JP2643690B2 - Printing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a first transport mechanism having a first transport path for transporting a first continuous form and a second transport mechanism having a second transport path for transporting a second continuous form. The present invention relates to a printing apparatus having a transport mechanism for supplying a single form and a supply mechanism for supplying a single form to a first transport path, and capable of printing on a single form and a plurality of continuous forms.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As such a printing apparatus, a printing apparatus as shown in FIG. 2 has been proposed. In FIG. 2, the first
Is inserted from the front of the printing apparatus, and is conveyed via the printing unit 105 by the tractor 101, the insertion-side conveyance roller 103, and the discharge-side conveyance roller 107.
The paper is discharged from the back of the printing device. Second continuous report T2
Is transported through the printing unit 105 by the tractor 109, the insertion-side transport roller 103, and the discharge-side transport roller 107, and discharged from the rear side of the printer. Cut sheet T3 stored in cassette 111
Is fed out by a roller 113, and supplied to the same transport path as the first continuous form T1 by a roller 115. The cut sheet T3 printed by the printing unit 105 is stored in a stacker 117 provided on the form discharge side.

In the printing apparatus shown in FIG. 2, after printing is performed on a second continuous form T2, the second continuous form T2 is mounted without being cut, and the first continuous form T1 is converted into a second continuous form T1. The first continuous form T1 can be printed in a state of being overlapped with the second continuous form T2 by being conveyed so as to slide on the continuous form, and the printing end portion of the first continuous form T1. Is cut from the unprinted portion, the leading end of the unprinted portion is retracted between the printing unit 105 and the insertion-side transport roller 103, and then the second continuous report T2 is transported, thereby obtaining the second continuous report. Printing on T2 can be resumed. In other words, the printing apparatus can use a plurality of continuous forms without changing them.

[0004]

However, when the printing apparatus is configured as shown in FIG. 2, the following problem occurs. That is, if printing is performed on the cut sheet T3, the printed cut sheet is left in the stacker 117, and then, if the printing is performed on the second continuous form T2 which is not intended to be cut off in the middle, the stacker 117 When the single form T3 is taken out from the stack 117, it is necessary to remove the second continuous form T2 from the stacker 117, and the work of taking out the single form T3 may be complicated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a printing apparatus capable of reducing a load of work for taking out a printed voucher from a voucher storage unit.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a printing unit for printing and a first continuous form.
A first transport mechanism having a first transport path for transporting via the printing section, and a second transport path for transporting a second continuous form via the printing section; A second transport mechanism in which the second transport path on the form insertion side and the form discharge side with respect to the copy unit is disposed below the first transport path, and a cut sheet is supplied to the first transport path. And a sheet supply mechanism for storing the sheet printed by the printing unit.
And a cut-out storage unit for storing the first cut-out.
Of the form discharge side with respect to the printing
And the second transport path is provided below the path.
Direction to separate from the first transport path before the ticket storage unit
The gist is a printing device characterized by being provided so as to extend in a direction.

[0007]

In the above configuration, the second link is provided.
With the continuous form attached to the second transport path, the first
The continuous form is conveyed by being superimposed on the second continuous form in the printing section.
The cut sheet is conveyed through the first conveyance path. First
Continuous forms are printed by the printing unit and then discharged beyond the cut-sheet storage unit.
It is. The second transport path is the first transport in front of the cut-sheet storage unit.
Because it extends in the direction away from the route, the second continuous form
Even with the attached, the cut sheet is printed by the printing unit and then stored
Stored in the department. Immediately thereafter, print on the first continuous report
And the first continuous form is covered in the cut-sheet storage unit.
Even if you cut the first continuous form, you can store the single form
The second continuous form can be removed from the department and there is no need to cut or move the second continuous form. As a result, the take-out work of a single vote easily ing.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. This printing apparatus includes a first continuous form which is supposed to be cut along a perforation every time one page (area sandwiched between perforations) or several pages is printed, and a cut-off sheet until the end of paper as a copy. It is possible to simultaneously attach a second continuous form that is not performed.

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing the configuration of a printing apparatus according to this embodiment. In FIG. 1, a print head 5 and a platen 7 constituting a printing unit 3 are provided in a housing 1 of the printing apparatus.
Are arranged obliquely. A pair of transport rollers 9 and 11 are provided on the form insertion side of the printing unit 3, and a pair of transport rollers 13 and 15 are provided on the form discharge side of the printing unit 3. In this embodiment, in order to convey the form obliquely upward, the discharge-side conveyance rollers 13 and
Reference numeral 15 is disposed obliquely above the transport rollers 9 and 11 on the insertion side. The form is conveyed obliquely upward in order to facilitate the cutting operation by increasing the cutting position of the printed continuous form.

A tractor 17 that conveys the first continuous form T1 toward the printing unit 3 is disposed near a straight line passing through the conveying rollers 9, 11 and the conveying rollers 13, 15 on the form insertion side of the printing unit 3. Is done. The tractor 17 is provided with a belt having a pin that engages with a feed hole provided at an end of the continuous form. The tractor 17 and the transport rollers 9, 11, 13, 15 constitute a first transport mechanism.

A tractor 19 similar to the tractor 17 for transporting the second continuous form T2 toward the printing unit 3 is disposed below the printing unit 3, and is disposed near the printing unit 3. Transport rollers 21 for transporting the second continuous form T2,
23 are arranged. Tractor 19 and transport roller 2
Reference numerals 1 and 23 constitute a second transport mechanism.

