JP2954116B2 - Recording 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 recording apparatus (hereinafter referred to as a recording apparatus).
Related to referred to as a rewrite card reader-writer), in particular, about the rewrite card reader Writer with improved print quality and erasing quality.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A rewritable card reader / writer is a device capable of writing or erasing visible information by applying heat to a recording medium called a rewritable card. Generally, usable rewritable cards are limited for each device. .

However, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-276683 discloses a rewritable card reader / writer which can select and set the printing energy and erasing temperature for each card type by recognizing the card type so that various types of rewritable cards can be used. Proposed.

FIG. 9 shows a flowchart of a processing procedure in the proposed conventional apparatus.

Referring to FIG. 9, when a rewritable card is inserted into a recording apparatus, the manufacturer of the inserted card is determined (step 1), and printing energy and erasing temperature are set based on the result of the determination (step 1). Step 2). Next, after erasing (step 3) and printing (step 4) are performed according to the setting data, the data is ejected, and the process ends.

[0006]

The first problem is that it is not easy to switch the currently used rewrite card to another type of rewrite card while the rewritable card reader / writer system is operating. .

The reason is that every time the type of rewrite card to be used is increased, it is necessary to newly register parameter data of an appropriate print energy and an appropriate erase temperature for the increased type of rewrite card in the recording apparatus. .

A second problem is that the printing quality and the erasing quality tend to vary among recording apparatuses.

The reason is that, for example, the resistance values of the print head and the erasing head, which affect the values of the printing energy and the erasing temperature, differ between the recording devices, but the difference between the recording devices. Cannot be corrected, and even if the same parameter data is set, there is a difference in the printing energy and the erasing temperature actually applied to the rewrite card between the recording apparatuses.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and it is possible to easily perform a plurality of types of rewrite card switching operations, and to always perform a rewrite card switching operation in any of a plurality of devices. An object of the present invention is to provide a rewritable card reader / writer capable of obtaining stable printing quality and erasing quality.

[0011]

Recording equipment in SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a recording medium on which recording and erasing of visible information is performed by applying heat (hereinafter, referred to as rewritable card) and a magnetic head for reading magnetic data A magnetic data controller for controlling magnetic data, an erasing head for erasing visible data on the rewritable card, a printing head for printing visible data on the rewritable card, and a printing energy for controlling printing and erasing on the rewritable card.・ It has an erasing temperature control section, and the printing energy / erasing temperature control section has a printing energy / erasing temperature parameter data table and a printing energy / erasing temperature parameter data correcting section. Data table and printing energy
The erasing temperature parameter data correction unit is a matrix data table, and the matrix data table has each parameter data formed in a stepwise manner. The selection is performed by making a selection, and the selection of a row or a column can be individually set for each rewritable card reader / writer.

Further, after selecting the printing energy and erasing temperature parameter data corresponding to the rewrite card from the printing energy / erasing temperature parameter data table, the printing energy and erasing temperature parameter data are corrected so that the printing energy and the erasing temperature of the rewrite card are corrected. Is determined, and the correction means for the print energy and erasure temperature parameter data is a correction means for integrating the print energy and erasure temperature parameter data with the correction value unique to the rewritable card reader / writer.

[0013]

[0014]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the recording apparatus of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the recording apparatus of the present invention includes a magnetic head unit 3 for reading magnetic data of a rewritable card 1, a magnetic data control unit 5 for controlling magnetic data, and an erasing head for erasing visible data of the rewritable card 1. A print head unit 2 for printing visible data on the rewritable card 1, and a printing energy / erasing temperature control unit 6 for controlling printing and erasing on the rewritable card 1 inserted in the apparatus. In the erasing temperature control section 6, a printing energy / erasing temperature parameter data table 6a and a printing energy / erasing temperature parameter data correcting section 6b are incorporated. It should be noted that a printing energy code and an erasing temperature code corresponding to the rewritable card 1 are recorded in the rewritable card 1 in advance as magnetic data.

FIG. 2 shows the recording apparatus 20 of the present invention shown in FIG.
Table 6a of printing energy / erasing temperature parameter data incorporated in the printing energy / erasing temperature control unit 6 of FIG.
FIG. 6 is a matrix data diagram showing a first embodiment of a print energy / erasing temperature parameter data correction unit 6b.

