JPS5839358B2 - Adjustment settings for initial inspection - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a print line setting method for an automatic inserter that automatically sucks a print medium such as a bankbook, ledger, or slip and stops it at a predetermined position.

2. Description of the Related Art In addition to a printing device, an automatic inserter that automatically sucks in the bankbook and feeds it into the printing device is employed in a device that prints on bankbooks, slips, and the like.

In such an automatic inserter, for a print medium that is used repeatedly, such as a bankbook, it is necessary to detect the previous entry line and set and position the print line of the print medium so that printing is performed on the current entry line. There is.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the format of a passbook set in an automatic inserter.

1 is a blank space, 2 is a timing mark printed in advance on the passbook, 3 is a hyphen for the year, month, and day, 11A is a sensor that detects the timing mark, and 11B is a sensor that detects a hyphen.

Normally, when setting a bankbook (PB) in the printer, sensors 11A and 11B installed in the automatic inserter detect the timing mark 2, date mark 3, or marks such as * and ☆. This will ensure that it is set correctly and the deposit amount or refund amount will be printed.

These sensors are known reflective photoelectric detectors, and each sensor is composed of a light emitting element and a light receiving element.

However, in addition to passbooks (PB), single sheets (forms, slips), etc. may be set in the same printer, and some media may not have timing marks printed in advance, or may have pre-printed marks. (such as Haiphong).

Conventionally, media without these marks can be identified using the automatic inserter's selection mode button, or if the media cannot be automatically set, the operator must manually set the media, or specify the set line using a numeric keypad, etc. However, in any case, the burden on the operator is heavy when setting the medium.

The present invention provides a means for solving the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, and its purpose is to reduce the burden on the operator by automatically setting the media without operator intervention. To provide a print line setting method for an automatic inserter that can set any medium in a line to be printed, regardless of the presence or absence of a mark.

According to the present invention, in an automatic inserter that automatically feeds a print medium toward a printing device and sets print lines to be printed on the print medium, It has a means for detecting a timing mark and a printed hyphen, and for a print medium on which a timing mark is detected by the detection means, a hyphen is further detected based on the detection output, thereby detecting a printed line. Settings are made, and for print media for which the timing mark is not detected by the detection means, a predetermined print line is set so that the timing mark is distantly related.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of operational functions showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2a shows a medium with a mark such as a passbook, and FIG.

In FIG. 2a, while being fed by the feed roller 14, the line detection sensor 11A detects the first timing mark 2 and knows that it is a marked passbook, and then the line is printed between the timing marks 20. While detecting the presence of the year, month, and date Haiphong 3 with the Haiphong detection sensor 11B, the line to be printed is detected at the position where the Haiphong 3 is no longer present, and the printing stops.

Immediately performs necessary printing at the set position.

In FIG. 2, when the medium is sucked into the automatic inserter by the feed roller 14, the sensors 11A and 11B search for the timing mark 2 and the printed mark (year, month, and day mark 3), and then detect the Knowing that there is no mark, the controller stops at a certain position from the top or bottom of the medium (for example, the L position from the top), and moves to the next line to be printed by a control device that recognizes the position of the print line. (for example, the CPU or terminal controller TC).

In the figure, the necessary printing is performed after moving by a distance of 4.

The stopping distance is determined by the system (machine).

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a print line setting method showing an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 10 is a medium, 11 is a reflective sensor for row detection (5ens), 12 is a lamp or light emitting diode,
13 is a sensor for detecting the top edge of the page (5ens);
14 is a pinch roller, 15 is a type head for printing, 16
17 is a platen, 17 is an upper edge detection circuit, 18 and 19 are AND gates, 20 is a drive control circuit, 21 is a timing mark detection circuit, and 22 is a drive motor.

Based on a suction command from the outside, a normal rotation signal is given to the drive motor 22 from the drive control circuit 20, and the medium 10 is suctioned.

When there is a timing mark on the medium, it is immediately detected by the sensor 11A of the line detection reflective sensor 11, and the timing mark detection circuit 2 consisting of a flip-flop is activated.
1 and set this.

When the timing mark detection circuit 21 is set, when a Haiphong mark detection signal comes from the sensor 11B, an AND gate 19 performs a logical sum, and the output of the AND gate 19 is sent to the drive control circuit 20.

Based on this output, the drive control circuit 20 causes the drive motor 22 to continue rotating in the normal direction until the line next to the line of the above-mentioned Haiphong mark reaches the print head 15.

That is, the normal rotation signal from the drive control circuit starts with the suction command and ends when the medium has moved to a predetermined position counting from the output time of the AND gate 19 mentioned above.

In this way, after the print line is set, the print head 15
A printing command is given to the drive control circuit 20, and a reverse rotation signal is given to the drive control circuit 20 in order to eject the medium 10 after printing is completed.

Next, when a blank medium 10 or a medium 10 without a timing mark is sucked in, the reflective sensor 11 that detects only the timing mark and the Haiphong mark cannot detect anything, so the timing mark detection circuit 21 is not set.

As a result, the entire medium 10 is sucked downward, and the upper edge of the medium is finally detected by the upper edge detection sensor 13.

The AND gate 18 has a timing mark detection circuit 21
Since the signal from the upper edge detection circuit 17 is sent to the AND gate 18, an output from the AND gate 18 is generated. Stops the rotation signal and sends a reverse rotation signal.

This reversal signal is stopped after reversing from the upper edge to the home position.

Thus, the media 10 will stop when it returns to its home position from the top edge.

The position of the line to be printed is stored in the terminal controller or the center CPU, so after receiving the print line position tK information, the drive motor 22 is operated up to the print line under control from the drive control circuit 20. and move it.

For example, when driving this with a pulse motor etc.,
A predetermined row can be set by sending pulses as many times as needed.

Since the medium inlet is expandable by the guide, it is possible to automatically set mediums of different lengths and widths at the printing position.

Furthermore, it is of course possible to provide a bottom edge detection circuit to detect a blank medium.

Further, instead of detecting the upper edge, if the timing mark is not detected in a predetermined row after suction, it may be determined that the medium does not have a timing mark, and the above-described operation may be performed.

As explained above, according to the present invention, the timing
By monitoring both media with marks and printed marks, as well as media such as forms and slips without these marks, any media can be automatically set in the printer.
It reduces the burden on the operator (as well as being effective in cases such as mutual bank transfers, or when various passbooks are mixed during a transitional period, and the burden when introducing the machine is also reduced). The effect is extremely strong.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a format diagram of a passbook set in an automatic inserter, Fig. 2 is an operation explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 3 is a block diagram of a print line setting method showing an embodiment of the present invention. It is a diagram. In the figure, 10 is a medium, 11 is a reflective sensor (sens) for line detection, 12 is a lamp or light emitting diode, 1
3 is a sensor (sens) for detecting the top edge of the page, 14
15 is a pinch roller, 15 is a type head for printing, 16 is a platen, 17 is a top edge detection circuit, 18 and 19 are AND gates, 20 is a drive control circuit, 21 is a timing mark detection circuit, and 22 is a drive motor. .

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In an automatic inserter that automatically feeds a print medium toward a printing device and sets print lines to be printed on the print medium, an edge detection sensor that detects an edge of the print medium; It has a means for detecting a printed timing mark and a printed hyphen, and further detects a hyphen based on the detection output for a print medium on which a timing mark is detected by the detection means. A printing line is set, and a predetermined printing line is set for a printing medium for which the edge detection sensor detects an edge without detecting a timing mark by the detection means. Automatic inserter print line setting method.