The first continuous form T1 is located below the front of the printing device.
Is inserted from the side, the tractor 17, a pair of conveying rollers 9,
11 and a pair of conveying rollers 13
And is conveyed in an inclined straight line through the printer and discharged from the upper rear surface of the printing apparatus. On the other hand, the second continuous form T2 is inserted from below the rear surface of the printing device , passes through the tractor 19, and faces upward.
The printing device 3 is conveyed, and the direction is reversed by the conveying roller 21 and the conveying roller 23 via the printing unit 3 and is discharged from the lower rear side of the printing apparatus. Insertion side and the discharge side for the printing unit 3 of the transport path of the second continuous business form T2, rather than conveying path of the first continuous business form T1 located below, the second continuous book
As shown in FIG. 1, the transport path of the vote T2 is the first continuous book.
It has an inverted U-shape substantially perpendicular to the transport path of the vote T1 .

On the front surface of the housing 1, a cassette 25 for storing unprinted cut sheets T3 is mounted. Further, inside the housing 1, feeding rollers 27 and 29 for feeding out the single form T3 one by one from the cassette 25, and a single continuous form T
A pair of supply rollers 31, 33 is provided as a supply mechanism for supplying the conveyance rollers 9 , 11 , 13 , 15 of one conveyance path.

On the rear surface of the housing 1, a stacker 35 serving as a cut-sheet storing section for storing printed cut-sheets T3 is arranged. The stacker 35 is provided on the transport path of the first continuous form.
The printer is located below the path on the form output side with respect to the printing unit 3.
Be killed. The transport path of the second continuous form is the transport on the discharge side.
The stacker 3 extends from the roller 23 toward the lower rear of the printing apparatus.
5 and extends in a direction away from the first transport path.
That is, it is descending.

The cut sheet 3 is fed one by one from the cassette 25 by feeding rollers 27 and 29, and is conveyed via the printing unit 3 by a pair of conveying rollers 31, 33, 9, 11, 13 and 15, respectively. It is discharged to the stacker 35. Note that a manual guide plate 37 for manually feeding a cut sheet is provided on the cassette mounting portion on the front surface of the housing 1. The cut sheets guided by the manual guide plate 37 are transport rollers 31 and 3.
The paper is conveyed via the printing unit 3 by 3, 9, 11, 13, 15 and discharged to the stacker 35.

In the printing apparatus of this embodiment, after printing is performed on the second continuous form T2, the second continuous form T2 is mounted without cutting, and the first continuous form T1 is printed.
A state in which only the printing unit 3 overlaps the second continuous form T2
To print on the first continuous form T1, and cut the printing end portion of the first continuous form T1 from the unprinted portion, and connect the leading end of the unprinted portion to the printing section 3. After the second continuous form T2 is transported after being retracted between the insertion-side transport rollers 9 and 11, printing on the second continuous form T2 can be resumed. That is, the printing apparatus can use a plurality of continuous forms without changing them.

The single sheet T3 can be fed out of the cassette 25 or inserted along the manual guide plate 37 even when the first and second continuous forms T1 and T2 are mounted. By the transport roller
Printing can be performed by transporting at 31, 33, 9, 11, 13, and 15 .

As described above, in this embodiment, the first continuous form T1 passes through the stacker 35 and is discharged, and the second continuous form T2 is discharged into the lower space of the stacker 35. Continuous form T1 and second continuous form T2 are printed
There is no rubbing outside the part 3 and the discharge of the form is light.
It is done smoothly without .

Further, since the stacker 35 for storing the printed single form T3 is arranged above the discharge path of the second continuous form T2 , the single form T2 can be cut without cutting the second continuous form T2. Even if it is printed on T3, the stacker 35
It can be easily taken out of the box. Note that the first continuous form T
1 is discharged beyond the stacker 35, but is cut every time printing is performed, so that it does not hinder the removal.

Further, every time one page (the area between the perforations) is printed, the discharge position of the first continuous form T1 supposed to be cut is set to a high position, so that the continuous form can be easily set. Cutting of T1 is possible. In addition, since it is supposed that the first continuous form T1 is made of a sheet in which a sticky sheet is pasted on a mount of release paper or a part sheet in which a plurality of sheets are stacked, 1 continuation
It is desirable that the form conveyance path is linear. Accordingly, the paper feed port for the first continuous form T1 is located at the lower front side of the apparatus. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the cassette 2 in which the unprinted cut sheet T3 is stacked on the sheet feeding position of the first continuous form T1.
5, and a manual guide plate 37 for manually guiding the cut sheet T3 is provided thereon.

Therefore, the first unprinted continuous form T1 is
Manual operation or replacement of cassette 25, cassette 25
There is no obstruction to the supply of the cut sheet T3. Furthermore, since the manual guide plate 37 is arranged on the cassette 25,
The cassette 25 does not hinder the manual feed of the cut sheet T3, and the manual feed of the cut sheet T3 can be easily performed.

Although the present embodiment has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be implemented in various modes. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the tractor 19 is disposed below the printing unit 3, but may be disposed below and parallel to the tractor 17, and the same effect as in the above case can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a configuration of a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a configuration of a printing apparatus as a background of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

3. Printing section 9, 11, 13, 15, 21, 23 ... Conveying rollers 31, 33 ... Supply roller 35 ... Stacker

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A printing section for performing printing, and a first section for conveying a first continuous form via the printing section.
A first transport mechanism having a transport path of a second type, and a second transport mechanism for transporting a second continuous form via the printing unit.
A second transport mechanism in which the second transport path on the form insertion side and the form discharge side with respect to the printing unit is disposed below the first transport path; A cut-sheet supply mechanism for feeding the cut-sheet to the first transport path ;
And a storage unit , wherein the cut-sheet storage unit is provided with the mark in the first transport path.
Is provided below the path on the form discharge side with respect to the
The second transport path is in front of the cut-sheet storage unit and
A printing device provided so as to extend in a direction away from one of the transport paths .