JPH04191082A - Recording apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve operability by permitting the input of recording data when it is detected that there is no residual amount of a transfer material to store the inputted recording data and recording the recording data after the setting of the transfer material. CONSTITUTION:When a ribbon sensor 122 detects that there is no residual amount of an ink ribbon 120, the character code corresponding to an inputted key is stored in a key buffer 113. It is investigated whether or not the next key code is the character code and, when the key code is the character code, it is stored in the key buffer 113. When a key code other than the character code is inputted, it is detected whether or not the ink ribbon 120 is replaced on the basis of the signal from the ribbon sensor 122. When the ribbon sensor 122 detects that the ink ribbon 120 is replaced, the movement of a carriage 105 is started. The stored character code is read from the key buffer 113 and a type wheel 125 is rotationally driven to select a type and the type is struck by a hammer 123 to perform recording and the character codes stored in the key buffer 113 are entirely recorded.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a recording apparatus that performs recording by transferring onto a recording medium using a transfer material.

[Conventional technology]

Electronic typewriters equipped with conventional daisy-wheel printers or thermal transfer printers that record using conventional type are equipped with ink ribbons for transfer recording, and the ink of this ink ribbon is transferred to recording paper to record input data. characters are printed on recording paper. Ink ribbons like this are generally one-time ribbons that can be used only once, so when the ribbon end sensor detects that the remaining amount is exhausted, it is assumed that printing is not possible at that point, and operations such as key manual input and recording processing are stopped. Completely prohibited. In such a case, you must set the ribbon again.
Key human power and recording operations are not possible.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

For this reason, in the conventional example described above, if the ribbon end is detected in the middle of inputting a certain word, for example, the typewriter becomes inoperable at that point. For this reason, character inputs after that point are not accepted as valid inputs, so the character inputs input at that point become useless inputs. Then, after setting the ribbon again, there was a problem in that the key had to be pressed again from the middle of the word (the part of the characters that were not recorded). The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional example, and when the end of the transfer material is detected, it is possible to continue inputting the words, etc. that were input at that time, and the recorded data input during that time can be used when the transfer material is newly set. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a recording device that can automatically record data after it has been recorded.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the recording apparatus of the present invention has the following configuration. That is, a recording apparatus that performs recording by transferring onto a recording medium using a transfer material, comprising a detection means for detecting the remaining amount of the transfer material, and a detection means for detecting that there is no remaining amount of the transfer material. and a permission means for permitting continued input of recorded data;
The apparatus includes a storage means for storing recording data input with permission by the permission means, and a recording means for recording the recording data stored in the storage means on a recording medium after setting the transfer material.

[Effect]

In the above configuration, when the detection means for detecting the remaining amount of transfer material detects that there is no remaining amount of transfer material, continued input of recording data is permitted. This input recording data is stored, and after the transfer material is set, the recording data stored in this storage means is operated to be recorded on the recording medium.

