JPH0373376A - Passbook printer equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To print passbooks and paper cards speedily by performing parallel printing by a method wherein at the time of printing of a passbook, etc., when a paper card, etc., is carried in, the printing of the former is temporarily stopped, and a platen is withdrawn once, and after the latter is carried to a printing position of the platen, both parts are printed together. CONSTITUTION:Units 1, 2 are units which are controlled by MPUs 3, 4, and are units which carry and print passbooks or carry and print paper cards. Signal wires 5, 6 are signal wires which transmit the withdrawal demand, etc., for printing head 8 by interruption. For example, when passbooks of a bank and paper cards are printed by a printer which is composed of one platen 7 and one printing head 8, passbooks are carried and printed by a passbook printer unit (a) and passbook printer unit (b). Also, paper cards are carried and printed by a paper card unit (a) and paper card unit (b). In this case, an MPU board is respectively provided on both passbook printer unit (a) and paper card unit (e), and they are connected by the signal wires 5, 6, and a withdrawal demand and withdrawal completion report, etc., for the printing head 8 are reciprocally performed by interruption.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] Regarding a passbook printer device that prints passbooks, GI cards, etc., if a paper card, etc. is inserted while printing a passbook, etc., -
After stopping printing of the former and transporting the latter to the printing position,
The purpose is to print both together and quickly print the bankbook and Gi card in parallel, and the bankbook (or Gi card, etc.) is conveyed to the printing position on the platen and printed by the print head. Sometimes, when a paper card, etc. (or bankbook) is being fed, the printing of the former is temporarily stopped and the platen (or print head)
After temporarily retracting the former and transporting the latter to the printing position of the platen, both are printed together.

[Industrial application field]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a passbook printer device that prints passbooks, bank cards, and the like.

[Prior art and problems to be solved by the invention] Conventionally, a passbook printer machine that prints passbooks and cards, as shown in Fig. 4 (d), responds to the insertion of an IJL book by a customer. After printing on the relevant passbook and finishing (0)
, the paper card inserted by the customer was printed next (@).

For this reason, bankbook printing and paper card printing have to be performed serially and sequentially, resulting in the problem that printing cannot be performed quickly.

The configuration and operation of FIG. 4 will be briefly explained.

FIG. 4(a) shows how the print head 18 of the printer prints on a medium located on the platen 17.

FIG. 4(B) shows that when another medium (for example, a paper card) is conveyed onto the platen 17 while printing is being performed on the medium shown in FIG. 4(A) (for example, a bankbook), as shown by the arrow It shows how it collides with the platen 17 and cannot be conveyed properly.

FIG. 4(C) shows that in order to solve the problem of the medium hitting the platen 17 in FIG. 4(B), printing is temporarily interrupted, the platen 17 is lowered, and the medium (for example, a paper card) is placed on the platen 17. This shows how the paper is transported to the printing position.

FIG. 4(d) shows a printing procedure when printing on a bankbook and a paper card using the print head 18.

In response to the customer inserting the bankbook (■), the bankbook is transported to the printing position on the platen 17 (0) and printing starts (@). Convey (0), press L, passbook is being printed (O), so wait until passbook printing is completed. After completing the printing of the passbook, move the card 18 to the home position and evacuate the platen 17 ([phase]), then transport the paper card to the printing position of the platen 17. Start. After printing is completed, the Gi card is ejected (@), and the customer receives the Gi card (@).

As described above, after the printing of the passbook is completed, the Gio card is transported and printed, so there is a problem that printing cannot be performed quickly.

In the present invention, when a paper card or the like is inserted while printing a passbook, etc., the printing of the former is stopped, the latter is conveyed to the printing position, and then both are printed together. The purpose is to print quickly by performing parallel printing.

[Means to solve problems]

Means for solving the problem will be explained with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 1, a platen 7 is used to set a bankbook, a bank card, etc. at a printing position.

The print head 8 prints on the bankbook, card, etc. conveyed onto the platen l.

[Effect]

As shown in FIG. 1, the present invention is applicable to cases in which, while a bank card (or bank card, etc.) is being transported to the printing position on the platen 7 and being printed, a bank card, etc. (or a bankbook) is transported. After stopping the printing of the former and temporarily retracting the platen 7 (or printing pad 8), and transporting the latter to the printing position on the platen 7, both are printed together.

Therefore, if a card such as a Giri card is inserted while printing is being performed on an inserted passbook, etc., the printing of the former is stopped and evacuated, the latter is conveyed to the printing position, and both are printed together. This makes it possible to print cards, cards, etc. in parallel, and to quickly perform the printing process.

