JPH05134401A - Laminating device for color proof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the erroneous supply of color materials or layout sheets and to obtain an exact color proof. CONSTITUTION:This laminating device is constituted laminating the color materials on the layout sheet formed with identification marks for identifying a stage for laminating the color materials of plural colors by one color each and has a feeder section 3, a mark sensor 152, selecting means, and a laminating section 2. The feeder section 3 can house the color materials of the plural colors. The mark sensor section 152 detects the identification marks formed on the layout sheet. The selecting means selects the color materials housed in the feeder section 3 in accordance with the results of the detection of the mark sensor 152. The laminating section 2 adheres the color material selected by the selecting means on the layout sheet.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is used for a color proofing laminator, and more particularly, it is used for color proofing of a multi-color printed matter, and a plurality of color materials are laminated one by one (hereinafter referred to as a mount).
The present invention relates to a color proofing laminating device for laminating on.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a proofing machine is used for color proofing a multi-color printed matter. In this case, accurate color proofing can be performed, but since the proofing machine itself is large and the working time is long, simple color proofing by hard copy has recently been performed.

Color proofing by hard copy, a so-called color proofing method, for example, laminates a color material on a mount with a laminating device, and a four-color plate of yellow, magenta, cyan, and black is mounted on the mount on which the color material is laminated. One of the halftone films color-separated for use is overlaid and exposed, and then developed. A color proof is obtained by sequentially repeating such an operation for each color plate, and color proofing is performed by inspecting the color proof.

The laminating apparatus in the color preproof method has a mount and a color material supply base, a transport unit for transporting the mount and the color material, and a laminating unit for laminating these. In the laminating section, the mount and the coloring material conveyed by each conveying section are sandwiched between the heat roller pairs and conveyed while being laminated.

[0005]

In the laminating apparatus of this type, the operator conventionally supplies the mount and the coloring material. For this reason, an accurate color proof may not be obtained due to a mistake in the stacking order due to misunderstandings, an operator supplying a coloring material of an incorrect color, or an incorrect mount.

An object of the present invention is to prevent erroneous supply of coloring material,
To get an accurate color proof. Another object of the present invention is to prevent an erroneous supply of a mount and obtain an accurate color proof.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a color proofing laminating apparatus in which a material to be laminated is colored with an identification mark for identifying a step of laminating a plurality of color materials one by one. The material is laminated, and includes a color material storage means, a detection means, a selection means, and an adhesion means. The color material storage means can store color materials of a plurality of colors. The detection means detects the identification mark of the material to be laminated. The selection means selects the color material stored in the color material storage means based on the detection result of the detection means. The adhering means adheres the color material selected by the selecting means to the material to be laminated.

A color proofing laminating apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention is for laminating coloring materials of different colors on a material to be laminated in a predetermined laminating order, and includes a storing means, a color detecting means, and a laminating means. And a control means. The storage means stores the laminating order. The color detection means detects the color of the color material to be laminated. The laminating means has a supplying means for supplying the coloring material and the material to be laminated and an adhering means for adhering the supplied coloring material and the material to be laminated. The control unit controls the operation of the laminating unit based on the detection result of the color detecting unit and the storage content of the storage unit.

[0009]

In the color proof laminating apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, the color material storage means stores a plurality of color materials, and when the detection means detects the identification mark of the material to be laminated, the selection means detects the detection result. Based on the above, one color material is selected from the color materials stored in the color material storage means. Then, the selected coloring material is bonded to the material to be laminated by the bonding means.

Therefore, the color material corresponding to the material to be laminated is automatically selected, and the wrong supply of the material to be laminated can be prevented. In the color proofing laminating apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, when the color detecting means detects the color of the color material supplied to the supplying means, the control means is controlled by the detection result and the laminating order stored in the storing means. Control the operation of the laminating means. For example, when an operator supplies a color material having a wrong color different from the order of lamination to the supply means, the color detection means detects the color of the supplied color material. Then, the control means determines whether or not the color material is correctly supplied based on the detection result and the storage content of the storage means. When the coloring material is erroneously supplied, for example, the operation of the laminating means is prohibited, or the operator is notified that the coloring material is erroneously supplied. This can prevent the wrong supply of the coloring material.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Overall Structure FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic structure of a color proofing laminating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. This laminating machine
A base 1, a laminating unit 2 arranged on the upper part of the base 1, a feeder unit 3 arranged further on the laminating unit 2 for supplying a coloring material to the laminating unit 2, and a control for controlling each unit of the apparatus. It is mainly composed of parts (see FIG. 8).

On the right side of the laminating unit 2 in the figure (hereinafter, this direction is referred to as the front), a sheet-shaped color material insertion tray 4 on which a sheet-shaped color material previously cut into a predetermined length is placed,
The mount insertion tray 5 for inserting the mount is arranged vertically. Further, in the rear of the laminating unit 2,
A guide member 6 for guiding a laminated backing sheet and a color material (hereinafter, referred to as laminated paper) downward is arranged, and the lower portion of the guide member 6 is attached to the base 1. Further, the laminated paper guided from above by the guide member 6 is discharged to the front side of the device,
A discharge tray 7 for mounting is attached to the lower part of the base 1.

The feeder unit 3 includes a feeder main body 8 which is fixed to an upper portion of the laminating unit 2 and includes a frame and a case, and a feeder carriage (hereinafter simply referred to as a carriage) which is movable in the front-rear direction of the apparatus with respect to the feeder main body 8. Note 9). 2 in the carriage 9
Four roll-shaped coloring materials are stored in the tier. That is,
From the lower front, a cyan color material roll 10a that stores a cyan roll color material and a yellow color material roll 10c that stores a yellow roll color material are arranged. Also,
A magenta color material roll 10b for accommodating a magenta roll color material and a black color material roll 10d for accommodating a black roll color material are arranged from the upper front side. The rolls 10a to 10d are rotatably supported by a carriage frame (not shown). Further, as is apparent from FIG. 1, the upper and lower color material rolls are arranged in a zigzag pattern with their central axes eccentric to each other. Therefore, the size of the carriage 9 can be reduced.

