Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/CN1092111C/en
Timestamp: 2020-08-15 08:46:21
Document Index: 373424758

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 12', 'art 12', 'art 12', 'art 12', 'art 12', 'art 12', 'art 12']

CN1092111C - Printer and printing method - Google Patents
CN1092111C
CN1092111C CN96120137A CN96120137A CN1092111C CN 1092111 C CN1092111 C CN 1092111C CN 96120137 A CN96120137 A CN 96120137A CN 96120137 A CN96120137 A CN 96120137A CN 1092111 C CN1092111 C CN 1092111C
CN96120137A
CN1151552A (en
村井靖
1995-10-04 Priority to JP25777095A priority Critical patent/JP3533779B2/en
1995-10-04 Priority to JP257770/95 priority
1996-10-04 Application filed by 卡西欧计算机公司 filed Critical 卡西欧计算机公司
1997-06-11 Publication of CN1151552A publication Critical patent/CN1151552A/en
2002-10-09 Publication of CN1092111C publication Critical patent/CN1092111C/en
238000007639 printing Methods 0.000 title claims abstract description 166
239000000976 inks Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 174
239000011241 protective layers Substances 0.000 claims description 19
238000010008 shearing Methods 0.000 claims description 10
239000003086 colorants Substances 0.000 abstract description 3
The invention relates to a kind of printer and a kind of Method of printing, is the printer of making hot transfer ink about a kind of on elongated recording medium more specifically.
Existing many band printers are used to make label, for example make index tab or are individual object works name label for vocal cores etc.
Common band printer is transferred to and prints on the paper tape by the character of keyboard input or by the image of visual reader scanning will be coated in printing ink heat on the colour band by heating its thermal printer head.Whenever carry out a line printing, all transmit paper tape and it is sent band printer by a paper tape delivery outlet.Band printer starts the cutter that is arranged on the paper tape equipped at outlet port and cut off paper tape on desirable position.
The paper tape off-position between thermal printer head and cutter, has, so that can become the residing position of cutter during printing and tape feed to set a distance.In this case, band printer should temporarily interrupt printing and the tape feed operation so that at desired position cut-out paper tape.
Yet at thermal printer head distribute heat when stopping to print with the cut-out paper tape.Thereby the temperature of thermal printer head becomes the temperature that is lower than before paper tape cuts off immediately after paper tape is cut off.Should be transferred to the Temperature Influence that quantity of ink on the paper tape promptly is subjected to thermal printer head.
Therefore, there is the shortcoming of print temperature inequality in general band printer when cutting off paper tape.
Have and have Huang (Y) on a kind of its colour band, dark red (M) and bluish-green (C) color ink and can rely on the double exposure of printing ink Y, M and C to come the colored band printer of printing color image.In order to cut off paper tape on desired position, this colored band printer just need print pause printing and tape feed operation with one of colored ink.Produce the uneven phenomenon of gradation of drop-out colour when one of naturally also will be in printing with yellow, dark red and blue-green printing ink.In other words, equally also there is the problem of gradation of drop-out colour inequality inevitably in colored band printer.
Thereby purpose of the present invention is exactly for a kind of printer that can avoid taking place the uneven problem of gradation of drop-out colour is provided.
For achieving the above object, include according to the printer of one aspect of the present invention:
Inked ribbon, it comprises a plurality of ink area, each ink area is kept for the printing ink of image printing on the recording medium, and a plurality of protective layers district that corresponds respectively to a plurality of ink area, each protective layer district keeps constituting the protection mediator of a protective layer, and described protective layer protection is with the appropriate section of the print surface of the described recording medium of described ink print; Printing equipment is used to transmit the printing ink of ink area of described inked ribbon and the protection mediator on the recording medium; First feeding means is used for presenting in one direction described inked ribbon; Second feeding means is used for presenting described recording medium on the described direction and on the rightabout; Shearing device is used to cut off described recording medium; Control device, be used to control described printing equipment, the operation of described first and second feeding means and described shearing device, wherein said control device comprises: print control unit, be used in one direction at first and second feeding means, in the mode of described ink area crossover on described recording medium, when presenting described inked ribbon and described recording medium simultaneously, described printing equipment is transported to described printing ink on the described recording medium, thereby with image printing on recording medium, be used for printing equipment transmit the protection mediator on the described recording medium of ink print image when forming a protective layer, make described second feeding means on the rightabout of described direction, described recording medium be presented a preset distance, and make first and second feeding means on a described direction, present described inked ribbon and described recording medium simultaneously in the mode of described ink area crossover on described recording medium; Stop control, be used for response when described print control unit makes described printing equipment form described protective layer on described recording medium, the off-position that second feeding means is presented the described recording medium of described recording medium before being positioned at the visual leading edge that prints on the described recording medium arrives the position of shearing device, and stops the printing equipment and first and second feeding means; And cutting control device, be used to respond described stop control and stop first and second feeding means, and start shearing device.
Described print control unit makes the described described inked ribbon of the first and second feeding means continuous feedings and described recording medium finish image printing on the preset range in described recording medium until described printing equipment.
When described second feeding means is presented described recording medium on a described direction, second feeding means responds the operation of described first feeding means and operates, and when described second feeding means was presented described recording medium on described rightabout, the operation of the operation of second feeding means and described first feeding means was irrelevant.
Described recording medium has position mark; And described printer also comprises:
Checkout gear is used to detect described position mark; With the position discriminating gear, the described position mark that is used for detecting according to described checkout gear is differentiated the position of described recording medium.
Described position mark is provided with equidistant along the direction of feeding of described recording medium; And described position discriminating gear has and is used for counter device that described position mark is counted.
Described stop control comprises discriminating gear, is used for differentiating being positioned at of described recording medium and prints to the position whether off-position before the visual leading edge on the described recording medium has arrived shearing device.
Each described ink area keeps regularly arranged multiple colored ink on described inked ribbon.
