KR20110042451A - Printing unit and its printing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A printing unit and a printing method thereof are provided to print various information in a bankbook having 5LPI(Line Per Inch) standard by repeating a process of printing one line. CONSTITUTION: In a printing unit and a printing method thereof, a printing device comprises a transport unit(104), a reading unit(106), a printing unit(108), and a controller(102). The transport unit transfers the inserted bankbook to an area in which printing is performed. . The reading unit reads out the basic information of the bankbook. The printing unit prints transaction by two lines at one time. The controller controls the transport unit, the reading unit, and the printing unit.

Description

Printing apparatus and its printing method {PRINTING UNIT AND ITS PRINTING METHOD}

The present invention relates to a printing technique, and more particularly to a printing apparatus and a printing method suitable for printing a variety of information on the bankbook by using a printing device installed in a financial automation device.

As is well known, financial automation equipment refers to an automation apparatus capable of providing various financial services such as deposit or withdrawal regardless of time and place with respect to financial services and without the help of a bank employee.

Such financial automation devices can be largely classified into cash dispensers and cash dispensers according to whether they are withdrawn or withdrawn, and recently, they have been used for various purposes such as cash withdrawals, check withdrawals, bankbook arrangement, payment of giro fees, and ticket releases.

In addition, the financial automation device stores the user's bankbook and prints the deposit and withdrawal status generated from the user's account to the bankbook through the printing device installed therein, thereby checking the various deposit and withdrawal status through the discharged bankbook.

Here, the printing apparatus installed inside the financial automation device includes a transfer unit for transferring the inserted bankbook, a magnetic information recognition unit for recognizing basic information of the bankbook, a printing unit for printing the transaction history of the bankbook, and a page turning unit for turning over the pages of the bankbook. And the like.

In particular, the printing head which is installed in the printing unit and prints various information such as transaction details on the bankbook is moved to the correct position where the bankbook starts printing when the bankbook is inserted and prints various information on the bankbook.

When printing a bankbook using the printing head as described above, for example, a process of printing one line for a bankbook having a standard such as 5 LPI (line per inch) is repeated to print various information on the bankbook. Done.

Accordingly, the present invention is to provide a printing apparatus and method that can improve the printing performance by printing two lines at a time according to the interval of the printing head.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a transfer unit for transferring the inserted bankbook to the printing position, a magnetic information recognition unit for recognizing the basic information of the inserted bankbook, and printing the bankbook transaction details on the bankbook 2 lines at a time A control unit for controlling operations of a printing unit, the transfer unit, the magnetic information recognizing unit, and a printing unit, and requesting and receiving a bank account transaction history corresponding to the recognized basic information from the bank server to print the two lines at a time. There is provided a printing apparatus comprising.

Preferably, the printing apparatus is provided with a printing apparatus further comprising a page turning section for turning over to the next page of the bankbook when page turning occurs during printing of the bankbook.

Preferably, the transfer unit is provided with a printing apparatus including a plurality of rollers and belts for transferring the passbook to the printing unit.

Preferably, the printing unit is provided with a printing head including a printing head for printing the bankbook transaction history, a head driving unit for driving the printing head and a cartridge mounting unit for mounting the ink cartridge for printing.

Preferably, the printing unit, a sensor for recognizing the barcode of the bankbook, a linear encoder for acquiring the speed information of the printing head, a shutter shielding a gap formed on the bottom, and wound in accordance with the movement of the printing head. While providing a printing apparatus further comprising a drum to shield the gap.

Preferably, the page turning portion includes a rotatable arm and a roller rotatably provided at the other end of the arm, the other end of the arm is disposed on one side of the bankbook and the There is provided a printing apparatus for positioning the roller and rotating the roller in the direction of turning the passbook page from one side to the other side of the passbook to the next page.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the step of transferring the inserted bankbook to the printing position, the step of recognizing the basic information of the inserted bankbook, and requests the bank server transaction details corresponding to the recognized basic information And receiving and printing the received bankbook transaction details on the bankbook two lines at a time.

Preferably, the printing method, if a page turning occurs during the step of printing on the bankbook, the step of turning to the next page of the bankbook, and printing the bankbook transaction details on the next page 2 lines at a time There is provided a printing method of a printing apparatus further comprising the step of doing.

Preferably, the step of conveying, there is provided a printing method of a printing device in which the passbook is conveyed using a plurality of rollers and belts.

