KR101451027B1 - Printer with transferring media - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a printer having an apparatus for transferring media, which brings a lower end of media in contact with a side surface of a capstan and a pinch roller when the media is moved forward and backward and prevents the media from being exposed to an exterior of a printer, thus improving the printing quality. To this end, the printer includes: a printer body, storing a cartridge having the media, and having a cartridge storing groove in which a media supplying roller, a first pinch roller, a second pinch roller, a first capstan roller, a second capstan roller, and a platen roller are stored to take out and move the media of the stored cartridge and a media outlet to discharge the media to one side; a cover, which opens and closes, installed on an upper part of the printer body and having a thermal recording head on one side thereof; and a transfer guide unit installed along a longitudinal direction of both inner walls of the cartridge storing groove of the printer body to guide the media taken out from the cartridge and transfer the media to the media outlet, wherein the transfer guide unit is upwardly inclined from the cartridge to the media outlet so that the bottom surface of the media first makes contact with a lower surface of the transfer guide unit. Therefore, the upper surface of the printed image surface can be prevented from making contact with the guide, and the printing quality can be improved.

Description

[0001] PRINTER WITH TRANSFERRING MEDIA [0002]

The present invention relates to a printer having a media transporting device, and more particularly, to a printer having a media transporting device, and more particularly, So that the printing quality of the printer can be improved.

As is well known, a thermal transfer printer refers to a printer in which heat is applied to a thermal transfer ribbon coated with a dye to transfer the dye on the thermal transfer ribbon to a recording medium to be fixed.

Such a thermal transfer printer is classified into a sublimation type thermal transfer system in which a dye is sublimated and a fusion type thermal transfer system in which a dye is transferred by being melted by a thermal recording head in accordance with a thermal transfer method of a dye.

Fig. 1 is a conventional thermal transfer printer. In Fig. 1, a ribbon cartridge 4 is detachably installed inside a housing 2 of a printer shown in Fig. 1, and a cassette 20 on which a photo paper is loaded is detachably mounted on one side of the printer .

The ribbon cartridge 4 is a frame for receiving the ink ribbon 6. The ribbon cartridge 4 includes a supply reel 8 for uncoiling and feeding the ink ribbon 6 during printing and a take-up reel 10 for winding up the used ink ribbon, As shown in Fig.

Here, the ink ribbon 6 has a three-color dye layer of yellow (Y), magenta (M) and cyan (C) capable of being activated by heat, and an overcoat layer for coating , And the edge is printed with a code to allow the printer to identify the color.

Above the inner end of the cassette 20 on which the photo paper is stacked, the paper feed roller 30 is mounted on the upper end of the lever 32, the lower end of which is supported in the main body,

A capstan 34, which is capable of rotating by a power source (not shown), is provided inside the paper feed roller 30 so as to be opposed to the pinch roller 36.

On the other hand, a thermally sensitive recording head TPH (38) is fixedly installed on the inner side of the capstan (34) and the pinch roller (36).

A platen 40 is attached to an upper end of a lift lever 42 which is pivotally supported in the main body and is vertically elevated and lowered under the thermal recording head 38.

In such a printer, when a print command is input, the lever 32 rotates in the clockwise direction around the hinge at the lower end so that the paper feed roller 30 rotates clockwise, and the paper feed roller 30 contacts the photo paper Whereby one sheet of the photo paper 12 loaded on the cassette 20 is conveyed between the capstan 34 and the pinch roller 36. [

The feeding of the photo paper 12 is stopped immediately before the paper is discharged to the outlet 44 provided on the opposite side of the cassette 20. When the feeding of the photo paper 12 is completed and the lift lever 42 is rotated, The capstan 34 and the supply reel 8 and the take-up reel 10 are rotated while the ink ribbon 6 and the photo paper 12 are sandwiched between the thermally sensitive recording heads 38 38 are heated and yellow (Y) color printing is started.

When printing of the yellow (Y) color is completed, the platen 40 is lowered and the photo paper is moved to the left side in the drawing, and magenta (M) color, cyan (C) The photo paper is ejected through the exit 44. [0052]

On the other hand, Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0520578 discloses a printer having a photo paper roll on which a photo paper is wound, a supply reel on which an unused ink ribbon is wound, and a take-up reel on which an ink ribbon is wound, And a printer equipped with a capstan are disclosed, which are provided with a thermal recording head, a platen, a photo paper roll driving means for driving a photo paper roll wound with a photo paper, and a capstan .

