JP3137845B2 - Media printing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medium printing apparatus, and more particularly to an apparatus for printing a label corresponding to write data on an information recording medium.

[0002] On an information recording medium such as a floppy disk (hereinafter referred to as "medium"), a label corresponding to the write data is displayed to identify the data written on the medium.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 10 shows a conventional example. Hereinafter, an example of label display conventionally performed to identify data written on a medium will be described with reference to FIG.

First, predetermined write data is written to the medium 61 by data writing means. On the other hand, a label roll 64 having a large number of labels 63 on which a predetermined print is applied on the backing paper 62 is created in another process. Thereafter, the data written on the medium is checked, and the label 63 corresponding to the data is peeled off from the label roll 64 and attached to the medium. In this way, the label corresponding to the data written on the medium is displayed.

Also, without using the label roll 64, data written on a medium is checked, and a label corresponding to the data is printed on a label sheet attached to the medium.

In any case, in the conventional method, a dedicated operator performs data writing on the medium and label display on the medium using dedicated devices.

[0007]

Conventionally, a label is displayed by affixing a label printed on a medium or performing printing corresponding to write data on a label paper which has already been affixed. In the case of a display error, that is, a label display that does not correspond to the write data is performed, it is necessary to remove the label once applied and re-attach or reprint the label. Therefore, the conventional method has a problem that the working efficiency is poor.

There is also a problem that a label display error, that is, a label display that does not correspond to write data is overlooked.

Furthermore, the conventional method has a problem that the work efficiency is poor because data writing and label display are separated into separate steps.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and enables simultaneous data writing and label printing to improve work efficiency and eliminate printing errors. It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for printing a label corresponding to write data on a medium.

[0011]

In order to achieve the above object, a medium printing apparatus according to the present invention is configured as follows. (1) A medium printing device for printing a label corresponding to write data on an information recording medium, comprising: write data storage means for storing data to be written on the medium; a print data storage means for storing print data, and the label printing means using the data writing means for writing the data to the medium, a laser emitting device for printing a label corresponding to the data to be written, the
Built-in data writing means to hold the media,
Opening of the light-transmitting plate corresponding to the label printing part of the media
(Window) to clean the translucent plate at the same time
The medium holding means provided with a cleaning means for performing the writing of predetermined data stored in the write data storage means on the medium held by the medium holding means, and the label printing at the same time. means by, on the basis of the print data printing data storing means stores, a structure in which and a control means for printing a label corresponding to the data to be written to the medium. (2) In the medium printing apparatus according to the above (1), when the data writing means has a writing error when writing predetermined data to the medium, the label printing means uses the label printed on the medium. After once erasing the data, the data writing means writes the predetermined data stored in the write data storage means to the medium held by the medium holding means, and at the same time, the label printing means Based on the print data stored in the print data storage means, a label corresponding to the data written on the medium is printed. (3) A medium printing apparatus for printing a label corresponding to write data on an information recording medium, comprising: write data storage means for storing data to be written on the medium; Using a print data storage means for storing print data, a data writing means for writing data to a medium, and a laser light emitting device capable of changing a laser light intensity for printing a label corresponding to the written data.
A label holding means, a medium holding means for holding a medium, and a data writing means. The data writing means stores a predetermined data stored in the writing data storage means for the medium held by the medium holding means. Control means for printing a label corresponding to the data to be written on the medium based on the print data stored in the print data storage means by the label printing means at the same time as writing the data.
In addition, the label printing means uses a layer coated with different colors.
The laminated body of
Labels can be printed in color by changing the light intensity.
Configuration. (4) medium printing apparatus as claimed in to preceding paragraph (1) to (3)
Here, the medium holding means is provided with a cooling gas supply port and a cooling gas discharge port.

[0012]

The present invention is directed to an apparatus for printing a label corresponding to write data on an information recording medium. Unlike a conventional apparatus, a medium printing apparatus capable of simultaneously performing data writing on a medium and label printing is provided. Realize.

For this purpose, a medium printing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a write data storage unit; a print data storage unit;
The system includes a data writing unit, a label printing unit, a medium holding unit, and a control unit .

