JPS63218380A - Recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable printing on a recording medium other than regular size recording media, by providing a recorder with a recording means for recording on an external recording medium by receiving a signal from an image signal forming device. CONSTITUTION:A hand writer B is connected to a main body A of a word processor by a connector 24. An ink ribbon is set in the hand writier B. After a text to be printed is formed by the main body A of the word processor, a printing key in the main body A is pressed, whereby the hand writer B is set into the state of being capable of printing. Then, the hand writer B is moved manually in the direction of an arrow (a) while pressing a start button 3, whereby the text is printed on a recording paper 4. Thus, it is made possible to print even on a recording medium other than regular size recording media.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a recording device that can be used in devices that output code and image information, such as word processors (hereinafter referred to as word processors) and personal computers.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

Conventional word processors and computer printers could only print on thin sheet-like recording media.

[Means and effects for solving the problems] The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks and enables characters input into a word processor etc. to be recorded independently of the word processor itself, so that a thin recording medium can be used. At the same time, it has become possible to print on objects other than standard shapes, and it has also become possible to print on recording materials and media other than standard shapes.

Furthermore, when creating a text while considering the layout of a document, it is now possible to print the text on a recording medium in the same way as using a conventional writing instrument such as a pencil.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration diagram of a recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A is the main body of the word processor, which has a built-in part of the printer. B
is a hunt writer, which is connected to the word processor main body A by a connector 24.

This hunt lighter B is approximately 6.5 mm as shown in Figure 2.
A thermal transfer ink ribbon 1 capable of printing one line with a width of mm is set in a hunt writer B in a state that it is accommodated in a cassette 2. After creating a sentence to be printed using the word processor main body A, by pressing the print key within the word processor main body A, the hunt writer B becomes ready for printing.

Thereafter, by manually moving the hunt writer B in the direction d in Fig. 1 while pressing the start button 3, the recording paper 4 is
The text created by the word processor main unit A will be printed on the screen.

Next, the structure of the hunt writer B will be explained in detail with reference to FIG. 2. FIG. 2 is a sectional view of Hunt Writer B, and the ink ribbon 1 is a
When the recording paper 4 is moved in this direction, it is conveyed in synchronization with the relative movement of the recording paper 4 and is wound up from the supply roll 5 to the take-up roll 6. The configuration for winding up the ink ribbon 1 is such that the synchronous roller 7 rotates in the C direction in synchronization with the movement of the hunt writer B, that is, the relative movement of the recording paper 4, as shown in FIG. The rotation of the synchronous roller 7 is transmitted to the synchronous rollers 8 and 9. The synchronous roller 9 is provided with an encoder plate 10 and a slip clutch 11. The surfaces of the synchronous rollers 7, B, and 9 are each coated with urethane rubber about 1 mm thick, so that they can rotate and transmit without slipping.

The slip clutch 11 has a ring 1 made of felt.
1a, a pressing plate 11b, a spring 11c9, a winding shaft 11d, a retaining ring lie, and a synchronous roller 7.8.
．． The ink ribbon 1 is wound onto the take-up roll 6 with appropriate torque by the rotational force transmitted by the roller 9.

The thermal head 13 in FIG. 2 has a shaft 1 at the tip of an arm 14.
It is rotatably held around 5.

In addition, there is a spring 16 at the bottom end of the start button 3, and the start button 3 is pressed against the stopper 2 inside the hunt lighter B.
When the thermal head 13 is pushed in until it hits the recording paper 4, an appropriate pressure is applied between the thermal head 13 and the recording paper 4.

Furthermore, a trigger 5W17 is linked to the start button 3, so that when the start button 3 is pressed, the trigger SW7 is turned on. When the start button 3 is not pressed, the arm 14 is pulled up by the spring 18 attached to the arm 14 until it hits the stopper 19, the thermal head 13 is fixed in the position shown in Fig. 4, and the cassette 2 can be set with the hunt lighter B. becomes.

FIG. 5 shows the specific circuit configuration of FIG.
3, is temporarily stored in the memory 28, and is displayed on the display section 29.
displayed as text. Further, the image signal processing unit 23 prints the character signals stored in the memory 28 as characters by the thermal head 13 of the hunt writer B via the thermal head driver 21, or prints them as characters by a printer built into the main body.

Signals sent from the trigger switch 17 and encoder 10 of the hunt writer B are sent to the sequence controller 22 via a line 25, and the sequence controller 22 controls the sequence of the thermal head driver based on this signal.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment when printing is actually performed will be explained.

A photo interlator 20 is attached to the encoder plate 10 to obtain electrical signals corresponding to the notches of the encoder plate 10. The encoder plate 10 is approximately 12.4° (
Notches are made at intervals of 29 divisions), and signals can be obtained from the photointerlabter 20 in synchronization with the movements of the synchronized roller 7 at approximately 2° intervals, that is, approximately 0.105 mm for the hunt lighter B. ing.

The signal of this photo interlayer 20 is -SW
The print signal is sent to the word processor main body A only when I7 is ON, and the print signal is sent from the thermal head driver 21 to the thermal head 13 in synchronization with the synchronization signal of the photo interlator 20, and predetermined printing is performed. It happens.

At this time, a sequence is determined by the sequence control 22 so that printing starts from the fifth pulse after the synchronization signal starts to be output so that printing starts after the moving speed of hunt writer B becomes stable.

Figure 6 shows Hunt Writer B's speed, trigger SW,
This is a diagram showing the relationship between an encoder and a print synchronization signal, and printing is performed using this print synchronization signal.

In this embodiment, winding of the ink ribbon is provided inside the hunt writer, but as shown in FIG. 7, it is also possible to use a configuration in which the ink ribbon is not wound by pressing it with a finger or the like.

Although printing was performed using a thermal transfer ink ribbon, it is also possible to directly use thermal paper instead of the ink ribbon or to use thermal paper directly as the recording paper.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Since the recording apparatus according to the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to print on objects other than thin recording media, and at the same time, it is also possible to print on recording media other than regular shapes.

Furthermore, when creating a text while considering the layout of a document, it is now possible to arrange and print the text on a recording medium in the same way as using a conventional writing instrument such as a pencil.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a recording device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a sectional view of a hunt writer, Fig. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a slip clutch section, and Fig. 4 is a thermal diagram when a cassette is set. An explanatory diagram of the position of the head. Fig. 5 is a diagram showing the circuit configuration of the embodiment. Fig. 6 C+A*5te'LH14r"i+4-Ir!E
r. FIG. 7 is a sectional view of another embodiment of the hunt lighter. A...Word processor itself, B...Hunt writer. 13... Thermal head, 20... Photo interlayer, 21... Thermal head driver. 22... Sequence controller, 23... Image signal processing section, 28... Fourth side of memory

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) It is characterized by comprising an image signal generation device and a recording means that receives an image signal from the image signal generation device and records the image on an external recording medium independently of the device. Recording device.