JPH058504A - Color printer - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a color printer which can confirm the recording state during recording and which is easy to see and easy to use from a substantially horizontal direction on a front surface of the apparatus with the apparatus placed on the desk. [Structure] A thermal head 5 is provided in the vertical scanning direction of an input signal, the thermal head 5 and the platen roller 1 are arranged perpendicularly to the bottom surface of the apparatus, and a guide 10 arranged on the outer periphery of the platen roller 1 has a case 15 An opening 10a is provided at a position corresponding to the transparent portion 15a so that the recording state can be confirmed during recording. After recording, the recording paper 13 is discharged from the device discharge port 29 in parallel with the front of the device with the recording surface facing up.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a color printer for carrying out thermal transfer recording using a band-shaped ink paper, and more particularly to a printer in which the positional relationship of printer components in an apparatus casing is improved.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional device is the actual device, Sho 61-16474.
No. 9 or Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 62-104960, a platen roller is arranged substantially parallel to the front surface or the side surface of the apparatus, and the recording paper after recording is installed at the opening on the front surface or the upper surface of the apparatus. It was configured to eject the paper in parallel with the upper surface.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, the platen roller is arranged substantially parallel to the front surface or the side surface of the apparatus, and the recording paper after recording is ejected in parallel to the upper surface of the apparatus. When used as a rack or installed in a rack, etc., the recording status cannot be confirmed from outside the device until the recording paper is ejected after the recording is completed, and it is placed on the desk when comparing the recording screen with the monitor screen. Therefore, it was very difficult to see from the front in a substantially horizontal direction.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention comprises a color printer which allows a user to easily monitor the recording state. As a configuration for this, the thermal head is arranged in the vertical scanning direction of the input signal, the thermal head and the platen roller are arranged substantially vertically in the device, and an opening is formed in a part of the outer periphery of the platen roller facing the front of the device. After the recording, the recording sheet is ejected on the front side of the apparatus in parallel to the front side of the apparatus with the recording surface on the front side.

[0005]

By providing an opening or a transparent portion on a part of the outer periphery of the platen roller facing the front side of the apparatus, the recording state can be confirmed during recording, and the recording sheet can be placed parallel to the front side of the apparatus with the recording side facing up. When the recording screen is compared with the monitor screen, it can be made extremely easy to see and easy to use from the substantially horizontal direction when the device is placed on the desk.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a color printer according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional top view showing a positional relationship of main components in the color printer, and a partial cross section thereof.

The platen roller 1 has a rubber material fixed to the outer periphery thereof in a cylindrical shape and rotatably supported by a chassis (not shown). The platen roller 1 is arranged perpendicular to the bottom surface of the apparatus and is rotationally driven by a driving means (not shown). Is configured. The ink paper 2 is wound around a pair of reel shafts 3 arranged in an ink cartridge 4 shown by a one-dot chain line, and is driven by a driving unit (not shown) with a predetermined tension after the device is mounted.

The thermal head 5 is fixed to the pair of head arms 7 with screws (not shown), and the heat radiating plate 8 is fixed thereto. The head arm 7 is rotatably supported by a pin 6 standing on a chassis (not shown), and the thermal head 5 can be pressed and separated from the platen roller 1 by a predetermined pressing force by a driving means (not shown). Has been done.

Reference numerals 9, 10, and 11 are guides for the recording paper 13. , The guide 9 and the guide 10 are rotatable,
In addition, a roller 14 configured to be pressed by the platen roller 1 with a predetermined pressure is provided. Guide 10
Has an opening 10a at a position corresponding to the transparent portion 15a of the case 15. The guide 11 is rotatably supported by a shaft 12 erected in a chassis (not shown), and can be driven to a position indicated by a broken line by a driving means (not shown).

In this embodiment, the transparent portion 15a and the opening 10a are formed.
However, instead of the transparent portion 15a, an opening is provided,
Instead of providing the opening 10a, the guide 10 or the guide 11
May be formed of transparent plastic.

Reference numeral 16 is a recording paper tray which is constructed so that the recording paper 13 can be pressed against the pickup roller 17 with a predetermined pressure force by a driving means (not shown). Feed roller 1
8 and the pickup roller 17 are rotatably supported by a chassis (not shown), and are rotationally driven counterclockwise by a driving means (not shown). The separation roller 19 is configured to be pressed by the feed roller 18 with a predetermined pressure, and has a built-in friction clutch (not shown) so that only one recording sheet 13 can be supplied into the apparatus.

20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 are
It is a recording paper guide. The paper discharge roller 26 is rotatably supported by a chassis (not shown) and is configured to be rotationally driven counterclockwise by a drive means (not shown). The roller 27 is pressed by a predetermined pressure on the outer periphery. It is also rotatably arranged.

In FIG. 1, the case 30 is rotatable. Reference numerals 31 and 32 are doors for mounting the recording paper 13 and the ink cartridge 4, respectively.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

When a print button (not shown) is pressed, the recording paper 13
Is pressed by the pickup roller 17 and guided by the guide by the pickup roller 17, the feed roller 18, and the separation roller 19, and only one platen roller 1
Is transported to the outer periphery of. Further, the recording paper 13 is conveyed by the platen roller 1 while being guided by the guide 9, the guide 10 and the guide 11. The thermal head 5 is pressed against the platen roller 1 with a predetermined pressure force via the ink paper 2, and performs thermal transfer recording on the recording paper 13 by a control means and a control circuit (not shown).

After the repeated recording is performed a predetermined number of times, the guide 1
1 is driven to the position of the broken line, and the recording paper 13 is ejected to the paper ejection port 2
8 is guided to the paper discharge roller 26, and is discharged from the device paper discharge port 29 with the recorded surface on the front side of the device.

[0017]

According to the present invention, the recording state can be confirmed during recording from the transparent portion or the opening provided on the front side of the apparatus, and the recording paper is parallel to the front side of the apparatus and the recording surface is the front side. By ejecting the paper, it is possible to provide a color printer that is extremely easy to see and easy to use from the substantially horizontal direction of the front surface when the device is placed on the desk when comparing the recording screen with the monitor screen.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a color printer according to an embodiment of the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a top view showing a positional relationship of main components.

[Explanation of symbols]

13 ... Recording paper, 15a ... transparent part of case, 29 ... Device discharge port.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A thin strip-shaped film having at least yellow,
Using ink paper in which three color inks, magenta and cyan, are arranged in a frame-sequential manner, the recording paper and the ink paper are superposed, and the thermal head and the platen roller are pressed and heated from above the ink paper. In a color printer in which the ink is thermally transferred onto the recording paper by means of the above, an opening or a transparent portion is provided in a part of the periphery of the platen roller so that the recording state of the recording paper can be confirmed. Characteristic color printer. 2. The thermal head according to claim 1, wherein the thermal head is disposed in a vertical scanning direction of an input signal, the thermal head and the platen roller are disposed substantially vertically, and the opening or the transparent portion is provided on a front surface of the apparatus. A color printer characterized by that. 3. A color printer according to claim 2, wherein after recording, the recording surface is discharged in front of the apparatus in parallel with the apparatus front side with the recording surface as the front side.