JPS6082377A - Printer device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To expand a printing range by transferring a transfer material continuously onto a material to receive the transfer beyond a unit size by a transferring means, and by conveying continuously rolled paper and a thermal transfer ribbon. CONSTITUTION:In a continuation mode, there is not such a boundary of ink as in a multi-color ribbon, since a thermal transfer ribbon employed in said mode is of single color. Accordingly, it is unnecessary to convey rolled paper reversely, and in addition, continuous printing can be performed without providing any margin after printing a unit size of paper as in a non-continuation mode. Thus, the ribbon and the rolled paper are conveyed continuously till the completion of printing, and the printing is performed continuously. When the printing is ended, the paper is delivered. In the continuation mode in which the rolled paper is printed by using a single-color ribbon in this way, a printing range is not restricted, and thus this mode is very advantageous for printing a program list or the like.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a printer device that can use, for example, cut paper and roll paper.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

Since it has a boundary and the printing mechanism is controlled accordingly, the printing range on paper as a transfer material is limited. For this reason, for example, when trying to continuously print a program list output from a computer on roll paper, printing is not performed at the boundaries of the incretin, resulting in blank spaces, which is extremely inconvenient.

[Purpose of the invention]

This invention was made based on the above circumstances, and its purpose is to use roll paper as the transfer material and to expand the printing range by setting the printing range to continuous mode when the transfer material is monochrome. The present invention aims to provide a printer device that can perform continuous printing and is convenient for continuous printing.

[Summary of the invention]

This invention attempts to extend the printing range by continuously conveying the roll paper and the thermal transfer ribbon when a roll paper is attached to the main body of the apparatus and the thermal transfer ribbon is of a single color.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 schematically shows the structure of the entire thermal transfer recording device. In the figure, 1 is the main body of the device, and the upper part of this main body 1 is the paper ejection tray 2, and the rear part is the cut paper tray 2. A supply cassette 3 is installed. Further, a gratin roller 4 is provided at a position corresponding to the mounting portion of the paper discharge tray 2 in the apparatus main body 1, and a heat generating portion (not shown) is provided below the gratin roller 4 in the axial direction of the platen roller 4. A thermal head 5 is provided which is formed into a line tod shape.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, within the main body of the apparatus there is a ribbon storage section 7 that releasably stores a roll-shaped thermal transfer 9yfn 6 as a transfer material, and a ribbon storage 61 for storing a roll-shaped thermal transfer material 6 as a transfer material.
(A ribbon winding section 8 is provided for sequentially winding up the thermal transfer paper 6 fed out from the ribbon 7.

Then, the thermal transfer ribbon 6 is wound around the roll (core) 9 in the ribbon storage section 7, and the first and second ribbons are sequentially wound around the idlers 10 and 11, and then the thermal transfer ribbon 6 is wound around the roller 4 and the thermal head. 5, the third ribbon is then folded back through the id 12 so as to be rapidly separated from the platen roller 4, and is then wound around the fourth ribbon guide 13 at the ribbon winding section 8. It is configured to be wound around a roll (winding core) 74.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, a pair of 72 inning rollers 15.15 is disposed at the rear of the upper part of the platen roller 4. A cut paper Pa1 as a transfer material (recorded material), a cut paper Pb inserted from a manual feed tray 17 provided at the rear of the paper ejection tray 2 and fed via a pair of manual feed rollers 18 and 18, and the above-mentioned cut paper Roll paper Pc supplied from a roll paper supply cassette 19 described later that can be replaced with the supply cassette 3
is fed between the platen row 24 and the paper feed side pinch roll 20 arranged to roll into contact with the platen row 24.

Furthermore, a brake means 21 is provided between the aligning roller pair 15.15 and the grating roller 4. Further, the cassette mounting portion 22 and the 72 inning roller pair 15
, 15, cut paper pa or roll paper Pc'
((First and second guides &; z a t z s are arranged to form a paper guide path 23 for guiding. Also, a pair of manual paper feeding rollers 18.18 and a pair of aligning rollers 15.15 2nd and 3rd side plates 27 and 28 are arranged between them to form a manual paper guide path 26 for guiding the manual paper pb.

Further, in a portion corresponding to the paper ejection roller pair 29, 29, there is a platen roller 4 and a paper ejection side pinch roller 3 that rolls into contact with the platen roller 4.
Paper fed from between 0 and 0 P a * P b HP
cf To form the paper ejection side paper guide path 31 that guides the paper to the paper ejection roller pair 29°29, the fifth. The sixth is ID plate 3273
3 is placed. In addition, the above-mentioned paper ejection side paper guide path 3]
A cut paper pm or manual paper PB sent out from between the paper feed side pinch roller 20 and the flattener 4 is guided between the paper output tray 2 and the manual paper feed tray 17 between the paper feed side pinch roller 20 and the manual paper guide path 26. A return paper guide path 34 is now formed. This return paper guide path 34 is the seventh.
The eighth is formed by the mutually opposing surface portions of the ID plates 35,36.

Also, Su? A light emitter 37 and a light receiver 3 are installed on the upstream side of the tunnel installation path.
A paper detector (paper feeder) 40 is provided near the aligning roller pair 15. are each provided with a paper leading edge detector 41.

In FIG. 1, 42 is a display/operation input unit, 43 is a pulse motor as a main drive source, 44 is a paper feeding pulse motor,
45 is a pulse motor for manual paper feeding, and 46 is a pulse motor for winding wire. Further, 47 and 48 are Granger-type solemade units that bring the paper feeding side pinch roller 220 and the paper discharge side pinch roller 30 into contact with and away from the platen roller 4, 49 is a power supply unit, and 50 is a control unit.

Further, in the device of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, an upper pace side assembly 51 and a lower base side assembly 52 are rotatably connected around a pivot shaft 53. state, and the upper pace side assembly 51 and the lower pace side assembly 52 are pushed up by a push-up support mechanism 54 consisting of an id rod and a compression spring.
The upper pace side assembly 5 is connected to the upper pace side assembly 5 and is configured to constantly push the upper pace side assembly 5 upward.
4, so that 1 can be displaced 1iii times upwards. Further, a hook 55 is provided on the free end side of the upper pace side assembly 51, and a hook hook 56 is provided opposite the attachment position of the hook 55 on the lower base side assembly 52.
is provided, and the hook 55 is attached to the hook 56.
By stopping IJ01 at IJ01, the upper pace side assembly 51 is prevented from being opened inadvertently by some external force. Moreover, by releasing the hook 55 from the hook locking bar 56, the push-up blade of the compressed sugering automatically rotates upward.

