JPH05309906A - Printer control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To ensure a highly accurate printing position by printing and displaying the leading end position and rear end position of paper at an interval of a predetermined dimension before the start of the printing operation of output data and after the completion of said printing operation in matching relation to printing operation by a control system performing printing output to roll paper. CONSTITUTION:The length of paper is displayed by printing leading and rear end marks consisting of the leading end mark printings 22-1, 22-2 and printing areas 23-1, 23-2 of paper 21, the predetermined dimension 25 of the printing area from the leading end of the paper and the predetermined dimension 26 of the rear end of the paper from the printing area in matching relation to printing operation and a first printing position and a final printing position are controlled from the angle of rotation or feed length dimension of a feed roller at the same time.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printer control system for controlling a print output device of information equipment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Printers for roll paper are conventionally limited to a range of simple usage,
As with other cut paper and folding continuous paper compatible printers, it was rare that the printing position accuracy of the paper was strictly requested. However, roll paper has gained a great deal of interest in recent years because it offers significant advantages in terms of simplification, stabilization, and cost compared to other forms of paper transport mechanism.

However, when printing is performed in negative units on a roll-shaped continuous paper, it is extremely difficult to cut and align it to a predetermined size. For each predetermined size, for example,
It is necessary to determine the print position from the leading edge of the paper with an accuracy of 1/10 millimeter unit, and it is necessary to cut the paper after printing by calculating backward from the print position.

It is a criterion for determining the overall print quality that the print position of each page is printed with extremely high precision with respect to the size of the paper. In this case, although various proposals have been proposed for a roll paper compatible printer, for example, a cut mark of A4 vertical size unit is previously printed on the roll paper (referred to as a premark), and a reading sensor is provided in the printer mechanism. There is also a method in which the mark is detected, the mark is idly fed to a predetermined position, and printing is started from that position.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a print output form under conventional control.
Will be described. In FIG. 4, 41 is a printing paper,
42-1, 42-2, 42-3 are print areas, 43-
Reference numerals 1, 43-2, 43-3 denote print areas and virtual paper leading edge position dimensions, and 44-1, 44-2, 44-3 denote virtual paper leading edge positions (cutting corresponding positions). And this printing paper 4
Printing areas 42-1, 42-2, 42-
3 ... There are print output groups, and when cutting each to make a standard size, the print area and virtual paper tip position predetermined size 43-1, 43-2, 43-3 ...
Since the virtual points of the virtual paper leading end positions (corresponding cutting positions) 44-1, 44-2, 44-3 that are the result of back-calculating the dimensions of the Measure and fix the position. However, since various values are used for determining the position by various forms, the dimension confirmation becomes extremely complicated.

[0006]

In the above-mentioned conventional method, the print format is limited, and
Due to the stability of the reading sensor circuit, the characteristics of the printing ink, etc., extremely advanced technology is required, and there are problems in terms of reliability and cost. In addition, there is a problem in that a plurality of pre-mark papers must be prepared depending on the type of print form or that the loading of paper must be changed every time the print form is changed.

[0007]

According to the printer control method of the present invention, in a printer device in which a roll-shaped continuous printing paper is loaded and printed out, a "leading end mark" which means the leading end position of the paper before starting the printing operation. Is provided, a printout operation is performed with predetermined data, and after the printing operation is completed, a control means for controlling so as to print a "rear end mark" indicating the end of the page is provided. Also, a printer control system according to another invention of the present invention is
It is provided with a control means for preliminarily storing the printing paper dimensions of the "leading edge mark" and the "trailing edge mark" and automatically adding the printing of the mark in this printing operation.

Further, a printer control system according to still another invention of the present invention is the printer control system according to the first invention, wherein a position to be printed by a code corresponding to an instruction of a "leading edge mark" and a "trailing edge mark" is given every time print data is transferred. It is provided with a control means for controlling so as to specify. A printer control system according to another invention of the present invention is the printer control system according to the first invention, wherein only the "leading edge mark" is printed according to an instruction to continuously print a plurality of pages, and each "leading edge mark" is printed between pages. Is provided, and a control means for controlling so that only the last page is printed with the "rear end mark" is also provided.

[0009]

According to the present invention, a control method for printing on roll paper is used. Before and after the printing operation of the output data is started, the leading end position and the end position of the paper are printed together with the printing operation at predetermined intervals. indicate.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS First, before explaining the embodiments, in order to facilitate the understanding of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the functional outline of a general roll-paper-compatible printer device for explaining the present invention. explain. In FIG. 1, 1 is roll paper, 2-1 and 2-2 are feed rollers, 3 is a print head portion, and 4 is print completion paper.

