JPS63102968A - Format file formation for printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable printing at a target position for every character, by instructing coordinate input for every character at a position to be printed and storing the coordinate data being produced at that time into a memory for every character. CONSTITUTION:When a printer is set to a format file forming mode by means of a keyboard and a slip is set, a carrier is aligned with the upper left end of the slip so as to set the original point of coordinates. Then type and size of a character are inputted through input sections 158, 159 and an entry key is depressed. Consequently, the coordinates of one character to be printed are stored in a format memory section 172 and the print pitch is further adjusted dot by dot by means of an arrow at a print moving direction.moving amount specifying section 160 so as to print every character at a target position through a coordinate generating section 171 and a print moving amount deciding section 173. Consequently, every character can be printed accurately into the print column of each item in the slip.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention "Industrial Application Field" The present invention is applicable to printing machines such as printers and typewriters in which the paper to be printed is pre-printed with item names and their fields, such as slips. If the document is a type of document, it relates to a method for creating a formant file that formats the printing format in advance so that it can be printed accurately in the entry column for each item.

"Prior art and its problems" In conventional printers, the printing format for items on a slip is simply set manually by setting the coordinates of the beginning of each item's entry field and the number of characters to be written there. However, it was not possible to set the expected printing position for each character (character 1) for each item.

Therefore, especially when the entry field is in a table format with printed ruled lines and the printing position is determined for each character (one character), for example, "Year".

The characters ``month'' and ``day'' are printed on one line with a blank space for the numbers to be filled in between them, and if you want to print in that blank space, make sure to allocate it exactly to the desired print position. There were problems such as printing not being possible and printing on the printed ruled lines, the printing position gradually shifting greatly, and printing overlapping the printed characters.

An object of the present invention is to enable accurate printing even in such cases.

``Means for Solving the Problem'' Therefore, in the present invention, the printing section is made to correspond to the scheduled printing position on the paper, and printing is attempted at the scheduled printing position. It is characterized in that an input instruction is given and the coordinate data generated at that time from the coordinate generation section is stored in the memory for each character.

``Operation J'' According to such a method, the coordinates of the intended print position for each character are stored in the memory, and each character can be printed at the desired position.

"Example" Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to illustrated embodiments.

As shown in FIG. 1, this printing machine consists of a printing machine main body 1 and a console device 3 connected to the main body 1 via a cable 2. As shown in FIG. The console device 3 is provided with a keyboard 3a, a liquid crystal display device 4 is attached so that its tilt can be adjusted, and a Flo-Novi disk drive 5 is built-in.

The printing machine main body 1 is provided with paper feed/discharge lowers 8 on the top surface of the case 6 and the lower edge of the front surface, respectively, and paper 9 such as slips can be fed from either of these paper feed/discharge lowers 8. Can output paper or paper. A substantially horizontal paper guide table 10 extends to the paper feed/discharge port 8 on the front surface, and a paper guide stand 11 for guiding paper 9 to the paper feed/discharge port 8 is provided on the rear side of the paper feed/discharge lower portion on the top surface. It is attached at a slight angle and is removable. A portion of the paper guide stand 11 is cut diagonally so that it is easy to hold the paper 9 along it. Further, a transparent lid plate 6a is hinged to the upper surface of the case 6 to open and close an opening provided therein, and the inside of the case 6 can be seen through the transparent lid plate 6a. Furthermore, case 6
An operation panel 6b is provided on the front side of the screen.

The paper 9 inserted from this paper feed/discharge lower
As shown in FIGS. 9 to 9, the paper is guided obliquely within the case 6 along the front surfaces of the upper and lower paper guide plates 12 that are inclined forward from the paper feed/discharge lower toward the lower end. The paper guide plate 12 is stretched between left and right frame side plates 13. Moreover, between these frame side plates 13, a square bar-shaped fixed platen 14 is installed.
A horizontally long slit 1 formed between the upper and lower paper guide plates 12
The paper 9 is installed so that the front face faces the platen 5 and is inclined in accordance with the inclination of the paper guide plate 12, and the paper 9 is printed along the inclined front surface of the platen 14 as described below. A spring cushion is provided to the platen 14 from the rear side by a spring 16, and its longitudinal position is controlled by an adjustment screw 17 on the front side.
It can be adjusted slightly by

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, left and right paper guide rulers 18 are provided on the left and right sides of the paper guide plate 12 to guide and position the left or right edge of the paper 9.

The paper 9 usually has its left edge aligned with the paper guide ruler 18 on the left.
Insert it from the paper feed/discharge lower so that it is in contact with the paper. In order to detect the insertion, an upper optical vapor sensor 20 is attached to a bracket 19 projecting from the left paper guide ruler 18 above the platen 14, as shown in FIG. Note that the paper guide plate 12 has a sensor for detecting the width of the paper 9 in cooperation with the vapor sensor 20.
In addition, in order to be able to detect insertion of the paper 9 from above at either side, another paper sensor (upper side in the image) is disposed to the right of the paper sensor 20 at the same height.

As shown in FIG. 3, a line feed motor 21 capable of forward and reverse rotation is attached to the left frame side plate 13.
When this is driven, a plurality of upper line feed rollers 24 and a plurality of lower line feed rollers 24 connected to this via a timing belt 22 and upper and lower pulleys 23 rotate together with the line feed roller shaft 25. do. These upper and lower line feed rollers 24 are pivotally supported between the left and right frame sides [13] at approximately equal intervals above and below the platen 14, respectively. These upper and lower line feed rollers 24 are connected to the upper and lower paper guide plates 1
2, each of the upper line feed rollers 24 feeds through a window hole 26 provided in the upper paper guide plate 12, and each lower line feed roller 24 feeds into the lower paper guide plate 12. They each slightly protrude forward from the provided window holes 26.

Upper and lower vapor pails 27 are provided in front of these upper and lower line feed rollers 24 to face each other. Each vapor pail 27 has a pail shaft 29 horizontally suspended between left and right pail levers 28 rotatably supported by lever shafts 28 a on the left and right frame side plates 13 , and a pair of line feed rollers 24 are connected to the pail shaft 29 . A corresponding pail roller 30 is rotatably mounted. Each pail lever 28 is urged toward the line feed roller 24 by a spring 31. The upper and lower vapor pails 27 can be moved, in various ways, by the rotation of the left and right pail levers 28 in the clockwise or half-hour direction, so that the pail rollers 30 are brought into pressure contact with or separated from the corresponding line feed rollers 24. As shown in FIG. 2, these are performed in conjunction with each other based on the drive of the same cam actuating motor 32, which is capable of forward and reverse rotation and is attached to the right frame side plate 13, but the directions of movement are opposite to each other. There is.

That is, as shown in the figure, the rotation of the cam actuating motor 32 is caused by its motor gear 33 and the large gear 34 meshing with it.
, coaxial middle gear 35. The signal is transmitted to the paper pail switching cam 37 coaxially with the cough large gear 36 through the large gear 36 that meshes with it, and this cam 37 is driven by the motor 32 to move clockwise (CW) or counterclockwise (CCW) around the cam shaft 37a. Rotate.

As shown in FIG. 10, one revolution of the cam 37 is detected by turning on a cam position detection switch (microswitch) 40 by a recess 39 of a disk 38 that rotates integrally with the cam 37. This cam 37 and the upper paper pail 2
7 and the right pail lever 28 of the lower paper pail 27, and between the cam 37 and the right pail lever 28 of the lower paper pail 27, there is a cam follower 41 that similarly engages with the cam 37 and a cam follower 41 that engages with the pail lever 28. A lever actuating cam 42 is provided.

The cam follower 41 is rotatably supported by a pin 43 protruding from the right frame side plate 13, and the lever operating cam 42
is a horizontally long shaft 44 horizontally suspended between the left and right frame side plates 13.
is fixed to. These cam followers 41 and lever actuating cams 42 each have sector-shaped gears 45° 46,
The gears 45, 46 are in mesh with each other. In each of the upper and lower paper pails 27, another lever operating cam 42a without a fan-shaped gear is fixed to the left end of the horizontally long shaft 44, as shown in FIG. ing.

Therefore, in FIG. 10, the cam position detection switch 40
When the cam 37 rotates in the CW direction from a state where .
46 to the upper lever operating cam 42, and at the same time, the lever operating cam 42 rotates the right pail lever 28 of the upper paper pail 27 in the CCW direction, and at the same time, the left lever operating cam 42a rotates the left pail lever 28. The upper pail roller 30, which was rotated in the same direction and was in pressure contact with the upper line feed roller 24, is separated from the line feed roller 24. At this time, the lower pail roller 30 comes into pressure contact with the lower line feed roller 24. Conversely, when the cam 37 rotates in the CCW direction, the lower cam follower 41 rotates in the CCW direction (lower side).
The rotation is transmitted to the lower lever operating cam 42, and the left and right pail levers 28 of the lower paper pail 27 are rotated in the CW direction by the lever operating cam 42 and the left lever operating cam 42a. , the lower pail roller 30 separates from the lower line feed roller 24.

At this time, the upper pail roller 30 is pressed against the upper line feed roller 24.

A paper positioning mechanism driven by the line feed motor 21 is also mounted on the rear side of the paper guide plate 12 along the upper line feed roller shaft 25 as described below.

That is, the rotation of the upper pulley 23 to which the rotation of the line feed motor 21 is transmitted as described above is the same as that of the 4.6.
As shown in Fig. 7, a bevel gear 47 integrated therewith,
The signal is transmitted to the timing belt 54 through one bevel gear 48 that meshes with this, a gear 49 that is integral with the bevel gear 48, gears 50, 51, and 52 that are sequentially engaged, and a pulley 53 that is integral with the gear 52. Ru. On the rear side of the paper guide plate 12, there is an upper horizontally elongated back-and-forth movable plate 55.
is attached to the paper guide plate 12 via left and right brackets 56 so as to be movable back and forth while maintaining a parallel state. The left and right brackets 56 have elongated holes 57 that are slidably fitted to the horizontally elongated shaft 44, and are biased forward by springs. A plurality of small paper alignment rollers 59 are protruded from the front-rearward movable plate 55 so as to be rotatable at a predetermined interval in the left and right directions. 59 projects forward through a window hole 60 provided in the paper guide plate 12 at a position slightly below the line feed roller shaft 25. The timing belt 54 is guided by an idler 61 at required points on the front-back movable plate 55 so as to cover all the paper alignment rollers 59, and all the boot IJs 63 fixed to the shafts 62 of the paper alignment rollers 59 are When engaged with the timing heald 54 and driven by the line feed motor 21, all the paper alignment rollers 59 rotate at the same time.

The details of the feeding operation of the paper 9 will be described later, but the all paper alignment roller 59 normally protrudes in front of the paper guide plate 12 so as to also serve as an upper paper stopper for temporarily stopping the paper 9. When the upper pail roller 30 is separated from the upper line feed roller 24, when paper 9 is inserted from the upper paper feed/discharge lower, the paper 9 descends while being guided by the paper guide plate 12. , its lower edge contacts the paper alignment roller 59 to prevent further descent, and is propelled to the left by the rotation of the paper alignment roller 59. Then, even after the paper 9 moves to the left to the position where its left edge contacts the left paper guide ruler 18, the paper 9 is further moved by the propulsive force of the paper alignment roller 59, so that the paper 9 is moved to the left side by the left paper guide plate 12. It is positioned so that the edges are aligned, and even if it is inserted at an angle as shown in FIG. 4, it will be oriented in this manner. After this, the front and rear movable plate 55 retreats and the paper alignment roller 59 moves the paper guide @12.
At the same time, the upper pail roller 30 is pressed against the upper line feed roller 24. Therefore, the paper 9 is allowed to descend, and is fed further downward from the front surface of the platen 14 by the upper line feed roller 24, and is then fed to the lower line feed roller 24 and the lower pail roller 30 further away from the platen 14. come between.

On the other hand, in order to temporarily stop the paper 9 inserted from the lower paper feed/discharge port 8, a paper stop mechanism is installed on the rear side of the paper guide plate 12, as shown below, on the lower line feed roller shaft. It is installed along 25.

That is, a lower longitudinally movable plate 64 similar to the upper longitudinally movable plate 55 is similarly mounted on the rear side of the paper guide plate 12 via left and right brackets 65 so as to be movable longitudinally. This longitudinally movable plate 64 is also urged forward by a spring 66, and elongated holes 67 provided in the left and right brackets 65 are slidably fitted into the horizontally elongated shaft 44 on the lower side. On the front-rear movable plate 64, a sheet 68 corresponding to the sheet alignment roller 59 in a one-to-one relationship is fixed and protrudes toward the front. When the front-rear movable plate 64 is in the forward position, the paper stopper 6B is located at a position slightly above the lower line feed roller shaft 25.
The paper 9 inserted from the lower paper feed/discharge port 8 is brought into contact with the paper stopper 68 with its upper edge, and its further upward movement is restricted. .

In order to detect the paper 9 inserted from the bottom in this way,
In addition, in order to detect the length of the paper 9 in cooperation with the upper vapor sensor 20, a lower vapor sensor 70 (see FIG. ) are provided.

As described above, the paper alignment roller 59, which is also the upper paper stopper, and the lower paper stopper 68 are simultaneously moved forward and backward by the stopper operating mechanism based on the forward and reverse rotation of the cam actuating motor 32, as described below.

That is, as shown in FIG. 9, a stopper operating cam 71 is further fixed to the camshaft 37a, and when the cam operating motor 32 is driven, the stopper operating cam 71 rotates simultaneously with the vapor pail switching cam 37. A protrusion Via provided at the center of the C-shaped arm 72 is engaged with the 'stretch' collar operating cam 71. This arm 72 has elongated holes 73 provided at three locations on the right frame side plate 13.
It is slidably fitted onto a guide pin 74 protruding from the cam 71, and is moved in parallel by the rotation of the cam 71. In order to transmit this parallel movement to the upper and lower back and forth movable units F3.55.64, the upper and lower cranks 75 are each fixed to a horizontally long shaft 76. Each crank 75 has a pin 77 in the middle.
, a U-shaped portion 78 is provided at the free end. The upper crank 75 slidably fits the pin 77 into the elongated hole 79 at the upper free end of the arm 72, and connects the U-shaped portion 78 to the right bracket 56 of the upper front-back movable plate 55.
It is engaged with a pin 80 provided protrudingly. Similarly, the lower crank 75 has its pin 77 slidably fitted into the elongated hole 79 at the lower free end of the arm 72, and the U-shaped portion 78 is connected to the lower back and forth movable plate 64. It is engaged with a pin 80 protruding from the right side bracket 65.

Therefore, when the cam actuating motor 32 rotates forward or reverse, and the stopper actuating cam 71 is rotated by a predetermined angle (for example, 180 degrees) in the CCW direction from the solid line state in FIG. As shown by the chain line, the upper and lower cranks 75 are rotated at the same time, the upper and lower back-and-forth movable plates 55 and 64 are moved backward, and the paper alignment roller 59 and the paper stopper 68 are moved simultaneously to the paper guide plate. Retreat to a little behind 12.

In addition, such a movement can also be performed on the left side with the front and rear movable plate 55°64
As shown in FIG. 7, upper and lower cranks 75a on the left side are similarly fixed to upper and lower oblong shafts 76 at the left end, as shown in FIG. are doing.

