JPS59142114A - Recording apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make suitable laminate coating possible, by laminating a laminate material on a recording member, and heating the laminate material to be fused to the recording member by signals from a control circuit, and detecting misalignment of the laminate material on the recording member before the fusing so as to control the heating and feeding. CONSTITUTION:The laminate member 22 that is fed from a cassette 21 is put on the surface of a recording paper 2 on which recording has been done, and they are fed between a pair of rollers 27. The recording paper 2 and the laminate member 22 that have been delivered through pairs of rollers 27, 28, 29 are heated by press rolls 30 containing heaters 31 to be joined so that the recording paper 2 is coated. Outputs from sensors S1-S6 are fed via a data input circuit into a control circuit that controls delivering, etc. of the recording paper 2 and the laminate member 22. Misalignment of the lamination can be detected by the sensors S5, S6 before they are fused. When a misalignment is detected, it is displayed on a display section of an operation section, and the driving of the feeding rollers 28, 29 are stopped.

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 has been completed. Particularly in the case of color images, such lamination processing not only increases the vividness of the colors, but also maintains the initial image quality even during long-term storage. Further, depending on the method of lamination coating, there is an advantage that the water resistance 9 strength of the recording paper can be increased.

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 sheets that have been recorded in the recording device ζ1 one by one to the laminator to perform the laminating process.

Therefore, it is conceivable to configure a recording apparatus so as to be equipped with a laminate coating function and to be able to easily and quickly laminate a recorded member.

In such a recording device, if the recording member and the laminate member are not laminated in a state in which they are accurately aligned, a portion lacking the laminate coating will be formed on the recording member, which is undesirable. In view of this, an object of the present invention is to provide a recording device that is capable of detecting lamination misalignment between a recording member and a laminate member, and thereby always performing proper laminate coating. .

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 cassette containing recording paper 2, and 3 is a paper feed roller that feeds the recording paper 2. 4 is a pair of registration rollers; 5 and 6 are pairs of transport rollers that transport 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.

Next, reference numeral 21 designates a laminate member force set I which stores the laminate material 22, and 23 designates a laminate member supply roller that supplies the laminate member. Reference numeral 24 designates a pair of laminate member registration rollers, and 25 and 26 designate transport guides that facilitate transport of the laminate member 22. Reference numeral 27 denotes a pair of timing rollers, and as will be described later, the recorded recording paper 2 is gripped by the pair of rollers 27 with the laminate member 22 supplied from the cassette 21 superimposed on its recording surface. 28 and 28 are a pair of feed rollers, 30 is a pair of pressure rollers with a built-in heater 31, and a pair of rollers 27.2
The recording paper 2 and the laminate member 22, which have been conveyed sequentially through the paper sheets 8 and 29, are bonded by heat and pressure. That is, the recording surface of the recording paper 2 is coated with the laminate member 22. 32 to 35 are conveyance guides, 3 is a pair of ejection rollers, and 37 is an ejection tray. It is discharged at 37.

Next, S1 and S2 are sensors disposed in front of the pair of conveyance rollers 27 to detect the laminating member 22 and the recording paper 2, respectively; S3 is a sensor disposed immediately before the recording position of the recording head 12; The recording paper 2 being conveyed toward the recording position is detected. S4 is a sensor for detecting the recording paper 2 sent out by the roller pair 28. S
5 and S6 are stacking displacement detection sensors, which detect stacking displacement of the recording paper 2 and the laminating member 22, which are conveyed toward the roller pair 28 in a stacked state.

Figure 2 shows the Kino male side device 1 configured as shown in Figure 1.
A part of the housing of No. 1 is shown. In the illustrated housing 50, reference numeral 5I denotes an opening/closing portion, which rotates about a shaft 52 in the direction of the arrow in the figure. In normal operating conditions, the opening/closing part 51 is connected to the fixed part 53.
It is fixed to the main body 50' side of the housing. The open state of the opening/closing portion 51 is shown by a two-dot chain line 51'. As shown in the figure, the opening/closing section 51 includes a pair of feed rollers 28. One pair of rollers 2fl', 30' and 38' constituting a pair of pressure rollers 30 and a pair of discharge rollers 36 are incorporated. Therefore, when the opening/closing section 51 is closed, the feed roller pair 29. A conveyance path for the recording paper 2 that reaches the tray 37 via the pressure roller 30 and the discharge roller pair 36 is configured. Similarly, 54 is an opening/closing part that opens in the direction of the arrow around the shaft 55, and its state 7t when opened is shown by a two-dot chain line 54'. One roller pair 27' and 28' constituting the roller pair 27 and the roller pair 28 are incorporated in the opening/closing part 54, and by closing the opening/closing part 54, the roller pair 27 and the roller pair 28 are sequentially moved. A conveyance path for the recording paper toward the roller pair 29 is configured. In addition, 56 is the opening/closing part 5 in the closed state.
This is a fixing part that fixes 4. As described above, the opening/closing section 54 is for inspecting the laminating section where the laminating operation of the recording paper 2 laminate member 22 is performed, and the opening/closing section 51 is for inspecting the laminating member 22 stacked on the recording paper 2 in the stacking section. This is for inspecting the welding part that performs the operation of welding the parts 2 to 2.

