JP2845733B2 - Computer recording medium production system and production method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention writes predetermined information such as software on a floppy disk (FD), which is a recording medium of an external storage device of a computer, and affixes the written predetermined information to the FD. TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a computer recording medium production system and a production method thereof, which can be printed and identified on a printed label.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Computers are usually supplied to a user together with hardware together with software. For example, a personal computer and an office computer have a hard disk (HD) type and a non-HD type. However, when supplying computer software to a user, when writing and supplying the software to the HD, when the computer supplies the HD, Regardless of the format provided or not, the software may be written on a recording medium in an external storage device of the computer, and the recording medium may be supplied with the computer. As such a recording medium, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk (FD), a magneto-optical disk, and the like can be considered, and the FD is currently most frequently used.

An FD in which software corresponding to the type of a computer is written usually copies a plurality of types of software into a plurality of FDs, and prints the software copied to the FD on a label attached to each FD in an identifiable manner. Produced. In the early FD production method, one set of master FD was prepared by copying a plurality of types of software corresponding to the type of computer into FDs serving as a plurality of masters. Only on the unlabeled virgin FD, on the other hand the FD
In this method, printed information that makes the copied software identifiable is printed on a label, and the copied FD is pasted with the printed label to produce an FD.

In the FD production method, the FD is supplied to the FD magazine rack in the FD copying process by producing the FD by previously registering the master FD in a storage unit.
Is pulled out by the operator or automatically and inserted into the FD drive, copied, taken out after copying, stored in an empty FD magazine rack, printed in the FD label attaching process, and printed on the copied FD in a separate process. This was done by manually applying the label. In such a production method, there is a danger that the information copied to the FD and the print information of the label attached to the FD may not match due to an error in attaching the label.

[0005]

In recent years, a labeler for peeling and attaching a label with a printer function has been developed, and the manual sticking of the label has been automated. A system has been developed to prevent misapplication. However, the FD production system having the labeler is a system in which the labeler can set only one kind of label mount, peels off the label printed on the label by the printer, and attaches the label to the FD in conjunction with the copied FD. However, in order to handle a plurality of types of labels in this system, there is a problem that frequent replacement of the label mount and a setup operation accompanying the change occur.
Further, providing a plurality of types of dedicated labelers has a problem that the system becomes expensive.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide an inexpensive computer recording medium production system and a production method thereof without labeling errors.

[0007]

FIG. 1 is a basic configuration diagram of a computer recording medium production system according to the present invention.
The computer recording medium production system of the present invention that achieves the above object writes predetermined information in a recording medium of an external storage device of a computer, and can identify the written information by printing on a label attached to the recording medium. Computer recording medium production system
(1) Supply a recording medium 10 to which a label enabling identification of the type of the recording medium 10 is attached for each type, copy predetermined information to the recording medium, and add the predetermined information to the label attached to the recording medium. Medium transport means 9 for transporting the recording medium so as to accumulate the recording medium on which the corresponding print information has been printed; (2) the predetermined information copied on the recording medium 10; and the predetermined information copied on the recording medium 10. A storage unit 8 for storing information for identifying information and the print information to be printed on the label; and (3) a copy unit 3 for reading the predetermined information from the storage unit 8 and copying the read information to the recording medium 10
And (4) a printing unit 4 for reading the print information corresponding to the predetermined information from the storage unit 8 and printing the read information on the label.
And (5) a system control unit 2 for controlling the copying means 3 and the printing means 4.

According to the method for producing a computer recording medium of the present invention, predetermined information is written in a recording medium of an external storage device of a computer, and the written information can be identified by printing on a label attached to the recording medium. In the method for producing a computer recording medium, (1) the same type of recording medium 10 before copying with the label attached
Transporting one of a plurality of supply storages 11 arranged at a supply storage designation position 12 for storing the medium to a medium supply position 13 immediately before the copying means 3 via the first transfer means 5.
And (2) removing the recording media 10 one by one from the supply storage 11 conveyed to the medium supply position 13 by the medium supply means 18 and supplying the recording media 10 to the copying means 3 for copying predetermined information. (2) the copying means 3
A third step of copying the predetermined information onto the recording medium 10 and (4) a printing step 4 for printing the recording medium 10 from the copying means 3 onto the label attached to the recording medium 10. A fourth step of transporting the recording medium 10 via the transporting means 7; and (5) the printing means 4 affixing the printing information identifying the predetermined information copied on the recording medium 10 to the copied recording medium 10 by the printing means 4. Fifth to print on label
And (6) a sixth step of accumulating the recording medium 10 having been printed on the label from the printing means 4 to a medium accumulation position 16 immediately before the printing means 4 by the medium accumulating means 19; and (7) The second storage unit 14 that conveys the storage bin 14 loaded with the copied and printed recording medium 10 conveyed to the medium accumulation position 16 to a plurality of storage bin designation positions 15 via the second conveyance unit 6. And seven stages.

