JPS5999862A - Recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To use a cable in common for recording and reading and to use a narrow cable by making a recording head or a reading means attachable and detachable to a carriage and connecting the head or the means to a control circuit via the cable. CONSTITUTION:A thermal head 4 is implanted freely attachably and detachably and freely movably in the direction of a platen 6 near the front edge of the platen of the carriage 3. The head 4 is connected to a printer control section 1 via a flat cable 7 connected to the rear side of the carriage 3, moves on the platen surface with a control signal and a heat circuit is driven. The head 4 and an ink ribbon cassette 8 are removed from the carriage 3 at picture reading and a cassette 10 with image sensor and a connector 11 are fitted. An image sensor 5 transmits a picture data to a control section 1 and a lighting bulb 13 is supplied a current.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a recording device equipped with an image reading function. BACKGROUND TECHNOLOGY Conventionally, in devices such as facsimiles that have a recording function and a reading function, a recording head and a reading head are mounted on a carriage, and the carriage is moved in the main scanning direction, and the recording paper or original is scanned in the sub-scanning direction. Some devices are designed to perform predetermined recording or reading by moving in different directions. By the way, in such an apparatus, a recording head cable and a +t7'e cable are connected to the carriage individually, and a wide cable is used as a whole. However, it is preferable to use a narrow cable for mounting reasons. Therefore, it is possible to use a cable with a narrower line width per conductor, but this increases the electrical resistance of the cable and there is a limit to reducing the line width per conductor. was there. Purpose The present invention has been made in view of the prior art described in L. In a recording device that has a reading function in addition to a recording function, it is possible to make the line width of a cable connected to a carriage significantly narrower than before. The purpose is to provide equipment. Embodiment FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of a printing device equipped with a reading function in an embodiment of the present invention. 6 A printer control section indicated by the symbol l controls the operation of the entire printing device. , and document processing apparatuses indicated by reference numeral 2, and print data and image data are exchanged between the document processing apparatuses 2. Further, a carriage is connected to the printer control unit 1 by a number 1 and a number 3. The carriage 3 is equipped with a printing means, which will be described later, when printing, and an image reading stage 11', which will be described later, when inputting an image, and transports them on the surface of printing paper or a document for image reading. carriage 3
The movement is performed by a carry drive mechanism (not shown) controlled by the printer control section l. The reference numeral 4C indicates a thermal head that prints on printing paper by heat-sealing an ink ribbon, which will be described later, and is connected to the printer ff7 controller l via the carriage 3, which is taken up by the carriage 31 during printing. . The thermal head 4 is provided with a -1- circuit for heating the thermal head, and the heat +- circuit is driven under the control of the printer control section 1. Further, the position of the thermal printer 7F4 itself is moved back and forth on the carriage 30 under the control of the printer control section 1. The reference numeral 5 is an image sensor that reads the image on the document surface, which commands the carriage 3 when reading the image, is connected to the printer control unit 1, and transmits the data of the read image to the printer control unit 1. Figure 2 does not show the structure of the back of an unembodied example during printing. The cylindrical body not shown by reference numeral 6 is a platen, and a drive mechanism (not shown) is controlled by the printer control unit 1 with printing paper (not shown) attached (original document when reading an image) attached.

