JPH08108580A - Check printer - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To easily, quickly, and accurately input the print start position of a print item that often differs depending on the type of check in a check printing device. A transparent touch panel type keyboard 16 for inputting a desired phrase to be printed on the check paper CK and a print start position for each item is arranged at a position almost directly above the check paper CK accommodated in a tray 42. To do. The user touches the point on the touch panel 20 corresponding to the print start position for each item of the check sheet CK with a finger or the like while looking through the check sheet CK through the keyboard 16. The coordinates of the touch position are stored in the main memory 74 as the print start position of each item.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable check printing device, and more particularly to a technique for printing letters and numbers at predetermined positions on a check sheet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a check print is performed by inputting a letter such as a date of issue of a check, a face value, a payee, and the like, which prints a letter or a number at a predetermined position on a check sheet and displays an updated balance. The device is known (Japanese Patent Publication No. 55-4)
7425, JP-A-62-234959).

[0003]

However, since the position on the check paper for printing letters and numbers differs slightly depending on the check paper of each bank, the position may be misaligned when printed using the check printing device. In some cases, the appearance may be poor, or it may be difficult to distinguish the characters because the lines or frames that have been printed on the check paper in advance overlap the printed characters.

In order to prevent such misalignment, a check printing apparatus provided with a template separately is known. In this check printing device, the template is used in advance to measure the desired print start position to correspond to the line or frame printed on the check paper, and the print start position data is input to the check print device. By the way, at the time of printing, the printing is started from the printing start position determined based on the printing start position data so that the printing is accurately performed at a desired position on the check paper.

However, measuring with this template is very complicated, and since the template is provided separately from the check printing device, the template may be lost. The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and a check print capable of easily, quickly, and accurately starting a print start position and accurately printing characters and numbers at a predetermined position on a check sheet. The purpose is to provide a device.

[0006]

In order to achieve this object, a check printing apparatus according to claim 1 is a check printing apparatus for printing a desired phrase for each item such as date and face value at a predetermined position on a check sheet. There is a lexical input means for inputting a desired lexical phrase to be printed for each item, a print position inputting means for inputting a print start position for each item, a lexical name input by the lexical input means and the printing position. Storage means for storing the print start position input by the input means, a tray for storing the check paper, a check paper carrying means for carrying the check paper from the tray, and the check paper carried by the carrying means. In the check printing apparatus, the check printing device is provided with a printing unit that prints the input phrase from the print start position for each item. The touch panel type coordinate input board,
The check sheets are arranged at a position overlapping substantially above the check sheets stored in the tray.

A check printing apparatus according to a second aspect is the check printing apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein a transparent touch panel type keyboard which replaces the coordinate input board and the keyboard is switched between a key input mode and a coordinate input mode. By providing the switching means, the keyboard also serves as the lexical input means.

[0008]

In the check printing apparatus having the above-mentioned structure, the coordinate input board is arranged at a position substantially above the check sheets stored in the tray, so that the user can input the coordinate input. Check paper can be seen through the board. The user can input the print start position by touching a point on the coordinate input board corresponding to the print start position for each item of the check paper that is visible through the watermark with a finger or the like. Therefore, it is not necessary to measure the check paper when inputting the print start position, and the print start position can be input easily, quickly and accurately.

In the check printing apparatus of the second aspect, the switching means switches the transparent touch panel type keyboard between the key input mode and the coordinate input mode. Operate the keyboard in the coordinate input mode in the same way as above,
The print start position can be input in the same manner as described above. If the keyboard is set to the key input mode, characters or numbers to be printed can be input. The characters and numbers input here are accurately printed from the print start position input as described above. Since the keyboard serves as both the token input means and the print position input means, the mechanism can be further simplified.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show a check printing device 1
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the outer appearance of 0 (hereinafter, simply referred to as a printing device), and FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1.

