JP3414284B2 - Paper output device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sheet output device, and more particularly to a sheet output device for printing on a plurality of sheets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional paper output device, as shown in FIG. 5, is a paper tray 20 on which a plurality of papers to be printed can be set.
1, a printer 202 for printing on paper, and a paper tray 2
01 to the printer 202, and a paper feed mechanism 203 having one or more rollers.

Further, the paper tray 201 has two slide-type horizontal paper guides 205 capable of accommodating paper of any size and a slide-type or foldable vertical paper guide 206. It is formed so that the guides are adjusted according to the paper size and the paper 204 used for printing is set.

Further, the printer 202 includes a roller 208 that conveys and discharges a fed sheet, a sheet feed sensor 209 that detects that the sheet has been fed, a carriage 211 that sets an ink ribbon cartridge 210, and a roller. It is composed of a motor 213 for rotating the motor and a control means 212.

As shown in FIG. 5, the operation of the paper output device is as follows. First, the operator adjusts the paper guides 205 and 206 to the size of the paper used for printing, and the paper 204 to be printed on the paper tray 201. Set.

Secondly, when printing is performed by the operation of the operator, the rollers of the paper feeding mechanism 203 start to rotate,
When the sheet 204 set in the sheet tray 201 is conveyed to the one-sheet printer 202, the sheet feed sensor 209 detects the sheet and the control unit 212 controls the motor 213 to feed the sheet to a predetermined position.

Thirdly, the printer 2 is loaded from the paper tray 201.
After arbitrary data is printed on the paper 204 conveyed to 02, the roller 208 is rotated by the control of the motor 213 and the printed paper is ejected. From one paper tray or feeder that can correspond to each size, It was possible to continuously print and eject paper by repeating the operation of feeding the paper to be printed one by one to the printer mechanism and printing.

[0008]

However, since the conventional paper output device prints paper one by one, it takes a long time to print, and by using a paper tray that also has various paper sizes, it is possible to remove postcards. There is a problem that the unused space of the paper tray becomes large when printing is performed on paper having a small size such as.

Further, in the case of performing full-color printing on a postcard in a thermal transfer printer, the number of cycles of the ink ribbon in full-color printing increases, so that the unused portion generated in the switching portion of each color of the ink ribbon becomes long, and There was a problem of waste.

Further, either of the sheets set in parallel
May be misaligned in the vertical direction, or multiple papers may be
When feeding and printing on paper,
There is a problem that malfunctions may occur.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to print on a plurality of sheets of paper at the same time and correct misalignment in the vertical direction of the sheets.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a paper output device that prevents malfunctions due to paper misfeeds .

[0012]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the paper output apparatus of the present invention comprises one paper tray or one feeder for storing a plurality of printing papers, and the above-mentioned one.
A paper guide for setting a plurality of printing sheets in parallel stored in One paper trays or one feeder, a feeding means for feeding the printing paper of the multi <br/> number in parallel, set in parallel with said feeding means A printing mechanism that prints on a plurality of printing sheets, a discharging unit that discharges the plurality of sheets printed by the printing mechanism in parallel, and a sheet conveyed in parallel is detected in each path,
Each of the detection means for counting time and the detection hand
The amount of time deviation detected by the step is compared, and the motor is
It has a control means for driving it upright .

A paper output device according to a second aspect of the present invention is the paper output device according to the first aspect.
In the paper output device described above, the detection means further comprises
Detect one of the printing sheets set in parallel
When performing cueing, advance to the other paper feed position.
Presence of the other paper feed by moving
It is characterized by having a reading means for sensing.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a paper output device according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a paper output device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the paper output device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the paper output apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a paper tray 1 on which a plurality of arbitrary papers 4 used for printing can be set, and a printer for printing on papers. 2 and a paper feed mechanism 3 having one or more rollers for transporting paper from the paper tray 1 to the printer 2.

Further, the paper tray 1 is a slide type lateral 2 so that it can accommodate any paper 4 used for printing.
It has a sheet guide 5 and a slide or foldable vertical sheet guide 6, and a detachable sheet guide 7 can be set between two sheet guides 4 in the horizontal direction.

Further, the printer 2 has rollers 8 for conveying and discharging the fed paper, a sensor 9 for detecting the feeding of the paper, and a carriage 11 for setting an ink ribbon cartridge 10 used for printing. And a scanner 15 attached to the carriage, a control means 12 for controlling the printer, and a motor 13 for driving the roller 8 and the paper feeding mechanism and discharging the paper.

Next, the operation of the paper output device according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The operation of the paper output apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention is, as shown in FIGS.
The paper guides 5, 6 and 7 of the paper tray 1 are adjusted according to the size of the postcard 4 used for printing, and a plurality of postcards 4 are stacked and set in parallel.