Another aspect of the present invention; relate to a kind of Method of printing; wherein keep the inked ribbon of printing ink and protection mediator to be used to form a protective layer at print image on the recording medium with on print image; and be cut off on the desired location of wherein said recording medium before being positioned at the print image leading edge, described method comprises step:
Present described recording medium and described inked ribbon in one direction simultaneously;
On described recording medium, transmit printing ink, on described recording medium, to print an image;
On the rightabout of described direction, recording medium is presented a preset distance;
On a described direction, present described inked ribbon and described recording medium simultaneously;
There is the described recording medium of image to transmit the protection mediator to printing, to form a protective layer;
Response is when forming described protective layer, and the desired location that is positioned at the visual leading edge described recording medium before that prints on the described recording medium arrives off-position, and stops to protect the transmission of mediator and presenting of described recording medium; And
On desired location, cut off described recording medium.
Fig. 1 is the block diagram of description according to the electric circuit construction of the colored band printer of one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the figure of the cassette holder structure that is provided with in the body that shows according to the colored band printer of this embodiment;
Fig. 3 is that an explanation will be loaded into the figure according to the internal structure of the ribbon cartridge in the cassette holder of the colored band printer of this embodiment;
Fig. 4 desires to be installed into figure according to the structure of the colored colour band in the ribbon cartridge of the colored boxlike printer of this embodiment for expression;
Fig. 5 serves as reasons according to the flow chart of the performed colour print process of the colored band printer of present embodiment; With
Fig. 6 is the figure of example explanation by the state of the pictorial data of printing according to the colored band printer of this embodiment.
Referring now to a description of drawings preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 1 shows that the block diagram according to the electric circuit construction of the thermal transfer type of sublimation colored band printer of explanation according to one embodiment of the invention.
The electronic circuit of this colored band printer has the control module 11 that is made of a CPU (CPU).
When this colored belt printer interface energize, control module 11 calls the system program that is stored in advance among the ROM (read-only storage) 13.Control module 11 is controlled the operation of this colored band printer according to this system program.
What be connected with this control module has key input part 12, ROM13, a RAM (random access memory) 14, CGROM (character generator ROM) 15, printer controller 16, visual reader 27, display unit 28, mark register 30 and printing ink position detector 32.
Key input part 12 has character entry key, execute key, printing key and function key.Character entry key includes character keys, numerical key and symbolic key.Utilize the character string of character entry key input as text data.Determining of various different input data selects the startup definite and arbitrary set-up function of data to indicate by pushing execute key.Finish by operation one function key and numerical key with the setting of trailing interval (being discussed later) length between guiding area.
Be stored in system program among the ROM13 in advance and carry out and include the program of a control text data and pictorial data input, the program of presenting of the program of a control printing and a control paper tape and colour band by control module 11.
RAM14 includes an input buffer, and a video memory and is printed buffer.Input buffer is deposited the text data by key input part 12 inputs.Video memory is deposited the pictorial data by visual reader 27 inputs.In print buffer according to leaving the pictorial data in the video memory in or being launched into the dot matrix of text data from the data of CGROM15.
RAM14 also is used as the workspace of control module 11.For example, about between guiding area and trail the data (back will be discussed) of siding-to-siding block length and the position of paper tape is promptly temporarily left in this workspace.
CGROM15 stores the corresponding formatted data of all character codes, digital code and the symbol code that may utilize key input part 12 inputs in advance.
Be connected to having of printer controller 16: be used to encourage head driver 17 with heat hot printhead 18, be used to drive a drive motor driver 19 of a thermal printer head drive motor 20, be used to drive the rewinding axis drive motor driver 21 of one platen/ink ribbon rewind axis drive motor 22, be used to drive presenting axis drive motor driver 23 and being used to drive the cutter drive motor driver 25 of paper tape cutter drive motor 26 of a tape feed axis drive motor 24.Control module 11 is by printer controller 16 each drivers 17,19,21,23 and 25 of control.Control the operation of thermal printer head 18, thermal printer head drive motor 20, platen/ink ribbon rewind axis drive motor 22, tape feed axis drive motor 24 and paper tape cutter drive motor 26 thus.
Image reader 27 is obtained pictorial data with one scan instrument scanned picture.Character and/or symbol that display unit 28 shows by key input part 12 inputs perhaps show the image that desire is printed according to the dot matrix that is launched in the print buffer.
Blip counting device 30 is connected with a recording surface sensor 29.Recording surface sensor 29 is a kind of reflection optical detectors, detects each position mark and outgoing position detection signal on the paper tape.Blip counting device 30 is made up of a counter, counts when each input position detection signal.The count value that changes its feed direction tense marker counter 30 when paper tape promptly is cleared.The number that is labeled the position detection signal of counter 30 counting is imported into control module 11 as the paper tape position data and be stored in RAM14 for example.Position mark is set on the parting surface at the paper tape back side along the direction of feed of paper tape (print the direction that paper tape constantly is fed, that is by the outside direction of colored belt printer).
One ribbon sensor 31 is connected to printing ink position detector 32.This ribbon sensor 31 detects optically and is arranged on the boundary marker on the colour band and exports a printing ink position detection signal.The printing ink position detection signal of ribbon sensor 31 outputs is input to printing ink position detector 32 thus.Printing ink position detector 32 detects the position of each printing ink on the colour band according to the printing ink position detection signal.Printing ink position signalling by 32 outputs of printing ink position detector is input to control module 11.Boundary marker is set at the boundary in each district of yellow ink, dark red printing ink, bluish-green printing ink and attaching print printing ink.
