JPS58127282A - Printer provided with magnetic output/input mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily execute a work such as sorting, collection, editing, etc. of information, by providing a magnetic input/output means on a printer for printing a character, a pattern, etc. on a form, and executing read and write of information to a magnetic recording zone provided on a part of the form. CONSTITUTION:A control and display part 1 of a disk top type, and an output/ input and printing part 2 are connected by a data bus. On the upper part of the front of the display part 1, a CRT 3 and a floppy disk device 4 are provided, and on the lower part of the front, a full keyboard 5, a function keyboard 6 and a control keyboard 7 are provided. A light pen which is capable of setting a co-ordinate position of the CRT 3 is connected to the control part 1 by a curl cord 9. In an opening part 10 of the upper part of the front of the output/input and printing part 2, a platen 11 is axially supported horizontally, and a printer head 12 is moved in parallel. To a form inserter 13, a magnetic head 14 which is capable of magnetic read and write is fixed. The surface of a form 18 transferred by a paper feed roller 15 consists of a usual printing form, and onto the reverse side, a magnetic recording zone 19 is applied and stuck.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention is used in conjunction with an information processing device such as a computer or a Pannarhunbuter, and prints information (signals) from the information processing device onto paper with ink or the like to generate character/graphic information. With regard to printers used for recording, in particular -
The present invention relates to a printer with a magnetic input/output mechanism that is provided with a magnetic input/output means that can write or read information on a magnetic recording/recording strip provided on a part of a sheet of paper.

Information processing devices that have been widely used in recent years include paper tape,
It is possible to input information using a card or keyboard and calculate numerical values at high speed, or to divide data into 1 classification.However, this processing result can be visually distinguished and used for storage. need to be printed on paper. Finally, it is common to use a printer that is connected to an information processing device and prints the results of processed information on a sheet of paper using methods such as dot matrix or inkjet. In this case, large information processing devices use magnetic tape to print large amounts of information on large amounts of paper. It is easy for a full-time operator to match the storage medium itself and the stored contents using a magnetic disk, etc., and the storage of the storage medium is also carried out systematically. It is something.

but,! Small information processing devices such as ambiators and personal computers, and single-function devices such as Japanese word processors and graphic processing devices are not operated by full-time operators, and magnetic disks and floppy disks are used as information storage media. storage devices were widely used. In order to store specific information in this storage device and retrieve Hi's memories at a later date, K must perform a unique operation using the file number attached to each piece of information. When errors occur during operations such as checking or writing information, and the desired information cannot be retrieved, this is also a cause of trouble. In addition, in the method using a floppy disk, the name of the graphic information file on the floppy disk and its contents may not necessarily match4, or if multiple files exist, files with similar contents may be It is easy to give a name that is different from the target file during information sorting work, which often calls up a file different from the target file, making the work inefficient.

In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, the present invention provides a printer that prints characters, figures, etc. on paper, and is equipped with a magnetic input/output means so that information can be written on or read from a magnetic recording band provided on a part of the paper. Yo KL, organize information using paper with this magnetic recording band.

The present invention provides a printer with a magnetic input/output mechanism that outputs and inputs information at the same time as confirmation.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

Figure 1 shows the external appearance of an information processing device (having graphical information processing and Japanese document I & San functions) to which a printer is connected, including a desktop-type control/display section 1 and an input/output/print section. The control/display section 1 and the input/output/print section 2 are connected by a data bus.

The upper front surface of the control/display unit 1 is inclined nearly vertically.
Here K is provided with a cathode ray tube 3 for displaying graphic information, document information, and control information, and a floppy disk device 4 for recording programs and external type. Further, the front lower part of the control/display section l is gently inclined, and a full keyboard 5 is provided in the center thereof, a function keyboard 6 is provided above the full keyboard 5, and a control keyboard 7 is provided on the right side. It is. A light pen 8, which can be connected to the surface of the cathode ray tube 30 to set its front and back positions, is connected to the control/display section 1 by a curl cord 9.

Next, the entrance/exit car printing section 2 has a flat three-dimensional shape (t),
A rectangular opening 10 is formed in the upper part of the front surface. A cylindrical platen 11 is horizontally supported in the opening 10, and a printer head 12 is mounted near the platen 11. It is arranged to move parallel to the surface. A C-shaped paper inserter 13 located above the platen 11 is fixed to the main body of the input/output/printing section 20, and magnetic writing is performed on this paper inserter 13.

