JPH0581646U - Recording device pen parameter setting device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To facilitate the parameter setting of a recording pen in a recording device that is not equipped with a pen type identification mark reading device. [Structure] A pen storage table in which a pointer to a parameter table corresponding to the pen type of a recording pen held in the storage pen holder is stored by using the number of the storage pen holder as an address is prepared, and a pen replacement operation is performed. With the pen storage table and the parameter table,
Each parameter for the recording pen used is set automatically.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a parameter setting device for setting each parameter of a recording pen currently in use in a recording device in a corresponding memory device.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 Recording devices that use recording pens are equipped with multiple storage pen holders, and select one of the multiple storage pen holders from any of the multiple storage pen holders and attach it to the moving pen holder. Then, recording is performed on the recording paper by using the recording pen attached to the moving pen holder. By the way, there are various kinds of recording pens as recording pens, and various parameters when the pens are used, that is, an allowable speed, an allowable acceleration, an optimum writing pressure, etc. are different depending on the type of the recording pen. When recording with a recording pen, the parameters defined by the type of the recording pen must be observed. For example, if you record at a speed above the permissible speed range, the recording result will be faint, or conversely, if you record at a speed below the permissible speed range, ink “drops” will occur. Or significantly shorten the life of.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a recording apparatus to which the present invention is applied. In the figure, 3 is a CPU, 4 is an interactive input device, 30 is an internal bus, 31 is a ROM, 32. Is a RAM (the ROM and RAM are collectively referred to as a memory device 33), 40 is a keyboard constituting the interactive input device 4, 41 is a display device constituting the interactive input device 4, and the display device 41 is a CRT or LCD is used. 50 is an X and Y direction drive device that drives the position of a moving pen holder (not shown), 51 is an X and Y direction position detecting device that detects the position of the moving pen holder, and 60 is a recording device mounted on the moving pen holder A Z-direction (vertical direction) drive device for the pen, and 61 is a Z-direction position detection device for the recording pen.

When a pulse motor is used for the X and Y direction driving device 50, the X and Y direction position detecting device 51 is configured by an integrating device that integrates the number of input pulses to the pulse motor. . Driving of the moving pen holder in the X and Y directions, driving of the recording pen in the Z direction, pen exchange between the storing pen holder and the moving pen holder, and the like are executed under program control by the CPU 3.

FIG. 1 is a format diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. Among them, the one corresponding to the parameter table 1 has existed in the past and will be described with reference to FIG. In the parameter table 1 of FIG. 1, 10 is an address, 11 is a pen type, 12, 13, and 14 are parameters, for example, 12 is velocity, 13 is acceleration, and 14 is writing pressure. For convenience of reading the parameter table 1, the pen type 11 and the address 10 have a fixed relationship. In a conventional recording device, a pen type identifying mark is provided on the recording pen, a reading device for reading the pen type identifying mark is provided on the pen holder, and the recording pen newly attached to the moving pen holder during execution of the pen replacement program. Is read, and each parameter stored in the parameter table 1 is read from the read type of the recording pen and set in the corresponding memory device (that is, register).

[0006]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 As a reading device for reading the pen type identification mark provided on the pen holder side of the conventional device as described above, a device in which a plurality of reflected light intensity reading devices are connected is used, and therefore the device is relatively expensive. become. Therefore, in an inexpensive recording device, the reading device provided on the pen holder side is omitted, and the parameter table 1 is also omitted, so that the operator can read the pen type and interact with each parameter corresponding to the read pen type. The corresponding registers are manually set via the die input device 4, but this manual setting is troublesome and often causes an error.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and a pen parameter setting device of a recording device that can set the parameters of a recording pen in use without error without the above-described reading device. Is intended to provide.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The pen parameter setting device of the recording apparatus according to the present invention creates the pen storage table by previously inputting the type of the recording pen stored in each storage pen holder with the number of the storage pen holder as an address by the interactive input device. Then, when the pen replacement program is started and the number of the storage pen holder where the recording pen newly moved to the moving pen holder is stored is known, the pointer to the parameter table is read from the pen storage table from this number. The feature is that the parameter table is accessed and each parameter read from the parameter table is set in each register.