According to this colored band printer, be provided with the interval of random length in a front and back of desiring the zone of print image, they are known as " between guiding area " and " back is with the interval " in the whole specification of this embodiment.For setting this interval, the user answers one of function key on the operated key importation 12 to come setting pattern between the setting area.Under this pattern, display unit 28 display messages " guiding siding-to-siding block length? "Then, the user utilizes numerical key to import desirable length and utilizes the execute key indication to determine the length of being imported.Thereby the guiding siding-to-siding block length promptly is set.Set the yardstick of back equally with the interval.When having set between guiding area and trailed the length of an interval degree, control module 11 calculate can be applied between guiding area and the back with the position mark number in the siding-to-siding block length.This calculating can the length of importing be multiply by pre-determined factor and is finished.What calculated is stored in RAM14 with the position mark number in the siding-to-siding block length applicable between guiding area and back.In this band printer,, between guiding area and back promptly is not set to " 0 " automatically if adding setting with length of an interval degree user.
Fig. 2 one shows the figure of the structure of cassette holder 41 set in the colored belt printer body 40.
Referring to Fig. 2, cassette holder 41 includes, thermal printer head 18, the pressure roller 22b that is provided with in the face of thermal printer head 18 is used for the ink ribbon rewind axle 22a that feed shelf is used, the tape feed axle 24a that paper tape feed is used, be to detect the recording surface sensor 29 of paper tape position, the ribbon sensor 31 of the position of sense colors colour band is sent the paper tape output 35 of band printer with paper tape and is arranged on paper tape output 35 places, cuts off the cutter 26a of paper tape in the precalculated position.
When driving the driving mechanism (not shown) of thermal printer head drive motor 20, this printhead 18 is pressed the motion of direction shown in the arrow X among Fig. 2.When control module 11 was controlled printhead drive motor drivers 19 by printer controller 16, thermal printer head 18 was pressed towards pressure roller 22b on demand or separates with it.The heating element heater of thermal printer head 18 (not making among the figure) when being heated, make ink sublimation on the colour band with its transfer printing on paper tape.This thermal printer head 18 is controlled by printer controller 16 and print head driver 17 by control module 11.
When the transmission mechanism (not shown) of platen/ink ribbon rewind axis drive motor 22 was driven, ink ribbon rewind axle 22a and pressure roller 22b promptly rotated with the direction of feed of colour band and paper tape.When being driven, tape feed axle 24a is then with the direction rotation opposite with the paper tape direction of feed at the transmission mechanism (not making among the figure) of tape feed axis drive motor 24.
When the driving mechanism (not shown) of paper tape cutter drive motor 26 is driven, promptly starts cutter 26a and cut off paper tape.As shown in Figure 2, the distance between the position of the printing ink transfer position of " L " expression thermal printer head 18 and cutter 26a.
Fig. 3 shows the structure of desiring to be loaded into the ribbon cartridge 42 in the cassette holder 41.
Referring to Fig. 3, ribbon cartridge 42 has a printhead bearing 45 and a fenestra 31a.Ribbon cartridge 42 accommodates a tape feed spool 43, a tape feed spool 44 of the same colour and a colour band rewinding spool 47.Spool 44 presented by tape feed spool 43, colour band and ink ribbon rewind spool 47 all is designed to rotatable.
Paper tape T is wrapped on the tape feed spool 43.Colour band R is wrapped on the ribbon rooler 44.Tape feed spool 43 is assembled on the tape feed axle 24a, and ink ribbon rewind spool 47 then is assembled on the ink ribbon rewind axle 22a.
Printhead bearing 45 is that the part with the body of tape drum 42 separates formation, and thermal printer head 18 promptly will be placed in here.Paper tape T and colour band R are so that colour band R passes printhead bearing 45 in the face of the mode of thermal printer head 18 with being superimposed with each other.
Ribbon sensor 31 detects boundary marker on the colour band R optically by fenestra 31a.
Colour band R repeatedly is arranged with Yellow ink Y, peony printing ink M, blue-green printing ink C and attaching print printing ink OP along feed direction Q, as shown in Figure 4.The heat that is provided by thermal printer head 18 makes each desire to be transferred the Yellow ink Y on paper tape T, dark red printing ink M and bluish-green printing ink C distillation.Attaching print printing ink OP is made of the transparent heat soluble resin.The heat that is produced by thermal printer head 18 dissolves attaching print printing ink OP, thereby forms the protective layer of a protection with the image of Yellow ink Y, dark red printing ink M and bluish-green printing ink C printing.Each all has the identical length of length d of the scope of printing with paper tape T last among printing ink Y, M, C and the OP.On the border between each of printing ink Y, M, C and OP, boundary marker m1 to m4 is set, so that make the position that ribbon sensor 31 can the sense colors printing ink.
One deck parting surface is added in a kind of adhesive attachment at recording surface back of paper tape at the paper tape T back side.The position mark that is recorded face sensor 29 detections is positioned in the back of this parting surface.These position marks are by constituting along the feed direction of the paper tape T black line by disposed at equal distance.Export a position detection signal at recording surface sensor 29 when detecting this position mark and do not reflect light.
The operation of this colored band printer of narration now.
Fig. 5 represents to illustrate the flow chart of the colour print process that colored thus band printer is carried out.
When this colored band printer began printing, the leading edge of paper tape T was positioned on the position of cutter 26a, that is the position of paper tape when being cut off in formerly printing.
The user may utilize key input part 12 to set between guiding area and afterwards with the length of an interval degree before printing beginning.Control module 11 just should be obtained and can be adapted to also this information be stored into RAM14 with the back with the position mark number on the paper tape T in the siding-to-siding block length between this guiding area.Control module 11 also should be obtained and be adapted to by position mark number on the transfer position of thermal printer head 18 paper tape to the length L of the position of cutter 26a, and this information has been deposited into RAM14.Because length L is fixed, the position mark number that is adapted to length L can be stored in ROM.
The process sequence of this flow chart is beginning when for example being printed by the instruction of the printing key on the operated key importation 12 starting.
After this process sequence begins, promptly on direction of feed Q, present colour band R until the transfer position of the position, front of Yellow ink Y arrival corresponding to thermal printer head 18.