[0009]

According to the present invention, there is provided a computer recording medium production system and a production method thereof, wherein a plurality of types of unprinted labels are affixed to a recording medium in advance, the recording medium is stored by being sorted for each type of label. Installed at the specified position, specify the storage that stores the recording medium with the desired label attached, transport the storage, transport the recording medium to the copying means, copy it, and transport it to the printing means for printing. Then, by accumulating the empty recording media in the storage, the recording media to which a plurality of types of labels are attached are continuously produced without label attaching errors.

[0010]

FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The computer recording medium production system of the present invention includes a medium production system 20 for producing a floppy disk (FD) as a computer recording medium, and a main control unit 1 for communicating with and controlling a plurality of medium production systems 20. The medium production system 20 includes the main control unit 1
A system control unit 2 comprising a programmable controller for controlling the entire medium production system 20 by communicating with a storage medium of the same type before copying, for example, a floppy disk (FD) to which a label is attached, and a plurality of supply storages A plurality of supply storages 1 arranged at the designated position 12
1. Copying means 3 comprising an FD drive for copying predetermined information on a recording medium 10, and printing comprising a printer for printing print information for identifying predetermined information copied on a copied recording medium 10 on a label attached to the recording medium 10. Means 4, a plurality of supply storage designated positions 12 and a first transfer means 5 for transferring the supply storage 11 between the medium supply position 13 immediately before the copying means 3, and a supply transferred to the medium supply position 13. Storage 1
A medium supply means 18 for taking out one of the recording media 10 from 1 and supplying the recording medium to the copying means 3, a plurality of storage mediums for storing the copied and printed recording medium 10 and arranged at a plurality of accumulation storage designated positions 15 Stacking storage 14, a plurality of stacking designated positions 15, and a medium stacking position 16 immediately before the printing means 4.
A second transport unit 6 for transporting the storage bin 14 between
A medium collecting means 19 for taking out the recording medium 10 having been printed on the label from the printing means 4 and accumulating it in the storage compartment 14; and a third means for taking out the copied recording medium 10 from the copying means 3 and conveying it to the printing means 4. Transport means 7.

Hereinafter, a method for producing a computer recording medium according to the present invention will be described. First, the relationship between the main control unit 1 and the medium production system 20 will be described. Main control unit 1
Designates each one of the plurality of supply bins 11 and the plurality of accumulation bins 14, transfers the designated supply bin 11 to the medium supply position 13, and designates the designated accumulation bin 14 Is transmitted to the system control unit 2 to transfer the designated storage to the medium accumulation position 16. Further, the main control unit 1 sends to the system control unit 2 a medium insertion command signal for inserting the recording medium 10 into the copying means 3,
0 is normal or abnormal, a medium removal instruction signal for taking out the copy medium 10 from the copy means 3, a recording medium 10 that is sorted by a plurality of recording media 10 under predetermined conditions and integrated. And a job completion signal indicating that a job for producing a predetermined number of predetermined types of commodities composed of a plurality of types of recording media based on a production schedule has been completed, and the like.

The main control unit 1 sends copy information to be copied to the recording medium 10 and a signal for controlling the copying means 3 to the copying means 3 in the medium production system 20 and checks whether the recording medium 10 copied from the copying means 3 is normal. And receiving a medium abnormality determination signal indicating whether the medium is abnormal. The main control unit 1 also includes a medium production system 20.
The printing means 4 transmits to the label affixed to the recording medium 10 corresponding to the predetermined information copied on the recording medium 10 a print information for making the predetermined information identifiable and a signal for controlling the printing means 4.

FIG. 3 is a first half flowchart of the operation of the system according to the present invention. (Step S1): The system control unit 2 receives the designated storage installation command signal from the main control unit 1 and, on the other hand, supplies one specific storage among the plurality of supply storages 11 specified by the main control unit 1. The storage bin 11 is transported to the medium supply position 13, and one of the storage bins 14 specified by the main control unit 1 is transported to the medium storage position 16. (Step S2): The system control unit 2 receives a medium insertion command signal for inserting the recording medium 10 into the copying unit 3 from the main control unit 1, and supplies one recording medium 10 to the medium supply position 13 for supply. The copy unit 3 is removed from the storage 11 and inserted into the copy unit 3 to start copying. After the copy is completed, the copy unit 3 determines whether the copied recording medium 10 is normal or abnormal if the copied recording medium 10 is abnormal. A signal is transmitted to the main control unit 1 for notification. (Step S3): The system control unit 2 receives from the main control unit 1 a medium removal command signal for removing the copy-completed recording medium 10 from the copying means 3 and a medium abnormality determination signal relating to the copy-completed recording medium 10, and records the received signal. It is determined whether or not the recording medium is normal. If the recording medium is normal, the recording medium is sent from the copying means 3 to the third conveying means 7 (step S31), and the process proceeds to steps S4 and S5. If there is, the recording medium is discharged to the copy defective medium discharge section (step S3).
2) Return to step S2 to execute copying again. (Step S4): The system control unit 2 determines whether there is a medium insertion command signal transmitted from the main control unit 1, and determines YES.
If so, return to step S2 to execute copying again,
If NO, the process proceeds to step S6. (Step S5): The copied recording medium conveyed by the third conveying means 7 is inserted into the printing means 4 to execute a printing process. The printing process includes a first step of cueing the recording medium, a second step of sending the recording medium to the printing position of the first line, a third step of printing the first line, and a recording medium of the second line. A fourth step of sending to the printing position, a fifth step of printing the second line,
.., A second (n) th step of sending to the printing position of the last line, the nth line,
The (2n + 1) th step of printing the n-th line, and the print misregistration inspection by applying a predetermined number of pulse voltages from the cue position to a pulse motor for driving a belt that conveys a recording medium in a printer as a printing means. It comprises a (2n + 2) step of sending the recording medium to the position. Here, a detector D1 is provided at one cueing position, and a detector D2 is provided at the other misregistration inspection position. At these detector positions, a belt for conveying a recording medium in a printer serving as a printing unit is driven. Stop. The belt drive is performed at a high speed until the detector D1 at one cue position is turned on, the belt drive is temporarily stopped after the detector D1 is turned on, and then the belt drive is reversed at a low speed to drive the belt at the position where the detector D1 is turned off. To stop. The detector D2 at the other print misregistration inspection position has the following steps S7 and S8.
Used for inspection of print misalignment. (Step S6): The system control unit 2 determines the presence / absence of a designated storage installation command signal transmitted from the main control unit 1,
If YES, the supply storage 11 is transported from the medium supply position 13 to the original supply storage designation position 12, and a specific one of the plurality of supply storages 11 newly designated by the main control unit 1 is specified. One supply storage 11 is transported to the medium supply position 13 (step S61), and the process returns to step S2. If NO, the process proceeds to step S11.

FIG. 4 is a second half flow chart of the operation of the system according to the present invention. (Step S7): It is determined whether or not the detector D2 is turned on when the recording medium conveyed to the print misalignment inspection position is conveyed to the predetermined pulse number (N-α) during the conveyance. If the answer is YES, the printing medium is judged to be a print misalignment due to excessive feeding, and the recording medium is ejected to the defective printing medium ejection section (step S71), and the process proceeds to step S8. (Step S8): It is determined whether or not the detector D2 has been turned on when the recording medium conveyed to the print misalignment inspection position has been conveyed to the predetermined pulse number N during the conveyance. Transports the printed recording medium to the storage bin 14 at the medium collection position 16 (step S8).
1), the process proceeds to step S9, and if NO, it is determined that there is a print misalignment due to insufficient feeding, and the recording medium is discharged to the defective printing medium discharge unit (step S82), and the process proceeds to step S9. (Step S9): Did the system control unit 2 receive a medium division command signal that divides the plurality of recording media 10 transmitted from the main control unit 1 under predetermined conditions and divides the recording media 10 to be integrated and separates them? If the answer is YES, the printed recording medium is stored in the storage bin 1 at the medium stacking position 16.
4 and mark the recording medium as described later, or insert a partition plate immediately after inserting the recording medium,
Proceed to step S10. (Step S10): It is determined whether the recording medium accumulated in the accumulation storage 14 at the medium accumulation position 16 is full,
If YES, the full storage bin 14 is transported to the original storage bin designation position 15, and the system control unit 2 then sends the designated bin installation command signal transmitted from the main control unit 1. One of the plurality of storage bins 14 received and specified is transferred to the medium stacking position 16 and the process proceeds to step S11. If NO, the process proceeds to step S11.
Proceed to 11. (Step S11): The system control unit 2 sets the main control unit 1
It is determined whether or not a job completion signal indicating that a job for producing a predetermined number of types of commodities composed of a plurality of types of recording media based on the production schedule transmitted from the job has been completed has been received. Proceed to step S12,
If NO, the process returns to step S2. (Step S12): On the one hand, the supply storage 11 is transported from the medium supply position 13 to the original supply storage specified position 12, and on the other hand, the storage 14 is transferred from the medium collection position 16 to the original storage. The sheet is conveyed to the designated position 15 and the process ends.