[It rotates and feeds the printing paper, and also directs the printing paper and prints. The aforementioned gear ridge 3 having a rectangular table shape is disposed close to the circumferential surface of the platen 6 so as to be movable along the axial direction of the platen 6. Near the front end of the carriage 3 on the platen 6 side, the aforementioned 9-pull hend 4 is installed detachably and movably in the direction of the platen. The thermal head 4 is connected to the aforementioned printer control 7781 (not shown) via a flat pull 7 connected to the back surface of the carriage 3, and receives control signals from the printer control section 1 from it. While moving to the same plane, the heat i circuit is driven. Further, a trapezoidal ink ribbon cassette 8 is mounted on the carriage 3 and can be detachably attached thereto. The ink ribbon cassette 8 accommodates an ink ribbon 9 for printing, and has four parts 8a formed at its tip end on the platen 6 side, and a gate 6 [! The tips of the relatively protruding portions on both sides of 8a are openings 8b. It is 8b. The ink ribbon faces the concave portion 8a and is stretched between the open portions 8b, 8b. The ink ribbon 9 is driven by an ink ribbon drive mechanism (not shown). The ink ribbon cassette 9 is mounted on the carriage 3 with the thermal head 4 facing into the recess 8a. In other words, the ink ribbon 9 is placed between the platen 6 and the Zapuruhets I and 4. Fig. 3 shows the structure of the main parts during image reading in this embodiment. The structure of the platen 6 - carriage 3 - flat cable 7 part. is the same as when printing in Fig. 1. When reading an image, the thermal head 4 and ink ribbon force center 8 are removed from the carriage 342, and the image sensor receiving cassette 10 and the connector 11 are connected. The cassette main body 10' of the cassette 1o has approximately the same shape as the ink ribbon cassette 8 mentioned above, and has an IJ turning slot recess 10a at the tip on the platen side. is formed.Connector 1
1 is planted face-to-face in its fourth part 10a,
7 is connected to tint cable 7. Cassette body 1
The aforementioned image sensor 5 is installed at the rear end facing the platen 6 at 0' 1-. Further, a lens 12 that forms an image of the document surface onto the image sensor 51 is fixed on the side of the platen from the image sensor 5, and an illumination light bulb 13 that illuminates the document surface is installed near the lens 12. It is being The image sensor 5 and the lighting bulb 13 are connected to the printer control unit 1 via a connector 11 and a flat cable, respectively. As a result, the image sensor 5 sends image data to the printer control section 1, and the lighting bulb 3 is supplied with current. Next, the operation of this embodiment having the following structure will be explained. During printing, a thermal head 4 and an ink ribbon cassette 8 are attached to a carriage 3'' as shown in FIG. When print data is sent from the document processing device 2 to the printer control unit 1, the printer control unit 1 rotates the platen 6 to feed printing paper (not shown), and drives the carriage via a carriage drive circuit (not shown) I7. 3 is run, the thermal head 4 is advanced, and the ink ribbon 9 is pressed against a printing paper (not shown) on the platen 6. Further, the ink ribbon is caused to run through the ink ribbon drive mechanism, and a control signal corresponding to the print data is sent to the heat circuit of the thermasensor 1-4 via the flat cable 7 to cause printing to be performed. When reading an image, the thermal head 4 and the ink ribbon cassette 8 are removed from the carriage 37, and the image sensor q1 is placed in the cassette 1. O and connector 11 are removed. The printer control unit 1 rotates the platen 6 to feed a document (not shown), drives the gear ridge 3 by a drive circuit (not shown), and moves the cassette I.10 along the surface of the document by the image sensor. Ru. At the same time, current is supplied to the illumination bulb 13 via the flat cable 7 to illuminate the surface of the document. An image of the document surface caused by the illumination is formed by the lens 12 onto the image sensor 51-, and is read by the image sensor 5. The image sensor 5 sends the read image data to the printer control unit 1 via a flat cable, and the printer control unit 1 sends the image data to the document processing device 2. In the above embodiment, the thermal head 4 is carried and the thermal head 3 is also removable, but if this is not the case, the image sensor 5, lens 12, and lighting bulb 13 of the image sensor-equipped cassette 10-1- The present invention can be applied by changing the position of the cassette body 10', changing the shape of the cassette body 10', and changing the position 16 for accessing the connector 1. Further, in this embodiment, the device of the present invention is applied to the document processing bag Y, but the device of the present invention is of course not limited to this, and can be widely applied to any device that requires a recording function and image input. Effects In the recording apparatus according to the present invention, the recording head or the reading means is removably attached to the carriage, and when the recording head is attached to the carriage, the recording head is connected to the recording head from the control circuit side via the cable L7 connected to the carriage. When the drive signal is transmitted and the reading means is attached to the carriage, the image can be read several times through the cable, and therefore a narrower cable can be used compared to the conventional example, which is extremely preferable to the actual device.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Each figure is for explaining one embodiment of the present invention. Figure 1 is a bronch diagram for explaining the overall schematic structure of this embodiment,
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the main structure of the present embodiment during printing, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the main structure of the present embodiment during image reading. 1... Printer control unit 3... Carriage 4...
・Thermal head 5... Image sensor 8...
Ink ribbon cassette 10...Image sensor cassette Fig. 1 Fig. 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] a carriage for detachably holding a recording head or an image reading means; a control-1 stage for driving and controlling the recording head and receiving read information from the image reading means; and a control stage between the carriage and the control means; When the recording head is held on the carriage, a control signal is transmitted from the control means to the recording head, and when the image reading means is held on the carriage, a control signal is transmitted from the image reading means to the control means. A recording device consisting of a cable that transmits read data.