JP3003411B2 - Ticket transfer control method in ticket issuing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in a ticket transport control method in a ticket issuing device such as a ticket issuing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A ticket conveying mechanism in a ticket issuing apparatus of this kind is configured as shown in FIG. In FIG.
And 2 are rows which are respectively arranged at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction.
Rollers 3, 3 and 4 are rolls 1 and 2, respectively.
The cutter is disposed at a predetermined position in front of the cutter and driven to a cutting position based on a cutting command. Reference numeral 5 denotes a platen roller which holds a ticket from below and transports the ticket after printing. The center of the rotating shaft of the roller 5, that is, a head unit 6 of a thermal line printer described later. just from the cutting edge of the heating resistor 6c is cutters 4 are arranged at a distance corresponding to the L-n ₁ than the length L of the tickets minus margin length n _1. Reference numeral 6 denotes a head of the thermal line printer disposed above the platen roller 5, 6a denotes a spring for holding down the head, and 6b denotes a spring lock. 7
Reference numerals 8 denote roller for transporting tickets, which are arranged at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction. Although not shown, each of the rollers 1, 2
Is driven by a separately provided pulse motor A, and each of the rollers 5, 7 and 8 is driven by a separately provided pulse motor B. Reference numeral 9 denotes roll paper before printing and cutting. Although not shown, a control unit is separately provided in the ticket issuing apparatus, and various control commands necessary for ticket issuance such as driving of the motors A and B and driving of the cutters 3 and 4 are transmitted to the related mechanisms of the ticket issuing apparatus. In this case, the control command is given as follows in accordance with the commands of steps 1 to 3 shown in the flowchart of FIG.

When the motors A and B are driven by a command from a control unit (not shown) of the present ticket issuing apparatus, and the rollers 1, 2 and 5, 7 to 8 are driven, the roll paper 9 Is Roller 1,
When the distance from the front end reaches a predetermined distance L, a cutting command is issued from the control unit by a detection signal indicating that the number of pulses of the pulse motor A has reached the predetermined number of pulses. , 4 are driven to cut the ticket T. When a ticket issuance command is issued from the control unit to the preceding cut-off ticket T, the ticket T is transported by the platen roller 5 and is required by the head unit 6 as a ticket or the like. Required items (riding section etc.) are printed.
The printing start position of the ticket at this time is at least n ₁ from the leading end.
Is provided (step 1).
In other words, the head portion 6 of the blank n ₁ is printed before the ticket T
In the stop position relative to the heating element (line) of a section of the rear L-n ₁ from this position is a print range of the ticket T. For convenience of description, the ticket T is a ticket T ₁ , T ₂ , T ₃ , T ₄ , T ₄ in order to distinguish a preceding ticket at a preceding position and a plurality of subsequent tickets sequentially arranged behind the preceding ticket. ... will be displayed and the following explanation will be given. Most advanced ticket T ₁ further distance L is sent, transport Russia - when it reaches the position of La 7,8, the B - is issued on the demand side by La 7,8 (Step 2). At this time, motors A and B are stopped,
B for subsequent ticket - for Le ticket paper 9 has been sent, by the cutter 3, 4 is cut as ticket T ₂ of the length L (step 3), is ready waiting for printing by the next ticketing Directive , This operation is repeated.

[0004]