Further, in this laminating apparatus, the laminating order for color calibration is cyan → magenta → yellow → black, and the color material rolls 10a to 10d are arranged in the laminating order from the front side of the apparatus.
Therefore, when the four color materials are laminated on the mount, the moving distance of the carriage 9 is shortened and the work waiting time is shortened. In addition, the feeder main body 8 has each color material roll 10a.
A cutter device 11 for cutting the color material supplied from 10 to 10d into a predetermined length, and a motor 12 for driving the cutter device 11 are arranged. Further, on the feeder main body 8, a sensor 13a for detecting the origin position of the carriage 9, a sensor 13b for detecting that each of the color material rolls 10a to 10d have arrived at the supply position, and each color material roll 1 are provided.
Color sensors 153a to 153 for detecting colors 0a to 10d
d and are provided. A mechanism for driving the carriage 9 and sending out each color material will be described later. Configuration of Laminating Unit and Heat Roller Device The laminating unit 2 includes a heat roller device 15 disposed slightly below the center of the device and a little behind, and a color material transport unit for supplying color material to the heat roller device 15. 16, a mount carrier 17 for supplying a mount to the heat roller device 15, and a drive unit 18 for driving the heat roller device 15 and the carrier parts 16, 17.

The color material conveying section 16 includes a sheet color material guide section 20 for guiding the color material from the sheet color material insertion tray 4.
It has a roll-shaped color material guide portion 21 for guiding the roll-shaped color material from the feeder portion 3. Sheet-shaped color material guide 20
The sheet-shaped color material detection sensor 22 for detecting that the sheet-shaped color material has been inserted, and the color sensor 151 for detecting the color of the inserted sheet-shaped color material are also provided in 17 is provided with a mount detection sensor 23 for detecting insertion of a mount and a mark sensor 152 for detecting an identification mark (see FIG. 19) formed on the inserted mount. There is. Further, below the cutter device 11 of the feeder main body portion 8, a roll-shaped color material detection sensor 24 for detecting that the roll-shaped color material has been supplied is provided. Further, below the roll-shaped color material detection sensor 24, a length sensor 150 for detecting the length of the cut roll-shaped color material is provided.

When the color material 145 is not laminated on the mount 140, the identification mark 146 is not formed. On the other hand, each time the color material 145 is laminated,
As shown in FIG. 19, patches 146a, 146b, 146c forming the identification mark 146 during exposure are sequentially formed in the portion excluding the pattern area indicated by hatching. Here, for example, it is formed in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction indicated by the arrow. As shown in FIG. 20, the mark sensor 152 has a 3
It consists of two photoelectric switches 152a, 152b, 152c, which are turned on when they detect the patches 146a, 146b, 146c, respectively. Therefore, the combination of the detection results of the photoelectric switches 152a, 152b, 152c indicates which laminating step should be performed. For example, photoelectric switches 152a, 15
When 2b and 152c are all off, it indicates that the mount 140 on which no color material is laminated is inserted. When only the photoelectric switch 152a is turned on, the cyan color material is already laminated. It shows that a mount for laminating magenta coloring material has been inserted.

As shown in FIG. 2, the heat roller device 15 includes
It is composed of an upper heat roller 30 and a lower heat roller 31 with which the upper heat roller 30 is in pressure contact. Each heat roller 3
0 and 31 are cylindrical roller shafts 3 as shown in FIG.
2 and 33, and silicon rubbers 34 and 35 integrally formed on the surfaces of the roller shafts 32 and 33, respectively. Halogen lamp heaters 36 and 37 are inserted into the roller shafts 32 and 33, respectively. In the halogen lamp heaters 36 and 37, the winding density of the coil is coarser in the central portion than in the peripheral portions so that the heat distribution can be made uniform in the axial direction of the rollers. The roller shaft 33 of the lower heat roller 31 is rotatably supported by the left and right side plates 38, 39 via bearings. On the other hand, the roller shaft 32 of the upper heat roller 30 is rotatably supported via brackets by brackets 40, 41 mounted on the side plates 38, 39 so as to be able to move up and down. The brackets 40 and 41 are vertically moved by a motor 19 so that the upper heat roller 30 can take a laminating posture in which the lower heat roller 31 is in pressure contact with the lower heat roller 31 and a retracted posture in which the upper heat roller 30 is separated from the lower heat roller 31. ..

In the present laminating apparatus, the color material / mounting sheet conveying units 16 and 17 and the heat roller apparatus 15 conveys the colorant / mounting sheet while being biased toward one side plate 38 side, that is, a so-called one-sided reference system. Is. Then, in the heat roller device 15 portion, as shown in FIG.
From the position L1 to L1, the side edge of the mount is located, and the side edge of the color material is located at the position L3. A lower temperature sensor 42 is provided in contact with the surface of the lower heat roller 31, and an upper temperature sensor 43 is provided in contact with the upper heat roller 30. The lower temperature sensor 42 is fixed to the side plate 38 by a supporting member 44, and the upper temperature sensor 43 is fixed to the supporting member 45.
It is supported by the bracket 40. Each of the temperature sensors 42 and 43 is arranged so that the center thereof is located at the position L2 from the side plate 38. Therefore, the temperature sensors 42 and 43 are in contact with the regions of the heat rollers 30 and 31 through which the laminated paper passes. Here, the portion where the temperature sensors 42 and 43 are in contact is a portion corresponding to a portion other than the pattern region in the color material. For this reason,
Even if the heat rollers 30 and 31 are worn by the temperature sensors 42 and 43, the design is not adversely affected.

