JPS60104356A - Multi-color thermal transfer apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable the discrimination of magnetic information and to facilitate visual confirmation by printing error display, by providing a magnetic recording means for recording an regenerating magnetic information to the pre-stage of a multi-color thermal transfer recording means. CONSTITUTION:The titled apparatus consists of a hopper block 1, a magnetic recording block 2, a ribbon head block 3 and a recording paper (card) feed block 4 and, when a recording information signal is inputted at first, the card P having magnetic body is sent to the magnetic recording block 2 one at a time from the hopper block 1. In the magnetic recording block 2, necessary magnetic information is recorded to the card P by a first magnetic head 21, and read and regenerated by a second magnetic head 22 to perform check. The car P passing the magnetic recording block 2 is sent to the ribbon head block 3 and necessary information and a descrimination result are printed by thermal heads 31 (a color transfer ribbon CR), 32 (a black ribbon BR). The printed card P is discharged through conveyor rollers 46, 47.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention: Tonozu [3 Ming+-Jl, for example, applying the ink of the transfer sheet to a recording paper such as a cash voucher having a magnetic material capable of recording 7m, such as an airline ticket, an admission ticket, or a train ticket. The multi-color thermal transfer recording device □'t-s transfers the 171 reports by the heat-generating action of the heat-sensitive helad. -Relates to a multicolor thermal transfer recording device equipped with a magnetic recording means for reproduction.

Recently, multicolor printing has been performed on ordinary recording paper containing a magnetic material by a thermal transfer method, and information has been magnetically recorded and used as coupons such as airline tickets, admission tickets, and train tickets.

Such coupons require easy visual identification,
Moreover, since there are many individual information meters, the robustness of the recording is limited by each hole, and if incorrect magnetic information is recorded,
It is important to be able to quickly and easily identify the ticket after it is issued.

Conventionally, recording paper such as cash vouchers on which the above-mentioned incorrect information has been written has been printed with a predetermined appearance or punched holes, etc., but multicolor thermal transfer recording devices for,
Since there is no function to record/introduce magnetic information, that is, magnetic recording means, it is impossible to introduce magnetic information onto the recording paper at the same time as the transfer recording process. Furthermore, it was difficult to confirm the magnetic information that had been inserted, to determine whether the confirmation results were good or bad, and to print them on recording paper.

This invention is an improvement on the conventional multicolor thermal transfer recording device described above, and the gist thereof is to print information in multiple colors on a recording paper having a magnetic material that is conveyed based on an information recording signal. (+iii)
Furthermore, a magnetic recording means for recording and reproducing magnetic information on the recording paper is provided before the thermal transfer recording means, and the magnetic information recorded and reproduced by the magnetic recording means is discriminated and the magnetic information is recorded and reproduced by the thermal transfer recording means. By operating the printing operation, it is possible to identify the magnetic information that has been placed on the wrong recording paper, and an error message is printed on the recording paper to facilitate visual confirmation.
The purpose of this invention is to provide a multicolor thermal transfer recording device (ie).

This output 111J will be explained in detail below based on an illustrated embodiment.

FIG. 1 shows a multicolor thermal transfer recording device according to the present invention, in which 1 is a hopper block, 2 is a magnetic recording block, and 3 is a hopper block.
Reference numeral 4 indicates a recording paper (hereinafter referred to as a card) feeding block.

That is, when a card P having a magnetic material (magnetic strinograph) loaded and stored in the hopper block 1 is inputted with a record information signal for issuing the card from the fourth rayon keyboard (not shown), the card feeding motor 12 is rotated via the card presence/absence sensor 13, and the card P is sent out one by one by the card feed clutch 14, and is transported to the magnetic recording block 2 side by the transport rollers 15 and 16. At this time, by detecting the leading edge of the card P with the leading edge detection sensor 17, the card feeding motor 12 and the card feeding motor 41 of the card feeding block 4, which will be described later, are synchronized, allowing stable running of the card P. There is.

The card P conveyed into the magnetic recording block 2 has a first
Necessary magnetic information is written and recorded by the second magnetic head 2, and then the magnetic information is read and reproduced by the second magnetic head 22, and the character of this information and the reproduced output are checked.

