KR20130079003A - Press station appartus of digital printer - Google Patents

Abstract

The press station apparatus of the digital printing apparatus of the present invention includes a seating member on which a printing apparatus for printing digital data on a continuous sheet is seated, and the continuous sheet is supplied to the printing apparatus to transfer the continuous sheet to the printing apparatus. a feeding side conveying member for releasing the continuous paper by feeding and maintaining the tension of the continuous paper constantly, and winding the output continuous paper as much as the continuous paper on which the digital data is printed is output from the printing equipment. And an output side conveying member for keeping the tension of the continuous sheet constant.

Description

Press station device of digital printing equipment {PRESS STATION APPARTUS OF DIGITAL PRINTER}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a press station apparatus of digital printing equipment, and more particularly, to a press station apparatus of small digital printing equipment for printing various digital data on continuous paper.

Conventional methods of label production include the production of black and white printing on pre-cut paper using a small thermal transfer printer, and the large-scale expensive printing equipment such as rotary printing machines and the "killing machine". There is a way to make a label using a machine called.

The former label production method is used for printing various data using a printer connected to a personal computer, and the latter label production method is used for printing a large amount of the same plate shape in color and black and white for a predetermined data or information. do.

These labeling methods are used as tools to display the information of products attached to the product, such as personalized customized products, small-volume production products, manufacturing date and time, which are attribute information of the product, producers, and production line information. Should be printed in small quantities, and not with the same information, but with a label containing each product information for each individual product.

In conventional printing methods such as offset printing, printing is possible only through complex and additional outsourcing processes such as engraving, rotary printing, production of pottery knife, pottery machine, and additional printing in bar code printing shop. If you want to use a small amount immediately by printing on a label, it is not suitable to use the equipment that performs the complicated and subsidiary outsourcing used in the existing printing method, and there is no equipment or equipment that enables a small amount of printing.

In addition, the existing printing method can be worked only when the minimum quantity is secured due to the complicated and subsidiary outsourcing process. Discard the rest.

That is, a small amount of printing work using existing printing equipment causes waste of resources, waste of initial facility investment, time delay, and waste of labor due to the minimum amount of printing.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a press station apparatus of a digital printing equipment that can reduce the waste of resources, waste of initial facility investment cost, time delay, waste of manpower, etc. due to the printing of the minimum printing amount even in a small amount of printing work. There is.

In order to achieve the above object, the press station apparatus of the digital printing equipment of the present invention includes a seating member on which printing equipment for printing digital data on a continuous sheet is seated, and the continuous sheet for transferring the continuous sheet to the printing apparatus. The supply-side transfer member for releasing the continuous paper as much as paper is fed to the printing equipment to keep the tension of the continuous paper constant, and the continuous paper on which the digital data is printed is output from the printing equipment. And an output side conveying member for winding the output continuous sheet to keep the tension of the continuous sheet constant.

According to the present invention, a press station apparatus for printing digital data on a continuous sheet by using a printer is proposed, which prints previously produced texts, images, etc. through a plate making. By allowing the user to print his / her own data, various digital data such as RFID, QR code, barcode, text, and images can be easily printed, improving the environmental pollution and cost-producing methods of the conventional offset printing.

In addition, by using the inkjet, laser, and LED printers in various ways by multiplying the functions of the printing station, it is possible to solve the limitation of the printer media and improve the print quality level.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a view showing an appearance form of the press station apparatus shown in FIG. 1.
3 to 10 are views showing a process of mounting a continuous sheet in the press station apparatus shown in FIG.
11 to 17 are views for explaining the operation of the press station apparatus shown in FIG.

In the present invention, a combination of a press station device, a printer and a printing system consisting of a computer controlling the printer is proposed to enable various compatibility of specific paper and printing dyes such as continuous paper.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are assigned to the same components as much as possible even though they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a printing system 800 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a press station apparatus 500, printing equipment 600, and a host computer 700.

Press station device 500 is a configuration for outputting a variety of digital data to a continuous paper using a printing equipment 600, such as a color printer, and replaces the large-scale expensive printing equipment used in the existing label production.

