WO2018180124A1 - Dispositif d'impression et procédé d'impression - Google Patents

Dispositif d'impression et procédé d'impression Download PDF

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WO2018180124A1
WO2018180124A1 PCT/JP2018/007225 JP2018007225W WO2018180124A1 WO 2018180124 A1 WO2018180124 A1 WO 2018180124A1 JP 2018007225 W JP2018007225 W JP 2018007225W WO 2018180124 A1 WO2018180124 A1 WO 2018180124A1
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Hirokazu Hasegawa
Toshiaki Kanamura
Yoshimasa Yokoyama
Yasushi Murai
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Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
    • B41J3/407—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
    • B41J3/4075—Tape printers; Label printers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J15/00—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in continuous form, e.g. webs
    • B41J15/04—Supporting, feeding, or guiding devices; Mountings for web rolls or spindles
    • B41J15/044—Cassettes or cartridges containing continuous copy material, tape, for setting into printing devices

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  • the present invention relates to a printing device and a printing method.
  • label printers There have been conventionally known printing devices (label printers) and tape cassettes which include printing media used in the printing devices, each of which makes labels as printed matters by printing an arbitrary text, figure, picture or the like on a long strip-like printing medium and then cutting out the printed parts off from the printing medium. It is preferable that a printed surface on which printing was performed by a printer is protected by a protective film such as a laminate film in order to improve durability of a label which was created by such a label printer.
  • Patent Document Japanese Patent Application Laid Open Publication No. 2011-136473 suggests a configuration of using a laminate-type tape cassette which can protect the printed surface by attaching a two-sided adhesive tape to the printed surface after printing on a long transparent film in a label printer.
  • a label printer of a type that creates a label by attaching a plurality of tapes to each other as in the label printer described in the above Patent Document each of the tapes is difficult to peel after the attaching.
  • the present invention has been made in consideration of the above-described circumstances and is advantageous in that a printing device can control the attached state between a printing medium and a protective film in a tape cassette which has the printing medium and the protective film.
  • a printing device including: a conveyer which conveys a printing medium in a forward direction from upstream to downstream in a conveyance direction toward an ejection opening along a conveyance path; a printer which performs printing on a printing surface of the printing medium; and a temporary pressure bonder which is disposed downstream in the forward direction of the printer on the conveyance path and performs temporary pressure bonding of a film which has adhesive applied to one surface thereof to the printing medium to a state in which the film is peelable by pressing the film on the printing surface of the printing medium via the adhesive with a first pressing force.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a printing device to which a tape cassette in an embodiment is applied.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which an openable cover of the printing device is open in the embodiment.
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a tape cassette which is contained in a case in the embodiment.
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the inner configuration of the tape cassette in the embodiment.
  • FIG. 5A is a view schematically showing the internal configuration of the tape cassette in the embodiment.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a printing device to which a tape cassette in an embodiment is applied.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which an openable cover of the printing device is open in the embodiment.
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a tape cassette which is contained in a case in the embodiment.
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the inner configuration of the tape cassette in the embodiment.
  • FIG. 5A is a view schematically showing the internal configuration of the tape cassette in the
  • FIG. 5B is a schematic cross-sectional view of a printing medium which is ejected from the printing device.
  • FIG. 5C is a cross-sectional view of a protective film.
  • FIG. 6 is a view showing a partial enlarged view of the tape cassette in FIG. 5.
  • FIG. 7A is a view showing a partial modification example of FIG. 6.
  • FIG. 7B is a perspective view of a frame member.
  • FIG. 8A is a plan view showing the state in which main press rollers are separated from each other.
  • FIG. 8B is a plan view of the main press rollers in FIG. 8A seen from the ejection side of the printing medium.
  • FIG. 9A is a plan view showing the state in which the main press rollers are in contact with each other.
  • FIG. 9B is a plan view of the main press rollers in FIG. 9A seen from the ejection side of the printing medium.
  • FIG. 10A is a plan view showing the state in which the main press rollers can press the printing medium.
  • FIG. 10B is a plan view of the main press rollers in FIG. 10A seen from the ejection side of the printing medium.
  • FIG. 11A is a main section cross-sectional view showing how a presser moves a pivot shaft of the main press rollers from an initial position to a pressing position.
  • FIG. 11B is a main section cross-sectional view showing how a presser moves a pivot shaft of the main press rollers from an initial position to a pressing position.
  • FIG. 11A is a main section cross-sectional view showing how a presser moves a pivot shaft of the main press rollers from an initial position to a pressing position.
  • FIG. 11C is a main section cross-sectional view showing how a presser moves a pivot shaft of the main press rollers from an initial position to a pressing position.
  • FIG. 11D is a main section cross-sectional view showing how a presser moves a pivot shaft of the main press rollers from an initial position to a pressing position.
  • FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing the control configuration of the printing device in the embodiment.
  • FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of a printing method in the embodiment.
  • FIG. 14 is a schematic view showing the state before the tape cassette is housed in a cassette housing.
  • FIG. 15 is a schematic view showing the state before the openable cover of the printing device is closed after the tape cassette is housed in the cassette housing.
  • FIG. 16 is a schematic view showing the state in which the openable cover of the printing device is closed and the tape cassette is rewound.
  • FIG. 17 is a schematic view showing the state of printing by the printing device.
  • FIG. 18 is a schematic view showing the state of cutting the printing medium.
  • FIG. 19 is a schematic view showing the state in which the tape cassette is housed so as to be detachable from the cassette housing.
  • FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing an example of the printing method in the embodiment.
  • FIG. 21 is an explanation view for explaining the relationship between the rewinding of the printing medium and the reduction of margin.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the outer appearance of a printing device to which a tape cassette in an embodiment is applied.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which an openable cover of the printing device is open in the embodiment.
  • the term “conveyance X direction” refers to the direction in which a printing medium M (printing tape) is conveyed
  • the term “medium width Y direction” refers to the width direction of the printing medium M (printing tape) perpendicular to the conveyance X direction
  • the term “thickness Z direction” refers to the thickness direction of the printing medium M (printing tape).