In addition, the stopper operating cam 71 is normally shaped like a solid line in FIG.
In order to hold 3 tsubo, the camshaft 37 is installed as shown in Fig. 11.
An auxiliary cam 8 having a similar shape is separately fixed to a, and the rotation of the auxiliary cam 81 is braked by a pair of upper and lower brake pieces 82.

Each brake piece 82 is connected to the frame side plate 13 by a pin 82a.
A roller 82b provided at the free end is urged by a spring 82c so as to come into pressure contact with the auxiliary cam 81.

In addition, upper and lower paper floating prevention plates 83 are provided opposite to each other at the front side of the upper and lower paper guide plates 12 with a certain gap therebetween, and horizontally elongated paper pressers 84 are fixed to the upper and lower pail shafts 29, respectively. .

Next, the configuration of the carrier that moves in front of the platen 14 and parallel to it will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 12 and 15, the carrier 85 is
They are mounted on a carrier guide shaft 86 on the front side and a carrier guide shaft 87 on the rear side with respect to the printing machine main body l, so as to face the platen 14 at right angles and to be similarly inclined (for example, approximately 30 degrees). . The front carrier guide shaft 86 is installed immovably between the left and right frame side plates 13, while the rear carrier guide shaft 87 is rotatably installed as described later. A print head frame 89 to which a dot-impact type print head 88 is fixed, and a cassette frame 91 to which a ribbon cassette 90 is removably mounted are attached to the carrier 85, and the print head frame 89 is attached to a platen as shown below. 14, and the cassette frame 91 is translated back and forth toward the platen 14. In the following description, for convenience, the direction of movement of these underframes on the carrier 85 will be based on the platen 14, and movement toward it will be referred to as forward movement, and movement away from it will be referred to as backward movement. Further, the carrier 85 itself also has the platen 14 side as its front side.

The print head frame 89 connects the lower ends of the left and right side plates 89a with C-shaped recesses to the print head rotation shaft 92.
The carrier 85 is rotatably pivoted to the front end portions of the left and right side plates 85a of the carrier 85. Therefore, the print head 88
By rotating the print head frame 89 forward, the first
It is set to the printing operation position shown in FIG. 2, and faces the platen 14 with a predetermined printing gap formed therein in a downwardly inclined state. Further, by rotating the print head frame 89 to the rear side, the print head 88 is moved far away from the platen 14 and tilted upward as shown in FIG.

On the other hand, in the cassette frame 91, a roller 93 pivotally supported on the left and right side plates 91a is slidably fitted into an inclined guide groove 94 provided on the left and right side plates 85a of the carrier 85. It can move forward and backward along the line, and when moving forward, it rises along it, and when it retreats, it descends, but its overall direction remains the same.

Advancement/retraction of the cassette frame 91 and print head frame 89 and transfer of the ink ribbon within the ribbon force set 90 are controlled by a single ribbon feed motor 95 attached to the underside of the carrier 85 and capable of forward and reverse rotation. This is done by driving.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 17 and 19, a motor gear 96 of a ribbon feed motor 95 is engaged with a feed gear 97 and a release gear 98.

The feed gear 97 includes a ribbon feed motor 95.
The first shaft transmits its rotation to the transmission vertical shaft 99 only when it rotates in the normal direction.
A second one-way clutch 102 is connected to the release gear 98 and transmits rotation to the bevel gear 101 only when the ribbon feed motor 95 is reversed. The rotation of the transmission vertical shaft 99 is controlled by a gear 103 fixed to the upper end thereof.
, an idle gear 104 mounted on the cassette frame 91 so as to be connectable and detachable, a gear 105 that meshes with it, a gear 106 that is integral with it, and a ribbon feed gear 107 that meshes with it. Ribbon cassette 90 is attached so that it can move up and down.
It is transmitted to the ribbon feed shaft 108 that enters the inside from below. Therefore, when the ribbon feed motor 95 rotates normally, the ink ribbon in the ribbon cassette 90 is transferred.

-4. The rotation of the bevel gear 101 is transmitted to the transmission vertical shaft 110 by the bevel gear 109 that meshes with the bevel gear 101.

Small pulleys 11 are fixed to both left and right ends of this vertical transmission shaft 110, and between these small pulleys 111 and large pulleys 113 that are supported by shafts 112 on left and right carrier side plates 85a corresponding to the small pulleys 111, respectively. A timing belt 114 is attached to each of the belts. These left and right large pulleys 113
As shown in FIG. 21, the left and right first links 115 and the left and right transmission links have C-shaped sides and are rotatably supported on the print head rotation shaft 92 in the same manner as the print head frame 89. The left and right side plates 8 of the print head frame 89 are connected via the arm 116.
It is connected to 9a. Each first link 115 has one end connected to a large boot 117 with a bin 117 as shown in FIGS.
Attach the other end to the eccentric part of the moon 13 and the left and right transmission arms 1.
16 is rotatably connected to a connecting shaft 118 installed between the upper end portions of the two. Left and right side plates 89 of print head frame 89
A has a long hole 119 into which the connecting shaft 118 is slidably fitted.
are provided and can be rotated in conjunction with the print head frame 89 and the left and right transmission arms 116, but these can be rotated independently of each other by the length of the elongated hole 119. Both left and right ends of the connecting shaft 118 and the print head frame 89
As shown in FIG. 18 (bottom view) and FIG. 20, a tension spring 120 is stretched between the left and right side plates 89a, and the print head frame 89 normally rotates together with the left and right transmission arms 116. do.

Further, left and right second links 121 are rotatably attached to both left and right ends of the connecting shaft 118, and left and right third links 123 are rotatably attached to the left and right side plates 85a of the carrier 85 by a link shaft 122. The third link 1 is freely pivoted.
The free end of 23 is connected to the cassette frame 91 by the bin 124.
is connected to the front end portions of the left and right side plates 91a. and,
The second link 121 and the third link 123 are connected by slidably fitting a long hole 125 provided at the free end of the former and a pin 126 protruding from the middle of the latter. Further, a tension spring 127 is stretched between the bottle 126 and the connecting shaft 118, and the print head frame 89
When the cassette frame 91 rotates, the cassette frame 91 moves in parallel. However, these frames can move independently of each other by the length of the elongated hole 125.

Therefore, when the print head 88 is set at the print operation position as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the ribbon feed motor 95 rotates in reverse, and the large pulley 113 rotates, for example, 180 degrees in the CCW direction. As shown in FIG. 14, the print head frame 89 is pulled rearward by the first link 115 and rotates rearward about the print head rotation axis 92.
As shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, the print head 88 retreats to a predetermined retracted position with its printing tip facing upward, and at the same time, the print head frame 89 rotates through the second link 121. 3 link 123, and the third link 123
As the link 123 rotates rearward, the cassette frame 91 moves backward while descending along the inclined guide groove 94, and the ribbon cassette 90 mounted thereon moves backward with its front side inclined downward. descends with

When the print head 88 and the ribbon cassette 90 are retracted in this way, the field of view is widened in front of the platen 14, and this, combined with the fact that the platen 14 itself is inclined m, makes it possible to see the paper 9 in front of the platen 14. You can see directly at right angles and over a wide range. From this retracted state, the ribbon feed motor 95 reverses again, and the large pulley 11
3 again rotates 180 degrees in the CCW direction, the print head frame 89 rotates forward, and at the same time the cassette frame 91 moves forward while rising, and the print head 88 and ribbon cassette 9o move forward as shown in FIGS. return to the state at the same time.

By the way, during the return movement, the print head 88 is locked at the print operation position as follows shortly before the large pulley 113 completes its 180 degree rotation.

