JPS6178272A - Recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain the selection of a thermal transfer recording with use of an ink ribbon and that without the ink ribbon in the same device by providing a guide plate for covering the vicinity of a thermal head to guide bar. CONSTITUTION:A roll-like recording paper 110 is held by a recording paper holder 60. An ink ribbon 84 is wound on an ink ribbon supply roll 85 and ink ribbon winding up roll 86. The recording paper 110 and ribbon 84 are overlapped and transported to a thermal head 42. The recording paper 110 and ribbon 84 after recording are separated each other by a guide cover 82, and transported through a recording paper transportation path 41 and ink ribbon transportation path 80, respectively. A guide plate 47 is disposed between the guide bar 82 and thermal head 42. When a thermosensible recording paper is used, the guide plate 47 guides the top of said paper.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Technical field of invention] The present invention relates to a recording device.

[Technical background of the invention]

Conventional facsimile reception and recording devices mainly employ electrostatic recording and thermal recording as means for receiving and recording image signals. Among these, the electrostatic recording method has the excellent feature of being capable of high-speed, high-resolution recording, but since development and fixing processes are essential, the equipment is complicated and expensive, and the recording paper is high and running costs are high. It has the disadvantage that it is relatively bulky. On the other hand, thermal recording methods obtain images through primary color development due to heat, so they have the advantage of not requiring developing and fixing processes and that the device can be configured relatively easily. , tamper resistance is poor.

Therefore, the application of a thermal transfer recording method to facsimile machines and printers, which has recently made it possible to use inexpensive plain paper as a recording medium, has been studied. FIG. 7 shows the principle of such a thermal transfer recording system. The thermal transfer recording method uses an ink cartridge 1 which is a recording mask material in which a heat-melting solid ink layer 1a containing a coloring material is provided on a base film 1b made of paper or resin, and a recording paper 2 which is plain paper. are overlapped closely so that the ink layer 1a is in contact with the recording paper 2, and while being pressed by the platen roller 4 so that the base film 1b of the ink cartridge 1 is in contact with the heating element 3a of the thermal head 3. Run in the direction of the arrow. Then, when a pulse current 5 is selectively applied in accordance with the image signal to be recorded, thermal energy is generated in the heating element 3a, which is transmitted through the base film 1b of the increment 1 to the solid ink layer 1a thereon. Melts and becomes sticky. The molten ink is transferred to the recording paper 2 by pressure applied to the platen row 24 to form a permanent image.

This recording method uses plain paper and does not require a developing/fixing process, so running costs are relatively low, and the device has the advantage of being simple and compact, and can be manufactured at low cost. There is. Furthermore, the ink can be a coloring material with good weather resistance, and since the ink is transferred only to the necessary areas on plain paper, the storage stability and tampering resistance of the recording paper and recorded images are lower than those of the thermal recording mentioned above. is significantly improved compared to .

[Problems with background technology]

However, various requirements necessary for applying this thermal transfer recording method to facsimile machines and printers have not yet been fully satisfied.

For example, in an example in which a conventional thermal transfer recording method is applied to a facsimile machine, a single sheet of recording paper prepared in advance to a predetermined length, such as A4 or B4, is used, so the length of the transmitted document can be completely recorded. is limited to a length equal to or less than the length of single-sheet recording paper. In addition, in such a thermal transfer recording method, the ink lip pin and the recording paper have a one-to-one correspondence and are equal in length. There is a blank space on both paper that does not participate in the recording at all, which is wasteful and undesirable in terms of processing process and cost.
Although it is possible to reduce the margins of the expensive ink ribbon by separating the ink ribbon and recording paper and stopping the feeding of the ink ribbon, it is possible to control the separation between the ink ribbon and the recording paper and to stop feeding the ink ribbon. While the control is complicated,
There is a disadvantage that the number of parts such as solenoids, shafts, and motors increases.

Furthermore, when using single sheet recording paper, a fairly large swivel is required in its storage area, so it is difficult to miniaturize and configure it into a tabletop type like a conventional facsimile using a thermal recording method.

