JPH05112037A - Printer device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To arbitrarily and easily set two or more printing areas on recording paper by a method wherein the tension and slack of a tension roller following the recording paper are detected, and based on the detection results, the drive of a recording paper feed tractor and a recording paper take-up shaft is controlled. CONSTITUTION:In a printer device 1, recording paper 1.A is fed by a feed tractor 10, and the recording paper 1A is taken up on a take-up shaft 2 by a take-up shaft drive motor 3 after being printed by a plurality of printing means 7, 18. In this invention, a tension arm 4 pressing the top surface of the recording paper 1A and shaking in accordance with the tension of the recording paper 1A is provided, and a tension detection sensor 5 and a slack detection sensor 6 are provided on the ends of the tension arm 4. Based on the detection signals of the sensors 5, 6, a tractor drive motor 11 and the take-up shaft drive motor 3 are controlled by a control circuit 17. Namely, the recording paper 1A is fed forward so that the first printing area is fed to the first printing means 7, or the recording paper 1A is fed reverse so that the second printing area is fed to the second printing means 18.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printer installed inside an automatic teller machine or the like, and more particularly to a cash card presentation record and its detailed record printed on a band-shaped recording paper for storage. To a printer device to perform.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A printer device of this type prints a presentation record of the cash card and a transaction result record of the details thereof on a belt-shaped recording paper each time the cash card is used. Is becoming

Specifically, as the above-mentioned recording paper, a belt-shaped printing paper in which a printing area for embossing described later and a printing area for recording details are paired in advance is used. On the other hand, in order to print the presentation record of the cash card on the above-mentioned recording paper, the emboss (embossed character) previously formed on this cash card is transferred to the emboss transfer area on the recording paper by the pressing force of the card emboss transfer roller. It is done by doing. Further, in order to print the record of the details and the like when the cash card is used on the above-mentioned recording paper, it is performed by printing in the print area for recording the details and the like on the recording paper by the print output of the printing means dedicated to the detail recording. ..

The recording paper is printed on each recording content and then wound into a roll around a winding shaft and stored at a predetermined location.

[0005]

In the above-mentioned conventional example,
In a financial institution or the like, an area for transferring and printing the embossment of the cash card on the recording paper and an area for printing the details thereof are conventionally determined, and therefore the format of each printing area on the recording paper has already been determined. Therefore, in this type of printer, the mechanical arrangement of the card embossing transfer roller and the printing means dedicated to recording details and the like is fixed in advance so as to correspond to them. Therefore, when the format of each print area on the recording paper is changed due to a change in the program that controls the machine (automatic cash dispenser, etc.), each print area on the recording paper will have the above-mentioned card embossing transfer roller and specifications. There is an inconvenience that it is no longer possible to correspond to the mechanical arrangement of the recording-dedicated printing means and it becomes impossible to transfer the emboss of the cash card and print the details on each printing area of the recording paper.

[0006] Further, this is due to the future resource saving of paper and extension of the movable time in the automatic teller machine and the like.
As operation in the sheet feeding for example twice that of the recording paper having the same capacity as the current becomes possible, at the transaction result of such transfer and specification of embossments cache card current _^1/2 of the length of the recording sheet If there is a request from the user to enable printing, there is an inconvenience that it cannot handle it.

Further, in the conventional apparatus of this type, the paper can be fed only in the direction of feeding the paper (recording paper) from the paper feeding side, and the paper which has been once wound into a roll on the winding shaft is rewound. It is impossible to control the feeding, which is disadvantageous in that the embossing printing area of the cash card and the printing area of the details thereof are set at free positions on the recording paper, which makes the control difficult. It was

[0008]

[Object] The object of the present invention is to improve the disadvantages of the conventional example, and in particular, by enabling the embossed print area of the cash card and the print area of the details thereof to be set freely and easily on the recording paper. It is an object of the present invention to provide a printer device in which the interval between the print areas is reduced so that, for example, a double operation can be performed by feeding a recording paper of the same capacity as the present.

