JPS62161567A - Portable printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a portable printer capable of printing an arbitrary sentence on the desired place of paper having an arbitrary shape, by arranging a printing means to the opening part provided to one side surface of the printer. CONSTITUTION:In a portable printer, a printing means is arranged to the opening part provided to one side surface of the printer and has no paper feed mechanism. After the sentence (an address and a name etc.) inputted from a keyboard was confirmed at a display part 2, when a printing part 3 is pushed down to a printing place, a thermal head 5 is operated and an arbitrary sentence can be printed n a desired place. The keyboard 1 has characters arranged in the order of the KANA syllabary and can easily input a sentence by KANA/ KANJI conversion. Because a memory is backed up, the sentence does no disappear even if a switch is opened and the stored sentence can be easily called out. The printing part is constituted of the thermal head 5 and a thermal transfer ink ribbon 4 and, when the outer frame 6 of the printing part is pushed down to a printing place, the thermal head 5 falls and moves while presses the thermal transfer ink ribbon 4 to the printing place to perform printing. When the thermal head 5 moves to the terminal, said head rises to return the original position.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a portable printing device.

More specifically, the present invention provides a portable printing device in which a text display means, an input means, and a printing means without a paper feed V mechanism are integrated into a compact and lightweight unit. This allows any text to be easily printed.

[Conventional technology]

A conventional portable printing device, as typified by the handheld word processor shown in FIG. 2, has a keyboard 21, a display section 22, and a printer 23 integrated into one, and printing paper 24 is rolled into the printer 23 and printed. was.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, with the above-mentioned conventional technology, the paper that can be printed on is limited, and it is not possible to directly print on, for example, bound items such as books, boxes, pole paper, etc. Furthermore, it is not easy to print according to a predetermined grip such as a history sheet or a notification form.

The present invention is intended to solve these problems, and its purpose is to provide a portable printing device that can print any text on any desired location on any shape of paper.

[Means to resolve the gap]

The portable printing device of the present invention is a portable printing device comprising a text display means, an input means, and a printing means, in which a 1-1J character means is installed in an opening on one side of the printing device. is characterized by not having a paper feeding mechanism.

[Effect]

Hold the main body with three hands and press down on the desired printing location on the printing section, the print head will move and print. Since the printing position is determined by holding it in the hand, there is no need for a paper feeding mechanism, and it is possible to print any text on any shape of paper at the desired location.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail according to examples. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a portable printing device of the present invention. After confirming the text inputted from the keyboard 1 (address 9 name, etc.) on the display section 2, when the printing section 3 is pressed to a printing location, the thermal head 5 is activated and any text can be printed at the desired location. In addition, it is small and light and runs on dry batteries, so you can carry it anywhere and print on any paper (it can be bound like a book or on a box). Further, 6 is an outer frame.

The keyboard 1 is arranged in the order of the 50 syllabaries, and anyone can easily input sentences through kana-kanji conversion. For example, one sentence can contain up to 45 characters, and a total of 20 sentences can be stored.

Since the memory is backed up, the text will not be deleted even if the switch is turned off, and the memorized text can be recalled easily, so it is convenient to memorize frequently used text such as addresses and names. For example, the 0 display part is 10
Only text can be displayed, but you can freely move the souffle left and right, so you can check the text. The printing section can also print only up to 15 characters at a time, but by pressing the button continuously, sentences of up to 45 characters can be printed continuously.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the printing section is composed of, for example, a 24-dot thermal head 5 and a thermal transfer ink ribbon 4. When pressed onto the printing area of the outer frame 62 of the printing section, the thermal head 5 is lowered and the thermal transfer ink ribbon 4 while pressing it against the printing place 11 and printing.

When the thermal head 5 moves to the end, it rises and returns to its original position. At the same time, the thermal transfer ink ribbon 4 is wound up to prepare for the next printing.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the present invention, in which an inkjet head 7 is used as the print head. As a result, it is possible to print quickly and clearly even on printing places with fine irregularities. [Effects of the Invention] As described above, the portable printing device of the present invention has excellent portability and can print. Since you can use any paper, you can carry it around and use it anywhere. Also, printing it according to the designated fields on resumes and employment forms is like a rubber stamp? It can be achieved as easily as it seems. Furthermore, it is easy to print the same text even if it is variable.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the printing section shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a conventional portable printing device. 1...Keyboard 2...Display section 3...Print section 4...Thermal transfer ribbon 5... ...Thermal head 6 ... Outer frame 7 ... Inkjet head 10 ...
... National Athletic Meet 11 ... Printing location 12 ... Head guide rod and above Applicant Seiko Epson Corporation Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A portable printing device comprising at least text display means, input means, and printing means, characterized in that the printing means is installed in an opening on one side of the device.