By the way, since the conveyance control of the ticket in the conventional ticket issuing apparatus is performed as described above, there are the following problems. That is, according to the conventional transport control, as shown in the enlarged view of FIG.
The difference between the conveyance by rollers 7 and 8 and the conveyance by rollers 1 and 2 occurs. If the former is smaller than the latter, the leading edge ticket T ₁
There after publication, the distal end portion of the preceding end and trailing ticket T ₃ of ticket T ₂ which results in a n ₂ becomes overlapped portions to each other. Therefore, the ticket T ₂ held by the head unit 6 and the platen roller 5
However, even if the transfer force of the rollers 7, 8 is applied between the head section 6 and the platen roller 5, the sheet is not conveyed forward, and a ticket is not issued. To address this, as feeding sufficiently destination ticket T ₂ of the post-printing to a position where the subsequent ticket T ₃ do not overlap, the head portion 6 so as to be sufficiently large margins n ₁ described above (or Puratenro - La 5) and the distances between the cutters 3 and 4 are set, but in this method, the required printing items should be the ticket T, leaving margins m on the right and left as shown in FIG. When the above settings are made where the layout should be at the center of the
As shown in (B), the printed matter on the ticket issued is ticket T
If the left margin is larger than m and the right margin is missing, a bad-looking ticket that lacks the right margin may be issued. There was also a risk that a defective ticket was issued when the printing position reached the succeeding ticket. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for controlling the conveyance of a ticket in a ticket issuing apparatus which solves the above-mentioned problems (problems) of the conventional one.

[0005]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a ticket to be printed prior to the start of printing is held at that position, and then a subsequent ticket at a printing preparation position is provided. a ticket on returning predetermined distance n _3, and to perform the preceding bill and the transport of the subsequent ticket. In this case, it is possible to perform the setting of the predetermined distance n ₃ above, the margin n ₁ 'and determined by adjustment amount X n _1' + X from the tip portion of the overall length L of the ticket as a reference.

[0006]

According to the present invention, since the printing start position is corrected so as to eliminate the overlap between the immediately preceding ticket and the succeeding ticket in the transport state, the printing items on the ticket can be reduced. It can be performed by arranging it in the center of the ticket. In addition, the end of the preceding ticket in the printing section and the leading end of the succeeding ticket do not overlap, and transport (issuing) is not disabled.

[0007]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. The ticket transport mechanism in the ticket issuing device of the present invention is also configured as shown in FIG. However, service - as well as the position of the circle L-n ₁ the heating resistor 6c than the cutting edge of the cutter 4 of the line head unit 6 of the printer ', in which method the transport control is different, in particular FIG. 2 Is configured as shown in the flowchart shown in FIG. For convenience of explanation, also in the description of the present embodiment, the ticket T is a ticket T ₁ , T _{1 in} order to distinguish a preceding ticket at a preceding position from a plurality of subsequent tickets sequentially arranged behind the preceding ticket. _2, T _3, T _4, displays and so on ..., to make the following description. First, the preceding ticket T ₂ and the succeeding ticket T ₃ are the end of the ticket T ₂ and the ticket T _3.
When the leading end of the paper is brought into close contact with the roll paper 9 and the paper is conveyed a predetermined distance in the state of the roll paper 9 (FIG. 3).
(A)). Next, with the motor B stopped, the motor A
It reversed a subsequent ticket T ₃ Nomioro - returning backwards Le ticket paper 9 by a distance n ₃ (Step 1, FIG. 4). This n ₃ is set so that when the preceding ticket T ₂ and the following ticket T ₃ are conveyed by the distance L, the above-mentioned overlapping portion n ₂ ≦ 0, and the principle printing start position d ₁ described later is shall rear margins and the balance of T ₂ is set so that the dimensions can take.
As a practical method of adjusting the return distance n ₃ , instead of the above setting, a margin n ₁ ′ of the ticket T ₂ is set so that the margin of the preceding ticket T ₂ is reduced, and will be described later. Adjustment allowance X
Can be added and set. Note that the margin n ₁ ′ of the ticket in the setting method of the present invention is smaller than the margin n ₁ by the setting method of the conventional example, and is represented by n ₁ ′. In FIG. 3A, the position returned by the margin n ₁ ′ from the leading end of the ticket is the printing start position d ₁ in principle, and the printing obtained by performing the correction to add the adjustment allowance as described above. it represents the start position d _4. Then, motor - motor A, to forward the B, and conveys the bill T to the position of the printing start position d ₄ shown in FIG. 3 (A) (Step 2). Here, the distance n ₄ determined for setting the position of d ₄ is represented by n ₄ = n ₁ ′ + α. Here, α is a value determined in advance for each ticketing device as a printing start correction value. The setting of the adjustment value α is read into a computer for operating the control unit of the ticketing device by means of a separately provided dip switch or the like. Just do it. Note that FIG.
As shown in (B), the adjustment margin X is set to a size that satisfies the adjustment value α. B - Le ticket paper 9 up to the cutting position by the cutter 3 and 4, continued forward rotation, the ticket T ₂ is disconnected. Then, the ticket T ₂ cut Puratenro - performing predetermined interval to print the required items by the head portion 6 while being transported by La 5 (step 3, FIG. 4). Then, after printing the entire feed section of ticket T ₂ performs section and comprising conveying the remaining sections as in (L + n ₃₎ (Step 4, FIG. 5). Next, mode - Stop data A, B, B for subsequent ticket T ₃ - Le ticket paper 9 is cut by driving the cutter 2 and 3 (Step 5).