FIG. 4 shows a view in the direction of arrow IV in FIG.
As shown in this figure, the upper heat roller 30 is provided with a stabilizer mechanism 50. Stabilizer mechanism 50
Has connecting members 51 and 52 provided so as to project outward from the brackets 40 and 41, and a stabilizer rod 53 arranged parallel to the axis of the upper heat roller 30 at one end side in the paper transport direction. ing. Stabilizer rod 53
Are rotatably supported by the left and right side plates 38, 39. Both ends thereof are bent toward the upper heat roller 30 side at an angle of about 90 °, and the bent tips are respectively engaged with the left and right connecting members 51, 52.

The stabilizer mechanism 50 suppresses the inclination of the upper heat roller 30 even when the mount and the color material having a relatively narrow width as compared with the axial dimension of the heat rod device 15 are supplied. You can As shown in FIG. 2, the color material transport unit 16 has a color material transport roller 55. The color material transport roller 55 is provided on the upstream side of the heat roller device 15 in the transport direction, and the sheet-shaped color material guide portion 20.
And rollers for transporting the color material from the roll-shaped color material guide portion 21 to the heat roller device 15 side. Heat roller device 1
A guide member 56 for guiding the transport of the color material is provided between the color filter 5 and the color material transport roller 55. Further, below the guide member 56, a color material front end detection sensor 57 for detecting the front end of the color material and setting the conveyance timing thereof is provided.

In the mount transport unit 17, a mount transport roller 58 for transporting the mount is disposed below the color material transport roller 55. A guide member 59 for guiding the conveyance of the mount is provided between the heat roller device 15 and the mount transport roller 58. Below the guide member 59, a mount leading edge detection sensor 60 for detecting the leading end of the mount and setting the timing for transporting the mount is arranged.

On the downstream side of the heat roller device 15 in the carrying direction,
A guide member 61 for guiding the laminated paper is arranged, and a discharge / conveyance path is configured. On the downstream side of the heat roller device 15, below the guide member 61,
A discharge sensor 62 for detecting the laminated paper and detecting a jam is provided. Here, the heat roller device 15
The circumferential distances R1 and R2 from the nip position N to the temperature sensors 42 and 43 are set longer than the distance R3 from the nip position N to the discharge sensor 62. Therefore,
When a jam occurs, the jam is detected before the jammed paper is wound around the upper heat roller 30 or the lower heat roller 31 and reaches the upper temperature sensors 43 and 42, and the rotation of the heat roller device 15 is stopped. To be made. Therefore, the jammed laminated paper is
It is possible to prevent the temperature sensor 42, 43 from reaching the temperature sensor 43 and damaging the temperature sensors 42, 43. Configuration of Feeder Unit The feeder unit 3 is composed of the feeder main body 8 and the carriage 9 movable in the front-rear direction with respect to the feeder main body 8 as described above. As shown in FIG. 5, the feeder main body 8 is a drive mechanism 8 for moving the carriage 9.
It has 0. In addition, the frame of the carriage 9
A bracket 81 that is driven in the front-rear direction by the drive mechanism 80 is fixed.

The drive mechanism 80 has a drive motor 82 as shown in FIG. The drive motor 82 has a first drive sprocket 84 for feeding the roll-shaped color material through a joint 83 and a second drive sprocket 84 for moving the carriage 9.
The drive sprocket 85 is connected. The sprocket 85 is connected to a sprocket 86 for moving the carriage via a chain 87. The tension of the chain 87 is adjusted by a sprocket for tension adjustment. The second sprocket 88 is fixed to the shaft on which the sprocket 86 is mounted.
6 and the sprocket 88 are connected via a clutch 89.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG.
Supporting members 90 and 91 are disposed on the upper and lower ends of the front and rear sides of the side portion of. Sprockets 92, 93, 94 are rotatably supported by the support members 90, 91. A chain 95 is laid over each of these sprockets 88, 92 to 94. One end of the chain 95 is fixed to the bracket 81 of the carriage 9, and the other end is also connected to the bracket 81. With such a configuration, when the clutch 89 is turned on and the motor 82 is rotated, the carriage 9 can reciprocate between the position indicated by the solid line and the position indicated by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 5 by each sprocket and chain. It has become. A guide rail 96 is fixed to the feeder main body 8, and a guide roller 97 rotatably provided on the frame of the carriage 9 rolls on the guide rail 96. The sprockets 88, 92 to 94 and the chain 95 are provided on both left and right sides, and the left and right mechanisms are connected by a connecting shaft 98 shown in FIG. 7 to operate in synchronization. There is.

Further, in the feeder main body 8, a feeding mechanism 100 (FIG. 6 and FIG. 6) for feeding the roll-shaped color material of the color material roll moved to a predetermined position in the front-rear direction by the drive mechanism 80. 7) is provided. The delivery mechanism 100 includes a drive motor 82.
The first drive sprocket 84 connected to the sprocket 101, the sprocket 101, and the chain 102 hung between them.
And have. The tension of the chain 102 is adjusted by a sprocket for tension. The sprocket 101 has a large gear 105 via a clutch 104.
Is linked to. The sprocket 101, the clutch 104, and the large gear 105 are mounted on a shaft rotatably supported by the frame of the feeder main body 8.

On the other hand, on the carriage 9 side, the feeding roller device 106, corresponding to each color material roll 10a to 10d,
107, 108, and 109 are provided. Since the respective sending roller devices have the same configuration, the cyan sending roller device 106 will be described here. This device 106 is connected to one end side of a shaft 111 of the feed roller 110 and a feed roller 110 that presses each other and holds a roll-shaped color material between them, and a small gear that meshes with a large gear 105 on the feeder main body 8 side. And a gear 112. Further, between the small gear 112 and the frame 113 of the carriage 9, a friction pad 114 and a spring 1 for pressing the friction pad 114 to the small gear 112.
15 is provided with a mechanical brake.