Preferably, the printing on the bankbook is provided, the printing method of the printing apparatus for printing the bankbook transaction details on the bankbook using an ink cartridge mounted by driving a printing head.

Preferably, the printing of two lines at a time is provided with a printing method of a printing apparatus for printing the bankbook transaction details on the bankbook using an ink cartridge mounted by driving a printing head.

Preferably, the step of turning to the next page, the other end of the arm is disposed on one side of the passbook to position the roller on the passbook, the roller is rotated in a direction to pass the passbook page from one side of the passbook to the other side There is provided a printing method of a printing apparatus that turns to the next page.

When the bankbook is inserted into the printing apparatus, the present invention transfers the inserted bankbook to the printing position, recognizes the basic information of the transferred bankbook, requests and receives bankbook history information corresponding to the recognized basic information, and then prints. By printing two lines at a time using the head, you can improve the passbook printing performance.

When the bankbook is inserted into the printing apparatus, the present invention transfers the inserted bankbook to the printing position, recognizes the basic information of the transferred bankbook, requests and receives bankbook history information corresponding to the recognized basic information, and then prints. It prints two lines at a time by using a head, and when a page turn occurs during printing of a passbook, the pages of the passbook are transferred to the next page and printed two lines at a time. Through this technical means, problems in the prior art can be solved.

Advantages and features of the present invention, and methods for achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be implemented in various forms, and only the embodiments of the present invention make the disclosure of the present invention complete and the general knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs. It is provided to fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the present invention is defined only by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. The following terms are defined in consideration of the functions in the embodiments of the present invention, which may vary depending on the intention of the user, the intention or the custom of the operator. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of the present invention;

Prior to describing the drawings, a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with an example of a printing apparatus installed in a financial automation device that can print transaction details, such as a user's bankbook, among various paper media An example of a bankbook applied to an automated device will be described below. On the other hand, such a printing device and a paper medium is not limited to the financial automation device, it can be applied to a variety of printing devices that can print a specific record of the user, it can be replaced with a variety of paper media as well as a bankbook, of course. .

1 is a block diagram of a printing apparatus suitable for printing two lines at a time according to an embodiment of the present invention, which includes a control unit 102, a transfer unit 104, a magnetic information recognition unit 106, a printing unit 108, The page turning unit 110 may be included.

Referring to FIG. 1, the control unit 102 performs overall operation control of a printing apparatus according to the present invention. When a bankbook is inserted into a printing apparatus of a financial automation device, a control signal for transferring the inserted bankbook to a printing position is provided. It provides to the transfer unit 104, provides a control signal for recognizing the basic information (ie, bank account information) of the passbook transferred to the printing position to the magnetic information recognition unit 106, print history information corresponding to the recognized bankbook information Request and receive to the bank server connected to the financial automation device to provide a control signal to the printing unit 108 to print the transaction details (that is, print history information) of the bankbook, and when the page turnover of the bankbook occurs during printing of the bankbook The control signal for turning over the pages of the account is provided to the page turning unit 110.

Here, the control unit 102 may provide the control unit 108 with a control signal for printing two lines at a time by using the printing head when printing the transaction details on the passbook through the printing unit 108. Here, the printing head spacing is about 12.7 mm and prints through 1-300 pins. For example, because the size of Korean bankbook is 5 LPI, about 5.08 mm per line can be printed, so 2 lines can be printed at once. The printing unit 108 may be controlled to print, and even when the passbook standard is 6 LPI, the printing unit 108 may be printed to approximately 4.23 mm per line, thereby controlling the printing unit 108 to print two lines at a time. Of course, even if the size of the passbook is 4 LPI can print about 6.35 mm per line can be controlled to print two lines at a time, such as when the passbook is more than 4 LPI, that is, at least 4 LPI You can print two lines at a time.

When the bankbook is inserted into the printing apparatus of the financial automation device, the transfer unit 104 provides the bankbook insertion signal to the control unit 102 and accordingly prints the inserted bankbook according to the control signal provided from the control unit 102. Transfer to. At this time, when the transfer to the print position is completed, the transfer completion signal can be provided to the control unit 102.

Next, the magnetic information recognizing unit 106 senses the bankbook moved to the printing position according to the control signal provided from the control unit 102 (for example, by sensing the magnetic tape of the bankbook) and thus the basic information of the bankbook (ie, , The bankbook information) and provides the recognized bankbook information to the controller 102.