[0008]

According to the present invention, as described above, a method of controlling the transport of a ticket in a ticket issuing apparatus in which a subsequent ticket in a printing preparation state and a preceding ticket in a printing state are controlled in a predetermined relation. Therefore, it has the following excellent effects. Before transporting the preceding cut ticket for printing, return the subsequent ready-to-print ticket to a predetermined distance, and then start transporting the preceding and subsequent tickets to start printing on each ticket. The position can be corrected properly. Therefore, the printed matter on the ticket is always in the center of the ticket as shown in FIG.
The layout is performed as shown in FIG. Since the end of the preceding ticket and the leading end of the succeeding ticket do not overlap with each other, the transportation and issuing of the ticket immediately below the printer head are performed smoothly. As a result, there has been no such a situation that a ticket cannot be issued or a bad-looking ticket whose printing position is shifted or a bad ticket is generated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a transport mechanism of a ticket issuing device common to a conventional one and a present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the processing operation of the transport control of the present invention.

[3] In enlarged front view for explaining a ticket pre-printing processing operation of the present invention, prior to the drawing (A) and ticket T ₂ that precedes the subsequent ticket T ₃ is cut by the cutter (B) shows the relationship between n ₁ ′, X, α, n ₄ and L starting from the heating element of the printer head.

[4] In enlarged front view for explaining a ticket pre-printing processing operation of the present invention, after the ticket T ₂ the preceding has been cut by the cutter, the subsequent ticket T ₃ once before cutting, the This shows a state in which the tip is returned by a distance of n ₃ .

[5] Prior ticket T ₂ which is conveyed by the ticket status after printing is an essential part front view showing a state where both apart subsequent ticket T ₃ and the predetermined distance does not overlap.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining a processing operation of a conventional transport control.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged front view of a main part for explaining a problem of the transport control of a conventional ticket.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of a ticket for explaining the problems of the conventional example. FIG. 8A shows a state in which printed matter is printed in the center of the ticket, and FIG. Indicates a state printed off the center of the ticket.

[Explanation of symbols]

T ₂ : preceding ticket T ₃ : succeeding ticket n ₃ : distance to return subsequent ticket T ₃ n ₁ ': margin of ticket α: adjustment value

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-59-54585 (JP, A) JP-A-53-149098 (JP, A) JP-A-54-94100 (JP, A) 93298 (JP, U) Real opening 61-4267 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07B 5/00 101 B41J 11/42 B41J 13/00 B65H 5/06 B65H 7/20

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A ticket that a print object that preceded the print start in the state held in its position, then the subsequent ticket in the print ready position after having returned the predetermined distance n _3, and the preceding ticket A method for controlling the transport of a ticket in a ticket issuing device, wherein the subsequent ticket is transported. 2. The setting of the predetermined distance n ₃ is determined by a margin n ₁ ′ from the leading end of the total length L of the ticket and n ₁ ′ determined by an adjustment allowance X.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the control is performed on the basis of + X.