FIG. 5 is a view showing an embodiment of the positioning means of the storage for storing the recording medium according to the present invention. The first transporting means and the second transporting means shown in FIG. 2 are a first transporting means 5 comprising a supply conveyor which is a free-flow roller conveyor and a second transporting means 6 comprising a conveyer for accumulation, respectively.
Supply conveyor 5 and accumulation conveyor 6
A pallet 52 on which a medium storage case 51 shown in FIG.
Is transported, and when the medium storage 51 returns to the specified position, the stopper 53 at the specified position rises to prevent the medium storage 51 from being transferred. Also, the pallet 52 has a concave portion at the bottom,
A plurality of pins 54 having a convex portion fitted into the concave portion are provided below the supply conveyor and the accumulation conveyor immediately before the supply storage designated position and the accumulation designated position, and stopped by the stopper 53. The pin 54 is lifted by the vertical linear movement of the cylinder (not shown), the pallet 52 is lifted, the pallet 52 and the pin 54 are fitted, and the pallet 52 is positioned after a predetermined time elapses.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a first embodiment of the medium dividing means according to the present invention. This drawing shows a state in which recording media are being accumulated in the accumulation storage 61 at the medium accumulation position, and shows an example in which marking is used as the medium sorting means.
When the recording medium 60 is inserted up to the stopper 63 at the lowermost stage of the guide portion 62 provided below the accumulation storage, the marker 65 to which ink has been attached by the rotary cylinder 64.
Rotates 90 degrees clockwise as viewed from above, and the ink adheres to the side surface of the lowermost recording medium. The cylinder 66 lifts the recording medium and accumulates the recording media one by one in the storage bin 61 until the recording medium is full in the storage bin 61.
In this embodiment, the recording medium can be lifted until 100 recording media (FD) are accumulated in the accumulation storage 61.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a second embodiment of the medium dividing means according to the present invention. This figure shows a state in which the recording media 70 are being accumulated in the accumulation storage 71 at the medium accumulation position, and shows an example in which a partition plate is used as the medium dividing means.
When the recording medium 70 is inserted into the lowermost stage of the guide section 72 provided below the storage for accumulation, the partition plate 74 is pushed out by the linear movement of the pushing cylinder 73 and the conveyor 77 is pushed.
To the stopper 76, and push up the cylinder 7
5, the partition plate 74 is pushed up to the bottom of the storage 71 for accumulation. The push-up cylinder 75 accumulates the recording media 70 one by one in the accumulation storage 71, and in this embodiment, 100 recording media (FD) are accumulated in the accumulation storage 71 until the recording medium 70 is full. The recording medium 70 can be pushed up until it is accumulated in the storage 71 for storage.

[0018]