The printing equipment 600 is a small printing equipment in a small thermal transfer method, and may be a small black and white or color printer device that is commonly provided at home. In the present invention, the press station apparatus 500 enables the existing label production even in such a small printer device. In addition, the printing device 600 does not perform a printing operation according to a unidirectional communication method for passively receiving a simple printing command, but actively performs bidirectional data communication with the press station device 500 to produce an existing label using continuous paper. This becomes possible.

The host computer 700 is connected to the printing equipment and controls a print job, and may be a personal personal computer. Such a host computer also performs bidirectional data communication with the press station apparatus 500 and the printing equipment for printing on continuous paper.

Hereinafter, a press station apparatus proposed by the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

FIG. 2 is a view showing an appearance form of the press station apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and in order to understand the description, FIG. 1 is referred to together.

1 and 2, the press station apparatus 500 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention has a mounting member 100, a supply side conveyance member 200, an output side conveyance member 300, and a controller 400. Include.

The mounting member 100 is a configuration in which the printing device 600 for printing the digital data transmitted from the host computer 700 on the continuous sheet 10 is seated. The printer shelf 101, the level gauge 103, and the printer guide ( 105). The printing equipment 600 is seated on the printer shelf 101. Level meter 103 is a configuration for checking the horizontal inclined surface of the surface of the printer shelf 101, may be a bubble measuring device. The printer guide 105 guides the printing device 600 to be seated in a proper position on the printer shelf 101.

The supply-side conveying member 200 is a configuration for conveying the continuous sheet 10 to the printing equipment 600, and above all, the continuous sheet 10 as long as the continuous sheet 10 is fed to the printing apparatus 600. The paper 10 is released to keep the tension of the continuous paper 10 constant. To this end, the supply side conveying member 200 includes an unwinder 201, first and second conveying rollers 203 and 207, a supply side tension bar 205, an input tension bar, a cutting portion 209, Sensor unit 213 and feeding unit 215.

The unwinder 201 is a portion for mounting the roll type continuous paper 10, and releases the paper as long as the continuous paper 10 is fed to the printing equipment 600. Maintain tension). To this end, the unwinder 201 receives the rotational force from the supply-side electric motor M1 and releases the continuous paper 10 mounted while rotating according to the received rotational force.

The first conveying roller 203 conveys the continuous sheet released from the unwinder 201 to the supply side tension bar 205.

The supply side tension bar 205 transfers the conveyed continuous sheet 10 to the feeding unit 215. When the continuous sheet 10 is fed up by the feeding unit 215, the continuous sheet 10 is raised. It rises in the vertical direction by the tension of, keeping the tension of the continuous sheet constant.

The feeding unit 215 automatically feeds the continuous paper 10 and prevents the continuous paper 10 from being skewed during continuous output. The feeding unit 215 has two feeding rollers 215A and 215B. ) Is integrally provided to feed and pull the continuous sheet 10 over the supply side tension bar 205 by the two feeding rollers 215A and 215B. Then, the supply side tension bar 205 is raised in accordance with the tension of the continuous sheet by the pulling force. At this time, the rotational force of the supply-side electric motor M1 increases as the supply-side tension bar 205 rises, and the unwinder 201 increases the rotational speed according to the increased rotational force to tension the continuous paper 10. The continuous sheet 10 is released to keep it constant.

In order to increase the rotational force of the supply-side electric motor M1 as the supply-side tension bar 205 rises, a supply-side potentiometer whose resistance value fluctuates as the supply-side tension bar 205 rises in the vertical direction ( P1) is provided. The potentiometer P1 transmits the changed resistance value to the controller 400 described below, and the controller 400 generates a motor control signal corresponding to the changed resistance value to the supply-side electric motor M1. Will be sent. The supply-side electric motor M1 generates a rotational force corresponding to the changed resistance value according to the motor control signal, and transmits it to the unwinder 201. By doing so, the unwinder 201 automatically releases the continuous sheet 10 as much as the continuous sheet is supplied to the feeding unit 215 as described above.