[0009]

According to the present invention, a belt-shaped recording paper, which is rotationally driven by a tractor driving motor and has a pair of first and second printing areas, is conveyed in a forward or reverse direction. A transport tractor, first and second printing means arranged along the recording paper transported by the transport tractor to perform a predetermined printing on the recording paper, and printed by the first and second printing means. A winding shaft drive motor that winds the recording paper around the winding shaft, presses the surface of the recording paper between the transport tractor and the winding shaft, and swings according to the tension of the recording paper. A tension detection sensor and a slack detection sensor are separately provided at one end and the other end of the swinging stroke of the tension arm, and the tractor is driven according to the outputs from the tension detection sensor and the slack detection sensor. For The amount of rotation of the motor and the take-up shaft driving motor equipped with a control circuit for controlling the individually, the control circuit,
Actuated by an output signal from the tension detection sensor or the looseness detection sensor, the tractor drive motor and the winding shaft drive motor are rotated in a predetermined direction to sequentially feed the recording paper, and the first print area on the recording paper is set to the first print area. The first conveying function of conveying to the printing means and the output signal from the tension detecting sensor or the slack detecting sensor are operated to rotate the tractor driving motor and the winding shaft driving motor in a predetermined direction to reversely feed the recording paper. It has a second transport function of transporting the second print area of the recording paper to the second print means. This is trying to achieve the previously mentioned objectives.

[0010]

First, when the transport tractor is rotationally driven by the driving force of the tractor drive motor, the belt-shaped recording paper is transported in the predetermined direction. Then, the tension arm swings to stroke the recording paper in a predetermined direction. Next, the tension detection sensor and the slack detection sensor detect the tension state or the slack state of the recording paper separately according to the swing position of the tension arm. Then, the respective detection signals detected by the tension detection sensor and the looseness detection sensor are individually input to the control circuit. The control circuit controls the rotation amount of the tractor drive motor or the take-up shaft drive motor separately based on the signals input by the respective detection sensors to sequentially feed the recording paper, and to move the first print area on the recording paper. The sheet is conveyed to the first printing unit. In addition, the control circuit operates in response to the output signal from the tension detection sensor or the slack detection sensor to control the tractor drive motor or the winding shaft drive motor separately to feed the recording paper backward, and The printing area of is conveyed to the second printing means.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
It will be explained based on.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a printer device 1 according to the present invention. The printer device 1 shown in FIG.
Is a belt-shaped recording paper 1A which is rotationally driven by a tractor driving motor 11 and in which an embossed transfer area 1B as first and second printing areas and a detailed printing area 1C for a transaction result etc. Is a transport tractor 10 that feeds back and transports it, and card embossing as first and second printing means that is arranged along the recording paper 1A transported by this transport tractor 10 and performs predetermined printing on the recording paper 1A. A transfer roller 7, a printing means 18 dedicated to recording details, etc., and a winding shaft drive motor for winding the recording paper 1A printed by the card embossing transfer roller 7 and the printing means 18 dedicated to recording details etc. onto a winding shaft. 3 and 3.

A tension arm 4 that presses the surface 1D of the recording paper 1A between the transport tractor 10 and the winding shaft 2 and swings in accordance with the tension of the recording paper 1A.
The tension detection sensor 5 and the looseness detection sensor 6 are provided at one end and the other end of the swinging stroke of the tension arm 4.
And the tractor drive motor 11 according to the outputs from the tension detection sensor 5 and the looseness detection sensor 6, respectively.
And a control circuit 17 for individually controlling the rotation amount of the winding shaft drive motor 3. Then, this control circuit 17
Is operated by an output signal from the tension detection sensor 5 or the looseness detection sensor 6 to rotate the tractor drive motor 11 and the take-up shaft drive motor 3 in a predetermined direction to sequentially feed the recording paper 1A. The first transport function of transporting the embossed transfer area 1B to the card embossed transfer roller 7 and the tractor drive motor 11 and the take-up shaft drive motor 3 which are activated by an output signal from the tension detection sensor 5 or the looseness detection sensor 6 are operated. It has a second conveyance function of rotating the recording paper 1A in a predetermined direction and feeding the recording paper 1A backward to convey the detailed print area 1C of the recording paper 1A to the printing means 18.

