JP3642093B2 - Multi-pass type recording device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to a recording apparatus that includes a manual paper feed port, a single sheet automatic paper feeding mechanism, and a continuous paper feeding mechanism, and is capable of printing on various recording papers by a single unit.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Along with the diversification of printing media, a single recording device is equipped with multiple-size automatic sheet feeders, continuous paper feeder tractors, and manual feeders. It is possible to automatically feed fixed-size recording paper of different sizes, feed continuous paper for printing large amounts of data such as forms, and load temporary sheets by loading cut sheets in the manual feed slot. Multi-pass type recording apparatuses that enable simple printing have been put into practical use.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
According to such an apparatus, although it is possible to easily cope with recording paper of various sizes, since the format data such as the upper margin, the lower margin, and the page length are set as a common one, different paper feed paths can be used. Regardless of the selection, the last-printed form data is set, and it is necessary to reset the form data every time, and there is a problem that the operation is troublesome.
[0004]
The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and the object of the present invention is to be able to set a style for each of a plurality of printing passes, and to print in a predetermined style simply by selecting a printing pass. It is to provide a novel multi-pass type recording apparatus.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve such a problem, in the present invention, at least a manual paper feed port, a cut sheet automatic paper feed mechanism, a continuous paper feed mechanism, and a friction switching lever for switching a pressure contact force of a recording medium to the paper feed mechanism A recording apparatus that prints on a plurality of types of recording media with a recording head, and detects whether the recording medium is loaded from the manual paper feed port, the automatic cut sheet feeding mechanism, or the continuous sheet feeding mechanism Loading port determination means, lever position detection means for detecting the position of the friction switching lever, and the manual feed paper feed port, the cut sheet automatic paper feed mechanism, and the continuous paper feed mechanism respectively for the recording medium loaded . Print format data specifying top margin, bottom margin, right margin, left margin, and page length, and at least loaded recording media can be printed Stored and manner storage means comprising a nonvolatile memory storing style data specified value that can be sent to the region, in the manner storing means based on a signal from the lever position detecting means and said loading slot determination means the style data that are reads and so and a print style setting means for setting the paper feeding and printing.
[0006]
[Action]
A printing format individually determined according to the position where the recording medium is loaded is stored, and a corresponding printing format is selected from the format storage unit based on the loading position of the recording medium, and printing is executed. If no print format is set, default format data is selected to enable printing.
[0007]
【Example】
Therefore, the details of the present invention will be described below based on the illustrated embodiment.
FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a platen that also serves as a paper feed mechanism, which supports a recording medium and receives pressure from the recording head 5. In accordance with whether the recording medium is a single-cut sheet or a continuous sheet, an operating roller 3 connected to the friction switching lever 2 is in contact with a driven roller whose pressure contact force is adjusted to two types, large and small. A lever position detector 16 is connected to the operating rod 3 so that the pressure contact force of the recording medium can be detected and converted into an electric signal.
[0008]
A carriage 4 is disposed so as to be opposed to the printing area of the platen 1 so as to be movable in parallel to the axial direction thereof, and a recording head 5 such as an ink jet recording head, a wire impact recording head, or a thermal transfer recording head is mounted thereon. Has been.
[0009]
A first tractor 6 that feeds continuous paper and a first paper feed port 7 into which single-sheet paper can be manually loaded are arranged at the lower front part of the platen 1. A second tractor 8 for feeding paper is provided with a single-sheet automatic paper feeders 9 and 10 serving as a first bin and a second bin at the top, and a second manual feed port 11 at the top. Is provided.
[0010]
A first medium detector 13 that detects the recording medium that has entered the first tractor 6 and the first recording medium transport path 12 into which the recording medium from the first paper feed port 4 enters, The second tractor 8, the first and second single-sheet automatic paper feeders 9 and 10, and the second recording medium conveyance path 14 through which the recording medium enters from the second manual paper feed port 11 enter. A second medium detector 15 is arranged.
[0011]
FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 20 denotes a loading port judging means, which is supplied from the first and second medium detectors 13 and 15 and the lever position detector 16. The position of the recording medium loaded in the print area is determined based on the signal.
[0012]
That is, when the friction switching lever 2 is set to the side where the pressure contact force is large and a signal is output from the first medium detector 13, the friction switching lever 2 is pressed against the first paper feed port 7. When the signal is set on the higher power side and a signal is output from the second medium detector 15, it is determined that the recording paper is loaded from the second paper supply port 11.
