JPS63212574A - Printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a printer which is easily operated by providing a direction converting mechanism for converting a recording sheet feeding direction after printing to 90 deg. to a front with respect to the recording sheet feeding direction at the time of printing to form a printer body lateral direction. CONSTITUTION:A recording sheet in a sheet feeding case 3 is fed in a printer body rightward direction to be fed to the position of an ink ribbon cassette 2, printed, then fed by feed rollers 17 in a reverse printer body leftward direction [an arrow (b)], and mounted on a recording sheet base 18 of the state that a delivery roller 19 is raised. Then, an arm 20 driven by a solenoid 25 rotates around a shaft 24 to lower the roller 19, and the sheet 5 is pressed on the base 18. Thereafter, a motor 21 is operated to rotate the roller 19 through belts 22, 23, to feed the sheet 5 forward [in a direction of an arrow (c)], thereby deliver it from a recording sheet delivery port 13.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a printer that automatically supplies a sheet of recording paper housed therein to a printing section, prints an image, and discharges the printer.

[Prior Art] FIG. 4 shows a conventional printer. This printer 1 is a hard copy llr! that hard copies images on a display such as a television. 1 is a thermal transfer type full color printer used, 2 is an ink ribbon cassette, 3 is a paper feed case that stores sheet-shaped recording paper stacked, 4 is a recording paper outlet, and 5 is a recording paper, the ink ribbon cassette 2 is a roll of ink ribbon coated with yellow, magenta, cyan, and black dyes.

As shown in the figure, in a conventional printer 1 of this type, an inlet/outlet 6 for a paper feed case 3 and an outlet 4 for recording paper after printing are provided on the front side 1a of the printer body. Due to the relationship with the recording paper feeding path where the recording paper is supplied from the printer and discharged to the front, the ink ribbon cassette loading position where printing is performed is located at the back of the printer body, and the ink ribbon cassette 2 is installed on the side 1b of the printer body. It was designed to be inserted from the lower part.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention 1] In the conventional structure described above, the ink ribbon cassette 2 is inserted and removed from the side of the printer body, so extra space is required in the width direction of the printer body, and it is difficult to insert the ink ribbon cassette. The disadvantage is that the removal operation itself is not necessarily easy.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a printer that does not require extra space in the width direction of the printer body and is easy to operate.

[Means for Solving Problem E] In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a cassette insertion slot into which an ink ribbon cassette is inserted, a recording paper insertion slot into which a sheet of recording paper is inserted, and a recording paper after printing. Both recording paper ejection ports for ejecting paper are provided on the front of the printer body, and in order to eject the recording paper after printing from the recording paper ejection port, the running direction of the paper after printing is set to the width of the printer body. A direction changing mechanism is provided to change the direction by 90° to the front side with respect to the printing paper feeding direction.

[Function] In the above configuration, the recording paper moves in the ink ribbon cassette by running in the width direction of the printer body. ) position, an image is printed, and the paper is sent out.Then, the direction is changed by 90 degrees to the front side by the direction changing mechanism, and the paper is ejected from the recording paper ejection port on the front side of the printer body. An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. Like the conventional printer shown in FIG. tlS4, the printer 10 of the embodiment is a thermal transfer full-color printer used as a hard copy device for hard copying images on a display such as a television.

In the present invention, a cassette insertion opening 11 into which the ink ribbon cassette 2 is inserted, a paper feeding case loading/unloading opening (i.e., a recording paper insertion opening) 12 through which the paper feeding case 3 is inserted and removed, and
A recording paper ejection port 13 is provided at the front of the printer body. Although the details are omitted, a plurality of sheets of recording paper stacked and stored in the paper feed case 3 travel to the right in the width direction of the printer body (in the direction of arrow (A)) and reach the mark a where the ink ribbon cassette 2 is located. It is now sent to the department. Ink ribbon cassette 2! As shown in FIG. 2, in the printing section where IJIE is performed, a thermal roller 14 is arranged to hold the ink ribbon 2a, and a roller 15 is arranged to hold the ink ribbon 2a. Transfer is performed by pressing the thermal head 14 while feeding leftward in the width direction (direction of arrow (b)), and in order to discharge the printed recording paper from the recording paper ejection port 13, the printed recording paper is 9. Move the running direction of the printer toward the front side with respect to the recording paper feeding direction (arrow (b)) during printing, which is the width direction of the printer body.
A direction change m structure is provided to change the direction by 0°.

Details of the direction conversion filil16 are shown in FIG. fIS3.

17 is a roller that sends the printed recording paper 5 to the left side (arrow (b)) of the printer body; 18 is a recording paper base; 19 is a discharge roller provided parallel to the width direction of the printer body; is rotatably supported by the arm 20 and rotationally driven by the motor 21 via the bell) 22. It is made possible to move up and down.

In the printer 10 configured as described above, the recording paper in the paper feed case 3 travels to the right of the printer main body, is sent to the position of the ink ribbon cassette 2, is printed in the state shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the feed roller 17 feeds the printer body in the opposite direction to the left (arrow (B)), and the ejection roller 19 rises to place it on the recording paper tray 18. Arm 2 is driven by solenoid 25.
0 rotates around the pongee 24, the ejection port 219 descends, and presses the recording paper 5 onto the recording paper table 1B, and then the motor 21 operates and ejects it via the bell) 22.23. The roller 19 is rotated to feed the recording paper 5 forward (in the direction of the arrow (c)), and the recording paper 5 is discharged from the recording paper discharge port 13.

In the printer 10 configured as described above, the operation is easy because the loading and unloading of the paper feed case 3 for inserting the recording paper, the insertion and removal of the ink ribbon cassette 2, and the ejection of the printed recording paper are all performed from the front. .

Note that the configuration of the direction changing mechanism is not limited to that of the embodiment, and various other mechanisms may be adopted.

[Effect of the invention 1 As explained above, according to the present invention, the cassette insertion slot,
Both the recording paper insertion slot and the recording paper output port are provided on the front of the printer main body, and the running direction of the recording paper after printing is 90 degrees to the front side with respect to the recording paper feeding direction during printing.
The structure is equipped with a direction change mechanism that changes the direction, so all operations can be performed from the front, making operations easier and eliminating the need for extra space in the width direction of the printer body for inserting the ink ribbon cassette. became.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the printer of the present invention, f
Figure JS2 is an explanatory diagram of the printing section, Figure MS3 is a perspective view of the direction changing mechanism, and Figure 4 is a perspective view of a conventional printer. 5... Recording paper, 10... Printer, 10a... Front, 11... Cassette insertion slot, 12... Paper feed case slot (recording paper insertion slot), 13... Ti paper Discharge port, 16... Direction changing mechanism, 17... Feed roller,
19...Discharge roller.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A cassette insertion slot for inserting an ink ribbon cassette, a recording paper insertion slot for inserting a sheet of recording paper, and a recording paper ejection port for discharging the recording paper after printing are all provided on the front of the printer main body. In order to eject the recording paper from the recording paper ejection port, a direction changing mechanism is provided to change the running direction of the recording paper after printing 90 degrees to the front side with respect to the recording paper feeding direction during printing, which is the width direction of the printer body. A printer characterized by: