摘要:
Where consecutive printing of images is suspended temporarily en route and printing is thereafter reinitiated, it is aimed to print without creating a portion left blank on a web of paper. A digital printing method which comprises: printing timing marks 24a and 24b for each of images 23; in reprinting after printing is temporarily suspended en route, feeding a web of paper 3 to travel backwards so that a plurality of images and timing marks printed thereon before printing is temporarily suspended move towards upstream of a digital printer 4 and thereafter feeding the web of paper to travel forwards again, and counting by mark sensors 25a and 25b, upstream of the digital printer, the number of such timing marks moving in each of the backward feed and forward re-feed of the web of paper; and when the number of counts of the timing marks counted in the forward re-feed coincides with the number of counts of the timing marks counted in the backward feed, reinitiating to print consecutive images from a position following an image last printed 23a before printing is temporarily suspended, wherein when the web of paper is fed to travel backwards, the web of paper upstream of an upstream side paper feed roll unit 6a is brought back to and stored in a buffer unit 12 having a paper path whose length is made variable.
摘要:
Provided is a printer in which attachment and detachment manipulation of a platen roller can be easily performed, in which the platen roller can be retained with high reliability at a time of attachment, and in which downsizing of the entire printer is achieved due to use of the platen roller smaller in diameter. A printer (1) includes: a rocking member (22) including a bearing portion (22a) for axially supporting a platen roller (21); a latch member (23) coupled to the rocking member so as to be rotatable about a rotary axis (L2) that is non-coaxial with and parallel to a platen axis (L1); a protrusion (31 a) provided to the latch member; and a stationary frame (40) to which a recording head (42) is fixed, in which: the stationary frame includes a first recess (45) into which the bearing portion is disengageably fitted, the first recess retaining the platen roller at a position of facing the recording head, and a second recess (46) into which, after the bearing portion is fitted, the protrusion is disengageably fitted; and the bearing portion is undisengageable from inside the first recess while the protrusion is fitted, and is disengageable from inside the first recess after the protrusion is disengaged.
摘要:
A thermal activation device (10), includes: heating means (11) for thermally activating a heat-sensitive adhesive layer of a sheet material (3) having the heat-sensitive adhesive layer; a platen unit (18) that includes a platen roller (12) for conveying the sheet material (3), the platen roller (12) being brought into press contact with the heating means (11), the platen unit (18) being movable in a direction for bringing the platen roller (12) into and out of contact with the heating means (11); and a platen lock mechanism (19) for locking the platen roller (12) and the heating means (11) into press contact with each other, the platen lock mechanism (19) including lock arms (32a, 32b) that are rotatable and engaged with the platen unit (18), and urging means (24) for urging the lock arms (32a, 32b) in a direction for bringing the lock arms (32a, 32b) into engagement with the platen roller (12), wherein the platen lock mechanism (19) includes a shaft member (33) provided in one of the platen unit (18) and the lock arms (32a, 32b), and an engagement recess (37) which is provided in the other and with which the shaft member (33) is engaged, and wherein an outer diameter of the shaft member (33) is smaller than one of an outer diameter of a rotary shaft (25) of the platen roller (12) and an outer diameter of a bearing (26) that supports the rotary shaft (25). The heating means (11) is supported by a rotary support member (22), the lock arms (32a, 32b) and one end of said rotary support member (22) are supported by a rotation support shaft (23) so as to be rotatable, and the urging means (24) is a compression coil spring provided between the rotary support member (22) and a spring support piece (39) such that the heating means (11) is brought into press contact with the platen roller (12).
摘要:
A thermal activation device includes a platen lock mechanism (19) for locking a platen roller (12) and a thermal activation head (11) into press contact with each other, the platen lock mechanism (19) including lock arms (32a and 32b) provided to be rotatable and engaged with a platen unit (18), and a compression coil spring (24) which urges the lock arms (32a and 32b) so as to bring the lock arms (32a and 32b) into engagement with the platen roller (18). The plate lock mechanism (19) includes lock pins (33) provided in the platen unit (18), and engagement grooves (37) which are provided in the lock arms (32a and 32b) and with which the lock pins (33) are engaged. Moreover, in the platen lock mechanism (19), in a state where the thermal activation head (11) is in press contact with the platen roller (12), an axis of the lock pins (33) is provided at a position farther than a position of a rotation center of the platen roller (12) with respect to a rotation center of the lock arms (32a and 32b).
摘要:
In an apparatus (1) having a roller (14) for driving a record carrier (5), and having a motor (21) which is switchable between a first direction of rotation (22) and a second direction of rotation (23), by means of which in its first direction of rotation (22) the roller (14) is drivable to drive a record carrier (5), and having a printing device (32) which extends parallel to the roller (14), at least one shaft section (16, 17) connected to the roller (14) forms part of drive means (47, 48) for driving at least one actuating device (45, 46) for moving the printing device (32) away from the roller (14), the drive means (47, 48) further comprising a unidirectional coupling (49, 50) arranged adjacent the actuating device (45, 46) and drivable via the shaft section (16, 17), which coupling forms a drive transmission between the shaft section (16, 17) and the actuating device (45, 46) in the second direction of rotation (23) of the motor (21).