On the left and right side plates 85a of the carrier 85, left and right locking pieces 128 having a shape as shown in FIG. Each locking piece 128 is urged in the CCW direction by a spring 130 wound around the bottle 129. This locking piece 128 has an upper recess 128a that is pushed by a push pin 131 protruding from the middle part of the first link 115 as shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, a lower recess 128b that engages with the protruding locking pin 132 is provided, and a lower lower edge 128c of the lower recess 128b is linear.

In the state where the print head 88 and ribbon cassette 90 are retracted as described above, the push bin 13 of the first link 115
1 is far away from the locking piece 128 as shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, and the lower edge 128c of the locking piece 128 locks the print head frame 89 that has come out of the lower recess 128b. Engaged with bin 132. Larger pulley 1 than this state
13 rotates in the CCW direction, the first link 115 is pushed forward, so the transmission arm 116 is rotated forward, and accordingly, the print head frame 89 is also rotated forward. This forward rotation of the print head frame 89 causes the locking pin 132 to move the locking piece 128 CW as shown in FIG.
While slightly rotating in the direction of force, it enters into the recess 128b on the lower side and engages therewith. Therefore, rotation of the print head frame 89 is restricted, and the print head 88 is positioned at the print operation position, and the ribbon cassette 90 is also positioned at a predetermined position.

However, the first link 115. Transmission arm 116° 2nd
Since the link 121 is allowed to move by the length 1 due to the elongated holes 119 and 125,
continues to move even after its rotation is restricted as described above. This movement is caused by the lower end protrusion 123a of the third link 123.
is stopped by engaging with the locking protrusion 85b of the side plate 85a of the carrier 85, and when the rotation of the large pulley 113 is stopped, a connecting mechanism (evacuation mechanism) that connects to the print head frame 89 and further to the cassette frame 91 is connected. is maintained in the state shown in FIGS. 12 and 13. Because the connecting mechanism moves in this manner, even if there is any assembly unevenness between the parts that make up the connecting mechanism, it is absorbed and the print head 88 is accurately positioned at the printing position.

The fact that the print head 88 has been positioned at the printing operation position in this manner is detected when the print head standby switch (micro switch) 134 is turned on by the switch operating piece 133 provided on the large boob IJ 113.

The carrier 85 is connected to a spacing motor 136 (block diagram in FIG. 24) via a carrier drive belt 135, and is slid to the right or left by the spacing motor 136. This carrier 85 is detected by the carrier position sensor 137 at the left end position and right end position of its sliding range.

A transparent horizontally elongated paper cover 138 that presses the paper 9 against the platen 14 is attached to the upper front end of the carrier 85. As shown in FIG. 18, this paper cover 138 has a printing window 138a at a position facing the printing tip of the printing head 88, and a printing window 138a located at a predetermined distance from the printing window 138a relative to the paper 9. A print aiming mark 139 for aiming at the print position is displayed. This printing aiming mark 139 forms a square standard character size frame 140 of a size corresponding to the standard character size so as to indicate the size of the character to be printed, and also indicates double-width character size on all sides. A protrusion 141 is formed to protrude.

A cross-shaped dividing line 142 is further formed within the standard character size frame 140 to divide the inside into four equal parts, and the center 143 of this cross-shaped dividing line 142 becomes a printing standard point mark (hereinafter referred to as a printing point mark). ing. This printing point mark 143 is offset by a predetermined distance from the center of the printing tip of the print head 88 that actually prints, but this offset is compensated for inside the computer when creating a format file, which will be described later. The printing point mark 1
The position indicated by 43 t is processed as the print position. The four protrusions 141 are assumed to have a double-width character size by imagining a rectangle connecting their tips.

Further, one end of the carrier guide shaft 87 is connected to a print gap adjustment lever 144 that rotates around a point eccentric from the center of the carrier guide shaft 87, and when the lever 144 is rotated, the carrier guide shaft 87
When the carrier 85 is rotated, the carrier 85 moves slightly back and forth as is known, and the print tip of the print head 88 and the platen 1
The printing gap between the four spaces is changed. A conductive switch lever 145 is fixed to the other end of the carrier guide shaft 87, as shown in FIG. It is set up. When the carrier guide shaft 87 is rotated, the switch lever 145 comes into contact with one electric terminal 146 at a position corresponding to the amount of rotation, and the amount of rotation, that is, the printing gap is detected. This is digitally displayed on a digital display provided on the operation panel 6b of the printing machine main body 1.

Next, the electrical configuration and overall operation flow of this printing machine will be explained.

Among the above-mentioned configurations, the electrical means are built in the console device 3 and include a CPU 147, as shown in FIG.
It is centrally controlled by a microcomputer including ROM148 and RAM149. In the figure, 20a is an OR circuit connected to the two upper paper sensors 20, 150 is a biloft LED (light emitting diode) provided on the console device 3 separately from the liquid crystal display device 4, and 151 is an OR circuit connected to the upper two paper sensors 20. , is a cover safety switch that detects opening and closing of the transparent cover plate 6a in the printing machine main body 1.

FIG. 25 shows the main initial routine, in which the following steps are performed in each step.

190...When you turn on the power, it enters this main initial.

191...All software is initialized.

192... Insert a floppy disk into the floppy disk drive 5.

193...Access the floppy disk and load the program stored therein.

194...Do a soft initial on the printing machine main body 1 side.

195... It is determined whether the cover safety switch 151 is turned on.

199...If the cover safety switch 151 is on, it is determined whether the vapor sensors 20.70 on both the upper and lower sides are on.

197... When both vapor sensors 20 and 70 are on, a paper ejection routine is entered and the paper 9 is ejected.

If it is off at 200...196, the cam initial routine shown in FIG. 26 is entered.

After 300...200, the carrier initial routine shown in FIG. 27 is entered.

400... After 300, enter the head action initial routine shown in Figure 28.

198... Select a function according to the menu screen displayed on the liquid crystal display device 4.

The contents of each step of the cam initial routine 200 shown in FIG. 26 are as follows.

201... It is determined whether the cam position 5f detection switch 40 is on.

202... When turned on in 201, the cam actuating motor 32 is once rotated by 45 degrees in the CCW direction.

203...The cam actuating motor 32 is rotated in the CW force direction one step at a time.

204... It is determined whether the cam position detection switch 4o is on.

205... After the cam position detection switch 40 is turned on, the cam actuating motor 32 is rotated by 180 degrees in the CW force direction.

206...The line feed motor 21 is initialized.

Due to this cam initial operation, both the upper and lower pail rollers 30 are connected to the upper and lower line feed rollers 24.
The paper alignment roller 59 and the paper stopper 68 are set to a position protruding forward from the paper guide plate 12.

The contents of each step of the carrier initial routine 300 in FIG. 27 are as follows.

301...Carrier position sensor 1 on the left end
37 is on.

302... When the spacing motor 136 is off in 301, the spacing motor 136 is rotated one step at a time in the CCW direction.

303...Carrier position sensor 1 on the left end
37 is on.

304... After turning on at 303, the spacing motor 136 is rotated one step at a time in the CW force direction.

305...Carrier position sensor 1 on the left end
It is determined again whether or not 37 is on.

306... After the leftmost carrier position sensor 137 is turned off at 305, the spacing motor 1
36 is rotated again in the CCW direction by a small predetermined number of steps.

Through such an operation, the carrier 85 is once slid to the left and detected by the carrier position sensor 137, then slid to the right until it deviates from the detection position, and then moved to the left again by a predetermined small amount. It is slid by the number of steps, and the stopped position is determined as the home position.

Head action initial routine 400 in FIG.
The contents of each step are as follows.

401...Print head standby switch 13
4 is on.

402...When turned on at 401, rotates the ribbon feed motor 95 by one step in the CCW direction,
Turn off the print head standby switch 134 once.

403... Ribbon feed motor 95 CCW
Rotate one step at a time in the direction.