Along with the rotation of ink ribbon rewind axle 22a, colour band R is presented towards ink ribbon rewind axle 22a direction.Control module 11 is determined the position of colour band R according to the boundary marker m1 that is detected by ribbon sensor 31.Control module 11 is promptly controlled presenting of colour band R in this way.At this moment pressure roller 22b and ink ribbon rewind axle 22a are pressed at thermal printer head 18 under the situation of pressure roller 22b and are rotated.Thereby paper tape T is presented with the stroke identical with colour band R in direction of feed.At this moment, the position mark that detected of 30 pairs of recording surface sensors 29 of blip counting device is counted.The feed distance information that the position mark number of counting is used as paper tape T temporarily leaves in the register relevant among the RAM14 (step S1).
By the process among the step S1, the leading edge of paper tape T is placed in the orientation distance place of the target printing ink of the colour band R outside the position of cutter 26a.Thereby the leading edge of paper tape T is fed to initial position, that is the position of cutter 26a is with location paper tape T.
To break away from pressure roller 22b and pressure roller 22b and ink ribbon rewind axle 22a static along with thermal printer head 18, makes tape feed axle 24a rotation.As a result, paper tape T is presented with the direction opposite with direction of feed.Control module 11 is determined the position of paper tape T and is controlled presenting of paper tape T.The position of paper tape T according to blip counting device 30 paper tape T on the position mark number determine.The position mark number of counting equal step S1 fall into a trap position mark when counting, stop tape feed axis drive motor 24 (step S2).
When the process in step S1 and S2 is performed, control module 11 will be desired to advance in the print buffer among the RAM14 with the image expansion that Yellow ink Y prints.
When the process of step S2 finished, control module 11 drove thermal printer head drive motor 20 so that thermal printer head 18 is pressed to pressure roller 22b by printer controller 16 and printhead drive motor driver 19.Thereby colour band R and paper tape T are compressed mutually.
In this case, control module 11 heats thermal printer head 18 by printer controller 16 and print head driver 17 according to the pictorial data of being read by the print buffer among the RAM14.At this moment, platen/ink ribbon rewind axis drive motor 22 is driven and makes colour band R and paper tape T present with direction of feed Q.As a result, the pictorial data at yellow that has been deployed in the print buffer is transferred on paper tape T.When paper tape T is fed, 30 pairs of blip counting devices by recording surface sensor 29 detect paper tape T on position mark count.The feed distance information that this number is used as paper tape T leaves (step S3) among the RAM14 in.
When finishing with the printing of Yellow ink Y (first color) like this, present colour band R until the position of the position, front of dark red printing ink M arrival corresponding to the transfer position of thermal printer head 18 along direction of feed Q.
Colour band R is presented towards the direction of ink ribbon rewind axle 22a with the rotation of ink ribbon rewind axle 22a.Control module 11 according to detect by ribbon sensor 31 boundary marker m2 determine the position of colour band R.Control module 11 is promptly controlled presenting of colour band R by this way.At this moment, pressure roller 22b and ink ribbon rewind axle 22a are pressed towards at thermal printer head 18 under the situation of pressure roller 22b and rotate.Thereby paper tape T promptly is fed with the stroke identical with colour band R on this direction of feed.At this moment, 30 pairs of blip counting devices by recording surface sensor 29 detect position mark count.The position mark number of counting be added to step S3 fall into a trap the position mark number on, and this cumulative number temporarily deposited in the related register among the RAM14 into (step S4).
By the process among the step S4, the leading edge of paper tape T is placed in the orientation distance place of the target printing ink of the colour band R outside the position of cutter 26a.Therefore, the leading edge of paper tape T is fed to initial position, and promptly the position of cutter 26a is with location paper tape T.
To break away from pressure roller 22b and pressure roller 22b and ink ribbon rewind axle 22a static along with thermal printer head 18, and tape feed axle 24a is rotated.As a result, paper tape T is presented with the direction opposite with direction of feed.Control module 11 is determined the position of paper tape T and is controlled presenting of paper tape T.The position of paper tape T according to by blip counting device 30 paper tape T on the position mark number determine.When this count the position mark number equal to add up among step S3 and the S4 position mark when counting, promptly stop tape feed axis drive motor 24 (step S5).
The term of execution of process in step S4 and S5, control module 11 will be desired to advance in the print buffer of RAM14 with the image expansion that dark red printing ink M prints.
When the process in step S5 was finished, control module 11 drove thermal printer head drive motor 20 so that thermal printer head 18 is pressed to pressure roller 22b by printer controller 16 and printhead drive motor driver 19.Colour band R and paper tape T are compressed mutually as a result.
In this case, control module 11 heats by printer controller 16 and 17 pairs of thermal printer heads of print head driver 18 according to the pictorial data of being read by the print buffer among the RAM14.At this moment, platen/ink ribbon rewind axis drive motor 22 is driven and makes that colour band R and paper tape T are presented with direction of feed Q.As a result, be deployed in being transferred on the paper tape T in the print buffer at wine-colored pictorial data.When paper tape feed T, 30 pairs of blip counting devices by recording surface pass device device 29 detect paper tape T on position mark count.The feed distance that this number is used as paper tape T leaves (step S6) among the RAM14 in.
When the process of printing with Yellow ink Y and dark red printing ink M is like this finished, present colour band R with direction of feed Q and arrive position corresponding to the transfer position of thermal printer head 18 until the leading edge locus of bluish-green printing ink C.
Colour band R presents to ink ribbon rewind axle 22a direction with the rotation of ink ribbon rewind axle 22a.The boundary marker m3 that control module 11 detects according to ribbon sensor 31 determines the position of colour band R.Control module 11 is promptly controlled presenting of colour band R by this way.At this moment, pressure roller 22b and ink ribbon rewind axle 22a are pressed towards at thermal printer head 18 under the situation of pressure roller 22b and rotate.Thereby paper tape T is carried out with the stroke identical with colour band R in direction of feed and presents.At this moment, 30 pairs of position marks that detected by recording surface sensor 29 of blip counting device are counted.This count the position mark number be added to step S6 fall into a trap the position mark number on and will add up number temporarily deposit in the corresponding register among the RAM14 (step S7).