The print head unit 3 has a "leading edge mark" which means the leading edge position of the paper prior to the start of the printing operation.
After printing, the printout operation is performed with the specified data, and after the printing operation is completed, the "tail mark" that indicates the end of the page
It has a control means for controlling to print, and the size of the printing paper of the "leading edge mark" and the "trailing edge mark" is stored in advance and the printing of the mark is automatically added in this printing operation. And a control means for controlling so as to specify the printing position by the code corresponding to the instruction of the "leading edge mark" and the "rear edge mark" each time the print data is sent and received. Only the "leading edge mark" is printed according to the instruction to print multiple pages continuously, and it is controlled so that only the "leading edge mark" is printed between each page, and the "rear edge mark" is printed only on the last page. It has control means for controlling.

Next, the operation of the roll paper compatible printer shown in FIG. 1 will be described. First, the roll paper 1 is a roll part of the roll paper before printing, and is pulled out from the print head part 3 by the feed roller 2-1 and printing is performed at this position. Then, after that, what is drawn out and printed by the feed roller 2-2 is stocked in a free form on the printing completion sheet 4. Then, the operator cuts the printed matter of the printing completed paper 4 into a proper size by a cutting machine and uses it.
In this printing mode, as shown in FIG. 4, the printed groups are printed out so that they are arranged at a certain dimensional interval, which makes the cutting operation of the post-processing extremely difficult.

The printer control system according to the present invention is implemented as follows. The present invention makes it possible to obtain a high-precision printed matter at a low cost which does not require pre-mark paper by simultaneously processing the complicated work in the above-mentioned conventional technique at the time of executing the printing operation and displaying the position with high precision. Is. 2 and 3 are views for explaining an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a print output form by the control of the present invention (page unit control) showing one embodiment of the present invention, that is, in units of one page. FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing an example of output, and FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the present invention in the form of print output by control of the present invention (continuous print control), that is, an example of continuous print output. FIG.

In FIG. 2, which shows an example of output in page units, 21 is a print sheet, 22-1 is an example of printing the "leading edge mark", 22-2 is the next page "leading edge mark" in the case of printing the next page. Is shown. Reference numerals 23-1 and 23-2 indicate respective print areas in page units, and reference numeral 24 indicates "rear end mark" printing. Reference numerals 25 and 26 are required dimensions defined by the form, and are dimensions in which a plurality of values are defined. The size 25 indicates a predetermined size from the front end of the paper to the print area, and the size 26 indicates a predetermined size from the print area to the rear end of the paper. In FIG. 3 showing an example of continuous print output, 31 is a print sheet, 32-1 and 31-2 are only the “leading edge mark” of each page, and 32-2 is a “rear edge mark”.
By overlapping and displaying the "leading edge mark" on the next page, the trailing edge mark printing 24 in FIG. 2 is omitted, and a predetermined size of the trailing edge of the paper is set from the printing area so that a predetermined size can be obtained by cutting once. In this example, the size 35 and the predetermined size 36 of the print area from the front end of the paper are displayed in one print.

The cutting virtual positions (virtual paper leading end positions) 44-1, 44-2, 44 shown in FIG.
-3 indicates that the cutting can be performed with extremely high precision by the display printing of the front end mark printing 22-1, 22-2 and the rear end mark printing 24 of FIG. 2 and the display printing of the front end mark printing 32-1 and 32-2 of FIG. To do. Further, the positions of the "leading edge mark" and the "trailing edge mark" mean that they are the leading edge portion and the trailing edge portion of the sheet piece after the sheet is cut. It is most necessary to be able to support various dimensions such as the printing standard of the above, or "document standard" that is commonly used by companies.

Therefore, according to the present invention, these FIG.
From the front end of the paper to the predetermined size 25 of the print area, from the print area to the predetermined size of the rear end of the paper 26, or from the front end of the paper to the predetermined size of the print area 34, from the print area to the predetermined size of the rear end of the paper 35, from the front of the paper Predetermined size of print area 3
It is possible to obtain an arbitrary size by creating a numerical value in which the size corresponding to 6 is converted into the paper feed pitch of the printing operation and adding a control code meaning a multiple thereof to the program for each print command. There is.

