JPS63102941A - Printing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify a printing machine and its operation, by a method wherein a dot printer is fixed, actuated without any transfer speed signal of a matter to be printed, and a character or the like are formed only by the transfer of the matter to be printed. CONSTITUTION:A controller 17 which has received a detection signal (d) for matter to be adhered outputs an operation signal (e) to a drive motor 11, rotates pinch rollers 21, 22 in the arrow A direction, and moves a label 2. Further, at the same time, it outputs a printing command (f) to a dot printer 3, and the printer 3 which has received the command prints a date preliminarily set with a date setter 16 on a label in the course of transferring without any transfer speed signal of the label 2, following the pattern signal of the dot hammer. Therefore, a character or the like are formed only by the transfer of the label 2 and the necessity for obtaining a timing for the transfer speed of the label 2 and the operation of the hammer of the dot printer 3 is removed. The printing machine can be simplified and at the same time, the operation can also be simplified.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a device for printing dates, prices, etc. on labels using a continuous label pasting device in which labels are pasted onto a mount and wound into a roll.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, when printing on a label or the like, printing was performed on the top surface of the label using a rubber stamp or printed letters via an ink ribbon in synchronization with the intermittent movement of the label. In the case of such rubber stamps or printed letters,
It was a hassle to have to set it every time the date changed. To eliminate this inconvenience, a printing device using a hot printer uses thermal paper for the label itself and changes the formation of characters by changing the electrical signal.However, thermal paper is expensive and the label itself has to be The drawback was that it was expensive.

In addition, when printing with a dot printer, the printer itself is moved to print, so it was thought that printing on a label using a label pasting device would be unusable due to the speed required. For this purpose, there is a printing device that attempts to obtain the moving speed of the label and the operation timing of the hammer of a dot printer, saying that it can print on labels etc. by forming characters without moving the printer itself. 71835), the structure and operation of the device were complicated.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention fixes the printer itself without moving it, and prints dots without moving the printing object, since the dot printer prints at high speed. The purpose is to operate the printer and simply move the printing object to form characters, etc., to correspond to printing on labels, etc.

(Means for Solving the Problems) Therefore, the present invention provides a means for moving a printing object, a means for detecting the printing object moved by the means for moving the printing object, and a means for detecting the printing object moved by the means for moving the printing object. A dot printer is provided which is fixed so as to be able to adjust the position for printing on the printing object, and a means is provided for detecting an object to be pasted which is conveyed in order to attach the printed object. outputting an operation signal to means for moving the printed object in response to a pasted object detection signal from the detecting means;
At the same time, the dot printer has the function of outputting a dot hammer pattern signal based on the characters, etc. symbols set in advance from the means for setting characters, etc. symbols in advance, and also outputs a detection signal from the means for detecting the printing target. By providing a control unit having a function of outputting a stop signal to the means for moving the printing target in response to the above,
The hammer of the dot printer is actuated to print on the printing object without receiving a speed signal from the means for moving the printing object.

(Example) A preferred example of the present invention will be described based on the drawings. Fig. 1 is a side view of the fifth invention, Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the printing state of the invention, Fig. 3 is an electric block diagram of the invention, and Fig. 4 is a matrix diagram corresponding to the dot hammer. It is.

The configuration of this embodiment is as follows. A label 2 as a printing medium temporarily attached to a blank paper 1 wound into a roll passes through an intermediate roller 13.13 and reaches a printing section to which a dot printer 3 is attached. In order to detect the label 2 temporarily attached to the label 2, a first phototube 8 serving as a means for detecting a printing medium is connected to the label 2.
It is provided at the upper part of the conveyance path through which the printing place of the label 2 passes, so as to be adjustable in the front, back, left and right so as to detect the printing place. The mount 1 is moved in the direction of arrow B by the rotation of the drive motor 11 in the direction of arrow A, which serves as a means for moving the printing object provided near the folding point 24 of the separating plate 14. and the first phototube 8 and the drive motor 1
1, the label 2 temporarily attached to the mount 1 is
A dot printer 3 for printing the date at the printing location is installed so as to be adjustable in the front, rear, left and right directions, and the conveyor 15 located below the folding point 24 of the separating plate 14 is used to print the pasted sheets sequentially in the direction of arrow C. A second phototube 7 for detecting the object 6 is provided. and said first photocell 8. Dot printer 3. Drive motor 11. Second photocell 7.
And by providing a control device 17 that controls a date setter 16 that sets the printing of the dot printer 3,
label 2 from a first photocell 8 detecting said label 2;
A second sensor receives the detection signal a and outputs a stop signal to the drive motor 11, and also detects the object 6.
In response to the object detection signal d from the phototube 7, an operation signal e for moving one label 2 is output to the drive motor 11, and at the same time, the date setting is sent to the dot printer 3. The date set from the device 16 is converted into a dot hammer pattern signal and output together with the print command f.