Furthermore, in the thermal transfer recording method, there is an example in which ink ribbons are overlapped in advance on recording paper in pairs. In this type of facsimile, the recording paper and the ink clip are attached together, so the hardware can be constructed in the same way as a conventional thermal recording type facsimile. The ink cartridge must be peeled off from the paper, and the work is slow and complicated. Then, the end of the record is the end of the record. In addition, the ink ribbon used for thermal transfer recording has a structure as shown in 1 in Figure 7, in which a pigment, which is a coloring agent, is placed on an extremely thin base film lb, such as polyethylene terephthalate resin. A solid ink layer 1& is formed by applying a mixture of resin, wax, oil, etc. as a nonindifier to have appropriate physical properties (melting point, fluidity, density, etc.) in a uniform thin layer. However, both the material cost and the processing cost are relatively expensive.Furthermore, when recording, ink costs t”ri o O%.
Since the image is transferred onto recording paper, the ink-lip pin cannot be used repeatedly and is a one-time disposable item. Therefore, although thermal transfer recording can use inexpensive plain paper as the recording paper, the running cost of the device is not surprisingly low, and may even be higher than heat sensitivity recording that uses special paper as the recording paper. Furthermore, after being used for recording, the ink ribbon will leave a clear negative image on the ink ribbon, which is not desirable since it is expected that this may pose a security problem.

In view of the above-mentioned circumstances, it is also possible to utilize the heat generation effect of the heat-reducing head in response to the recording signal [7] and use it for both thermal recording and thermal transfer recording, as it is based on the common basic technology base of recording images. It is hoped that a recording device W will emerge that makes this possible. In other words, when low running costs and security of recorded images are required, thermal recording is performed by loading thermal recording paper, and when archival properties and scratch resistance are required for recorded images, an ink ribbon is used. It is very convenient to use the same device depending on the purpose and application, such as loading plain paper and performing thermal transfer recording.

[Purpose of the invention]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a recording device capable of obtaining a record of a length corresponding to the amount of recorded information.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a recording apparatus that can eliminate waste of ink ribbons and recording paper.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a recording device that facilitates handling of recorded images.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a recording apparatus that can be used for both recording methods, in order to compensate for the mutual disadvantages of thermal recording and thermal transfer recording.

[Summary of the invention]

In the present invention, roll-shaped recording paper and ink d? The recording paper is recorded by using an ink ribbon carrying two rolls of an ink supply roll and an inkriden take-up roll, overlapping them and conveying them onto a thermal head, and then turning the recording paper and ink ribbon one tilt by a guide bar. In addition to forming a paper conveyance path and an ink ribbon conveyance path, a guide plate is also provided between the guide bar and the thermal head, and when thermal H1 recording paper is used, this guide plate guides the leading edge of the thermal recording paper. The above purpose is achieved by pressing the robot to guide the robot.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Hereinafter, one embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a facsimile machine will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 conceptually shows a facsimile machine in the same embodiment.

This facsimile device includes a transmitting section and a receiving section in the same housing, and employs a thermal transfer recording method as a recording method. In this facsimile machine, the device frame is composed of a main body frame 10m having an opening at the top and a lid frame 10b that closes the opening. Supported for free movement. In this facsimile machine, a device housing 10 is formed by a plate covering the device frame.

In this facsimile device, a transmitting mechanism 20 is installed at one end of the device housing 10, a receiving mechanism 40 is installed at the center of the device housing 10, and a transmitting mechanism 20 and a receiving mechanism are installed at the bottom of the device housing 10. A circuit board 120 for controlling the drive unit 40 and the like is installed.

The transmitting mechanism 20 conveys the original one sheet at a time and converts white, black, or gray information on the original into an electrical signal consisting of continuous changes in voltage level.

This transmitting mechanism 20 is connected to a document transport path 21 formed along the device housing 010II+ (on the left side in FIG. 1).
have. This document conveyance path 21 includes a conveyance roller 2 consisting of a drive roller 22a and a pinch roller 22b.
2, a drive roller 23a and a pinch roller 23b
a conveyance roller 23 consisting of a conveyance roller 23 and a conveyance roller 22 .
23, but is composed of idozolates 24m and 24b. The lower end of a document table 25 installed in the device housing 10 is positioned above the document conveyance path 21, and an automatic paper feed roller 26 is disposed between the document table 25 and the document conveyance path 21. has been done. Further, a document discharge port 27 is formed in the device housing 10 located below the document conveyance path 21 .

Further, the transmitting mechanism 20 includes various elements for reading image information on a document. These elements include a light source (eg, a fluorescent lamp) 28. which illuminates the scanning surface of the document; A lens 29 for forming an image of the light reflected from the original. Line type image sensor (for example, CCD image sensor) 30. These are the document detector 31 and the like.