404...Print head standby switch 13
4 is turned on again.

FIG. 29 shows a paper setting routine 500, and the contents of each step are as follows.

501... Determines whether the upper vapor sensor 20 is on.

502... Determines whether the lower vapor sensor 70 is on.

When it is turned on at 600...501, it is assumed that the paper 9 has been inserted from the upper paper feed/discharge lower, and the upper insert routine shown in FIG. 30 is entered.

When it is on at 700...502, it is assumed that the paper 9 has been inserted from the front paper feed/discharge port 8, and the front insert routine shown in FIG. 31 is entered.

503...Paper setting is completed.

The contents of each step of the upper insert routine shown in FIGS. 30(A) and 30(B) are as follows.

601...The line feed motor 21 is rotated by a predetermined step in the CW force direction, and the paper alignment roller 59 is rotated to align the paper 9 to the left as described above.

602...Are the upper two vapor sensors 20 on? Determine whether or not.

603...When off at 602, that is, when the width of the paper 9 is shorter than the specified value, the paper set routine 5
00 is removed and the state returns to the paper set acceptance state.

604...The cam actuating motor 32 is rotated one step at a time in the CCW direction.

605... It is determined whether the cam position detection switch 40 is on. Here, when turned on, the upper pail roller 30 comes into pressure contact with the upper line feed roller 24,
Further, the paper alignment roller 59 and the paper stopper 68 are retracted to the rear of the paper guide plate 12.

606...The line feed motor 21 is rotated one step at a time in the CW force direction to transport the paper 9 downward.

607... Determines whether the upper vapor sensor 20 is on.

608...Bottom (Determine whether the III vapor sensor 70 is on or not.

609... After both the upper and lower vapor sensors 20 and 70 are turned on, the line feed motor 21 is further rotated by a predetermined number of b steps. Here, the length of the paper 9 is determined based on the length between the upper and lower vapor sensors 20.70, but for safety reasons, the paper 9 is conveyed longer than this.

610...Top (Determine whether the vapor sensor 20 of il+ is on.

611... When the upper vapor sensor 20 is off in 607 or 610, the length of the paper 9 is insufficient, so the paper 9 is ejected.

After 612...611, cam initialization is performed as described above.

613...Same as 603 above.

614...The cam actuating motor 32 is rotated 180 degrees in the CCW direction. As a result, the upper pail roller 3
0 leaves the upper line feed roller 24, while
The lower pail roller 30 is pressed against the lower line feed roller 24, and the paper 9 is further conveyed downward by the lower line feed roller 24.

615...The line feed motor 21 is rotated one step at a time in the CW force direction, and the IE9 is rotated as shown in Fig. 32 (A
), the lower line feed roller 24 further conveys it downward.

616... Determines whether the upper vapor sensor 20 is on. That is, here, the time when the paper 9 exceeds the upper vapor sensor 20 is detected as shown in FIG. 2(B).

617... At 616, the upper end of the paper 9 comes off from the upper vapor sensor 20, and the vapor sensor is turned off (the above-mentioned O
(), the line feed motor 21 is rotated by the same number of C steps in the CW force direction. That is, here, after the upper end of the paper 9 passes the upper vapor sensor 20 as described above, as shown in FIG. Convey it downward until it reaches the same height and stop at that position. Furthermore, as a condition for performing such an operation, the reason why only 11 of the upper two vapor sensors 20 should be turned off instead of both of them as described above is because the paper 9 has a binding hole at the upper end. This is to prevent the vapor sensor 20 from malfunctioning due to the binding holes in the case of a slip or the like having a binding hole. In this embodiment, the OR circuit 20
Although this is done by hardware using a, it may also be done by software on a computer.

61B...Cam operating motor 32 in CW force direction 1
Rotate 80 degrees. As a result, the lower pail roller 30 separates from the lower line feed roller 24, while the upper pail roller 30 comes into pressure contact with the upper line feed roller 24, as shown in FIG. The paper 9 is stopped with its upper end corresponding to the line feed roller 24 as described above, and its upper end is pressed against the upper line feed roller 24.

619... Line feed motor 21 CCW
direction by a predetermined number of d steps, and the paper 9 is moved upward by the upper line feed roller 24 until the lower end thereof does not exceed the upper line feed roller 24, as shown in FIG. Send it back.

That is, the sheet 9 inserted from above is once conveyed downward by the lower line feed roller 24 to a position where its upper end corresponds to the upper line feed roller 24, and then from this position it is conveyed downward to the position where the upper end corresponds to the upper line feed roller 24. The upper end is sandwiched between the line feed rollers 24, and the upper line feed roller 24 sends the vapor pail 30 upward by a predetermined amount while being released from the lower line feed roller 24 and the lower vapor pail 30.

Therefore, if the paper 9 is a multiple-sheet top-stitched slip,
Even if the binding sheets are mutually distorted in the process shown in FIG. 32 (A>or C), in the process of returning from (D) to (E), they are made to slacken downward from the top edge, The misalignment between the binding sheets has been corrected.

Thereafter, the paper 9 is positioned at the initial position 1 in the following manner.

620...The line feed motor 21 is rotated one step at a time in the CW force direction, and the paper 9 is lowered again by the upper line feed roller 24.

621... Determines whether the upper vapor sensor 20 is on.

622...When the upper vapor sensor 20 is turned off at 621, that is, when the upper end of the paper 9 comes off the upper vapor sensor 24, the cam actuating motor 32 is switched to CC.
Rotate 180 degrees in the W direction. As a result, the upper pail roller 30 separates from the upper line feed roller 24, while the lower pail roller 30 comes into pressure contact with the lower line feed roller 24.

623...The line feed motor 21 is rotated by a predetermined number of e steps in the CW force direction, and the paper 9 is conveyed downward by a predetermined amount by the lower line feed roller 24. As a result, the paper 9 is finally positioned at a position where its upper end corresponds to the printing tip of the print head 88.

The contents of each step of the front insert routine 700 in FIG. 31 are as follows.

701... After the lower vapor sensor 70 is turned on in step 502 in FIG. 29, the paper 9
Waits for a predetermined amount of time to be manually aligned to the left.

702... Determines whether the lower vapor sensor 70 is still on.

703...Cam operating motor 32 in CW force direction 9
Rotate 0 degrees. As a result, the paper stopper 68 and the paper alignment roller 59 are retracted to the rear of the paper guide plate 12, and the lower pail roller 30 is pressed against the lower line feed roller 24.

704... Line feed motor 21 CCW
The paper 9 is conveyed upward by the line feed roller 24 on the lower side.

705... Determines whether the lower vapor sensor 70 is on.

706... Determines whether the upper vapor sensor 20 is on.

707... Determines whether the upper vapor sensor 20 is on.

When the lower vapor sensor 70 is off at 708...705 and the upper vapor sensor 20 is off at 707, the paper 9 is ejected because its length is short.

709... After 708, cam initialization is performed as described above.

710...The paper setting routine 500 is skipped and the process returns to the paper setting acceptance state.

711...Cam operating motor 32 in CW force direction 1
Rotate step by step.

712... Determines whether the cam position detection switch 40 is on. When this is turned on, the lower pail roller 30 comes into pressure contact with the lower line feed roller 24, while the upper pail roller 30 separates from the upper line feed roller 24.

713...The line feed motor 21 is rotated one step at a time in the CW force direction, and the paper 9 is conveyed downward by the lower line feed roller 24.

714... Determines whether the upper vapor sensor 20 is on.

715......When the upper vapor sensor 20 is turned off at 714, the cam actuating motor 32 is rotated 1 in the CCW direction.
80 degree rotation. As a result, the lower pail roller 30
is separated from the lower line feed roller 24, while the upper pail roller 30 is separated from the upper line feed roller 2.
4.