First, the main structure of the printer 10 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG.
0 has a housing 12 that serves as an outer shell and houses various mechanisms. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a liquid crystal display 14 for displaying characters, symbols and the like is attached to the housing 12.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, various keys as lexical input means for inputting information such as desired lexical characters to be printed and XY coordinate information are input to the housing 12. As shown in FIG. 2, a transparent touch panel type keyboard 16 that also serves as a print position input means is assembled so as to be openable and closable.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a template 18 capable of describing desired items such as a person's name and a company's name is stored on the side surface of the housing 12 on the lower surface side of the printer 10. It can be taken out at any time. FIG.
As shown in, the keyboard 16 is a transparent touch panel 2
It has 0. On the surface of the touch panel 20, a group of normal alphanumeric keys 22, a bank key 24 for selecting a bank name, a balance inquiry key 26 for displaying a balance, and a confirmation for confirming selection items such as a bank name. Keys 28, left and right cursor keys 30 and 32 for selecting selection items displayed on the liquid crystal display 14, a check key 34 for instructing the start of input by key operation, and a short call for a registered recipient. A sharp (#) key 36, a location key 38 for registering a print start position for each item, a well-known control key 68, and the like are printed, and the keyboard 16 is operated by operating these keys.
Can function as a well-known keyboard.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 7, the touch panel 20 is a resistance value detection system in which resistors are arranged in a matrix along the XY direction at regular intervals (about 0.2 mm intervals). When a certain position of the touch panel 20 is touched with a pressing force of a finger or the like with a finger or the like, the touched position can be specified by scanning the crossing point (Xn and Yn) of the resistors corresponding to the touched position. is there. It should be noted that since it is sufficient that a predetermined or more pressing force is applied in touching, it is possible to touch with a protrusion such as a pen.

The keyboard 16 can be switched between a lexical input mode in which a key corresponding to the touch position is operated and an input corresponding to the key is made, and a coordinate input mode in which the coordinates of the touch position are input. is there.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, this input mode changeover is performed by operating the input mode changeover switch 40 provided on the side surface of the keyboard 16, and this input mode changeover switch 40 is It corresponds to the switching means of the invention.

As described above, in the touch panel 20, the matrix-like interval of the XY coordinates is about 0.2 mm, and as shown in FIG. Has a large touch area,
Multiple intersections of resistors occur. Therefore, in the coordinate input mode, the minimum coordinate value ((X7, Y4) in the example of FIG. 7) is selected in both the X and Y directions.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the printer 1
In the inside of 0, a tray 42 for accommodating the check paper CK is detachably attached almost directly under the keyboard 16, and the check paper CK can be visually recognized through the keyboard 16. Also, on the back side of the keyboard 16,
A plurality of paper feed rollers 46 for pulling out and feeding the check papers CK stored in the tray 42 one by one are provided.

As shown in FIG. 3, inside the housing 12,
A pair of upstream guide frames 48, 48 for guiding the path of the check paper CK fed by the paper feed roller 46, and a plurality of conveyance roller pairs 50 for conveying the check paper CK along the upstream guide frames 48, 48, The check paper CK is conveyed along the downstream guide frames 52 and 52 and the downstream guide frames 52 and 52 that guide the path of the check paper CK that has passed through the upstream guide frames 48 and 48, and is discharged to the outside of the printing apparatus 10. A transport unit 56 including a pair of discharge rollers 54 is provided. Further, inside the casing 12, the upstream guide frame 48,
The print head 58 and the platen 60 are disposed so as to face each other between the print head 58 and the downstream guide frames 52 and 52, and the ribbon cassette 64 that supplies the ribbon 62 between the print head 58 and the platen 60. A check section CK provided with a printing section 66 and conveyed by the conveyance section 56.
It is possible to print letters and symbols such as letters. That is, the above-mentioned transport unit 56 corresponds to the transport means of the present invention, and the printing unit 6
Reference numeral 6 corresponds to the printing means.

The check paper CK printed by the printer 10 has the shape illustrated in FIG.
K, check number D, date field E, payee field F, numerical face value field G, word display field H of that value and underline or frame line corresponding to the position where items such as memo J should be written in advance. It is printed, and it is assumed that the description starts from the vicinity of the beginning of an underline or the like (for example, the positions indicated by K, L, M, N, and P) for each item.

Next, various calculations in the printer 10
The data processing device 70 for executing the control process will be described. In addition, the data processing device 70 is the printing device 1.
Although it is stored inside 0, illustration of the stored state is omitted. As shown in FIG. 4, the data processing device 70 includes a CPU 72 for controlling the entire device and a main memory 7 for storing programs and data necessary for control processing of the CPU 72.
4. A display memory 76 for storing a display image for display on the liquid crystal display 14, a display control unit 78 for display control of the liquid crystal display 14, and a keyboard control unit for performing input processing such as signal conversion from the keyboard 16. It is composed of a print control unit 82 for controlling the operation of 80 and the print unit 66.

