JP3471008B2 - Roll-type label continuum discriminating mechanism for printing equipment - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention
Relates to a label continuum determination mechanism, in particular a label communicating
The present invention relates to a roll label continuous body discriminating mechanism of a printing apparatus capable of preventing erroneous printing from being issued due to a loading error when a continuation body is loaded. 2. Description of the Prior Art printing medium prior from such printing apparatus, it is etc. a plurality of labels pieces of temporarily stuck label continuum onto strip mount. [0003] Generally, such a label continuous body is wound around a core in a roll shape and loaded on a loading mechanism of a printing apparatus, for example, a rotatable supply shaft. In general, a single printing device can print on labels of different types such as the pitch and width, or the store name and printing color of the user of the label continuum. In this case, unless the correct type of label continuum is loaded, the type of the label of the loaded label continuum does not conform to the print content, so that the printed label may be wasted. [0005] Among the types of the label continuum, for the pitch is often printing apparatus for detecting a sensor of the label continuum, in the case of the pitch errors are possible before the printing operation determination. [0006] However, in particular, the label
Le widths, for store name printing and printing color was no prior easily identify a mechanism. [0007] In addition, such a loading error is often found after the start or end of the printing operation, and some countermeasures have been desired. [0008] Of course, if the above-described loading error is not noticed, the label will be used while being printed on the wrong type of label continuity , which may cause other problems in the subsequent processing. It is a problem. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and has problems in a printing operation such as a width, a store name, and a printing color which are incompatible with a printing content in a loading operation of a label continuous body. When a continuous label is temporarily loaded with a different label, a loading error is detected prior to the printing operation, and a printing device roll capable of avoiding erroneous and wasteful printing operations. An object of the present invention is to provide a continuous label- like body discriminating mechanism. [0010] That is, the present invention provides a label
This focuses on attaching some identification code to the continuum, and a label with many labels temporarily attached on a band-shaped backing paper.
A loading mechanism for a roll-shaped label continuum in which a bell continuum is rolled, and the label continuum fed out from the loading mechanism
A printing mechanism for printing predetermined information on the label of the
And a label type data input mechanism for inputting type data relating to the type of the label.
A body determination mechanism, and provided the label strip of the label type capable of reading the identification code representing the optical reader in front of the printing mechanism, the rolled label communicating
Comparing the identification label printed with the identification code is affixed to the distal end portion of the connection body, the contents of the identification code the read by an optical reader After setting the label strip and the contents of the type data By,
A determination circuit for determining the suitability of the label continuum loaded in the loading mechanism ; and
If it is determined, the read identification code is
A roll label continuous body discriminating mechanism for a printing device, which issues an identification label printed on a bell . A bar code can be used as the identification code, and a bar code reader can be used as the optical reader. [0012] The attachment site of the identification code, can be advanced unit out Ri Repetitive roll-shaped label continuum, or the like rearmost end portion after printing is completed to. As the label <br/> type data input mechanism, a keyboard, a personal computer, as it can be used also this by printing content input mechanism for inputting a print content of a predetermined information, prior to the loading operation of the continuous label strip The label
It is assumed that type data relating to the type of the label of the continuum has been input. [0013] [action] In a roll-shaped label continuum <br/> determination mechanism of the printing device according to the invention, mounted on a label continuum, reads an identification code representing the kind by an optical reader, the identification code Since the contents are determined and the suitability of the label continuum loaded in the loading mechanism is determined, prior to the start of printing, the label type of the label continuity, especially its width, shop name, printing color, etc. Can be performed, and printing incompatibility due to a loading error can be prevented. In addition, if conforming, the label
An identification code with the same contents as the pasted identification code
Printing can be issued, and after printing is completed, the label
Remove and print the identification label on the label
Paste on the tip. At the time of the next printing operation, the identification label
Can read the error label in advance
Can be prevented. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a roll label continuous body discriminating mechanism 30 of a printing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
It will be explained based on the following. FIG. 1 shows a roll label continuous body discriminating mechanism 3.
FIG. 1 is an overall schematic view of a printing device 31 equipped with a label frame 0 and a label continuous body 6 in which a number of label pieces (labels) 5 are temporarily attached on a device frame 3 and a band-shaped mount 4.