In addition, the printing unit 108 moves the printing head to the printing position according to the control signal provided from the control unit 102, and by using the printing head, the transaction details (ie, the accounting history information) in the account book by two lines at a time. When the page turning occurs, the page is printed again after turning the page, and printed again by two lines, and when the transaction history printing of the account is completed, the print completion signal is provided to the control unit 102.

On the other hand, the page turning unit 110 senses whether page turning occurs during printing of the passbook according to the control signal provided from the control unit 102, and at the same time provides the page turning signal to the control unit 102 when the page turning occurs Turn over the pages of the account book to the next page.

Here, the page turning unit 110 may include a rotatable arm and a roller rotatably provided at the other end of the arm, and the other end of the arm is disposed at one side of the bank when the page of the bank is turned over. It is possible to position the roller on the passbook, the page of the passbook can be turned in such a way that the roller is rotated in the direction of turning the page from one side of the passbook to the other side.

Therefore, when the bankbook is inserted into the printing apparatus, the inserted bankbook is transferred to the printing position, the basic information of the transferred bankbook is recognized, the request and reception of the bankbook history information corresponding to the recognized basic information, and then the printing head is It prints 2 lines at a time, and when a page turn occurs while printing a passbook, the pages of the passbook can be flipped to the next page and printed two lines at a time.

For example, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a banking machine equipped with a printing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is a perspective view showing a printing device for printing two lines at a time according to an embodiment of the present invention to be.

Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, the financial automation device may include a printing apparatus 200 installed in a main body that forms an exterior, and having a doorway 200a into which a bankbook can be inserted.

The printing apparatus 200 may print a user's financial transaction history on the bankbook, the transfer unit 204 capable of transferring the bankbook inserted by the user through the doorway 200a to the printing position, and the transfer to the printing position. It may include a printing unit 208 that can print a variety of information, such as transaction history on the bankbook, a page turning unit (not shown) that can be turned over the pages of the bankbook, if necessary, and on the transfer unit 204 A guide unit may be provided together to provide a tension on the upper surface to guide the passbook to be smoothly transferred. The transfer unit 204 may include a passbook printing unit 208 and an insert inserted through the doorway 200a. It may include a plurality of rollers (not shown) and a belt (not shown) provided to be transferred to the page turning unit.

Here, the transfer unit 204 corresponds to the transfer unit 104 shown in FIG. 1, the printing unit 208 corresponds to the print unit 108 shown in FIG. 1, and the page turning unit (not shown) Is corresponding to the page turning unit 110, when the passbook is inserted through the doorway 200a, transfers the passbook to the printing position through the transfer unit 204, and recognizes the magnetic information shown in FIG. By sensing the magnetic tape of the bankbook through the unit 106 to recognize the basic information of the bankbook, and according to the control of the control unit 102 that requested and received the bankbook transaction details and the like corresponding to the bankbook (or host server) The print unit 208 prints the bankbook transaction details two lines at a time.

In addition, if a page turning occurs during printing of the bankbook transaction history, the page of the bankbook is turned to the next page through the page turning unit (not shown) under the control of the control unit 102 shown in FIG. You can continue to print your bankbook transaction history.

4 and 5 are perspective views illustrating a printing apparatus according to driving of a printing head according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4 and 5, the printing unit 208 of the printing apparatus 200 is installed on the printing unit frame and print head 208a capable of printing various information including transaction details on the bankbook P, The head drive unit 208b for driving the printing head 208a, the cartridge mounting unit 208c on which the ink cartridge for printing is mounted, the sensor 208d for recognizing the barcode Pa of the bankbook P, and the printing head ( Linear encoder 208e for acquiring velocity information of 208a, a spring-shaped shutter 208f that shields a gap (not shown) formed on the bottom, and a gap while winding in accordance with the movement of the printing head 208a. A shielding drum 208g and the like. Here, the printing unit 208 means a device corresponding to the printing unit 108 as shown in FIG.

Here, the printing unit frame may be installed to support and fix the printing head 208a and the head driving unit 208b so that the passbook P can be stably printed. It is possible to contact and support the bottom of the P), and may include a side wall formed on at least one side of the bottom in the conveying direction of the passbook (P), the interval (width) of the printing head 208a is, for example, 12.7mm Is preferably.

