JPH011567A - passbook printing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a passbook printing device used in banks and other institutions.
In particular, the present invention relates to a printing gap adjustment mechanism for a bankbook printing device used for bankbooks that have been printed to a predetermined number of pages. The present invention is suitable for use at customer service counters of financial institutions.

[4 Already Required] The present invention provides a passbook printing device that prints two pages of an open passbook, which calculates the thickness of the opened passbook by reading the 7th mark of each page printed in advance, and calculates the thickness of the opened passbook. By adjusting the print gap according to the print gap, the print gap can be adjusted with a simple mechanism.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in this type of passbook printing device, by pressing the print head or platen directly onto the passbook,
The thickness of the passbook is detected, and the print head or platen is pressed directly against the passbook, and the thickness is detected by pressing the print head or platen directly against the passbook. In this method, the print head or platen is pressed against the other party and then opened.
The disadvantage is that this mechanism is complicated.

An object of the present invention is to solve this drawback and provide a passbook printing device with a simple mechanism for adjusting the print gap.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention provides a passbook printing device that prints on an open passbook, including a print head that prints on the open passbook, a platen provided opposite to the print head, and a combination of the platen and the print head. A passbook printing device comprising: a detecting means for detecting the number of the opened page by a predetermined mark attached in advance to each page of the passbook; The present invention is characterized by comprising a control means for calculating the thickness of the passbook between the page to be printed and the platen based on the output of the means, and giving a control signal to the adjustment means so as to provide an optimum printing gap.

[Effect]

Passbooks are uniformly standardized products, with marks printed on each page.

By reading the marks on the opened page and knowing how many pages this page is from the front or back cover, the print head or platen can be adjusted to its optimum print gap.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram including a block configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, the device of this embodiment is an open bankbook 1a.
A print head 2 for printing, a platen 3 provided opposite to the print head 2 on which the passbook 1a is placed, and an adjusting means 4 for adjusting the print gap by moving the platen 3 in the direction of the arrow. We are prepared.

The features of the present invention include an image sensor 6a that reads the page marks 5a of the bankbook 1b, a memory 6b that stores each page mark and the order in which the bankbook is loaded, and an image sensor 6a that manually outputs the image sensor 6a. Memo 1J6
a detecting unit 6, which is a detecting means, including a page mark detecting circuit 6C that detects the page number of which page the page mark is in the upper half or the lower half by referring to b; A control circuit 7 is a control means that calculates the thickness of the passbook between the page 1a to be printed and the platen 3 based on the output of 6, and provides a control signal 8 to the adjustment means 4 so as to obtain the optimum printing thickness. It's about being prepared.

Figure 2 shows an example of page marks pre-printed on a passbook, with page mark 5b on page X of the passbook.
corresponds to page y, and page mark 5C corresponds to page y.

Therefore, in Figure 1, the memo 1J6 of the passbook printing device is
c stores data such as the above-mentioned page mark and the order of pages corresponding thereto, so the page mark detection circuit 6c manually inputs the page number to the control circuit 7. The control circuit 7 uses this manual power to apply a control signal 8 to the adjustment means 4 so that the printing gap becomes an optimum value.

In the above description, the print gap is adjusted by moving the platen, but the present invention can also be practiced by moving the print head.

In addition, if the passbook printing device is for printing one type of passbook, only the values of each page mark and the amount of movement of the adjustment means 4 corresponding to these should be stored in memo 'J6b in Fig. 1. Bye.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, there is no need to directly press the print head or platen against the passbook to adjust the print gap, which has the effect of simplifying the mechanism.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram including a block configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2 is a diagram showing the page marks of a passbook. 1a, 1b...passbook, 2...print head, 3...
Platen, 4... Adjustment means, 5a, 5b, 5c.
...Page mark, 6...Detection unit, 6a...Image sensor, 6b...Memory, 6C...Page mark detection circuit, 7...Control circuit, Death...Control signal, x, y
···page. Patent applicant: NEC Corporation 21. -1, agent
Patent Attorney Nao Ide Takasuji 1 Mi Minoru 11j! , Italy] Explanatory diagram also twice Passbook page mark diagram

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A print head for printing on an open bankbook, a platen provided opposite to the print head, and an adjusting means for adjusting the print gap between the platen and the print head. In the passbook printing device, a detection means for detecting the number of the opened page based on a predetermined mark attached to each page of the passbook, and a space between the page printed by the output of the detection means and the platen. and control means for calculating the thickness of the passbook and providing a control signal to the adjusting means so as to obtain an optimum printing gap.