By the process among the step S7, the leading edge of paper tape T is placed in the orientation distance place of the target printing ink of the colour band R outside the position of cutter 26a.Thereby the leading edge of paper tape T is fed to initial position, and promptly the position of cutter 26a is with location paper tape T.
To break away from pressure roller 22b and pressure roller 22b and ink ribbon rewind axle static along with thermal printer head 18, makes tape feed axle 24a rotation.Paper tape T is presented with the direction opposite with direction of feed as a result.Control module 11 is determined the position of paper tape T and is controlled presenting of paper tape T.The position of paper tape T is determined according to the position mark number on the paper tape T that is counted by blip counting device 30.When this count the position mark number become equal in step S6 and S7, to add up position mark when counting, stop tape feed axis drive motor 24 (step S8).
During process in step S7 and S8 is performed, control module 11 will be desired to advance print buffer among the RAM14 with the image expansion that blue-green printing ink C prints.
When the process among the step S8 was finished, control module 11 drove thermal printer head drive motor 20 so that thermal printer head 18 is pressed to pressure roller 22b by printer controller 16 and printhead drive motor driver 19.Thereby colour band R and paper tape T are compressed mutually.
In this case, control module 11 heats thermal printer head 18 by printer controller 16 and print head driver 17 according to the pictorial data of being read by the print buffer among the RAM14.At this moment, platen/ink ribbon rewind axis drive motor 22 is actuated to make that colour band R and paper tape T are presented with direction of feed Q.The result has been deployed in being transferred on the paper tape T at glaucous pictorial data in the print buffer.When paper tape feed T, the position mark on the paper tape T that 30 pairs of blip counting devices are detected by recording surface sensor 29 is counted.The feeding distance information that this number is used as paper tape T is deposited among the RAM14 (step S9).
When the printing of carrying out with Yellow ink Y, dark red printing ink M and blue chilli oil China ink C was like this finished, colour band was presented colour band R with direction of feed Q and is arrived position corresponding to the transfer position of thermal printer head 18 until the leading edge of attaching print printing ink OP.
Colour band R is presented towards ink ribbon rewind axle 22a with the rotation of ink ribbon rewind axle 22a.Control module 11 according to ribbon sensor 31 detect boundary marker m4 determine the position of colour band R.Control module 11 is controlled presenting of colour band R like this.At this moment, pressure roller 22b and ink ribbon rewind axle 22a are pressed towards at thermal printer head 18 under the situation of pressure roller 22b and rotate.Thereby paper tape T promptly presents to be carried out with the same stroke of colour band R on direction of feed.At this moment, 30 pairs of blip counting devices by recording surface sensor 29 detect position mark count.This counted the position mark number be added to step S9 fall into a trap the position mark number on, and this cumulative number temporarily deposited in the corresponding registers among the RAM14 into (step S10).
By the process among the step S10, the leading edge of paper tape T is placed in the orientation distance place of the target printing ink of the colour band R outside the position of cutter 26a.Thereby the leading edge of paper tape T is fed to initial position, and promptly the position of cutter 26a is with location paper tape T.
To break away from pressure roller 22b and pressure roller 22b and ink ribbon rewind axle 22a static along with thermal printer head 18, and tape feed axle 24a is rotated.As a result, paper tape is presented with the direction opposite with direction of feed.Control module 11 is determined the position of paper tape T and is controlled the transmission of paper tape T.The position of paper tape T according to by blip counting device 30 paper tape T on the position mark number determine.When the position mark number of counting become equal in step S9 and S10, to add up position mark when counting, stop tape feed axis drive motor 24 (step S11).
During process in having finished step S11, control module 11 drives thermal printer head drive motors 29 so that thermal printer head 18 is pressed to pressure roller 22b by printer controller 16 and printhead drive motor driver 19.Thereby colour band R and paper tape T are compressed mutually.
In this case, control module 11 heats thermal printer head 18 by printer controller 16 and print head driver 17.At this moment, platen/ink ribbon rewind axis drive motor 22 is driven and makes that colour band R and paper tape T are presented with direction of feed Q.As a result, attaching print printing ink OP promptly is transferred yellow on paper tape T, dark red and bluish-green printing ink Y, M and above the C.
When paper tape feed T, the position mark on the paper tape T that 30 pairs of blip counting devices are detected by recording surface sensor 29 is counted (step S12).
Finish the transfer printing of the attaching print printing ink OP of delegation, control module 11 just determines whether the off-position of the leading edge portion of paper tape T is positioned at the position of cutter 26a at every turn.Thisly determine and can obtain like this, during the position mark number (it is stored in RAM14) that is adapted in the distance L between the transfer position of promptly checking thermal printer head 18 and the position of cutter 26a deducts between the guiding area that leaves among the RAM14 position mark number of adaptation and step S12 fall into a trap the position mark number whether become 0 (step S13).
When the off-position of the leading edge portion of paper tape T was not in the position of cutter 26a, flow process turned back to step S12 and carries out next line and print in step S13.
When the off-position of the leading edge portion of determining paper tape T in step 13 is when being in the position of cutter 26a, control module 11 stops by printer controller 16 and 18 heating of 17 pairs of thermal printer heads of print head driver.Control module 11 also stops to drive platen/ink ribbon rewind axis drive motor 22 by print control unit 16 and rewinding axis drive motor driver 21.Thereby end transfer printing and the presenting of colour band R and paper tape T (step S14) of attaching print printing ink OP on paper tape T.
Then, control module 11 drives paper tape cutter drive motor 26 to start cutter 26a by printer controller 16 and cutter drive motor driver 25.The result cuts away unnecessary the first section (step S15) of paper tape T.
When in step S15, unnecessary the first section of paper tape T being cut away, control module 11 by printer controller 16 and print head driver 17 with thermal printer head 18 heating, with attaching print printing ink OP again row begin to print.Control module 11 also drives platen/ink ribbon rewind axis drive motor 22 to restart colored colour band R of feeding and paper tape T by printer controller 16 and rewinding axle motor driver 21.
When paper tape feed T, 30 pairs of blip counting devices by recording surface sensor 29 detect paper tape T on position mark count (step S16).
Finish the printing that delegation carries out with attaching print printing ink OP, control module 11 determines promptly whether this is last column (step S17) with the printing that attaching print printing ink OP carries out at every turn.
When determining that in step S17 this printing of carrying out with additional printing ink OP also is not last column, flow process turns back to step S16 to carry out the printing of next line.
When step S17 determines that this printing is last column, control module 11 promptly stops the heating by printer controller 16 and 17 pairs of thermal printer heads 18 of print head driver.As a result, the printing of carrying out with attaching print printing ink OP stops (step S18).
When stop printing with attaching print printing ink OP in step S18, control module 11 drives platen/ink ribbon rewind axis drive motor 22 arrives cutter 26a until the off-position of the trailing edge of paper tape T with paper tape feed T position by printer controller and rewinding axis drive motor driver 21.This feed stroke can 30 pairs of blip counting devices by stored in RAM14 be adapted between guiding area in the position mark number be added to and differentiated when the resulting value of position mark number that is suitable in the distance L between thermal printer head 18 and the cutter 26a is counted.When the off-position of paper tape T trailing edge arrived the position of the open-minded device 26a of Dutch, control module 11 stopped to drive platen/ink ribbon rewind drive motors 22 by printer controller 16 and rewinding axle motor driver 21.Then, control module 11 drives paper tape cutter drive motors 26 starting cutter 26a by printer controller 16 and cutter drive motor driver 25, the result, and paper tape T is printed part promptly cut (step S19).
Describe the process of colored band printer below in detail.
Fig. 6 is the figure of illustration by the state of the pictorial data of this colored belt printer prints.
This figure is illustrated in paper tape T and goes up the example of printing one via the image of visual reader 27 scannings.In this example, be not provided with among the print zone D between guiding area and the back with the interval.That is between guiding area and back all is set to " 0 " with the interval.The length of unnecessary the first section equals the printing portion of thermal printer head 18 and the distance L between the cutter 26a.
In this example, after printing with yellow, dark red and bluish-green printing ink Y, M and C, in step S10 and S11, match consistent with paper tape T attaching print printing ink OP again by aforesaid step S1 to S9.
Then, in step S12 and S13, adopt the printing of attaching print printing ink OP.When the trailing edge P1 (the first section of print range D) of unnecessary the first section of paper tape T arrives the position of cutter 26a, when blip counting device 30 the position mark number become the position mark number that adapts to distance L when suitable, promptly in step S14, stop to print and feeding.In step S15 subsequently, the first section T1 that cutter 26a excision is unnecessary.
When unnecessary the first section T1 is cut, in step S16 and S17, begin once more to print with attaching print printing ink OP.When having finished with additional printing ink OP, stop at printing on the paper tape T at step S18 up to the print procedure of the trailing edge P2 of print range D.Even after printing termination, paper tape T still keeps presenting.In step S19, cutter 26a downcuts the part T2 that is printed of paper tape T.
As mentioned above, the colored band printer according to present embodiment cuts off paper tape so that the print procedure that can not interrupt being carried out with yellow, dark red and bluish-green printing ink Y, M and C when printing with attaching print printing ink OP.Therefore, thermal printer head 18 release heat not during printing with yellow, dark red and bluish-green printing ink Y, M and C, thus can prevent printing ink density unevenness phenomenon.
Because of paper tape T is cut off during OP prints with attaching print printing ink, so may quicken print procedure.
According to this embodiment, adopt Yellow ink Y, the dark red printing ink M of equidistant arrangement on the colour band R and the subtractive process mixed processing of bluish-green printing ink C to realize in the colour print on the paper tape T.But the present invention is not limited to this specific method.For example say, also can adopt the four color ribbon that outside Yellow ink Y, dark red printing ink M and bluish-green printing ink C, increases black ink.Also might use the monochromatic colour band of printing of the work that only adopts a kind of black ink.Can also adopt a kind of colour band that keeps any single colored ink.
Though attaching print printing ink OP dissolves resin by transparent heat and constitutes in this embodiment, its material also is not limited only to this type.For example, can adopt that not contain pigment be that the printing ink sill of dyestuff is as this attaching print printing ink OP.
In this embodiment, colour band R is provided with the zone that is used for additional printing ink OP so that can end printing and paper tape T is cut off in feeding when printing with attaching print printing ink OP.But the present invention is applicable to adopting the colour band that attaching print printing ink OP is not set.For example say, the zone that substitutes attaching print printing ink OP with a zone that represents the base material of hyaline membrane or colour band R can be set.
And, also can adopt the colour band that does not have this zone and yellow, dark red and bluish-green printing ink Y, M and the C of an equidistant arrangement are only arranged.In this case, after finishing the printing of carrying out with yellow, dark red and bluish-green printing ink Y, M and C, paper tape T temporarily gets back to initial position.Paper tape feed T is until the off-position of leading edge and the aligned in position of cutter 26a then.After this once more paper tape feed T so that the aligned in position of the off-position of trailing edge and cutter 26a.
In this embodiment, the position, front of Yellow ink Y, dark red printing ink M, bluish-green printing ink C and attaching print printing ink OP is detected by the boundary marker m1 to m4 that ribbon sensor 32 is provided with on colored colour band R and is located.But this location to each position, printing ink front is not limited to this method.For example, the similar position mark that those are positioned on the paper tape T also can be positioned on the edge of colour band R.