The photo paper roll driving means rotates the photo paper roll in the forward and reverse directions to print various colors in a face sequential manner to drive the photo paper.

However, such a conventional printer is brought into contact with a guide for guiding the printing paper to move in the horizontal direction during forward or backward movement, and the upper surface of the printing paper comes into contact with the guide during transportation, There is a problem that this occurs.

In addition, the conventional printer has a problem that the printing process is complicated because the photo paper is discharged to the outside of the printer and then inserted into the printer while yellow, magenta, cyan and coating layers are printed.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0520578

In order to solve such a problem, the present invention provides a capstan and a pinch roller, wherein when the media is advanced or retreated, the skirt of the media is first brought into contact with the sides of the capstan and the pinch roller, The present invention has been made in view of the above problems.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printer having a media transporting device, including: a media supply roller and a first pinch roller, which are adapted to accommodate a cartridge having a medium therein, A printer body having a second pinch roller, a first capstan roller, a second capstan roller, a cartridge receiving groove on which the platen roller is mounted, and a media outlet for discharging the medium on one side; A lid unit installed on the upper portion of the printer body so as to be openable and closable and provided with a thermal recording head on one side; And a movement guide portion provided on both side walls of the cartridge housing groove of the printer body to guide a path of the media to be drawn out from the cartridge to the media outlet along the longitudinal direction of the printer body, And the lower surface of the medium is first brought into contact with the lower surface of the movement guide portion.

In addition, the printer according to the present invention is provided between the media outlet and the movement guide unit so that the media moving along the movement guide unit is ejected through the media outlet, or the direction of movement of the media is changed so as to move to the inside of the printer body And a rotary housing part for housing the rotary housing.

In addition, the rotary storage unit according to the present invention may include a rotation storage unit roller rotated to move the media; And a path changing unit installed at one side of the rotary storage unit roller for changing the moving direction of the medium so that the medium is discharged through the medium discharge port or the medium moves to the inside of the printer body.

In addition, the rotary storage unit according to the present invention may further include a rotation guide for guiding the medium wound on the rotary storage unit roller through the path changing unit to move to the inside of the printer body.

Further, the rotation guide according to the present invention is characterized in that the surface thereof is coated with Teflon.

Further, the moving guide portion according to the present invention includes a lower moving guide for contacting the bottom surface of the medium and guiding the path so that the medium moves inside the printer body; And an upper movement guide spaced apart from the upper portion of the lower movement guide by a predetermined distance.

Further, the lower movement guide according to the present invention is characterized in that both end portions are formed in a shape of 'V' which is inclined upward.

The present invention is advantageous in that the top of the medium is first brought into contact with the side of the capstan and the pinch roller when the paper advances or retreats, thereby preventing the top surface of the printed image surface from contacting the guide with respect to the traveling direction of the medium.

Further, there is an advantage that the upper surface of the print image surface is prevented from coming into contact with the guide, thereby preventing the occurrence of scratches, thereby improving the print quality of the photo paper.

In addition, the present invention has an advantage of preventing the printing medium from being exposed to the outside of the printer, thereby preventing the printing process from being exposed to the user.

1 is a cross-sectional view showing a structure of a conventional thermal sublimation type printer.
2 is an exploded perspective view showing a printer having a media transporting device according to the present invention.
3 is a cross-sectional view of a printer having a media transport device according to the present invention.
4 is a partially exploded perspective view showing a movement guide portion of a printer having a media transporting device according to the present invention.
5 is a view illustrating an operation process of a printer having a media transporting device according to the present invention.
6 is a cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of a printer having a media transporting device according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a printer having a media transporting device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a cross-sectional view of a printer having a media transporting apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a printer having a media transporting apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 5 is an exemplary view showing an operation of the printer having the media transporting device according to the present invention. Referring to FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the printer 200 having the media transfer device according to the present invention has a structure in which the skirts of the media 121 are first brought into contact with both sides of the medium 121, It is possible to prevent the upper surface of the print image surface with respect to the direction from contacting the upper movement guide 282 of the movement guide unit 280 and prevent the medium 121 being printed from being exposed to the outside of the printer 200, The printer body 210, the lid 220, the thermal recording head 230, the media supply roller 240, the first pinch roller 240, A first capstan roller 260, a second capstan roller 261, a platen roller 270, a movement guide portion 280, a rotation speed sensor 260, a second pinch roller 251, a first capstan roller 260, And a thermal recording head 230 is installed on the cover 220 to cover the cartridge 100 Opening the cover unit 220 to the body, it is configured to allow the cartridge 100 is separated from the printer 200.