Referring to FIG. 2, the first row of the matrix contains a printing energy code table (Pl to P24) and an erasing temperature code table (El to E33). The first column of the matrix, corresponding to the temperature code, indicates the set value of the dip switch provided in the recording device 20 for correcting the actual application level of the printing energy and the erasing temperature to the reference value. The values in the second row and the second column indicate print energy parameter data and erase temperature parameter data. Here, the parameter data increases by the amount of the basic parameter data toward the right side and the lower side in the matrix. The parameter data in the matrix includes print energy parameter data and erase temperature parameter data corresponding to all the rewrite cards 1 used.

FIG. 3 shows a first embodiment of magnetic encoding on a recording medium (rewrite card) 1 used in the recording apparatus 20 of the present invention. FIG. 3 (a) shows a
3 (b) shows a b-type rewritable card 11b of Company B. Referring to FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b), the magnetic data in the a-type rewritable card 11a of Company A Is "P" as the printing energy code.
5 ”,“ E7 ”as the erase temperature code, and b
In the magnetic data of the type rewritable card 11b, "P8" as a print energy code and "E3" as an erasing temperature code are respectively encoded in predetermined positions, and in this state, the rewritable cards 11a and 11b are stored in the recording device 20.
Used in.

Next, the operation of the recording apparatus 20 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of the processing procedure and FIGS.

When the Company A a-type rewritable card 11a shown in FIG. 3A is inserted into the recording apparatus 20 of the present invention, the printing energy code and the erasing temperature code of the rewritable card 11a are used as step 1 of the processing procedure shown in FIG. A certain "P
5, E7 "is read, and as step 2, the printing energy and erasing temperature of the rewritable card 11a are determined by the printing energy / erasing temperature control unit 6, and based on the determined values, the visible data is erased (step 3) and the visible data is erased. Printing (step 4) is performed, and then the paper is discharged.

Here, the procedure for determining the printing energy and the erasing temperature in step 2 will be described with reference to FIG.

From the code "P5, E7" read from the inserted rewrite card 11a, the printing energy code "P5" in the printing energy / erasing temperature parameter data table.
The "5" column and the erase temperature code "E7" column are selected.
Note that the correction dip switch is set to “2ON” in advance for the machine difference correction of the actual application level of the printing energy and the erasing temperature in the recording device 20, and thus “2O” is set.
The “N” row is selected, and the printing energy parameter data “78” and the erasing temperature parameter data “A0” (not displayed) at the intersection of the selected column and the selected row are the printing energy setting values for the inserted rewrite card 11a. And the erasing temperature set values, the printing energy and the erasing temperature are determined based on the set values, and erasing and printing are performed based on the determined values.

Further, when the b-type b rewritable card 11b shown in FIG. 3B is inserted into the recording apparatus of the present invention,
The code "P8, E3" is read into the recording device in the same processing procedure as when the type rewrite card 11a is inserted, and the print energy parameter data "84" is read in step 3.
(Not displayed) and erase temperature parameter data "98"
Are the set values of the printing energy and the erasing temperature to be applied. The printing energy and the erasing temperature are determined by these set values, and the erasing and printing are performed based on the determined values.

Next, will be described with reference to the drawings a second embodiment of the recording device 2 0 of the present invention.

FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment of the printing energy / erasing temperature code table 6a incorporated in the printing energy / erasing temperature control section 6 of the recording apparatus of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5, the first line is code numbers 1 to 33, and the second and third lines are print energy parameter data and erase temperature parameter data respectively corresponding to each code number.

FIG. 6 shows a second embodiment of the printing energy / erasing temperature parameter data correcting section 6b incorporated in the printing energy / erasing temperature control section 6 of the recording apparatus 20 of the present invention. The printing energy / erasing temperature parameter data correction unit 6b corrects a variation (hereinafter referred to as a machine difference) correction value (p) of the printing energy code data among the recording devices 20 and a machine difference correction value (e) of the erasing temperature code data. Is a value that can be arbitrarily set for each recording device 20.
The printing energy and erasing temperature actually applied are shown in FIG.
Is determined by the product of each parameter data obtained from the printing energy / erasing temperature parameter data table shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 shows an example of magnetic encoding of a printing energy code and an erasing temperature code on the rewritable card 1 in the second embodiment of the recording apparatus 20 of the present invention. For example, the print energy code "3" and the erasure temperature code "8" are previously encoded at predetermined positions in the magnetic data of the a-type card 11a of Company A.

Next, the operation of the recording apparatus 20 according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, when the Company A a-type rewritable card 11a shown in FIG. 7 is inserted into the recording apparatus of the present invention, as step 1 of the processing procedure shown in FIG. 9, the printing energy code and the erasing temperature code of the rewritable card 11a are set to " 3,
8 "is read, and the printing energy and the erasing temperature of the rewrite card 11a are selected by the printing energy / erasing temperature control section 6 as a step 2-1. Then, the erasing temperature is determined. Based on the determined value, the erasing of the visible data (step 3) and the printing of the visible data (step 4) are performed, and then the ejection is performed.

