JPH05330150A - Printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To divide and output original data, which cannot be printed at a time, by printing and outputting an auxiliary line together with divided data when one original data are divided into (n) times and printed and output. CONSTITUTION:Sensors 205, 206 read an auxiliary line displaying the boundary of data printed together with No. m data when No, m+1 data are printed. The relative positional relation of No. m data and No. m+1 data is corrected. The variation of a hand shake and printing speed exceeding a correction limit can be made to inform by stages by using a warning sound and the flashing, etc., of a lamp. A printing section 201 is divided into two sections, and 211 represents a main printing section and 212 a correction printing section. Data are printed only by the main printing section 211 under a normal printing state, in which there is no hand shake. When printing displacement is observed by the auxiliary-line read sensors 205, 206, data are printed by using the correction printing section 212.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable compact printing apparatus which can be mounted on a compact portable terminal such as a portable telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An example of a conventional portable compact printing apparatus will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of a conventional portable compact printing apparatus. 4 in FIG.
Reference numeral 01 is a printing unit, and 402 is an operation unit. When printing,
The printing unit is pressed against the paper and the entire printing apparatus is moved by hand to perform printing (for example, EPSON PWP-PEN, Casio COPY PEN, pen-type handy writer).

[0003]

However, in the above configuration, the size of characters, figures, illustrations, etc. that can be printed is determined by the size of the printing section, and original data that exceeds the size of the printing section cannot be printed. There wasn't. If the above data is divided and printed, the m-th and m-th
It was very difficult to take the correct relative position between the + 1st data.

[0004]

In order to solve the above problems, the printing apparatus of the present invention comprises a dedicated printing section for printing auxiliary lines together with data. A sensor for reading the auxiliary line printed together with the m-th data at the same time as printing the m + 1-th data is provided.
In addition, a buzzer and a lamp are provided to inform the user of camera shake exceeding the limit of print correction and high / low printing speed. The auxiliary line is
Print using ink that disappears after a certain period of time. Also, make the auxiliary line a color that cannot be seen by passing through a copier.

[0005]

With the above arrangement, the present invention prints the (m + 1) th data while the auxiliary line printed together with the mth data is read by the sensor. As a result, even if the data is divided and printed, the relative positional relationship between the data can be corrected. In addition, when the camera shake detected by the sensor or the level of the printing speed exceeds the limit of print correction, a warning sound or blinking of a lamp is used to notify. Further, by using a color that disappears in the auxiliary line for a certain period of time or a color that cannot be seen by passing through a copying machine, it is possible to finally obtain an output without the auxiliary line.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A portable compact printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment in which a portable compact printing apparatus according to the present invention is mounted on a mobile phone. In FIG. 1, 101 is a transmitting / receiving antenna, 102 is a speaker, 103 is a display unit,
104 is an operation unit such as a dial, 105 is a microphone, 106
Is a printing device mounted at the bottom of the main body.

FIG. 2A shows a printing device mounted on the lower part of the main body of the mobile phone. In FIG. 2A, 201
Is a printing unit, which is configured by using a thermal transfer printer,
Printing is performed by pressing the printing device against the paper and sliding the main body in one direction of the arrow 200. Here, if a thermal transfer printer or the like is used in the printing section, it is not necessary to incorporate printing paper in the main body, and the main body can be made smaller and lighter.

Reference numerals 202 and 203 denote printing units for auxiliary lines. The auxiliary line is printed with the data.
This auxiliary line indicates the upper and lower boundaries of the data and gives a reference when printing the next data. Reference numeral 204 is also a printing unit for the auxiliary line. This auxiliary line gives a standard for the print start position and print end position of the next data. The number of auxiliary lines is not limited to the above three. 20
The auxiliary line printing units 2, 203 and 204 are separate from the printing unit 201. This makes it possible to separate the ink of the original data from the ink of the auxiliary line, and to use a color that cannot be seen by passing it through the copier to the ink of the auxiliary line. Finally, it is possible to prevent the auxiliary line from remaining. It is also possible to print the auxiliary line with volatile ink that disappears after a certain period of time. Then, the unnecessary auxiliary line disappears as the material data in the end. As the volatile ink, there is a method of using an erasable ink containing a leuco dye, a color-developing agent, and a solvent as main components. Further, if the auxiliary line may remain in the printed data, the ink of the auxiliary line can be made thinner than the ink of the printing section.