The brake torque of this mechanical brake is set to be larger than the idling torque of the large gear 105 provided on the shaft of the clutch 104. Therefore, even when the small gear 112 meshes with the large gear 105 when the carriage 9 moves, it is possible to prevent the small gear 112 from rotating to rewind the roll-shaped color material or send it back to each roll side. To be done. Control Block This laminating apparatus has a control unit 120 as shown in FIG.
have. The control unit 120 includes a CPU 121, a ROM 122 that stores programs and the like, a RAM 123 that stores data, and a timer 124. Each of these circuits has an input terminal (L.
I. P) 125 and the output terminal (LOP) 126, each sensor in the laminating unit 2, the fan 131,
132, the drive motor 18 and the vertical drive motor 19. In addition, the input terminal (A
F. I. P) 127 and output terminal (AF.O.P) 12
8 are connected to each sensor in the feeder unit 3, the drive motors 12, 82, and the clutches 89, 104. Further, the control unit 120 is connected to the console panel 129. Further, the control unit 120 includes a CPU 1
It has a temperature adjusting circuit 130 connected to 21 and the like.
The temperature adjusting circuit (T. Cont) 130 includes upper and lower temperature sensors 42 and 43 and halogen lamp heaters 36 and 3.
Connected to 7. General operation In this laminating apparatus, it is possible to set the auto feed mode when laminating the color material and the mount. When this auto feed mode is selected, the identification mark 146 is formed on the mount or the laminated paper, and the mark sensor 152 is inserted by inserting the laminated paper on which the coloring materials of several colors are already laminated from the mount insertion tray 5. The color material is automatically selected according to the detection result of 1., and the roll-shaped color material is cut into a set length and sequentially laminated.

In the case of manual feeding, a mount or a laminated paper is inserted from the mount insertion tray 5, and a sheet-shaped color material is inserted from the color material insertion tray 4 according to the laminating order. The color material and the mount are laminated with the set degree of overlap. The outline of the laminating operation for the manual operation will be described.

First, when the mount is inserted from the mount insertion tray 5 into the laminating section 2, the mount detection sensor 23 detects the mount insertion. Then, the mount transport unit 17 draws the mount into the laminating unit 2, and when the leading end of the mount is detected by the mount leading edge detection sensor 60, the feeding of the mount is temporarily stopped. Next, when a sheet-shaped color material is inserted from the color material insertion tray 4, this color material is detected by the color material detection sensor 22.
Detected by. At this time, when the operator inserts a sheet-shaped color material different from the laminating order based on the detection result of the color sensor 151 and the laminating order, the operator is notified.

When the coloring material is normally inserted, the coloring material conveying section 16 operates and the inserted coloring material is drawn into the laminating section 2. When the front end of the color material is detected by the color material front end detection sensor 57, the feeding of the color material is once stopped. From this state, the mount and the color material are sent to the heat roller device 15 under the conditions set by the console panel or the like. In the heat roller device 15, the upper heat roller 30 and the lower heat roller 31 have a predetermined temperature (for example, the upper heat roller 135 ° C. and the lower heat roller 82) by the temperature adjusting circuit 130.
The temperature is controlled to (° C.), and the color material and the base paper pass between the heat rollers 30 and 31 to laminate them. The laminated backing sheet and color material are guided to the lower side of the apparatus along the discharge guide member 6, and the discharge tray 7
Guided above.

In the auto feed mode, when the mount is inserted and the start key on the console panel is pressed in the same manner as described above, the carriage 9 is moved according to the detection result of the mark sensor 152 and the desired color material roller is set to the cutter device 11.
It is moved to the upper feeding position. Then, the roll-shaped coloring material is sent to the coloring material conveying section 16 of the laminating section 2 by operating the feeding device. The subsequent operation is the same, and when the roll-shaped color material reaches a predetermined length, the cutter device 11 is activated to cut the roll-shaped color material.

When the small-sized color material and the backing sheet pass through the heat roller device 15 in the width direction, they are conveyed on the basis of one side, so that the reference side roller shaft may be lifted upward. In this case, the stabilizer rod 5
Since the opposite side is lifted by the torsional rigidity of 3, the roller shafts can always be positioned in parallel, and uniform lamination can be performed over the entire axial direction.

After the color material is laminated on the mount as described above, the cover film of the color material is peeled off, and the color separation film for the color plate and the laminated paper are brought into close contact with each other by an exposure device to perform exposure. At this time, the patches 146a, 146b, 146c forming the identification mark 146 are formed.
Then, the exposed coloring material is inserted into a developing device to obtain an image of a desired color (for example, cyan). In this way, the above-described processing is repeated in the order of laminating to obtain a color proof. Control operation The control operation will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

First, the overall control process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the start switch of the device is turned on, the program starts, and first, step S1
Then, the initial processing is performed. In this initial processing, each part is moved to the initial position and the temperature of the heat roller position 15 is adjusted. Next, in step S2, origin reset processing is performed. In this origin reset process, the transport speed of the transport system is calculated, and the time required for the color material and the mount to be transported in a predetermined section is calculated. When these processes are completed, the process proceeds to step S3 and a standby process is performed. In this standby process, various laminating conditions such as the setting of the laminating order and the setting of whether or not to automatically supply the color material (auto feed mode) are set by key input from the console panel, and the operation mode is set. RAM12 is the result of these settings.
When the standby process stored in 3 is completed and the start key is pressed, the program proceeds to step S4. In step S4, it is determined whether the auto feed mode is set. If the auto feed mode is set, the process proceeds to step S5. In step S5, a mount sheet setting process for setting the inserted mount sheet at a predetermined position of the mount sheet transport unit 17, and pulling out roll-shaped color material from a desired color material roll in the carriage 9 to a predetermined position of the color material transport unit 16. The roll color material setting process for setting is performed in parallel, and then the laminating process for laminating the mount and the color material is performed.

On the other hand, if the auto feed mode is not set, the program proceeds from step S4 to step S6. In step S6, a mount set process is performed in which the mount inserted from the mount insertion tray 5 is set at a predetermined position of the mount transport unit 17. Next, in step S7, the sheet-shaped color material inserted from the color material insertion tray 4 is
A color material setting process for setting the color material at a predetermined position of the color material transport unit 16 is performed. Next, in step S8, a mount and a sheet-shaped color material are supplied to the heat roller device 15 to perform a laminating process.