As described above, according to the computer recording medium production system and the production method of the present invention,
A labeler is not provided inside the system, and a plurality of types of labels are pasted on the recording medium in advance, the storage of the recording medium sorted and stored for each type of the label is installed at a designated position, and a desired type is placed from the designated position. Specifying the storage of the recording medium to which the label is attached, and transporting it to the medium supply position immediately before the copying means,
Affixing labels by transporting the recording media one by one to the copying means, copying them, transporting them to the printing means, printing them, and accumulating them in an empty storage medium storage just before the printing means to produce the recording media. It is possible to realize a system capable of continuously producing a recording medium to which a plurality of types of labels are attached without error. Further, the copied and printed recording medium can be easily identified for each product by the medium sorting means according to the present invention, and the work time in the shipping process can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a basic configuration diagram of a computer recording medium production system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a first half flowchart of the operation of the system according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a second half flowchart of the operation of the system according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a view showing an embodiment of a positioning means of a storage for storing a recording medium according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a first embodiment of a medium dividing means according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a second embodiment of the medium dividing means according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Main control part 2 ... System control part 3 ... Copying means 4 ... Printing means 5 ... First conveyance means 6 ... Second conveyance means 7 ... Third conveyance means 8 ... Storage part 9 ... Medium conveyance means 10 ... Recording medium 11 ... supply storage 12 ... supply storage designation position 13 ... medium supply position 14 ... accumulation storage 15 ... accumulation storage designation position 16 ... medium accumulation position 18 ... medium supply means 19 ... medium accumulation means 20 ... medium Production system (magazine loader) 21 ... medium sorting means

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-3-105762 (JP, A) JP-A-5-62424 (JP, A) JP-A-4-360085 (JP, A) JP-A-2-281321 (JP) , A) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) B65C 1/00-11/06 G11B 19/02

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A computer recording medium production system wherein predetermined information is written on a recording medium of an external storage device of a computer, and the written information can be identified by printing on a label attached to the recording medium. A plurality of storage bins (11) for storing the same type of recording medium (10) before copying to which a label is attached and arranged at a plurality of storage bin designation positions (12); (10) copying means (3) for copying predetermined information, and printing means for printing, on the label attached to the recording medium, printing information for identifying the predetermined information copied on the copied recording medium (10). (4) transporting the supply storage (11) between the plurality of supply storage designation positions (12) and the medium supply position (13) immediately before the copying means (3); Transporting means (5), and taking out one of the recording media (10) from the supply storage (11) transported to the medium supply position (13) and supplying the recording medium to the copying means (3). Medium storage means (18) for storing the copied and printed recording medium (10),
A plurality of storage bins (14) arranged at the plurality of storage bin designation positions (15); a plurality of the accumulation bin designation positions (15); and a medium accumulation position immediately before the printing means (4). 16), the second transporting means (6) for transporting the stacking storage (14), and the recording medium (10) printed on the label is taken out from the printing means (4). A medium stacking means (19) for stacking in the storage (14), and a third transporting means (7) for taking out the copied recording medium (10) from the copying means (3) and transporting it to the printing means (4). ), The copying means (3), the printing means (4), the first carrying means (5), the second carrying means (6), the third carrying means (7), and the medium supply means (18). ) And a system controller (2) for controlling the medium accumulating means (19).
A production system for a computer recording medium, comprising: 2. The computer recording medium production system according to claim 1, wherein when the recording medium is accumulated in the accumulation storage at the medium accumulation position, the recording medium is divided and divided based on predetermined conditions. 2. The computer recording medium production system according to claim 1 , further comprising a medium classification unit for making the identification possible. 3. The system according to claim 2 , wherein said medium sorting means is based on marking. 4. The system according to claim 2 , wherein said medium dividing means is a partition plate. 5. A method for producing a computer recording medium, wherein predetermined information is written in a recording medium of an external storage device of a computer, and the written information can be identified by printing on a label attached to the recording medium. One of a plurality of supply bins (11) arranged at a supply bin designation position (12) for storing the same type of recording medium (10) before copying with a label attached thereto is first transported. (5) a first stage of transporting the medium to a medium supply position (13) immediately before the copying means (3); and a medium supply means (18).
A second step of taking out the recording media (10) one by one from the supply storage (11) conveyed to 3) and supplying the recording media (10) to copying means (3) for copying predetermined information; 3) copying the predetermined information to the recording medium (10), and printing the recording medium (10) from the copying means (3) on the label attached to the recording medium (10). The fourth transporting means to the printing means (4) via the third transporting means (7)
And a fifth step of printing, by the printing means (4), print information identifying the predetermined information copied on the recording medium (10), on the label attached to the copied recording medium (10). A sixth means for accumulating the recording medium (10) printed on the label from the printing means (4) to a medium accumulation position (16) immediately before the printing means (4) by a medium accumulating means (19); And storing the stacking storage (14) loaded with the copied and printed recording medium (10) conveyed to the medium stacking position (16) through a plurality of second conveying means (6). And a seventh step of transporting to a designated storage position for accumulation (15).