FIG. 3 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 switch l! for displaying recording conditions such as the number of copies to be recorded and the density of recorded images. f
This is an operation section having a display section DIS that displays recording conditions specified by sWt-J and switch group SW.

The input signal from this operation section 103 is transmitted to the data input circuit 10.
4 to the control circuit 100.

In the control circuit 100, based on the input signal, the operation unit drive circuit 108 is activated via the data output circuit 105,
Recording conditions and the like are displayed on the display section of the operation 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 and the like that transmits the morph rotational force to each roller. 1
2 is the recording head described above, and 110 is a drive circuit for driving the recording head 12. The drive circuit 110 includes
An image signal corresponding to image information read by an image reading means (not shown) is supplied via an image input interface 111 and an image memory 112. Further, a drive signal is supplied from the control circuit 100 via the image control circuit 113. Based on these signals, the drive circuit 11
0 energizes the head 12 to form an image on the recording paper 2 conveyed from the cassette l, as shown in the first diagram.

5l-5S are the aforementioned sensors, and detection outputs from these sensors 5l-S8 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 detection outputs of the sensors S1 to s4, and coats the recording paper 2 with the laminate member 22. Further, when a stacking deviation is detected by the detection outputs of the sensors S5 and s6, as will be described later, the display section DIS of the operation section displays that the stacking deviation has occurred, and the feed roller pair 28 and 29 is driven. stop.

FIG. 4 shows a flowchart of the operation in this embodiment configured as described above.

In the figure, when the drive 71j source is turned on, one step STl
Then, the entire display on the display section DIS of the operation section 103 is initialized. Subsequently, in step ST2, the heater 31 is turned on, and then in step ST3, a time delay sufficient for the heater 31 to warm up is provided.

Thereafter, in step ST4, the display section DIS displays a message indicating that the i+ function has been reached.

Next, after the number of copies is available for printing in steps S and T5, the process waits for the print start switch in the switch group SW of the operation unit 1133 to be pressed in step ST6. When this switch is pressed, the display indicating that printing is possible is turned off in step ST7, and step ST8
In this step, the input number of print copies is set in the print counter in the RAM 102.

Next, ,f=Ilt'i S T 9 performs a print operation for one sheet f+.The details are shown in FIG.

After that, in step 5TIO, it is determined whether or not there is a display indicating that a stacking misalignment has occurred between the recording paper 2 and the laminate member 22, and if the display is not displayed, the print in the RAM is removed in step 5TII. Decrement the contents of the counter by 1. In step 5T12, it is determined whether the content of the print counter after the subtraction has reached rOJ, and the steps S79 to 5TII described above are performed until rOJ is reached.
is repeated, and when the value becomes "0", the process returns to step ST4.

Here, in step 5TIO, if it is displayed that a lamination misalignment has occurred, the process moves to step 5T13 following the flow of "YES". After the heater 31 is turned off in step 5713, the process proceeds to step 5T14, where recovery operations such as removing the recording paper 2 and the laminating member 22 in which the misalignment has occurred are performed, and a reset switch (not shown) is performed.
Waits for the button to be pressed. When the reset switch is pressed, the layer misalignment occurrence display is turned off in step 5T15, and then the heater 31 is turned on again in step 5T18. After sufficient time has passed for this heater to warm up, the process proceeds to step ST9 and printing begins. Resume operation.

FIG. 5 shows details of the printing operation (FIG. 4, hand F+ST!3) in this embodiment.