This will be described in more detail. The transfer tractor 10
Is connected to a tractor driving motor 11 via a belt 12 and is configured to rotate normally or reversely by the driving force of the tractor driving motor 11. Furthermore, the upper right side of the transport tractor 10 (the upper right side in FIG. 1)
The winding shaft 2 that is connected to the winding shaft drive motor 3 and that is normally or reversely rotated by the driving force of the winding shaft drive motor 3 is arranged in the. Then, these transport tractors 10
Also, due to the rotational force of the winding shaft 2, the belt-shaped recording paper 1A is conveyed to a predetermined position, printed, and then wound around the winding shaft 2. Here, reference numeral 13 is the recording paper 1A.
Indicates a paper feed box for feeding paper.

The printing means 18 and the card embossing transfer roller 7 are arranged along the recording paper 1A conveyed by the conveying tractor 10 and the winding shaft 3. Of these, the printing unit 18 includes a print head 9 arranged toward the front surface 1E of the recording paper 1A, and the recording paper 1 on the print head 9.
It is constituted by the corresponding platen 8 via A. Also, the card emboss transfer roller 7 is used for the recording paper 1A.
Is disposed on the back surface 1D side of the recording paper 1A and the back surface 1D of the recording paper 1A.
It is possible to pressurize against.

Below the card embossing transfer roller 7 (see FIG.
A card transport path 16 is arranged along the recording paper 1A via the recording paper 1A. The card transport path 16 transports a cash card (not shown) to the vicinity of the lower side of the card embossing transfer roller 7 via the recording paper 1A, and has a predetermined length. A magnetic reader / writer 15 for reading the magnetic information of the cash card is arranged on the right side of the card transport path 16 (the right side shown in FIG. 1). Here, reference numeral 1
Reference numeral 4 denotes a card insertion slot 14 for inserting a cash card into the card transport path 16.

A recording paper 1A is provided between the transport tractor 10 and the winding shaft 2 and below the winding shaft 2 (lower side in FIG. 1).
There is provided a tension arm 4 that presses 1D on the surface of the recording paper 1 and swings according to the tension of the recording paper 1A to make the recording paper stroke in the direction of arrow A (direction of arrow A shown in FIG. 1). The tension arm 4 is always pressed in the direction of arrow A with a constant pressing force about the center point B by the urging force of spring means (not shown).

When the tension on the recording paper 1A weakens, the tension arm 4 swings in the direction of arrow A shown in FIG. 1 to loosen the recording paper 1A. When the recording paper 1A is strengthened, the recording paper 1A is swung in the direction of the arrow B shown in FIG.

On the left side as one of the swinging strokes of the tension arm 4, that is, on the left side in FIG. 1, a tension detecting sensor 5 for detecting the tension state of the recording paper 1A.
And a looseness detection sensor 6 for detecting the loosened state of the recording paper 1A is provided on the right side as the other of the swinging strokes of the tension arm 4, that is, on the right side in FIG. These detection sensors 5, 6
In each case, when the tension arm 4 swings in the direction of arrow F shown in FIG. 1 and the swing position of the tension arm comes closest to the tension detection sensor 5 side, the tension detection sensor 5 turns on. The tension arm 4 swings in the direction of arrow A shown in FIG.
When the swing position of is closest to the looseness detection sensor 6 side, the looseness detection sensor 6 turns on.

A control circuit 17 which operates by the output signals from the tension detection sensor 5 or the looseness detection sensor 6 and controls the rotation amounts of the tractor drive motor 11 and the winding shaft drive motor 3 separately is provided. Has been done. The control circuit 17 is capable of changing a predetermined program content according to each recording paper (recording paper having a different print format), and the program content and the tension detection sensor 5 and the looseness detection described above. The tractor drive motor 11 or the take-up shaft drive motor is individually controlled based on the signal input from the sensor 6. Specifically, the control circuit 17 is activated by a signal input from the tension detection sensor 5 or the slack detection sensor 6 to rotate the tractor drive motor 11 and the take-up shaft drive motor 3 in a predetermined direction to print the recording paper 1A. The tractor driving motor 11 and the winding motor 11 are wound in accordance with the first feeding function of sequentially feeding the embossed transfer area 1B of the recording paper 1A to the card embossed transfer roller 7, and the signal input of the tension detection sensor 5 and the looseness detection sensor 6. It has a second conveying function of rotating the take-up shaft driving motor 3 in a predetermined direction to feed the recording paper 1A backward and convey the detailed print area 1C of the recording paper 1A to the printing means 18. There is.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

First, when a cash card (not shown) is inserted into the card insertion slot 14 shown in FIG. 1, magnetic data is read and written by the magnetic reader / writer 15 in the cash card. Then, the cash card is conveyed by the card conveying path 16 to a position below the ink-embedded card embossing transfer roller 7.