Then, by rotating the upper base side assembly 511c upward and separating ^1 from the lower pace side assembly 52, thermal transfer is performed. The tension path of the tube 6 will be fully exposed. In this state, maintenance such as replacement of the thermal transfer ribbon 6 and maintenance of the portion of the thermal transfer ribbon 6 extending over the tensioning path can be carried out extremely easily. Furthermore, by opening the upper pace side assembly 51, the transfer paper transport path is also fully opened.
In the unlikely event that for some reason the paper P as (p b v p
c) Even if jam occurs, it can be easily removed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5(-)(b), a switch pressing piece 57 is provided protruding from the upper spacer assembly 5, and an interrupter 5W59 is provided within the -0 unit 58. 0N1 of the power supply of the device due to the opening/closing operation of the device.
0FFi can be performed.

Furthermore, the control section 50 is connected to equipment housed within the apparatus main body 1, as will be described later, and is also connected to external equipment (not shown).

For example, when a recording command is issued from an external divider, word processor, etc., this recording device operates, and when the cut paper supply cassette 3 is installed, recording is performed on the cut paper pa. . That is,
In response to the recording command, the pulse motor 44 is driven by 1, driving force is transmitted as described later, the take-out roller J6 rotates counterclockwise, and the northernmost cut paper Pa in the cut paper supply cassette 3 is taken out. . In this case, as will be described later, a 4s'J slippery 7a60 is attached to the cut paper supply cassette 3 as a lubricant to prevent the cut paper Pa from slipping and to ensure that the take-out door 16 and the cut paper pa are in contact. This eliminates the possibility of ejecting errors. That is, as shown in FIG. The structure is such that the uppermost cut paper pm is held at both corners in the take-out direction by separation claws 64 and 64.For this reason,
As shown in FIG. 1, when the cut paper pa is set in an inclined state so that the end of the take-out blade is on the lower end of the inclination, the leading edge of the cut paper pa comes into contact with the inner wall surface of the front frame portion 6Ja of the cassette main body 61.
d! This increases the frictional force, and this frictional force may cause the cut paper pa to no longer come into contact with the takeout roller 16, resulting in a takeout error. Therefore, a lubricating material made of low-friction resin or the like is pasted on the inner wall surface and upper end surface of the front frame portion 61m of the cassette body 6 to reduce the total resistance of the cut paper P& . . . are arranged so as to smoothly contact the take-out row 216.

A magnet 65 is embedded in the front frame portion 61h of the cassette body 61, and the position of the magnet 65 is detected by a detector (two sets of reed switches) 66 provided in the cassette mounting portion 22. By automatically detecting the cut paper supply cassette, it is possible to automatically detect that it is a cut paper supply cassette.

Further, the cut paper Pa taken out from the cut paper supply cassette 3 is placed in the first. The second sheet passes through the sheet guide path 23 formed by the side plates 24 and 25, and the leading edge of the cut sheet Pa comes into contact with the rolling contact portion of the stopped aligning roller 15, 15, where the sheet of the cut sheet Pa The tips are aligned.

After that, the shear lining roller 1 is moved by the nozzle motor 44.
5.16 is driven and advances between the paper conveyance guide 70 and the brake plate 71 of the brake means 21.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 8, the paper feed side pinch roller 220 is pushed toward the platen roller 4 (in the direction of arrow B) by the solenoid 47, and the paper feed side pinch roller 30 is pulled in the direction of arrow B by the solenoid 48 and away from the platen roller 24. separated.

On the other hand, at this time, the plunger type solenoid 23 as a drive source for the thermal head sld and the head contact/separation mechanism 72 (described later) is in a non-energized state, so it is displaced in the direction of arrow C and separated from the platen roller 4. be. Then, the pulse motor 43 rotates the platen row 24 counterclockwise, the pulse motor 46 rotates the core 14 of the wind winding section 8 counterclockwise, and the solenoid 73 is energized to turn the platen row 24 counterclockwise. The cut paper Pa is advanced in the direction PatD by the thermal transfer roller 76.A detector 4) for detecting the leading edge of the cut paper Pa is provided near the top of the pinch roller 3o on the paper discharge side. It is composed of an element and a light receiving element.

When the leading edge of the cut paper pa is detected by this detector 41,
The rotation of the pulse motor 460 is stopped, and the conveyance of the thermal transfer ribbon 6 is stopped. Also, the solenoid 73 releases the thermal head 5 from the platen row 24, the solenoid 47 releases the paper feed side pinch roller 20 from the grating roller 4, and the solenoid 48 releases the paper discharge side pinch roller 3θ.
is brought into pressure contact with the platen roller 4, and the rotary solenoid 74 of the brake means 21 is rotated clockwise as shown in FIG. Hold the cut paper Pa. In this state, by slightly rotating the platen row 24 in the first direction using the pulse motor 43, the cut paper
This means that it is wrapped around the platen roller 4 without bending. Thereafter, the solenoid I'47f is operated to press the paper transfer side pinch roller 20 against the platen roller 4, and at the same time, the rotary solenoid 74 of the brake means 21 is rotated counterclockwise in the δ1 direction.
and the platen roller 4): IIi.
Rotate the grating roller 4 clockwise until it comes close to the part where the paper-side pinch roller 30 is in contact with the paper Pak)
Transport it in the opposite direction. Solenoid P73f has finished being transported in reverse.
f: Operate to bring the thermal head 5 into pressure contact with the grating roller 4, and roll the thermal transfer ribbon 6 onto the core 1 of the ribbon winding section 8.
At the same time as the platen roller 4f is rotated clockwise to wind it up, heating recording of the thermal head 11 starts while rotating the platen roller 4f counterclockwise. This portion is heated and melted by the infrared thermal head 5 on the thermal transfer ribbon 6 and transferred onto the cut paper P&. The transferred cut paper Pa is discharged (1!) formed between the guide plates 32 and 33.
The paper passes between the paper guide path 31 and is ejected to the paper ejection tray 2 until the rear end of the cut paper PaO is in contact with the platen roller 4 and the paper feed side pinch roller 2o. be done. Thereafter, the rotary solenoid 74 of the brake means 2J is rotated clockwise, and the brake plate 7J is rotated in the E direction, and at the same time the solenoid 73'
i is turned off, the thermal head 5 is released from the platen roller 4, and the platen roller 4 is rotated clockwise to reversely transport the cut paper P& in the return paper guide path 34 formed between the ID plates 35 and 36. . In this case, the brake plate 71 returns to the E/force direction when the cut paper pm enters between the guide plates 35.3e, and the cut paper Pa is conveyed in the reverse direction to the printing start position. After that, the same operation fr: is repeated as many times as the number of colors in the thermal transfer if 6, and when the transfer is completed, the paper is discharged to the 41P paper tray 2. During this time, cut paper Pa
This means that the leading end is ejected from the paper ejection tray 2 and the rear end is ejected from the intermediate portion between the paper ejection tray 2 and the manual feed tray 17.