[0014] The write data storage means stores data to be written to the medium. The write data may be one data or a plurality of data.

The print data storage means stores print data for printing a label corresponding to the data to be written. When the write data storage means stores a plurality of write data, print data corresponding to each of the plurality of write data is stored.

The data writing means writes data to the medium.

The label printing means directly prints a label corresponding to the data to be written by using a laser light emitting device .
The printed part of the label is a laminate of different colored coatings
Can be provided, and when printing a label, a laser beam
By changing the strength of the printing layer of the laminate,
Labels can be printed in color.

The medium holding means has a built-in data writing means and holds a medium on which data writing and label printing are performed . In addition, the label printing part of the held medium
Through the opening, by the laser light from the laser light emitting device
Enable printing. Smoke generated when printing with laser light
The light-transmitting plate is stained by the
It has cleaning means for cleaning the plate.

The medium printing apparatus according to the present invention operates as follows.

First, the medium holding means holds the medium. Next, the data writing means incorporated in the medium holding means writes the predetermined data stored in the writing data storage means to the medium held by the medium holding means, and at the same time, the label printing means. Prints a label corresponding to the data to be written on the medium, based on the print data stored in the print data storage means.

If the data writing means writes a predetermined data stored in the write data storage means to the medium held by the medium holding means, a write failure occurs. The data writing means writes the predetermined data stored in the write data storage means to the medium held by the medium holding means again after once erasing the label printed on the medium. At the same time, the label printing means prints a label corresponding to the data to be written on the medium, based on the print data stored in the print data storage means.

As described above, according to the present invention, data writing and label printing can be performed simultaneously, so that work efficiency is improved and printing errors are eliminated.

[0023]

FIG. 1 is a top view of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view of one embodiment of the present invention. 1 and 2 show an example in which a laser light emitting device is used as a label printing means of the medium printing device according to the present invention.

1 and 2, 1 is a medium supply unit, 2 is a medium transfer unit, 3 is a drive, 4 is a laser emission unit, 5 is a laser control unit, 6 is a medium discharge unit, and 7 is a medium insertion / removal cylinder. , 8 is a medium discharge cylinder, 9 is a medium eject cylinder, and 10 is an operation unit.

In the medium printing apparatus according to the present invention configured as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the drive 3 corresponds to a medium holding unit having a built-in data writing unit, and the laser emitting unit 4 and the laser control unit 5 correspond to each other. Corresponding to data writing means,
The write data storage unit and the print data storage unit are configured as a file device of a computer built in the operation unit 10 or a file device of an external computer connected to the operation unit 10.

The operation of the medium printing apparatus according to the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described below. First, the medium supply unit 1
And a cassette containing a predetermined number of media. An empty cassette is set in the medium discharge unit 6. The medium supply unit 1 takes out one medium from the cassette and places it on the medium transfer unit 2. The medium transfer unit 2 conveys the medium to the position of the drive 3. In this position, the medium insertion / extraction cylinder 7 inserts the medium into the drive 3.

For the medium inserted in the drive 3,
At the same time as the predetermined write data is written by the data write head built in the drive 3, the laser control unit 5 controls the laser light emitting unit 4 to print the label corresponding to the write data on the label print portion of the medium by the laser light. Is printed.

The medium on which data writing and label printing have been completed is removed from the drive 3 by the medium insertion / removal cylinder 7 and placed on the medium transfer unit 2. The medium transfer unit 2 conveys the medium to the position of the medium discharge unit 6. At this position, the medium is discharged to the medium discharge section 6 by the medium discharge cylinder 8.

The above operation is continued until there is no more medium stored in the cassette set in the medium supply unit 1.

The medium eject cylinder is for ejecting (removing) a defective medium (a defective data write medium, a defective label print medium).

