JPH04355167A - Self-propelled printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To dispense with printing paper prescribed in size and thickness by supplying character/figure data and printing position data to a printing control part and a movement control part on the basis of received printing data by a control part and moving a printer to a printing position to drive a print head. CONSTITUTION:The printing signal from the outside is received by a receiving part 2 to perform demodulation, level conversion or signal system conversion. Subsequently, character/figure data to be printed and printing position data are formed by a control part 3. The character/figure data is sent to a printing control part 4 to control a print head 5. The printing position data is sent to a movement control part 6 to control a longitudinally moving wheel 7 and a laterally moving wheel 8 to move a printer to a printing position.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a self-propelled printer, and more particularly to a self-propelled printer capable of moving to a printing position.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art In conventional printer devices, printing paper of a specified size and thickness is set in a fixed device, and printing is performed by moving the printing paper within the device. For this reason, paper of a specified size and thickness is required. Furthermore, the size of printed characters and figures is regulated by the size of the paper on which they are set, so a large device is required to print large characters and figures.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In conventional printer devices, printing paper of a specified size and thickness is set in a fixed device, and printing is performed by moving the printing paper within the device. Printing paper of a specified size and thickness is required, and the size of the characters and graphics to be printed is regulated by the size of the printing paper that is set, so large equipment is required to print large characters and graphics. The problem is that it is necessary.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks and to provide a self-propelled printer device that does not require printing paper of a specified size and thickness and does not require a large device.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] A self-propelled printer device of the present invention includes a receiving section that receives a printing signal received from outside the device, and a character or figure to be printed by decoding the printing signal received by the receiving section. a control unit that classifies and outputs data and print position data that specifies the position to be printed; a print head that prints on flat-arranged printing paper; and a print head that outputs character or graphic data output from the control unit. a printing control section that converts the device into a possible signal; a wheel for vertical movement and a wheel for horizontal movement that move the device in the vertical and horizontal directions; and a movement control section that controls the longitudinal movement wheels and the lateral movement wheels to move the print head to the position of the print head.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the present invention.

The self-propelled printer device 1 of the present embodiment includes a receiving section 2 that performs a receiving process of a printing signal received from the outside, and a receiving section 2 that receives the receiving processing output of the receiving section 2 and receives the receiving processing output of the receiving section 2 to determine the character/graphic data to be printed and the printing position. A control unit 3 that outputs data, and a print control unit 4 that converts character/graphic data into printable signals.
, a print head 5 , a movement control unit 6 that determines the print position data of the self-propelled printer device 1 as the amount of movement in the vertical and horizontal directions, and a movement control unit 6 disposed in the self-propelled printer device 1 . Vertical movement wheels 7 that move the self-propelled printer device 1 in the vertical direction under control; Lateral movement wheels 8 for lateral movement of the device 1
It consists of:

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

[0010] The self-propelled printer device 1 receives a print signal from another external device using a receiving section 2, and performs reception processing such as demodulation, level conversion, and signal format conversion.

The print signal received and processed by the receiver 2 is analyzed by the controller 3, and character/graphic data to be printed and print position data for determining the print position are generated.

The character/graphic data generated by the internal control section 3 is supplied to the print control section 4, where it is converted into a signal that can be physically printed by the print head 5. On the other hand, the print position data generated by the control unit 3 is processed by the movement control unit 6.
The self-propelled printer generates signals for driving the wheels 7 for vertical movement and the wheels 8 for horizontal movement, and performs drive control so that the print head 5 is always set at the correct printing position, as shown in FIG. The device 1 is moved in the X (horizontal) direction and the Y (vertical) direction. Further, the control unit 3 performs synchronized control of the printing operation by the print head 5 controlled by the print control unit 4 and the movement operation controlled by the movement control unit 6. From the above, this device can automatically move and print on a flat printing paper in response to a print signal from another external device.

[0013]

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the present invention employs a method in which the main body of the printer prints while running on the printing paper placed in a flat surface, so it is not necessary to set the printing paper inside the device. Therefore, there is no need to use specified printing paper, and it is also possible to print enlarged characters and enlarged figures that are proportional to the size of the paper, and there is no need to increase the size of the device. None. Furthermore, since printing can be performed regardless of the thickness of the paper, it is possible to print on any paper-like object placed flat.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Self-propelled printer device 2 Receiving section 3 Control section 4 Print control section 5 Print head 6 Movement control section 7. Vertical movement wheels 8 Lateral movement wheels

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A receiving unit that receives a print signal received from outside the device; and a receiving unit that decodes the print signal received by the receiving unit and classifies it into character or graphic data to be printed and print position data that specifies the position to be printed. a print head that prints on a plane-arranged printing paper; a print control unit that converts character or graphic data output from the control portion into signals that can be printed by the print head; A wheel for vertical movement and a wheel for horizontal movement that move in the vertical and horizontal directions, and the vertical movement to move the apparatus to the position of the print head based on print position data output from the control section. 1. A self-propelled printer device, comprising: a movement control section that controls wheels for moving in the lateral direction and wheels for lateral movement.