  • the X direction, the Y direction and the Z direction are orthogonal to each other.
  • the printing device 1 as illustrated in FIG. 1 includes a thermal head 11, which is an example of a printer that performs printing on a long strip of a printing medium M.
  • the printing device 1 is constituted by a label printer that performs single-pass printing.
  • the printing medium M is a tape material that includes a base Ma with an adhesive side Ms and a peelable release paper Mb covering the adhesive side Ms (see FIGS. 5A and 5B).
  • the thermal head 11 as the printer performs printing on the other side of the base Ma from the adhesive side Ms (front side of the base Ma hereinafter, referred to as “printing surface MP” see FIGS. 5A and 5B) as described later.
  • the printing device 1 is constituted by a thermal transfer label printer using an ink ribbon.
  • the printing method is not particularly limited and may be, for example, a thermal method using thermal paper.
  • a protective film F such as a laminate film is attached to the printing surface MP which is the front side of the base Ma after the printer (thermal head 11 in the embodiment) performs printing, which will be described later.
  • the printing medium M before printing is referred to as a printing medium M1
  • the printing medium M after printing to which the protective film F is attached is referred to as a printing medium M2 (printed matter).
  • the printing medium is simply referred to as a printing medium M (printing tape).
  • a printing medium M printing tape
  • labels on which a text or the like is printed are given as an example of the printing medium M2 (printed matter).
  • each piece of printed matter cut from the long printing medium M is referred to as a label L (see FIG. 21).
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the outer appearance of the tape cassette in the embodiment.
  • FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the inner configuration of the tape cassette 5 by removing the upper case of the cassette case from the tape cassette shown in FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 4 shows the state in which the printing medium M, an ink ribbon R and the protective film F are detached from the tape cassette 5.
  • FIG. 5 is a plan view schematically showing the state in which the printing medium M, the ink ribbon R and the protective film F are wound around each roller in the tape cassette.
  • the tape cassette 5 includes a cassette case 51 in which a thermal head insertion 511 is formed.
  • the cassette case 51 is formed by fitting the lower case 51a with the upper case 51b.
  • the thermal head insertion 511 is a recess that is formed at a position corresponding to the thermal head 11 when the tape cassette 5 is loaded in the cassette housing 24 of the printing device 1.
  • a printing tape roller 52 In the cassette case 51, a printing tape roller 52, an ink ribbon supply roller 53, an ink ribbon winding roller 54 and a protective film roller 55 are disposed.
  • the printing tape roller 52 is a driving roller that is engaged with the driving shaft 241 and driven by the stepping motor 118 that is controlled by the conveyer motor control circuit 108.
  • the printing tape roller 52 includes flanges 521 at the ends in the medium width Y direction and has a bobbin shape as a whole.
  • the printing medium M is wound in a roll shape around the printing tape roller 52. In the embodiment, the printing medium M is rewound by the control of the conveyer motor control circuit 108 before printing as described later.
  • the flanges 521 at the ends of the printing tape roller 52 reduce misalignment of the rewound printing medium M and thus enable smooth rewinding.
  • the ink ribbon R for heat transfer is wound in a roll shape around the ink ribbon supply roller 53, and the end thereof is wound around the ink ribbon winding roller 54.
  • the ink ribbon winding roller 54 which is engaged with a driving shaft 242, is a driving roller that is driven by the stepping motor 118 controlled by the conveyer motor control circuit 108.
  • the protective film roller 55 which is engaged with a driving shaft 243, is a driving roller that is driven by the stepping motor 118 that is controlled by the conveyer motor control circuit 108.
  • the protective film roller 55 includes flanges 551 at the ends in the medium width Y direction and has a bobbin shape as a whole.
  • the protective film F is wound in a roll shape around the protective film roller 55.
  • the protective film F in the embodiment has adhesive FP on one face of the base G, the adhesive FP coming into a temporary pressure bonding state capable of recovery or coming into a main pressure bonding state not capable of recovery according to the degree of the pressing force.
  • the protective film F is a peelable film which can be peeled in the temporary pressure bonding state.
  • the protective film F is a laminate film, for example.
  • the protective film F is not limited to this.
  • the protective film F is pressed onto the printing surface MP of the printing medium M after printing by a temporary pressure bonder including a temporary press roller 56, and the protective film F comes into the temporary pressure bonding state capable of recovery.
  • the printing medium M is rewound before printing, the printing medium M is rewound together with the protective film F which is temporarily pressure-bonded to the printing surface MP of the base Ma of the printing medium M.
  • the flanges 551 at the ends of the protective film roller 55 reduce misalignment of the rewound protective film F in the tape width direction and thus enable smooth rewinding.
  • the temporary press roller 56 is disposed in the downstream in the conveyance direction of the printing medium M with respect to the protective film roller 55 at a position corresponding to an after-mentioned projection 124 of the platen unit 12.
  • the temporary pressure bonder is configured by including a projection 124 as a first presser which presses the printing medium M from the opposite side (that is, the release paper Mb side) which is opposite to the printing surface MP of the printing medium M and a temporary press roller 56 as a second presser which is provided at a fixed position on the printing surface MP side of the printing medium M, in contact with the protective film F from the printing surface MP side of the printing medium M and presses the printing medium M by the printing medium M being pressed from the release paper Mb side by the projection 124.
  • the temporary press roller 56 presses the protective film F onto the printing surface MP of the base Ma of the printing medium M with a force which is weaker than the pressing force by the main press roller 17, and temporarily fixes the protective film F in a state in which the protective film F is peelable.
  • the rotation shaft 561 of the temporary press roller 56 is connected to the stepping motor 118 that is controlled by the conveyer motor control circuit 108.
  • the temporary press roller 56 is a driving roller that is rotary driven according to the control of the conveyer motor control circuit 108.
  • a transparent plate 57 formed of a transparent material such as a transparent resin is disposed extending in the tape width direction of the printing medium M.
  • the transparent plate 57 is a member which has a plate-like shape including a surface opposing the back surface of the printing medium M (that is, the surface on which the release paper Mb is provided).
  • the transparent plate 57 is an intervening member intervening between the printing medium M and the protective film F and the printing device 1 when the printing device 1 applies a pressing force to one of the printing medium M and the protective film F so as to press the other for pressure bonding at the position where the printing surface MP of the printing medium M is disposed so as to face the adhesive FP disposed on one side of the protective film F.
  • the transparent plate 57 which is the intervening member is disposed at a position facing the back surface (that is, the surface on which the release paper Mb is disposed) which is opposite to the printing surface MP of the printing medium M in an area where the printing surface MP of the printing medium M and the adhesive FP of the protective film F are disposed so as to face each other.
  • the transparent plate 57 can contact the back surface of the printing medium M and can move in the direction (vertical direction in FIG. 6) crossing the plane direction of the printing surface MP. More specifically, the transparent plate 57 is an intervening member which can be disposed between the protrusion 124 which is the first presser and the temporary press roller 56 which is the second presser. The transparent plate 57 is a pressing plate which intervenes between the protrusion 124 and the temporary press roller 56 as the second presser and transmits the pressing force of the protrusion 124 as the first presser to the printing medium M.
  • FIG. 6 is a main section enlarged view enlarging the protrusion 124, the temporary press roller 56 and the transparent plate 57 which is the intervening member of the temporary pressure bonder.
  • the transparent plate 57 is inserted into the insertion space 58c formed of protrusions 58b protruding inward in the member 58 forming a partial plate insertion section of the cassette case 51.
  • the thickness of the transparent plate 57 is weaker than the height of the insertion space 58c, and the width of the transparent plate 57 is weaker than the width of the insertion space 58c and stronger than the width between the facing protrusions 58b.
  • the transparent plate 57 remains in the insertion space 58c and can move freely at least vertically in the insertion space 58c.
  • the transparent plate 57 merely rides on the back surface of the printing medium M by its own weight and does not substantially press the printing medium M against the protective film F.
  • the transparent plate 57 presses the printing medium M against the protective film F by the pressing force. As shown in FIG. 6, the printing medium M is conveyed between the transparent plate 57 and the temporary press roller 56 when printing is performed.
  • the transparent plate 57 is pressed toward the temporary press roller 56 by the protrusion 124 of the platen unit 12, and the base Ma of the printing medium M and the protective film F are temporary fixed to each other by being pressed between the transparent plate 57 and the temporary press roller 56.
  • the after-mentioned tape tip detection sensor 16 is disposed at a position corresponding to the transparent plate 57.
  • the transparent plate 57 has transparency making confirmation of the printing medium M visible via the transparent plate 57 from the side opposite to the side facing the back surface of the printing medium M.
  • the tape tip detection sensor 16 can detect the tip of the printing medium M passing under the transparent plate 57 without being interrupted by a member or the like of the tape cassette 5.
  • the tape cassette 5 not including the protective film F can also be applied.
  • the transparent plate 57 is provided as the intervening member, the conveyance of the printing medium M cannot be performed smoothly by the transparent plate 57 being pressed toward the temporary press roller 56 by the protrusion 124.
  • the frame member 59 making the printing medium M pass through in the state not receiving the pressing force applied from the printing device 1 (that is, in the state of not receiving the pressing force of the protrusion 124 as the first presser).
  • the conveyance of the printing medium M can be performed smoothly by disposing the frame member 59 instead of the transparent plate 57.
  • the transparent plate 57 and the frame member 59 can be selectively disposed according to whether the protective film F exists.
  • FIG. 7A is a main section enlarged view showing the state in which the frame member 59 is disposed as the intervening member between the protrusion 124 and the temporary press roller 56.
  • FIG. 7B is a perspective view of the frame member 59.
  • the frame member 59 is formed of a transparent material such as a transparent resin similarly to the transparent plate 57, and provided in the insertion space 58c.
  • the thickness of the frame member 59 is weaker than the height of the insertion space 58c, and the width of the frame member 59 is weaker than the width of the insertion space 58c and stronger than the width between the facing protrusions 58b.
  • the frame member 59 remains in the insertion space 58c and can freely move at least vertically in the insertion space 58c.
  • the frame member 59 has an insertion slit 591 which extends in the tape width direction of the printing medium M and through which the printing medium M is inserted along the conveyance direction of the printing medium M perpendicular to the extending direction.
  • the printing medium M is inserted into the insertion slit 591 of the frame member 59 so as to pass without receiving the pressing force of the protrusion 124.
  • the frame member 59 has transparency making the printing medium M visible via the frame member 59 from the side opposite to the side facing the back surface of the printing medium M.
  • the tape tip detection sensor 16 can detect the tip of the printing medium M passing through the insertion slit 591 of the frame member 59 without being interrupted by a member or the like of the tape cassette 5.
  • a tape type detection sensor 18 is disposed to detect the type of the tape cassette 5 loaded therein (the type of the printing medium M (printing tape) housed in the tape cassette 5).
  • the cassette case 51 is provided with an identification mark or the like (not shown in the drawings) which is detected by the tape type detection sensor 18.
  • the identification mark or the like may have any configuration that can be read by the tape type detection sensor 18.
  • the identification mark is an uneven pattern formed on the outside of the cassette case 51.
  • the tape type detection sensor 18 reads the position or the figure of the uneven pattern to detect the type of the tape.
  • the identification mark is not limited to a three-dimensional pattern and may also be a barcode or the like.
  • the tape type detection sensor 18 is constituted by a barcode reader.
  • the configuration of the identification mark or the like on the tape cassette 5 and the tape type detection sensor 18 to read the mark is not limited to above-described examples.
  • the printing device 1 includes a case 2 and the openable cover 3 attached to the case 2 in an openable/closable manner.
  • the case 2 includes a cassette housing 24 in which a tape cassette 5 (described later) is housed.
  • a power button 21 On the top face of the case 2, a power button 21, operation buttons 22 for a variety of operations, a cover operation button 23 for releasing the openable cover 3 and the like are disposed.
  • the external power supply D see FIG. 12
  • the case 2 includes a power cord connector, an external device connector, a storage medium insertion opening and the like.
  • the power code connector is not necessary.
  • the printing device 1 is used without connection to a personal computer or various external devices such as terminal devices and when the printing device 1 is configured to be connectable with external devices, the external device connector is not necessary.
  • the openable cover 3 is disposed to cover the upper part of the cassette housing 24 in an openable and closable manner.
  • the openable cover 3 opens when the cover operation button 23 is pushed.
  • the openable cover 3 includes a protrusion 31 on the inner side (i.e. the side facing the cassette housing 24) protruding toward the inside of the case 2, and a cover open/close sensor 25 for detecting the protrusion 31 is disposed at a position corresponding to the protrusion 31 when the openable cover 3 is closed.
  • the cover open/close sensor 25 detects the user closing the openable cover 3
  • the detection result is output to a sensor input circuit 113 (see FIG. 12) of the main body controller 10 (described later).
  • the openable cover 3 includes a locking hook 32 that protrudes from the inner side (i.e. the side facing the cassette housing 24) toward the inside of the case 2, and a locking recess 26 that engages with the locking hook 32 is formed at a position corresponding to the locking hook 32 when the openable cover 3 is closed.
  • the locking hook 32 is engaged with the locking recess 26 so that the openable cover 3 does not open by mistake.
  • the cover operation button 23 is pushed, a corresponding signal is output to the operation input control circuit 106 (see FIG. 12), and the engagement of the locking hook 32 is released by an operation mechanism not shown in the drawings so that the openable cover 3 opens.
  • the openable cover 3 has a window 33 so that the user can visually check whether the tape cassette 5 (see FIG. 3 to FIG. 5) is loaded in the cassette housing 24 even when the openable cover 3 is closed.
  • the openable cover 3 includes a cassette presser 34 that is disposed on the inner side (i.e. the side facing the cassette housing 24) to press the tape cassette 5 loaded in the cassette housing 24.
  • the cassette presser 34 presses the tape cassette 5 from above so as to prevent the tape cassette 5 from being displaced or lifted when the openable cover 3 is in a closed position.
  • the thickness of the tape cassette 5 differs depending on the width of the housed printing medium M1 (printing tape), and the height of the top face thereof differs accordingly when it is loaded in the cassette housing 24. To address this, it is preferred that the cassette presser 34 is elastic so as to be compatible with various heights.
  • a pressing protrusion 28 protruding in the case 2 is provided on the inner side (i. e. face facing the cassette housing 24) of the openable cover 3.
  • the tip of the pressing protrusion 28 is cut to be wedge-shaped (see FIGS. 11A to 11D).
  • An opening 29 in which the pressing protrusion 28 is inserted is formed at the position corresponding to the tip of the pressing protrusion 28 when the openable cover 3 is closed.
  • An after-mentioned operation shaft 173 for operating the main press roller 17 (upper roller 17a) is disposed in the lower side (the lower side in FIG. 2) of the opening 29. As described later, by inserting the pressing protrusion 28 into the opening 29, the operation shaft 173 is operated to operate the main press roller 17 (upper roller 17a) (see FIGS. 8A and 8B to FIGS. 11A to 11D).
  • a tape type detection sensor 18 (see FIG. 12) is disposed to detect the type of the tape cassette 5 loaded therein (the type of the printing medium M (printing tape) housed in the tape cassette 5).
  • the tape type detection sensor 18 detects the tape type such as the width of the printing medium M (printing tape) housed in the tape cassette 5, for example, by reading an identification mark or the like on a cassette case 51 (see FIGS. 3 and 4) of the tape cassette 5.
  • the detection result detected by the tape type detection sensor 18 is output to the sensor input circuit 113 so that the main body controller 10 of the printing device 1 can automatically obtain the type of the tape cassette 5 loaded in the case 2.
  • the tape type detection sensor 18 may be constituted by any component that can identify the type of the tape cassette 5, and the specific arrangement, configuration and the like are not particularly limited.
  • driving shafts 241, 242, 243 are disposed at a position corresponding respectively to the center axes of a printing tape roller 52, an ink ribbon winding roller 54 and a protective film roller 55 of the tape cassette 5 (described later). That is, when the tape cassette 5 is in the cassette housing 24, the driving shaft 241 is engaged with the printing tape roller 52, the driving shaft 242 is engaged with the ink ribbon winding roller 54, the driving shaft 243 is engaged with the protective film roller 55.
  • the driving shafts 241, 242, 243 are connected to a stepping motor 118 that is controlled by a conveyer motor control circuit 108 (described below), so that they are rotary driven according to the control of the conveyer motor control circuit 108.
  • the printing tape roller 52, the ink ribbon winding roller 54 and the protective film roller 55 that are engaged with the driving shafts 241, 242, 243 are rotated accordingly.
  • the thermal head 11 as the printer of the embodiment is disposed.
  • the thermal head 11 is disposed in the conveyance path of the printing medium M that is conveyed by a platen roller 122 and the like of a conveyer.
  • the thermal head 11 serves as a printer that performs printing on the printing medium M.
  • the thermal head 11 includes heating elements that are arrayed in a main scanning direction (the medium width Y direction perpendicular to the conveyance X direction of the printing medium M1 (printing tape)).
  • the thermal head 11 performs printing on the printing medium M line by line by thermal transfer, in which the heating elements are selectively turned on according to print data by the control of a head driver circuit 112 (see FIG. 12, described later).
  • a platen unit 12 (see FIGS. 5 and 14 to 19) is located at a position corresponding to the thermal head 11 across the printing medium M when printing is performed.
  • the platen unit 12 moves up and down in the direction toward and away from the thermal head 11 by means of a platen unit elevating mechanism 125 (see FIG. 12) that moves up and down by means of an elevator motor 116 (see FIG. 12).
  • the specific configuration of the platen unit elevating mechanism 125 is not particularly limited.
  • the rotating shaft 121 disposed in the upstream in the conveyance X direction of the printing medium M of the platen unit 12 is driven by the elevator motor 116 (see FIG. 12) so as to rotate the entire platen unit 12 about the rotating shaft 121.
  • the operation of the platen unit elevating mechanism 125 is synchronized with opening/closing of the openable cover 3. That is, when the cover open/close sensor 25 detects the user closing the openable cover 3, the elevator motor control circuit 110 (see FIG. 12) for controlling the elevator motor 116 controls the elevator motor 116 to move the platen unit 12 toward the thermal head 11. Further, when the cover open/close sensor 25 detects the openable cover 3 being opened, the elevator motor control circuit 110 (see FIG. 12) controls the elevator motor 116 to move the platen unit 12 away from the thermal head 11.
  • a platen roller 122 (see FIGS. 5 and 14 to 19) is opposed to the thermal head 11 inside the platen unit 12 when printing is performed.
  • the platen roller 122 of the embodiment is supported by a rotation shaft 123 that extends in the medium width Y direction of the printing medium M inside the platen unit 12.
  • the rotation shaft 123 is rotary driven by the stepping motor 114 that is controlled by the conveyer motor control circuit 108 (see FIG. 12, described below), and the platen roller 122 is rotated in the arrow direction in FIG. 1 according to the rotation of the rotation shaft 123.
  • the platen roller 122 comes in contact with the thermal head 11 via the printing medium M and the thermal head 11 conveys the printing medium M in the conveyance X direction at a constant speed while pressing the printing medium M at an approximately even pressure.
  • the printing medium M is rewound before printing is started as described later.
  • the elevator motor 116 is controlled to move the platen unit 12 away from the thermal head 11 regardless of the opening/closing of the openable cover 3 so that the platen roller 122 is not in contact with the thermal head 11 via the printing medium M. This enables smooth rewinding since the platen roller 122 does not resist the printing medium M to be rewound.
  • the platen unit 12 includes a projection 124 (see FIGS. 5A to 5C, 6 and 14 to 19) which is disposed in the downstream in the conveyance X direction of the printing medium M at a position corresponding to a temporary press roller 56 and which presses the printing medium M against the temporary press roller 56.
  • the shape and the like of the projection 124 are not particularly limited, but it is preferred that the projection 124 has the shape of a rather long plate that extends in the medium width direction Y of the printing medium M or of two or more bosses arranged in the medium width Y direction of the printing medium M so as to be able to press the printing medium M against the temporary press roller 56 at as uniform pressure as possible.
  • the projection 124 is constituted by two or more bosses, it is preferred that they are arranged at approximately regular intervals so that the pressing force is evenly distributed.
  • a cutter 13 which cuts the printed strip printing medium M into each piece of printed matter is disposed between the temporary pressure bonder and the main pressure bonder in the conveyance path of the printing medium M in the downstream in the conveyance X direction with respect to the thermal head 11.
  • the cutter 13 includes a full-cutting mechanism 14 and a half-cutting mechanism 15.
  • the printing medium M to be cut with the cutter 13 includes the base Ma having a printing surface MP on the front side and an adhesive surface Ms on the other side opposite to the printing surface MP, and the release paper Mb overlaid on the adhesive surface Ms of the base Ma.
  • the protective film F is bonded to the printing surface MP of the base Ma after printing, and the printing medium M2 composed of three layers of the protective film F, the base Ma and the release paper Mb is conveyed to the cutter 13.
  • full-cutting by the full-cutting mechanism 14 means cutting the protective film F and the base Ma of the printing medium M along with the release paper Mb in the medium width Y direction
  • half-cutting by the half-cutting mechanism 15 means cutting only the protective film F and the base Ma of the printing medium M in the medium width Y direction while leaving the release paper Mb uncut.
  • the full-cutting mechanism 14 and the half-cutting mechanism 15 of the cutter 13 includes respective cutters 141, 151 that moves down to the respective cutting positions of the printing medium M. That is, the cutters 141 of the full-cutting mechanism 14 moves down to such a position in the thickness Z direction as to cut all three layers of the protective film F, the base Ma and the release paper Mb. The cutter 151 of the half-cutting mechanism 15 moves down to such a position in the thickness Z direction as to cut only the two layers of the protective film F and the base Ma.
  • the cutters 141, 151 of the full-cutting mechanism 14 and the half-cutting mechanism 15 move in the direction toward and away from the printing medium M by means of a cutter motor 117 (see FIG.
  • a cutter motor control circuit 111 (described later).
  • the position to which the cutters 141, 151 move down may be defined by the cutter motor control circuit 111 that controls the cutter motor 117.
  • a stopper (not shown) may be provided to stop the cutter 151 in such a position in the thickness Z direction as to allow it to cut only the two layers of the protective film F and the base Ma and not to allow it to move down further.
  • a tape tip detection sensor 16 (see FIGS. 14 to 19) is disposed in the conveyance path of the printing medium M between the protrusion 124 and the temporary press roller 56 which are the temporary pressure bonder and the main press roller 17 (17a, 17b) of the main pressure bonder to detect the tip (the tip in the conveyance direction) of the printing medium M in the conveyance X direction.
  • the detection result of the tape tip detection sensor 16 is output to the sensor input circuit 113 of the main body controller 10.
  • a pair of main press rollers 17 (upper roller 17a and lower roller 17b) are disposed in the conveyance path of the printing medium M in the downstream with respect to the temporary press roller 56 and the cutter 13.
  • the main press rollers 17 are provided to fix the protective film F on the surface (that is, printing surface MP) of the printed base Ma by pressure bonding.
  • the protective film F of the embodiment is bonded (main pressure bonding) to such a degree as not to return to the original state by applying a defined pressure or more.
  • the peelable adhesive FP which can be bonded again is provided on one surface of the base material G.
  • the protective film F is temporarily fixed (temporary pressure bonding) to the surface (that is, the printing surface MP) of the base Ma, and the protective film F is main pressure-bonded by the main press roller 17.
  • One or both of the upper and lower rollers 17a, 17b of the main press rollers 17 are connected to a stepping motor 115 that is controlled by an ejector motor control circuit 109. That is, the main press rollers 17 are driving rollers that are rotary driven by the stepping motor 115.
  • the upper roller 17a is movable in the direction toward and away from the lower roller 17b.
  • FIGS. 8A, 9A and 10A are main section plan views each showing the portion where the main press roller 17 is provided in the case of the printing device 1.
  • the solid line indicates the mechanism operating the upper roller 17a and the lower roller 17b though the mechanism is actually located in a lower section of the inner wall of the case 2 and cannot visually confirmed.
  • FIGS. 8B, 9B and 10B are plan views each showing the operation state of the upper roller 17a corresponding to FIGS. 8A, 9A and 10A, respectively.
  • FIGS. 9A, 10A and 11B to 11D are explanation views each showing the relationship between the movement of the pressing protrusion 28 provided on the openable cover 3 and the operation shaft 173 of the upper roller 17a which is operated by the pressing protrusion 28.
  • the two-dot chain line indicates the initial position of the operation shaft 173 (the position when not being pressed by the pressing protrusion 28, see FIGS. 8A and 11A).
  • the upper roller 17a of the main press roller 17 is supported by a roller supporting shaft 172 to which a coil spring 171 is attached.
  • the coil spring 171 is a forcing member which presses the upper roller 17a against the lower roller 17b when the coil spring 171 is pressed to be contracted.
  • the operation shaft 173 which pivots on the support 174 as the center of the rotation is attached to the roller supporting shaft 172.
  • One end of the operation shaft 173 is in contact with the coil spring 171, and presses the coil spring 171 to be contracted or releases the coil spring 171 at the one end of the operation shaft 173 by pivoting on the support 174 as the center of rotation.
  • the other end of the operation shaft 173 is located under the above-mentioned opening 29.
  • An ejection opening 27 is formed on a side wall of the case 2 in the downstream in the conveyance X direction of the printing medium M.
  • FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing the control configuration of the printing device 1.
  • the printing device 1 includes the main body controller 10 which controls the sections in the main body driver which is constituted by the above-mentioned various rollers and such like.
  • the main body controller 10 is a computer including the processor 101, the ROM 102, the RAM 104 and such like.
  • the processor 101 is connected to a circuit sections and such like of the printing device 1 via a bus 130.
  • the processor 101 controls the operations of the circuit sections of the printing device 1 by loading the programs stored in the ROM 102 onto the RAM 104 and executing the programs.
  • a printing program for printing on the printing medium M a variety of data (e.g. fonts, etc.) required for executing the printing program are stored as well as a system program 103 for integrally controlling the components of the device.
  • the RAM 104 functions as an input data memory that stores information on the content to be printed on the printing medium M.
  • the RAM 104 also functions as a print data memory that stores print pattern data (hereinafter referred to as print data 105) of the content to be printed, which is generated based on the information on the content to be printed which was input by a user.
  • the operation input control circuit 106 receives a corresponding signal in response to a user operation through the operation buttons 22 or the cover operation button 23 of the printing device 1.
  • the operation input control circuit 106 outputs the received operation signal to the processor 101 and the like.
  • the power supply circuit 107 is connected to an external power supply D through an AC adapter or the like.
  • the power circuit 107 controls power supply to the components of the printing device 1 according to the ON/OFF state of the power button 21.
  • the conveyer motor control circuit 108 controls the operation of the conveyer stepping motor 118 for conveying the printing medium M.
  • the stepping motor 118 is connected to the platen roller 122 (the rotation shaft 123 of the platen roller 122), the ink ribbon winding roller 54 (the driving shaft 242 engaged with the ink ribbon winding roller 54), the temporary press roller 56 (the rotation shaft 561 of the temporary press roller 56), the printing tape roller 52 (the driving shaft 241 engaged with the printing tape roller 52) and the protective film roller 55 (the driving shaft 243 engaged with the protective film roller 55).
  • the clutch mechanism 118a is constituted by a mechanical one-way clutch.
  • the clutch mechanism 118a converts the rotation of the stepping motor 118 to the forward direction and transmits the rotation to the platen roller 122, ink ribbon winding roller 54 and the temporary press roller 56. Then, the platen roller 122, the ink ribbon winding roller 54 and the temporary press roller 56 are rotary driven at a constant speed by the power of the stepping motor 118 so that the printing medium M is conveyed from the upstream to the downstream in the conveyance X direction.
  • the stepping motor 118, the clutch mechanism 118a, the platen roller 122, the ink ribbon winding roller 54 and the temporary press roller 56 form a forward conveyer which conveys the strip printing medium M in the forward direction from upstream toward downstream along the conveyance path.
  • the clutch mechanism 118a converts the rotation of the stepping motor 118 to the opposite direction and transmits the rotation to the printing tape roller 52 and the protective film roller 55.
  • the printing tape roller 52 and the protective film roller 55 are rotary driven by the power of the stepping motor 118 so that the printing medium M and the protective film F are rewound from the downstream to the upstream in the conveyance X direction.
  • the stepping motor 118, the clutch mechanism 118a, the printing tape roller 52 and the protective film roller 55 form a reverse conveyer which can convey the printing medium M in the opposite direction which is opposite to the forward direction and rewinds the printing medium M in the opposite direction to a predetermined printing position before main pressure bonding is performed by the main pressure bonder.
  • the ejector motor control circuit 109 controls the operation of the ejector stepping motor 115 for ejecting the printing medium M.
  • the stepping motor 115 is connected to the main press roller 17 to drive it.
  • the main press roller 17 is rotary driven by the power of the stepping motor 115 to convey the printed printing medium M in the conveyance X direction so as to eject it from the printing device 1.
  • the elevator motor control circuit 110 controls the operation of the elevator motor 116.
  • the elevator motor 116 is connected to the platen unit elevating mechanism 125 to drive it.
  • the elevator motor control circuit 110 drives the platen unit elevating mechanism 125 by means of the power of the elevator motor 116 so as to move the platen unit toward the thermal head 11.
  • the elevator motor control circuit 110 drives the platen unit elevating mechanism 125 by means of the power of the elevator motor 116 so as to move the platen unit away from the thermal head 11.
  • the cutter motor control circuit 111 controls the operation of the cutter motor 117.
  • the cutter motor 117 is connected to the full-cutting mechanism 14 and the half-cutting mechanism 15 to drive them, which serve as the cutter 13 in the embodiment.
  • a determination as to whether the cutter 13 performs full-cutting or half-cutting on the printed printing medium M is made according to a command input by the user or the like.
  • the cutter 141 or 151 of the selected full-cutting mechanism 14 or half-cutting mechanism 15 is moved down to the cutting position of the printing medium M. That is, when full-cutting is performed, the cutter 141 is moved down to such a position in the thickness Z direction as to cut all three layers of the protective film F, the base Ma and the release paper Mb.
  • the cutter 151 is moved down to such a position in the thickness Z direction as to cut only the two layers of the protective film F and the base Ma.
  • the head control circuit 112 controls the operation of the thermal head 11 that serves as the printer in the embodiment. That is, the head control circuit 112 controls the thermal head 11 based on the print data 105 stored in the RAM 104.
  • the sensor input circuit 113 receives the detection results from the variety or sensors disposed in the printing device 1 of the embodiment such as the tape tip detection sensor 16, the tape type detection sensor 18 and the cover open/close sensor 25.
  • the sensor input circuit 113 outputs the received detection results to the processor 101 and the like.
  • FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of the printing method by the printing device 1 using the tape cassette 5 in the embodiment, and shows the printing method in a case of using the tape cassette 5 which includes the protective film F.
  • FIGS. 14 to 19 are explanation views schematically showing the operation state of the device in main steps of FIG. 13.
  • FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of the printing method by the printing device 1 in the embodiment.
  • the user turns on the printing device 1 and thereafter opens the openable cover 3 of the printing device 1.
  • the openable cover 3 is opened, the platen unit 12 is opened as shown in FIG. 14 to be away from the thermal head 11, and the cutters 141 and 151 of the cutter 13 and the upper roller 17a and the lower roller 17b of the main press roller 17 are away from each other.
  • the two-dot chain line indicates the tape cassette 5 in a state in which the tape cassette 5 is not housed in the cassette housing 24.
  • the user houses the tape cassette 5 in the cassette housing 24 and closes the openable cover 3.
  • the cover open/close sensor 25 detects the closing of the openable cover 3 and outputs the detection result to the sensor input circuit 113. Thereby, the platen unit 12 is lowered to be in contact with the thermal head 11.
  • the main body controller 10 When the device becomes ready for the printing, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 15, while the openable cover 3 is closed, the main body controller 10 once turns on the elevator motor 116 to raise the platen unit 12 to make the platen roller 122 away from the thermal head 11 (step S1).
  • the transparent plate 57 at this time does not receive the pressing force by the protrusion 124 and does not press the printing medium M.
  • FIG. 15 shows the transparent plate 57 as being away from the printing medium M for convenience.
  • the main body controller 10 turns on the tape tip detection sensor 16 (step S2) to start the detection of the tip in the conveyance direction of the printing medium M and switches the rotation direction of the stepping motor 118 to the opposite direction to turn on the stepping motor 118.
  • step S3 the printing tape roller 52 and the protective film roller 55 rotate in the opposite direction, and the printing medium M and the protective film F are rewound as shown in FIG. 16 (step S3).
  • a stopper mechanism or the like preventing the backward rotation is provided to the ink ribbon winding roller 54 so that the ink ribbon R does not move or shift in the rewinding direction along with the printing medium M when the rewinding is performed.
  • the printing medium M which was rewound by this rewinding operation is wound up around the printing tape roller 52, and the protective film F is wound up around the protective film roller 55.
  • the protective film F can be peeled from the printing medium M, and the printing medium M and the protective film F are respectively wound up around the printer tap roller 52 and the protective film roller 55 in the initial condition. Since the tips of the printing medium M and the protective film F to be rewound are not printed, there is no concern that the ink attaches to the adhesive layer of the protective film F when the protective film F is peeled from the printing medium M.
  • the main body controller 10 determines whether the tape tip detection sensor 16 detected the tip in the conveyance direction of the printing medium M (step S4). If the tip in the conveyance direction of the printing medium M is not detected (step S4: NO), the main body controller 10 repeats the processing. On the other hand, if the tape tip detection sensor 16 detects the tip in the conveyance direction of the printing medium M (step S4: YES), the elapsed time from the detected time point is counted and the rewinding state of the printing medium M and the protective film F is maintained until a defined time elapses (step S5). The defined time means the time until the printing medium M and the protective film F are rewound to an appropriate position.
  • the device obtains in advance the degree of time which elapses when the tip of the printing medium M and the protective film F are rewound from the detection position by the tape tip detection sensor 16 to the position corresponding to the temporary press roller 56.
  • the rewinding operation is performed until the time elapses.
  • the device may obtain in advance the number of steps of the stepping motor 118 required for the rewinding so that the printing medium M and the protective film F are rewound by the predetermined number of steps from the detection position by the tape tip detection sensor 16.
  • the main body controller 10 stops the stepping motor 118 (step S6), and turns on the elevator motor to lower the platen unit 12 (step S7).
  • the main body controller 10 turns on the thermal head 11 (step S8), and switches the clutch mechanism 118a of the stepping motor 118 in the forward direction to turn on the stepping motor 118.