Further, a plurality of multiple groups of the above numerical values are stored and stored in advance in the control unit of the printer device, and a plurality of types of pitch dimensions which can be selected by the user when designing the print form are prepared and limited to prepare data. To improve processing speed,
The size of the application range for execution and the size of the resulting effect can be easily determined. As described above, the present invention makes it possible to ensure extremely high printing position accuracy from a paper cutting position in a roll paper compatible printer, and prints on cut paper or folding paper and roll paper. The accuracy can be made equal to or higher than that of printing after printing and cutting into page units by post-work.

As a result, it is possible to reduce the load on the entire printer paper drive mechanism and the control circuit, which can greatly contribute to the cost and reliability. The merit on the side of the user is that the cost of paper is greatly reduced by using roll paper, and the cost and reliability of the printer device can be greatly improved. Further, a plurality of pre-mark papers need to be prepared depending on the type of print form or the paper needs to be changed each time the print form is changed, but the present invention can solve all of these problems.

Further, the printer control system of the present invention does not require the pre-mark nor the series of control circuits including the reading mechanism. Further, according to the present invention, the roll paper is pulled out, the portion at the position of the print head is virtually set as the leading end position of the print paper, and when the print operation of the data sent and received by the print command is completed, the print operation of the predetermined pattern is performed. After that, the prepared print data to be originally output is printed out. in this case,
The size of the print start position from the "tip mark" is controlled by operating the paper size or the output mode as well as the predetermined size for the idle feed, so that the "tip mark" of the paper cutting machine after printing is controlled. By cutting according to the position, the relational dimension between the printing position and the cut paper tip is matched very accurately. The position of the "rear end mark" after printing is handled in the same manner as the above "front end mark", the predetermined dimension is calculated by the end instruction, and the "rear end mark" printing is operated after the idle feed dimension is fixed. To do.

[0020]

As described above, the present invention is a control system for printing on roll paper, and printing the leading edge position and the trailing edge position of the paper at a predetermined interval before and after printing the output data. Since it is printed and displayed along with the operation, even when using roll-shaped printing paper to print out various forms, it is possible to specify all subsequent cutting positions with a high degree of freedom by the program at the output command. Therefore, there is an effect that it is possible to provide a printing apparatus having extremely excellent cost performance which does not require pre-position display on paper and does not require preparation of pre-marked paper of plural forms. Since it is possible to print out cut paper and folding paper with the same or higher positional accuracy, it not only greatly reduces the paper cost, but also drastically reduces the mechanical section and control section, improves reliability through simplification, and reduces cost. And, there is an effect that the cost of the consumable goods (paper) of the user (user) can be significantly reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an outline of a general roll paper compatible printer function used for explaining the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a print output form diagram according to the control of the present invention showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a print output form diagram according to the control of the present invention showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a printout form by conventional control.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Roll Paper 2-1 and 2-2 Feed Roller 3 Print Head Part 4 Print Completion Paper 21 Paper 22-1 and 22-2 Leading Edge Mark Printing 23-1 and 23-2 Printing Area 24 Rear End Mark Printing 25 From the leading edge of the paper Specified size of the print area 26 Specified size of the rear edge of the paper from the print area 31 Paper 32-1, 32-2 Tip mark printing 33-1, 33-2 Print area 34 Specified dimension of the print area from the tip of the paper 35 Paper from the print area Specified size of the trailing edge 36 Specified dimension of the printing area from the front of the paper

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A printer apparatus for loading continuous roll-shaped printing paper and printing it, after printing a "leading edge mark" meaning the leading edge position of the paper before starting the printing operation, a printing output operation based on predetermined data is performed. A printer control method comprising: a first control unit that controls to print a "rear end mark" indicating the end of the page after the printing operation is completed. 2. The printer control system according to claim 1, wherein print sheet dimensions of the "leading edge mark" and the "rear edge mark" are stored in advance, and mark printing is automatically added in this printing operation. A printer control system comprising a second control means for controlling. 3. The printer control method according to claim 1, wherein each time print data is transferred, control is performed to specify a printing position by a code corresponding to an instruction of “leading edge mark” and “rear edge mark”. A printer control method comprising a control means. 4. The printer control method according to claim 1, wherein only the "leading edge mark" is printed according to an instruction to continuously print a plurality of pages, and only the "leading edge mark" is printed between each page. A printer control system comprising a fourth control means for controlling so as to print the "rear end mark" only on the last page.