As shown in FIG.
is pressed against the aligning roller 15 of the capacity. Therefore, the distance between the aligning rollers 16 and 16 is equal to the thickness of the paper P a (Pb) passing through. The lever 81 and the detector 8 measure the thickness of two or more sheets of paper pa (Pb).
By knowing 2, it is possible to discharge the paper to the paper discharge tray 2 without printing, thereby preventing misaligned printing and paper jams. This lever 81 magnifies the movement of one of the aligning rows 215 by a factor of 10 compared to 6 of the detector 82, and the detector 8211-J consists of a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element.

h11 Thermal transfer ribbon 6 is attached to the ribbon feeding section 7?
10. Pulse motor 4 via No. 1, 12 and 13
6, the ribbon is wound up by the ribbon winding section 8. A detector 39 that can detect the type of thermal transfer ribbon 6 and the color of the thermal transfer ribbon 6 is provided near the ribbon guide IO.

This detector 39 is composed of a light emitting element 37 and a light receiving element 38, and a plurality of barcodes, for example four barcodes, are provided on the thermal transfer button 6 as described later, and a combination of these four barcodes is provided. The type and color of the thermal transfer ribbon 6 can be detected using the operation section 42, which will be described later.
The color displays 85, 86 and 87, 88 show the type of thermal transfer printer 6 that can be set without flipping the machine. Further, a rotary encoder 90 and a detector 9 are provided near the ribbon guide 13 in order to set the color boundary of the thermal transfer ribbon 6 near the printing point. (See Figures 1 and 2) The rotary encoder 90 rotates as the thermal transfer moves by /6, and the detector 9 detects the hole provided in the rotary encoder 90.
The conveyance distance of the thermal transfer resin 7 can be detected, and the tip of a predetermined color of the thermal transfer resin 6 detected by the detector 39 is set as a printing point 93.
, and the initial setting will be performed automatically. Further, as will be described later, it is possible to automatically determine the sleeve type of the thermal transfer ribbon 60, change the mode of mechanism ηj control, and change the printing range. In particular, when the thermal transfer ribbon 6 is a single-color transfer paper, printing can be performed over a wider range than that of a multi-color thermal transfer ribbon.

Furthermore, when a multicolor thermal transfer ribbon is used, if the print signal is up to a specified color of the thermal transfer ribbon, the thermal transfer ribbon is skipped and conveyed vigorously after printing of that specified color is completed. Especially 4
Color heat transfer 7+? Printing (Graphic B, Yellow Y, Magenta M, Cyan C)'ff: When used, printing starts with a pyrothermal transfer ribbon, and if it ends with a black print signal, yellow Y, magenta M, and cyan C are skipped. to enable the next black print.

It is necessary to repeatedly connect and release the door 5 from the platen row 24 and the thermal. Therefore, as shown in Figure 10,
A leaf spring 95 that supports the thermal head 5, a thermal head holding shaft 96 that supports the leaf spring 95, a screw 97°98 that fixes these, and the thermal head 5 is attached to the platen roller 4.
It is composed of a solenoid 73 that is brought into pressure contact with the solenoid 73.

Then, the solenoid 73 is turned ON to bring the thermal head 5 into pressure contact with the platen row 24, and the solenoid 73f is turned OFF.
The structure is such that it is released from the grating roller 4 by its own weight. However, if the solenoid leaf spring 95 is simply used in a directly connected state, the solenoid 7
A slight difference in the distance between the thermal head 3 and the thermal head 5 changes the suppression, resulting in variations among the aircraft.

Therefore, as in the present application, armature 99 and flange 100
A spring 102 is inserted between the thermal head 5 and a stopper 101 provided on the solenoid 73, and as shown in FIG.
If the stroke) is Si, there is a margin of PI - Pg (Y), and the holding force of the solenoid 73 only needs to be greater than Pg, so the voltage can be lowered by that amount, so there is no energy saving, and the voltage If you do not lower the voltage, you can use a small solenoid, which saves energy and makes the unit more compact.

Furthermore, even if the printing surface (heating element part) of the thermal head 5 is tilted with respect to the platen row 24 as shown in FIG. 12, if the solenoid 73 pushes it up in the printing direction, the leaf spring 95 is an elastic body and will break. uniformly contacts the platen roller 4,
Since the load is evenly distributed, it has a great effect in preventing printing defects such as uneven printing density and uneven contact.

13 and 14 show the relationship between the thermal head 5 and the cooling fan 105. The thermal head 5 is composed of a ceramic substrate 5a having a heating element and a heat sink 5b, and is provided near the heating element. A pair of substrate temperature detectors (semiconductor sensors) 106 detect temperature changes in the heating element, and the rotation speed of the cooling fan 105 can be fully controlled based on the temperature changes, thereby increasing cooling efficiency.

In addition, as shown in FIG.
8. Eject display section 110. eject key 111,
A letter display section 112 is arranged, and on the right side there are a copy display section 113, a copy key 114, an online display section 115, an online key 116, and a test display section 11.
7, test display section 18, feed display section 1/9, feed kino 20. A reti display section 121 and a power supply display section 122 are provided.

Next, the roll paper supply cassette 19 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 16 to 18.

FIG. 16 shows the configuration of the roll paper supply cassette 9. In the figure, there is a 1301ri power set main body, and a cassette JJ par 131 is superimposed on the upper surface side of this cassette main body 130.

The cassette main body 130 is provided with a roll paper mounting section 132, a roll paper feeder 133, and a roll paper tensioner 34.
1 has an opening 135 and a cutter 136 at the tip.

As shown in FIG.
Part 1 is the first part. second reel unit 7.9s,
J.? 9 supports the structure.

The first reel unit 13B has one end fixed to the side frames 130&, 130& of the cassette main body 130, and
a reel body 141 rotatably attached to the reel;
A trapezoidal coil spring 142f is always attached to this reel body 141 side.
5 and the disk 143 pressed through the disk 1
43 and the reel main body 141 are provided on mutually facing surfaces +
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,>-,- The brake 144 is composed of a stainless steel material 14G fixed to the disk 143 side and a polyester-based nonwoven fabric (trade name: Reexseine) 146 fixed to the reel body 141 side.

The reel main body 747 has anti-rotation protrusions 147, 141 that protrude and engage with notches 137m, 137& formed on the end face of the roll 9. The configuration is such that no space is created between the reel body 141 and the reel body 141.

Further, the second reel unit 139 has one side frame 1.
The reel main body 149 is rotatably attached to a support shaft 14B with one end fixed to the reel 30h, and a trapezoidal coil spring 150 constantly presses the reel main body 149 toward the first reel unit side 13B. In addition, in FIG. 17, the reel main body 149 is in a state holding the winding core J and the end Ml of the winding core 97, and is shown in a state in which it is pushed down against the biasing force of the trapezoidal coil spring 150. Since the middle part of the spindle 148 of the two-reel unit 139 is formed to have a small diameter through the Q-9 part, the reel body 149 can swing, and the winding core 37 can be easily attached and detached. It looks like this.

However, the first. 2nd reel unit) 138°13
The winding core 137 held at both ends by the brakes 14
Due to the frictional resistance of 4, it will not rotate unless a predetermined force is applied. This means that a good tensioning condition with no sagging can be maintained.

Next, a case will be described in which the roll paper supply cassette 19 is set in place of the cut paper supply cassette 3 described above to form an image. First, the core 137 on which the roll paper Pc is wound is held in advance via the first and second reel units 138 and 139 incorporated into the cassette body 130 as described above.

After that, the cassette cover 131ff is attached, and the rows 2160 and 16 constituting the roll paper feeding means 133 are attached.
1, the roll paper Pc is fed out through the knob 162 and pulled out to the outlet, and the tip of the roll paper Pa is cut by the cutter 1 formed at the tip of the cassette cover 1sx.
36 and align the ends. At this time,
A roll paper tensioning means 134 consisting of a tension arm 164 that is always urged in a predetermined direction by a spring 163 is provided between the roll paper mounting section 132 and the roll paper feeding means 133, thereby providing a buffer effect.

Then, as shown in FIG. 18, the roll paper supply cassette 19 is installed in the cassette installation section 22. At this time, the position of the magnet 170 embedded in the cassette main body 130 is detected by the detector (reed switch) 66 provided in the cassette mounting section 22, and the position of the magnet 170 embedded in the cassette main body 130 is detected by the
can be automatically detected. That is, the embedding positions of the magnets (65, 1yO) are different between the roll paper and the cut paper, and these are respectively detected by the detector 66.

Then, by turning the knob 162, the roll paper Pc is pulled out and passes between the guide plates 24 and 25 in the same way as in the cut paper supply cassette 3.

Then, when the feed key 120 of the display/operation input section 42 is pressed, the aligning rollers 15, 15, etc. are driven.
The roll paper Pc is fed through the same transport path as the cut paper Pa (pb) until it appears on the paper discharge tray 2. In this state,
Furthermore, the eject key 111f of the operation section 42 is operated to automatically release the roller clamping conveyance system in the mechanism section, and the I-1
: After transporting the roll paper P c f for the length of the paper, it bends to the same level as the cut paper Pa (Pb) and starts printing. When printing multiple colors, press the pinch roller 2 on the paper feed side.
0 paper discharge side pinch roller 30 is brought into pressure contact with the platen roller 4, the thermal head 5 is completely removed from the platen roller 4 by the solenoid 73'i OFF L, and the pulse motor 43 is rotated counterclockwise to reverse conveyance. In this case, the roll paper Pc is bent at an opening 135 provided in the cassette cover 131. In addition, if the roll paper Pc is skewed, press the eject key 111f of the operation unit 42 shown in FIG.
The skew of the rolls M; Pc can be corrected by automatically releasing the roller clamping conveyance system in the mechanism section by operating f.

Then, the roll paper Pe on which printing has been completed is discharged to the paper discharge tray 2, and is cut by a knife 171 provided at the paper discharge port. Note that the detailed operation will be described later.

Next, the control circuit will be explained. In Figure 19,
The main control unit 19) receives control signals from the display/operation input unit 42 and various sensors, namely a rebin detector 39, a paper detector 40, a paper leading edge detector 41, a cassette detector 66, and an aligning roller open/close detector 82. ．． Substrate temperature sensor 106, 106 of thermal head 5, print medium temperature sensor 19
2. Paper discharge detector 193 Furthermore, an output signal from a paper discharge roller opening/closing detector (not shown) and an output signal from the sub-clamp section 194 are supplied. The main control section 191 supplies predetermined ff+IJ control signals to the display/operation input section 42, sub-control section 194, thermal head 5, data buffer (memory) 195, and interface section 196 based on these signals. That is, the cunning/operation input section 42 supplies a predetermined operation signal to the main control section 191, and also supplies the main side i1 section 191 with a predetermined operation signal.
A display corresponding to a predetermined operation is performed based on a control signal supplied by the user.

The sub-control unit 194 uses control signals supplied from the main control unit 191 and the rotary encoder detector 91 to
Pulse motor 43, ribbon winding J (Hars motor 4 for R
6, paper feed pulse motor 44, manual paper feed Nockles motor 45, thermal head 5, drive solenoid 73,
The pinch roller 20, the driving solenoid 47, the pinch roller 30 driving solenoid 48, and the brake plate 41 driving rotary solenoid 74 are each set to a predetermined operating state. Also, in the data buffer 195, the main control unit 1
In response to the control signal 91, the print data from the external connection device 197 supplied via the interface section 196 is stored for each line, for example, and the stored print data is supplied to the thermal head 5. . The thermal head 5 melts the ink on the thermal transfer printer 6 based on the control signal supplied from the main control unit 191 and the print data supplied from the data buffer 195, and thermally transfers the ink onto the sheets Pa, Pb, and Pc. will be held.