In the figure, first, steps 5TIOI to 5T105 are executed, and the recording paper 2 and the laminate, -1, member 22 in the cassettes, 1, I, and 21 are held in the grips of the registration roller pair 4 and the laminate rr++ material registration roller pair 24, respectively. Transport to the loading position. Next, steps 5T10fi to 5T
I08 is executed and the conveyance of these two members is restarted. The laminate member 22 is transported until its tip is detected by the sensor Sl (steps 5T10t3, 5T110).
. As a result, the tip of the laminate member 22 is connected to the sensor S.
It stops when the recording paper 2 is unloaded and waits for the recording paper 2 to be conveyed later. Next, when the leading edge of the recording paper 2 is detected by the sensor S3, the rotation of the pair of registration rollers 4 is stopped, and the printing operation on the recording paper 2 is started (steps 5TIII to 5TII3). When the leading edge of the recording paper 2 being conveyed while an image is being formed is detected by the sensor S2, the conveyance of the waiting laminate member 22 is resumed.
Further, a timing roller pair 27. Feed roller pair 28,2
Start the rotation of step 11 (steps 5T114 to 5T117)
). As a result, the laminate members 22 are stacked on the recording paper 2 with their leading edges aligned, and are conveyed to the roller pair 30 via the roller pairs 27, 28 and 28 in sequence.

On the other hand, when the recording paper 2 is no longer detected by the sensor S3, the printing operation is stopped, and as described above, the recording paper 2 conveyed with the laminate member 22 stacked thereon is detected by the sensor S4. Wait, each roller pair 5,
8. Stop the rotation of 24 and 27 (Step 5T118~
5T123).

Next, in step 5TI24, the stacking deviation detection sensor S
It is determined whether or not lamination misalignment has occurred based on the outputs of 5 and S6, and if no lamination misalignment has occurred, step 5T12 is performed.
Steps 5 to 5Tj31 are sequentially executed to fuse the laminate member 22 to the recording paper 2 by the pressure roller pair 30 and then discharge it to the tray 37. After the recording paper 2 is completely discharged onto the tray 37, the driving of each part is stopped.

However, when a stack misalignment is detected by the sensor S5 or S6, steps 5T132 and 5T133 are executed, the rotation of the feed roller pair 28 and 29 is stopped, and a message indicating that a stack misalignment has occurred is displayed on the display section of the operation section. Table small Qj
cormorant. In this way, when the stacking misalignment occurs, seventhly, the pressure roller pair 30. In other words, when the ejection roller pair 36 is driven, the laminated member 22 stacked on the recording paper 2 in a shifted state is not fused, and the conveyance path from the roller pair 27 to the roller pair 30 is precisely positioned. The recording paper 2 will remain. The operator can know the occurrence of such lamination misalignment from the display on the display, and also opens the opening/closing parts 51 and 54 as shown in FIG. 2 to remove the recording paper 2 and the laminate member 22. It's a monkey.

Furthermore, when removed, it is possible to directly inspect whether the laminated portion and the fused portion are normal.

Effects - As explained below, according to the present invention, in a recording apparatus having a function of laminating coating a recording member, a lamination misalignment between a recording member and a laminate member is detected, and when the lamination misalignment is detected. Furthermore, since the laminate coating operation on the recording member is not performed, the art materials are not fused together with misaligned layers, and waste of the art materials can be prevented.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an internal configuration diagram showing an example of the device of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the entire opening/closing part in the housing of the device of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is an example of the control system of the device of Fig. 1. Block diagram, 4th
This figure and FIG. 5 each show a flowchart 1 of the operation in the apparatus of FIG. 1. 1... Recording paper cassette, 2... Recording paper, 3... Paper feed roller, 4... Registration roller pair, 5.6... Conveyance roller pair, ? , 8, 8.10-1. to-2, 11... Conveyance guide, 12... Recording head, 21... Laminating member cassette, 22... Laminating member, 23... Laminating member supply roller pair, 24... Laminating member resist Roller pair, 25, 213...
- Conveyance guide, 27... Timing roller pair, 28.2!3... Feed roller pair, 30... Pressure roller pair, 31... Heater, 32-35... Conveyance kite, 36 ...Ejection roller pair, 37...Ejection tray, 50...Housing, 50'...Housing body, 51.54...Opening/closing part, 52.55...Shaft, 53.56...・Fixed part, 100... Control circuit, 101... Read only memory, +02... Random access memory, 103... Operation unit, 104... Data input circuit, 105... Data output circuit, 10f3, 107...Drive circuit, 108...Motor clutch, 110...Drive circuit, Ill...Interface, 112...Image memory, 113...Image control circuit, S1-S6... sensor.

Claims (1)

[Claims] l) Image forming means for forming an image on the recorded member, J1~layer means for laminating a laminate member on the recorded member, and a laminate i.
a heating means for fusing the part to the recording member; a detecting means for detecting a lamination misalignment in the laminated laminate member and the recording member prior to the fusing by the first heating stage; A recording apparatus line characterized in that it comprises a control means for driving and controlling the heating means according to 1j11 based on the detection output.