The light source 28 is installed close to the document transport path 21 between the transport rows 222 and 23, the lens 29 and the image sensor 30 are installed above the circuit board 120, and the document detector 31 is located between the transport rows 222 and 23. .23, facing above the document transport path 21.

In the transmitting section equipped with such a transmitting mechanism 20, a document is conveyed and image information of the document is read in the following manner.

The document on the document table 25 is fed by the automatic paper feed row 226.
The documents are fed to the document transport path 21 one by one.

The fed document is further transported by the transport roller 22. When the leading edge of the document reaches the document detector 31, the document detector 31 is activated by the document, and after the document has been fed a predetermined distance, the image sensor 30 starts to operate. The image information on the document irradiated by the light source 28 is imaged onto the image sensor 30 by the lens 29 and converted into an electrical signal, and the electrical signal is further processed as required by each electronic circuit on the circuit board 120. The data is transmitted after being subjected to processing such as shaping, encoding, and modulation according to the data.

The document read in this manner is conveyed to the discharge port 27 by the conveyance p-ra 23, and is discharged from the discharge port 27 to the outside of the apparatus housing 10.

Further, the receiving mechanism 40 reproduces a written image on recording paper based on the received electrical signal.

This receiving mechanism 40 has a recording paper transport @41.

This recording paper conveyance path 41 includes a recording paper holder 60, a recording paper guide plate 70, a thermal head 42, a platen roller 43, an auto cutter 44, and a drive roller 45.
A conveying roller 45 consisting of & and a pinch row 245b, a conveying roller 46 consisting of a drive roller 46a and a pinch row 246b, and guide grates 47, 48a, 48 installed across each of these elements.
b.

It is composed of 49ay49b. And the recording paper holder 60. Thermal head 42. The auto cutters 44 are installed in the central part of the device housing 10 in parallel in a substantially horizontal direction, and the conveyor rows 245 and 46 are installed in a vertical direction.

Note that reference numeral 50 is a recording paper tray located on the upper surface of the apparatus housing 10, and this recording paper tray 50 is formed on the lid frame Ob. Further, reference numeral 51 is a recording paper detector.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the recording paper holder 60 is movably arranged with respect to a fixed spool 61 fixed to the main body frame 10a of the device housing 10 and the fixed spool 61. It is composed of a movable spool 62. A protrusion 61b is formed on the side plate fila of the fixed spool 61, and a long hole 61d is formed on the substrate 61c. On the other hand, a protrusion 62b is also provided on the side plate 62a of the movable susol 62.
is formed. And the board 62 of the movable susol 62
A bottle 63 is erected at e, and the pin 63 is inserted into the elongated hole 61d of the fixed stool 61. In addition, the board 61a of the fixed spool 61 and the board 6 of the movable spool 62
Spring gates 64 and 65 are installed in each of the spring gates 2e, and a tension coil spring 66 is disposed in each of the spring gates 64 and 65.

Therefore, in this recording paper holder 60, the movable spool 62 is always fixed on the fixed spool 62 due to the biasing force of the spring 66.
Attracted in one direction.

As shown in FIG. 4, the recording paper guide plate 70 is formed of a thin plate, and its cutting edge forms an arc.

The other end of the recording paper guide plate 70 is fixed to a shaft 71, and the shaft 71 is rotated by a frame 13° 14 (see FIG. 5) which is a part of the main frame L'-frame 10&. freely supported.

Further, a support shaft 72 is installed on at least one of the frames 13 and 14 (see FIG. 4), and an end of a lever 73 is swingably supported on this support shaft 72. A square hole 73a is formed in the free end of the lever 73, and the shaft 71 is inserted into the square hole 73a. The distal end of the provided pin 74 is engaged. Further, a lever 76 is attached to the lid frame 10b of the device housing 10 via a support shaft 75.
is swingably supported (see Fig. 4). This lever 76 has an elongated hole 76IL in its abdomen, and a shaft 77 disposed on at least one of the frames 13, 14 is inserted into the elongated hole 76&. The free end of this lever 76 is linked to the lever 73 via a tension coil spring 78.

Therefore, when the cover frame 10b is closed, the recording paper guide plate 70 is biased downward by the tension coil spring 78, and the lever 7
3 urges the shaft 71 counterclockwise in FIG. 4 via the pin 74. However, the lever 73 cannot be rotated, the shaft 71
As a result, the recording paper guide plate 7
0 is maintained in the state shown by the solid line. Furthermore, when the lid frame 10b is opened, that is, when the lid frame 10b is rotated to the position shown by the two-dot chain line, the lever 76 is also pulled up, and the lever 76 is pulled up via the tension coil spring 78. Apply upward biasing force to the lever 73.