Further, the interface section xgtyFi main control section 1
91 and the external connection device 197 sends and receives signals. From the interface section 196 to the external connection device 19
7 is supplied with a vertical synchronization signal (page synchronization signal), a horizontal synchronization signal, Coolock No. 4i, and a status signal indicating the operating status of the main body of the device, and from an external connection device 197, a start signal, a stop signal, a color designation signal, etc. Command signals and print data are supplied. Here, if the inputted print data is, for example, a 4-turn print, it is directly stored in the data file 195, and if it is a character code, it is stored using a code interface control circuit, a character generator, etc. (not shown). After being converted into a character pattern, the data is stored in the data storage 195.

The cassette detector 66 will now be further explained. As mentioned above, this detector 66 consists of two sets of reed switches, and these reed switches are operated by magnets provided at different positions in the roll paper cassette 19 and the cut paper supply cassette 3. There is.

The main τ1iiJ a11 section 191 determines which cassette is installed in the insertion slot depending on which of these reed switches is operated. The printing operation mode is automatically set to cut paper or roll paper depending on the type of cassette installed in the insertion slot, and each section is operated in accordance with the type of paper.

Therefore, this is advantageous compared to the case where only one of roll paper, sheet paper, and fallen paper can be used, as in the case of conventional transportation. By attaching the cassette to the cassette, it is automatically determined which cassette is attached, and printing operations, etc. are automatically switched and set accordingly, resulting in good operability.

Further, since the determination result of the loaded cassette is supplied to the externally connected device 197 via the interface section 196 by the status (N), it is advantageous that the externally connected device 197 can know this.

Next, the thermal head 5 will be further explained.

The thermal head 5 can be divided into 0 to 4 parts and driven by counting the number of data for one line to be printed. still,
0 means there is no print data. This thermal head 5 is a twin head in which heating elements for 1728 dots are arranged horizontally in a row, and the heating elements are arranged at 448,448°448.
It is divided into four blocks of 384 dots. Advance the paper when using 3 or 4 colors.

In order to prevent color shift due to regression, the processing time for one line (data transfer to the thermal head 5 and driving of the thermal head 5) is kept constant by four-division fixed driving. This is also a measure to allow paper feeding and printing to proceed simultaneously in this apparatus, without adopting an incremental paper ejection method such as printing→paper feeding→printing→. In other words,
In the incremental method, the paper is stopped when it is printed, but in the case of printing, the paper does not stop completely even with the incremental method, so the condition is the same even if printing and paper feeding are performed at the same time. This is because it can be considered that

Note that printing is performed in the above direction even when using one-color or two-color thermal transfer ribbon without overlapping colors.

However, in this case, since the divided drive of the thermal head is varied from 0 to 4, the dead time for one line is different. That is, since there is almost no fear of color misregistration, the printing speed can be increased.

The print data is transferred as shown in FIG. That is, during the period T1, from the external connection device 197 to the 172
While all 8 bits of booter are stored in the data buffer 195, the 448 bits of data of the first block stored first are transferred to the thermal head 5 during the period T4. Then, after all the data is stored in the data buffer 195, the first! Lock data will be printed. After this, data 4 of the second block is stored in the period T4.
48 bits are transferred and printed during Tg. Thereafter, three blocks of 448 bits of data and a fourth block of 384 bits of data are sequentially transferred and printed.

Furthermore, the sub-control unit 194 receives D! , pulse motor 4 J at point D2, ly J? The winding pulse motor 46 is then driven.

By the way, in printing control by the thermal head 5, the ambient temperature (external temperature), the temperature rise caused by the electric circuit inside the apparatus main body, and the substrate temperature of the thermal head 5 are important. The former is thermal transfer I) Gun6 and paper, especially
This is largely related to the melting state of the thermal transfer ribbon 6, and in order to know these states, the printing medium temperature sensor 192 is provided within the main body of the apparatus. However, the latter is due to heat accumulation in the thermal head 5 due to continuous printing, and in order to know this, a pair of substrate temperature detectors 106 and 10 are installed.
6 is provided. This substrate temperature detector 106, 10
6 (-j positions correspond, for example, to the blocks at both ends of the thermal head 5 divided into four parts.

By arranging it in this way, even when printing a text that tends to be concentrated on the left side of the paper, the difference in heat storage between both ends of the thermal head 5 can be detected. To control the energization time of the power supplied to the heating resistors of the blocks on both the left and right ends.
: is a stable temperature at which 1iil 1it-1+ can be performed. Moreover, by controlling the temperature information of the thermal transfer ribbon 6 detected by the print medium temperature sensor 192 as a parameter,
Furthermore, good printing can be performed.

Although the substrate temperature detectors 106, 106 are provided corresponding to the blocks at both ends of the divided thermal head 5, the present invention is not limited to this, and even better printing can be achieved if they are provided correspondingly to each divided Glock. It can be carried out.

Next, automatic determination of thermal transfer +7.3run using the ribbon detector 39 will be described. As mentioned above, heat transfer? On one side of the pen 6, as shown in FIG. 21, an identification code, for example, a bar code 201, consisting of, for example, 4 bits, corresponding to the color of the ink is provided. This Percor P2O1 is thermal transfer as shown in Figure 22? t from the border of each color in color 6
A transparent part 20 with a width of tl at a pitch of t3 from a position 2 apart.
This barcode 201 is detected by a ribbon detector 39, and the color of the ink is determined. The bar code attached to each ink ribbon is for energization as shown in FIG. 23, and even if the colors are the same, the bar code differs depending on the type of thermal transfer ribbon 6.

The main control unit 191 determines the type of thermal transfer ribbon 6 from the detected barcode, and performs a printing operation accordingly.

That is, when the power supply unit 50 is turned on in step 811 in FIG. 24, the thermal transfer recon 6 is conveyed in step SI2, and the barcode 201 is detected by the retin detector 39 in step SI3. As a result, when the barcode 201 is detected, the type of thermal transfer litin 60 is determined in step SI4. This determination is made based on FIG. 23. Once the type of thermal transfer ribbon 60 is determined, the thermal transfer ribbon 6 is conveyed to the first color in step SI5, and then a print command is determined in step SI6. If there is no print command, the printer is placed in a standby state. Further, if the barcode 201 is not detected in step SIJ, then in step SI7, one page (one color) is thermally transferred? N6
It is determined whether the message has been sent, and if the result is that it has not been sent yet, control is transferred to step S12. Also, 1 page d
? If the ribbon 6 is being fed, it is determined in step SI& that the ribbon 6 is a one-color (black only) ribbon, and control is transferred to step S6.

