JPH0986005A - Multipath recording apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To individually set modes at every plurality of printing paths by reading mode data from a mode memory means on the basis of the position of a friction level or the signal from a filling port judging means to set the same to data for paper feed and printing. SOLUTION: In a printing mode setting means 21, when the pins of first and second slip paper automatic feeders or first and second tractors are selected by the panel 30 provided to a case member or an external device, a work memory 22 is loaded with the corresponding printing mode data from a mode memory means 23 on the basis of these set data. When slip paper is manually inserted in first and second paper supply ports, the corresponding mode data is read from the mode memory means 23 on the basis of the signal from an insertion port judging means 20 to load the work memory 22 with the mode data. By this constitution, modes can be individually set at every plurality of printing paths.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording apparatus which is equipped with a manual paper feed port, a cut sheet automatic paper feed mechanism, and a continuous paper feed mechanism and is capable of printing on various recording papers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Along with the diversification of printing media, a single recording device is provided with a plurality of sizes of cut sheet automatic paper feeding device, a continuous paper feeding tractor, and a manual paper feeding port. It enables automatic feeding of standard-size recording paper of different sizes from the automatic paper feeding device, continuous paper feeding for printing large amounts of data such as forms, and cut sheets at the manual paper feed port. A multi-pass recording device that can also perform temporary printing when loaded is put into practical use.

[0003]

According to such an apparatus, although recording sheets of various sizes can be easily dealt with,
Since the format data such as top margin, bottom margin, page length, etc. are set as common items, the style data printed last time is set even though a different paper feed path is selected. It is necessary to reset the data each time, and there is a problem that the operation is troublesome.

The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and its object is to set a style individually for each of a plurality of print passes, and to select a print pass to obtain a predetermined style. It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel multi-pass recording device that can print.

[0005]

In order to solve such a problem, according to the present invention, at least a manual paper feed port, a cut sheet automatic paper feed mechanism, a continuous paper feed mechanism, and recording to a paper feed mechanism are performed. In a recording apparatus that is equipped with a friction switching lever that switches the pressure contact force of the medium and prints on a plurality of types of recording media by the recording head, from any of the manual paper feed port, the cut sheet automatic paper feed mechanism, and the continuous paper feed mechanism. A loading port determination means for detecting whether a recording medium is loaded, the manual feed port, the cut sheet automatic paper feeding mechanism, respective print style data for the continuous paper feeding mechanism, and at least the loaded recording medium. A style storing means including a non-volatile memory storing default style data that can be sent to a printable area, a position of the friction lever, and Or so and a print style setting means for setting a formatted data as data for the paper feed and print reads from style storage means based on a signal from the loading opening determining means.

[0006]

According to the present invention, the print styles individually determined according to the position where the recording medium is loaded are stored, and the corresponding print style is selected from the style storing means based on the loaded position of the recording medium to execute printing. . If the print style is not set, the default style data is selected to enable printing.

[0007]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which reference numeral 1 is a platen which also serves as a paper feeding mechanism, which supports a recording medium and receives pressure from a recording head 5. Is the recording medium single-cut paper,
A driven roller whose pressure contact force is adjusted into two types, large and small, is in contact with the operating rod 3 connected to the friction switching lever 2 in correspondence with continuous paper. A lever position detector 16 is connected to the operating rod 3 so that the pressure contact force of the recording medium can be detected and converted into an electric signal.

A carriage 4 is arranged so as to be opposed to the printing area of the platen 1 and movable parallel to the axial direction of the printing area, and a recording head such as an ink jet recording head, a wire impact recording head, or a thermal transfer recording head is disposed on the carriage 4. 5 is installed.

A first tractor 6 for feeding continuous paper and a first paper feed port 7 for manually inserting single-cut paper are arranged at the lower front portion of the platen 1, and on the back side of the platen 1. Is the second tractor 8 for feeding continuous paper,
On the upper part thereof, there are provided first and second bin cut sheet automatic paper feeders 9 and 10, and on the upper part, a second manual paper feed port 11.

The first tractor 6 and the first recording medium conveying path 12 into which the recording medium from the first paper feed port 4 enters are provided with a first medium detector for detecting the recording medium entering therein. Reference numeral 13 denotes a second tractor 8, first and second cut sheet automatic paper feeders 9 and 10, and a second manual paper feed port 1.
The second recording medium conveyance path 1 into which the recording medium from 1 enters
A second medium detector 15 is arranged at 4.

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which reference numeral 20 is a loading port determination means for the first and second parts.
The position of the recording medium loaded in the printing area is determined based on signals from the medium detectors 13 and 15 and the lever position detector 16.