Here, the procedure for determining the printing energy and the erasing temperature in step 2 will be described with reference to FIGS.
Based on the codes "3, 8" read from the inserted card, printing energy parameter data "68" and erasing temperature parameter data "9E" are selected from the printing energy / erasing temperature parameter data table of FIG. In the machine difference correction unit shown in FIG. 6, the parameter data and the machine difference correction values "p" and "e" are integrated, and the set print energy setting value and erase temperature applied to the inserted rewritable card 11a are determined based on the respective integrated data. Erasing and printing are performed according to the determined values.

When the Company B b-type rewritable card 11b shown in FIG. 7 is inserted into the recording apparatus 20 of the present invention, the recording apparatus 2 is rewritten in the same manner as the processing procedure of the Company A a-type rewritable card 11a.
The code “6, 4” is read within 0, and the machine energy correction value “p” is added to the printing energy parameter data “74” and the erasing temperature parameter data “96” in Step 2;
"E" is integrated, the printing energy applied to the rewrite card 11b and the erasing temperature are determined based on each integrated value, and erasing and printing are performed based on the determined values.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, rewritable card reader Writer of the present invention, the printing energy-erasing temperature control unit of the rewritable card reader within writer, printing energy-erasing temperature parameter data table and the printing energy erasing temperature With a simple configuration including a parameter data correction unit, switching between a plurality of types of rewrite cards can be performed without specially updating set values of printing energy and erasing temperature, and a print head or an erase head. Even if there is a difference in the characteristic values that affect the actual applied level such as the resistance value of, there is an effect that stable printing quality and erasing quality can always be ensured.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a recording equipment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a matrix data diagram showing a first embodiment of a printing energy / erasing temperature parameter data table and a printing energy / erasing temperature parameter data correction unit of the recording apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a first embodiment of encoding a print energy code and an erasing temperature code on a recording medium used in the recording apparatus of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart showing a first embodiment of the recording equipment for the processing procedure of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a matrix data diagram showing a second embodiment of a printing energy / erasing temperature parameter data table of the recording apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a second embodiment of a printing energy / erasing temperature parameter data correction unit of the recording apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a second embodiment of encoding a print energy code and an erasing temperature code on a recording medium used in the recording apparatus of the present invention.

8 is a flowchart showing a second embodiment of the recording equipment for the processing procedure of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a conventional recording apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Recording medium (rewrite card) 2 Print head part 3 Magnetic head part 4 Erase head part 5 Magnetic data control part 6 Print energy / erase temperature control part 6a Print energy / erase temperature parameter data table 6b Print energy / erase temperature parameter data correction Part 11a Company A a-type rewrite card 11b Company B b-type rewrite card 20 Recording device (rewrite card reader / writer)

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (56) References JP-A-7-276683 (JP, A) JP-A-4-338559 (JP, A) JP-A-4-323049 (JP, A) 42709 (JP, A) JP-A-7-256908 (JP, A) JP-A 8-39838 (JP, A) JP-A 4-112079 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) B41J 2/32 B41J 2/36 B41M 5/26 B41M 5/36 B42D 15/10 G06K 17/00

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. Recording visible information by applying heat
A magnetic head unit for reading magnetic data of a recording medium (hereinafter, referred to as a rewritable card) to be erased, a magnetic data control unit for controlling magnetic data, an erasing head unit for erasing visible data of the rewritable card, A print head for printing visible data on the rewritable card; and a print energy / erase temperature controller for controlling printing and erasure on the rewritable card. A recording apparatus comprising a temperature parameter data table and a print energy / erasing temperature parameter data correction unit. 2. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printing energy / erasing temperature parameter data table and the printing energy / erasing temperature parameter data correction section are matrix data tables. 3. The printing energy of the rewrite card is selected by selecting printing energy and erasing temperature parameter data corresponding to the rewrite card from the printing energy / erasing temperature parameter data table, and then correcting the printing energy and the erasing temperature parameter data. 2. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an erase temperature is determined. 4. The matrix data table, wherein each parameter data is formed in a step-like manner, and the correction of the parameter data is performed by selecting a row or a column in the matrix data table, and the correction of the row or the column is performed. The choice is
The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting can be individually performed for each recording apparatus. 5. The printing energy and erasing temperature parameter data correcting means for integrating printing energy and erasing temperature parameter data with a correction value unique to the recording apparatus. Recording device.