JPS63209983A - Recording apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the wasteful consumption of an ink sheet, by performing the change-over control of the ink sheet to a recording part corresponding to the mounted ink sheet data of each ink sheet mount part inputted from an input means. CONSTITUTION:A carriage 14 has a carriage table 13 on which the upper stage ink ribbon cassette 40 of a monochromatic ink sheet and the lower stage ink ribbon cassette 40 of a multicolor ink sheet are mounted and is moved in an E1 or E2 direction through shift levers 29, 31 by the revolution of a ribbon cam 17 to allow either one of said ink sheets to oppose to a platen 5 through a recording sheet 4 and recording is performed by a thermal transfer head. herein, when the printing menu of a formed text is inputted, it is discriminated whether a designated color is a monochromatic color or a multicolor and the change-over control of the ink sheet is performed by the revolution of the ribbon cam 17 and, when the designated color is the multicolor, leading end exposure is performed on the basis of the signal of a color sensor. By this method, at the time of the recording of the multicolor ink sheet, the wasteful consumption of the ink sheet can be reduced as low as possible.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field] The present invention relates to a recording device used in a recording unit of an electronic typewriter, facsimile, personal computer, word processor, etc. The present invention relates to a recording device that can obtain a recording output of.

[Prior art] Multicolor recording devices using ink ribbons include a first method in which ribbons are stacked for the number of recording colors, and a second method in which ribbons are stacked as many as the number of recording colors. ) The third method uses a ribbon (striped ribbon) that is color-coded in stripes according to the number of recording colors parallel to the longitudinal (feeding) direction.
As a method, a method has been proposed that uses a ribbon (dandara coating ribbon) in which parts of different numbers of recording colors are sequentially provided in a stripe pattern perpendicular to the ribbon feeding direction on a ribbon of recording width. Both methods have advantages and disadvantages.

In the first method, as the number of recording colors increases, the number of ribbons stacked increases, which increases the size of the apparatus and complicates ribbon switching.

In the second method, the ribbon width increases as the number of recorded colors increases, and only one color can be used at the same location in the ribbon feeding direction unless rewinding is performed, resulting in a large amount of ribbon being wasted. Also,
A shift in the width direction of the ribbon is required.

In the third method, one ribbon of recording width is used, so
This third method is currently widely used because the device does not become large and does not require a ribbon switching device or the like.

However, even in the third method, ink of the number of recording colors is sequentially applied to one ribbon over a length that is approximately the same as the recording length. Several times more ribbon will be wasted.

In general, recorded information output from typewriters, word processors, personal computers, facsimiles, etc. mainly uses basic colors (often black or blue), and titles and highlighted areas are in one-point color, or Color is often used for some parts, such as when tables and graphs are colored.

The present invention is directed to a recording device that is equipped with a plurality of ink sheets, such as a single basic color ink ribbon and a multi-color dandara ribbon, and is configured to selectively move these ink sheets to a recording section. It is something.

By the way, as a combination of ink sheet mounting in such an ink sheet switching type recording device, when a monochrome ink sheet (including ribbon) and a multicolor ink sheet (including ribbon) are mounted in the forward and reverse directions, There are also cases where the same multicolor ink sheet is attached to any position.

Therefore, by inputting information regarding the installed ink sheets, such as the type of ink sheets in a plurality of ink ribbon installation sections (for example, arranged in multiple stages in a stacked manner) from an input device connected to this recording device, for example, the following information can be input. It becomes possible to control functions such as:

In other words, when a single color ink sheet and a multicolor ink sheet are installed in the forward and reverse directions as described above, it is possible to automatically select between the single color ink sheet and the multicolor ink sheet according to the color information in the recording information. That's it. In this case, it does not matter which type of ink sheet is mounted at any position among the plurality of ink sheet mounting sections.

On the other hand, if single-color ink sheets of the same color are installed in multiple positions, when you finish using one ink sheet, you can shift the ink sheet and use the second ink sheet, so that the ink sheet can be used continuously without replacing the ink sheet. Enables long-term recording.

〔the purpose〕

An object of the present invention is to provide a recording device that can solve the problems of the prior art as described above and meet the demand for expanded control functions, that is, to eliminate wasteful consumption of ink sheets when recording with multicolor ink sheets. It is an object of the present invention to provide an ink sheet switching type recording device which can prevent such problems as much as possible and which can add various control functions.

[Means to achieve the purpose]

The present invention includes a recording head, a plurality of ink sheet mounting sections, a recording control means, and selectively records the ink sheets mounted on the plurality of ink sheet mounting sections according to a control signal from the recording control means. a switching means for switching and moving to the section;
Information input means to the recording control means, and a recording apparatus configured to control the switching of ink sheets to the recording units according to the mounting ink sheets 1-information of each ink sheet mounting unit inputted from the input means. This achieves the above objective.

〔Example〕

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of a word processor equipped with a recording device embodying the present invention.

In FIG. 2, ■ is a keyboard which is an input operation section, and is provided with color keys and function keys, which will be described later. 2 is a display device CRT (or LCD);
3 is an FDD of a storage device, and 4 is a recording sheet.

FIG. 3 shows a recording section of a recording apparatus embodying the present invention.

In FIG. 3, the recording sheet 4 is back-amplified by the platen 5 and is pressed against the rubber portion of the sheet feed roller 6 by a pinch roller 6b (FIG. 6). A gear 7 is attached to the shaft 6a of the sheet feed roller 6, and is connected to the sheet feed motor Ml via a reduction gear 7a.The rotation of the sheet feed motor M1 rotates the sheet feed roller 6, and the recording sheet 4 is rotated by the rotation of the sheet feed motor M1. is transported.

Therefore, when the thermal head 18 (described later) contacts the recording sheet 4 to perform recording, the platen 5
maintain position.

Next, the reciprocating movement of the carriage 14 will be explained.

A shaft 12 is fixed in parallel to the front side of the platen 5, and a rack 13 is fixed to the opposite side of the carriage 14, and the carriage 14 (FIGS. 1 and 6) is connected to the upper guide surfaces of the shaft 12 and rack 13. is guided and supported so as to be movable in the direction of arrow B.

That is, the carriage 14 moves along the conveyance path A of the recording sheet 4.
It is possible to reciprocate in the direction perpendicular to the

A part of the belt 11 is fixed to the carriage 14, and is stretched by a pulley gear 9 and a pulley 10. The pulley gear 9 is connected to a carriage motor M2 via reduction gears 3a and 3b. Therefore,
The rotation of the carriage motor M2 causes the pulley gear and pulley to rotate, thereby causing the bell) 11
is driven, and the carriage 14 moves back and forth along the shaft 12 J (in the direction of arrow B).

Further, the carriage 14 has a head boulder 19 (first
) is rotatably guided and supported around the head holder shaft 19b. A thermal head 18 is attached to this head holder 19, and this head holder 19 also serves as a heat sink.

The carriage 14 also includes an ink ribbon cassette 4.
A carriage table 35 is provided for mounting 0 (FIGS. 7 and 13) in two stacks. This carriage table 35 has a multi-color ribbon 50 (15th
A color detection means (color sensor) S3 for color identification as shown in FIG.
Ribbon sensor S2 for end detection (Figure 3)
is provided.

Next, the case where the ink ribbon cassette 40 is removably loaded onto the carriage table 35 will be described.

Ink ribbon cassettes 40 can be mounted on the carriage table 35 in two stages, upper and lower, and pins 35a, 35 are provided on the upper surface of the carriage table 35.
b, and hooks 35c, 35d, and 35e.

First, when loading the ink ribbon force set I-40 in the lower stage, the ink ribbon cassette 40 (see Fig. 13,
Openings 41a, 41b, 42i, 42'' provided in the upper case and lower case of FIG.
5b, and attach the hook 3 to the locking part 42k of the lower case.
5c, the ink ribbon cassette 40 is removably attached to the carriage table 3.
5 can be loaded. Similarly, when loading the ink ribbon force set 40 in the upper stage, the front 42i, 4
2j, and the hooks 35d and 35e are elastically engaged with the engaging portions 421.42m of the lower case, thereby loading the ink ribbon onto the carriage table 35 via the lower ink ribbon cassette 40.

In this way, a plurality of (two stages) ink sheet (including ink ribbon) mounting sections are configured.

Next, the configuration on the carriage 14 will be explained.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of the carriage 14.

In FIG. 1, a head motor M3 is mounted on a carriage 14, and the driving force of this head motor M3 is transmitted via reduction gears 15a and 15b.
and rotate the ribbon cam 17.

The head cam 16 is a cam for moving the head up and down (separating and pressing the recording head 18 against the platen 5), which will be described later.The head cam 16 has a cam surface 16a on the upper surface whose height changes in the axial direction of the rotation axis of the head cam 16. is provided. The ribbon cam 17 is a cam for a ribbon winding on/off switching means (to be described later), and as shown in FIG. A cam surface 17a for taking down the ribbon is provided, and a cam surface 17b for taking the ribbon whose radius changes around the rotation axis perpendicular to the axial direction of the rotation axis of the ribbon cam 17 is provided on the upper surface of the cam surface 17a.
is provided.

FIG. 4 is a cam chart of the head cam 16 and ribbon cam 17.

In FIG. 4, six combinations of head up-down, ribbon winding, and cassette setup-down operations are executed depending on the positions of the head cam 16 and ribbon cam 17, which are rotated by the drive of the head motor M3 (FIG. 3). Can be done.

Here, the head cam 16 and the ribbon cam 17 are controlled by a stopper (not shown) provided on the carriage 14.
Rotation is restricted within the range of the cam chart in FIG.

In Figure 4, head cam 1 for head amplifier down
When the cam surface 16a of No. 6 is in a low cam surface (P2 to P5) state, the head-up (M anti-contact) will occur, which will be described later, and when the cam surface 16a is in a high cam surface (PI, P6) state, the head-down (pressing or pressure contact) will occur, which will be described later. Become.

Further, in the ribbon winding cam surface 17b of the ribbon cam 17, the radius of the cam surface is small (pl-P 2, P
When the cam surface is in a state where the radius of the cam surface is large (P3 to P4), the ribbon winding state is released, which will be described later.

Furthermore, when the cassette amplifier down cam surface 17a of the ribbon cam 17 is in the low cam surface (PI-P3) state, it is in the cassette down state (using the upper cassette), which will be described later, and also in the high cam surface (P4 to P6) state. When in this state, it becomes the state of a cassette amplifier (using a lower cassette), which will be described later.

Next, the cassette set-up down mechanism (inksy switching means) will be explained.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the cassette amplifier down mechanism, FIG. 6 is a side view of the cassette down state, and FIG. 7 is a side view of the cassette set up state.

In FIGS. 5, 6, and 7, the cassette shift lever A29 is fixed to a cassette shift shaft 29a rotatably guided and supported by the carriage 14, and
A cassette shift spring 30 is attached between the protrusion 29b of the cassette shift lever A29 and the protrusion (not shown) of the carriage 14.

The tip end 29c of the cassette shift lever A29 is biased in the direction of arrow C2 by the spring force of the cassette shift spring 30. Therefore, the cam surface 17 of the ribbon cam 17
(Fig. 6).

Further, the cassette shift lever A29 is connected to the cassette shift lever B31 via a cassette shift shaft 29a, and the cassette shift lever C3 is rotatably connected to a boss 31b provided on the cassette shift lever B31.
2 is supported.

Furthermore, a boss 3 is provided at one end of the cassette shift lever B31.
1a is a boss 3 at the tip of the cassette shift lever C32.
The bosses 31a and 32a are inserted into the openings 35f and 35g of the carrier table 35, and a boss 32b is provided at the other end of the cassette shift lever C32, and the boss 32b is inserted into the opening of the carriage 14. The boss 32b is inserted into the hole 14b. In this way, the carriage table 35 is supported substantially horizontally.

Here, when the height of the cam surface 17a becomes high (and when the cassette shift lever A29 is rotated clockwise (direction of arrow C1) (Fig. 6), the cassette shift lever 831 also rotates clockwise (direction of arrow C1) ( (Fig. 6).

From the above explanation, the height of the center of rotation of the cassette shift lever B31, that is, the cassette shift shaft 29a, and the boss portion 32b of the cassette shift lever C32 is regulated in height by the carriage 14, and the boss 31a of the cassette shift lever B31 is regulated in height by the carriage 14. The opening 35 of the table 35 and the boss 32b of the cassette shift lever C32 move through the opening 14b of the carriage 14. In other words, the carriage table 35 converts rotational motion into linear motion using a pantograph mechanism. , it moves in the vertical direction (directions of arrows El and E2) (Fig. 6).

