JPH11221954A - Roll paper - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a roll paper whose residual length can be grasped easily as compared with a conventional one. SOLUTION: End marks 4 are put on the sheet 2 of a roll paper 1 within a range of predetermined length from the end 3 thereof. The end mark 4 indicates the residual length of the sheet 2 stepwise. More specifically, the end mark 4 comprises three lines (a), two lines (b) and a single line (c) formed sequentially from the end 3 and the residual length of the sheet 2 is indicated stepwise from the number of the lines.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to, for example, EC
The present invention relates to roll paper used as paper for printers used in R, POS terminals, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 3 shows a conventional ECR and POS terminal.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a roll paper 100 used for creating a receipt or a journal. FIG. 3 shows a state in which a long sheet 101 forming a roll sheet 100 is rolled up from its start end.
The end portion 102 of the paper 101 is positioned at the outermost periphery of the roll, and a portion near the end portion 102 is illustrated.

[0003] The conventional roll paper 100 has an end portion 10.
The end mark 103 of about 1 to 1.5 m is formed in a range from 2 to about 2 m. This end mark 103
Are red marks formed on both side edges of the paper 101 (see “JIS B9518 Money Registration Recording Paper and Receipt Paper”).

[0004]

However, in the conventional roll paper 100, since the length range for forming the end mark 103 is relatively wide, about 1 to 1.5 m,
I can't grasp the true remaining amount. Therefore, when the end mark 103 appears to grasp the true remaining amount, E
The user must often open the printer cover of the CR or POS terminal and perform a complicated operation to check the accurate remaining amount. In addition, the roll paper 100 is replaced early and waste of the paper 101 increases. There is a problem that it will.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to make it easier to grasp the remaining length of roll paper than before, and to reduce the waste of roll paper.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, in a roll paper formed by winding a long sheet of paper, an identification mark indicating the remaining length of the roll paper in a stepwise manner so that the remaining length of the paper can be known. Is attached.

[0007] Therefore, the remaining length of the paper can be easily grasped by the visual recognition of the identification mark, and it is not necessary to replace the roll paper early. Therefore, the waste of the roll paper can be reduced as compared with the conventional case.

[0008]

FIG. 1 shows an ECR and a POS terminal.
It is a perspective view of the roll paper 1 used for preparation of a receipt or a journal. FIG. 1 illustrates a portion close to the end portion 3 by winding a long sheet 2 forming a roll sheet 1 from the start end thereof, positioning the end portion 3 of the sheet 2 on the outermost periphery of the roll. It was done.

An end mark 4 is formed within a fixed length range from the end 3 of the sheet 2. The end mark 4 is formed, for example, on both side edges of the front surface 2a (printing side) of the paper 2 and is an identification mark indicating the remaining length of the paper 2 in a stepwise manner so that the remaining length of the paper 2 can be recognized. In this example, the line is a line formed with the longitudinal direction of the sheet 2 as the length direction. That is, the end mark 4 is formed as three lines a, two lines b, and one line c from the side closer to the terminal end portion 3, and the remaining length of the sheet 2 is indicated stepwise from the difference in the number of these lines. ing.

A specific example of the size of three lines a, two lines b, one line c and the like is shown in FIG.
Main line a 1 m, double line b 50 cm, single line c 50 c
m, the total length of the end mark 4 is 2 m, and the length of the sheet 2 from the end portion 3 is formed in the range of 2.5 to 3 m.

As described above, the end mark 4 is
The remaining length is an identification sign indicating the remaining length in a stepwise manner.
After appears, the remaining length of the sheet can be known more specifically than before. Therefore, the user can open the printer cover of the ECR and the POS terminal one by one and check the customer's situation without having to check the remaining amount of the paper 2 so that the roll paper 1 can be replaced as soon as possible. It becomes possible.
Further, since it is not necessary to replace the roll paper 1 earlier, waste of the roll paper 1 can be reduced as compared with the related art.

Needless to say, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example,
In the above-described example, the end marks 4 are formed on both side edges of the sheet 2. However, the end marks 4 may be formed only on one side edge, or the formation positions of the end marks 4 are limited to the side edges. Not even a thing. In the above example, the end mark 4 forms the identification mark by a different number of lines. However, the end mark 4 is formed by various identification marks such as an identification mark based on a difference in the design of other figures and a color identification mark. be able to. further,
In the above example, the identification mark composed of the end mark 4 is
Although it is formed within a relatively narrow range of a predetermined length from the end portion 3, the identification mark may be formed over the entire length of the sheet 2. For example, if the remaining length of paper 2 is 10
m, 9 m, 8 m,...

[0013]

According to the present invention, in a roll paper formed by winding a long sheet of paper, an identification mark indicating the remaining length of the roll paper in a stepwise manner is attached so that the remaining length of the paper can be recognized. Therefore, the remaining length of the paper can be more easily grasped than before by visually recognizing the identification mark, and it is not necessary to replace the roll paper earlier, so that the waste of the roll paper can be reduced as compared with the conventional case.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a roll paper according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the roll paper.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a conventional roll paper.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 roll paper 2 paper 4 identification sign

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A roll paper on which a long sheet of paper is rolled up, characterized in that an identification mark indicating the remaining length of the roll paper in a stepwise manner is attached so that the remaining length of the sheet can be known. Roll paper.