The cutting part 209 provided between the supply side tension bar 205 and the feeding unit 215 receives the continuous sheet 10 from the supply side tension bar 205 through a second transfer roller 207, When the printing operation of the printing equipment is completed, the predetermined position of the continuous sheet is cut. Specifically, when the controller 400 receives a print completion signal indicating completion of a print job from the printing device 600, the controller 400 controls the operation of the cutting unit 209 to cut the continuous paper accordingly. Here, the controller 400 may interface with the printing device 600 in a digital input / output (DIO) manner to receive a print completion signal from the printing device 600 to perform bidirectional data communication. have. Of course, the controller 400 may receive the print completion signal through the host computer 700 instead of the printing equipment. In this case, the controller 400 may interface with a serial communication method to perform data communication with the host computer 700.

On the other hand, the sensor unit 213 installed on the feeding unit 215 as a configuration for sensing the display code printed on the continuous sheet, an optical sensor may be used. Information sensed by the sensor unit 213 is transmitted to the host computer 700 through the controller 400. Then, the host computer 700 analyzes the received information and controls the printing device 600 to print the digital data at the correct position of the continuous sheet.

Hereinafter, the output side transfer member 300 will be described.

The output side conveying member 300 largely includes an output side tension bar 303 and a rewinder 305. The output side tension bar 303 keeps the tension of the printing paper output from the fritting equipment 600 through the third conveying roller 301 constant. The output side tension bar 303 rotates the rewinder 305 and pulls the output continuous sheet to rise in the vertical direction according to the tension of the continuous sheet to maintain the tension of the printing sheet. The operation of the output side tension bar 303 and the rewinder 302 is opposite to the operation of the supply side tension bar 205 and the unwinder 201 described in the supply side conveying member 200. That is, an output side potentiometer P2 is provided in which the resistance value fluctuates as it rises in the vertical direction of the output side tension bar, and the output side potentiometer P2 controls the motor through the controller through the controller. The output side electric motor M2 is transmitted as a signal, and the output side electric motor M2 outputs the reduced rotational force to the rewinder 305 according to the changed resistance value. The rewinder 305 is then reduced in rotational speed to keep the tension of the continuous sheet 20 output from the printing equipment constant.

On the other hand, in reference numerals 211, 307, 309, and 311, which are shown in FIG. 2 but not shown in FIG. 1, 211 is a button for activating the operation of the cutting unit 209 as a cutter button, and 307 is a rewinder guide. The continuous sheet 20 outputted to the rewinder 305 is guided so as to be constantly wound, and 309 is a rewinder button, which activates a rotation operation of the rewinder. 311 is a power button of the press station apparatus.

Hereinafter, a process of mounting a continuous sheet on the press station apparatus and an operation process thereof will be described in detail.

3 to 10 are photographs showing a process of mounting a continuous sheet on the press station apparatus shown in FIG. Reference is made to FIG. 2 together to help understand the description.

First, referring to FIG. 3, a continuous sheet is mounted on an unwinder according to a continuous sheet width. To this end, a scale is marked on the surface of the unwinder 201 to be mounted on the unwinder according to the paper size, as shown in FIG. 3.

Then, as shown in Fig. 4, the guide is fixed to the marking engraved on all the rollers according to the paper size, and the continuous paper 10 is hanged up to the entrance of the printing equipment along the path (jig zag) shown in Fig. 5. give.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 6, the continuous paper is aligned with the guide in the feeding unit 215 located at the front end of the printer inlet, and as shown in FIG. 7, the blank paper tube is aligned with the paper width in the rewinder 305. Insert.

Subsequently, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the continuous paper 20 that is printed and output is moved to fix the tape to the paper tube fitted to the rewinder 305, and the rewinder button 309 is pressed to print the continuous paper. The paper 20 is wound on the rewinder 305. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 10, the transparent acrylic rewinder guide is inserted into one end of the rewinder 305 so that the paper can be evenly wound.

11 to 17 are photographs illustrating an operation process of the press station apparatus shown in FIG. 2.

First, as shown in FIG. 11, when printing is started with the continuous paper hooked on the feeding rollers 215A and 215B of the feeding unit 215, the feeding rollers 215A and 215B located in front of the entrance of the printer. Pulls the paper.