Further, the carriage table 35 is provided with a boss 33, which is inserted into the opening 34a of the carriage cover 34 attached to the carriage 14, and moves the carriage table 35 up and down (directions of arrows El and E2) (directions of arrows El and E2). 6
Figure) The range is regulated. That is, the height of the carriage table 35 when it is raised and when it is lowered is accurately determined by the opening 34a.

Next, the cassette setup down operation, that is, the ink sheet (including ink ribbon) switching operation in the above-described configuration will be described.

5 and 6 show the cassette down state (upper cassette is used).

In this state, the ribbon cam 17 is in the states P1 to P3 in the chart of FIG. 4, and the cassette shift lever A29 is
The tip end portion 29c is pressed against the lower surface of the cam surface 17a of the ribbon cam 17 by the biasing force of the cassette shift spring 30, and the carriage table 35 is in the down position.

When the ribbon cam 17 is rotated clockwise (in the direction of arrow D1) (Fig. 5) from this state, the cam surface 17a of the ribbon cam 17 and the tip 29c of the cassette shift lever A29 are rotated.
The contact point with the cam surface increases in height perpendicular to the cam surface.

Accordingly, the cassette shift lever A29 overcomes the biasing force of the cassette shift spring 30 and moves clockwise (arrow CI
direction) (Fig. 6).

As mentioned above, the rotation of the cassette shift lever A29 moves the carriage table 35 in the upward direction (direction of arrow E1) (Fig. 6), and the height of the cam surface 17a changes from P4 to P4.
When the position P6 (FIG. 4) is reached, the lower cassette is used (FIG. 7).

Next, the ribbon winding mechanism, that is, the ink sheet feeding means will be explained.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the ribbon in the winding state, and FIG. 9 is a plan view of the ribbon in the unwinding state.

8 and 9, the carriage 14 is provided with a winding shaft 24, a winding lever 25 is rotatably supported around this winding shaft 24, and a winding clutch is mounted on the upper part of the lever 25. 23 is rotatably supported.

Furthermore, a winding reduction gear 25G is rotatably supported on the winding lever 25, and a gear portion (not shown) of the winding recliner 23 becomes a sun gear, and the winding reduction gear 25G
are meshed together to form a planetary gear.

Further, a winding gear 27 and a winding intermediate gear 26 meshing with the winding gear 27 are rotatably guided and supported on the carriage 14, and the winding gear 27 meshes with the rack 13.

Furthermore, a take-up lever pressure contact spring 28 is provided between the spring hook part 25a of the take-up lever 25 and the spring hook part (not shown) of the carriage 14, and the take-up lever 25 is moved in the direction of arrow F1 (in the direction of arrow F1). Figure 8).

Further, the take-up clutch 23 is provided with a hub receiving portion 23a, and the take-up core 44 (
13 and 14).

Further, a friction clutch (not shown) is provided between the hub receiving part 23a and the gear part (not shown) of the take-up clutch 23, and the rotation of the gear part is transmitted to the hub receiving part 23a.

Next, the operation of the above-mentioned ribbon winding, that is, the operation of the ink sheet feeding means will be explained.

In the ribbon winding state shown in FIG. 8, the ribbon cam 17
is in the state of PL-P2, P5 to P6 of the cam chart in FIG.
8 in the clockwise direction (direction of arrow F1),
As a result, the winding reduction gear 25a attached to the winding lever 25 is biased toward the winding intermediate gear 26 and meshes with the winding intermediate gear 26.

In this state, when the carriage 14 is moved in the recording direction (in the direction of arrow B1 in FIG. 3), the take-up gear 27 that meshes with the rack 13 rotates.

The rotational force of the take-up gear 27 is transmitted to the take-up clutch 23 via the take-up intermediate gear 26 and the take-up reduction gear 25a, and the rotation of the hub receiver 23a of the take-up clutch 23 engages the hub receiver 23a. The winding core 44 in the ink ribbon cartridge 40 that is aligned rotates, and the ink ribbon 4
9 winding is performed.

From this state, when the ribbon cam 17 is rotated clockwise or counterclockwise (direction of arrow D1 or D2 in FIG. When the boss portion 25b comes into contact and the ribbon cam 17 further rotates, the cam surface! The radius of the cam surface 17b at the contact point between the winding lever 7b and the boss portion 25b of the winding lever 25 increases according to the cam chart in FIG.

As a result, the take-up lever 25 is moved counterclockwise against the biasing force of the take-up releper pressure contact spring 28 by arrow F2 in FIG.
direction), and the cam surface 17. When b reaches the position P3 to P4 of the cam chart in FIG. (
3), the winding gear 27 that meshes with the rack 13 rotates, and rotational force is transmitted to the winding intermediate gear 26. However, since the intermediate winding gear 26 and the winding reduction gear 25 are separated from each other as described above, the rotational force of the winding gear 27 is not transmitted to the winding reduction gear 25c.

Therefore, the gear portion (not shown) of the take-up clutch 23 that meshes with the take-up reduction gear 25C also does not rotate. That is,
Ribbon winding is not performed in states P3 to P4 of the cam chart in FIG. 4.

Next, the up and down mechanism of the thermal head (recording head) per day will be explained.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of the amplifier down mechanism, FIG. 11 is a side view of the head amplifier state, and FIG. 12 is a side view of the head down state.

10 to 12, the head up/down lever 22 is rotatably provided around a head holder shaft 19b provided on the carriage 14, and further includes:
The protrusion of this head up/down lever 22 s 22 b
, 22C, a head spring 21 is installed with a charged spring force.

In addition, a roller 2 is attached to one end of the hand drop down lever 22.
2a is rotatably guided and supported.

Further, a head return spring 20 is provided between the spring portion 19a of the head holder 19 and the spring hook portion 14a of the carriage 14, and the head holder 19 moves in the direction away from the platen 5 (in the direction of arrow I2 in FIG. 11). ) is energized.

The biasing force of this head return spring 20 is
The pressure is transmitted from the pressure contact portion 19C of the head spring 21 to the arm portion 21a of the head spring 21, and from this arm portion 21a to the head up/down lever 22. Therefore, the head up/down lever 22 is biased by the head return spring 20 in the direction away from the platen 5 (in the direction of arrow I2 in FIG. 11), and the roller 22 provided on the up/down lever 22
a is pressed against the cam surface 16a of the head cam 16.

Therefore, the head 18 rotates toward the platen 5 due to the change in the height increasing direction of the head cam 16.