(Continuous printing medium) label supply shaft 7 (loading mechanism)
A printing mechanism 10 having a thermal print head 8 and a platen 9; a peeling mechanism 12 having a peeling plate 11; a mount winding shaft 13; a carbon ribbon supply shaft 15 for a carbon ribbon 14 for thermal transfer; Spindle 1
6, a rotary drive motor 17, a sensor 18 of the label continuum 6, a sensor 19 of the carbon ribbon 14, a bar code reader 20, a discriminating circuit 21, a head driving circuit 22, an alarm generator 23, a label And a print content input mechanism 24 having a function of a type data input mechanism. The roll-shaped label continuous body discriminating mechanism 30
Comprises a bar code reader 20, a discrimination circuit 21, a head drive circuit 22, an alarm generator 23, and a print content input mechanism 24. In the case of the roll label continuous body discriminating mechanism 30, the bar code reader 20 is provided at the front of the printing mechanism 10 or at the portion of the peeling mechanism 12. A predetermined print content is input by the print content input mechanism 24 and the label of the label
Type data relating to the five types, in particular, their widths, store names, print colors, etc., are input in advance. Such type data can be encoded, and the number and the like are arbitrarily selected. Of course, a conventional keyboard can be used as the print content input mechanism 24, or a personal computer may be used to transmit the type data of the label continuum 6 together with predetermined print data. When the rotary drive motor 17 is driven, the label continuous body 6 is supplied from the label continuous body supply shaft 7 of the label continuous body 6, and the carbon ribbon 14 for thermal transfer is supplied from the carbon ribbon supply shaft 15, respectively. 8 to supply the print signal to the label strip 5 of the backing sheet 4.
A predetermined printing is performed on the top. The printed label continuous body 6 is
At this point, only the mount 4 is turned backward, and the label piece 5 is peeled off from the mount 4. The backing sheet 4 from which the label pieces 5 have been peeled off is taken up by a backing take-up shaft 13 and the carbon ribbon 14 for thermal transfer is taken up by a carbon ribbon take-up shaft 16. As shown in FIG. 2, an identification label 27 having an identification code 26 printed on the leading end portion of the label continuous body 6 wound around the core 25 is arranged in parallel with the length direction of the label continuous body 6. It should be pasted. As shown by a virtual line in FIG. 2, the identification code 26 may be attached in a direction perpendicular to the length direction of the label continuum 6. In the roll label continuous body discriminating mechanism 30 having such a configuration, after the label continuous body 6 is set on the printing device 31, the identification code 26 of the identification label 27 located at the part of the peeling mechanism 12 is read by the bar code reader 20. Can be read, and the type of the label continuum 6 can be determined. The discrimination circuit 21 compares the content of the type data input in advance from the print content input mechanism 24 with the content of the read identification code, and determines the width and width of the label 5 of the label continuum 6 currently loaded. It is determined whether or not the type such as the store name or the print color is compatible with the print content. As a result of the determination, if the print job matches, the normal printing operation is started. If the print job does not match, an alarm is issued by the alarm generator 23 and the head drive circuit 2
The printing operation in the printing mechanism 10 via 2 is stopped. The operator can confirm from the alarm from the alarm generator 23 that the type of the label continuum 6 to be loaded is wrong, and reload the label continuity 6 of the correct type. In the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, when printing of a predetermined print content is started or when printing is completed, the identification code 26 is printed by the printing mechanism 1.
0 may be printed on the label continuum 6 itself. That is, as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 3, the first label piece 5 at the start of printing is used as an identification label 27A, and the identification code 26 is printed here. As shown in FIG. 2, it is attached to the leading end of the continuous label body 6. Alternatively, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 3, after the printing of one group is completed, the next label piece 5 is used as the identification label 27B and the identification code 26 is printed.
The label is held at the leading end of the label continuous body 6 as it is. In this way, the label continuum 6 having undergone predetermined printing is removed from the label continuity supply shaft 7, and at the time of the next printing operation, the identification label 27A or the identification label 27B is read by the bar code reader 20. This makes it possible to prevent the issuance of an incorrect label in advance. FIG. 4 is an overall schematic view showing a printing apparatus 2 equipped with a roll-shaped label continuity discriminating mechanism 1 according to a second embodiment of the present invention. Are denoted by the same reference numerals, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted, and will be described below. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the continuous label body 6 in the form of a roll. An identification label 27 on which an identification code 26 in the form of a bar code is printed is attached to the inner peripheral surface of the core 25. The identification code 26 is the label of the label
This is printed in advance with the code of the type of the file 5 , especially its width, the name of the shop, or the printing color. However, it is assumed that the printing direction of the bar code is along the rotation direction RL of the core 25. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the main part of the label continuous body supply shaft 7. The label continuous body supply shaft 7 is provided with a fixed supply shaft 7 A provided on the apparatus frame 3 and the fixed supply shaft 7 A. This is constituted by a rotatable rotary supply shaft 7B, and the barcode reader 20 is attached to the fixed supply shaft 7A. The fixed supply shaft 7A and the rotary supply shaft 7B
The roll continuous label 6 can be loaded on the continuous label feed shaft 7 by inserting and fixing the core 25 in the portion. As the bar code reader 20, any one can be adopted, but it is composed of an illumination system, a reading optical system, an image pickup system and the like having a generally known configuration.
D (Issue diode) and the imaging system can use a CCD (Charge Coupled Device). In the roll-shaped label continuous body discriminating mechanism 1 having such a configuration, after the core 25 of the label continuous body 6 is inserted and fixed to the label continuous body supply shaft 7, the rotary drive motor 1
When the printing operation is started by rotating the bar code reader 7, the identification code 2 of the identification label 27 on the inner peripheral surface of the bar code reader 20 in a fixed state and the core 25 that has started to rotate.