  • step S9 the platen roller 122, the temporary press roller 56 and the main press roller 17 rotate in the forward direction, and the printing operation to the printing medium M and the pressure bonding operation (temporary pressure bonding) of the protective film F to the printing medium M are performed as shown in FIG. 17 (step S9).
  • the main body controller 10 determines whether the printing is finished (step S10), and repeats the processing if the printing is not finished (step S10: NO). On the other hand, if the printing is finished (step S10: YES), the main body controller 10 stops the stepping motor 118 (step S11), and turns on the cutter motor 117 to cut the printing medium M (step S12).
  • FIG. 18 illustrates a case of cutting the printing medium M by the full-cutting mechanism 14. When the cutting is performed, as shown in FIG. 19, the main body controller 10 turns on the elevator motor to raise the platen unit 12 (step S13). Furthermore, the main body controller 10 turns on the stepping motor 118 to rotate the main press roller 17 in the forward direction.
  • the label L which is the printed printing medium M (M2) which was cut to be a piece of printed matter is conveyed to the ejection opening of the device by the main press roller 17.
  • the main press roller 17 performs pressure bonding operation (main pressure bonding) of the protective film F to the printing medium M, and the protective film F is pressure-bonded and fixed to the printing surface MP of the printing medium M to such a degree that the recovery is not possible (step S14).
  • FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the processing in a case of performing the rewinding operation and the printing processing by using the tape cassette 5 not including the protective film F. Since the processing of the steps S21 and S22 are the same as the processing of steps S1 and S2 in FIG. 19, the explanation is omitted.
  • the stepping motor 118 is operated in the backward direction, and the printing tape roller 52 is rotated in the backward direction to rewind the printing medium (step S23). By this rewinding operation, the rewound printing medium M is wound up around the printing tape roller 52.
  • the main body controller 10 determines whether the tape tip detection sensor 16 detected the tip in the conveyance direction of the printing medium M (step S24). If the tip in the conveyance direction of the printing medium M is not detected (step S24: NO), the processing is repeated. On the other hand, if the tape tip detection sensor 16 detected the tip in the conveyance direction of the printing medium M (step S24: YES), the elapsed time is counted from the detection time point and the rewinding of the printing medium M and the protective film F is maintained until the defined time elapses (step S25). The defined time is a time until the printing medium M is rewound to an appropriate position.
  • the printing medium M does not come off the conveyance path unless the printing medium M comes off the frame member 59 which is the intervening member disposed in the temporary pressure bonder.
  • the printing medium M can be rewound to the upstream side in the conveyance direction with respect to the position disposing the temporary press roller 56, and the wasted margins can be reduced more.
  • FIG. 21 is an explanation view for explaining the relationship between the rewinding of the printing medium M (the printing medium M to which the protective film F is temporarily pressure-bonded in a case where the protective film F is provided) and the reduction in the margin.
  • the printing medium M the printing medium M to which the protective film F is temporarily pressure-bonded in a case where the protective film F is provided
  • the reduction in the margin When the printing is started from the printing start position with the printing medium M located at the cutting position of the previous printing, the label L which is a piece of printed matter has a large margin anterior to the printed region on which the printing is performed as shown in the upper section of FIG. 21.
  • the printing medium M when the printing medium M is rewound from the cutting position of the previous printing to the position near a predetermined printing start position upstream in the conveyance direction before printing is performed, it is possible to reduce the margin of the label L which is a piece of printed matter by the amount of the rewound length ⁇ compared to the case of not performing the rewinding as shown in the lower section of FIG. 21.
  • the protective film F covering the printing surface of the printing medium M is provided with, on one surface thereof, the adhesive FP which can be in the temporary pressure bonding state in which the protective film F can return to the original state and in the main pressure bonding state in which the protective film F cannot return to the original state according to the degree of the pressing force.
  • the temporary pressure bonder temporary press roller 56 and such like which temporarily pressure-bonds the protective film F to the printing medium M
  • the cutter 13 which cuts the printing medium M
  • the main pressure bonder main press roller 17 which mainly pressure-bonds the protective film F to the printing medium M are disposed from upstream to downstream in the conveyance direction along the conveyance path.
  • the rewinding operation of the printing medium M is performed before the next printing is performed.
  • the thermal head 11 which is a printer.
  • the rewinding is performed before the conveyance to the main pressure bonder.
  • the protective film F can be rewound in a state in which the protective film F can return to the original state, avoiding the trouble that the protective film F is caught or jammed when it is rewound.
  • the printing medium M is rewound to a predetermined printing position in a state in which the protective film F is temporarily pressure-bonded onto the printing surface.
  • the wrinkles or curls do not easily occur even when the protective film F which is a thin film is rewound, and the rewinding can be performed while maintaining the quality having no problem in bonding the protective film F on the printing medium M again.
  • a cutter 13 which cuts the strip printing medium M into pieces of printed matter between the temporary pressure bonder and the main pressure bonder.
  • the protective film F can be in the temporary pressure bonding state and the main pressure bonding state depending on the difference in the pressing force.
  • the manner, the configuration and such like of the present invention are not limited to the individually illustrated examples as long as the protective film F can take the two stages of bonding states that are the temporary pressure bonding state and the main pressure bonding state.
  • the protective film F may be in the temporary pressure bonding state when it is pressed only and the protective film F may come into the main pressure bonding state when it is pressed while being heated.
  • a heating mechanism or the like is provided to the main pressure bonder.

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif d'impression, comprenant : un transporteur qui transporte un support d'impression dans une direction avant depuis l'amont vers l'aval en tant que direction de transport vers une ouverture d'éjection le long d'un trajet de transport ; une imprimante qui effectue une impression sur une surface d'impression du support d'impression ; et un dispositif de liaison par pression temporaire qui est disposé en aval dans la direction avant de l'imprimante sur le trajet de transport et effectue une liaison par pression temporaire d'un film qui a un adhésif appliqué sur une surface de celui-ci au support d'impression à un état par pression avec une première force de pression par l'intermédiaire de l'adhésif dans lequel le film peut être décollé du support d'impression.
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