When the laminating process in step S5 or the laminating process in step S8 is completed, the process proceeds to step S9. In step S9, the mark sensor 152
On the basis of the detection result of (1), it is checked which layer (i) of the color material has been laminated, and in step S10, it is determined whether or not the i becomes "4". If the laminating process has not been completed for the four color materials, NO is determined in this step S10 and the process proceeds to step S11. In step S11, x1 for setting the deviation amount between the mount and the color material is decreased by d, and the process returns to step S4. The deviation between the mount and the color material will be described later. On the other hand, when the lamination is completed for all the color materials, YES is determined in step S10, and step S3 is performed.
Return to and wait for the next process.

Next, the initial processing in step S1 of FIG. 9 will be described with reference to FIG. In this initial processing, initial setting is first made in step S18. In this initial setting, processing such as moving the carriage 9 to the home position is performed. In step S19, the detection results of the color sensors 153a to 153d are checked, and in step S20, it is checked whether each color material roll 10a to 10d has the set color. When the color material rolls 10a to 10d of the set color are set, the process proceeds to step S21. If it is not set, the process proceeds to error processing. Next, in step S21, the rotation of the heat roller device 15 is started at a standby speed lower than the rotation speed during lamination.
Then, in step S22, the temperature adjustment circuit 130 of the control unit 120 starts temperature adjustment of the heat roller device 15. In step S23, it is determined whether the temperature adjustment has been completed. That is, the temperature of the upper heat roller 30 is 13
It becomes 5 ° C., and it is judged whether or not the lower heat roller 31 becomes 82 ° C. After waiting for the temperature adjustment to be completed, the program proceeds from step S23 to step S24. In step S24, the completion of temperature adjustment is displayed on the display unit of the console panel 129. Next in step S25
Then, after waiting for the clear key to be pressed by the operator, the process proceeds to step S26. This step S25
Is a process for the operator to move to the next step after surely confirming that the temperature has risen. Step S
At 26, the temperature adjustment completion display that has been displayed on the display unit of the console panel 129 is erased, and the origin reset display that is the next process is performed. In this way, the initial processing ends.

Next, the origin reset process performed in step S2 of FIG. 9 will be described with reference to FIG. When confirming that the origin reset display is made in step S26 of the initial processing, the operator presses the start key to shift to the origin reset processing. In step S30, the input of this start key is waited for, and then step S31.
Move to. In step S31, the heat roller device 15 is controlled to a rotation speed for laminating at a speed higher than the standby speed. Then, in step S32, the color material feed clutch is turned on to rotate the color material transport roller 55 of the color material transport unit 16. In step S33, the timer T1 is started, and the length sensor 1 such as the encoder connected to the color material transport roller 55 in step S34 is also used.
Count 50 pulses. Next, in step S35, it is determined whether or not the count value c1 of the length sensor has become "500". After waiting for the count value c1 to reach "500", the process proceeds to step S36, and the timer T1 is stopped in step S36. From step S33
In step S36, the time T1 for 500 pulses of the length sensor is measured. In step S37, the color material feeding clutch is turned off to stop the rotation of the color material carrying roller 55. Next, in step S38, the count value c
The speed SP of the color material transport roller 55 is calculated from 1 and the timer time T1. Here, the color material transporting roller 55 and the mount sheet transporting roller 58 are driven by the same drive system, so that the speed of the mount sheet transporting roller 58 is the same as the color material transporting roller 55.
It becomes the same as the speed SP.

Next, in step S39, the upper heat roller 30 is moved to the lower heat roller 31 side. At the same time, the timer T2 is started in step S40. In step S41, it is determined whether the upper heat roller 30 and the lower heat roller 31 have nipped. The nip between the heat rollers 30 and 31 is determined by the rotational speed of the motor for lowering the upper heat roller 31. After waiting for both heat rollers 30 and 31 to nip, it transfers to step S42. In step S42, the timer T2 is stopped. Then, in step S43, the upper heat roller 30
Stops the descent of and reverses the motor rotation to raise it to the origin position. Then, in step S44, the rotation speed of the heat roller device 15 is controlled to the standby speed.

From the velocities of the color material transport roller 55 and the mount transport roller 58 thus obtained, that is, the transport speed SP, and the time T2 required for the upper heat roller 30 to descend, the jam used in the subsequent processing. Calculate the required calculation time for detection. That is, step S4
5, the mount detection sensor 23 and the mount leading edge detection sensor 60
The distance N1 between and is divided by the transport speed SP to calculate the calculation time T3 when the mount is sent from the mount detection sensor 23 to the mount leading edge detection sensor 60. In step S46, when the sheet-shaped color material is sent from the color material detection sensor 22 to the color material tip detection sensor 57 by dividing the distance N2 from the color material detection sensor 22 to the color material tip detection sensor 57 by the transport speed SP. The calculation time T4 is calculated.

In step S47, the distance N3 from the mount edge detection sensor 60 to the discharge sensor 62 is set to the transport speed SP.
Divided by, and the sensor 60 for detecting the leading edge of the mount to the discharge sensor 62
The calculation time T5 when the mount and the color material are sent is calculated. In step S48, the color material tip detection sensor 5
From the time obtained by dividing the distance N4 from 7 to the nip position of the heat roller device 15 by the transport speed SP, the above step S
The calculation time T6 for starting the lowering of the upper heat roller 31 is calculated by subtracting the time T2 until the upper heat roller 30 nips obtained in 40 to S42. In step S49, the difference α between the nip position N between the heat rollers 30 and 31 and the color material leading edge detection sensor 57 and the mount sheet leading edge detection sensor 60, and the shift amount x1 between the mount and the end portions of the color material (see (See 18) is divided by the transport speed SP to calculate a calculation time T11 for starting the feeding of the color material so that the distance between the front end of the mount and the front end of the color material is x1. In this way, each calculation time is calculated, and the process shifts to the standby process.