Next, a method of correcting print data will be described. Reference numerals 205 and 206 denote sensors for reading upper and lower boundary auxiliary lines of print data. The sensor is
When printing the (m + 1) th data, the auxiliary line indicating the boundary of the data printed together with the mth data is read. Then, the relative positional relationship between the mth data and the m + 1th data is corrected. It should be noted that the shaking motion exceeding the correction limit and the level of the printing speed can be notified step by step by using a warning sound or blinking of a lamp. The printing unit 201 is divided into two parts as shown in FIG. 21
Reference numeral 1 is a main printing unit, and 212 is a correction printing unit. In the normal printing state without shaking, data printing is performed only by the main printing unit 211. When printing misalignment is observed with the auxiliary line reading sensors 205 and 206, 21
The correction printing is performed using the correction printing unit No. 2.

Further, FIG. 3 (a), FIG. 3 (b), FIG.
The auxiliary line will be described in detail with reference to (c). As shown in FIG. 3A, the original data 3 to be output
The height h of 01 is larger than the width w302 that can be printed at once by the printing device equipped in the main body of the mobile phone. Therefore, the original data 301 is divided into several times and output as shown in FIG. At this time, the above-mentioned auxiliary line is printed together with the data in order to match the vertical connection and the left-right relative connection between the m-th output data and the m + 1-th output data. An example of the auxiliary line is shown in FIG. In FIG. 3C, reference numeral 321 is an auxiliary line for showing the upper and lower boundaries of the divided and printed data. Reference numeral 322 denotes the left end of the document, which is an auxiliary line for giving a guide for the print start position of the next print data.
An auxiliary line 323 indicates the right end of the document and gives a guide for the print end position of the divided and printed data. 324 is a direction in which the printing apparatus is slid.

[0011]

As described above, the printing apparatus of the present invention can output original data that cannot be printed at one time in several steps by using a portable small-sized printing apparatus. At the time of printing, the auxiliary line is also printed together with the m-th data. Then, the auxiliary line is observed using a sensor when printing the (m + 1) th data. Thereby, the print data is corrected. Therefore, the relative positional relationship between the mth data and the m + 1th data can be correct.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a mobile phone equipped with a compact printing apparatus according to the present invention.

2A is a configuration diagram of a small-sized printing apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 2B is a detailed diagram of a divided data printing unit.

FIG. 3 (a) is a comparison diagram of the width of the printing apparatus of the present invention that can be printed at one time and the size of original data. FIG. 3 (b) is an allocation diagram for printing original data divided into n times (c) Is an auxiliary line printed with the original data

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a conventional portable compact printing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 transmitting / receiving antenna 102 speaker 103 display unit 104 operating unit 105 microphone 106 printing device 200 printing direction 201 printing unit 202 auxiliary line printing device for upper and lower printing borders 203 auxiliary line printing device for upper and lower printing borders 204 Auxiliary line printing device for starting and ending printing 205 Border auxiliary line reading sensor 206 Boundary auxiliary line reading sensor 211 Main printing part 212 Correction printing part 301 Original FAX data to be output 302 Width that printing device can print at once 321 Aux Line 322 Auxiliary line 323 Auxiliary line

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yuji Hayashino 1006 Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A printing apparatus for printing by holding a printing unit in a hand and moving it against a sheet of paper.
A printing apparatus, which prints out an auxiliary line together with the divided data when the print data is divided into a plurality of times. 2. The auxiliary line printed together with the original data uses ink that disappears after a certain period of time, so that the auxiliary line is not finally left in the output original. 1. The printing device according to 1. 3. By using a color that cannot be seen by passing through a copier on an auxiliary line printed with original data,
2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary line is not left finally when the output document is once applied to a copying machine. 4. When printing the (m + 1) th data, the sensor reads the printing boundary line printed together with the (m) th original data, and shows the relative positional relationship between the (m) th data and the (m + 1) th previous data. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, which has a correction function. 5. The correction limit is notified by a warning sound or blinking of a lamp when the shake detected during printing the data based on the auxiliary line exceeds the correction limit. The printing device described.