A plurality of magnetic heads 14 that can read are fixed.

A pair of paper feed rollers 15 for moving the paper are supported in parallel between the paper inserter 13 and the platen 110, and a power switch 16 and an indicator lamp 17 are provided on the front of the loading/unloading car printing section 2. . Also,. Reference numeral 18 is a special paper used in this embodiment. Table 11ii of this paper 18 is made of the same paper quality as normal printing paper, and there is a magnetic recording band on a part of the back side in the direction in which the paper 18 is inserted. 19 is integrally provided by means of coating and pasting.

Next, FIGS. 2 and 3 show the input/output/printing section 2 in detail.

First, Fig. 2 shows a section of the platen 11 of the input/output/printing section 2).Guide rollers 20 and 21 made of peripheral rubber are pressed against the lower left and right sides of the platen y11. The platen 11 is located between the reelers 20 and 21.
A pair of paper feed rollers 15 are installed at the bottom of the paper inserter/13, which is provided with a guide plate 22 at a distance of Km from each other.
The contact line of the paper feed roller 15 is positioned opposite to the center of the axis of the opening of the paper inserter 13. Additionally, a lamp 23 and a photodiode 24 are provided at opposing positions of the paper inserter 13 so that the paper 18 can pass between the lamp 23 and the photodiode 24. Further, the tip of the magnetic head 14 is K-shaped so that it can come into contact with a magnetic recording band 19 provided on the back side of the paper 18.

On the front surface of the platen 11, a carrier guide tray J@/25 and a guide rail 26 are provided in parallel with an interval, and a carrier 27 is slidably inserted into the carrier guide rail 25. A pair of branch pieces 28 are protruded from the lower surface of the rear part of the reed and carrier 27.
A roller 29 is pivotally supported between them. This roller 2
The lower end of 9 is brought into contact with the upper surface of the guide rail 26,
The carrier kite rail 25 and the guide rail 26 allow the carrier 27#i to smoothly move parallel to the platen 11. On this carrier 27 is a thin deck 3.
0 is fixed, and drive wires 3 are installed on the left and right sides of the deck 3o.
The drive wire 31 is wound around pulleys 82 that are pivotally supported on the left and right sides of the front surface of the platen 11. A printer head 12 (one-dot matrix type) is fixed on the deck 3o, and the head tip of the printer head 12 is positioned at a slight distance from the platen II. The ribbon guide 33 is provided with an ink ribbon 34.
is in contact with it.

Next, FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the system of the control/display section 1 in this embodiment. In this system, the full key is part 5 and the light pen is 8#! c is input control circuit 4o
An input conversion circuit 41 is connected to the input conversion circuit 41 via a), and a conversion dictionary file 42 is connected to the input conversion circuit 41. A graphic character generating section 45 having a built-in character generating circuit 43 and a graphic generating circuit 44 is connected to the output of the input conversion circuit 41, and a character pattern file 46 and a graphic pattern file 47 are mutually exchanged in this graphic character generating section 45. It is connected to. The output of this graphic character generator 45 is connected to a control circuit 48), and at the same time, a function keyboard 6 and a control keyboard 7 are connected. A part of the control circuit 48 is connected to the cathode ray tube 3 via the display circuit 49.
The other output is a data output storage circuit 50K.
It is continuous. The display circuit 49 includes a hard copy circuit 51
If the hard copy circuit 51 is connected, the interface 52 is connected to the hard copy circuit 51. The data output storage circuit 5
0 is connected to the interface 52 via a switching circuit 53, and 1 is connected to the switching circuit 53 to which a control signal from the control circuit 48 is input. A data input storage circuit 54 is connected to the switching end of the switching circuit 530, and a /11 manual control circuit 40 is connected to the data input storage circuit 54. The output of the control circuit 48 is the interface 5
2, and this interface 51! Control and data signals are transmitted to the input/output/printing section 2 through it.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the system of the input/output/printing section 2 mentioned above. A calculation control circuit (CPU) 56 for controlling the input/output/printing section 2 is connected to the aforementioned interface 52, and the calculation control circuit 55 has a backup memory 56 for temporarily storing input data. It is connected to a control program memory 57 that stores software, which is an operating procedure, in a non-volatile manner. Connected to this arithmetic control circuit 55 are a kanji control circuit 5B that generates control signals for the printer head 120 dot needle and a graphic control circuit 59. A character generator 60 and a graphic pattern generator 61 are connected. In addition, an alarm drive circuit 62 and an LED rotation circuit 63 are connected to the arithmetic control circuit 55, a speaker 64 for generating an alarm is connected to the alarm drive circuit 62, and a power source and an operation error are connected to the LED drive circuit 63. An indicator lamp (LED) 17 is connected to indicate the direction. This arithmetic control circuit 55 includes a paper inserter control circuit 65. Head control circuit 67, printer control circuit 68. A magnetic data input/output control circuit 71 is connected, and the paper inserter I control circuit 65 includes a paper size detection section 66 that detects the size of paper inserted into the paper inserter 13 and a photodiode 24 that detects the presence or absence of paper. It is connected. Further, the printer head 12 is connected to the head control circuit 67.
A paper transport section 69 for driving the platen 11 and a deck drive section 70 for operating the drive wire 31 are connected to the printer control circuit 68.A magnetic data input/output control circuit is connected to the printer control circuit 68. 1 is connected to the magnetic head 14 and a magnetic detection section 72 that detects the presence or absence of magnetism (data) on the magnetic recording band 19.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

