JPH05330204A - Printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a printer allowing a person to feel a waiting time to be short during printing. CONSTITUTION:Melody producing means 54, 56 producing a melody in synchronous relation to the printing of a character by a printer unit 12 are provided along with the printer unit 12 printing a character. Even a long waiting time during printing can be felt to be short without any sense of boredom.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printer device for printing characters and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, personal word processor devices have become widespread in general households, and have been made more sophisticated and faster. Generally, a printer device is attached to a personal word processor device so that the typed contents can be printed immediately. The printer attached to the word processor is a simple printer such as a thermal transfer printer, and although it has been recently made faster, it still requires a lot of time for printing. Further, normally, the word processor is exclusively used during printing, and other operations such as character input cannot be performed.

[0003]

Therefore, when printing with a personal word processor,
There was a problem in that the user had to wait without doing anything until the printing was completed, which made him feel tedious and very long. An object of the present invention is to provide a printer device which makes it possible to make the waiting time for printing feel shorter.

[0004]

The above object is to provide a printer device having a printing means for printing characters and the like, further comprising melody generating means for emitting a melody in synchronization with the printing of the characters and the like by the printing means. Is achieved by the printer device.

[0005]

According to the present invention, since the melody generating means for emitting a melody in synchronization with the printing of characters and the like by the printing means is further provided, it is possible to feel short without boring even during a long waiting time during printing.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A word processor equipped with a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a word processing device,
2 is a bottom view of the word processing device, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state where a keyboard of the word processing device is attached, FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the word processing device, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing the operation of the word processing device. Is.

The word processor device of this embodiment is shown in FIG.
As shown in (a), it is composed of an apparatus main body 10 and a printer unit 12. The apparatus body 10 and the printer unit 12 are connected by a cable 14. A table 16 for a keyboard is formed at the center of the upper surface of the device body 10. As shown in FIG. 3A, the table 1
By placing the sheet-shaped keyboard 18 on the sheet 6, the sheet-shaped keyboard 18 can be replaced. As shown in FIG. 3B, the operator can input characters and the like by pressing the character portion of the sheet-shaped keyboard 18 placed on the table 16. Multiple types of sheet-like keyboard 18, for example, a katakana keyboard,
Special sheet-like keyboards such as hiragana keyboard, kanji keyboard, alphabet keyboard, pictogram 1 keyboard, pictogram 2 keyboard, and timetable keyboard are prepared.

On the upper right side of the upper surface of the apparatus body 10, the power source O
An operation key 20 for performing various operations such as N / OFF, deletion, and character feeding is provided, and a liquid crystal display unit 22 for displaying input characters and the like is provided on the upper left of the upper surface of the apparatus body 10. There is. As shown in FIG. 2, rubber rollers 24 are provided at four locations on the bottom surface of the apparatus body 10. The rubber roller 24 rotates according to the rotation of the feed knob 26 provided beside the apparatus body 10. When the feed knob 26 is rotated, the rubber roller 24 is rotated so that the apparatus body 10 moves on the printing paper.

The printer device of the word processor device of this embodiment is provided as a self-propelled printer unit 12 separately from the device body 10. Printer unit 1
2 is provided with a print switch 28, and when the print switch 28 is pressed, the printer unit 12 is self-propelled on a print sheet by a DC motor (not shown) and a character is printed by a printer head (not shown). Print etc.

As shown in FIG. 1B, a guide rail 30 for guiding the printer unit 12 is formed at the rear portion of the apparatus body 10. Printer unit 12
As shown in FIG. 1 (a), a hook 32 is provided on the side of the device and engages with the guide rail 30 of the apparatus body 10.
As a result, it is possible to print characters and the like on the printing paper while the printer unit 12 is self-propelled along the guide rail 30 on the rear portion of the apparatus body 10.

Further, since the printer unit 12 is detachable from the guide rail 30, the printer unit 12 can be detached from the apparatus main body 10 as required to print characters and the like at any place as a handy printer.
The word processor device of this embodiment is provided with a CPU 40 for controlling the entire device, as shown in FIG.
A mask ROM 42 storing a control program and the like is connected to the CPU 40. CPU 40 is mask R
A control program stored in the OM 42 controls the entire apparatus.

A keyboard 18 for inputting characters and the like is connected to the CPU 40, and the liquid crystal display unit 2 is also provided.
A liquid crystal driver 44 for driving 2 is connected. Characters and the like input from the keyboard 18 are displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 22 by starting the liquid crystal driver 44. Furthermore, CPU
40 is a printer head 46 of the printer unit 12.
A motor drive unit 52 for driving and controlling a DC motor 50 for moving the printer unit 12 is connected with a thermal head driver 48 for driving the printer unit 12. When the print switch 28 of the printer unit 12 is pressed down, the DC head 50 is driven by the motor drive unit 52 to allow the printer unit 12 to run, while the thermal head driver 48 is being driven.
The thermosensitive printer head 46 is driven by this to print characters and the like on printing paper.

Further, the CPU 40 is connected to a melody generating section 54 which is a feature of this embodiment, and a speaker 56 for emitting a melody is connected to the melody generating section 54. While the print switch 28 of the printer unit 12 is being pressed to print characters and the like on the printing paper, the melody generating section 54 causes the speaker 56 to emit a predetermined melody.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5 (a), even when the printer unit 12 is self-propelled along the guide rail 30 at the rear portion of the apparatus body 10 to print characters in a regular form on the printing paper, As shown in FIG.
Even when the printer unit 12 is detached from the apparatus main body 10 to print characters or the like at an arbitrary place as a handy printer, the melody is kept flowing while the print switch 28 is pressed to print characters or the like on the printing paper.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the melody is emitted while the characters and the like are printed, the waiting time can be felt very short without boring until the printing is completed. .. The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made. For example, in the above embodiment, the present invention is applied to the self-propelled printer device provided in the word processor device, but the present invention may be applied to the printer device integrated with the word processor device.

Further, the present invention may be applied to a single printer device, not limited to the printer device provided in the word processor device.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the melody generating means for emitting a melody in synchronization with the printing of characters by the printing means is further provided, it is possible to prevent boredom even during a long waiting time during printing. You can feel short.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a word processor device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a bottom view of a word processor device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a mounted state of a keyboard of the word processor device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a word processor device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the word processor device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... Device main body 12 ... Printer unit 14 ... Cable 16 ... Table 18 ... Keyboard 20 ... Operation key 22 ... Liquid crystal display part 24 ... Rubber roller 26 ... Feed knob 28 ... Print switch 30 ... Guide rail 32 ... Hook 40 ... CPU 42 ... Mask ROM 44 ... Liquid crystal driver 46 ... Printer head 48 ... Thermal head driver 50 ... DC motor 52 ... Motor drive unit 54 ... Melody generation unit 56 ... Speaker

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A printer device having a printing means for printing characters and the like, further comprising melody generating means for emitting a melody in synchronization with the printing of the characters and the like by the printing means. 2. The printer device according to claim 1, further comprising a print switch for instructing to start printing, wherein the printing means prints characters and the like while self-propelled according to an instruction from the print switch, A printer device, wherein the generating means emits a melody in response to an instruction from the print switch.