The operation of the apparatus of this embodiment with the above configuration will be explained.

The label 2 has an attached object 6 at the folding point 24 of the separation plate 14.
A part of the label 2 is held in a state where it is slightly peeled off from the backing paper 1 so that half of the label 2 is not exposed from the folding point 24 so that it will adhere to the object 6 when passing through. . When the object to be pasted 6 passes below the turning point 24, there is a second phototube 7 that detects this passage, and at the same time when a part of the label 2 is attached to the object to be pasted 6, the object to be pasted is detected. A signal d is output to the control device 17.

The control device 17 that has received the detection signal d outputs the operation signal e to the drive motor 11, and the control device 17 outputs the operation signal e to the drive motor 11.
rotates the pinch rollers 21 and 22 in the direction of arrow A to move the label 2. At the same time, a print command r is output to the dot printer 3, and the dot printer 3, which has received the print command f, sets the date setter 16 in advance for the label 2 that is moving without a movement speed signal for the label 2. The set date is printed according to the dot hammer pattern signal. Then the first photocell 8 is again labeled 2
When the label detection signal a is detected, the label detection signal a is output to the control device 17, and the stop signal from the control device 17 is output to the drive motor 1.
1 stops when it receives. When the object 6 is detected in this way, the drive motor 11 operates and rotates, so that one label is separated from the mount 1 and attached to the object 6. Then, the next label 2 stops again at the folding point 24 with half of it peeled off from the mount 1.

Further, when the object 6 to be pasted is detected, at the same time as the operation signal e is sent to the drive motor 11, a printing command f is outputted from the control device 17 to the dot printer 3, and the printing position set in advance on the label 2 is outputted. Print the date. The dot printer 3 is fixed so that it can be adjusted forward, backward, left, and right, but as the label 2 moves, the date is printed on the label 2, and when the first phototube 8 newly detects the label 2, the drive motor 11 stops.

That is, the label 2 at the folding point 24 of the separating plate 14
is in a state where half of the label 2 is protruding from the folding point 24, the label 2 in the printing section of the dot printer 3 is at the label printing start position, and the label 2 detected by the first phototube 8 is It stops at the detection location No. 2 is detected, each part operates in this state, and it stops in this state. When one label 2 moves in this way,
In the case of the numbers shown in FIG. 4, the dots are decomposed according to the matrix shown in the figure. The vertical number is the hammer number, and the horizontal number is the number of moving pitches. When the print start trigger (in this embodiment, the signal from the second phototube) is input, the dot hammers 32 and 36 are activated.

Number 37 is stamped the first time, and the second time is 31,36°37
No., 3rd time 31,35.37, 4th time 31°34.3
No. 7, 5th time 32, 33. Engraved the hammer No. 37,
The numbers shown in the figure are formed, and after a blank pitch, each dot hammer stamps according to the set pattern to form the next number or letter, and when all the dot hammers of the set pattern are completed, printing of one label is completed. and wait for the next print start trigger.

Although the embodiment of the device of the present invention has been described above, another embodiment is as follows: 1. Printing multiple rows of characters using multiple dot printers. 2. After printing the first row, start the printer. It is possible to move the printer and print the second column subsequently, and this embodiment is also within the scope of the present invention.

(Effects of the invention) As described above, when the object to be pasted is detected, the object to be printed is moved and at the same time printing is performed using the high-speed marking of the dot printer itself. By detecting the object to be printed, the drive motor that moves the object to be printed is stopped, characters, etc. are formed only by the movement of the object to be printed, and thereby the operation timing of the hammer of the dot printer is determined from the moving speed of the object to be printed. This eliminates the need for printing, simplifies the printing device, and simplifies the operation.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of the device of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the device of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an electrical block diagram of the device of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a matrix diagram corresponding to the dot hammer of the device of the present invention. 11... Mounting paper 2... Label 3...
Dot printer 6...Object to be pasted 7...Second phototube 8...First phototube 11...Drive motor 13.13...Intermediate roller 14...Separator plate 15...Transportation conveyor 1
6...Date setter 17...Control device 21...
・Pinch roller 22...Pinch roller 24...Turning point a...
・Label detection signal b...stop signal d...attached object detection signal e...operation signal f...printing command

Claims (1)

[Claims] a means for moving a printing object; a means for detecting the printing object moved by the means for moving the printing object; a dot printer fixed at a position for printing on the printing object; and means for detecting an object to be affixed to which the object to be printed is conveyed to be attached, and means for moving the object to be printed upon receiving an object detection signal from the means for detecting the object to be affixed. outputting an operation signal to the dot printer, outputting a dot hammer pattern signal based on a printing symbol set from a means for setting a printing symbol in advance to the dot printer, and detecting the printing object. A control section is provided which has a function of outputting a stop signal to the means for moving the printing object in response to a detection signal from the means, and the means for operating the hammer of the dot printer to move the printing object. A printing device that prints on a printing medium without a speed symbol.