The cartridge 100 is configured to accommodate the ink ribbon and the printing medium in one integrated cartridge so that the user can easily set and mount a new cartridge or replace the mounted cartridge with ease, A cartridge housing 110 and a printing medium 121 mounted on the cartridge housing 110 are mounted on the inner wall of the cartridge housing 110 so that the size of the cartridge 100 can be minimized by stacking the media 121 when the cartridge 121 is loaded, And a ribbon take-up reel 140. The cartridge housing 110 includes a media storage unit 120, a ribbon supply reel 130, and a ribbon take- Model information and model information of the ink ribbon wound on the ribbon supply reel 130 may include an antenna unit and an RFID tag (not shown) including an RFID chip.

The media storage unit 120 includes a printing medium 121 accommodated therein and a lower portion of the media storage unit 120. The media storage unit 120 includes a media rollers 240, An insertion port 122 and a media supply port 123 through which the medium 121 is drawn out.

In addition, the media storage unit 120 may be inclined inside the printer body 210 to reduce the size of the cartridge 100 in the longitudinal direction, and the media storage unit 120 may be inclined to one side, The bottom surface of the medium 121 drawn out from the media storage unit 120 is first brought into contact with the movement guide unit 280 so that scratches (scratches) do not occur on the top surface of the medium to be printed.

The media 121 contained in the media storage unit 120 are stacked in a single sheet of media 121 having a predetermined size and are stacked one by one by the media supply roller 240, And the medium 121 is a photo paper of paper, a sheet of plastic material capable of bending deformation, a 3D lens sheet, or the like, preferably a photo paper of paper material.

The ribbon supply reel 130 is installed on the other side of the cartridge housing 110, and the ribbon supply reel 130 is wound with an unused ink ribbon.

The ribbon take-up reel 140 is installed on the other side of the cartridge housing 110 at a predetermined distance from the ribbon supply reel 130 so that the ink ribbon used for printing after being supplied from the ribbon supply reel 130 is wound do.

The printer body 210 is a square shaped member having an open top and a storage space therein so as to accommodate the cartridge 100 having the media 121 therein, A first pinch roller 250, a second pinch roller 251, a first capstan roller 260, a second capstan roller 261 and a platen (not shown) A cartridge receiving groove 211 in which the roller 270 is installed and a media outlet 212 for discharging the medium 121 on one side are formed.

The lid unit 220 is a square member that is openably and closably installed on the upper part of the printer body 210. A thermal recording head 230 is installed on one side of the lid unit 220, The thermosensitive recording head 230 is installed between the ribbon supply reel 130 and the ribbon take-up reel 140 of the cartridge 100.

The thermal recording head 230 is installed between the ribbon supply reel 130 of the cartridge 100 and the ribbon take-up reel 140 when the lid 200 is covered and prints through the ink ribbon on the medium 121 The ink ribbon and the medium 121 are pressed together with the platen roller 270 so that the ink ribbon and the ink ribbon 121 are in contact with each other.

The media supply roller 240 is installed in the cartridge storage groove 211 so as to be disposed below the media roller insertion port 122 of the cartridge 100 so that the media 121 contained in the cartridge 100 is inserted into the media supply port 123 ).

The first pinch roller 250 and the first capstan roller 260 are installed in the cartridge receiving groove 211 so as to be disposed at one side of the media supply port 123 of the cartridge 100, The medium 121 drawn out of the cartridge 100 is rotated to move along the paper movement guide unit 280 and is operated to pass between the thermal recording head 230 and the platen roller 270. [

The second pinch roller 251 and the second capstan roller 261 are installed in the cartridge receiving groove 211 so as to be disposed on one side of the media outlet 212 and the printed media 121 is inserted into the media outlet 212. [ Or rotated to move into the interior of the printer body 210 and rotated in a reverse direction to reprint the media 121 moved into the interior of the printer body 210 And is moved in the direction of the first pinch roller 250 and the first capstan roller 260.

The platen roller 270 is installed in the cartridge receiving groove 211 so as to be disposed below the thermosensitive recording head 230. When the printing is started, the platen roller 270 comes into close contact with the thermosensitive recording head 230, To a pressure equal to or higher than a predetermined level.