Next, the operation of the printing apparatus 10 having the above-mentioned configuration will be described together with the processing executed by the data processing apparatus 70. In the following description, S1, S
2, S3 ... Show step numbers. First, a bank registration process as a preparatory operation for printing will be described.

When the user presses the bank key 24, the data processor 70 causes the liquid crystal display 14 to display "BANK A?". Here, the user
When the bank name is keyed in, for example, "ABCDE" and the enter key 28 is pressed, the bank name is registered in the main memory 74 in correspondence with BANK A. Next, the data processing device 70 causes the liquid crystal display 14 to display “$?”. Here, when the user operates the numeric keys or numeric keys of the alphanumeric key group 22 of the keyboard 16 to input, for example, “5,000” and press the enter key 28,
This amount is registered as the deposit amount of BANK A in the main memory 74, and “BANK” is displayed on the liquid crystal display 14.
A: ABCDE, $ 5,000 ”is displayed. Less than,
In the same procedure, press the bank key 24 to
Enter the bank name and deposit amount of B and BANK C to register.
Since the number of registered bank names is set to three in the printing apparatus 10 of this embodiment, this operation ends when registration up to BANK C is completed. The number of registered bank names is 4
It is also possible to set one or more or two or less.

Next, the printing operation on the check paper CK will be described. Here, the date, payee, and numerical face value to be printed on the check paper CK by the bank (for example, $ 5)
000.00), the word display of the face value (for example, Five
(Thousand 00/100) is slightly different from the lexical position for each item such as a memo, so that the print start position for each item needs to be adjusted in advance. Hereinafter, the print start position registration process for that purpose will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the user operates the input mode selector switch 40 to switch the keyboard 16 to the coordinate input mode. Next, when the user presses the location key 38 (YES in S1), the data processing device 70 displays the bank name of BANK A registered as described above on the liquid crystal display 14 (S2). Next, each time the user presses the left and right cursor keys 30 and 32, the data processing device 70 causes the BAN already registered.
The bank names of KA, B, and C are scrolled and displayed on the liquid crystal display 14 (S3). When the desired bank name is obtained, the user presses the confirm key 28 to determine the bank (YES in S4). Then, the liquid crystal display 14 displays the print items described above in the order of date, payee, face value, word display of the face value, and memo.

First, the data processing device 70 displays "Date :?" on the liquid crystal display 14 (S5). Then, when the user touches a point on the keyboard 16 corresponding to directly above, for example, the K position (see FIG. 6) of the check sheet CK which is transparently seen from the transparent keyboard 16 with a finger or the like, the data processing device 70 inputs the touch. XY according to
The coordinates are displayed on the liquid crystal display 14 as "Date: X = 74, Y.
= 10 "is displayed (S6). Next, when the enter key 28 is pressed (YES in S7), the data processing device 70 stores the coordinates (74, 10) in the main memory 74 as the date printing start position. Subsequently, the data processing device 70 shifts to the registration processing of the print start position for the recipient item,
"Recipient :?" is displayed on the liquid crystal display 14 (S8). When the L position in FIG. 6 is touched with a finger or the like as in the previous case, the data processing device 70 displays the XY coordinates of the position on the liquid crystal display 14 as “Recipient: X = 25, Y.
= 30 ”is displayed (S9). When the confirm key 28 is pressed (YES in S10), the data processing device 70 stores the coordinates (25, 30) in the main memory 74 as the recipient print start position.

In the same manner, the M position of the face value, the N position of the word display of the face value, and the P position of the memo are touch-input in the same manner,
Register (S11-S19). As mentioned above, X
Since the touch area of the finger is larger than the Y-coordinate matrix interval, a plurality of intersections occur (see FIG. 7). In the case of this embodiment, the minimum X coordinate in the X direction (X7 shown in FIG. 7) is set as the beginning position of the character (left end position of the character), and Y
The direction is set so that the minimum Y coordinate (Y4 shown in FIG. 7) becomes the value of the bottom of the character (lower end position of the character).

By the way, when the check paper CK is issued, the payee is often the same when paying for water, gas, telephone, electricity, etc. Therefore, in this printing apparatus 10, the payee is preliminarily used like a speed dial of the telephone. I am able to register. For example, the shortened No. 2 is the electricity bill payee, shortened No. 4 are registered as credit card payment destinations, and these registration items are stored in the template 18 (see FIG.
Please refer to). Further, the registered content of the payee list is stored in the main memory 74 in the printer 10.

The above is the preparation for printing. next,
The printing procedure will be described with reference to the flowchart (FIG. 8) of the printing routine executed by the data processing device 70.
First, prior to printing, the keyboard 16 is opened and the tray 42 in which the check paper CK is stored is stored.
Close 6

When the print routine is started, the data processing device 70 determines whether the tray 42 is set (S
21), if it is set normally (YES in S21)
If the tray 42 is not set (S22), the process proceeds to the next S22.
(NO in 21) Wait for the tray 42 to be set. The data processing device 70 determines in S22 whether the keyboard 16 is in the lexical input mode, and if it is in the lexical input mode (S2
If the coordinate input mode is selected (NO in S22), the process waits for switching to the lexical input mode.

When the check key 34 is pressed in the next S23 (YES in S23), the data processing device 70 displays "PAYMENT ?, DEPOSIT" on the liquid crystal display 14.
? Is displayed (S24), the user operates the left and right cursor keys 30 and 32 to select one (S25), and the enter key 28 is pressed to select PAYME.
Determines whether it is NT or DEPOSIT (Y in S26
S). Here, for example, the following description will be made assuming that “PAYMENT” has been determined. In the next step S27, the data processing device 70 causes the liquid crystal display 14 to display “Check No.
? Is displayed. Here, the user may select, for example, “48
When the user inputs "2" (S28) and presses the enter key 28 (YES in S29), the data processing device 70 stores the input value "482" in the main memory 74 as a check number.

In the next step S28, the liquid crystal display 14 displays a number obtained by adding 1 to the check number immediately before. That is, "483", which is obtained by adding 1 to the check number "482" of this time, is S28 of the next time.
Is displayed on the liquid crystal display 14. When the confirmation key 28 is turned on in this state (YES in S29), "483" displayed on the liquid crystal display 14 is confirmed and stored in the main memory 74. Therefore, when a plurality of check papers CK are successively printed, if the check papers CK are piled up in the tray 42 so that the check papers CK having the smaller check numbers are on top, the smallest check is made in S28 for the first time. Only by inputting the number once, from the next time, it is sufficient to operate the enter key 28. Of course, in S28, it is possible to input a number different from the number displayed on the liquid crystal display 14.

Then, the data processing device 70 displays "DATE?" On the liquid crystal display 14 (S30).
Next, the user inputs the date to be printed on the check paper CK, for example, "1994/09/01" (S31), and presses the confirm key 28 to confirm the date (S3).
If YES, the data processing device 70 stores the date data in the main memory 74. Next, the data processing device 7
0 causes the liquid crystal display 14 to display "PAY TO?" (S33). When the user, for example, key-inputs "# 4" (S34) and confirms the payee by pressing the confirmation key 28 (YES in S35), the data processing device 70 causes the recipient data corresponding to this # 4. The main memory 7
Store in 4. Note that # 4 is the shortened N by the above operation.
o. It means that the credit card payee registered in No. 4 is the payee. Of course, the payee can also input characters via the keyboard 16.

Next, the data processing device 70 displays "$?" On the liquid crystal display 14 (S36). When the user key-in the payment amount, for example, "199.96" (S37) and confirms the payment amount by pressing the confirm key 28 (YES in S38), the data processing device 70 causes the payment amount data to be displayed. Are stored in the main memory 74. Further, the data processing device 70 uses the face value conversion program stored in the main memory 74 in advance to pay the payment amount ($
199.96) is executed to display the words,
The word display (for example, One Hundred Nine
ty-nine 96/100) data is also stored in the main memory 74.

Next, the data processing device 70 displays "MEMO?" On the liquid crystal display 14 (S39).
The user inputs the memo content by the same operation as described above (S4
0) and confirm (YES in S41), the data processing device 70 stores the memo content in the main memory 74. Note that the memo is a copy of the user himself and need not be input unless necessary.

When the enter key 28 is pressed again (YES in S42), the data processing device 70 causes the liquid crystal display 14 to display "PRINT? Y: YES,
"N: NO" is displayed (S43). Here, when the user presses the "Y" key (YES key in S44), the data processing device 70 activates the transport unit 56 and the printing unit 66 to start the printing operation (S45). It is possible to print on a plurality of check papers CK by repeating this procedure, but if you want to know the balance each time, check the balance inquiry key 26.
By pressing (YES in S46), the main memory 7
The updated balance is calculated by the CPU 72 based on the balance stored in step 4 and the input payment amount, and the balance after printing the check paper CK is displayed on the liquid crystal display 14 (S47). In this way, since the updated balance is displayed, the user can always know the new balance and the deposit can be managed easily. Also,
The check number, the payee, the amount of money, and the memo contents input in S28 to S41 can be displayed for each check number or in a list, and for example, the confirmation work at a later date can be easily performed.

As described above, the printing apparatus 10 of this embodiment
Then, the keyboard 16 equipped with the transparent touch panel 20
Since the check paper CK stored in the tray 42 and the check paper CK stored in the tray 42 are arranged substantially vertically, the user can see the check paper CK through the touch panel 20 and see the check paper CK. A point on the touch panel 20 corresponding to each print start position can be touched with a finger or the like to input the print start position. Therefore, it is not necessary to measure the check paper CK when inputting the print start position, and the print start position can be input easily, quickly and accurately.

Further, since the keyboard 16 can be switched between the lexical input mode and the coordinate input mode by operating the input mode changeover switch 40, it is not necessary to provide a touch panel or the like dedicated to coordinate input, and the printer 10 is compact. It has become. The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made.
Instead of providing a dedicated key as described above, the balance inquiry may be performed by, for example, simultaneously pressing the control key 68 and the “A” key provided on the keyboard 16. Further, as for the bank key, the check key, and the location key, instead of providing a dedicated key in the same manner, a key on a normal keyboard may be used instead.

Further, although the resistance value detecting type touch panel is adopted in the above-mentioned embodiment, the point is that it is only necessary that the touch panel is transparent and allows touch input, for example, an electromagnetic induction type, a capacitance type, etc. Various methods can be adopted.

[0039]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the check printing apparatus of the first aspect, the coordinate input board is arranged at a position substantially above the check sheets stored in the tray. Therefore, the user can see the check paper through the coordinate input board, and touch the point on the coordinate input board that corresponds to the print start position of each item of the check paper that is visible through the watermark with the finger or the like to print it. You can enter the starting position. Therefore, it is not necessary to measure the check paper when inputting the print start position, and the print start position can be input easily, quickly and accurately.

According to the check printing apparatus of claim 2,
If a transparent touch panel type keyboard is used as the coordinate input mode, the same effect as the configuration according to the first aspect can be obtained. Also, the keyboard can be used in the key input mode to input characters or numbers to be printed. The input characters and numbers are accurately printed from the print start position input as described above. Since the keyboard serves as both the token input means and the print position input means, the mechanism can be further simplified.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of a check printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the check printing apparatus of the embodiment with the keyboard open.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a data processing device incorporated in the check printing device of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for registering a print start position by the check printing apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating items to be printed and positions to be printed on a check sheet.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing the structure of the touch panel of the keyboard mounted on the check printing apparatus of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a printing processing procedure by the check printing apparatus of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Check printing device, 16 ... Keyboard (lexical input means, print position input means), 20 ... Touch panel (lexical input means, print position input means), 40 ...
Input mode changeover switch (switching means), 42 ... Tray, 56 ... Conveying section (conveying means), 66 ... Printing section (printing means), 70 ... Data processing device (storage means), 74 ... Main memory (storage means), CK ... Check paper.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A check printing device for printing a desired token for each item such as date and face value at a predetermined position on a check sheet, and a token input means for inputting a desired token to be printed for each item, A print position input means for inputting a print start position for each item, a storage means for storing the token input by the token input means and the print start position input by the print position input means, and the check paper. A tray, a check sheet transporting means for transporting the check sheet from the tray, and a printing means for printing the input phrase on the check sheet transported by the transporting means from the print start position for each item. In a check printing device comprising: a check touch paper, which is a transparent touch panel type coordinate input board as the printing position input means, Characterized in that disposed at a position that overlaps towards the check printer. 2. A transparent touch panel type keyboard which replaces the coordinate input board and a switching means for switching the keyboard between a key input mode and a coordinate input mode are provided so that the keyboard also serves as the lexical input means. The check printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the check printing apparatus is provided.