[0013]
21 is a printing style setting means, which is a bin of the first and second cut sheet automatic paper feeders 9 and 10 or the first and second tractors 6 by a panel 30 provided in the box or an external device. When 8 is selected, the corresponding print format data is loaded from the format storage means 23 (to be described later) into the work memory 22 based on these setting data, and the first and second paper feed ports 7, 11 are loaded. When the cut sheet is manually loaded, the corresponding style data is read from the style storage means 23 based on the signal from the loading slot judgment means 20 and loaded into the work memory 22.
[0014]
When setting data is input from the external device or panel 30, the data from the external device or panel 30 is stored in the work memory 22, and when the corresponding format data is not stored, the default value is stored. Are read into the work memory 22 and set. . When the type of the recording medium is changed, the format data used for printing immediately before is stored in the original area of the format storage means 23.
[0015]
Reference numeral 23 denotes the above-described format storage means, which comprises a rewritable non-volatile memory. As shown in FIG. 4, the default value, the first and second paper feed ports 7, 8, the first bin, the second bin. The upper margin, the lower margin, the right margin, the left margin, and the page length data for each of the first and second automatic cut sheet feeders 9 and 10 and the first and second tractors 6 and 8. Is configured to be able to write and read.
[0016]
In the figure, reference numeral 25 denotes a medium feed control means for controlling the paper feed motor 27, and reference numeral 26 denotes a print control means for operating the recording head based on print data from an external device based on the print mode. .
[0017]
In this embodiment, in order to print a large amount of documents on a cut sheet, the friction switching lever 2 is switched to the friction side in order to give a large pressing force suitable for transporting the cut sheet. Alternatively, one of the two automatic cut sheet feeders 9, 10 is selected from the external device, for example, the first automatic cut sheet feeder 9 serving as the first bin.
[0018]
As a result, the printing format setting unit 21 loads the format data stored as the format of the first bin from the format storage unit 23 to the work memory 22. The paper feed control means 25 operates the paper feed motor 27 to feed paper based on the format data in the work memory 22 and execute the paper feed so that the upper margin specified by the format data is obtained.
[0019]
If the corresponding format data is not set in the format storage means 23, the specified format print format data is loaded into the work memory 22 and loaded from at least the first cut sheet automatic paper feeder 9. The cut sheet is transported to a printable position.
When format data is input and set by an external device or the panel 30, the print format setting means 21 updates the data in the work memory 22 based on this data. The medium feed control means 25 compares the upper margin of the specified value with the upper margin of the new format data stored in the work memory 22, and if they are the same, waits for the input of print data.
[0020]
On the other hand, if the upper margin of the format data set in the work memory 22 is larger, the medium feed control means 25 causes the paper feed motor 27 to rotate forward by the difference and feed the paper further before printing data. Wait for input.
[0021]
Since the upper margin of the format data, which is the specified value, is set to a minimum value that allows the recording medium to be conveyed to the printing area, it is necessary to perform a forward operation when reset from the external device or the panel 30. However, since the pull back operation is avoided, in a recording apparatus that does not include a paper pressing member in the carriage, such as a recording apparatus that uses an ink jet recording head as the recording head 5, The contact with the recording head 5 can be eliminated and the recording medium can be prevented from being soiled.
[0022]
When a print signal is input in this state, the print control unit 26 executes printing based on the format data in the work memory 22.
[0023]
When printing for one piece of print data is completed and the single sheet paper automatic paper feeder 10 as the second bin is selected from the panel 30 or an external device to print on a different recording medium, for example, B5 paper, The setting means 21 causes the format storage means 23 to save the format data of the first bin of the work memory 22 used in the previous printing, and instead reads the format data of the second bin from the format storage means 23 for working. Load into memory 22.
[0024]
When a print signal is input from the external device in this state, the medium feed control means 25 and the print control means 26 record from the automatic cut sheet feeder 10 based on the format data in the work memory 22 as described above. Print on the media.
[0025]
On the other hand, when the friction switching lever 2 is switched to the tractor side to set a light pressure suitable for printing on the long paper in order to print on the long paper, the printing style setting means 21 receives the signal from the position detector 16. By detecting that the type of the recording medium has been changed, the format storage means 23 saves the format data of the second bin loaded in the work memory 22.
[0026]
In this state, when one tractor, for example, the second tractor 8 is selected from the panel 30 or an external device, the printing style setting means 21 reads the style data of the long paper of the second tractor 8 from the style storage means 23. The work memory 22 is loaded.
[0027]
When a print signal is input from an external device in this state, the medium control unit 25 and the print control unit 26 execute printing on a long sheet based on the format data in the work memory 22.
[0028]
In order to set a pressure contact force suitable for a single sheet of paper so that printing is performed on a single sheet of paper in a format not set in the first bin and the second bin when printing of the long paper is completed. When the friction switching lever 2 is switched to the friction side, the printing style setting means 21 detects that the recording medium has been switched by a signal from the position detector 16 and detects the second tractor loaded in the work memory 22. Eight style data is saved in the style storage means 23.
[0029]
Subsequently, when a cut sheet is inserted into the second manual feed port 11, the leading edge of the cut sheet is detected by the second medium detector 15. Based on the signals from the detector 15 and the lever position detector 16, it is determined that the cut sheet has been loaded into the second sheet feeding port 11.
[0030]
The print format setting unit 21 loads the format data of the second paper feed port 11 from the format storage unit 23 to the work memory 22. When a predetermined time elapses, the medium feed control means 25 autoloads the loaded paper into the print area based on the data in the work memory 22 and waits for the input of print data.
[0031]
When print data is input from an external device, the medium feed control unit 25 and the print control unit 26 execute printing based on the format data in the work memory 22.
[0032]
In order to perform printing on other recording media, the cut sheet paper is loaded into a place other than the second paper feed port, that is, the first paper feed port 7, or the first and second cut paper sheets are automatically fed from the panel 30. When the paper devices 9 and 10 and the first and second tractors 6 and 8 are selected, the printing style setting means 21 saves the style data of the second paper feed port 11 loaded in the work memory 22 as the style storage means. 23, the form data corresponding to the selected paper feed form is read from the form storage means 23 and loaded into the work memory 22.
[0033]
The format data in the work memory 22 is saved in the format storage unit 23 each time the sheet feeding mode is switched in this way, and then the format data matching the selected sheet feeding mode is transferred from the format storage unit 23 to the working memory. After that, printing is continued based on the format data in the work memory 22 until the paper feed mode is switched.
[0034]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to automatically select a printing format set in advance for each loading position of the recording medium, and it is possible to eliminate the need for a printing format setting operation associated with a path change.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a printing mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side view showing a paper feed path of the printing mechanism.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing an embodiment of a form storing means.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Platen 2 Friction switching lever 4 Carriage 5 Recording head 6 1st tractor 7 1st manual feed slot 8 2nd tractor 9 1st bin automatic paper feeder 10 Automatic 2nd bin paper Paper feeding device 11 Second manual paper feed port 12 First recording medium conveyance path 14 Second recording medium conveyance path 13 First medium detector 15 Second medium detector 16 Lever position detector

Claims (5)

Print on multiple types of recording media with a recording head with at least a manual feed slot, automatic sheet feeding mechanism, continuous paper feeding mechanism, and a friction switching lever that switches the pressure of the recording medium against the paper feed mechanism In the recording device,
Loading port judgment means for detecting whether the recording medium is loaded from the manual paper feeding port, the automatic sheet feeding mechanism, or the continuous paper feeding mechanism, and lever position detection for detecting the position of the friction switching lever And an upper margin, a lower margin, a right margin, a left margin, and a page length with respect to a recording medium loaded from the manual sheet feeding port, the automatic sheet feeding mechanism, and the continuous sheet feeding mechanism. print formatted data, and the manner storage means comprising a nonvolatile memory storing style data specified value that can be sent to the printing area at least loaded recording medium, the lever position detecting means and said loading slot determination means printing manner setting means for setting the paper feed and print reads the style data stored in the manner storing means based on a signal from Multipass printing device including a.   2. The multi-pass printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the default form data is set so that a paper feed amount is minimized as compared with other form data.   2. The multi-printer according to claim 1, wherein the print format setting unit loads the data from the format storage unit into the work memory, and causes the format storage unit to save the data in the work memory when the loading path is changed. Pass-type recording device.   The print format setting means stores the default format data in a nonvolatile memory when format data corresponding to the manual feed port, the cut sheet automatic paper feed mechanism, and the continuous paper feed mechanism is not set. The multi-pass type recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the multi-pass type recording apparatus is set by reading the data from   2. The multipass recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for setting the format data from outside.

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