The movement guide unit 280 is installed in both sides of the inside of the cartridge receiving groove 211 of the printer body 210 along the longitudinal direction in the left and right directions at the center of the drawing, For guiding the path for moving the media (121) drawn out from the cartridge (100) to the media outlet (212) or for guiding the path to move to the inside of the printer body (210) for reprinting, A lower movement guide 281 for guiding a path for moving the printing medium 121 inside the printer body 210 and an upper movement guide 282 spaced a predetermined distance above the lower movement guide 281, .

The movement guide unit 280 is formed upward from the media supply port 123 of the cartridge 100 in the direction of the media outlet 212 so that when the media 121 moves along the movement guide unit 280 The lower surface of the medium 121 is first brought into contact with the lower surface of the movement guide portion 280. [

That is, the movement guide unit 280 allows the bottom surface of the medium 121 to first contact the lower movement guide 281 while the medium 121 moves, so that the upper surface of the medium 121 to be printed is moved to the upper movement guide 282 Or the like, thereby preventing the upper surface of the medium 121 from being scratched or the like.

The lower movement guide 281 is moved in a direction from the medium supply port 123 to the media discharge port 212 so that the bottom surface of the medium 121 to be drawn out for printing is first brought into contact with the lower movement guide 281 The first lower guide 281a is inclined upward.

Also, the lower movement guide 281 moves the bottom surface of the medium 121 'to the lower movement guide 210' while the medium 121 'moves to the inside of the printer body 210 (to the right in the drawing) The second lower guide 281b is provided on the upper surface of the medium on which printing is performed so as to be inclined upward in the right direction so that scratches due to friction with the upper movement guide 282 do not occur.

That is, both ends of the first and second lower guides 281a and 281b are inclined upward so that the media 121 and 121 'move forward or backward along the inside of the printer body 210, 281 and the bottoms of the media 121, 121 'are brought into contact first.

First and second upper guides 282a and 282b are provided on the upper portions of the first and second lower guides 281a and 281b to guide the media 121 and 121 'to move.

The rotary storage unit 290 is provided with a second pinch roller 251 and a second capstan roller 261 between the media outlet 212 and the moving guide unit 280 in the cartridge receiving groove 211 of the printer body 210, The movement of the media 121 to move the media 121 along the movement guide unit 280 to the outside through the media outlet 212 or to move to the inner lower portion of the printer body 210, A path changing portion 293, a second sub-roller 294, and a rotation guide 295 as a configuration for changing the direction of rotation .

In the process of sequentially printing yellow (Y), magenta (M), and cyan (C), the rotary storage unit 290 stores the yellow color printed media 121 through the media outlet 212 The path is changed so as to be housed in the printer body 210 without being exposed to the outside of the printer body 210. When printing is finished, the media 121 is discharged through the media outlet 212. [

The rotation receiving portion roller 291 rotates to move the medium 121 to the inside of the printer body 210 or to move to the media outlet 212 and to rotate the first auxiliary roller 292, and a second sub-roller 294.

The path changing unit 293 is provided at one side of the rotation receiving roller 291 to allow the media 121 to be ejected through the media outlet 212 or to move the media 121 to the inside of the printer body 210 The moving direction of the medium 121 is changed.

That is, in the process of printing the medium 121, the medium 121 is separated from the rotation receiving portion roller 291 by a predetermined distance, so that the medium 121 supplied through the rotation receiving portion roller 291 When the printing is completed, the moving path of the medium 121 is changed so as to be moved to the lower side of the printer body 210, and it is brought into close contact with the outer circumferential edge of the rotary accommodating portion roller 291 and supplied through the rotary accommodating portion roller 291 The media 121 is moved to the outside of the printer 200 through the media outlet 212.

The rotation guide 295 is a plate-shaped member that is bent and installed along the inner surface of the front surface of the printer body 210 and the bottom surface of the printer body 210 and rotatably supported by the rotation receiving portion roller 291 through the path changing portion 293. [ Guided to the inner bottom surface of the printer body 210.

In addition, the rotation guide 295 is coated with Teflon so that the medium 121 can move smoothly.

6 is a cross-sectional view illustrating another embodiment of a printer having a media transporting apparatus according to the present invention. In the printer 200 'according to FIG. 6, (290 ') for changing the direction of movement of the medium (121) so as to be ejected through the ejector (212) or to move to the upper inside of the printer body (210).

6 does not expose the printed media 121 to the outside of the printer body 210 through the media outlet 212 but to the media (not shown) inside the printer body 210, The rotation storage unit 290 'is configured to change the path of the medium 121 and to discharge the medium 121 through the media outlet 212 when printing is finished. The rotation storage unit 290' A first auxiliary roller 292 ', a path changing portion 293', a second auxiliary roller 294 ', and a rotation guide 295'.

