JPH01310982A - Recording apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the discrimination of an assortment destination by employing a system only looking a carried recording medium from the side without unloading the recording medium by recording a predetermined pattern on the edge part of a predetermined recording medium so that a predetermined discrimination mark appears on the side surface of the recording medium in a carried state. CONSTITUTION:When the printing operation of a page is finished, a CPU 1 reads assortment destination discriminating data from an assortment destination register 5 to access the present page number from a page counter 6 and reads the original form image of the pattern of an assortment destination from a character pattern generator (CG)2 on the basis of said data. Further, this original form pattern is processed into a proper form as an assortment pattern corresponding to the present page number and developed at the position corresponding to the edge part of a recording medium S on an image buffer 3 and the image on the buffer 3 is printed on the recording medium S by a printing means 4. By printing a rectangular assortment pattern P having a proper width at every proper page, a character as a discrimination mark showing an assortment destination is formed to the side surface of the recording medium S in a carried state.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a recording device such as a printing press, a copying machine, a laser beam printer, etc., and particularly relates to a recording device capable of loading a large capacity recorded recording medium. .

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in this type of device, a device is known that can record a specific mark so that recorded recording media can be distinguished in a loaded state. In other words, in this device, when recording desired information, a specific pattern (hereinafter referred to as "sorting mark") corresponding to the sorting is also recorded on the edge of the recording medium, and the recording is performed. Recorded recording media can be easily sorted by visually identifying the marks when they are loaded on a media tray or the like in the horizontal direction.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, in such a conventional example, although it is possible to easily distinguish the stacked recording media into bundles by identifying the marks in the sorting, each bundle Previously, the specific sorting of the media could not be identified without actually looking at the recording surface of the loaded recording media.

In this case, in order to identify the destination of sorting the lower part of a large stack of recording media, it is necessary to move many recording media, which is a complicated and burdensome task. It needed work.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art described above, and its purpose is to simply view the loaded recording media from the side without loading or unloading the recording media. The purpose of sorting is to provide a recording device that can easily identify the items.

(Means for Solving the Problem) In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, a predetermined identification mark appears on the side of the loaded recording medium.
The apparatus includes means for recording a predetermined pattern on the edge of a predetermined recording medium.

(Function) In the present invention having the above configuration, a predetermined pattern is recorded on the edge of a predetermined recording medium. When this recording medium is loaded, a predetermined identification mark appears on its side.

Therefore, if this mark is predetermined to indicate, for example, sorting first, etc., it becomes clear at a glance which sorting medium corresponds to the recording medium.

(Example) The present invention will be explained below based on illustrated embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a print control block diagram of an embodiment of a recording apparatus according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a CPU, which analyzes print data input from an external data input means, develops images of print data, and the like. 2 is a character that generates a pattern image for the character code from CPt11.
It is a generator (character pattern generator, hereinafter referred to as CG2), and numeral 3 is an image buffer for storing one page worth of pattern images generated by CG2, which is connected to printing means 4, which will be described later. 5 is a destination register that stores the destination identification information for sorting the print data currently being printed; 6
are page counters that store the page number currently being printed, and are each connected to the CPU 1. In the figure, thick arrows indicate the flow of print data, and thin arrows indicate the flow of control data.

FIG. 2 shows a schematic configuration of the printing means 4 of this embodiment. The printing means 4 is a printer that records a desired image and sorting pattern on the recording medium S using an electrophotographic method. That is, in the printing means 4, an optical signal generating means 40 consisting of a laser unit or the like is driven based on the pattern image stored in the image buffer 3, and an optical signal is irradiated onto the photosensitive drum 41 to form an image latent image and a predetermined image. Form a pattern latent image. Then, this latent image is visualized as a toner image by a developing device (not shown), and the recording medium S taken out from the paper feed mechanism 42 is transferred to the conveyance path 43.
The toner image on the drum surface is transferred to the recording medium S by the discharge of the transfer charger 44 at a predetermined timing. Thereafter, the transferred image on the recording medium S is fixed by a fixing device 45, and the recording medium S is discharged onto a paper discharge tray 46 and stacked thereon.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a series of printing procedures in this embodiment.

In the figure, prior to a series of printing, the CPU stores the sorting destination identification information in the sorting destination register 5 (step ■) and initializes the page counter 6 according to the control information from the data input means. (Step ■).

