JPS59104977A - Recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a recorder capable also of lamination coating so as to leave a marginal space for writing on a recording member, wherein a lamination coating region on the recording member can be varied. CONSTITUTION:A sensor S1 provided on the upstream of a recording position of a recording head 12 is provided at such a position that a laminating member 21 is fed by a length equal to 1/2 of a feed length L of a recording paper 2 at the moment the recording paper 2 has passed by the sensor S1. Sensors S2, S3 are located at such positions that the laminating member 21 is fed by lengths respectively equal to 3/4L and 1/1L at the moments the recording paper 2 has passed by the sensors S2, S3. Driving of a cutter 23 is controlled on the basis of outputs from the sensors S1-S3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Technical Field The present invention relates to a recording apparatus that can perform laminate coating on a recorded member.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In recent years, a laminate coating is often applied to the surface of recording paper after recording. In particular, for color images, such lamination allows the original image quality to be maintained even during long-term storage. Further, depending on the method of lamination coating, there is an advantage that the water resistance 1 strength ″-ψ of the recording paper increases.

Conventionally, such lamination processing on recording paper and the like has been performed by a laminate coating device (hereinafter referred to as a laminator) provided separately from the recording device. Therefore, it is necessary to carry the recording paper sheets that have been recorded in the recording apparatus one by one to a laminator to perform the lamination process.

Therefore, it is conceivable to configure the recording apparatus so that it is equipped with a laminate coating machine and can easily and quickly laminate a recorded member.

OBJECT It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording apparatus having such a function of laminate coating a recording member, which is capable of performing laminate coating on the recording member.

Example The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of an inkjet printer to which the present invention is applied. In the figure, 1 is a recording paper cassette containing the recording paper 2, and 3 is a paper feed roller that feeds the recording paper 2.

4 timing roller pairs; 5 and 6 are conveyance roller pairs for conveying the recording paper 2; , 8, 9.10-1.10-2, and 11 are conveyance guides for smooth conveyance of the recording paper 2. Reference numeral 12 denotes an inkjet recording head, which reproduces and records an image on the recording paper 2 based on an image signal from an image reading means (not shown). The recording heads are arranged, for example, in a full line in a direction substantially orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the recording paper 2, that is, in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the paper in the figure, and are configured as a so-called full multi-head.

21 is a long laminate member wound into a roll; 22 is a laminate member supply roller that supplies the laminate member 21; 23 is a cutter that cuts the laminate member 21 into a predetermined length; and 24 is a laminate member conveyor. The roller pair 25° is a conveyance guide for smoothly conveying the laminate member 21.

Reference numeral 2B denotes a pair of registration rollers, and as will be described later, the recorded recording paper 2 is held in the pair of rollers No. 26 with the laminate member 21 laminated on its recording surface.

A pressure roller pair 27 presses the recording paper 2 conveyed via rollers 128 and the laminate member 21. That is, the coating of the laminate member 21 is applied to the surface of the recording paper 2 where the writing is blurred. 28 and 28 are conveyance guides, 30 is a pair of ejection rollers, and 31 is an ejection tray. be done.

Next, St, S2, and S3 are sensors for detecting recording paper, and Sl is disposed at the front of the recording position by the head 12 to obtain an output for controlling the recording operation of the head 12. In this example, the sensor S
The sensor S1 is configured to be located at a position where the laminate member 21 is conveyed by a length corresponding to 1/2 of the length of the recording paper 2 in the conveyance direction at the time when it has finished passing through the recording paper 2. Similarly, when the recording paper 2 finishes passing through the sensors S2 and S3, the laminate member 21 is conveyed for a length corresponding to 3/4 and 1/l, respectively. 1, sensors S2 and S3, respectively.
to be placed. The drive of the cutter 23 is controlled based on the outputs of these sensors S1 to S3. Further, S4 is a sensor for detecting the laminate-coated recording paper 2 carried out via the pressure roller pair 27.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a control system in the apparatus of the present invention. In the figure, 100 is a control circuit that controls the drive of each part;
1 is a read-only memory (R
OM), 102 is a random access memory (RAM) that can be read and written freely. Reference numeral 103 denotes an operation unit having an operation unit switch group SW for specifying recording conditions such as the number of copies to be recorded, number of recording strokes, density, etc., and a display unit DIS for displaying the recording conditions specified by the switch group Sw.

FIG. 3 shows a full-face laminate selection switch SWI, a 3/4 laminate selection switch SW2, and a 1/2 laminate selection switch SW3, which are arranged in the switch group SW of the operation section OP. These switches SWI~SW3
By pressing , the area on which laminate coating is to be performed on the recording paper 2 is specified as described later.

Again, in FIG. 2, an input signal from the operation unit 103 (such as a laminate coating area designation signal generated in response to pressing of the selection switches 5Wl-5W3) is supplied to the control circuit 100 via the data input circuit 104. be done. The control circuit 100 energizes the operating section drive circuit 106 via the data output circuit 105 based on the input signal, and displays recording conditions and the like on the display section of the operating section 103. Further, the control circuit 100 energizes the drive circuit 107 via the data output circuit 105, and controls on/off the motor clutch 108, etc., which transmits the motor rotational force to each roller.

Further, the drive of the cutter 23 is controlled via the drive circuit 108.

12 is the recording head described above, and 110 is a drive circuit for driving the recording head 12. In the drive circuit +10, an image signal corresponding to image information read by an image reading means (not shown) is sent to an image input interface 111.
and is supplied via the image memory 112. moreover,
A drive signal is supplied from the control circuit 100 via the image control circuit 113. Based on these signals, the drive circuit 110 energizes the head 12 to form an image on the recording paper 2 conveyed from the cassette l, as shown in the first diagram.