The rotation receiving portion roller 291 'rotates to move the media 121 to the inside of the printer body 210 or to move to the media outlet 212, A first auxiliary roller 292 ', and a second auxiliary roller 294'.

The path changing unit 293 'is installed at one side of the rotation receiving roller 291' so that the media 121 is ejected through the media ejection port 212 or the media 121 is ejected from the inner side of the printer body 210 The moving direction of the medium 121 is changed so as to move upward.

The rotation guide 295 'is a plate-shaped member bent along the inner surface of the front surface of the printer body 210 and the upper surface of the printer body 210, 291 'to move to the upper inside of the printer body 210, and Teflon is coated on the surface so that the medium 121 can move smoothly.

The operation of the printer having the media transporting device according to the present invention will now be described.

2 to 5, when the cartridge 100 is placed in the cartridge receiving groove 211 while the lid 220 of the printer 200 is opened and the lid 220 is covered, 230 are installed between the ribbon supply reel 130 and the ribbon take-up reel 140 of the cartridge 100 and the platen roller 270 is disposed below the thermal recording head 230.

A media supply roller 240 is disposed below the media roller insertion port 122 of the media storage unit 120 and a first pinch roller 250 is interposed between the media supply port 123 and the ribbon supply reel 130. [ And the second pinch roller 251 and the second capstan roller 261 are disposed between the ribbon take-up reel 140 and the media outlet 212. The first capstan roller 260 and the second capstan roller 260 are disposed between the ribbon take-

When the printing is started, the ribbon take-up reel 140 is reversely rotated in a state where the thermal recording head 230 is spaced apart from the platen roller 270, and the ink ribbon supplied from the ribbon supply reel 130 is taken up, (Not shown) until the ink ribbon tip bar code of yellow color is detected.

When the winding of the ink ribbon is completed, the media supply roller 240 is rotated in the reverse direction so that the medium 121 stored in the media storage unit 120 is supplied between the first pinch roller 250 and the first capstan roller 260 And stops when the drawing of the medium 121 is completed.

The first pinch roller 250 and the second pinch roller 251 are rotated in a forward direction and the first capstan roller 260 and the second capstan roller 261 are reversely rotated to detect the media tip So that the bottom surface of the drawn-out medium 121 comes into contact with the lower surface of the moving guide unit 280 in a preferred manner so as to be supplied until the medium 121 is detected by a sensor (not shown) The first pinch roller 250 and the first capstan roller 260 are driven to a certain distance from the thermal print head 230 to the printing nip NiP between the thermal recording head 230 and the platen roller 270, .

When the medium 121 is supplied to the printing nip, the pressure is applied to the thermosensitive recording head 230 and the platen roller 270 so as to generate pressure, so that the ink between the thermosensitive recording head 230 and the platen roller 270 The ribbon and the medium 121 are pressurized to a predetermined pressure or more.

At this time, the first pinch roller 250 and the second pinch roller 251, the first capstan roller 260 and the second capstan roller 261 rotate at a constant speed, and the heating element of the thermal recording head 230 is driven The ribbon take-up reel 140 pulls the ink ribbon coming out from the nip of the thermal recording head 230 and separates the ribbon from the medium 121 and winds it.

The medium 121 having the yellow color printed thereon is moved toward the media outlet 212 through the second pinch roller 251 and the second capstan roller 261 and the path changing portion 293 is rotated by the rotation receiving roller 291, So that the medium 121 passing through the rotation receiving roller 291 and the first sub-roller 292 is moved to the inside of the printer body 210 together with the rotation of the rotation receiving roller 291 Thereby preventing the media being printed from being exposed to the outside of the printer body 210.

When the yellow color printing is completed, the rotation of the first and second pinch rollers 250 and 251, the first and second capstan rollers 260 and 261 and the platen roller 270 is stopped, The head 230 and the platen roller 270 are separated from each other and then driven until the next ink magenta color ink ribbon barcode is detected through the ribbon winding roll 140 to wind the ink ribbon.

The path changing section 293 is separated from the rotation receiving section roller 291 so as to retrieve the printed medium 121 'by the length of the print length of the yellow color image and the length of the medium conveyed for detecting the leading end barcode of the ink ribbon The first and second pinch rollers 250 and 251 and the first and second capstan rollers 260 and 261 rotate the platen roller 270 and the rotation receiving roller 291 in a state where the first and second pinch rollers 250 and 251 are rotated.