K who operates the information processing apparatus of this embodiment is a pull keyboard 5. Function keyboard 6, control keyboard 7
, the light pen 8 can be operated individually to perform various functions. Each function will be explained below.

(b) Creating and modifying figures by hand. Set the function keyboard 6 to the -1-mode of drawing, and use the control keyboard 7 and light pen 8 to create the required figures (graphs) on the cathode ray tube 3. , structure diagram with curves,
(including various figures such as perspective three-dimensional drawings). In this case, if the figure to be drawn can be programmed in advance, such as a graph, use the control keyboard I.
Therefore, you can select a figure (for example, a bar graph, a pie chart, a volume graph, etc.) and enter the data to be compared using the full keyboard 5.You can also draw mechanical figures or perspective figures with the light pen 8. To do this, set the front and back positions by bringing the light pen 8 into contact with the surface of the cathode ray tube 30, and determine whether the line connecting the front and back positions is a straight line, a curve, a circle, or a circle. Settings are made by selecting with the control keyboard 7 and by K. In any case, the drawn figure is displayed on the screen of the cathode ray tube 3. Data from the full keyboard 5 and the position of the seating surface are determined by the light pen 8. The set value is transmitted to the input control circuit 40,
At the same time, a command signal from the control keyboard 7 transmitted via the control circuit 43 is input to the input control circuit 40, and both signals are transmitted to the graphic character generation section 45 via the input conversion circuit 41.

This signal enters the graphic generation circuit 44 in the figure-shaped character generation section 45, and according to the input signal, a corresponding figure pattern is drawn out from the graphic pattern file 47, transmitted to the control circuit 48, and then sent via the display circuit 49. - graph on the screen of cathode ray tube 3.

Have students draw figures such as structural diagrams. Also, even if a figure is once drawn on the cathode ray tube 3, the full keyboard 5. control keyboard 7
, the light pen 8 can also be used to make corrections and thin lines.

(b) Manual document input 9 editing 0 proofreading This embodiment has a built-in function for creating Japanese documents containing kanji,
This Japanese document is used not only to create documents such as invitations, invoices, and drafts, but also to design and explain shapes.

Alternatively, you can add part names, units, numerical values, etc. by incorporating them into a part of the figure. First, a document creation mode is set using the function keyboard 6, and a Japanese document is manually input by typing on the full keyboard 5. A code is transmitted from the full keyboard 5 to the input control circuit 4.0 by the typing operation, and at the same time the code is transmitted to the input control circuit 40.
A command signal from the control keyboard 7 transmitted via the control circuit 48 is input, the input control circuit 40 identifies the code, and inputs the character code to the input conversion circuit 41, and the character generation code (kanji code) from the item code. Executes the action of performing K conversion. The input conversion circuit 41 transmits the code to the graphic character generation section 450 and the character generation circuit 43 in the case of the character mode, and calls the memory of the conversion dictionary file 42 in the case of the kanji mode. It is converted into a kanji code that corresponds to the broken character and is transmitted to the character generation circuit 43.