The identification code 26 is read by the mutual movement with the reference numeral 6 and input to the discrimination circuit 21. Since the reading operation of the identification code 26 by the bar code reader 20 requires only a short transfer distance, the reading operation can be sufficiently performed at the transfer distance for detecting the pitch of the label continuous body 6 by the sensor 18 of the label continuous body 6. Can be completed. In the present invention, the printing direction or the mounting direction of the identification code 26 on the identification label 27 is arbitrary. For example, the printing direction or the mounting direction is determined by changing the label continuous body supply shaft 7 of the core 25 of the label continuous body 6.
Insertion direction. FIGS. 7 and 8 are perspective views showing a third embodiment of the present invention, in which a core 25 of a label continuous body 6 has a label continuous body The identification code 26 is printed along the axial direction AX of the supply shaft 7. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8, it is assumed that the power of the bar code reader 20 is turned on. However, when the label continuum 6 is inserted into and fixed to the label continuity supply shaft 7, the identification label is not inserted. The 27 identification codes 26 are read by the barcode reader 20. In the case of this embodiment, it is not necessary to form the label continuous body supply shaft 7 separately from the fixed supply shaft 7A and the rotary supply shaft 7B, and the label continuous body supply shaft 7 is provided completely before the start of printing. Six types of discrimination and loading errors can be found. When attaching the identification label 27 to the inner peripheral surface of the winding core 25, a concave portion (not shown) is formed in the attaching portion, and the identification label 27 and the peripheral surface of the label continuous member supply shaft 7 are formed. May be prevented from slipping or peeling off the identification label 27 from its mounting position due to the sliding contact. As described above, according to the present invention, an identification code is attached to a printing medium such as a label continuum, and the identification code is optically read by an optical reader to thereby form the label continuity. The type of the label can be determined. Thus, the operator can discover the loading mistakes when loading a label strip, the waste of labels due to erroneous print can be prevented. Also, an identification code having the same content as the identification code affixed to the leading end of the label continuum can be printed and issued. After printing is completed, the label continuum is removed, and the printed and issued identification label is placed at the end of the label continuation. By sticking the label on the label, the printed and issued identification label can be read at the time of the next printing operation, and the issuance of an erroneous label can be prevented in advance.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 shows a roll label sequence according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1 is an overall schematic diagram of a printing device 31 provided with a continuation body determination mechanism 30. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the label continuous body 6; FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a modification of printing of the identification code 26 using the label continuum 6; FIG. 4 shows a roll label sequence according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1 is an overall schematic diagram showing a printing device 2 equipped with a continuation body discriminating mechanism 1. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a continuous label body 6 in the form of a roll. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a main part of a portion of the label continuous body supply shaft 7; FIG. 7 shows a third embodiment of the present invention, and is a perspective view of a continuous label body 6 in a roll form. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a main part of a part of the label continuous body supply shaft 7; [Description of Signs] 1 Roll-type label continuous body discriminating mechanism 2 of printing device 2 Printer 3 Device frame 4 Strip-shaped backing sheet 5 Label piece (label) 6 Label continuous body (medium to be printed) 7 Label continuous body supply shaft (loading) Mechanism) 7A Fixed supply shaft 7B of label continuous body supply shaft 7B Rotary supply shaft 8 of label continuous body supply shaft 7 Thermal print head 9 Platen 10 Printing mechanism 11 Release plate 12 Release mechanism 13 Mount winding shaft 14 Carbon ribbon for thermal transfer Reference Signs List 15 carbon ribbon supply shaft 16 carbon ribbon take-up shaft 17 rotation drive motor 18 sensor of label continuum 6 sensor 19 of carbon ribbon 14 bar code reader (optical reader) 21 discrimination circuit 22 head drive circuit 23 alarm generator 24 Printing content input mechanism ( label type data input mechanism) 25 Core 26 of label continuous body 6 Identification code 27 by identification code 27 Identification label 27A Identification label 30 Identification label 30 Rolled label continuous body discriminating mechanism 31 of printing device 31 Printing device RL Rotation direction of core 25 AX Axial direction of label continuous material supply shaft 7

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] A large number of labels are temporarily attached on a band-shaped mount.
Continuous label label roll
A body loading mechanism and the label fed out from the loading mechanism
A printing mechanism for the label continuum to print the predetermined information, a roll label printing apparatus having a label kind <br/> such data input mechanism for inputting a type data about the type of the label
A label continuum discriminating mechanism provided at a front portion of the printing mechanism.
An optical reader capable of reading an identification code representing the type of bell , an identification label attached to the foremost portion of the roll-shaped label continuum and printing the identification code, and after setting the label continuity, by comparing the contents of the type data and the contents of the identification code read by the optical reader, and a determination circuit for determining the suitability of the label strip loaded in the loading mechanism, the provided, the If the discrimination circuit determines that the
Issue an identification label with the identification code printed on the label
It rolled continuous label printing apparatus characterized by rows
Body identification mechanism.