At this time, the printed medium 121 ', which is recovered for the magenta color printing, is conveyed along the first lower guide 281a formed to be inclined downward and the second lower guide 281b formed to be inclined upward, .

After the printing of the coating layer is completed, the path changing portion 293 is brought into close contact with the outer circumferential edge of the rotation receiving roller 291 so that the medium 121 is ejected from the media outlet 212 The first pinch roller 250 and the second pinch roller 251 are rotated in the forward direction and the first capstan roller 250 and the second pinch roller 251 are rotated in the same direction, 260 and the second capstan roller 261 rotate reversely to cause the printed media 121 to be ejected through the media outlet 212.

Therefore, it is possible to prevent the upper surface of the print image surface from contacting the guide with respect to the traveling direction of the medium, to prevent the upper surface of the print image surface from contacting the guide and to prevent the occurrence of scratches, And it is possible to prevent the printing medium from being exposed to the outside of the printer, thereby preventing the printing process from being exposed to the user.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It can be understood that

In the course of the description of the embodiments of the present invention, the thicknesses of the lines and the sizes of the components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience of explanation, , Which may vary depending on the intention or custom of the user, the operator, and the definitions of these terms should be based on the contents throughout this specification.

100: cartridge 110: cartridge housing
120: Media storage unit 121, 121 ': Media
122: Media roller inlet 123: Media feed port
130: ribbon supply reel 140: ribbon take-up reel
200, 200: printer 210: printer body
211: cartridge receiving groove 212: media outlet
220: lid 230: thermal recording head
240: media feed roller 250: first pinch roller
251: second pinch roller 260: first capstan roller
261: Second capstan roller 270: Platen roller
280: movement guide portion 281: lower movement guide
281a: first lower guide 281b: second lower guide
282: upper movement guide 282a: first upper guide
282b: second upper guide 290, 290 ': rotation-receiving portion
291, 291: rotation-receiving portion rollers 292, 292 ': first auxiliary roller
293, 293 ': path changing portion 294, 294': second auxiliary roller
295, 295 ': rotation guide

Claims (7)

A printer having a media transporting device,
A media supply roller 240 and a first pinch roller 250, which are operated to store the cartridge 100 having the media 121 therein and to move the media 121 of the cartridge 100 accommodated therein, A cartridge receiving groove 211 in which the second pinch roller 251, the first capstan roller 260, the second capstan roller 261 and the platen roller 270 are installed, A printer body 210 forming a media outlet 212;
A cover 220 installed at an upper portion of the printer body 210 so as to be openable and closable and having a thermal recording head 230 installed on one side thereof; And
The media 121 that is installed along the longitudinal direction of the printer body 210 and is drawn out from the cartridge 100 on the opposite side walls of the cartridge receiving groove 211 of the printer body 210, And a movement guide part (280) for guiding the path to move,
The movement guide unit 280 is formed to be inclined upward from the cartridge 100 in the direction of the media outlet 212 so that the bottom surface of the medium 121 is first brought into contact with the lower surface of the movement guide unit 280 A printer having a media transport device.
The method according to claim 1,
The printer is installed between the media outlet 212 and the movement guide unit 280 to allow the media 121 moving along the movement guide unit 280 to be ejected through the media outlet 212, (290, 290 ') for changing the moving direction of the medium (121) so as to move to the inside of the medium (121).
3. The method of claim 2,
The rotary storage units 290 and 290 'include rotary storage unit rollers 291 and 291' that rotate to move the media 121; And
Is installed on one side of the rotation receiving portion rollers 291 and 291 'so that the media 121 is ejected through the media outlet 212 or the media 121 is moved to the inside of the printer body 210 And a path changing unit (293, 293 ') for changing the moving direction of the recording medium (121).
The method of claim 3,
The rotary storage units 290 and 290 'are configured such that the media 121 wound around the rotary storage unit rollers 291 and 291' are moved to the inside of the printer body 210 through the path changing units 293 and 293 ' Further comprising a guiding rotation guide (295, 295 ').
5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the rotation guides (295, 295 ') are coated with Teflon on the surface thereof.
3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The movement guide unit 280 includes a lower movement guide 281 for contacting the bottom surface of the medium 121 and guiding a path for moving the medium 121 inside the printer body 210; And
And an upper movement guide (282) disposed at an upper portion of the lower movement guide (281) and spaced apart from the upper movement guide (281) by a predetermined distance.
The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the lower movement guide (281) is formed in a 'V' shape whose both ends are inclined upward.

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