716...The line feed motor 21 is rotated by a predetermined number of f steps in the CW force direction, and the paper 9 is conveyed upward by a predetermined amount by the upper line feed roller 24, and finally positioned.

Next, if the paper 9 is a slip 9a on which item names and their entry fields are preprinted as shown in FIG. An example of creating a format file (a file stored on a floppy disk) will be explained. In addition, in the same figure, the letter ``Test'' in the column for writing item names, etc. and the number ``8'' in the column for writing numbers are printed in the test printing described later, and are used in the creation of the format file. is performed without printing anything.

FIG. 34 is a block diagram summarizing the entire input/output system performed via the CPU 147 for its creation. In the figure, 152 is a character generator that generates characters to be printed, 153 is a storage unit that stores an initial program that is executed when the power is turned on, and 154 is a program that is executed when positioning the paper 9 as described above. 155 is a storage unit that stores a program to be executed when creating a formant file; 156 is a storage unit that stores the above four types of motors 21;
．． 32. A motor driver drives 95 and 136, respectively, and 157 is a motor output cover sofa for outputting thereto.

FIG. 35 is a block diagram showing the data processing performed when creating a format file divided into functions, and the functions of each are as follows. In addition, in the printing machine of this example, the number of printed dots of the print head 88 is 24×24 dots, and the feed amount by one step rotation of the line feed motor 21 and the spacing motor 136 is as shown in FIG. 36(A). , the number of printed dots is one dot.

Key Type 158 Input the character type to be printed, for example, character type, numeric type, OCR alphanumeric type, etc., by specifying it with a specific key on the keyboard 3a.

Key ''' (Input by specifying character size such as full-width, half-width, double-width, double-height, double-width, etc. using a specific key on the keyboard 3a.

``'' B-- Input the print movement direction and amount of movement to be printed next by specifying it using the arrow keys, space key, carriage return key, etc. on the keyboard 3a.

) -Ma.fl 161 After inputting each character by the three designating sections 158, 159, and 160, it is designated by a specific key (enter key) on the keyboard 3a to store it in the memory.

Copy-In 62 Enter the number of lines to copy on the keyboard 3a.
Specify using the key above.

Character type designated by the character type designation section 158 is stored in accordance with the designation by the format storage designation section 161.

-1 size/instruction Stores the character size specified in the character size specification section 159 in accordance with the specification of the format storage specification section 161.

The predetermined spacing pitch and line feed pitch according to each character size, that is, the amount of space and line feed that does not interfere with (overlap) the previously specified character, are stored. ing.

FIG. 36(B) shows the spacing amount for half-width and OCR alphanumeric characters, and although it would take 24/2=12 dots to print it, the spacing amount is 14 dots. (C) shows the case of full-width and double-height, and the spacing amount is 28 dots, which is more than 24 dots. (D) shows the case of double angle and horizontal double angle, and the spacing amount is 56 dots, which is more than 48 dots. Note that the line feed amount also has a similar relationship.

When the designation in the print movement direction/movement amount designation section 160 is made using the arrow keys, it is specified in the formant storage designation section 1.
61 (operation of the enter key), and if it is immediately after, the above spacing amount or line feed amount according to the character specified in the character size specification section 159 is determined. Pacing
It reads out the line feed pitch table 165 and instructs it. If it is not immediately after (for example, when the arrow key is pressed two or more times after pressing the enter key),
Line feed motor 2 regardless of character size
1 or one step rotation of the spacing motor 136, that is, movement of only one dot. In addition, if the print movement direction/movement amount specification section 160 is specified using the space key or carriage return key, the spacing amount or line feed amount according to the character size is specified as usual, that is, as in the case immediately after the above. Instruct.

67 Starting from the Y-axis coordinate where the lower end of the slip 9a comes off the lower vapor sensor 70 and the vapor sensor 70 is turned off, move upward by a predetermined number of steps based on the number of steps of the line feed motor 21. The coordinates far away from this are set as the lower limit coordinates of the format, and formant cannot be performed below this point.

One ma...°8 Starting from the Y-axis coordinate where the upper end of the slip 9a comes off the upper paper sensor 20 and the paper sensor 20 is turned off, move downward by a predetermined number of steps based on the number of steps of the line feed motor 21. The coordinates at which the printing point mark 143 coincides with the upper end of the slip 9a are set as the upper limit coordinates of the format, and formatting cannot be performed above these coordinates. Note that the slip 9a inserted in the format creation mode is first positioned at a position where its upper end coincides with the print point mark 143 in this manner.

Format Order 169 Stores the lower limit coordinates determined by the format lower limit determining section 167 and the upper limit coordinates determined by the formant upper limit determining section 168.

The contents of the format range storage section 169 and the next coordinate data from the coordinate generation section 171 are compared.

Generates both the X-axis and Y-axis coordinates of the print position by the print head 88 (determined by the print point mark 143 for the slip 9a). When specified by the format storage specification section 161, the coordinates at that point (X axis, Y
axis) is transferred for each character to the next format storage section 172 and stored therein, along with the character type stored in the character type storage section 163 and the character size stored in the character size storage section 164. If the Y-axis coordinate at that time exceeds the above lower limit coordinate, use that lower limit coordinate as the current tgY-axis coordinate,
If the upper limit coordinate is exceeded, the upper limit coordinate is used as the Y-axis coordinate.

Forma -172 For one formant file (one slip),
As shown in FIG. 37, the file name 1 item name, the type and size of the character written in that item, and the set coordinates of each character (X axis).

Y-axis) etc.

' Meeting 173 Line feed motor 21 and spacing motor 13
Determine the number of steps of 6. The current coordinates (X and Y axes) from the coordinate generator 171 are input and compared with the previously stored coordinates, and after determining the number of steps from the difference, the memory is updated.

Copy Can Stores the number of copy lines specified by the copy line number specification section 162, and subtracts it each time the enter key or the like is operated by the format storage specification section 161.

Copy call -175 Determine whether the content of the copy number counter 174 is O or not, and
If not, fix the coordinates of the coordinate generator 171, and
Release it when it becomes.

The format file creation procedure performed by the hardware configuration described above is as follows, as shown in the flow shown in FIG.

800... When the format file creation mode is entered by key operation on the keyboard 3a, this format file creation routine is entered.

801...The paper sensor 20.70 detects whether the slip 9a has been inserted.

802...After the insertion of the slip 9a is detected, it is determined whether the print head standby switch 134 (FIG. 13) is on.

803...When the print head 88 is turned on at 802, that is, when the print head 88 is set in the print operation position, the print head release routine is entered to evacuate the print head 88 from the platen 4 as described above. Make the state as shown in Fig. 15.

804...The carrier 85 is stopped at the home position C by the carrier initial shown in FIG. 27, but from this state, the spacing motor 136 is
Rotate the carrier 85 by a predetermined number of steps in the CW direction.
Print point mark 14 by sliding it to the left by a predetermined amount.
3 should match the left edge of the upper edge of the slip 9a. This point becomes the origin of the coordinates.

805...The format file name is input using the keyboard 3a.

806...The input format file name is stored in the formant storage section 172.

807...The item name is input using the keyboard 3a.

808... Determine whether 51 identical item names have already been stored in the format storage unit 172 and the number is 5.80
9... When there is no item name between -, the item name input in 807 is stored in the format file storage section 172.

810... Input the character type.

811... Input the character size.

812...The input character type and size are stored in the format storage section 172.

When the same item name is found in 1000...808, the correction/line copy routine shown in FIG. 40 is entered to correct the item name.

813... Key input for the relevant item.

814... It is determined whether the key in 813 is an item end key that specifies the end of input for the item.

815...If it is not an item end key, it is determined whether it is a space key.

816... Determines whether the carriage return key is pressed.

817... Determines whether it is an arrow key.

818... Determines whether it is a stop key.

819... Determines whether or not the enter key is pressed.

820...When the enter key is pressed, the current coordinates (X axis, Y axis) are stored in the format storage section 172.

Therefore, when the enter key is pressed after inputting the character type in step 810 and inputting the character size in step 811, the coordinates of one character scheduled to be printed are stored in the format storage section 172.

821...Turns on the pitch flag to prevent characters from interfering with each other.

822...817, when the arrow key is pressed, it is determined whether the pitch flag is on.

823...When the pitch flag is off in 822, move the coordinates in the direction indicated by the arrow keys on the X-axis or Y-axis.
axis) by one dot as shown in FIG. 36(A).

Therefore, when the pitch flag is off, if you press an arrow key, the printing point mark 143 can be moved one dot at a time in the direction indicated by the arrow key, allowing for delicate formant settings. It is.

824... When the pitch flag is on in 822, the coordinates are changed by an amount corresponding to the character size input in 811 above (FIGS. 36(B) and 36(C)).

Move as shown in (D).

Therefore, if you press an arrow key immediately after pressing the enter key, the print point, India mark 143, will be printed in the direction indicated by the pressed arrow key in an amount that corresponds to the character size and does not interfere with the previously printed character. move only.

825...The pitch flag is turned off after 824.

Therefore, if you press the arrow key after this, that is, if you press the enter key, then press the arrow key, and then press the arrow key again, the pitch flag is off at 822, so proceed to 823, and proceed to the above. The coordinates move by one dot, as shown in the figure, and the coordinates of the characters can be determined at intervals that do not interfere with each other, but the intervals are not fixed and can be finely adjusted to length or short using the arrow keys.

826...In the case of the space key in the above 814, the normal spacing, that is, the coordinates are changed by an amount corresponding to the character size in FIGS. 36 (B) and (C).

It moves in the X-axis direction as shown in (D).

827...In the case of the carriage return key in 816 above, the normal line feed, that is, the coordinates are moved in the Y-axis direction by an amount according to the character size.

After 900...827 or 827, the format lower limit routine shown in FIG. 39 is entered.

828... Determines whether the pitch flag is on.

829... At 828, when the pinch flag force j is on, it is turned off.

830... Determines whether the format lower limit determination flag is on (described later).

831......When it is on at 830,
It is determined whether the current coordinates exceed the lower limit coordinates.

832...831, if the value is exceeded, the lower limit coordinates are used as the formatted coordinates.

833...831, if the lower limit coordinates are not exceeded, it is determined whether the current coordinates are the upper limit coordinates.

834...833, if the upper limit coordinates are exceeded, the upper limit coordinates are used as the formatted coordinates.

835...Sends coordinates according to the format within the range of the lower limit coordinates and upper limit coordinates.

839... Determines whether or not there is a designation to end format file creation on the keyboard 3a.

837... When the end is specified in 836, the contents of one file stored in the format storage section 172 are saved to the floppy disk loaded in the floppy disk drive 5.

838... Ends format file creation mode and performs software initialization.

The format lower limit determination routine in FIG. 39 is as follows.

900...825 or 82 shown in Figure 38
This routine is entered after step 7.

901... Determines whether the lower limit determination flag is on (initially off).

902... When the lower limit determination flag is off in 901, it is determined whether the lower paper sensor 70 is off.

903... When the lower paper sensor 70 is turned off in 902, the lower limit coordinates are determined by the format lower limit determining unit 167 shown in FIG. 35 as described above.

904... Turn on the lower limit determination flag.

The correction/line copy routine 1000 of FIG. 40 is as follows.

1001... It is determined whether the t designation on the keyboard 3a is for correction or line copy.

1002...In 1001, the mode is set for line copy.

1003... The number of copy lines specified by the copy line number designation section 162 in FIG. 35 for the item concerned is stored in the copy counter 174.

1004...The coordinates of the coordinate generator 171 are fixed.

1005...Moves the print point mark 143 to the coordinates of the copy destination, and records the copy source item name, its formatted character type, and character size.

The coordinates are stored in the format storage section 172.

1006...The copy counter 174 is decremented.

1007... It is determined whether the copy counter 174 has reached O.

1008...When the copy counter 174 is not O, line feed is performed by an amount corresponding to the copy source character size.

1009... When the copy counter 174 reaches 0'' in 1007, the coordinate fixing state of the coordinate generator 171 is released.

Therefore, for example, in the slip 9a shown in Fig. 33, if there are multiple lines of the same field such as "model", "product name", "product name code", etc., the format for that one line is After copying, for the next line and subsequent lines, simply positioning the printing point mark 143 at the coordinates of the beginning of the entry column and specifying line copying completes the formant.

In 1010...1001, when a correction is to be made, a correction routine is entered.

Next, a case will be described in which printing is performed on the slip 9a based on the format file created as described above.

FIG. 41 is a block diagram of the printing control system, and the functions of unexplained parts in this diagram are as follows.

--- Input data for each item 176 When it is acceptable to input and print data for each item, by specifying it with a specific key, the data for one item can be stored in the format storage unit 1 shown in Fig. 35.
73 to the character type storage section 163, character size storage section 164, and print movement amount specification section 173.

Saturday: Sotaimu 21 U- Input/output character data address.

-1-8 Instruct the character type storage unit 163 to output the characters according to the stored character type, and display the character type, numerical type, and OCR alphanumeric type on the liquid crystal display 4 and on the actual printing surface. For each case, reverse the relationship between right alignment and left alignment to make it easier to see. Then, the array data is input to the character generator 152 when the item data storage is specified by the specifying unit 176.

Kiku・m Memorizes the character. A character generator 152 is configured with the next character array conversion section 180.

Kiri 1 180 Read out the characters stored in the character storage section 179 in the order specified by the character array instruction section 178.

One bang. 181 Read by the character array converter 180? Create a printing dot pattern according to the specified character.

12 The print dot pattern is output to the head driver 183 that drives the print head 88.

Motor bar 183 Line feed motor 21 and spacing motor 13
6 is driven according to the print movement amount determined by the print movement amount determination unit 173, the print movement amount is output to the motor driver 156.

-S 185 Specify when testing printing using a formant file. When this designation is made, all data stored in the format storage section 172 is read out in a fixed order and stored in the character type storage section 163, character size storage section 164, and print movement amount determination section 173.

Part '186 Characters used when test printing, e.g. "trial"
and "8" are stored, and the coordinates (X-axis) are stored in the format storage unit 172.

The data addresses of these characters are output to the character array converter 180 every time the data (Y-axis) is read out.

With this configuration, the printing operation is performed as follows, as shown in the format printing routine 2000 in FIG.

2001... It is determined whether the slip 9a is set in the same manner as when the format file shown in FIG. 38 was created.

2002...If slip 9a is set,
The format file specified by the keyboard 3a is loaded from the FROMBI disk to the format storage section 172.

2003... It is determined whether the print mode is format printing or test printing.

2004...When in format print mode,
The data stored in the format storage section 172 is transferred to the character type storage section 163 and the character size storage section 164.
Store items in order.

2005...Create a desired character manually.

2006... Determines whether the input character is a character type.

2007... In the case of a character type, left alignment is performed in the character arrangement instruction section 178.

2008...For numeric type and OCR alphanumeric type, shift from right to left in character array instruction section 17B.

2009... Determines whether input for one item is completed.

2010...Print one item according to the format.

2011...Next, it is determined whether there is any formatted item.

If there is a next item, steps 2005 to 2011 are repeated, and desired characters can be printed in the entry column for each item on the slip 9a in accordance with the format.

If the test print mode is selected in step 2003,
The test printing routine 2912 is entered, and as shown in FIG.
For alphanumeric types, "8" is printed at all formatted coordinates.

"Effects of the Invention" As detailed above, according to the format file creation method of the present invention, the scheduled printing position can be set for each character. Can be printed accurately in the field.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, with Fig. 1 being a perspective view of the overall appearance of the printing machine, Figs. 2 to 11 showing the configuration of the platen side, Fig. 2 being its right side view, and Fig. 3. is the same left side view,
Figure 4 is a front view of the left side, Figure 5 is a front view of the right side, Figure 6 is a partially cutaway plan view, and Figure 7 is Figure 4 I-1.
8 is a sectional view taken along the line nn, FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along the line m-m of FIG.
The figure is a sectional view taken along the line nn. 12 to 23 show the configuration of the carrier side, FIG. 12 is a right side view thereof, and FIGS. 13 and 14 are partially cutaway side views showing the print head in the printing position. , FIG. 15 and 1
Figure 6 is a partially cutaway side view showing the state in the retracted position.
Figure 7 is a partially cutaway plan view, Figure 18 is a bottom view, Figure 19 is a sectional view of the mechanism that transmits rotation from the ribbon feed motor, and Figure 20 is a side view of the mechanism that rotates the print head frame. , FIG. 21 is a side view of the transmission arm, which is a part of the transmission arm, FIG. 22 is a sectional view of the locking piece that locks the print head frame, and FIG. 23 is an enlarged front view of the print aiming mark. . Furthermore, Fig. 24 is a block diagram showing the overall outline of the electrical configuration, Figs. 25 to 31 are flowcharts, Fig. 25 is the main initial routine, Fig. 26 is the cam initial routine, and Fig. 27 is the carrier. Initial routine, ff1281XI is head action initial routine, Figure 29 is paper set routine, Figure 30 (
A)・(B) is the upper insert routine, No. 31
The figure shows the front insert routine. Fig. 32 is an explanatory diagram showing the paper conveyance procedure, Fig. 33 is a surface view of an example of a slip, Fig. 34 is a block diagram summarizing the components related to format file creation, and Fig. 35 shows it in detail. FIG. 36 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between spacing amounts, and FIG. 37 is an explanatory diagram of items stored as a format file. FIG. 38 is a flowchart of a format creation routine, FIG. 39 is a format lower limit setting routine, and FIG. 40 is a flowchart of a correction/line copy routine. FIG. 41 is a block diagram of the configuration for printing according to the format, and FIG. 42 is a flowchart of the format printing routine. ■･･･Printing machine body 2･･･Cable 3･･･Console device 3a･･･Keyboard 4･･･Liquid crystal display device 5...・・Floppy disk drive 6・・・・
・Case 6a...Transparent lid plate 6b...Operation panel 7.8...Paper feed/output port 9...Paper 9a...Slip 10... Paper guide table 1.1... Paper guide stand 12... Paper guide plate 13... Frame side plate 14... Platen 15 ...Slit 16 ... Spring 17 ... Adjustment screw 18 ... Paper guide ruler 19 ... Bracket 20 ... Vapor sensor 20a...OR circuit 21...Line feed motor 22...
・Timing belt 23...Pulley 24...Line feed roller 25...
- Line feed roller shaft 26... Window hole 27... Vapor pale 28... Pail lever 28a... Lever shaft 29... Pail shaft 30. ...Pail roller 31 ... Spring 32 ... Cam operation motor 33 ... Motor gear 34 ... Large gear 35 ... Middle gear 36...Large gear 37...Vapor pale switching cam 37a...
...Cam shaft 38...Disk 39...Recess 40...Cam position detection switch 41...
・Cam follower 42... Lever operating cam 42a... Lever operating cam 43... Bin 44... Horizontal shafts 45, 46... Sector gear 47...Bevel gear 48...Bevel gear 49, 50.51.52...Gear 53...
... Pulley 54 ... Timing belt 55 ... Front and rear movable plate 56 ... Bracket 57 ... Long hole 58 ... Spring 59 ... Paper alignment roller 60 ... Window hole 61 ... Idler 6? ...Shaft 63 ...Pulley 64 ... Front and rear movable plate 65 ... Bracket 66 ... Spring 67 ... Long hole 68...Paper stopper 69...Window hole 70...Vapor sensor 71...Stopper actuating cam 71a...Protrusion 72... ... Arm 73 ... Long hole 74 ... Guide bottle? 5.75a...Crank 76...Horizontal shaft 77...Bin 78...U-shaped portion 79...Long hole 80... ... Bin 81 ... Auxiliary cam 82 ... Braking piece 82 a ... Bin 82 b ... Roller 82 c ... Spring 83 ... ... Paper floating prevention plate 84 ... Paper presser 85 ... Carrier 85a ... Side plate 85b ... Locking protrusions 86, 87 ... ...Carrier guide shaft 88...
・Print head 89...Print head frame 89a...Side plate 90...Ribbon cassette 91...Cassette frame 91a...Side plate 92 ...Print head rotation shaft 93...Roller 94...Incline guide groove 95...Ribbon feed motor 96...
・Motor gear 97...Feed gear 98...Release gear 99...Transmission vertical shaft 100...One-way clutch 101...
... Bevel carrier 102 ... One-way clutch 103 ...
... Gear 104 ... Idle gear 105 ... Gear 106 ... Gear 107 ... Ribbon feed gear 108 ...
... Ribbon feed shaft 109 ... Bevel gear 110 ... Transmission vertical shaft 111 ... Small pulley 112 ... Axis 113 ... Large pulley 114... Timing belt 115... First link 116... Transmission arm 117... Bin 118... Connection shaft 119... ...Elongated hole 120...Tension spring 121...Second link 122...Link shaft 123...Third link 123a...Lower end Projection 124... Bin 125... Elongated hole 126... Bin 127... Tension spring 128... Locking pieces 128a, 128b. ...Recessed portion 128c...
...Lower edge 129... Bin 130... Spring 131... Push pin 132... Locking bin 133... Switch actuation piece 134...Print head standby switch 13
5...Carrier drive belt 136...
Spacing motor 137...Carrier position sensor 138...Vapor cover 138a...Print window 199...Print aiming mark 140...Standard character size Frame 141...Protrusion 142...Cross-shaped partition line 143...Print point mark 144...
...Print gap adjustment lever 145...Switch lever 146...Electric terminal 147...CPU 148...ROM 149...RA, M 150...L E for pilot, D151...
...Cover safety switch 152...Character generator 153...Initial program recording section 154...Paper set program storage section 155...Format file creation Program storage unit 156...Motor driver 157...Motor output buffer 158...
...Character type input section 159...Character size input section 160...Print movement direction/movement amount input section 161...Format setting input section 162... Copy line number input section 163...
... Character type storage section 164 ... Character size storage section 165 ... Spacing
Line feed pitch table 166...Print movement amount instruction section 167...Format lower limit determination section 168...
...Formant upper limit determining unit 169...Formant range storage unit 170...Coordinate comparison unit 171...Coordinate generation unit 172...Format storage Part 173...
. . . Print movement amount determination section 174 . . . Copy number counter 175 . . . Copy number counter monitoring section 176 .
...Item data storage specification section -177...
・Key buffer 178...Character arrangement instruction section 179...
...Character storage section 180...Character array conversion section 181...
... Print pattern creation section 182 ... Line buffer 183 ... Head driver 184 ... Motor output buffer 185 ...
...Test print designation section 186...Test print control section off Fig. 8 Fig. 25 Fig. 26 Fig. 37 Group

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Correspond the printing section to the planned printing position on the paper, input the coordinates using the enter key etc. for each character to be printed at the printing planned position, and then input the coordinates from the coordinate generation section that is being generated at that time. A method for creating a format file in a printing machine, characterized in that coordinate data of each character is stored in a memory.