the seal portion penetrates in a part of the cut portion and the mount is not penetrated and the seal portion and the mount are both penetrated and cut in the other portion. .

  Since the present invention has the configuration described above, a perforation formed by alternately repeating half-cutting and full-cutting by changing the cutting pressure is provided, and the cut sticker paper is unexpectedly torn apart. It is possible to prevent separation and make it easier to handle the cut sticker paper.

  In addition, since at least a portion is cut along a curve, the degree of freedom of the shape of the seal portion can be improved, and at the same time, the mount is cut so as to penetrate at least a portion of the seal portion and not through the mount. Are partly connected, and the seal part can be easily peeled off.

1 is a schematic overall configuration diagram of a sticker paper printer according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram regarding a cutting pressure and a cutting state of the printer. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a cut state of sticker paper in the printer. The schematic diagram which shows the cut state of the sticker paper in the sticker printer concerning other embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, a sticker printer according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 2A, the printer for sticker paper performs printing on sticker paper Pa configured by pasting a mount Pa2 and a seal portion Pa1.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the printer for sticker paper includes a printing unit 2 that prints on sticker paper Pa, a cutting plotter unit 3 that cuts the printed sticker paper Pa, and a sticker paper Pa that has been cut. It has a cut unit 4 for cutting the sticker paper Pa for discharging to the outside, and a control unit 1 for controlling the drive of these units.

  The printing unit 2 includes a roll 22 around which a sealing paper Pa is wound and a printing unit 21 having a heating resistor (not shown). The sealing paper Pa is pulled out from the roll 22 by a conveying means 23 such as a roller, and the printing unit In 21, an ink ribbon pigment (not shown) is transferred to the sticker paper Pa by heat generated by energizing the heating resistor, and an image or the like is printed.

  The cutting plotter unit 3 has a cutting plotter unit 31 and performs a cutting process such as cutting out the sealing paper Pa with the blade Cut of the cutting plotter unit 31. The cutting plotter unit 3 is configured to be able to change the depth of cutting the sealing paper Pa by changing the cutting pressure that presses the blade Cut against the sealing paper Pa.

  The cut unit 4 cuts the sticker paper Pa by the cutter unit 41 along a direction (main scanning direction) orthogonal to the transport direction in order to discharge the sticker paper Pa to the outside.

  The control unit 1 includes a print control unit 11 that controls driving of the printing unit 2, a plotter control unit 12 that controls driving of the cutting plotter unit 3, and a cut control unit 13 that controls driving of the cut unit 4. It controls a series of processes of printing by the printing unit 2, cutting by the cutting plotter unit 3, and cutting by the cutting unit 4.

  The plotter control unit 12 performs the cutting of the sticker paper Pa based on the plot cut information including the cut position information relating to the cut position of the sticker paper Pa and the cut pressure information relating to the cut pressure at the cut position. The plotter control unit 12 performs cutting after acquiring plot cut information from outside via a communication interface (not shown). The plotter control unit 12 may generate plot cut information based on print image information used at the time of printing by the printing unit 2 (for example, edge detection or the like), and plot plot information stored in advance therein. You may get it.

  Next, the cutting pressure of the cutting plotter unit 31 and the cutting state of the sticker paper Pa of the sticker paper printer will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the cutting plotter unit 31 presses the blade Cut toward the mount Pa2 side from the seal portion Pa1 side of the seal paper Pa to cut the seal paper Pa, and FIG. As shown in FIG. 2C, a half cut in which a cutting pressure for pressing the blade Cut is set so that the seal portion Pa1 penetrates in the thickness direction and the mount Pa2 does not penetrate in the thickness direction, It is configured to perform full cutting with a cutting pressure set to press the blade Cut so that both the part Pa1 and the mount Pa2 penetrate in the sheet thickness direction of the sticker paper Pa.

  Next, the sticker paper Pa cut by the cutting plotter unit 31 of the sticker paper printer will be described with reference to FIG. Based on the plot cut information for dividing the seal paper Pa shown in FIG. 3A into four parts, the cutting plotter unit 31 perforates Cl, which is a row of holes Ho in the seal paper Pa, as shown in FIG. 3B. Form. As shown in FIG. 3 (c), the perforation Cl is formed as a perforation in a row with a plurality of holes Ho formed in the mount Pa2 when viewed from the mount side, and a plurality of perforations Cl when viewed from the seal portion side. The seal portion Pa1 is all cut along the hole Ho. The perforation Cl is formed by the cutting plotter unit 31 alternately and repeatedly switching the cut in the half cut mode and the cut in the full cut mode at a predetermined interval.