81 to S4 are the aforementioned sensors, and detection outputs from these sensors S1 to S4 are supplied to the control circuit 100 via the data input circuit 104. The control circuit 100 controls the conveyance of the recording paper 2 and the laminate member 22 in accordance with the supplied detection output, and coats the recording paper 2 with the laminate member 22.

FIG. 4 shows the laminate coating operation of the apparatus in this embodiment.

In the figure, when there is a copy start command, steps ST1 to ST
3 is executed to convey the recording paper 2 in the cassette 1 to the gripping position of the timing roller pair 4. Thereafter, steps ST4 and ST5 are executed, and the recording paper 2 is conveyed toward the recording position of the head i2. When the leading edge of the recording paper 2 being conveyed is detected by the sensor S1, the rotation of the timing roller pair 4 is stopped, and the printer 12 starts printing on the recording paper 2 (steps ST8 to ST5T8). Next, in step ST9, when the leading edge of the recording paper 2 is detected by the sensor S3, steps 5TIO to 5T14 are executed,
Conveyance of the laminate member 21 is started.

Here, before the start of conveyance, the tip 32 of the laminate member is at the cutting position of the cutter 23 as shown in the figure, and on the water side,
The conveyance speed of the recording paper 2 and the laminating member 21 is made the same, and the conveyance distance from the pair of registration rollers 26 to the positions of the sensor S3 and the cutter 23 is made the same, so that these recording sheets are 2 and the laminate member 21 are synchronized.

Next, when the trailing edge of the recording paper 2 is detected by the sensor St, that is, when the recording paper 2 is no longer detected by the sensor St, the drive of the head 12 is stopped (Step 5TI5,
5T18).

After this, the procedure STI? And in 5T18, the selection of the laminate coating area on the recording paper 2 is: full surface, 3
/4. 1/2 is determined. If the selection switch SWI is pressed and full laminate coating is specified, steps 5T17 and 5T1
The process proceeds to step 5T20 via step 8, and when the trailing edge of the recording paper 2 is detected by the detection output of sensor s3, step 5T21-
5T25 is executed and the cutter 23 is driven to cut the laminate member 21. Here, as described above, at the time when the rear end of the recording paper 2 is detected by the sensor S3, the laminate member 21 has been conveyed by a length corresponding to the length L of the recording paper 2 in the conveyance direction. Therefore, cutter 2
3, the laminate member 21 having the same length as the recording paper 2 is laminated on the recording paper 2 and is conveyed via the roller pair 26 toward the pressure roller pair 27. As a result, the recording paper 2 whose entire surface is coated with a laminate coating is obtained via the pressure roller pair 27.

Similarly, the selection switch SW2 is pressed and 3/4
If laminate coating is specified, the process advances from step 5T18 to step 5T1fl, and when the trailing edge of the recording paper 2 is detected by sensor S2, steps 5T21 to 5
Execute T25. As a result, the recording paper 2 is coated with a laminate coating over an area of 3/4 of the length L in the transport direction from the leading edge thereof. Furthermore, the selection switch SW3 is pressed down.

If 1/2 laminate coating is specified, the process advances from step 5T17 to steps 5T21-ST25.

That is, the cutter 23 is driven based on the output of the sensor St. As a result, the recording paper 2 is coated with a laminate coating over an area corresponding to 1/2 of the length in the conveying direction from the leading edge thereof.

Next, when the trailing edge of the recording paper 2 is detected by the sensor S3, the rotation of the transport roller pair 5 and 6 is stopped, and then the trailing edge of the recording paper 2 coated with laminate is detected by the sensor S4. Then, the rotation of each roller pair 26, 27, and 30 is stopped after the recording paper has been extracted to the ejection tray 31 via the ejection roller pair 30 (step 5T2).
8-5T32).

Effects As explained above, according to the present invention, in an i-recording device equipped with a function of laminating coating onto a recording member, the area to which laminated coating is applied is made variable, so that it can be applied in accordance with the user's request. The versatility can be significantly improved, such as by applying a laminate coating to leave a margin for dispute notes.

In addition, in the non-implemented examples, only single-sided recording is performed on the recording member and single-sided laminate coating is applied to the recorded surface, but the present invention is also applicable to performing double-sided recording and applying laminate coating to both sides. This can be easily realized by doing this.

Furthermore, in this example, an inkjet was used as the recording means. Although an inkjet head is advantageous in reducing the size of the device, the present invention is not particularly limited thereto, and thermal recording, electrostatic recording, etc. can also be used.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an example of the device of the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the control system of the device shown in the figure. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the switch for specifying the laminate coating area arranged in the operation section switch group in the operation section of FIG. 2. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1; l... Recording paper cassette, 2... Recording paper, 3... Paper feed roller, 4... Timing roller pair, 5.6... Conveyance roller pair, ? , 8. ! 9.10-1.10-2. II... Conveying kite, I2... Recording head, 21... Laminating member, 22... Laminating member supply roller, 23... Cutter, 24... Laminating member conveying roller pair, 25... Conveyance guide, 26... Registration roller pair, 27... Pressure roller pair, 28.29... Conveyance guide, 30... Extraction roller pair, 31... Ejection tray, 32... Tip, +00...8 j control circuit, 101...read only memory, 102...random access memory, 1θ3...operation unit, 104...data input circuit, 105...data output circuit, 1ot (,107,108...drive circuit, +08
...Motor clutch. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 110... Drive circuit, lit... Interface, 112... Image memory, 113... Image control circuit, SWt-SW3... Selection switch, S1-S4... Sensor.

Claims (1)

[Claims] An image forming means for forming an image on a recording member, and a laminate coating means for applying a laminate coating to the surface of the recording member on which the image has been formed, and the laminate coating on the recording member by the laminate coating means A recording device d0 characterized in that the area on which the image is applied is made variable.