Then, as shown in Fig. 12, when the continuous sheet is pulled, the supply side tension bar 205 is raised, and as shown in Fig. 13, the unwinder (depending on the degree to which the supply side tension bar 205 is raised) The speed of 201 is also rotated in proportion, which causes the roll-shaped continuous sheet mounted on the unwinder 201 to begin to unwind.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 14, the rewinder 305 is rotated by pressing the rewinder button 309 after the printed continuous sheet is fixed to the paper tube of the rewinder.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 15, when the rewinder 305 pulls the continuous paper output while rotating, the output side tension bar 303 is raised, and as shown in FIG. 16, the output side tension bar ( As the 303 rises, the rotation speed of the rewinder 305 decreases.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 17, when the printing operation of the printing apparatus 600 is finished, the remaining sheet is automatically discharged after the cutting unit 209 cuts the continuous sheet 10.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas falling within the scope of the same shall be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (11)

A seating member on which printing equipment for printing digital data on a continuous sheet is seated;
A supply-side transfer member for releasing the continuous paper as much as the continuous paper is fed to the printing equipment to transfer the continuous paper to the printing equipment, thereby maintaining a constant tension of the continuous paper; And
An output side conveying member for winding the output continuous paper as much as the continuous paper on which the digital data is printed is output from the printing equipment to keep the tension of the continuous paper constant;
Press station device of the digital printing equipment comprising a.
The method of claim 1, wherein the supply-side transfer member,
A feeding roller installed at the front end of the inlet of the printing equipment and configured to supply the continuous paper to the inlet;
A feed side tension bar which feeds the continuous paper to the feeding roller and rises vertically by the force of pulling the continuous paper toward the inlet part as the feeding roller rotates, thereby maintaining a constant tension of the continuous paper. tension bar); And
An unwinder on which a roll-type continuous paper is mounted, which rotates as the feed-side tension bar rises to release the continuous paper;
Press station device of the digital printing equipment comprising a.
The method of claim 2, wherein the supply-side transfer member,
A supply side potentiometer in which a resistance value changes as the supply side tension bar rises in the vertical direction; And
A supply-side electric motor which releases the continuous sheet to maintain the tension of the continuous sheet by increasing the rotational speed of the unwinder by outputting an increased rotational force according to the variable resistance value to the unwinder.
Press station device of the digital printing equipment further comprising.
The method of claim 2, wherein the supply-side transfer member,
A cutting unit installed between the feeding roller and the supply side tension bar to cut the continuous paper according to a printing completion signal of the printing equipment
Press station device of the digital printing equipment further comprising.
The method of claim 1, wherein the output side transfer member,
An output side tension bar which maintains a constant tension of the printing paper output from the fritting equipment; And
Rewinder (Rewinder) for winding and pulling the output printing paper through the output side tension bar,
The output side tension bar,
Press station apparatus of the digital printing equipment is to rise in the vertical direction by the force to pull the output continuous paper in accordance with the rotation of the rewinder to maintain a constant tension of the printing paper.
The method of claim 5, wherein the output side transfer member,
An output side potentiometer in which a resistance value fluctuates as it rises in the vertical direction of the output side tension bar; And
An output side electric motor that outputs a reduced rotational force to the rewinder according to the variable resistance value, thereby reducing the rotational speed of the rewinder to maintain a constant tension of the output continuous sheet;
Press station device of the digital printing equipment further comprising.
The controller of claim 1, wherein the controller performs bidirectional data communication with the printing apparatus in a digital input output (DIO) manner to control operations of the supply-side transfer member and the output-side transfer member.
Press station device of the digital printer further comprising.
The method of claim 7, wherein the supply-side transfer member,
When the printing operation of the printing equipment is completed, the cutting unit for cutting the continuous paper under the control of the controller received a print completion signal from the printing equipment in accordance with the bidirectional data communication
Press station device of the digital printing equipment comprising a.
The method of claim 7, wherein the supply-side transfer member,
An optical sensor for sensing a display code printed on the continuous sheet;
The controller,
Transmits the information sensed by the optical sensor to a host computer connected to the printing device according to a serial communication scheme so that the printing device prints the digital data at the correct position of the continuous sheet under the control of the host computer. Press station apparatus for a digital printer, characterized in that for controlling.
The method of claim 9, wherein the display code,
Press station device of a digital printer that includes a black mark, a Quick Response Code (QR code), and a barcode.
The method of claim 1, wherein the seating member,
A shelf on which the printing equipment is mounted; And
And a bubble measuring device provided on the shelf to check a horizontal inclined surface of the shelf.

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