In the above checking step, for cards P whose information does not meet predetermined regulations, a black thermal head 32 in the ribbon head block 3, which will be described later, prints, for example, an X mark indicating rejection, in response to a signal. This function is printed on the card P so that it can be visually identified, in order to prevent cards with incorrect information or incompletely read information from being issued carelessly. It's worthless.

After passing through the magnetic recording block 2 for +rj:i, the card P is transported into the ribbon head block 3,
At this point, the OFF key is turned off first, and the information in each layer is recorded in the thermal head 3J based on the information recording signal input from the key.
, ,? 2 is printed. These thermal heads 31 and 32 have heating elements in the width direction of the card.
This heating element is selectively heated based on the information recording signal, and each feeding roll 3 is placed on the heating surface of the heating element.
Color transfer ribbon CR and black transfer wrapped at 3°34? A platen pressure roller 44.45 which is interlocked with a platen pressure solenoid 42.43 is pressed into the card feed block 4 via the transfer ribbon BR, and the ink of the transfer ribbons CR and BR is transferred to the card P and printed. The platen pressure rollers 44, 45 are moved up and down by solenoids 42, 43, and when printing is not being performed, they are moved downward to release the pressure between them and the thermal heads 31, 32, and are moved to the rewind take-up motor 35. 36 and transfer only the card P to 1M' without transporting the transfer ribbons CR and BR.
By feeding twice, waste of transfer ribbon can be minimized, and even more transfer can be done. Is the card dirty due to 8%3 between the ring and the card or transfer due to tensile force? This prevents the connection from being disconnected.

However, the color transfer ribbon CR is color-coded in the width direction of the card, and is equipped with a mechanism (not shown) that moves the ribbon to a predetermined position by a color ribbon selection motor 37, and each of these Jt The detection is checked by the ribbon color selection sensor, ?8, J9.

And ``Two Y1 Self ° Nermal Head,? 1, 32
Card P printed with conveyance roller pair 46.47;
1+i means discharge.

By the way, Figure +1'-2 is a flowchart showing an example of applying the device according to the present invention to the printing principle of a commuter pass (Nox).
Receive the information that is essential to the cylinder by j, make the print gloss turn version -1% based on the information received in 5TEP2, and edit for magnetic record #;+j in 5TEP3. , 5TEP The printed pattern edited in 4 is thermally transferred and recorded on the magnetic strip using a 26.1 magnetic head, and this magnetic data is read in 5TEP5 using a second magnetic head. ,5TE
The data recorded by P6 is compared with the data about to be recorded, and when they match, the completion of thermal transfer and magnetic recording to the pass is confirmed in 5TEP7. will feed back to 5TEP 4 again, while if there is no match in 5TEP 6,
5TEP8 performs the second edit of thermally transferring the error display/turn to the No. 4 path, and then thermally transfers the edited error display/Turn to the path at 5TEP9 to complete the process.

It should be noted that the above description is only one example of this light, and the light of light I'' is not limited to this example.

As explained above, the present invention provides a multicolor thermal transfer recording device with a magnetic recording section, writes magnetic 11 tastes on a recording paper having a magnetic material, and has a magnetic recording section for reading the (intake information). At the same time, the information read by the magnetic recording section may be different from the information written in 11, or may not be a curse removal file, or may have been shortened in advance.
If the tt case is not swirled, it can be printed on the recording paper so that it can be visually distinguished, so printing and information recording in the device 1b can be done extremely easily and in a short time. It has excellent practical effects, such as being able to do many things.

4.1 Brief explanation of the drawings.
Schematic description showing one embodiment of 1, ? IE 21 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the printer principle.

11...hopper, 15, l (i...44;
Feed roller, 21.22...magnetic head 1. ? 1,
,? 2... Thermal head, 44.45... Platen pressure roller, CR, B lζ... Transfer ribbon,
P...Card (recording paper).

Claims (1)

[Claims] Information recording 1 to 4 is recorded on the recording paper having magnetic material being conveyed.
A thermal transfer recording means for printing and recording information in multiple colors based on the number, and a magnetic recording means for recording and reproducing magnetic information on the recording paper at a stage preceding the thermal transfer recording means,
A multicolor thermal transfer apparatus characterized in that the magnetic information recorded and reproduced by the magnetic recording means is discriminated and the h&thermal transfer recording means is operated for printing.