Next, the system configuration of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 3, 11 is a scheduling host computer, 12 is a write data file storing data to be written on the medium, 13 is a print data file storing label print data on the medium, and 14 is data writing / printing The control unit 15 includes a write data file in which write data to be written to the medium currently being processed is stored.
Reference numeral 6 denotes a print data file storing print data for printing a label corresponding to the write data stored in the write data file 15, 17 a main control unit, 18
Denotes a drive control unit, 19 denotes a laser control unit, and 20 denotes a mechanism control unit.

The write data file 12 stores a plurality of write data for writing on a medium, and the print data file 13 stores a plurality of print data for performing label printing on a medium. . The scheduling host computer 11 transfers predetermined write data from the write data file 12 to the write data file 15 via the data write / print control unit 14 according to a predetermined procedure, and prints data corresponding to the predetermined write data. The data is transferred from the print data file 13 to the print data file 16 via the data writing / print control unit 14.

The main controller 17 controls the transport of the medium by the mechanism controller 20 as described in the description of the operation of the medium printing apparatus according to the present invention shown in FIGS. The drive control unit 18 writes data on the medium, and the laser control unit 19 prints a label on the medium. The write data to the medium and the label print data are transferred from the write data file 15 and the print data file 16 via the data write / print control unit 14, respectively.

Next, the operation of the medium printing apparatus according to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the operation flow of the present invention shown in FIG.

(S1) One medium is supplied to the drive.

(S2) Data is written to the medium.

(S3) Label printing corresponding to the write data is performed on the medium. The data writing in S2 and the label printing in S3 are performed simultaneously.

(S4) It is determined whether or not data writing to the medium has succeeded. If YES, the process proceeds to S5 and N
If O, the process proceeds to S10.

(S5) It is determined whether or not label printing on the medium has succeeded. If YES, proceed to S6, NO
If so, the process proceeds to S13.

(S6) It is determined whether or not data writing to the medium has been completed. If YES, the process proceeds to S7 and N
If O, the process returns to S4.

(S7) It is determined whether or not label printing on the medium has been completed. If YES, proceed to S8, NO
If so, the process returns to S4.

(S8) The medium is removed from the drive and discharged to the medium discharge section.

(S9) It is determined whether the processing of all the media set in the medium supply unit has been completed. If YES, the operation is terminated, and if NO, the process returns to S1.

(S10) It is determined whether or not the retry writing is the predetermined Nth time. If YES, S11
The process proceeds to S2, and if NO, the process returns to S2.

(S11) Media defect (NG: no goo)
The process ends as d).

(S12) The medium is removed from the drive and ejected (discharged to the defective medium discharge section).

(S13) It is determined whether or not the retry printing is the predetermined N-th printing. If YES, the process proceeds to S11, and if NO, the process proceeds to S14.

(S14) After erasing the previous data already printed on the medium, the label printing process of S3 is performed again.

Through the above steps, the medium printing apparatus according to the present invention operates.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of label printing by a thermal transfer method using a thermal transfer device as a label printing means. The process for reprinting the label on the medium will be described with reference to FIG.

A heat-sensitive film is applied to the label printing area of the medium, and a label can be printed directly on the medium by mounting a thermal transfer head in this area.

FIG. 5A shows a state in which label printing has been performed halfway by the thermal transfer method. FIG. 5B shows a state in which label printing is once cleared (erased). In the thermal transfer system, printing can be cleared (erased) by performing a temperature process reverse to that of printing. FIG. 5C shows a state in which label printing is performed again.

Next, an example of label printing by the laser method will be described with reference to FIG.

In the same figure, 21 is a drive, 22 is a glass plate, 23 is a write head, 24 is a laser emitting section, 2
5 is a laser controller, 26 is a main controller, and 27 is a medium.

The portion of the upper surface of the drive 21 corresponding to the label printing area of the medium 27 inserted in the drive 21 is formed of a glass plate 22. Thus, the laser light emitted by the laser light emitting unit 24 can pass through the glass plate 22 and reach the label printing area of the medium 27.

The label printing on the medium 27 is performed by the laser control unit 25 controlling the laser emission and the deflection of the laser emission unit 24 based on the print data transferred via the main control unit 26.