[0009]

【Example】

 FIG. 1 is a format diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and the parameter table 1 has been described as a conventional technique and will be omitted here. 2 is a pen storage table, 20 is its address, 21 is a pen holder number for storage, 22 is a pen type, and 23 is a pointer to the parameter table 1. The pen holder number 21 for storage has the same numerical value as the address 20, so that the pen holder number 21 is a number starting from 0. Further, since the pointer 23 to the parameter table has only to be read from the pen storage table 2, the storage pen holder number 21 and the pen type 22 are not necessarily stored.

FIG. 3 is a format diagram showing an example of the LCD display 42 on the display device 41, where 420 is the number of the pen holder for storage and 421 is the pen type of the recording pen stored in the pen holder for storage of that number. 3 is started, a subroutine program for creating the pen storage table 2 is started, the interactive input device 4 prompts for input, and when the operator inputs with the keyboard 40, the display of FIG. 3 is not displayed on the display device 41. Then, the data of the second row of the pen storage table of FIG. 1 is stored at the position where the address 20 of the pen storage table is 1. In this way, the pen storage table 2 for the recording device is completed.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a parameter setting subroutine program. In the figure, S0 to S6 are program steps. In the subroutine program for pen replacement, if the number of the storage pen holder in which the recording pen newly attached to the moving pen holder is stored is found, step S1 is entered, and if the pen type has not been changed by the replacement. , Go to step 6 and return to the pen exchange subroutine program (this is the main program for the parameter setting subroutine program).

If the determination in S2 is YES, in S3, the pointer 23 to the parameter table is read from the pen storage table 2 and the parameter table 1 is accessed, and the type of the recording pen and various parameters are read out. After setting in the register of (S4), the display of setting end (S5) is displayed and the parameter setting subroutine is ended.

For the purpose of setting the parameters, neither the pen type 22 of the pen storage table 2 nor the pen type 22 of the parameter table 1 is necessary. For example, when a display as shown in FIG. Needs to remember the pen type. At the end of setting, if the display shown in FIG. 3 is displayed, the operator can confirm that the machine has not malfunctioned.

[0014]

[Effect of the device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to set each parameter of the recording pen in use without error even in a recording device that does not have a reading device for reading the pen type identification mark.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a format diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a recording apparatus to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a format diagram showing a display example of a display device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Parameter Table 2 Pen Storage Table 4 Interactive Input Device 11 Pen Type 23 Pointer to Parameter Table

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A recording pen held by an arbitrary storage pen holder among a plurality of storage pen holders is selected and mounted on a moving pen holder, and the recording pen mounted on the moving pen holder is used to print on recording paper. In the case where recording is performed on the recording pen, in the pen parameter setting device of the recording device that sets the parameters of the recording pen in the memory device, a parameter table that stores each parameter of the recording pen at an address position determined by the type of the recording pen, the storage described above. The address of the parameter table corresponding to the pen type of the recording pen held in the pen holder for storing the number is transferred to the address position corresponding to the number of the pen holder as data (pointer to the parameter table) by the interactive input device. Means to write, create pen storage table, pen exchange program When the ram is activated and the recording pen held in the storage pen holder of an arbitrary number among the plurality of storage pen holders is mounted in the moving pen holder, the number of the storage pen holder is used as the pointer. A means for reading a pointer to the parameter table from the pen storage table, accessing the parameter table by the read pointer, and setting each parameter read from the parameter table in a corresponding memory device, is provided. Pen parameter setting device for recording device. 2. A pen type corresponding to an address is stored in the parameter table, and a means is provided for reading out the corresponding pen type and displaying it on a display device when setting various parameters of the parameter table. The pen parameter setting device for a recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: