JPS6096482A - Printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To realize space-saving by making a cylindrically shaped printer proper and to improve the ease of operation by showing magnified letters and etc. of print in the front portion of the printer proper. CONSTITUTION:A printer proper 11a has a horizontal, cylindrical shape with pedestals and a magnifying indicator 12 in the center of its frontage. A sprawl paper 15 sent by a sprawl 14 proceeds between a platen roller 13 and a printing head 16 and is sent out obliquely and backwards. The area to be occupied by the printer proper 11 is only about 2/3 of a box shaped one and, therefore, the printer may be easily used in a narrow space. Further, since the letters being printed are shown by the magnifying indicator 12 during the operation of the printer 11a, a correction, if necessary, is feasible without any delay, and errors in programming or input may be immediately coped with.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a compact and space-saving printer suitable for personal computers and the like.

BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, the printer shown in FIG. 1 has been known as a printer for printing the output of a personal collector or the like, but the printer shown in FIG.
A sedge roll paper 2 is stored in a rolled manner in the space a, and the output of the personal computer is printed on the sprawl paper fed along the platen roll 3. The printed sedge roll paper λ is sent diagonally backward by the sedge rolls j on both sides of the printer main body/a.

However, the above-mentioned conventional printer/a
The depth dimension of the printer is similar to that of a dog, and it requires a relatively large installation space, making it difficult to use in a narrow space.Furthermore, the characters or sentences being printed are hidden in the shadow of the printing pad, making it difficult to see, or incorrect content or corrections can be made. There were drawbacks such as the tendency to be delayed in responding to content that requires information.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention eliminates the above drawbacks and saves space by making the printer body cylindrical.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a printer that is easier to use in connection with connected devices by enlarging and displaying characters, etc. being printed on the front surface of the printer main body.

To achieve this objective, the present invention has a cylindrical shape,
A printer main body having a print head that prints on print paper that traverses the inside, and an enlargement display device provided on the front side of the printer main body that enlarges and displays the print content that the print head is printing or is about to print. The gist of this document is that it has been provided and configured.

According to the present invention, the printer body is cylindrical, and printing is performed when the print paper crosses inside the printer body, so compared to a printer using a conventional box-shaped printer body, It is possible to significantly reduce the occupied area, which makes it possible to use the printer in narrow spaces. Since the configuration is such that the printed content is enlarged and displayed, it is possible to immediately correct any erroneous creation or operation of a printing command output device such as a personal computer backward glosser connected to a printer. This provides excellent effects such as being able to quickly feed back information from the printer side as an output terminal device.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2 and subsequent figures. 2 and 3 are a perspective view and a vertical side view, respectively, showing one embodiment of the printer of the present invention.

In Figures 2 and 3, the printer ll has a horizontal cylindrical shape with the printer body /la having legs, and the printer body //a
An enlarged display device 12 is provided at the center of the front surface. The enlarged display device 2 enlarges and displays characters that are being printed or about to be printed when the printer// is in use, and displays the time as a clock when the printer is not in use. For this reason, the enlarged display device 12 uses a display element such as a liquid crystal or a light emitting diode, and is operated by a print signal or a clock signal from a personal computer (not shown) or the like connected to the printer/l.

In the center of the printer body//a, there is a grating roll 13.
is provided, and the sugeroll l held in the holes on both sides
The sedge roll paper /S sent by t passes between the grating roll 13 and the print head /A, and is sent diagonally backward. Sprawled paper used in the printer l/ is stocked behind the printer main body //a in an overlapping state.

Here, the area occupied by the printer body //a is about 7 compared to the conventional box-shaped one, and the area required for installation is correspondingly smaller, so it can be used easily even in narrow spaces. O In addition, when using the printer main body//a, the characters being printed or about to be printed are enlarged and displayed on the enlargement display device 12, so necessary correction operations can be executed without delay, and errors in the program can be avoided. In addition, in the above embodiment, the print paper used by the printer//IIC is sprawl paper/
Of course, the material is not limited to 3, and other types of paper such as rolled paper or cut paper may also be used.

Furthermore, it goes without saying that the printer l/ can be used not only as a personal computer terminal but also as a word processor or facsimile terminal, for example.

As explained above, according to the printer having the above structure, the printer body //a is made into a cylindrical shape, and when printing paper such as sugeroll paper crosses inside the printer body //a, printing is performed. Because of the configuration, the footprint can be significantly reduced compared to the conventional box-shaped printer body/printer using aQ. Furthermore, since the enlarged display device 12 provided on the front of the printer main body//a is configured to display enlarged print contents that are being printed or are about to be printed, the personal computer connected to the printer l//a Correcting operations for erroneous creation or erroneous operation of a print command output device such as a printer or a word processor can be performed without delay, and thereby information from the printer side as an output terminal device can be quickly fed back.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a conventional printer;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view and a vertical side view, respectively, showing an embodiment of the printer of the present invention. //...Printer, //a...Glinter body, 12
... Magnifying display device, /S ... Sugeroll paper, 16.
...Print head. patent applicant

Claims (1)

[Claims] A printer body that has a cylindrical shape and has a print head that prints on print paper that runs across the inside, and an enlarger that is provided on the front of the printer body and that enlarges and displays the print content that the print head is printing or is about to print. A printer configured by providing a display device.