At this time, in the label printing area of the medium 27,
By laminating layers coated with different colors and changing the intensity of the laser light emitted by the laser light emitting section 24, a label can be printed in color.

Next, an example of a drive used in the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 7A shows an example of a drive when a laser method is used for label printing.

In the figure, 31 is a drive, 32 is an opening, 33 is a medium, 34 is a write head, 35 is a glass plate, and 36 is a laser emitting unit.

In the case of this example, the laser light emitting unit 3 is used for label printing.
6 uses the laser light emitted, so that the laser light
In order to reach the label printing area of No. 3, a glass plate 35 is provided in the opening 32 on the upper surface of the drive 31 corresponding to the upper part of the area.

FIG. 7B shows an example of a drive when an ink jet system is used for label printing.

In the figure, 31 is a drive, 32 is an opening, 33 is a medium, 34 is a write head, and 37 is an ink jet unit.

In the case of this example, the ink jet unit 37
An opening is provided in a portion of the upper surface of the drive 31 corresponding to the upper part of the area of the medium 33 so that the ink jet ejected by the printer can reach the label printing area of the medium 33. This example is shown in FIG.
Since the structure shown in FIG. 3A is not provided with the glass plate 35, it can be applied to a laser method.

FIG. 7C shows an example of a drive when a thermal transfer system is used for label printing.

In the figure, 31 is a drive, 32 is an opening, 33 is a medium, 34 is a write head, and 38 is a thermal transfer unit.

This example has the same structure as that shown in FIG. Label printing is performed by bringing the thermal transfer unit 38 into contact with the label printing area of the medium 33 through the opening 32.

FIG. 8 is a view showing a modified example (part 1) of the drive, which is a modified example of the one shown as an example of the drive for the laser system in FIG. 7 (a). FIG. 1A is a schematic view, and FIG. 1B is a sectional view.

In the same figure, 41 is a drive, 42 is a medium, 43 is a write head, 44 is a glass plate, 45 is a cooling air supply port, 46 is a cooling air discharge port, 47 is a laser emitting section, 48 is a laser beam, 49 is smoke.

When the medium 42 is inserted into the drive 41, dust enters the drive 41. Further, when label printing is performed on the medium 42 by the laser light 48 emitted by the laser light emitting section 47, smoke 49 is generated, and the quality of label printing deteriorates. Further, heat generated at the time of label printing by the laser beam 48 also has an adverse effect on the medium 42 and the drive 41.

In this embodiment, the cooling air is supplied from the cooling air supply port 45 into the drive 41, and the dust in the drive 41 is removed.
Since the smoke 49 and the heat are discharged from the cooling air discharge port 46, the above problem can be solved.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a modified example (part 2) of the drive, which is a modified example of the one shown as an example of the drive for the laser system in FIG. 7 (a).

In the figure, 51 is a drive, 52 is a glass plate, 53 is a medium, 54 is an upper lever, 55 is a lower lever, 56 is an upper cleaner, 57 is a lower cleaner, and 58 is an insertion / removal lever.

In this embodiment, the front and lower surfaces of the glass plate 52 provided on the upper surface of the drive 51 can be simultaneously cleaned when the medium 53 is inserted into and removed from the drive 51. As described above, when label printing is performed on the medium 53 by the laser method, smoke is generated. This smoke cloudes the lower surface of the glass plate 52 provided on the upper surface of the drive 51, and reduces the transmittance of the laser beam. Further, the upper surface of the glass plate 52 is fogged by the irradiation of the laser beam. In this example, the fogging generated on the upper and lower surfaces of the glass plate 52 is removed by automatically cleaning the medium 53 when the medium 53 is inserted into and removed from the drive 51.

For this purpose, the present embodiment employs an upper cleaner 56 which comes into contact with a glass plate 52 provided on the upper surface of the drive 51.
And the lower cleaner 57 is held by the upper lever 54 and the lower lever 55. Further, the upper lever 54 and the lower lever 55 are connected to each other on the side surface of the drive 51.