In addition, the printing head 208a may include a sensor 208d capable of recognizing the barcode Pa of the printed page of the bankbook P, and the sensor 208d may include the barcode Pa of the bankbook P. Means a kind of bar code sensor that can recognize the printing surface of the bankbook (P).

Here, when the sensor 208d recognizes the barcode Pa on the printing surface of the passbook P, the printing head 208a can be driven slowly, and this sensor 208d is provided in the printing head 208a. Although the case provided below the cartridge mounting portion 208c is described as an example, the position at which the sensor 208d is mounted does not limit or limit the present invention.

In the printing apparatus 200 having such a configuration, the exact position of the printing head 208 may determine the position or moment at which the printing head 208a contacts or collides with the side wall of the printing unit frame as the printing position.

The head driver 208b may include a timing belt connected to the printing head 208a, a DC motor for driving the timing belt, and a guide rod formed in parallel with the timing belt to guide linear movement of the printing head 208a. It may be installed together with the linear encoder (208e) for obtaining the speed information of the printing head (208a). Here, an optical sensor for reading the position information of the linear encoder 208e may be provided together.

The printing head 208a may print various information such as transaction details on the bankbook P inserted through the doorway, and the printer ink cartridge (not shown) may print information on a general bankbook on the printing head 208a. ) Is provided, the ink cartridge can be mounted to the cartridge mounting portion 208c provided in the printing head 208a, and can be reciprocated left and right along the upper surface of the passbook P during printing.

In addition, the printing head 208a may be driven by the head driving unit 208b. The head driving unit 208b may have a timing belt connected to the printing head 208a to drive the printing head 208a from side to side.

On the other hand, the bottom of the printing head 208a may be provided with a spring-shaped shutter 208f that shields the gap formed in the bottom of the printing unit frame according to the movement of the printing head 208a, one end of the shutter 208f The other end is connected to the printing head 208a and the other end is connected to the drum 208g, so that the printing head 208a is wound around the drum 208g as it moves to shield the gap.

In the printing unit 208 having such a configuration, the distance of the printing head 208a is approximately 12.7 mm and prints through 1 to 300 pins, for example, because the size of the Korean bankbook is 5 LPI, approximately per line It can print 5.08 mm to control the print unit 208 to print two lines at a time, and can print approximately 4.23 mm per line even if the passbook size is 6 LPI to print two lines at a time. By controlling the printing unit 208, the performance of the printing apparatus of the financial automation device can be improved. Of course, even if the size of the passbook is 4 LPI, approximately 6.35 mm per line can be printed, so that it can be controlled to print 2 lines at a time. Thus, if the passbook is larger than 4 LPI, that is, at least 4 LPI If you can print 2 lines at a time.

Next, when the bankbook is inserted into the printing apparatus having the above-described configuration, the inserted bankbook is transferred to the printing position, the basic information of the transferred bankbook is recognized, and the bankbook history information corresponding to the recognized basic information is requested. And after receiving, using the printing head to print two lines at a time, when the page turn occurs during the printing of the passbook will be described a process of printing two lines at a time by turning the page of the passbook to the next page.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of printing two lines at a time according to another embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 6, in the standby mode of the printing apparatus of the financial automation device (step 602), the control unit 102 checks whether the bankbook is inserted into the entrance and exit of the financial automation device for printing the bankbook transaction details ( Step 604).

As a result of the check in the step 604, when the passbook is inserted into the entrance and exit of the financial automation device, the control unit 102 provides a control signal for transferring the inserted passbook to the printing position to the transfer unit 104, and accordingly transfer unit ( In 104, the inserted bankbook is transferred to the printing position (step 606). At this time, when the transfer to the printing position is completed, the transfer unit 104 may provide the transfer completion signal to the control unit 102. Here, the transfer unit 104 corresponds to the transfer unit 204 as shown in FIG. 3, and includes a plurality of rollers and belts provided to be transferred to the printing unit 108 and the page turning unit 110. It may include.

In addition, the control unit 102 provides a control signal for recognizing basic information (ie, bankbook information) of the bankbook transferred to the print position to the magnetic information recognition unit 106. The magnetic tape of the bankbook is sensed to recognize basic information of the bankbook (step 608). Here, the basic information of the recognized bankbook (ie, bankbook information) may be provided to the controller 102.

Next, the control unit 102 requests the print history information corresponding to the provided bank account information to the bank server (or host server) connected to the financial automation device, and receives the print history information (ie, the bank account transaction history) accordingly. (Step 610).