Be to detect the position of paper tape T, the position mark that is opposite on the paper tape T of blip counting device 30 is counted in the above-described embodiments.But the also available additive method of the feed stroke of paper tape T obtains.For example say, thereby available a pair of pinch wheel is clamped the feasible position that can obtain paper tape T by the rotation of pinch wheel of paper tape T.
Though the counting that changes hour counter 30 in the feed direction of paper tape T in this embodiment is cleared, and also this Counter Design can be become increase count value when paper tape T presents with direction of feed in minimizing count value when paper tape T presents with the direction opposite with direction of feed.In this case, just may when showing a predetermined value, counter determine whether the off-position of paper tape T is in the position of cutter 26a.
Thermal printer head 18 is pressed towards pressure roller 22b when presenting colour band R in this embodiment.Therefore paper tape T feeding and be fed with colour band R.When colour band was presented for location printing ink is carried out in the non-time-write interval, just can make thermal printer head 18 break away from pressure roller 22b.That is paper tape T can not present with feeding of colour band R.
In this embodiment, start cutter 26a by driving paper tape cutter drive motor 26.In other words, the paper tape cutter in the present embodiment is an electrotome.But the present invention is also applicable to the band printer that the hand off device replaces electrotome is set.In this case, print during the aligned in position of hand off device therewith and feed that to stop the printing to carry out with attaching print printing ink OP then still underway when the paper tape off-position.At this moment, display part 12 display messages " cut-out paper tape ".The action bars of handling this manual cutter as the user is when cutting off paper tape, and the printing carried out with attaching print printing ink OP of row starting and paper tape T's feeds again.The demand to paper tape cutter drive motor 26 and cutter drive motor driver 25 has been omitted in this operation, reduces the cost that is used for band printer and have to utilize.
Adopt thermal transfer printing system print image according to the band printer of this embodiment based on sublimation.But the present invention is not limited to this specific system.For example the present invention is also applicable to dissolving the formula thermal transfer printer.The present invention is applicable to the printer that causes the each type of density unevenness possibly when ending to print.For example say that the situation of gradation of drop-out colour inequality may take place applicable to changing at the quantity of ink that is sprayed by ink-jet printer in the present invention when printhead temperature changes.When the present invention is not adopted colour band during with ink-jet printer by Ying Yu.Like this, realize the i.e. operation as follows of ink-jet printer of the present invention.
When carrying out tape feed, the nozzle that printing ink is provided with on ink-jet printhead jet printing on paper tape.Even this printing also should not ended when the off-position when the leading edge of paper tape arrives the position of cutter during the printing.Paper tape keeps being fed the position that arrives cutter until the off-position of the leading edge of paper tape after whole printing is finished once more always.
Though this embodiment is about the band printer at the last print image of elongated recording medium (paper tape) in the above-mentioned explanation, the present invention also prints on arbitrary pattern recording medium applicable to any printer of ending to print for cut-out recording medium.
1, a kind of printer comprises:
Inked ribbon (R), it comprises a plurality of ink area, each ink area is kept for the printing ink (Y of image printing on the recording medium (T), M, C), and a plurality of protective layers district that corresponds respectively to a plurality of ink area, each protective layer district keeps constituting the protection mediator (OP) of a protective layer, described protective layer protection is with described printing ink (Y, M, C) appropriate section of the print surface of the described recording medium (T) of Da Yining;
Printing equipment (18), be used to transmit the ink area of described inked ribbon (R) printing ink (Y, M, C) and the protection mediator (OP) on the recording medium (T);
(22,22a 22b), is used for presenting in one direction described inked ribbon (R) to first feeding means;
Second feeding means (24,24a), be used for presenting described recording medium (T) on the described direction and on the rightabout;
Shearing device (26a) is used to cut off described recording medium (T);
Control device (11,16,17,19,21,23), be used to control described printing equipment (18), described first and second feeding means (22,22a, 22b, 24,24a) and the operation of described shearing device (26a), it is characterized in that:
Described control device (11,16,17,19,21,23) comprising:
Print control unit, be used at first and second feeding means (22,22a, 22b, 24,24a) in one direction, in the mode of described ink area crossover on described recording medium (T), when presenting described inked ribbon (R) and described recording medium (T) simultaneously, make described printing equipment (18) with described printing ink (Y, M, C) be transported on the described recording medium (T), thereby image printing on recording medium (T), is used for transmitting protection mediator (OP) at printing equipment and arrives with printing ink (Y, M, C) the described recording medium (T) of print image goes up when forming a protective layer, make described second feeding means on the rightabout of described direction, described recording medium (T) be presented a preset distance, and make first and second feeding means (22,22a, 22b, 24,24a) on a described direction, present described inked ribbon (R) and described recording medium (T) simultaneously in the mode of described ink area crossover on described recording medium (T);
Stop control, being used for response makes described printing equipment when described recording medium (T) goes up the described protective layer of formation at described print control unit, second feeding means (24,24a) present described recording medium (T) arrives shearing device (26a) up to the off-position that is positioned at the visual leading edge described recording medium (T) before that prints on the described recording medium (T) position, and stop printing equipment (18) and first and second feeding means (22,22a, 22b, 24,24a); And
Cutting control device, be used to respond described stop control stop first and second feeding means (22,22a, 22b, 24,24a), and start shearing device (26a).
2, according to the printer of claim 1, wherein said print control unit makes described first and second feeding means (22,22a, 22b, 24,24a) described inked ribbon of continuous feeding (R) and described recording medium (T) are finished image printing on a preset range of described recording medium (T) until described printing equipment (18).
3, according to the printer of claim 1, wherein when described second feeding means (24, when 24a) on a described direction, presenting described recording medium (T), second feeding means (24,24a) described first feeding means (22 of response, 22a, operation 22b) and operating, and when described second feeding means (24, when 24a) on described rightabout, presenting described recording medium (T), and second feeding means (24, operation 24a) and described first feeding means (22,22a, operation 22b) is irrelevant.