When the medium 53 is inserted into the drive 51, the insertion / extraction lever 58 pushes the upper lever 54, so that the upper cleaner 56 and the lower cleaner 57 attached to the upper lever 54 and the lower lever 55 are connected to the upper and lower surfaces of the glass plate 52. To clean. In addition, the drive 53 stores the medium 53
Since the upper lever 54 is pulled by the insertion / extraction lever 58, the upper cleaner 56 and the lower cleaner 57 attached to the upper lever 54 and the lower lever 55 clean the upper and lower surfaces of the glass plate 52.

By using this embodiment in combination with the structure having the cooling air supply port and the discharge port shown in FIG. 8, a more effective drive is realized.

[0079]

According to the present invention, data writing and label printing can be performed simultaneously in a medium printing device, particularly in a device that prints a label corresponding to write data on an information recording medium, thereby improving work efficiency. And printing errors are eliminated.

Further, since it is not necessary to perform a label sticking operation on a medium as in the related art, it is possible to easily and efficiently print a label on a medium.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a top view of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a system configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an operation flow of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of label printing by a thermal transfer method.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of label printing by a laser method.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a drive used in the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a modified example (1) of the drive.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a modified example (2) of the drive.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Medium supply part 2 Medium transfer unit 3 Drive 4 Laser emission part 5 Laser control part 6 Medium discharge part 7 Medium insertion / extraction cylinder 8 Medium discharge cylinder 9 Medium eject cylinder 10 Operation part 11 Scheduling host computer 12 Write data to medium Stored write data file 13 Print data file storing label print data to medium 14 Data write / print control unit 15 Write data file storing write data to be written to medium currently being processed 16 Write data file 15 Print data file storing print data for printing a label corresponding to the write data stored in the storage unit 17 main control unit 18 drive control unit 19 laser control unit 20 mechanism control unit 21 drive 22 glass plate 23 write head 24 Laser emitting unit 25 Laser control unit 26 Main control unit 27 Medium

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A medium printing apparatus for printing a label corresponding to write data on an information recording medium, comprising: write data storage means for storing data to be written on the medium; and printing a label corresponding to the data to be written. Data storage means for storing print data for writing, data writing means for writing data to a medium, and laser emission for printing a label corresponding to the written data.
A label printing means using an optical device and the data writing means are built-in to hold and hold a medium.
Opening of the light-transmitting plate corresponding to the label printing part of the printed medium
And a cleaner for cleaning the light-transmitting plate at the same time as inserting and removing the medium.
A medium holding means provided with a leaning means, and a data writing means for writing predetermined data stored in the writing data storage means on the medium held by the medium holding means, and at the same time, a label printing means. Accordingly, based on the print data printing data storing means stores, medium printing apparatus characterized by comprising a control means for printing a label corresponding to the data to be written to the medium. 2. The medium printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data writing means writes the predetermined data to the medium, and when a writing failure occurs, the label printing means prints the data on the medium. After once erasing the label, the data writing means writes the predetermined data stored in the writing data storage means to the medium held by the medium holding means, and at the same time, the label printing means A medium printing device for printing a label corresponding to data to be written on a medium based on print data stored in a print data storage means. 3. A medium printing apparatus for printing a label corresponding to write data on an information recording medium, comprising: write data storage means for storing data to be written on the medium; and printing a label corresponding to the data to be written. Data storage means for storing print data for writing, data writing means for writing data to a medium, and laser light for printing a label corresponding to the data to be written
A label printing means using a laser light emitting device capable of changing the intensity, a medium holding means for holding a medium, which incorporates a data writing means, and a data writing means for writing data on the medium held by the medium holding means. At the same time as writing the predetermined data stored in the data storage means, the label printing means prints a label corresponding to the data to be written on the medium based on the print data stored in the print data storage means. Control means for printing, wherein the label printing means comprises a stack of layers coated with different colors.
Laser light is applied to the medium with the layer
A medium printing apparatus characterized in that a label is printed in color by changing the strength of the medium. 4. A medium stamp according to claim 1, wherein
Keep-shaped device, the medium holding means, medium printing apparatus characterized in that a cooling gas supply port and the cooling gas outlet.