Next, the operation of pressing or pressing (down) and separating (up) the recording head in the above-described configuration will be described.

10 and 11, in the hand doorknob (separated) state, the head cam 16 is at P in the cam chart of FIG.
2 to P5, and the head return spring 2 is in the state as described above.
0, the head up/down lever 22 is in pressure contact with the head cam 16, and the head 18 is separated from the recording sheet 4 and platen 5.

From this state, when the head cam 16 is rotated clockwise (in the direction of arrow G2 in FIG. 10) or counterclockwise (in the direction of arrow G1 in FIG. 10), the cam 16 and the roller 22a provided on the head up/down lever 22 The height perpendicular to the cam surface at the point of contact increases.

As a result, the head up/down lever 22 rotates counterclockwise (in the direction of arrow H2 in FIG. 11) against the biasing force of the head return spring 20. The rotational force of the head up/down lever 22 is transmitted from the arm portion 21a of the head spring 21 to the pressure contact portion 19c of the head holder 19, and rotates the head holder 19 in the counterclockwise direction (in the direction of the arrow It in FIG. 11). The thermal head 18 attached to the head holder 19 is pressed against the platen 5 via the recording sheet 4 and the ink ribbon 49,50 (FIG. TI).

That is, when recording by the thermal head 18, the head 18 comes into contact with the recording sheet 4, and the recording sheet 4 is held at that position by the platen 5.

Further, the height of the head cam 16 increases even after the thermal head 18 contacts the platen 5, and the head amplifier down lever 22 is further rotated counterclockwise (in the direction of arrow H2 in FIG. 11).

That is, when the head cam 16 reaches the positions PI and P6 in the cam chart (FIG. 4) described above, the operation of the head holder 19 is restricted by the thermal head 18 coming into contact with the platen 5.

Therefore, as the head up/down lever 22 rotates in the counterclockwise direction (direction of arrow H2 in FIG.
The head spring 21 is further charged with spring force.

Since the protrusion 22b of the head up/down lever 22 and the arm 21a of the head spring 21 are separated from each other, the spring force of the head spring 21 is transmitted to the pressure contact part 19C of the head holder 19, and the thermal head I8 is moved through the recording sheet 4. It is pressed against the platen 5.

Next, we will explain how to operate the hand pull-down, ribbon wind-up, and cassette setup-down operations.

Using the cam chart of FIG. 4, the combination of the above-mentioned head up/down, ribbon winding on/off, and cassette amplifier down operations at each position will be described.

In Figure 4, Pl is hand down (pressure welding), ribbon winding possible, and cassette down (using upper cassette).
, that is, the recording state in the upper ink ribbon cassette.

P2 indicates a state in which the ribbon is wound up (F@reverse), the ribbon can be wound, and the cassette is down, that is, a state (position) in which the ribbon of the upper cassette is wound in a non-recording state.

P3 indicates the head up, ribbon winding release and cassette down state, and P4 indicates the head amplifier, ribbon winding release and cassette setup (lower cassette used) state.

Furthermore, P5 indicates the state of the head anopter, ribbon winding possible, and cassette amplifier, that is, the state in which the ribbon of the lower cassette is wound in a non-recording state.

P6 indicates the head down, ribbon winding enabled and cassette setup states, that is, the recording state in the lower cassette.

Therefore, by rotating the head motor M3 (FIG. 1) clockwise or counterclockwise and rotating the head cam 16 and ribbon cam 17 to any one of the positions PI-P6, the recording state, non-recording state,
It is possible to independently have six states: ribbon unwinding, ribbon take-up possible, cassette setup, and cassette down.

For example, head up/down and ribbon winding on/off may be linked together without driving the six states described above independently, or the three states of head up/down, ribbon winding on/off, and cassette amplifier down may be It is also possible to operate the three motors independently.

Next, about the ink ribbon cassette, Figure 13 (plan view)
This will be explained using FIG. 14 (perspective view).

13 and 14, an ink ribbon cassette 40 is formed of an upper case 41 and a lower case 42, and is removably stacked on the carriage table 35 with an ink ribbon 49 stored in the cassette 4o.

The ink ribbon 49 is wound around the supply core 43, passes through rollers 48 that are rotatably attached to the protrusions 42a and 42b of the lower case 42, is partially exposed outside the cassette 40 at the opening 42C of the lower case, and then is exposed again to the outside of the cassette 40. Lower case opening 42
The winding core 4 enters the cassette 40 through the lower case opening 42f after being exposed outside the cassette 40 again through the T case opening 428.
4.

Note that when the cassette 40 is loaded at a predetermined position on the carriage table 35, the ink ribbon 49 exposed from the openings 42c and 42d of the cassette 40 is located opposite the head 18 on the main body side, and the ink ribbon 49 can be heated by a thermal head 18 that generates heat according to recorded information. Further, the ink ribbon 49 is biased against the protrusions 42g and 42h of the lower case 42 by pressure springs 45 and 46 provided on the lower case 42, respectively. Note that felt 4 is attached to the pressure springs 45 and 46.
5a and 46a are attached to prevent h3 (5) due to pressure contact of the ink ribbon 49.

Also, the tension spring 47 moves the ink ribbon 49 along the arrow K
(Fig. 13) direction, pressure contact bone 45.46
The slack of the ink ribbon 49 is removed by working together with the ink ribbon 49.

Also, the ink ribbon 4 is inserted through the opening 42n of the lower case 42.
9 is exposed, and when this cassette 40 is loaded in a predetermined position on the carriage table 35, the ribbon sensor S2 (FIG. 3) on the main body side is located at the opening 42n of this cassette 40. , the ribbon sensor S2 detects the ribbon end of the ink ribbon 49. In addition, the color sensor 33 (Fig. 3) on the main body side is connected to the opening 4 of the lower case 42.
It faces the position of the ink ribbon 49 exposed from 2e and 42f.

Next is the 15th chapter about multi-ribbon (multi-color ink sheet).
This will be explained using figures.

The ribbon shown in FIG. 15 is an example of a multi-ribbon 50, and the multi-ribbon 50 is painted in multiple colors (color A, color B, and color 0) through barcodes 50a, 50b, and 50c.

This multi-ribbon 50 is also housed in the ink ribbon cassette 40 like the ink ribbon 49 described above.

When the ribbon cassette 40 is loaded into the carriage table 350 at a predetermined position as described above, the color sensor S3 (FIG. 3) on the main body side is connected to the opening 42e of the lower case 42,
42 and faces the position of the multi-ribbon 50 exposed from [42].

Then, when the multi-ribbon 50 is wound onto the winding core 44, the barcode 50a on the multi-ribbon 50,
50b and 50c are detected by a color sensor S3, and the color applied next to the barcode is identified. The barcode may be identified by a difference in the number of black lines as shown in FIG. 15, or by a difference in the width of dotted lines.

Therefore, it does not depend on the form of the barcode. Further, the number of colors may be set to a desired number instead of the three colors A, B, and C.

FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the recording apparatus described above.

In FIG. 16, only the connection relationship of each block is shown, and detailed control lines are omitted. Moreover, the part surrounded by the dotted line is the CPU unit.

CPU is a calculation processing unit, and it also includes ROM and FD, which will be described later.
It reads programs and various data from D, etc., performs necessary calculations and judgments, and performs various controls.

Moreover, the CPU can also be configured with a plurality of units.

The ROM is a read-only memory and stores various programs for the operation of the CPU, character codes, dot patterns (character generator: CG), various data necessary for printing, etc.

RAM is read/write memory, and is a working area where the cPU temporarily stores data and calculation results during instructions.
It stores various data inputted from the keyboard 1, external interface unit IFu, floppy disk FDD 3, etc. (it consists of a buffer area, a text area for storing documents, etc.).

The CPU unit also has a thermal head driver TH.
D, is connected to a printer unit (Pu) via a motor driver MD and a detection unit SU.

The thermal head driver THD drives the thermal head 18 provided in the printer unit Pu mentioned above under the control of the CPU, and the motor driver MD drives the sheet feed motor ML carriage motor M2, head motor M3, etc. under the control of the CPU. .

The detection unit Su includes the aforementioned home position sensor S1 and ribbon sensor S'2 provided in the printer unit pu.
Alternatively, information from the color sensor 83 or the like is transmitted to the CPU.

The power supply PSu is a power supply VH for driving the thermal head 25, a power supply VM for driving the recording sheet feed remote controller ML carriage motor M2 and a head motor M3, a power supply VFDD for driving the floppy disk FDD3, and a power supply for other logic circuits. Supply CC.

The controller GA also performs various controls under the control of the CPU, such as transferring print data to the thermal head 18, changing the voltage and current of the drive power source VH, and changing the heat time and duty.

Furthermore, the CPU unit has a keyboard connector KBC.
A keyboard 1 for inputting various data necessary for printing, editing, etc. is connected via the .

The CPU unit also has a CI for displaying data input from the keyboard 1 and various types of information via the CRT connector CRTC. T2 is connected. In addition, C
A cover device such as a liquid crystal display can also be used instead of RT2.

Further, a floppy disk FDD3 is connected to the CPU unit via an FDD connector FDDC.

In addition, a hard disk, external RAM instead of FDD3
Alternatively, an external ROM or the like can be connected.

It is also possible to connect an interface such as R3232C, Centro interface, modem, etc. to the CPU unit via the interface connector IFC for controlling the recording apparatus by an external control device and communicating with nine external devices.

Furthermore, although not shown in FIG. 16, an audio output device such as a buzzer may be provided.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart of a control operation for power-on processing of a recording apparatus implementing the present invention.

Next, with reference to FIG. 17, a case will be described in which the recording apparatus is controlled by a program stored in the ROM or FDD.

As described above, this recording device can be equipped with at least two cassettes, and can perform monochrome and multicolor recording by being equipped with monochrome and multicolor ribbons.

In Figure 17, first turn on the power to the device (power on).
When this is done, the head and cassette are initialized in step 101. Initialization of the head and cassette is performed by raising the thermal head 18 and shifting the carriage table 35 downward (cassette down) to position 1, which allows printing on the upper cassette. The details of initializing the head and cassette will be described later.

Next, in step 102, the absolute position of the carriage 14 is determined (by driving the carriage motor M2, the carriage 14 is moved to the home position sensor St (FIG. 1)).
direction, and after detecting the home position sensor Sl, the carriage 14 is stopped.

Next, in step 103, sagging of the ribbon is removed in order to prevent the recording sheet 4 from getting caught when inserted and to ensure stable printing quality. Note that details of ribbon dripping will be described later.

Next, in step 104, the carriage 14 is shifted to the standby position.

Finally, in step 105, various parameters are initialized. That is, the multi-ribbon set color (MR3) (described later) is set to undetermined, and the multi-ribbon remaining amount (MRL) (described later) is set to zero.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart of initial processing for head and cassette positions.

In FIG. 18, in step 201, the head motor M3
is driven in the direction of arrow J1 in Fig. 1, and the head cam 16 (
FIG. 1> and the ribbon cam 17 (FIG. 1) is rotated to abut against the stopper.

When the power is turned on, the position of the cam is uncertain, but by driving the head motor M3 by an angle greater than the full rotation angle of the cam, the head cam 16 and A ribbon cam 17 can be set.

Next, in step 202, the head motor M3 is
The cam is driven a predetermined amount in the direction of arrow J2 in the figure, and the cam is positioned at P in Figure 4.
3, remove the head cam 16 and ribbon cam 17.

Therefore, as described above, the thermal head 18 is in a state away from (up) the platen 5 and does not pick up the ribbon, and the carriage table 35 is in a state shifted downward, that is, the upper stage force cent can be printed. become a state.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart 1- of ribbon sagging removal processing.

In FIG. 19, first in step 301, the head motor M3 is driven to drive the head cam 16 and ribbon cam 17.
to the cam position P2 in Fig. 4]. Next, in step 302, the carriage motor M2 is driven to shift the carriage 14 in the printing direction.

As described above, by shifting the carriage 14 in the printing direction at the cam position P2, the take-up clutch 23
rotates, the ink ribbon of the upper stage is wound up, and the weight of the ribbon is removed.

Next, in step 303, drive the head motor M3,
Shift the head cam 16 and ribbon cam 17 to cam position WP5 in FIG. As a result, the lower cassette is shifted to a position where printing is possible, and the winding core of the lower cassette engages with the winding clutch 23.

Next, in step 304, the carriage motor M
2 to shift the carriage 14 in the printing direction.

As described above, by shifting the carriage 14 in the printing direction at the cam position P5 (FIG. 4), the take-up clutch 23 is rotated, so that the ink ribbon of the lower stage force is taken up and the ribbon sagging is removed.