4, according to the printer of claim 1, wherein said recording medium (T) has position mark; And described printer also comprises:
Checkout gear (29) is used to detect described position mark; With
Position discriminating gear (30) is used for differentiating the position of described recording medium (T) according to described checkout gear (29) the described position mark that is detected.
5, according to the printer of claim 4, wherein said position mark is provided with equidistant along the direction of feeding of described recording medium (T); And described position discriminating gear (30) has and is used for counter device that described position mark is counted.
6, according to the printer of claim 1, wherein said stop control comprises:
Discriminating gear (11) is used for differentiating being positioned at of described recording medium and prints to the position whether off-position before the visual leading edge on the described recording medium (T) has arrived shearing device (26a).
7, according to the printer of claim 1, wherein each described ink area keep regularly arranged on described inked ribbon (R) multiple colored ink (Y, M, C).
8, a kind of Method of printing; wherein keep printing ink (Y; M; C) inked ribbon (R) and protection mediator (OP) are used to go up print image and form a protective layer on print image in recording medium (T); and be cut off on the desired location of wherein said recording medium (T) before being positioned at the print image leading edge, described method comprises step:
Present described recording medium (T) and described inked ribbon (R) in one direction simultaneously;
(Y, M C), print an image to go up in described recording medium (T) to go up transmission printing ink to described recording medium (T);
On the rightabout of described direction, recording medium (T) is presented a preset distance;
On a described direction, present described inked ribbon (R) and described recording medium (T) simultaneously;
There is the described recording medium (T) of image to transmit protection mediator (OP) to printing, to form a protective layer;
Response is when forming described protective layer, and the desired location that is positioned at the visual leading edge described recording medium (T) before that prints on the described recording medium (T) arrives off-position, and stops to protect the transmission of mediator (OP) and presenting of described recording medium (T); And
On desired location, cut off described recording medium (T).
CN96120137A 1995-10-04 1996-10-04 Printer and printing method CN1092111C (en)
JP25777095A JP3533779B2 (en) 1995-10-04 1995-10-04 Color printing equipment
JP257770/95 1995-10-04
CN1151552A CN1151552A (en) 1997-06-11
CN1092111C true CN1092111C (en) 2002-10-09
CN96120137A CN1092111C (en) 1995-10-04 1996-10-04 Printer and printing method
DE (1) DE69620530T2 (en)
HK (1) HK1013414A1 (en)
JP3658636B2 (en) * 1997-06-11 2005-06-08 カシオ計算機株式会社 Printing device
JP3756302B2 (en) * 1997-10-30 2006-03-15 三菱電機株式会社 Image printing device
JP3731364B2 (en) * 1999-01-21 2006-01-05 セイコーエプソン株式会社 Tape printing apparatus and control method thereof
TW446641B (en) * 1999-10-21 2001-07-21 Acer Comm & Amp Multimedia Inc Color thermal printer
JP4492261B2 (en) * 2004-09-10 2010-06-30 セイコーエプソン株式会社 Print control device, control method and program for print control device
JP4617873B2 (en) * 2004-12-27 2011-01-26 ブラザー工業株式会社 Tape printer
MX337165B (en) * 2010-01-19 2016-02-15 Printronix Inc Intelligent ribbon cartridge.
TW201242794A (en) 2011-04-21 2012-11-01 Hiti Digital Inc Ribbon capable of enhancing cutting precision
DE102011075386A1 (en) 2011-05-06 2012-11-08 Robert Bosch Gmbh Method for printing at least one carrier element
JP6291950B2 (en) * 2014-03-25 2018-03-14 セイコーエプソン株式会社 Printing medium, printing apparatus, and printing method of printing apparatus
JP6406508B2 (en) * 2014-10-14 2018-10-17 セイコーエプソン株式会社 Liquid ejection apparatus and liquid ejection method
KR101981753B1 (en) * 2017-10-20 2019-05-24 주식회사 빅솔론 Printer and method for printing therefore
EP0627320A1 (en) * 1987-12-29 1994-12-07 Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Tape printer for use with a tape cassette
DE69108443T2 (en) * 1990-05-17 1995-09-21 Seiko Epson Corp Strip printer.
JP2629527B2 (en) * 1992-07-22 1997-07-09 ブラザー工業株式会社 Tape printer
JP3578280B2 (en) * 1993-11-10 2004-10-20 ブラザー工業株式会社 Tape printer
1995-10-04 JP JP25777095A patent/JP3533779B2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
1996-09-30 US US08/723,091 patent/US5829897A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
1996-10-02 DE DE1996620530 patent/DE69620530T2/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
1996-10-02 EP EP19960115825 patent/EP0767066B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
1996-10-04 CN CN96120137A patent/CN1092111C/en not_active IP Right Cessation
1996-10-04 KR KR1019960043870A patent/KR100239156B1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
1998-12-22 HK HK98114776A patent/HK1013414A1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
US5829897A (en) 1998-11-03
DE69620530D1 (en) 2002-05-16
EP0767066A2 (en) 1997-04-09
KR100239156B1 (en) 2000-01-15
JP3533779B2 (en) 2004-05-31
DE69620530T2 (en) 2002-08-08
CN1151552A (en) 1997-06-11
EP0767066B1 (en) 2002-04-10
EP0767066A3 (en) 1998-09-16
KR970022838A (en) 1997-05-30
JPH0999609A (en) 1997-04-15
HK1013414A1 (en) 2003-02-14
JP2011183715A (en) 2011-09-22 Printing device and printing method
JPH079689A (en) 1995-01-13 Graphic product forming method and device using sheet material
US7417657B2 (en) 2008-08-26 Thermal printer and printing method
EP0159673B1 (en) 1990-10-31 Thermal transfer color recording apparatus and recording method
1997-06-11 PB01 Publication
Termination date: 20141004