That is, when the friction switching lever 2 is set on the side with a large pressure contact force and a signal is output from the first medium detector 13, the friction force switching lever is output from the first paper feed port 7. When 2 is set to the side with a large pressure contact force and the signal is output from the second medium detector 15, it is determined that the recording paper is loaded from the second paper feed port 11.

Reference numeral 21 denotes a printing style setting means, which is a panel 30 provided on the box or an external device, and is provided with bins of the first and second automatic cut sheet feeding devices 9 and 10, or first and second bins. When the tractors 6 and 8 are selected, the corresponding print style data is loaded from the style storage means 23, which will be described later, into the work memory 22 based on these setting data, and the first and second paper feed ports are also loaded. When sheets 7 and 11 are manually loaded, the corresponding format data is read from the format storage unit 23 based on the signal from the loading port determination unit 20 and loaded into the work memory 22. .

When the setting data is input from the external device or the panel 30, the data from the external device or the panel 30 is stored in the work memory 22, and the corresponding format data is not stored. Reads the preset value data into the work memory 22 and sets it. . Then, when the type of the recording medium is changed, the style data used for printing immediately before is stored in the original area of the style storage unit 23.

Reference numeral 23 denotes the above-mentioned format storage means, which is composed of a rewritable nonvolatile memory, and has a predetermined value, the first and second paper feed ports 7 and 8, the first bin, First and second cut sheet automatic paper feeders 9 and 10, which are second bins
Also, the upper and lower margins, the lower margin, the right margin, the left margin, and the page length of each of the first and second tractors 6 and 8 can be written and read.

Reference numeral 25 in the drawing denotes a paper feed motor 27.
And a reference numeral 26 denotes a print control means for operating the recording head on the basis of print data from an external device based on the print mode.

In this embodiment, in order to print a large amount of documents on a single-cut sheet, the friction switching lever 2 is switched to the friction side in order to give a large pressure contact force suitable for transporting the single-cut sheet, and a box body. One of the two cut sheet automatic paper feeders 9 and 10, for example, the first cut sheet automatic paper feeder 9 to be the first bin is selected from the panel 30 of FIG.

As a result, the print style setting means 21 loads the style data stored as the style of the first bin from the style storing means 23 into the work memory 22. The paper feed control unit 25 operates the paper feed motor 27 to feed the paper based on the style data in the work memory 22, and performs the paper feed so that the upper margin designated by the style data is obtained.

If the corresponding form data is not set in the form storing means 23, the print form data of the specified value is loaded into the work memory 22 and at least the first cut sheet automatic paper feeding device 9 is loaded. The cut sheets loaded from are conveyed to a printable position. In addition, external devices and panel 3
When the style data is input and set by 0, the print style setting unit 21 updates the data in the work memory 22 based on this data. The medium feeding control means 25 compares the upper margin of the specified value with the upper margin of the new format data stored in the working memory 22, and waits for the input of print data if they are the same.

On the other hand, when the upper margin of the format data set in the work memory 22 is larger, the medium feed control means 25 causes the paper feed motor 27 to rotate forward by the difference and further feeds the paper. To wait for print data input.

Since the upper margin of the format data, which is the specified value, is set to a minimum value such that the recording medium can be conveyed to the print area, when it is reset from the external device or the panel 30, the advance operation is performed. However, since the pullback operation is avoided, a recording apparatus that does not have a paper pressing member on the carriage, such as a recording apparatus using an inkjet recording head as the recording head 5, tends to occur at the time of pullback. It is possible to prevent contact between the recording medium and the recording head 5 and prevent contamination of the recording medium.

When a print signal is input in this state, the print control means 26 executes printing based on the format data in the work memory 22.

When printing for one print data is completed and the second sheet, the single-cut sheet automatic paper feeder 10, is selected from the panel 30 or an external device in order to print on a different recording medium, for example, B5 size paper. , Printing style setting means 21
Causes the format storage means 23 to save the format data of the first bin of the work memory 22 used in the previous printing, and instead reads the format data of the second bin from the format storage means 23 to the work memory 22. To load.

When a print signal is input from an external device in this state, the medium feeding control means 25 and the print control means 26 are similar to the above, and the automatic cut sheet feeder 10 based on the format data of the work memory 22. Print on the recording medium from.

On the other hand, when the friction switching lever 2 is switched to the tractor side to print on a long sheet of paper and a light pressure contact force suitable for printing on a long sheet of paper is set, the printing style setting means 21.
Detects that the type of the recording medium has been changed by a signal from the position detector 16 and causes the format storing means 23 to save the format data of the second bin loaded in the working memory 22.

When one of the tractors, for example, the second tractor 8 is selected from the panel 30 or an external device in this state, the print style setting means 21 stores the style data of the long paper of the second tractor 8 in the style storing means 23. Read out from and loaded into the work memory 22.

When a print signal is input from the external device in this state, the medium control means 25 and the print control means 26 execute printing on the long paper based on the style data in the work memory 22.