The character generation circuit 43 extracts a character pattern corresponding to the input code from the character pattern file 46 according to the input code, sends it to the control circuit 48, and displays the kiln number on the screen of the cathode ray tube 3 via the display circuit 49. Display. Document input using the full keyboard 5 is performed sequentially depending on the operation, but punching is required.

Control of the line spacing, the size of one character, etc. is performed by operating the control keyboard 7, and this command is transmitted to the control circuit 48, and the arrangement, size, etc. of the document on the cathode ray tube 3 are also displayed accordingly. In addition, editing 1 proofreading can be operated each time using the control keyboard and door.

(Printing on paper) Figures and Japanese documents are created according to the procedure described above, and are displayed on the screen of the cathode ray tube 3.
K must be recorded on paper for distribution and storage purposes. Similarly to the above, when the function keyboard 6 is used to switch to print mode, the display circuit 4
The graphics and Japanese text displayed on the cathode ray tube 3 at step 9) 1-Tocoby circuit 51. The information is transmitted to the input/output/printing section 2 via the interface 52, and is printed onto paper by the input/output/printing section 2. In this print mode, mode switching by operating the control keyboard 7 is transmitted as a control signal to the arithmetic control circuit 55 via the control circuit 4B and the interface 52, and the control program memory 57 is supplied with a program for the print mode. . First, when a sheet of paper to be printed (paper 1B in FIG. 1 is plain paper with front and back sides) is inserted into the paper inserter 13, the photodiode 24 and the paper size detection unit 66
The presence or absence of paper insertion and its size are detected, and the printing operation is started. The code of the graphic 1 Japanese document from the hard copy circuit 51 is temporarily stored in the buffer memory 56 in order to keep pace with the printing speed, and the code is sent to the Kanji control Kl box 1 path 58 or the graphic control circuit in printing order according to the printing speed. 59, and each control circuit 58, 59 outputs a print pattern corresponding to the code to a kanji character generator 60 or a graphic pattern generator 6.
1 and output to the head control circuit 67. The head control circuit 67 controls the printer head 120 dot needle according to the input printing pattern and prints the ink ribbon 34.
Print figures or Japanese documents by suppressing them onto paper. In conjunction with the operation of the printer head 12, the printer control circuit 68 controls the paper feed section 69 and the deck drive section 70, and the paper feed section 69 rotates the platen 11 and paper feed roller 15 line by line, The drive unit 70 pulls the drive wire 31 at a predetermined speed), and the deck 30. Move the carrier 27 between the carrier guide rail 25 and the guide rail 26KG,
The tip of the printer head 12 is moved left and right with respect to the paper to print nine characters of figures on the paper. Note that in this print mode, the paper runs out.

When an operation error occurs, the alarm drive circuit 62 and LE
The D drive circuit 63 is activated to generate an alarm through the speaker 64 and to indicate the cause of the alarm by lighting the indicator lamp 170.

), save, record full keyboard 5. Control keyboard 7 and light pen 8
Unless the graphics and Japanese document edited by drawing 2 are saved in some form, it will be inconvenient when printing or editing the same graphics 1 document at a later date. Therefore, in this embodiment, the graphic information and the Japanese document can be electronically stored using the archival record recording paper 1B having the magnetic recording band 19 on the back side. When the funximin keyboard 6 is set to write mode, the switching circuit 53 connects the interface 52 and the data output storage circuit 38,
The graphic information and document information from the control circuit 48 are sent to the magnetic head 1.
4, the graphic information 1 document information can be recorded on the magnetic recording belt 19, and a graphic and document corresponding to the recorded contents can be printed on the surface of the paper 18.

The write mode control signal from the control circuit 48 is input to the arithmetic control circuit 55 via the interface 52, and the write program is called from the control program memory 57. The storage data from the data output storage circuit 50 is transferred to the switching circuit 53° interface, -s 52. Arithmetic control circuit 55. The data is transmitted to the magnetic head 14 via the magnetic data input/output control circuit F1, and is magnetically written and stored on the magnetic recording band 19. At this time, paper 1B is placed on platen 1.
While the paper 18 is being inserted in one direction, both sides of the paper 18 are pressed by the paper feed roller 15 and moved at a constant speed, so that writing by the magnetic head 14 can be performed smoothly. After that, the paper 18 is held between the platen 11 and the guide rollers 20 and 21, and then the Japanese document shown in the figure is printed on the surface of the paper 1B by applying pressure in the same manner as described above for printing on the paper. It will be printed. Figure 6 shows paper 18
This shows an example in which figures are printed on the paper 18 and graphic information and document information are stored.The surface of the paper 18 is printed with figures and related Japanese documents, and the magnetic recording strip 19 is printed with corresponding graphic information of the same content. and document information are recorded magnetically. In this figure, the figures are represented as line graphs, and the file number A corresponding to the information is added at the top of the paper 18 for later reference, and in the center is a Japanese document showing what the figures indicate. Explanation B is printed, and graph C is printed at the bottom. FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the flow in the write mode described above.