In the standby process, various modes are set as described above, and keys are input to set conditions. Next, the process of step S5 when the auto feed mode is set will be described. First, FIG.
Also, the mount setting process and the roll color material setting process shown in FIG. 13 are executed. In the mount setting process, it is determined in step S54 whether the mount is inserted from the mount tray 5. This mount is inserted by the mount detection sensor 2
It is done by 3. When the backing sheet is inserted, the process proceeds to step S55, the detection result of the mark sensor 152 is read, and it is checked which step (third layer) of the laminated paper is inserted. In step S56, the mount feed clutch is turned on to rotate the mount transport roll 58. Next, in step S57, the timer T7 is started. In step S58, it is determined whether or not the timer T7 has exceeded the calculation time T3 for detecting the mount jam detected in step S45. If the time T7 does not exceed the mount jam detection time T3, the process proceeds to step S59, and it is determined whether or not the mount leading edge detection sensor 60 has detected the mount leading edge. The sensor 60 is the tip of the mount.
The steps S58 and S59 are repeatedly executed until it is detected by. Time T7 without detecting the leading edge of the mount
When the mount jam detection time T3 has arrived, the process proceeds to error processing. When the leading edge of the mount is detected within the jam detection time T3, the process proceeds to step S60, the mount feed clutch is turned off, and the rotation of the mount transport roll 58 is stopped. As a result, the conveyance of the mount is stopped with the front end of the mount positioned on the sensor 60.

On the other hand, if the start key of the console panel 129 is pressed during the mount setting process, YES is determined in step S61 of FIG. 13, and the process proceeds to step S62. In this case, the mount setting process and the roll color material setting process are performed in parallel. In step S62, the mark sensor 15 in step S55
According to the detection result of 2, the color material roll 10 to be laminated
Select a to 10d. Succeedingly, in a step S63,
The movement of the carriage 9 is started. In this case, the motor 82 is rotated, the clutch 89 of the drive mechanism 80 is turned on, and the clutch 104 of the delivery mechanism 100 is turned off. As a result, the rotation of the motor 82 is controlled by the bracket 8 of the carriage 9 via each sprocket and chain.
1, the carriage 9 moves forward from the origin position. Here, in the laminating process of the first layer,
Since the identification mark 146 is not formed on the mount, the selected color material roll (for example, the first
It is determined whether or not the cyan color material roll 10a) of the layer is moved to the supply position, that is, the position directly above the cutter device 11. When the color material roll reaches the desired position, the process proceeds to step S65, the clutch 89 is turned off, and the movement of the carriage 9 is stopped.

Next, in step S66, driving of the color material carrying roller 55 is started. In this state, in step S67, the roll-shaped coloring material having a predetermined length is fed by the feeding mechanism 100. Next, in step S68, it is determined whether or not the front end of the roll-shaped color material is detected by the color material front end detection sensor 57. If detected, the process proceeds from step S68 to step S69, and the color material transport by the color material transport roller 55 is stopped.

Here, the process of feeding the roll-shaped color material in step S67 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
In FIG. 14, in step S70, it is determined whether or not the roll-shaped color material has been fed by a predetermined length. If the paper has been sent for a predetermined length, the process proceeds to step S71. In step S71, the cutter device 11 is activated to cut the roll-shaped color material. Next, in step S72, the motor 82 is rotated in the reverse direction. Then, in step S73, the roll-shaped coloring material having a predetermined length is sent back. That is, the roll-shaped color material is fed back until the tip reaches the roll nip position in the carriage 9,
If it is sent back, the process proceeds to step S74. The amount of feeding back is performed by detecting the number of rotations of the feeding roller device 106 by an encoder or the like, for example. In step S74, the motor 82 and the cutter device 1
Turn off the motor of 1.

In this manner, the leading end of the mount is temporarily stopped at the position of the mount leading end detection sensor 60, and the roller-shaped color material is also stopped at the position of the color material leading end detection sensor 57. On the other hand, when the auto feed mode is not set, the mount and the color material are set by the processing of steps S6 and S7 in FIG. The control flow in this case is shown in FIG.

First, in step S79, it is detected whether or not the mount is inserted. The waiting process is executed until the mount is inserted. When the insertion of the mount is detected by the mount detection sensor 23, steps S79 to S80.
Move to. In step S80, the mark sensor 152
The detection result of is read, and it is checked which step (what layer) of the laminated paper has been inserted. In step S81, the mount feed clutch is turned on to rotate the mount transport roll 58. In step S82, the timer T
Start 7. Step S83 and step S8
The process of No. 4 is the same as the process of step S58 and step S59 in FIG. 12, and the jam of the mount is detected. If the leading edge of the mount is detected, step S
The routine proceeds from step 84 to step S85, the mount feeding clutch is turned off, and the mount conveying roller 58 is stopped.

Next, in step S86, the color material detection sensor 22 determines whether or not the sheet-shaped color material is inserted from the color material insertion tray 4. If the color material is not inserted, the waiting process is executed. When it is detected that the color material is inserted, the process proceeds to step S87. Step S8
At 7, the detection result of the color sensor 151 is read. In step S88, based on the detection result of the mark sensor 152 read in step S80 and the detection result of the color sensor 151 read in step S87, it is determined whether or not the sheet-shaped color material is correctly inserted in correspondence with the mount detected by the mark sensor 152. To judge. When it is determined that the color materials have been inserted in the laminating order, the process proceeds to step S89. In step S89, the color material feeding clutch is turned on to rotate the color material conveying roller 55. As a result, the sheet-shaped color material is transported to the heat roller device 15 side by the color material transport roller 55.

Next, in step S90, the timer T8 is started. Next, in step S91, it is determined whether or not the time T8 exceeds the calculation time T4 for detecting the color material jam. If not exceeded, step S92
Move to. In step S92, it is determined whether or not the tip of the color material is detected by the color material tip detection sensor 57. Steps S91 and S92 are repeatedly executed until the tip of the color material is detected. If the time T8 reaches the color material jam detection time T4 before the leading edge of the color material is detected, the process proceeds from step S91 to error processing.
When the color material is detected within the jam detection time T4, the process proceeds to step S93, the color material feed clutch is turned off, and the rotation of the color material transport roller 55 is stopped.