On the other hand, the control unit 102 moves the printing head of the printing unit 108 to the printing position when receiving the print history information (step 612). Here, the printing unit 108 corresponds to the printing unit 208 as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, and the printing head corresponds to the printing head 208a as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. The print unit 208 includes a printing head 208a, a head drive 208b, a cartridge mounting portion 208c, a sensor 208d, a linear encoder 208e, and a shutter 208f as shown in Figs. , Drum 208g, and the like. Here, it is preferable that the space | interval (width) of the printing head 208a is 12.7 mm, for example.

In addition, the control unit 102 provides a control signal for printing two lines at a time by using the printing head moved to the printing position to the printing unit 108. Accordingly, the printing unit 108 uses two printing heads at a time. Print the line (step 614). Here, the printing head spacing is about 12.7 mm and prints through 1-300 pins. For example, because the size of Korean bankbook is 5 LPI, about 5.08 mm per line can be printed, so 2 lines can be printed at once. It can be controlled to print, and even if the size of the passbook is 6 LPI, approximately 4.23 mm per line can be printed, so that 2 lines can be printed at once. Of course, even if the size of the passbook is 4 LPI can print about 6.35 mm per line can be controlled to print two lines at a time, such as when the passbook is more than 4 LPI, that is, at least 4 LPI You can print two lines at a time.

On the other hand, the control unit 102 checks whether the page turning of the passbook occurs through the page turning unit 110 during printing of the passbook (step 616).

As a result of the check in the step 616, when the page turning of the passbook occurs, the control unit 102 provides a control signal for turning over the pages of the passbook to the page turning unit 110, accordingly, the page turning unit 110 in the passbook After turning the page of < RTI ID = 0.0 > a < / RTI >

On the other hand, the control unit 102 checks whether the printing of the account book transaction history is completed (step 620).

As a result of the check in step 620, if the printing of the bankbook transaction details is not completed, the processes of steps 614 to 620 are repeated, and if the printing of the bankbook transaction details is completed, the control unit 102 transfers the transfer unit 104. Eject the bankbook through (step 622).

Therefore, when the bankbook is inserted into the printing apparatus, the inserted bankbook is transferred to the printing position, the basic information of the transferred bankbook is recognized, the request and reception of the bankbook history information corresponding to the recognized basic information, and then the printing head is By printing two lines at a time, the passbook printing performance can be improved.

In the foregoing description, various embodiments of the present invention have been described and described. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto, and a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can make various changes without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. It will be readily appreciated that branch substitutions, modifications and variations are possible.

1 is a block diagram of a printing apparatus suitable for printing two lines at a time according to one embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a perspective view illustrating a financial automation device having a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a perspective view showing a printing apparatus for printing two lines at a time according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 and 5 are a perspective view showing a printing apparatus according to the driving of the printing head according to an embodiment of the present invention,

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of printing two lines at a time according to another embodiment of the present invention.

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102 control unit 104 transfer unit

106: magnetic information recognition unit 108: printing unit

110: page turning

Claims (6)

A transfer part for transferring the inserted bankbook to the printing position; A magnetic information recognition unit for recognizing basic information of the inserted bankbook; A printing unit which prints the bankbook transaction details two lines at a time on the bankbook; A control unit for controlling operations of the transfer unit, the magnetic information recognizing unit, and the printing unit, and requesting and receiving a bankbook transaction history corresponding to the recognized basic information from the bank server and printing the line by two lines at a time; printer. The method of claim 1, The printing device, If a page turning occurs during printing of the bankbook further includes a page turning unit for turning to the next page of the bankbook printer. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The printing unit may include a printing head for printing the bankbook transaction details on the bankbook, a head driving unit for driving the printing head, and a cartridge mounting unit in which an ink cartridge for printing is mounted. printer. The method of claim 3, wherein The printing unit may include a sensor that recognizes a barcode of the bankbook, a linear encoder for acquiring speed information of the printing head, a shutter that shields a gap formed at a bottom, and a winding while the movement of the printing head is wound. Further comprising a shielding drum printer. The method of claim 3, wherein The printing head has a spacing of 12.7 mm printer. The method of claim 2, The page turning part includes a rotatable arm and a roller rotatably provided at the other end of the arm, and the other end of the arm is disposed on one side of the bankbook to position the roller on the bankbook. The roller is rotated in the direction of turning over the passbook page from one side of the passbook to the other side to turn to the next page. printer.

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