(e) Inputting information using paper 18 As mentioned above, there is a magnetic recording strip 19 on the back side of the special paper 18.
The same graphic information and document information as printed on the paper 18 are magnetically recorded on the magnetic recording bands 19&C. The information recorded on this magnetic recording band 19 is not just the information of the graphic document, but also the file number, format, front and back position, size of 9 characters per line spacing,
Control information such as pitch is also recorded at the same time. Therefore,
The magnetic recording band 19 has a full keyboard 5. This means that the same information as the graphic 9 document created by manual input using the control keyboard 7 and light ben 8 is saved. If the information on this magnetic recording band 19 is reproduced, it will be like displaying on the cathode ray tube 3 9 documents of the same figures as the 9 documents printed on the paper 18. It can also be printed on paper.

First, the function keyboard 6 is set to read mode, the control circuit 48 switches the switching circuit 53 to connect the interface 52 and the data input storage circuit 54, and waits for data input. Next, when the paper 18 on which information has already been written is inserted into the paper inserter 13, the paper 18 is held between the paper feed rollers 15 and moved at a constant speed toward the platen 11, and this paper 1B is When passing through the paper inserter 13, the magnetic head 14 and the magnetic detection unit 72 come into contact with the magnetic recording band 19. First, the magnetic detection unit 72 determines whether or not data is written on the magnetic recording band 19. If data is recorded, the determination result is transmitted to the magnetic data input/output control circuit 71 so that the magnetic head 14 can take in the data. Let it start.

The data magnetically recorded on the magnetic recording band 19 by the magnetic head 14 is converted into an electrical signal, and the magnetic data input/output control circuit 71. Arithmetic control circuit 55. Interface 52. Data input storage circuit 54 via switching circuit 53
The data input storage circuit 54 detects and transmits various information to the input control circuit 40.

The information from this data input storage circuit 54 is stored in the full keyboard 5. The data is the same as that obtained by operating the control keyboard 7 and Light Ben 8, and Jin's information is the same as the above (a).
, graphic creation, modification, (C4, document input 1 editing 9 proofreading) are displayed on the screen of the cathode ray tube 3 via the input conversion circuit 25, graphic character generation section 45, control circuit 480 and display circuit 49. Then, by setting the function keyboard 6 to print mode, the same figure and document can be printed directly on ordinary paper, even if the document is displayed on the cathode ray tube 3 and has no figure. , full keyboard 5
By operating the control keyboard 7 and light ben 8, it is possible to modify, add, or add a part of a figure or a part of a Japanese document, and the new figure 0 document can also be printed on ordinary paper. . No. 80 is a flowchart showing the flow of the above-mentioned reading.

Since the present invention is configured as described above, printing of a single figure, character, etc., and writing and reading of information can be performed within a printer with the same configuration, and information can be organized, collected, edited, etc. without using a floppy disk, etc. When using a word processor or graphic processing device, the burden on the operator can be reduced, and errors such as erroneous operation are less likely to occur.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of a graphics processing device that is an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a part of the input/output/printing section, and Fig. 3 is a view of the vicinity of the printer head. An enlarged perspective view, FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the control/display section, FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the input/output/printing section, and FIG. 6 is a mock-up showing the state in which information is printed and recorded on special paper. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the flow in the writing mode of 9-character graphic information, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the flow in the reading mode. 2... Input/input/printing section as a printer, 14...
Magnetic head, 18...Paper, 19...Magnetic recording band.

Claims (1)

[Claims] With a magnetic input/output mechanism characterized by comprising a printing means for printing a character, figure, etc. on the surface of the paper, and a magnetic input/output means for writing or reading information on a magnetic recording band provided on a part of the paper. printer.