Next, in step 305, the head motor M3 is driven to shift the head cam 16 and ribbon cam 17 to the cam position P3 in FIG. 4, and the process ends.

In the above sequence, steps 303.304.30
Ribbon sagging can also be removed by performing processing in the order of 1, 302, and 305 in line 9. In addition, the amount of shift of the carriage 14 when winding the ribbon is [shift].If the amount is increased, the amount of ribbon winding will increase, so it is desirable to set the amount of shift to the minimum necessary to avoid wasting ribbon. .

FIG. 20 shows an example of color concentration in a sentence (text).

Specify the desired color using the color specification key at the place in the text where you want to specify the color.

The color specification key may be a dedicated key for each color, or a key operation such as a dedicated color key and numeric key,
Alternatively, it may be a key operation such as a function key and an alphabetic key (for example, C).

Furthermore, the range may be specified and displayed by surrounding it with special characters as shown in FIG. 20, or by overlapping and displaying the inside of the range with special characters. In the case of display devices such as color CRTs and LCDs, it is most effective to use color coding.

In the case of a single-color CRTS single-color LCD, it is difficult to distinguish the color-designated area, so identification can be facilitated by using a configuration in which the color-designated area blinks or changes in brightness by key operations or the like.

FIG. 21 shows an example of color specification in the print menu,
Next, a print menu for setting various printing parameters will be explained using FIG. 21.

As shown in FIG. 21(a), the color of the cassette is designated in accordance with the text color designation of FIG. 20.

As shown in Fig. 21(b), if a different text color specification than that shown in Fig. 20 is executed, a different t predetermined area may be blinked, an error message may be displayed, or a buzzer may sound. Give a warning by sounding.

If printing is attempted despite the warning, the color specification section in the text is replaced with the color specification on the print menu screen and printing is executed.

This allows you to change the color specification in the color specified part of the text, for example, if you want to print a multi-color text in only one color (for example, black and red), or if you want to print a red text in blue. You can easily change the color by specifying the color in the print menu without having to do anything.

Furthermore, if you want to ignore the color specification and print only in one color, for example, black, you can do so by specifying the same color in both sets, such as upper black and lower black, in the print menu. Furthermore, a method of specifying black only in the upper row without specifying the lower row may be considered.

Here, we have shown how to specify the color in the print menu on the display, but the input method can be specified anywhere other than text, or you can use a dedicated key, dedicated switch, key operation, etc. on the keyboard instead of on the display. May be specified. That is, by specifying the color of the cassette outside of the text, it is possible to print in the desired color.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart of the printing sequence. Next, using FIG. 22, we will explain the case where the text created in FIG. 20 is printed according to the print menu specified in (a) of FIG. 21. do.

In FIG. 22, first, in step 401, the unprinted color specified in the print menu is either single color or multicolor (
multicolor).

If it is a single color or if both a single color and a multicolor are present, the process proceeds to step 402, and if it is multicolor, the process proceeds to step 405.

In step 402, the cassette is shifted to the designated stage. That is, in the case of upper ribbon printing, the head motor M3 is driven to shift to the cam position P3 in FIG. 4, and in the case of lower ribbon printing, the head motor M3 is shifted to the cam position P4 in FIG. 4. Next, the process proceeds to step 403, where the carriage motor M2 is driven to move the carriage 14 to the print designated position, and the head motor M3 is driven to shift the head cam 16 and ribbon cam 17 to printing position 1. That is, the head cam 16 and the ribbon cam 17 are shifted to cam position P1 in FIG. 4 for upper ribbon printing, and shifted to cam position P6 in FIG. 4 for lower ribbon printing, and the thermal head 1 is shifted to cam position P6 in FIG.
8 is brought into pressure contact with the platen 5 via the ink ribbon and the recording sheet 4.

In this state, while moving the carriage 14, the thermal head driver THD is activated according to the printing (recording) information.
The heat-generating resistor of the thermal head 18 is selectively heated, the heat-melting ink applied to the ink ribbon is melted and transferred onto the recording sheet 4, and the ink ribbon is wound up to print in a designated range.

The details of error detection in step 403 will be described later.

After printing in the specified range in step 403, the carriage 14 is stopped, the thermal head 18 is raised, and ribbon winding is turned off, and then the process proceeds to step 404.

It is determined in step 401 that the color is multi-colored, and step 4
When the process advances to step 05, the cassette is shifted to the stage designated for multicolor in step 405.

Next, the process proceeds to step 406, where it is determined whether or not there is a currently set multi-ribbon set color (Mn5>) among the unprinted colors.

If there is a multi-ribbon set color, proceed to step 407;
If not, proceed to step 408.

For example, if Mn2 is color A, it is determined whether color A is unprinted. Here, immediately after the power is turned on, cueing of the multi-color ribbon is not performed, and the multi-ribbon cent color (Mn2) is set to undetermined in the process of step lO5 of the power-on process in FIG. 17, so step 408 Proceed to.

If the print length in the text is shorter than the remaining ribbon amount of the multi-ribbon in step 407, step 413
Proceed to print.

However, if it is determined in step 407 that the ribbon remaining amount is small and printing would exceed the predetermined area of the multi-ribbon shown in FIG. 15, the process advances to step 408.

Next, in step 408, it is determined whether there is a color next to the currently set multi-ribbon cent color (MRS) among the unprinted colors. For example, if the MRS is color A, it is determined whether color B is an unprinted color. If the determination result in step 408 is YES, step 40
If the answer is NO, the process advances to step 410.

In step 409, the ribbon cue for the next color (for example, color B) is located. Details of this ribbon cueing will be described later. Multi-ribbon set color after ribbon cue (MRS)
to the next color (for example, B color), and check the remaining amount of multi-ribbon (M
After changing RL) to a predetermined amount m, the process advances to step 413 to print the next color (for example, B color).

The predetermined multi-ribbon remaining amount (MRL) of 31 m is the 15th
It is determined by the length l of the ink ribbon in the figure.

In step 410, it is determined whether or not there is a color next to the currently set multi-ribbon set color (MRS) among the unprinted colors. For example, if the MRS is color A, it is determined whether color 0 is an unprinted color. If YES, proceed to step 411; if NO, proceed to step 4
Proceed to step 12.

In step 411, the ribbon cue of one color (for example, 0 color) is performed, the multi-ribbon set color (MRS) is set to one color after another (for example, 0 color), and the multi-ribbon group 1! t
(MRL) is set to a predetermined amount m. After that, the process advances to step 413, where printing of colors (for example, 0 colors) is performed one after another.