At this time, the recording paper 1A is conveyed by the transport tractor 1
1 is conveyed to the right in FIG.
It is fed until the embossed transfer area 1B in (3) comes under the card embossed transfer roller 7 (see FIG. 2). Then, the recording paper 1A is temporarily wound around the winding shaft 2. At this time, the winding operation is performed by the transport tractor 10 from the recording paper 1
When A is sent, the tension arm 4 swings in the direction of arrow A shown in FIG. 1, but when the looseness detection sensor 6 is turned "on", the winding shaft drive motor 3 rotates in the direction of arrow D shown in FIG. The recording paper 1A is wound up until the tension detection sensor 5 turns on.

After this operation is completed, the card emboss transfer roller 7 moves from the front side to the back side of the paper in FIG. 1 and pressurizes the back surface 1D of the recording paper 1A, whereby the emboss of the cash card is recorded. It is transferred to the paper 1A.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the detailed print area 1C on the recording paper 1A is back-fed to the printing means 18. At this time, the tension detection sensor 5 is "on".
If so, the winding shaft driving motor 3 rotates the winding shaft 2 in the direction of arrow E shown in FIG. 1 until the looseness detection sensor 6 is turned "on". Then, the recording paper 1A is back-fed by the transport tractor 10. If the tension detection sensor 5 is turned on in the process of this back-feed, the rotation of the tractor drive motor 11 is stopped, the back-feed is stopped, and the winding is performed. The shaft driving motor 3 is rotated in the arrow F direction shown in FIG. 1 until the looseness detection sensor 6 is turned “on”. Then, after this is finished, the control circuit 17 controls the tractor drive motor 11 to rotate again to start the back feed on the recording paper 1A until the predetermined amount of back feed is completed.

Then, when the print area 18 for details of the recording paper 1A is back-fed to the printing means 18, the details are printed by the print head 9.

The recording paper 1A is conveyed for each line feed of printing, and when the tension arm 4 turns on the looseness detection sensor 6, the winding shaft drive motor 3 rotates in the direction of arrow D shown in FIG. 1A is wound around the winding shaft 2. And after the print line feed, the cash card is
It is returned to the customer from the card insertion slot 14.

The operation of each mechanism and the like described above is the operation when the program of the print format for one recording sheet is incorporated in the control circuit 17.
The present invention is not limited to this operation. That is, the control circuit 17 can also incorporate a print format program for another recording sheet, and controls the operation of each mechanism or the like in accordance with the incorporation of this print format program, whereby each program on the recording sheet is controlled. The print area is freely set. That is, in the printer device 1 according to the present embodiment, if a predetermined program is installed in the control circuit 17 in advance according to the recording paper used,
The control circuit 17 drives and controls the rotation amount of the tractor drive motor 11 or the take-up shaft drive motor 3 based on the built-in program and the signal input from each detection sensor, and controls each of the print areas on the recording paper 1A. Printing means 18
Alternatively, it is conveyed to the card emboss transfer roller 7. As described above, the operation of each mechanism and the like of the present embodiment can be optimized by changing the program, etc., and each print area on the recording paper 1A can be freely set by the operation of each mechanism and the like. You can do it.

As described above, according to this embodiment,
A tension arm 4 that presses the surface 1D of the recording paper 1A and swings in accordance with the tension of the recording paper 1A is provided between the transport tractor 10 and the winding shaft 2. A tension detecting sensor 5 and a slack detecting sensor 6 are separately provided at one end and the other end, respectively, and the tractor driving motor 11 and the winding shaft driving motor are driven according to the outputs from the tension detecting sensor 5 and the slack detecting sensor 6. It is equipped with a control circuit 17 for controlling the rotation amount of each of the three.