Next, the print data input from the data input means is
The pattern image generated from the CG 2 is analyzed by the PUI and is developed and stored in the image buffer 3 based on the character code, and the printing means 4 is driven based on this printing information to print the printing data (step ■). . This operation is then repeated until the end of the page (step ■).

When the printing operation for the page is completed, the CPU 1 reads out the sorting destination identification information from the sorting destination register 5 (Step ■), accesses the current page number from the page counter 6 (Step ■), and stores this information. Based on this, the original image of the previous pattern is read out from CG2 (step 2).

Furthermore, this original image is processed into an appropriate pattern according to the current page number (for example, enlarging the image in the scanning line direction, extracting one raster line corresponding to the current page number from the original image, the recording medium S on the image buffer 3.
The image on the buffer 3 is printed on the recording medium S by the printing means 4 (step -).

When the printing operation for one page is completed, the page counter 6 is updated in step aO1)). After that, it is determined whether printing up to a predetermined page has been completed (step 2). Here, if it is determined that printing has not been completed, the process returns to step (2) and the next page is printed.

FIG. 4 shows a stacked state of recording media S on which patterns have been printed.

As shown in the figure, by printing a pattern P on the edge of each recording medium for each appropriate page using the above-mentioned method, the pattern P is printed on the edge of each recording medium in a rectangular manner with an appropriate width. Characters are formed on each section to serve as identification marks indicating the destination of the sort.

FIGS. 5(a) to 5(c) show various examples of sorting patterns P, and are viewed from the front with recording media S loaded thereon. As shown in FIG. 5(a), the side of the stacked recording media S is marked with "
The characters ``Personnel Department'', ``Design Department'', and ``Osaka Branch'' are formed, and the sorting of each bundle of recording media S can be identified at a glance.

FIG. 5(b) shows an example in which a pattern P is recorded on the edge of each recording medium S so that a barcode B is formed on the side of the loaded recording medium S. In this example, the barcode can be identified both on the printed surface and when viewed from the side, which is very convenient. In addition, if the barcode reader, sorter, and conveyance means are provided as a unit, the sorting and delivery of the recording media S can be easily automated.

FIG. 5(c) shows the printing start date and time on the side of the recording medium S,
- This is an example of printing the total job number during the day. In this example, the pattern signal for sorting does not necessarily need to be input from the outside, but can be easily generated from the recording device itself using a timer, counter, etc.
This has the effect of simplifying the device configuration.

In this embodiment, printing means using an electrophotographic method was used as a means for recording patterns for sorting.
The present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a thermal printing method, an electrostatic printing method, or other types of printing means may be used.

In addition, as for the place where the pattern is formed, the sorting can be done at any part of the edge of the recording medium, and if the area is easily visible when the recording media are stacked or the part that is easy to read with a barcode reader etc. is selected as appropriate. good.

Furthermore, the present invention can be widely applied not only to the above-mentioned printer but also to various printers, printing machines, copying machines, etc. that load recorded recording media.

(Effects of the Invention) The present invention having the above-described configuration and operation includes means for recording a predetermined pattern on the edge of a predetermined recording medium. It is possible to identify the end of the sort just by looking at it, and the sorting of recording media can be performed easily.

In particular, when recording media on which multiple data groups are recorded are to be sorted and sent to a destination, for example, the data groups are delivered together in units of copies, and the sorting into corresponding units is performed in each unit. In such cases, it is possible to collectively identify the recording media in units of units to be delivered, so there is no need to load and unload the recording media for each related data group, and as a result, sorting and delivery work can be simplified. Significant labor savings can be achieved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a print control system of an embodiment of a recording device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a printing means of the embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a print control operation of the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a perspective view schematically showing the sorting pattern recorded on the recording medium, and FIG. 5(a) to c
) shows various examples of sorting patterns, and is an explanatory view of stacked recording media viewed from the horizontal direction. Explanation of symbols 1...CPU 2...Character generator 3...Image buffer 4...Printing means 5...Previous register 6
...Bage counter D...Data input means P...
・Assortment is pattern S...Recording medium Figure 1 Figure 4

Claims (5)

[Claims] (1) A recording device comprising means for recording a predetermined pattern on the edge of a predetermined recording medium so that a predetermined identification mark appears on the side surface of the loaded recording medium. (2) The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pattern is recorded on each predetermined page of a recording medium. (3) The recording apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the pattern changes according to the page number of each page. (4) The recording device according to claim 2, wherein the pattern can be specified from outside the device. (5) The recording apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising means for determining the pattern.