In step 412, the ribbons of four colors (for example, color A) are located one after another, and the multi-ribbon cent color (MRS) is selected.
Set the colors one after another (for example, A color) to create a multi-ribbon base! (MRL) is set to a predetermined im, and then the process proceeds to step 413 to print four colors (for example, A color) one after another.

In step 413, a multi-ribbon set color (MR
Print the specified range in the same color as S). That is, the carriage motor M2 is driven to move the carriage 14 to the designated printing position, the head motor M3 is driven to lower the thermal head 18, and the ink ribbon can be wound, and the print information is transferred while the carriage 14 is moved. Thermal head 1 by thermal head driver THD accordingly
selectively heating the heating element 8 to melt the hot-melt ink applied to the ink ribbon and transfer it to the recording sheet 4;
Wind up the ink ribbon and print in the specified area.

Note that error detection in step 413 will be described later.

After printing the specified range, the carriage 14 is stopped, the thermal head 18 is raised, and ribbon winding is turned off. Then, the ribbon length consumed from the multi-ribbon group fi (MRL) is reduced. After that, the process advances to step 404.

In step 404, it is determined whether there are any colors in the text that have not been printed yet. If YES (present), the process returns to step 401, and if No (absent), the process ends. Therefore, the multi-ink ribbon is not wound up unnecessarily, and the ribbon can be used efficiently.

It also remembers unprinted colors and unprinted ranges in text,
By adding the following processing, the efficiency of ribbon consumption of multi-color ribbons can be further improved.

That is, if it is determined in step 407 that the length to be printed is larger than the remaining amount of ribbon, that is, if the answer is No, the process directly proceeds to step 408 in the flow of FIG. It is also possible to count down the remaining amount of ribbon after the amount of printing has been performed, that is, in synchronization with printing, to stop printing when there is no remaining amount of ribbon, and then proceed to step 408.

Further, at the processing position of step 404, it is determined whether there is an unprinted color or an unprinted range, and if there is, the process returns to step 401, and if there is no, the process ends.

Therefore, it is possible to print with the multi-ink ribbon even when there is no remaining ribbon, and the efficiency of ribbon consumption is reduced to a second level.
2rf! This can be further improved compared to the processing of J.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart of ribbon cue processing;
Next, cueing for color matching of multi-ribbon (multi-color uneven ink sheet) will be explained using FIG. 23.

That is, an example of the flow when the barcode portions 50a, 50b, 50c provided on the multi-ribbon 50 shown in FIG. 15 are detected by the color sensor S3 will be described.

In FIG. 23, first, in step 501, the head motor M3 is driven to shift to the ribbon winding-on position.

That is, when the cassette is in the upper set (down), the cassette is shifted to the cam position P2 in FIG. 4, and when the cassette is in the lower set (amplifier), it is shifted to the cam position P5 in FIG.

Next, in step 502, the ribbon sensor S2 determines whether or not the ribbon is at its end.

If it is the ribbon end, the process advances to step 503, where the head motor M3 is driven to turn off ribbon winding. That is, the cam position is shifted to cam position P3 or P4 in FIG. 4, and the process proceeds to step 504, where a ribbon end error is displayed.

If it is not the ribbon end in step 502, step 5
The process proceeds to step 05, where it is determined whether or not a barcode has been detected by the color sensor S3.

If no barcode is detected (NO) in step 505, the process advances to step 506, where the carriage motor M2 is driven to move the carriage 14 in the printing (right) direction and wind up the multi-ink ribbon 50.

Next, the process proceeds to step 507, and it is determined whether the ribbon winding amount exceeds a predetermined winding length 1 (FIG. 15). If it does not, the process returns to step 502, and continues ribbon winding and color sensor detection. Repeat.

If YES in step 507 (exceeds the limit), this ink ribbon is considered to be a monochrome ink ribbon 49 rather than a multi-ink ribbon 50, so the process proceeds to step 508, where the head motor M3 is driven to move the ribbon to the ribbon winding re-off position. Then, the process advances to step 509 to display a cassette setting error.

If the barcode is detected by the color sensor S3 in step 505 (if YES), step 5
Proceed to step 10 and set the multi-ribbon set color (MR3) to the color according to the barcode.

Next, in step 511, MR3 determines whether or not the specified color is the one for which the cue is being searched, and the result is NO.
In this case, the process returns to step 406 in FIG. 22 described above. That is, if MR3 is undetermined after the power is turned on, it is impossible to determine which color will appear when cueing is performed, so it is necessary to return to the original state.

If YES in step 511, the process proceeds to step 512, where the head motor M3 is driven to shift to the ribbon winding re-off position, and the ribbon cueing of the designated color is completed.

Therefore, through the above processing, it is possible to efficiently cue up the multi-ink ribbon without cuing up the ink ribbon in vain, and it is also possible to detect an error when a different ink ribbon is inserted.

24th rI! J is a flowchart of the above-mentioned error detection during printing (FIG. 22), and error detection during printing will be explained using this figure.

Error detection is performed at regular intervals during printing, for example, every drive pulse of the carriage motor M2 or every heat cycle of the thermal head 18.

In FIG. 24, first, in step 601, it is determined by the ribbon sensor S2 whether or not the ribbon is at the end.

If the ribbon end is detected, proceed to step 602, stop printing (stop the carriage 14), drive the head motor M3 to raise the thermal head 18, turn off ribbon winding, and then detect the ribbon end error. Perform display.

If the ribbon end is not detected in step 601, it is considered normal, and the process proceeds to step 603, where the color sensor S3
Check whether a barcode is detected.

If a barcode is detected, it means that the barcode part was heated and printed by the thermal head 18 during printing.
Since it is abnormal, the process advances to step 604.

In step 604, it is determined whether the color specification is a single color or a multi-color specification. If the color specification is a single color specification, the multi-ink ribbon is mistakenly loaded even though the print menu specifies a single color, so the process proceeds to step 605. to stop printing and display a cassette setting error.

In step 604, if the color specification is multi-specified, there is no mistake in setting the cassette, but the barcode section was printed due to a mistake in locating the ribbon, etc., so the process advances to step 606 to print. The process is canceled and a ribbon winding error message is displayed.

If no barcode is detected in step 603 (
In the case of No), it is assumed that printing is being executed normally, and the error detection process is ended.