  As described above, the printer for sticker paper according to the present embodiment is a sticker paper printer that prints an image on sticker paper Pa configured by pasting the base paper Pa2 and the sticker part Pa1. A printing unit 21 that prints an image, a cutting plotter unit 31 that cuts sticker paper Pa on which an image has been printed by the printing unit 21, cut position information related to a cut position, and cut pressure information related to a cut pressure at a cut position are included. The control unit 1 generates or obtains plot cut information, and controls the cutting plotter unit 31 to cut the sticker paper Pa based on the plot cut information. The control unit 1 changes the cut pressure. A half cut that cuts with a cutting pressure that penetrates the seal portion Pa1 and does not penetrate the mount Pa2, and a seal portion And characterized by providing at least a portion of the position to cut the perforations Cl formed by alternately repeated and a full cut for cutting in cutting pressure to penetrate both a1 and mount Pa2.

  Conventionally, since a slight uncut portion is provided, it may be easily and easily separated and separated into pieces, but in this embodiment, it is formed by alternately repeating half cut and full cut. Since the perforation Cl is provided, the mount Pa2 is repeatedly connected along the perforation Cl, so that it can be prevented that it is separated unexpectedly. Further, since the seal portion Pa1 is cut through all along the perforation Cl, the seal portion Pa1 can be easily peeled from the mount Pa2, and a plurality of holes Ho are formed in the mount Pa2 along the perforation Cl. Therefore, it is easy for the user to tear the seal paper Pa into a plurality of pieces with the mount Pa2 and the seal portion Pa1 bonded together, and the seal paper can be easily handled for multiple purposes.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described based on drawing, it should be thought that a specific structure is not limited to these embodiment. The scope of the present invention is shown not only by the above description of the embodiments but also by the scope of claims for patent, and further includes all modifications within the meaning and scope equivalent to the scope of claims for patent.

  For example, as another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B, in the half cut mode in which only the seal portion Pa1 is cut, the seal portion Pa1 is formed along a curve and a straight line like a heart shape. For example, a closed area is cut out. Conventionally, the shape of the seal portion was fixed to a substantially rectangular shape, but when the seal paper Pa is cut along the curve at least in part as described above, a curve can be included in the shape of the cut seal portion Pa1, The degree of freedom of the shape of the seal part Pa1 can be improved. Further, since the cutting pressure set so as to penetrate through the seal portion Pa1 and not through the mount Pa2 is used at least in part, the seal portion Pa1 can be easily peeled off without being cut out of the mount Pa2. Of course, if at least the seal portion Pa1 is cut and the mount Pa2 is not completely cut, a part may be cut in the full cut mode including the mount Pa2.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the perforation Cl is formed by alternately repeating half cut and full cut at a predetermined interval. However, if there is a certain repetition period, the perforation Cl may be repeated. Alternatively, at least one of the half-cut and full-cut intervals may be changed every predetermined number of repetitions. For example, half-cut 2 mm, full-cut 3 mm, half-cut 4 mm, and full-cut 3 mm may be repeated as one cycle, and the combinations of the intervals are free.

  The specific configuration of each part is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

1 ... Control unit 21 ... Printing unit 31 ... Cutting plotter unit Pa ... Seal paper Pa1 ... Seal unit Pa2 ... Mount Cl ... Perforation

Claims (2)

A sticker printer that prints an image on sticker paper that is formed by pasting a base sheet and a sticker part,
A printing unit for printing an image on the sticker paper;
A cutting plotter unit for cutting the sticker paper on which an image is printed by the printing unit;
The cutting plotter unit that generates or acquires plot cut information including cut position information related to a cut position and cut pressure information related to a cut pressure at the cut position, and cuts the sticker paper based on the plot cut information. And a control unit for controlling
The control unit is configured to change a cutting pressure so as to cut with a cutting pressure that penetrates the seal portion and does not penetrate the mount, and a full cut that cuts with both the seal portion and the mount. A printer for sticker paper, wherein a perforation formed by alternately repeating cutting is provided at at least a part of the cutting positions. A sticker printer that prints an image on sticker paper that is formed by pasting a base sheet and a sticker part,
A printing unit for printing an image on the sticker paper;
A cutting plotter unit for cutting the sticker paper on which an image is printed by the printing unit;
The cutting plotter unit that generates or acquires plot cut information including cut position information related to a cut position and cut pressure information related to a cut pressure at the cut position, and cuts the sticker paper based on the plot cut information. And a control unit for controlling
The control unit cuts the seal paper along a curve at least partially using a cutting pressure set so as to penetrate the seal portion and not penetrate the mount. Printer for sticker paper.

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