JPH0632024A - Printer apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To irradiate light on the paper, and permit the irradiated position to be a printing initiation position by providing a luminous body at the side of a head of the printing part. CONSTITUTION:A luminous body 7 is provided at the side of a printing head, and light is irradiated on the paper so that the irradiated position is taken to be a printing initiation position. An inputting part 1 is operated and the luminous body is driven by a driving part 2, and it is then aligned to a desired printing initiation position. A position detecting part 8 operates to detect data on printing initiation position, which is subsequently stored in a storage location 4. Then, the document data in a memory part 3 is printed from the printing position stored in the storage location.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printer device such as a word processor and a personal computer, and more particularly to a device for indicating a print start position by light.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Documents and programs input by a word processor, a personal computer or the like are printed on paper by a printer. When printing on standard size paper or letters, you want to start the print position of the beginning of the document from the desired position and place the created document within the desired range. Conventionally, the print head is provided with a window with a mark, and the position of the mark is used as a print start position, or the print head is looked obliquely from above to roughly estimate the print position. With such a method, the accuracy of the print start position cannot be obtained. After printing on paper again,
In many cases, the margin on the right side of the paper is not secured as desired, and there is a problem such as wasting paper.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems of the prior art. A light emitting section is provided on the side of the head section of the printing section, and light is applied to the paper to print the position. It is intended to be the starting position.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, a printing unit for printing characters and the like on a sheet, and a light emitting light on the printing surface of the sheet, which is arranged on the side of the printing unit. Then, a light emitting unit that indicates a print start position, a drive unit that drives the light emitting unit, an input unit that issues an input command such as moving the light emitting unit to a predetermined position, and a print start position of the light emitting unit are detected. It is composed of a position detection unit, a storage unit that stores data from the position detection unit, and a control unit that controls the printing unit, the light emitting unit, the input unit, the position detection unit, and the storage unit.

[0005]

According to the above construction, the light emitting portion is provided on the side of the print head, and the paper is irradiated with light to reach the print start position. The input section is operated to drive the light emitting section by the drive section to match the desired print start position. The position detection unit detects the print start position data and stores it in the storage unit. Then, the document data in the memory unit is printed from the print position stored in the storage unit.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the printer device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a top view of the essential parts of the printing section of the printer device of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 6 denotes a printing unit which prints characters and the like on paper. Reference numeral 7 denotes a light emitting unit, which is disposed on the head side of the printing unit 6 and emits light to the printing surface of the paper to indicate the printing start position. A drive unit 2 drives the head of the printing unit 6. 1
Is the input unit, and the drive unit 2 can be operated by operating the cursor buttons.
Is driven to move the head of the printing unit 6 to a desired print start position. Also, the print start position is set. A position detector 8 detects a print start position. A storage unit 4 stores the data of the position detection unit 8. A memory unit 3 stores data such as a document created by a word processor or the like. A format conversion unit 9 calculates and converts the number of printable lines from the print start position stored in the storage unit 4 and the number of lines of document data created by a word processor or the like. A control unit 5 includes the printing unit 6, the light emitting unit 7, the driving unit 2, the input unit 1, the position detecting unit 8, the storage unit 4,
It controls the memory unit 3 and the format conversion unit 9. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 11 is a printing paper for printing a document or the like. 1
Reference numeral 6 denotes a head, which is loaded with an ink ribbon wound inside and is moved left and right. Reference numeral 12 denotes a printing unit, which is composed of a thermal head, dots, and the like, and prints characters and the like on the printing paper 11. Reference numeral 7 denotes a light emitting unit, which is composed of, for example, a lamp, a light emitting diode, or the like. Reference numeral 15 denotes light, which is emitted from the light emitting unit 7 and illuminates the printing paper 11.

In the above structure, the cursor button of the input section 1 is operated to move the irradiation position of the light 15 emitted from the light emitting section 7 to the desired print start position. The drive unit 2 drives the printing unit 6 by a signal from the input unit 1 to move the light emitting unit 7 attached to the printing unit 6. When the irradiation position of the light 15 reaches the desired print start position, the position detection unit 8 detects the position data by pressing the set button of the input unit 1 and stores the position data in the storage unit 4. Next, when the print start button is pressed from the input unit 1, the format conversion unit 9 calculates and converts the printable line number from the print start position stored in the storage unit 4 and the line number of the document data created by a word processor or the like. After that, the control unit 5 prints the format-converted document data from the print start position of the storage unit 4.

[0008]

As described above, according to the present invention, the paper is irradiated with light to indicate the print start position, and the print start position can be freely designated by the cursor in the input section. Peeling the head diagonally from above eliminates the inconvenience of making a rough estimate of the print start position, and after printing on the paper, the margin on the right side of the paper is not secured as desired. The effect of disappearing is great.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a printer device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a main part top view of a printing unit of the printer device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 input unit 2 drive unit 3 memory unit 4 storage unit 5 control unit 6 printing unit 7 light emitting unit 8 position detection unit 9 format conversion unit 11 printing paper 12 printing unit 15 light 16 heads

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A printing unit for printing characters and the like on a sheet, a light emitting unit disposed on a side of the printing unit for emitting light to a printing surface of the sheet and indicating a print start position, and driving the light emitting unit. And a drive unit, an input unit that issues an input command such as moving the light emitting unit to a predetermined position, a position detecting unit that detects a print start position of the light emitting unit, and data from the position detecting unit is stored. A printer device comprising a storage unit, a printing unit, a light emitting unit, an input unit, a position detection unit, and a control unit for controlling the storage unit. 2. The format conversion unit for calculating and converting the number of printable lines from the print start position stored in the storage unit and the number of lines of document data created by a word processor or the like. Printer device.