Therefore, the lever 73 is moved upward by this biasing force, rotates the shaft 71 clockwise in FIG. 4 via the pin 74, and rotates the recording paper guide grate 70 clockwise. However, the rotation of the lever 73 is regulated by the shaft 71, and as a result, the recording paper guide plate 70 is
It is stopped in the state shown by the two-dot chain line and maintained in that state.

The thermal head 42 described above has a predetermined density (for example, 8 heads/
In step 4), the number of micro heating resistors (e.g., 204
8) - Arranged in a row and energized according to the image information to be recorded on the ink ribbon, which will be described later in contact with the thermal head 42, is minutely locally heated to melt the solid ink layer. It has the function of forming a visible image on recording paper.

The platen roller 43 is a rubber roller with a metal shaft in the center, and is positioned directly above the heat generating resistor of the thermal head 42 via ink cartridge and recording paper, which will be described later, and is pressed by a pressure means (not shown). By biasing the thermal head 42 upward in FIG. 1, the ink printer and the recording paper are clamped under a predetermined pressure to perform optimal recording. It is rotated by a transmission reduction mechanism using gears or a timing belt, and has the function of feeding the ink ribbon and recording paper in accordance with the recording speed while keeping them overlapped.

Further, the auto cutter 44 has a fixed blade 44a and a movable blade 44.
It consists of b. The movable blade 44b is connected to a rotary drive source (not shown) such as a motor or a rotary solenoid, and has the function of cutting the recording paper according to the size of the original to be transmitted by its urging.

Further, the conveyance rollers 45, 46 are drive rollers 45a.
, 46m and pinch rollers 45b and 46b pinch the recording paper on which the image has been recorded, and the drive roller 45a,
It has a function of feeding the recording paper to be ejected to the recording paper tray 50 by rotationally biasing the recording paper 46a.

Further, the guide plate 47 is formed of an elastic material such as a leaf spring, and one end thereof is fixed to the guide bar 82, and its free end is pressed against the heat-sensitive rod 42. Therefore, as shown in the figure, the guide plate 47 is installed so as to form a substantially concentric arc with the platen row 243, and the recording paper transport path 47 from the thermal head 42 to the guide bar 82
form smoothly.

Among the components of the device described so far, the platen row 243, the auto cutter 44, and the guide grating 48 m
, 48b, 49ae49b, a guide bar described later, drive rollers 45m, 46a, platen row 243 and drive roller 45a.

The rotational drive sources and transmission devices (not shown) for each of the 46m
It is attached to the lid frame 10b shown in FIG.

Furthermore, this reception + Pe structure 40 has an ink cartridge conveyance path 80. This ink recan conveyance path 80 includes guide bars 81 and 82 installed across the frames 13 and 14 in the device housing 10, and the above-mentioned lid frame 1.
It is constituted by a guide bar 83 installed at 0b. The ink cartridge 84 is connected to the guide bar 81 . It is conveyed between the thermal head 42 and the platen roller 43 via guide bars 82 and 83.

The above-mentioned ink yen 84 is used as a mask material for thermal transfer recording, and is made by applying a solid ink layer that melts by instantaneous heat activation from a thermal head onto an extremely thin base film made of polyethylene terephthalate, approximately 6 μm thick. The ink cartridge is wound around an ink cartridge supply roll 85 and an ink cartridge take-up roll 86. These are a cart 87, and the ink ribbon supply roll 85 and the ink ribbon take-up roll 86 are loosely fitted into the side plates 8B' and 89. This cassette 87 is loaded below the recording paper conveyance path 41, as shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 shows a structure in which this cassette 87 is held by a frame 13, 14 within 1° of the device housing. Frame 13.14 has 2 pieces each 90.91, 92, 9
3 are implanted, and reels 94 and 95 are installed on their shafts.
, 96.97 are loosely fitted. Among these reels, the reel 94 t 95 on the frame 13 side is provided with one or more protrusions 94 a * 95 a at its end, and the protrusions 94 m and 95 a are connected to the ink recan supply roll 85 .
The ink ribbon take-up roll 85 and the ink ribbon take-up roll 86 are fitted into grooves 85a and 86m formed on the end face of the ink ribbon take-up roll 86, thereby locking the ink ribbon supply roll 85 and the ink ribbon take-up roll 86 to the reel 94.95. Also, a coupling member 98 is provided on the shaft 90.91 between the reel 94.95 and the frame 13.
．． 99 is loosely fitted. The joint members 98 and 99 are provided with disks 98m and 99m at one end, and friction plates 98b and 99b are attached to the disks. Furthermore, a one-way clutch 1 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of this joint member 98,99.
00, 101 are disposed, and sprockets 102, 103 are disposed via the one-way clutch. This joint member 98° 99 is connected to a compression coil spring 104, 105 disposed between the joint member and the frame 13.
5, and the reels 94, 95 are pressed against the ink cartridge supply roll 85 and the ink cartridge take-up roll 86 via the friction plates 98b and 99b. On the other hand, reel 96 #9
7C, the compression coil springs 106 and 107 disposed between the reel and the frame 14 bias the end surfaces of the reels 96 and 97 to the left in FIG. It is pressed against the end surface of the ink ribbon take-up roll 86.