〔Example〕

Next, the configuration and operation of one embodiment of the present invention will be explained in detail using FIGS. 1 to 3.

In FIGS. 1(a) and 1(b), the unit 112 is an MP
U (Microprocessor) This is a unit controlled by 3.4, and is a unit that conveys and prints on passbooks, and conveys and prints on paper cards.

The signal line 5.6 is a signal line connecting between the MPU 3 and the MPU 4, and is a signal line for notifying a request to save the print head 8, etc., which will be described later, by an interrupt.

The operation of the configurations shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B will be explained using FIG. 1C.

In FIG. 1 (c), @ indicates that the customer inserts a bankbook.

■ is lI inserted with ■! Transport the book to the printing position on the platen machine.

(2) prints on the iil book that is conveyed to the printing position on the platen 7 by the printing gutter 8;

At this time, the customer inserts the Gi card at ■, transports the inserted paper card at [phase], evacuates at ◎, and interrupts to notify Uninodo, which is currently printing the passbook. When the line being printed is completed, printing is stopped and the print head 8 is moved to the home position (the part where the platen 7 is convex upward at the i end, center, and left end in Figure 1 (A)). The platen 7 is moved to the retracted position. Then, the paper is conveyed to the printing position on the platen 7.

■ resumes printing of the passbook, and also prints the Gi card at ■.

[Phase] is discharged. Then, the customer receives the passbook at ■.

[Phase] starts printing the Gi card, and after finishing, it is ejected at [Phase], and the customer receives the Gi card at ■.

As described above, when a customer inserts a bankbook and prints on the print head 8, and the customer also inserts a Gi card, the printing of the former is temporarily stopped, the platen 7 is evacuated, and the latter Gi card is printed. After feeding the bankbook to the position, both the former bankbook and the latter paper card are printed together using the gutter 8, thereby performing parallel printing processing and quickly printing multiple media (bankbooks, paper cards, etc.) It becomes possible to do so.

FIG. 2 does not show a flowchart for explaining the operation of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, ■ performs the carriage processing. This is the first
Figure (c) In response to customer inserting his passbook (■),
Transport the passbook to the printing position (0).

■ Performs printing processing. At this time, there is a request for evacuation of the print head 8 due to an interrupt request. This notifies the evacuation request of the print head 8 by an interrupt generated in response to the zero paper card insertion and OR feeding as shown in FIG. 1(c). In response to this save request, in Fig. 2 (b), @ is used to save the node to print (@), ■ is used to send a notification of the completion of the save to the interrupt request destination, and @ is used to end the interrupt processing. Then, the board is conveyed to the printing position (O).

Then, in order to carry out the discharge process in step (3), the passbook and the Mi card are printed in parallel, the printed pass book and the Mi card are respectively discharged, and the customer takes the receipt.

FIG. 3 shows a configuration diagram of a specific example of the present invention. This shows a specific example in which a bank passbook and a bank card are printed by a printer consisting of one platen 7 and one printing gutter 8.

In FIG. 3, the passbook is conveyed and printed by the passbook printer unit a and the passbook printer unit b.

In addition, Gi card unit l-a and Gi card unit b
Here, both passbook printer unit a and card unit a are each provided with an MPLJ board, and a signal line 5.6
The printers are connected to each other by interrupts, so that requests for evacuation of the print head 8 and notifications of evacuation completion can be made to each other by interrupts.

By moving 7+'8 to the right or left end of the print in the figure, the convex part of the platen 7 is pushed downward by the do 8 to move the platen 7 to the print position. It is made to evacuate from the position to the evacuation position. In this retracted state, the bankbook, paper card, etc. are conveyed to the printing position.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, when a Gio card or the like is inserted while printing is being performed on an inserted passbook, etc., the printing of the former is stopped and the platen 7 (or print head 8 is pressed).
The printer evacuates the former, transports the latter to the printing position, and then prints on both at the same time, making it possible to print on multiple media such as bankbooks and paper cards in parallel, and quickly print on them. can.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart explaining the operation of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a concrete example of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a prior art. In the figure, 1 and 2 are unit lifts, 3.4 is MPtJ, 5.6 is a signal line, 7 is a platen, and 8 is a print head.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a passbook printer device that prints passbooks, paper cards, etc., when the passbook (or paper card, etc.) is conveyed to the printing position of the platen (7) and printed by the print head (8), When paper cards, etc. (or bankbooks) are transported, the printing of the former is temporarily stopped, the platen (7) (or print head (8)) is temporarily evacuated, and the latter is transported to the printing position of the platen (7). A passbook printer device is characterized in that the passbook printer device is configured to print both of them at the same time.