If it is determined in step 816 that the printing command is valid, the Stellar fS19 determines whether the thermal transfer command is valid or not. It is determined whether the ribbon 6 is a 3 or 4 color ribbon, and if it is a 3.4 color ribbon, printing control for 3 or 4 colors is performed. That is, the first color is printed in step 8110, and the first color is printed in step 5I.
At II, the paper is returned. After this, step 5r1
Step 511
3, printing of the second color is performed. Thereafter, similar operations are performed to print in the third or fourth color.

Further, in steps S and I9, the thermal transfer ribbon 6
If it is other than 3 or 4 colors, it is determined in step 8114 whether or not it is 2 colors, and if it is 2 colors, the first color is printed in step 5IJ5. After this,
The paper is returned in step 8116 and the second color 1 is returned in step 5117. /6 was sent,
Second printing is performed in step 811B.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 5IJ4 that the ribbon 6 is of one color, one page is printed using black ink in step 5I19.

In addition, Stay 7' S I l Os S I, 13
At the same time as printing is performed in t S I I 5 etc., the next color is determined by the color detector 39 . Further, when the type of thermal transfer ribbon 6 is determined by type 11, the corresponding display section of the display operation input section 42 is lit.

Further, as described above, when two to four color thermal transfer printers are installed, for example, the external connection device 29
7. If a color is specified for printing, after printing with that color, the ribbon is fed to the next part of the same color at a speed faster than the ribbon transport speed during printing, and Colors are set to be skipped. Is this control a problem? In this way, various types of thermal transfer ribbons 6 can be used, and the type of ribbon 6 can be automatically determined just by setting the ribbon 6. Since the printing operation is performed according to the type of ribbon 6, the operability is extremely good.

In addition, automatically determined thermal transfer d? Since the type of the ink ribbon 6 is displayed on the display/operation input section 42, it is possible to prevent printing errors due to different ink ribbons.

Furthermore, if the thermal transfer lithine 6 is automatically determined to be a single-color ribbon, it is difficult to locate the beginning of the ink, and printing is possible from that spot, which is advantageous because the print range can be wider than that of a multi-color ribbon.

Furthermore, since several types of thermal transfer resins can be automatically discriminated and used, it is possible to avoid the waste of printing, for example, using four-color adhesives when only two colors are required.

Furthermore, since the conveyance of the thermal transfer ribbon uses the rotary encoder 90 and the detector 4391 to detect the distance the ribbon has been conveyed, it is possible to reliably locate the beginning of the ribbon with a relatively simple configuration, and to avoid printing errors. It can be prevented.

Further, since a bar code is used to determine whether or not an incremental IJ is present, the detection can be performed with a relatively simple configuration.

Furthermore, since ink other than the specified color is skipped at a faster speed than the ink feeding speed of the ink being printed, when printing with a small number of colors using a multicolor ribbon, it takes a long time to finish printing one sheet. It is possible to shorten.

Next, detection of the end of the roll paper will be explained.

The above-mentioned roll paper Pc has an indicator portion, for example, a rectangular through hole 2 (
) 4 are provided. When this through hole 204 is detected by the paper leading edge detector 41, the main control unit 191
This is displayed on the paperless display 108 of the display/impersonation input section 42. However, since a margin of more than one A4 size sheet remains between the through hole 204 and the end, printing for one A4 size or letter size sheet is possible using this portion.

With such a configuration, the end of the roll paper can be detected easily and reliably, so that half-finished printing can be prevented. Furthermore, it is convenient because it is possible to print for one sheet of paper size without end detection.

Next, an outline of the printing operation using cut paper and roll paper will be explained. Detection of cut paper and roll paper is as described above. First, the printing operation using cut paper will be described with reference to FIGS. 26 and 27.

When the start signal 755 is supplied from the externally connected device 197, the pinch roller 20 is pressed against the platen roller 4 in step SC1. After this, in step 5C21, the take-out row 216° aligning roller pair (15,
15), the grating roller 4 is driven, as shown in FIG. 27(a).
The paper Pa is conveyed as shown in (b). At the same time, in step SC3, the reload winding section 8 is driven to transport a predetermined amount of ink to the printing point. Along with this ribbon conveyance, the thermal head 5 is pressed against the platen roller 4 in the step SC4. In the state of B, in step SC5, the paper leading edge detector 41VC, and therefore the paper P
It is determined whether the tip of a has been detected. As a result,
If the leading edge of paper Pa is not detected, step SC6
, step SC5 are repeatedly executed to transport the paper PjL. Further, when the leading edge of the paper Pa is detected by the detector 41 as shown in FIG. 27C, step SC7
In step S08, the pinch row 230 is pressed against the platen roller 4, and the thermal head 5 is separated from the platen row 24 in step S08. Furthermore, in step SC9, the pinch roller 20 is separated, and the Stella fBc10
The brake plate 71 is pressed at this point. Then, in step 5CII, the sheet Pa is slightly conveyed by the rotation of the platen row 24, and the deflection of the sheet PIL is removed as shown in FIG. 27(d). Then step 5C
12, the one-inch row 220 is pressed against the platen roller 4, and in step SCI 4, the brake plate 71 is separated, and in step SCI 4, the platen roller 4 is reversely rotated as shown in FIG.
is slightly transported backwards. At this time, the paper Pa is held between the pinch rollers 20 and 30 and the grating roller 4 without bending. After the printing start position of paper P& is set in this way, thermal transfer is performed in step 5015? As the printer 6 and paper pi are transported, the thermal head 5 is pressed against the platen roller 4 in step 5C16, and printing is started in step 5C17 as shown in FIG. 27(f). Then, until the end of printing (page synchronization signal or strag signal) is detected in step 5C1B, steps 5C17 and 8
C1B is executed repeatedly. When the end of printing is detected,
At step 5C19, the thermal transfer ribbon 6 is conveyed to the next color printing point, and at the same time, at step 5C20, the thermal head 5 is separated from the platen roller 4.