【Example】

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. <Description of the electronic typewriter (FIG. 1)> FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the electronic typewriter of this embodiment. In the figure, 101 is a control unit that controls the entire electronic typewriter of this embodiment. This control unit 101 includes CPUs 110 and 111 such as microprocessors, for example.
This is a ROM that stores the Ull0 control program and various data. A RAM 112 is used as a work area for the CPU110, and temporarily stores various data. This RAM 112 includes a buffer 114 for storing document data input from the keyboard 102, a key buffer 113 for storing a character code input manually when a ribbon end is detected, as described later, and the like. A keyboard 102 is operated by an operator to input various functional data, various character codes, and the like. Reference numeral 103 denotes a display unit that displays human-generated document data and the like. 104
is a recording unit that prints on recording paper using a type wheel. A schematic configuration of the recording unit 104 will be described below. 105 is a carriage that performs printing by scanning parallel to the platen. On this carriage] 05 are an ink ribbon 120 which is a transfer material, a ribbon motor 121 for winding up the ink ribbon 120, a type wheel 125, and a hammer 12.
3rd class is installed. The type wheel (daisy wheel) 125 has a plurality of types arranged around its outer periphery, and the type wheel 125 is formed by a wheel morph 126.
The desired type is selected by rotating . By driving the hammer 123 via the hammer driver 124 to strike the back side of the selected type, the selected type on the type wheel 125 is struck onto the recording paper via the ink ribbon 120 and transferred. A recording is made. 122 is a ribbon sensor for detecting when the ink ribbon 120 has no remaining amount. 129 is a carriage motor, which is a drive source for scanning the carriage 105; 130 is a paper feed motor; The recording paper is conveyed by a predetermined amount in the sub-scanning direction by rotationally driving a platen, etc. Reference numerals 127 and 128 are both motor drivers, and according to instructions from the control unit 101, the corresponding motors are rotationally driven. For example, when a key is pressed on the keyboard 102, the character code corresponding to that key code is stored in the buffer 114, and the character is displayed on the display section 103.The recording of this character code is instructed. When the desired type is selected, the carriage 105 is moved to the recording position and the type wheel 125 is rotated to select the corresponding type.When the desired type is selected, the hammer 123 is driven by the hammer driver 124. , the characters are printed. When the printing of one character is completed in this way, the ribbon motor 12
1, the ink ribbon 120 is wound up for one character in preparation for the next recording operation. Next, the operation of the typewriter of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2, focusing on the process when the ribbon end is detected by the ribbon sensor 122. The control program that executes the process shown in FIG. 2 is stored in the ROM 111.
This process is started by manually pressing a key on the keyboard 102. First, in step S1, check whether a character code is being input.
If a character code is not input, the process advances to step S6 and the process corresponding to that key is performed. When inputting a character code, the process advances to step S2 to check whether the ribbon sensor 122 detects that the ink ribbon 120 is absent. If there is no ink ribbon 120, the process advances to step S3, where the carriage motor 129 starts to be driven, and the carriage 1
05 to the recording position. Next, proceed to step S4,
The type wheel 125 is rotated to select a type corresponding to the input character. Next, in step S5, the hammer 123 is driven to print the type on the recording paper. On the other hand, if the ribbon sensor 122 detects in step S2 that there is no remaining amount of ink ribbon 120, step S2
7, the character code corresponding to the key input at that point is stored in the key buffer 113. Next step S
The process advances to step S8 to check whether the next key code is a character code, and if it is a character code, the process advances to step S7, where the character code is stored in the key buffer 113. When a key code other than characters is entered manually in step S8, the process proceeds to step S9, and it is detected based on the signal from the ribbon sensor 122 whether or not the ink ribbon 120 has been replaced. When the ribbon sensor 122 detects that the ink ribbon 120 has been replaced, the process advances to step SIO and the carriage 105 starts moving. Next, proceeding to step Sll, from the key buffer 113,
The character code stored therein is read out and the type wheel 125 is rotated to select the corresponding type character. The selected printed characters are recorded by hitting them with a hammer 123, and all character codes stored in the key buffer 113 are recorded. When all the character codes in the key buffer 113 have been printed in step S12, the process advances to step S13, where the contents of the key buffer 113 are cleared and the process ends. As explained above, according to this embodiment, even after a ribbon end is detected, subsequent key input is accepted while the word is being input, and when the ribbon is set again, the ink ribbon end is the same as the detected word. This has the effect of automatically restarting recording from where it left off. Note that in this embodiment, after the ink ribbon is detected, the character input is continued until the word separation is manually performed using the space key, etc., but the present invention is not limited to this (for example, After detecting the ink ribbon end, key input may be accepted for a predetermined period of time.Furthermore, although this embodiment has been explained in the case of an electronic typewriter, the present invention is not limited to this. Of course, it can also be applied to -M printers that perform recording by inputting recording data from a host computer, such as thermal transfer printers and daisy-wheel printers. [Effects of the Invention] As explained above, this invention According to the invention, when the end of the transfer material is detected, it is possible to continue inputting the characters of the word that was being input at that time, and the data input during that time can be automatically recorded after a new transfer material is set. This has the effect of extremely improved operability.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the electronic typewriter of this embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing key manual processing of the electronic typewriter of this embodiment. In the figure, 101...control unit, 102...keyboard,
103...display section, 104...distribution section, 105...
・Carriage, 110...CPU, 111...RO
M, 112...RAM, 113...key buffer,
120... Ink ribbon, 122... Ribbon sensor, ]23... Hammer, 125... Type wheel, 1
29... Carriage motor, 130... Paper feed motor.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A recording device that performs recording by transferring onto a recording medium using a transfer material, comprising: a detection means for detecting a remaining amount of the transfer material; and a detection means that detects that there is no remaining amount of the transfer material. a permission means for permitting continued input of recording data; a storage means for storing input recording data permitted by the permission means; and after setting the transfer material, recording data stored in the storage means A recording device comprising: recording means for recording data on a recording medium; (2) The permission means continues to permit the input of recording data until the input processing of the word input at the time when the detection means detects that there is no remaining amount of the transfer material is completed. The recording device according to claim 1, characterized in that: (3) The permission means is configured to permit continuous input of recording data for a predetermined period of time from the time when the detection means detects that there is no remaining amount of the transfer material. The recording device described in .