The control circuit 17 is operated by an output signal from the tension detecting sensor 5 or the slack detecting sensor 6 to drive the tractor driving motor 11 and the winding shaft driving motor 3.
Is rotated in a predetermined direction to sequentially feed the recording paper 1A and convey the embossed transfer area 1B on the recording paper 1A to the card embossed transfer roller 7, and the tension detection sensor 5 or the looseness detection sensor 6 The tractor drive motor 11 and the take-up shaft drive motor 3 are activated by the output signal.
Has a second feeding function of feeding the recording paper 1A backward by rotating the recording paper 1A in a predetermined direction and feeding the detailed print area 1C of the recording paper 1A to the printing means 18, and therefore, the take-up shaft 2 once. The back feeding of the recording paper 1A wound up on the recording paper 1A is possible, and the embossed printing area 1B of the cash card and the printing area 1C of the details thereof can be freely and easily set on the recording paper 1A. Thus, also the processing in the recording paper of format already definite current financial industry, also the card emboss processing on a recording sheet such as a length of the keep user requests for example the current _^1/2 future, Item It can be easily dealt with by changing the program etc. without changing the mechanism of the printing process such as.

If the distance between the tension detecting sensor 5 and the slack detecting sensor 6 is set to a length corresponding to the embossed transfer area of the current recording sheet and the printing area of the details etc. which have already been determined. When only the current recording paper is used, the tractor drive motor 11 and the take-up shaft drive motor 3 can be driven and controlled only by the detection signals of the tension detection sensor 5 and the looseness detection sensor 6 described above. In this case, when only the current recording paper is used, the control circuit 17 is not necessary, and the load accompanying the relatively large control force applied on the recording paper is alleviated, so that damage to the recording paper is prevented. it can.

[0032]

According to the present invention, which is constructed and functions as described above, according to this, a tension arm that presses the surface of the recording paper and swings according to the tension of the recording paper is provided. A tension detection sensor and a looseness detection sensor are specially provided at one and the other ends of the swing stroke, and the tractor drive motor or the take-up shaft drive motor is specially controlled based on the output signals of these detection sensors. Since the control circuit for controlling the cash card is provided, the embossed print area of the cash card and the print area of the details thereof can be freely and easily set on the recording paper by changing the program without changing the mechanism.
Therefore, if the interval between the print areas on the recording paper is reduced, it is possible to operate the recording paper with the same capacity as the present one, for example, twice as much, and it is possible to effectively reduce the usage amount of the recording paper. .. For this reason, it is possible to provide an excellent printer device that has not been available in the related art in which the recording paper in the device can be saved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an embossed transfer area on a recording sheet according to the present exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a print area such as a specification on a recording sheet according to the present exemplary embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Printer Device 1A Recording Paper 1B Embossing Transfer Area as First Printing Area 1C Detailed Printing Area as Second Printing Area 1D Surface 2 Winding Shaft 3 Winding Shaft Drive Motor 4 Tension Arm 5 Tension Detection Sensor 6 Looseness Detection Sensor 7 Card Embossing Transfer Roller as First Printing Means 10 Conveyor Tractor 11 Tractor Driving Motor 17 Control Circuit 18 Printing Means Dedicated to Recording Details as Second Printing Means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A transport tractor which is rotationally driven by a tractor drive motor and transports a belt-shaped recording sheet having a pair of first and second printing areas forward or backward, and a transport tractor. First and second printing means arranged along the conveyed recording paper to perform predetermined printing on the recording paper, and a take-up shaft for the recording paper printed by the first and second printing means. A tension arm that has a winding shaft drive motor that causes the recording paper to be wound around, and that presses the surface of the recording paper between the transport tractor and the winding shaft and swings according to the tension of the recording paper. A tension detection sensor and a looseness detection sensor are separately provided at one end and the other end of the swinging stroke of the tension arm, and the tractor drive motor is provided according to the outputs from the tension detection sensor and the looseness detection sensor. And a control circuit for individually controlling the rotation amount of the winding shaft drive motor, the control circuit being operated by an output signal from the tension detection sensor or the slack detection sensor, and the tractor drive motor and the tractor drive motor. A first transport function of rotating a winding shaft driving motor in a predetermined direction to sequentially feed the recording paper and transporting a first print area of the recording paper to the first printing means, and the tension detection sensor. Alternatively, the tractor driving motor and the winding shaft driving motor are actuated by an output signal from the looseness detection sensor to rotate the tractor driving motor and the winding shaft driving motor in a predetermined direction, and the recording paper is fed in the reverse direction so that the second printing area of the recording paper is set to And a second transport function for transporting the print medium to the second printing unit.