Further, in step 5C21, the brake plate 7 is pressed, and in step 5C22, the paper Pa is conveyed backward to the printing point as shown in Figure 27). At this time, the paper Pa is transferred to the paper guide path 35.3 as shown in FIG. 27(h).
It is stored between 6 and 6. Thereafter, the thermal head 5 is pressed against the platen roller 4 in step SC23, and printing of the next color is started in step 5C24. In step 5C25, it is determined whether printing of all colors designated by the color designation signal has been completed, and if not, steps SCJ9 to 5C25 are repeatedly executed.

When printing in all colors is completed, in step 5C26, the two pairs of paper discharge rows 29.29 are driven, and the paper is sent to a paper discharge tray (not shown).

Note that the above explanation applies to multicolor printing, but in the case of 75'L% single color printing, the paper is ejected immediately after the first printing. This is controlled according to the detected type of thermal transfer ribbon and color designation signal as described above.

Next, a printing operation using roll paper will be explained with reference to FIGS. 28 and 29.

First, in step 5 ROI, thermal transfer? The type of operation is determined. As a result, if a suit consisting of multiple colors is attached, the discontinuous mode is set in paper step 8RO2, and the single color suit, 4? If the button is attached, continuous mode is set in step 5R03.

In the discontinuous mode, when the feed key 120 of the display/operation input section 42 is pressed in step 8R1, the pinch roller 2o is pressed against the grating roller 4.

After this, step 5R2-・Aligning roller pair 1
5.15, platen roller 4 is driven. In this state, when the cassette knob (not shown) is turned to feed the roll paper Pcf, the roll paper Pc is moved as shown in FIG.
3(b). At the same time, in step SR3, the ribbon winding section 8 is driven, and a predetermined ink is conveyed to the printing point.

Along with this conveyance, the thermal head 5 is pressed against the platen roller 4 in step SR4. In this state, in step SR5, it is determined whether the leading edge of the paper Pc has been detected by the paper leading edge detector 4. As a result, if the tip of jdPe is not detected,
Steps SR6 and SR5 are repeatedly executed to transport the paper Pc. Further, when the leading edge of the paper Pc is detected by the detector 41 as shown in FIG. 29(c), the thermal head 5
At the same time, the pinch roller 30 is pressed against the platen roller 4 and the paper Pa is further conveyed. Then, when the paper Pc is detected by the paper discharge detector 193 as shown in FIG. 29(d), the paper Pc is further conveyed by 100 tones in step SR9. After that, in step 5RIO, the eject key 111 of the display/operation input section 42 is manually turned on, and all the rollers 1
5115.20°so, 29,29$ and the thermal head 5 are released as shown in FIG. 29(e). In this state, paper skew correction is performed (Step 3).

, Pu5RIJ). For example, if the eject key 111 is manually turned off after skew correction, step 5R1
2, 5R13, and 8R14, the pinch roller 30 is pressed and released as shown in FIG. will be held. After this, steps 5R15, 5B16, 5R17TSR1B
, SR, 19, the brake plate 71 is released as shown in FIG. 29 0), the pinch roller 20 is pressed and the thermal transfer riser 76 is conveyed, and in this state the thermal head 4 is pressed and printing is started. Ru. In step BR20, the end of printing is detected, and steps SRJ 9 and SRJ O are repeatedly executed until printing is completed.

When the end of printing is detected in the x7-horn 5R20,
In steps BR21, 5R22, 5R23, the second
As shown in FIG. 9(h), the ribbon 6 is conveyed to the next color printing point, the thermal head 5 is separated, and the paper Pc is transferred to a unit size roll paper cassette (not shown) to the position immediately before printing. ). Then, the thermal head 5 is pressed in Stellar fsR24, 5R25, and the next color is overprinted. In step 5R26, it is determined whether or not printing of all the colors designated by color designation number 4δ has been completed, and if it has not been completed, Stellar 7° 5R21 to 5R26 are repeatedly executed.

When printing in all colors is completed, the paper Pc is sent out to a paper discharge tray (not shown) in step 5R27.

In addition, when the printing of page ■ is completed and the next page is to be printed, the process returns from step 8R26 to step 5R12, and after conveying the paper to form a margin of 20±5 m between pages of the unit size, , printing is performed. After all printing is completed, paper is ejected in step 5R27.

On the other hand, in the continuous mode, as described above, since the thermal transfer ink is a single color, there is no boundary between inks as in multicolor printing. Therefore, there is no need to reversely convey the roll paper, and printing can be performed continuously without providing a margin after printing a unit size of paper as in the discontinuous mode. That is, with the continuous mode trap set, steps 5R28-SR'47'! The operation in 1: is exactly the same as in the discontinuous mode, and the ribbon and roll paper are continuously conveyed until the end of printing, and printing continues. Then, when printing is completed, step 5R4B
Paper is ejected at .

In this way, the continuous mode in which printing is performed on roll paper using a single color ribbon is extremely advantageous when printing, for example, a glogram list, etc., because there is no restriction on the printing range.

Next, the rotary encoder 9o and detector 91 for detecting the transport distance of the thermal transfer gun 6 will be further explained.