At the stage when the printing of the long paper is completed, a pressure contact force suitable for the single-cut sheet is applied so as to print on the single-cut sheet in a manner not set for the first bin and the second bin. When the friction switching lever 2 is switched to the friction side for setting, the printing style setting unit 21 causes the position detector 16 to operate.
It is detected that the recording medium has been switched by the signal from and the form storage means 23 saves the form data of the second tractor 8 loaded in the working memory 22.

Subsequently, when a single-cut sheet is inserted into the second manual paper feed port 11, the leading edge of the single-cut sheet is detected by the second medium detector 15, so the loading port determination means 20
Based on the signals from the second medium detector 15 and the lever position detector 16, it is determined that a single-cut sheet has been loaded in the second paper feed port 11.

The print style setting means 21 is the style storing means 2
3 to the form data of the second paper feed port 11 to the work memory 2
Load 2 When the predetermined time has elapsed, the medium feeding control means 25 automatically loads the loaded paper into the print area based on the data in the work memory 22, and waits for the input of print data.

When print data is input from an external device, the medium feed control means 25 and the print control means 26 execute printing based on the format data in the work memory 22.

In order to print on another recording medium, sheets other than the second sheet feeding port, that is, the first sheet feeding port 7 are loaded with single-cut sheets, or the first and second single-cut sheets are fed from the panel 30. When the automatic paper feeders 9 and 10 and the first and second tractors 6 and 8 are selected, the print style setting unit 21 stores the style data of the second paper feed port 11 loaded in the work memory 22. After being saved in the form storage unit 23, the form data corresponding to the selected paper feed form is read from the form storage unit 23 and loaded into the work memory 22.

Thereafter, each time the paper feed form is switched in this way, the form data in the work memory 22 is saved in the form storage means 23, and then the form data corresponding to the selected paper feed form is sent from the form storage means 23. The data is read to the work memory 22, and thereafter the work memory 22 is used until the paper feeding mode is switched.
Printing is continued based on the form data of.

[0034]

As described above, in the present invention,
A loading port determination unit that detects whether a recording medium is loaded from a manual paper feed port, a cut sheet automatic paper feed mechanism, or a continuous paper feeding mechanism, a manual paper feed port, and a cut paper automatic feed mechanism , Style storage means storing respective print style data for the continuous paper feeding mechanism, and at least default style data capable of sending the loaded recording medium to the printable area, and the position of the friction lever and / or
Or, since it is provided with a print style setting means for reading style data from the style storage means based on a signal from the loading port determination means and setting it as data for paper feeding and printing,
The printing style for each loading position of the recording medium can be automatically selected, and the setting operation of the printing style accompanying the path change can be eliminated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a printing mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a paper feed path of the same printing mechanism.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of a style storage unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Platen 2 Friction Switching Lever 4 Carriage 5 Recording Head 6 First Tractor 7 First Manual Paper Feed Port 8 Second Tractor 9 Automatic Bin Paper Feeder for 1st Bin 10 Automatic Cut Sheet for 2nd Bin Paper Feeding Device 11 Second Manual Paper Feeding Port 12 First Recording Medium Conveying Path 14 Second Recording Medium Conveying Path 13 First Medium Detector 15 Second Medium Detector 16 Lever Position Detector

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of types of recording heads provided with at least a manual paper feed port, a cut sheet automatic paper feed mechanism, a continuous paper feed mechanism, and a friction switching lever for switching the pressure contact force of the recording medium to the paper feed mechanism. In a recording device for printing on a recording medium, a loading port determination means for detecting whether the recording medium has been loaded from the manual feeding port, the cut sheet automatic paper feeding mechanism, or the continuous paper feeding mechanism; Non-volatile storing the print style data for each of the paper feed port, the cut sheet automatic paper feed mechanism, and the continuous paper feed mechanism, and the default style data capable of sending at least the loaded recording medium to the printable area. A style storing means including a memory,
A multi-pass including a printing style setting means for reading style data from the style storing means based on a position of the friction lever and / or a signal from the loading opening determining means and setting the data as paper feeding and printing data. Mold recorder. 2. The multi-pass recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the paper feed amount of the default form data is set to be smaller than that of other form data. 3. The printing style setting means loads the data from the style storing means into the working memory and saves the data in the working memory into the working style storage means when the loading path is changed. The multi-pass recording apparatus according to claim 1. 4. The printing style setting means sets the default style data to the default style data when style data corresponding to the manual paper feed port, the cut sheet automatic paper feed mechanism, and the continuous paper feed mechanism are not set. The multi-pass recording device according to claim 1, wherein the multi-pass recording device is set by reading from a non-volatile memory. 5. The multi-pass recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for externally setting the style data.