Secondly, when printing is performed by the operation of the operator, the motor 13 is driven by the command of the control means 12 and the rollers of the paper feed mechanism 3 and the rollers 8 of the printer 2 start to rotate. As a result, two postcards 4 set in parallel on the paper tray 1 are simultaneously conveyed to the printer 2. At this time, the sensor 9 senses one of the sheets, and the sheet is indexed to a predetermined position. Further, since the scanner 15 which has been moved to the other sheet feeding position in advance senses the presence or absence of sheet feeding, it is possible to prevent malfunction due to misfeed.

Thirdly, any data is printed on the postcard 4 conveyed from the paper tray 1 to the printer 2. At this time, when full-color printing is performed, arbitrary data is printed on A4. At this time, when performing full-color printing, the ink ribbon cartridge 10 corresponding to the A4 width is used.
Can be used. Then, the printed paper is discharged by the control means 12 rotating the roller 8 of the printer 2.

Therefore, it is possible to shorten the printing time by simultaneously printing two postcards by using the paper tray 1 capable of printing paper of any size. In addition, the ink ribbon can be saved during full-color printing.

Next, a paper output device according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a paper output device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a paper output device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

The paper output device according to the second embodiment of the present invention is, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a paper tray 101.
And a printer 102, a paper feed mechanism 103, and a paper 104 to be printed. The paper tray 101 includes a paper guide 105, a slide type, a foldable type, or a detachable type.
The printer 102 includes a roller 108, a paper feed sensor 109, an ink ribbon cartridge 110, a carriage 111, and a control unit 112.
And motors 113 and 114 for rotating the rollers.

Next, the operation of the paper output device according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The operation of the paper output device according to the second embodiment of the present invention is, as shown in FIGS.
The sheets 104 set in parallel on the sheet tray 101 are conveyed to the printer 102 by the operation of the operator.

Secondly, the paper feed sensor 109 set in the printer 102 detects the papers conveyed in parallel on each path and counts the time respectively. The control means 112 compares the amounts of time lag and the motors 113, 1
By driving 14 independently, the misalignment in the vertical direction of the sheet is corrected and printing is started for any one of the parallel sheets.

Therefore, as in the first embodiment, the printed paper is ejected by the paper ejection mechanism of the printer 102. In the second embodiment, in addition to the effect shown in the first embodiment, the printing position is changed. It is possible to realize printing with improved accuracy.

[0033]

As described above, according to the paper output apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to set a plurality of papers in parallel in one paper tray or feeder for storing the papers to be printed, thereby continuously printing a plurality of sheets at the same time. use it becomes possible, pressurized example the effect of shortening the printing time, which is conveyed in parallel to
Detects paper in each path and counts time
The motor is independent by comparing the amount of time deviation with the detection means.
It is characterized by having a control means driven by
Therefore, for any one of the stacked papers,
There is an effect that the deviation can be corrected and printing can be started .

Further, according to the paper output apparatus of the present invention, when a plurality of full-color sheets are continuously printed on a postcard in a thermal transfer printer at the same time, an ink ribbon corresponding to an A4 width is used, thereby reducing the unused portion of the ink ribbon. It is possible to save the ink ribbon.

According to another aspect of the paper output device of the present invention.
For example, in the paper output device according to claim 1, further
For one of the printing sheets set in parallel by the detection means
When detecting the paper and performing the cueing, the other paper
By having a reading means that moves to the card position,
Characterized by sensing the presence or absence of the other paper feed
Therefore, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of malfunction due to misfeed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a paper output device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the paper output device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a paper output device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a paper output device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a conventional paper output device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 101, 201 Paper tray 2, 102, 202 Printer 3, 103, 203 Paper feeding mechanism 4, 104, 204 Paper to be printed 5, 6, 7, 105, 106, 107, 205, 206
Paper guide 8, 108, 208 Roller 9, 109, 209 Paper feed sensor 10, 110, 210 Ink ribbon cartridge 11, 111, 211 Carriage 12, 112, 212 Control means 13, 113, 114, 213 Motor 15, 115 Scanner

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] And 1. A plurality of printing sheets one one paper tray or storing of the feeder, the paper guide to set a plurality of print sheets in parallel stored in the one paper tray or one feeder, the a supply means for feeding a plurality of print sheets in parallel, the print mechanism to print the plurality of print paper loaded in parallel supplying means, discharging means for discharging the plurality of printed sheets printed by the printing mechanism in parallel When, the sheet conveyed in parallel detected in each path, at each
Comparing the detection means for counting the interval and the time shift amount detected by the detection means,
A sheet output device , comprising: a control unit that independently drives a motor . 2. The detecting means are set in parallel.
Detects one of the above-mentioned printing sheets and performs cueing
When moving to the other paper feed position in advance
To read the presence of the other paper feed.
The use according to claim 1, characterized in that it has means for picking up.
Paper output device.