A detector 91 detects the operating state of this rotary encoder 9o.
By detecting this, the cutting of the thermal transfer ribbon 6 can be detected. That is, as shown in FIG. grs 30, the operating state of the pulse motor 46 that conveys the illusion run 6 is determined in step SEI. As a result, if the rotary encoder 90 is in the stopped state, the control operation is ended, and if the rotary encoder 90 is in the driven state, the operating state of the rotary encoder 90 is determined in step SE2. That is, if the output signal from the detector 91 is normally obtained, it is determined that the thermal transfer en 6 is being conveyed normally, and if the output signal from the detector 91 is not obtained within a predetermined time, the thermal transfer en It is determined that the ribbon 6 has been cut. And step SE...
? At this point, the printing operation is stopped and the ribbonless display 09 of the display/operation input section 42 displays the ribbon. Therefore, since printing is not performed with the ribbon 6 cut, it is possible to prevent printing errors.
It is FiJ Noh.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As detailed above, according to the present invention, when roll paper is used as the transfer material and the transfer material is a single color, the printing range can be expanded by setting the printing range to continuous mode, which is convenient for continuous printing. We can provide printer devices.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a schematic longitudinal view showing the overall configuration of the device, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are explanatory diagrams showing the configuration of the main parts. Figure, 4th
The figure is a schematic front view showing the opening/closing operation of the upper pace side assembly, and Figures 155(a) and 155(b) illustrate the opening/closing operation of the interrupter switch in the power supply unit accompanying the opening/closing operation of the upper pace measuring body. FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing the structure of the main part of the cut paper supply cassette, FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of the structure of the brake means, FIG. =) (b) is an explanatory diagram to explain overlapping feed detection, Fig. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the thermal head contact/separation mechanism, and Fig. 11 is the pressing force of the spring used in the thermal head contact/separation mechanism. Figure 12 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the thermal head and the platen, Figures 13 and 14 are side and front views showing the thermal head cooling structure, and Figure 15 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the thermal head and the platen. The figure is a plan view of the display operation unit, Figure 16 is a schematic vertical side view of the roll paper supply cassette, Figure 17 is a sectional view showing the roll paper core holder, and Figure 18 is the installed state of the roll paper supply cassette. 19 is a block diagram schematically showing the control circuit, FIG. 20 is a timing diagram shown to explain the operation of the main control section and sub-control section, and FIG. 21 shows an example of a thermal transfer ribbon. 22 is a plan view for explaining the barcode, FIG. 23 is a diagram showing the relationship between the type of thermal transfer ribbon and the barcode, and FIG. 24 is for explaining the operation according to the type of thermal transfer ribbon. FIG. 25 is a plan view for explaining the F: edge detection of roll paper, FIG. 26 is a flow chart for explaining the printing operation using force and paper, and FIG. =) to (h) are schematic configuration diagrams showing the operation of each part corresponding to FIG. 26, respectively, and FIG. 28 explains the printing operation using roll paper. The flowchart shown in FIGS. 29(a) to (h)
) are schematic configuration diagrams showing the operation of each part corresponding to FIG. 28, FIG. 30 is thermal transfer, and 3? 3 is a flowchart shown to explain disconnection detection of the connection. 1... Apparatus main body, 2... Paper output tray, 3... Cut paper supply cassette, 4... Gratin roller, 5...
Thermal head, 6...M transfer'! JN7,”
5...2 pairs of aligning rows, 16...Take-out row 2, pa...cut paper, 19...roll paper cassette, pc...roll paper, 20...paper feed side pinch roller, 22 ...Cassette loading section, 30...Pinch roller on paper output side, 39...Scanning detector, 40...Paper detector, 4...Paper leading edge detector, 42...Display /Operation input section, 43...Pulse motor, 44...For paper feeding/
pulse motor, 45... manual paper feed pulse motor,
46...Ribbon winding pulse motor, 47°48...
Grand shine type solenoid, 49...4 sources, 50...
...Control unit, 51...Upper pace side assembly, 52...
Lower pace side assembly, 53... Pivot shaft, 59... Interactor switch, 65... Magnet, 66...
Cassette detector, 7...brake plate% 73・°'
Punja type solenoid, 74 Rotary solenoid, 90... Rotary encoder, 91... Detector, lθ6... Board temperature detector, 17θ... Magnet, 19 No.... Main control unit, No. 92 ...Print medium temperature sensor, J94...Sub-control unit, 195...Data paranoia, 196...Interface unit, No.97...
・External connection device, 20... Barcode, 204...
・Through hole. Applicant's Representative Patent Attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 1 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 8 Figure 9 (a) (b) Figure 10 Figure 11 LJLJ Figure 21 Figure 22 Figure 25 Figure 27 (e) (h) Figure 28 (A01) Figure 29 (f) (h) Figure 30 3. Person making the amendment □ Relationship with the JT case Patent applicant (3 (17) Toshiba Corporation 5, page 5, lines 4 to 5 of the statement of contents of the voluntary amendment: “... It says "There is cut paper Pa or roll paper C..." and "There is roll paper Pc..."
"..." is corrected. (2) On page 5, line 7 of the same page, it says ``... is being done. Also...... is being done.'' In addition, the paper guide path 21θ that guides the cut paper Pa is formed by the upper surface of the second guide plate 25 and the lower surface of the third guide plate 27. 13) In the same page 5, lines 10 to 11, the phrase "2.3 guide plate" is corrected to read "rNS3.954 guide plate." On page 11, lines 4 and 5, it says “...Ka 1-
The paper Pa has a gloss of 1 and is formed by the second guide plate 24.25...''.
a is formed by the second and third guide plates 25°7...''. On the 4th line of page 11, the phrase ``1 pulse motor 44'' is replaced with ``
・Corrected to "Cruz motor 43" 0 (6) On the 4th line of page 12, "counterclockwise" is corrected to "clockwise". (7) In the fourth line of page 13, the phrase "clockwise" is corrected to "counterclockwise." (8) ff<15 ffg In the 7th to 8th lines, "aligning roller 16" is corrected to "aligning roller 15." (9) On page 15, lines 9 and 10, it says "aligning rollers 16, 16" [aligning roller i
s, 1sJ. (1α Same page 18, lines 6-7: “...
It is configured. And the solenoid..." It says, "...The solenoid... is made up of...
"..." is corrected. OD Same page 18, line 11 [The solenoid board is written as ``Solenoid 73 and the board''. Oz, page 19, lines 5 and 6, "... can save energy and reduce voltage..."
It says, ``...it is possible to change the voltage...
・” is corrected. 0 Rows In the same page 19, lines 6 and 7, the phrase ``It is possible to do ..., which saves energy'' is corrected to ``It is possible to do ..., which saves energy.'' ■ “Indicator” on page 20, lines 5 and 6 respectively.
All of the above should be corrected to read "display section." (151, page 25, lines 5 and 6, “...
, and as with the cant paper supply cassette 3, the statement "Pull out . . . and guide plate . . ." is corrected to ``Pull out . . . and guide plate . (le The last line of page 25 of the same page says "counterclockwise", r
Correct it to ``x clockwise.'' ・θη On page 31, line 19 of the same page, it says ``It can be made faster.'' Correct it to ``It can be made faster.'' (1. Eno: The last line of page 39 of the same document has been corrected to read "display unit" instead of "display unit.") Kan: I have corrected Figure 1 of the drawings as shown in the attached sheet.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A transfer material made of roll paper, a transfer material made of a single color or a plurality of colors, a transfer means for transferring the colorant of the transfer material to the transfer material, a detection means for detecting the type of the transfer material, and A printer apparatus comprising: a control means for causing the transfer means to continuously transfer a transfer feather of a unit size or more to the transfer material in a state in which a monochromatic transfer material is detected by the detection means.