JPH0627153U - Printer device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] The present invention doubles the printing speed as compared with the current serial printer device, enables printing on both sides of the paper without turning the paper over, and further replaces the paper. Enables printing on paper, with multiple widths, without. According to a print mode, print data input by a print control unit 4 is distributed, and then the first print data distributed by the print control unit 4 is printed on a sheet 9 by a first print head 8. The second print head 13 arranged in a predetermined positional relationship with the first print head 8 prints the second print data distributed by the print controller 4 on the paper 9 or another paper 9.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a printer device that performs high-speed printing, double-sided printing, parallel printing, and the like.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 A serial printer device is conventionally known as one of printer devices used in a computer system or the like.

This serial printer device has a box-shaped casing, a cylindrical platen rotatably provided in the casing, and a position facing the platen in the casing along the platen. A print head that is movably provided, a paper feed mechanism that is provided on the rear surface side of the housing and that takes in paper such as continuous paper outside the apparatus, supplies the paper to the platen, and winds the paper around the platen. It is equipped with a paper ejection mechanism that is attached and ejects the paper printed by the print head, and a control board that controls the operation of each part of the device. At this time, print data is printed on the paper in the format specified by this print command, and this is discharged to the outside of the device.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 By the way, in such a serial printer device, it is difficult to improve the printing speed due to the mechanical structure of the print head, so that there is a problem that it is only possible to secure the printing speed to some extent at present.

In addition, when printing a form or the like that needs to be printed on both the front and back sides, after printing on the front side of the paper, it is manually set again on the serial printer device and set on the back side. It had to be printed, and in fact, it was too time-consuming to print such a form.

Further, when printing on paper having different widths, it is necessary to remove the previous paper set in the serial printer and set the paper having the width to be printed in the serial printer. However, there was a problem that it was troublesome.

In view of the above circumstances, the present invention can double the printing speed as compared with the current serial printer device, and can print on both sides of the paper without turning the paper over. It is an object of the present invention to provide a printer device having a plurality of widths, which can be printed on paper and ejected without being replaced.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the printer device according to the present invention distributes the print data input according to the print mode in the printer device which prints on the paper based on the input print data and discharges it. A print data distributing section, a first printing mechanism for printing on the paper based on the first print data distributed by the print data distributing section, and a first printing mechanism arranged in a predetermined positional relationship with the first printing mechanism. A second printing mechanism for printing on the paper or another paper based on the second print data distributed by the print data distributor.

[0009]

[Action]

 In the above configuration, after the print data input by the print data distribution unit is distributed according to the print mode, the first print data distributed by the print data distribution unit is printed on the paper by the first printing mechanism. The second print data distributed by the print data distribution unit is printed on the paper or another paper by the second print mechanism arranged in a predetermined positional relationship with the first print mechanism.

[0010]

【Example】

 FIG. 1 is a side view of essential parts showing an embodiment of a printer device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration example of the control circuit thereof.

The printer device shown in this figure includes a mechanism unit 1 housed in a box-shaped casing, and a control command stored in the casing and output from a computer or the like (not shown). And a control circuit 2 for controlling the mechanism section 1 and each section of the apparatus to perform a printing operation based on a control command output from the computer or the like (not shown). Do either one of two-sided printing or multi-sheet printing.

The control circuit 2 takes in the print data output from the computer and stores the print data in a FIFO (first-in first-out) format, and based on a control command from the computer or the like, The print control unit 4 that performs the process of distributing the print data stored in the main memory unit 3 and the first print data output from the print control unit 4 are fetched and stored in the FIFO format to A first memory section 5 to be sent to the mechanical section 1 and a second memory section to take in the second print data output from the print control section 4, store it in a FIFO format, and send it to the mechanical section 2. It is equipped with 6.

Then, based on a control signal from the computer, one of high-speed printing, double-sided printing, and multiple-sheet printing is set, and the print data output from the computer is fetched and stored in the main memory unit. 3, the print data temporarily stored in the main memory unit 3 based on the setting contents is distributed to the first memory unit 5 and the second memory unit 6, and the first memory unit 3 stores the print data. The print data stored in the unit 5 and the second memory unit 6 are supplied to the mechanism unit 1, respectively.

The mechanism unit 1 includes a first platen 7 rotatably arranged on the rear surface side of the housing, and a first platen 7 movably arranged on the rear surface side of the first platen 7 along the first platen 7. A print head 8 and a first tractor which is arranged on the upper side of the first platen 7 in the housing so as to be movable back and forth, and which carries the paper 9 taken out from the paper feed section and hung on the first platen 7. 10, a paper hook 11 provided below the first platen 7 in the housing, a second platen 12 rotatably arranged on the front side of the housing, and a rear surface of the second platen 12. A second print head 13 that is movably disposed along the second platen 12 on the side, an intermediate lower portion between the first platen 7 and the second platen 12 in the housing, and the first tractor. Take the paper 9 fed out from The second tractor 14 that is loaded and supplied to the second platen 12, and the paper 9 that is disposed on the upper side of the second platen 12 inside the housing and that is fed out from the second platen 12 are taken in. It is equipped with a third tractor 15 for discharging the paper to the tray.

Then, one of high-speed printing, double-sided printing, and multi-sheet printing is set based on a control signal from the computer, and the front-rear position of the first tractor 7 is set based on the setting content. At the same time, the sheet 9 is hung on the second platen 12 via the first platen 7, and then the first print head 8 is caused to perform a printing operation based on the first print data output from the control circuit 2. , The second print head 13 is caused to perform a printing operation based on the second print data to perform either one of high-speed printing, double-sided printing, and printing on a plurality of sheets.