Note that error displays are generally displayed on a CRT, but methods such as sounding a buzzer or setting up a warning light and turning it on can be used to notify the error; in this case, the method is not applicable. do not have.

Therefore, errors in the cassette or ink ribbon can be detected by the above process explained in FIG. 24.

In the embodiments described above, in addition to recording paper, various sheets such as a thin transparent plastic plate used in overhead projectors and the like may be used as the recording medium.

Furthermore, the heating means is not limited to the thermal head 18 in the embodiment described above, and for example, infrared rays or laser beams can also be used.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, a case of a serial type in which the 7 F 1 B card moves reciprocally along the thermal recording sheet 4 was exemplified, but the present invention is not limited to this; It is also applicable to a so-called full-line type in which a heating means such as a head is provided over the entire width of the recording width.

Here, in FIG. 25, 4 is a recording sheet, 75 is a platen, 7G is a full-line type thermal head, 77 is a full-line type monochrome ink ribbon sheet, and 78 is a full-line type multi-ink ribbon sheet. and can be implemented with substantially the same configuration as in the previous embodiment.

Further, in the above embodiment, the ink ribbon is stored in a case and an ink ribbon cassette that is removably attached to the main body of the apparatus is used, but the present invention is not limited to this (for example, the ink ribbon is wound on a reel or roll). The same method can be used when a printed ink sheet (including an ink ribbon) is attached to the main body of the apparatus as it is.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the ink ribbon cassette is loaded onto the gear ridge 14 and moves back and forth.
The present invention is not limited thereto, and can be similarly implemented in a type of recording apparatus in which the ink ribbon cassette is stationary.

Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the ink ribbon cassettes are stacked in two stages has been described, but this can be similarly implemented even if the ink ribbon cassettes are stacked in three or more stages.

Furthermore, although the multi-color ink ribbon is exemplified in three colors, the present invention can be similarly carried out with two colors or four or more colors, and it is also possible to use a type in which ink is applied in multiple layers on a base film instead of using random coating. It may be a multi-color ink ribbon, and can be used for all multi-color ink ribbons.

In addition to the flat platen, the platen may be a cylindrical platen having a sheet conveyance roller.

Furthermore, although the case where a heating means such as a thermal head is used has been described, the present invention is applicable to all types of tights using an ink ribbon, and is equally applicable to, for example, impact type tights such as wire dots.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the case where a black ink ribbon is used in the upper row and a multi-color ink ribbon is used in the lower row is exemplified, but this may also be done upside down. By doing so, it is possible to create a configuration in which multi-colors can be used regardless of whether they are placed on the top or bottom.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As is clear from the above description, the recording apparatus according to the present invention includes a recording head, a plurality of ink sheet mounting sections, a recording control means, and a plurality of ink sheet mounting sections according to a control signal from the recording control means. a switching means for selectively switching and moving an ink sheet mounted on a section to a recording section; and a means for inputting information to the recording control means, the ink sheet mounted on each ink sheet mounting section is provided with information input from the input means. Since the configuration is configured to perform switching control of ink sheets to the recording section according to information, various functions are added in addition to a control function to minimize wasteful consumption of ink sheets when recording with multicolor ink sheets. Thus, an ink sheet switching type recording device can be obtained which can expand the range of applications.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway view of the overall structure of a carriage of a recording device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of a word processor equipped with a recording device according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the recording device according to the present invention. A plan view, FIG. 4 is a cam chart showing the movement of the cam on the carriage in FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is a plan view of the cassette amplifier down mechanism in FIG. 1, and FIG. 6 is a cam chart showing the movement of the cam on the carriage in FIG. 7 is a side view of the ribbon winding mechanism shown in FIG. 5 when the ribbon winding mechanism is in operation, FIG. 9 is a plan view of the ribbon winding mechanism shown in FIG. ), Fig. 1θ is a plan view of the head up-down mechanism, Fig. 11 is a side view of Fig. 10 when the head is amplified, Fig. 12 is a side view of Fig. 1O when the head is down, Fig. 13 14 is a partially cutaway view of an ink ribbon cassette, FIG. 14 is an external perspective view of FIG. 13, FIG. 15 is a structural diagram of a multi-ink ribbon, and FIG. 16 is a block diagram of a control system of a recording apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 17 is a flowchart of the power-on processing of the recording device shown in FIG. 16, FIG. 18 is a flowchart of the initialization processing of the thermal head and cassette positions shown in FIG. 17, and FIG. Flowchart, FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of color specification in text, FIGS. 21 (a) and (b) are explanatory diagrams showing an example of color specification in the print menu, and FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of color specification in the print menu. FIG. 23 is a flowchart of the ribbon cueing process in FIG. 22, FIG. 24 is a flowchart of the error detection process in FIG. 22, and FIG. 25 is a flowchart of the error detection process in FIG. 22. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a recording section of a full-line recording device. 4--- Recording sheet 5--- Platen, 14-- Carriage, 16--...
---Head cam (for head up and down), 17
--- Ribbon cam (for cassette setup down), 18-- Recording head (thermal head), 40-- Ink ribbon cassette, 49 -・・−・−・− Ink ribbon (ink sheet), 5 (] −・−・・−・−Multicolor ink ribbon (ink sheet), M3−・・−・・−・Head motor, S2...--Ribbon sensor, S3--
・-・-・Color sensor (color detection means), CPU'
−−−−−−−・Central processing unit. Agent Patent Attorney Yasushi Ototo Figure 2<r! Lp-i 2 Nii Hachijin 2 ('J C'J-α 工 (N Voluntary writing of procedure amendments in Figure 19) May 21, 1986 2, Title of invention Recording device 3, Person making the amendment Relationship to the incident Patent applicant Address: 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Name (100) Canon Co., Ltd. I-Kakeru Kanro Kaku 4, Agent 101 Address: 3-chome, Kanda Kajicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 3 No. 9 Kyodo Building Banashi Kanada) No. 73 (1) The text written as r#S22@J in the diagram of Figure 23 has been changed to ``Wasaragoto <r@To Figure 22)''. that's all

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A recording head, a plurality of ink sheet mounting sections, a recording control means, and a recording section that selectively selects the ink sheets mounted on the plurality of ink sheet mounting sections according to a control signal from the recording control means. and a means for inputting information to the recording control means, wherein the ink sheet is switched to the recording section in accordance with installed ink sheet information of each ink sheet loading section inputted from the input means. A recording device configured to perform control.