In this way, the mount is temporarily stopped at the position of the mount leading edge detection sensor 60, the sheet-shaped color material is temporarily stopped at the position of the color material leading edge detection sensor 57, and it is determined whether or not they are inserted in the laminating order. Is checked. Next, the laminating process in steps S5 and S8 of FIG. 9 will be described with reference to FIG.

As described above, the roll-shaped color material or the sheet-shaped color material is stopped at the position of the color material tip detection sensor 57, and the mount is stopped at the position of the mount tip detection sensor 60, and then the laminating process is performed. To execute. In this laminating process, first, in step S100, the heat roller device 15
Rotate at laminating speed. Step S101
Then, the timer T9 is started. Then, in step S102, it is determined whether or not the time T9 has reached 2 seconds. This time T9 is for ensuring a time until the heat roller device reaches a stable laminating speed when the motor for driving the heat roller is changed to the laminating speed.
When the time T9 becomes 2 seconds, the process proceeds to step S103. In step S103, the mount feed clutch is turned on to rotate the mount transport roller 58. This allows
The mount is supplied to the heat roller device 15 side. Also heater 1
At 04, the timer T10 is started. In step S105, it is determined whether the time T10 has reached the calculation time T11 for starting the color material feeding. Wait until the time T10 reaches the color material feeding start time T11, and then step S10
Go to 6. In step S106, the color material feed clutch is turned on to rotate the color material transport roller 55 and transport the color material to the heat roller device 15 side. In this way, by feeding the color material after a predetermined time from the start of the supply of the mount,
As shown in FIG. 18, the cyan color material 141 of the first layer is laminated with a distance x1 from the front end of the mount 140.

Next, in step S107, it is determined whether or not the time T10 has reached the calculation time for starting the lowering of the upper heat roller 30. After the time T10 reaches the time T6, the process proceeds to step S108. Step S10
At 8, the lowering of the upper heat roller 30 is started. Next, in step S109, the upper heat roller 30 is set to the lower heat roller 3
It is determined whether or not the nip is made to 1. When the nip has occurred, the process proceeds to step S110, and the lowering of the upper heat roller 30 is stopped.

Next, in step S111, time T10
Determines whether the calculation time T5 for detecting wrapping has been exceeded. If the determination in step S111 is yes, the process moves to step S112. In step S112, it is determined whether the discharge sensor 62 has detected the leading edge of the mount. If the leading edge of the mount is not detected, step S
111 and step S112 are repeatedly executed. Then, when the leading edge of the mount is not detected by the discharge sensor 62 during the wrap detection time T5, it is determined that the mount and the color material have been wound around the heat roller, and thus step S1.
The processing shifts from 11 to error processing. Winding detection time T5
If the front end of the mount is detected by the discharge sensor 62, the process proceeds to step S113. Step S11
At 3, it is determined whether the discharge sensor 62 is turned off.
That is, it is determined whether the mount and the color material have passed over the discharge sensor 62. When passing, step S11
4, the upper heat roller 30 is raised to the origin position. Next, in step S115, the heat roller device 15 is controlled to the standby speed. Then, in step S116, both the color material feed clutch and the mount paper feed clutch are turned off, and the rotation of the transport rollers 55 and 58 is stopped.

When the laminating process is completed as described above, the number of layers (i) is checked in step S9 of FIG. 9 as described above. If the result of this check indicates that the laminating process has not been completed for all color materials, the process proceeds from step S10 to step S11. In step S11, x1 which is the amount of deviation between the mount and the color material is set to (x1-d × i), and the process returns to step S4. Hereinafter, similar processing is repeatedly executed for the second layer, the third layer, and the fourth layer.

In this case, as shown in FIG.
0 to cyan color material 141, magenta color material 14
2, yellow color material 143 and black color material 144
Are shifted by a distance d, and the lower color material is laminated so that the upper color material covers the color material. Therefore, the color material is removed during the development process and the adhesive remaining on the mount is covered with the color material in the upper layer, and the mount 140 is prevented from being wrapped around the upper heat roller 30 by the residual adhesive. ..

Next, the error processing will be described with reference to FIG. In this error processing, all of the drive system are once turned off in step S120. And step S
At 121, an error display is made to turn on the LED of the part of the console panel 129 where the error occurred. Then, when the operator cancels the cause of the error and presses the power reset key, the process proceeds from step S122 to the initial process.

In such an apparatus, since the color material is selected based on the detection result of the mark sensor in the auto feed mode, it is possible to prevent a mistake due to an erroneous operation. Further, since the color sensor is provided, it is possible to prevent an error due to the wrong insertion of the sheet-shaped color material. The transport speed of the color material and the backing sheet is calculated before each use of the device, and the time for transport control such as jam detection when feeding the color material and backing sheet is calculated based on the calculation result. If a jam of material and mount occurs,
This can be detected accurately and quickly. Also,
The ends of the mount and the coloring material can be accurately aligned to desired positions, and accurate lamination can be performed. Also, even if the color material and the backing paper are wrapped around the heat roller, this wrapping can be detected immediately, and the wrapping area can be reduced, so the cleaning of the heat roller can be done in the minimum area and the equipment can be recovered quickly. Becomes

[0058]

As described above, in the present invention, the identification mark for identifying the laminating process is detected, and based on the detection result, one of the plurality of color materials stored in the color material storage means is detected.
Since it is possible to select one of them, it is possible to perform a laminating process of a coloring material according to the supplied laminating material. Therefore, it is possible to prevent erroneous supply of the material to be laminated.

In another invention, since the laminating operation is controlled based on the laminating order and the color of the supplied coloring material, even if an incorrect coloring material is supplied, the laminating operation is dealt with and the work is performed. Can tell the person about it. Therefore, it is possible to prevent erroneous supply of the color material.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic vertical cross-sectional configuration diagram of a laminating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a laminating unit.

FIG. 3 is a sectional front view of the heat roller device.

FIG. 4 is a plan sectional view of an upper heat roller device and a stabilizer mechanism.

FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a carriage drive mechanism of a feeder section of the apparatus.

FIG. 6 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a roll-shaped color material feeding mechanism of the apparatus.

FIG. 7 is a sectional plan view of a drive mechanism of a feeder section of the apparatus.

FIG. 8 is a control block diagram of the device.

FIG. 9 is an overall control flowchart of the device.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of initial processing.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of origin reset processing.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a mount setting process.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a roll-shaped color material setting process.

FIG. 14 is a control flowchart of a roll-shaped color material feeding process.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of a mount setting process and a color material setting process when the automatic feeder is not used.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart of laminating processing.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart of error processing.

FIG. 18 is a cross-sectional configuration diagram of a laminated mount and a color material.

FIG. 19 is a plan view of a mount.

FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram showing a relationship between an identification mark and a mark detection sensor.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Laminating section 3 Feeder section 8 Feeder body 9 Carriage 10a to 10d Color material roll 15 Heat roller device 16 Color material transport section 17 Mount sheet transport section 120 Control section 140 Mount sheet 145 Color material 146 Identification mark 146a to 146c Patch 151 Color sensor 152 mark Sensors 152a to 152c Photoelectric switch

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] March 30, 1992

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0014

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

Further, in this laminating apparatus, the order of laminating when performing color calibration is cyan → magenta → yellow → black, and the color material rolls 10a to 10d are arranged in the laminating order from the front side of the apparatus. For this reason, when laminating the four color materials on the mount,
The movement distance of the carriage 9 becomes shorter, and the work waiting time becomes shorter. In addition, the feeder main body 8 has each color material roll 1
A cutter device 11 for cutting the color material supplied from 0a to 10d into a predetermined length, and a motor 12 for driving the cutter device 11 are arranged. Further, the feeder main body 8 detects a sensor 13a that detects the origin position of the carriage 9, a sensor 13b that detects that each color material roll 10a to 10d has arrived at a supply position, and a color of each color material roll 10a to 10d. Color sensors 153a-1
And 53d are provided. A mechanism for driving the carriage 9 and sending out each color material will be described later. Configuration conveying unit and the heat roller apparatus laminating part 2 of the laminate unit includes a heat roller 15 which is disposed from the rear slightly from the center of the device, the colorant conveyance portion for supplying a coloring material to the heat roller 15 16, a mount carrier 17 for supplying a mount to the heat roller device 15, and a drive unit 18 for driving the heat roller device 15 and the carrier parts 16, 17.

[Procedure Amendment 2]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0042

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

In the standby process, various modes are set as described above, and keys are input for setting conditions. Next, the process of step S5 when the auto feed mode is set will be described. First, Fig. 1
2 and the mount color material setting process shown in FIG. 13 are executed. In the mount setting process, it is determined in step S54 whether the mount is inserted from the mount tray 5. The insertion of the mount is performed by the mount detection sensor 23. When the backing sheet is inserted, the process proceeds to step S55, the detection result of the mark sensor 152 is read, and it is checked which step (third layer) of the laminated paper is inserted. In step S56, the mount feed clutch is turned on to rotate the mount transport roller 58.
Next, in step S57, the timer T7 is started. In step S58, it is determined whether or not the timer T7 has exceeded the calculation time T3 for detecting the mount jam detected in step S45. If the time T7 does not exceed the mount jam detection time T3, the process proceeds to step S59, and it is determined whether or not the mount leading edge detection sensor 60 has detected the mount leading edge. The sensor 60 is the tip of the mount.
The steps S58 and S59 are repeatedly executed until it is detected by. Time T7 without detecting the leading edge of the mount
When the mount jam detection time T3 has arrived, the process proceeds to error processing. When the leading edge of the mount is detected within the jam detection time T3, the process proceeds to step S60, the mount feed clutch is turned off, and the rotation of the mount transport roller 58 is stopped. As a result, the conveyance of the mount is stopped with the front end of the mount positioned on the sensor 60.

[Procedure 3]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0047

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

First, in step S79, it is detected whether or not the mount is inserted. The standby process is executed until the mount is inserted. When the insertion of the mount is detected by the mount detection sensor 23, steps S79 to S8.
Move to 0. In step S80, the mark sensor 15
The detection result of No. 2 is read, and it is checked which step (what layer) of the laminated paper has been inserted. Step S81
Then, the mount feed clutch is turned on and the mount transport roller 58
To rotate. Further, the timer T7 is started in step S82. Step S83 and step S
The processing of 84 is the same as the processing of steps S58 and S59 in FIG. 12, and the jam of the mount is detected. When the leading edge of the mount is detected, the process proceeds from step S84 to step S85, the mount feed clutch is turned off, and the mount transport roller 58 is stopped.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A color proofing laminating apparatus for laminating a color material on a material to be laminated on which an identification mark for identifying a step of laminating color materials of a plurality of colors one by one is provided. A color material storage means capable of storing a color material, a detection means for detecting the identification mark of the material to be laminated, and a color material stored in the color material storage means based on a detection result of the detection means. A color proofing laminating apparatus comprising: selecting means; and an adhering means for adhering the color material selected by the selecting means to the material to be laminated. 2. A color proofing laminating apparatus for laminating color materials of different colors on a material to be laminated in a predetermined laminating order, a storage unit for storing the laminating order, and a color of the color material to be laminated. A color detecting means, a supplying means for supplying the color material and the material to be laminated, and a laminating means having an adhesive means for adhering the supplied color material and the material to be laminated, and the detection of the color detecting means. A color proofing laminating apparatus comprising: a control unit that controls the operation of the laminating unit based on the result and the stored contents of the storing unit.