Next, referring to FIGS. 3 to 8, the high-speed printing operation, the double-sided printing, and the multi-sheet printing of this embodiment will be sequentially described.

<High-speed printing operation> First, when the high-speed printing operation is designated by the control signal from the computer, the first tractor 10 is moved forward as shown in FIG. Is pulled out and is hung in the path of the first platen 7 → the first tractor 10 → the second tractor 14 → the second platen 12 → the third tractor 15 → the discharge tray.

Further, at this time, as shown in FIG. 4, after the print data output from the computer is fetched in the main memory unit 3, this is fetched by the print control unit 4 and the print data of the first and second pages are read. The data is transferred to and stored in the second memory unit 6, and the print data on the third and fourth pages is transferred to and stored in the first memory unit 5.

Then, when the print start command is output from the computer, the print data of the first and second pages is printed by the second print head 12 while the paper 9 is being conveyed by the first tractor 10 to the third tractor 15. The first print head 8 prints the print data of the third and fourth pages on the third and fourth pages of the paper 9, respectively. When the printing of the 4th page to the 4th page is completed, the printed sheet 9 is discharged onto the sheet discharge tray.

<< Double-sided Printing >> When the double-sided printing operation is designated by the control signal from the computer, the first tractor 10 is moved backward as shown in FIG. It is pulled out and hung in the path of the first tractor 10, the first platen 7, the paper rack 11, the second tractor 14, the second platen 12, the third tractor 15, and the paper discharge tray.

Further, at this time, as shown in FIG. 6, after the print data output from the computer is fetched in the main memory unit 3, this is fetched by the print control unit 4 and two pages of blank data and 1 The front side print data of the second page is transferred to and stored in the second memory section 6, and the back side print data of the first and second pages are transferred to and stored in the first memory section 5.

When a print start command is output from the computer, the first print head 8 causes the first and second tractors 10 to 15 to convey the paper 9, and the first print head 8 causes the third and fourth pages of the paper 9 to be conveyed. When the back side print data of the first and second pages are printed on the eyes and this is conveyed to the second platen side, the second print head 13 causes the first and second pages of the paper 9 to be printed on the first and second pages. The front side print data of the second page is printed, and the printed sheet 9 is discharged onto the sheet discharge tray.

<< Multi-Paper Printing >> Further, when the multi-paper printing operation is designated by the control signal from the computer, the first tractor 10 is moved forward as shown in FIG. 9 is pulled out, and this is hung in the path of the first platen 7 → the first tractor 10 → the paper ejection tray, and the paper 9 is pulled out from the other paper feeding section, which is the second platen 12 → the third tractor 15 → the ejection It can be hung from the paper tray.

Further, at this time, as shown in FIG. 8, after the print data output from the computer is fetched in the main memory unit 3, this is fetched by the print control unit 4 and the A-vote print data is stored in the second memory unit. 6, and the B-slot print data is transferred to and stored in the first memory section 5.

Then, when a print start command is output from the computer, one sheet 9 is conveyed by the first tractor 10 and the B print data is printed on each page of the sheet 9 by the first print head 8. The printed and printed paper 9 is discharged onto the paper discharge tray, and while the other paper 9 is not conveyed by the third tractor 15, the second print head 13 prints A on each page of the paper 9. The print data is printed and the printed paper 9 is discharged onto the discharge tray. As described above, in this embodiment, two print head mechanisms are provided and the print operation is performed by combining them. The printing speed can be doubled compared to the current serial printer, and it is possible to print on both sides of the paper 9 without turning the paper 9 over. Further, it is possible to print on the paper 9 having a plurality of widths and discharge the paper 9 without changing the paper 9.

Since two print head mechanisms are provided, two-color printing can be performed by changing the colors of the ribbons set on the print heads 8 and 13.

[0027]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, the printing speed can be doubled as compared with the current serial printer, and the paper can be printed on both sides without being turned over. It is possible to print on paper with multiple widths and eject it without changing it.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of essential parts showing an embodiment of a printer device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration example of the printer device shown in FIG.

3 is a side view of essential parts showing an example of high-speed printing operation of the printer apparatus shown in FIG.

4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of high-speed printing operation of the printer device shown in FIG.

5 is a side view of essential parts showing an example of double-sided printing operation of the printer apparatus shown in FIG.

6 is a schematic diagram showing an example of double-sided printing operation of the printer device shown in FIG.

7 is a side view of essential parts showing an example of a multi-sheet printing operation of the printer apparatus shown in FIG.

8 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a multi-sheet printing operation of the printer apparatus shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mechanism part 2 Control circuit 3 Main memory part 4 Print control part (print data distribution part) 5 1st memory part 6 2nd memory part 7 1st platen (1st printing mechanism) 8 1st print head (1st printing mechanism) ) 9 paper 10 first tractor 11 paper hook 12 second platen (second printing mechanism) 13 second print head (second printing mechanism) 14 second tractor 15 third tractor

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A printer device that prints on paper based on input print data and ejects the print data, the print data distributing unit distributing the input print data according to the print mode, and the print data distributing unit. A first printing mechanism that prints on the sheet based on the distributed first printing data; and a second printing data that is arranged in a predetermined positional relationship with the first printing mechanism and that is distributed by the printing data distribution unit. A second printing mechanism for printing on the paper or another paper.