The ink ribbon supply roll 85 and the ink ribbon take-up roll 86 are connected to a four-drive mechanism, for example, as shown in FIG. Therefore, it is driven by C rotation. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 108 denotes a roller chain consisting of a large number of links, socks, and bottles.
8 is wound around sprockets 102 and 103 of an ink ribbon supply roll 85 and an ink ribbon take-up roll 86. These roller rockets 102 and 103 are rotated and moved via a roller chain 108 by a sprocket 109 fixed coaxially with the platen row 243 described above. In addition, the number of teeth of sprocket 109 is 2□
and the number of teeth of sprocket 102 (103) 2. The diameter of the platen roll is dl, and the ink ribbon supply (take-up) roll 85 (
When the outer diameter of the winding core of 86) is d3, Z, / Z
* 〉's/dt There is a relationship. The apparent winding and rewinding speed of the ink ribbon 84 is set to be higher than the feeding speed by the platen roller 43, but in reality, the seven winding and rewinding speeds of the ink ribbon 84 are set higher than the feeding speed by the platen roller 43.
8b (99b) causes a slippage, and the ink ribbon 8
Winding and unwinding are performed in a state in which tension is always applied to 4.

As shown in FIG. 1, the cassette 87 including the ink ribbon supply roll 85, the ink ribbon take-up roll 86, and the ink ribbon 84 has the ink ribbon 84 interposed between the thermal head 42 and the siratin roller 43. , and is positioned so as to be in contact with the guide bar 81°82.83.

Further, the rolled recording paper 110 is held by the recording paper holder 60 with its core 111 fitted into the projections 61b and 62b of the recording paper holder 60, and the rolled recording paper 110 is held by the recording paper holder 60.
The recording paper 110a at the leading end of the recording paper guide plate 70. It is pulled out through the guide bar 81 until it reaches between the thermal head 42 and the platen roller 43, and is set so that the tip is located a few n beyond the row of minute heating resistors of the thermal head 42.

In the receiving section equipped with such a receiving mechanism 40, the recording paper 110 and the ink ribbon 84 are conveyed and recorded in the following manner.

First, the facsimile number 413 received through the circuit undergoes electrical processing such as demodulation, decoding, and amplification, and is converted into an image (if number), which is sent to the thermal head 42 in FIG.
supplied to Then, according to the principle of the thermal transfer recording method described in detail with reference to FIG. 7, the solid ink layer of the ink cartridge 84 is bath-melted according to the recording pattern, and is transferred to the recording paper 110a that is pressed into close contact with the platen roller 43.
A recording is made. The recording paper 110a and the ink ribbon 84 are brought into close contact with each other and are fed by the platen roller 43 in accordance with the scanning lines so that no misalignment occurs, and recording is performed sequentially. After recording, the recording paper 110a and the ink ribbon 84, which remain in close contact with each other, reach the guide bar 82 and the ink cartridge 84 suddenly turns, so the recording paper 110a tries to move straight due to its rigidity and separates from the ink ribbon 84. .

The separated recording paper 110a is a guide sheet) 48 a
, 48 b.

Auto cutter 44 and guide play) 49m.

49b, and further drive rollers 45m, 46a and pinch roller 45 which are synchronized with the same rotation of the platen roller 43.
b, 46b. When one page of recording is completed corresponding to the size of the original document, the platen row 243, drive rollers 45a, 46a, and pinch rollers 45b, 46b rotate at high speed, and the recording paper 11
The recording paper 110a and the ink ribbon 84 are fed until the recording end position 12 of page 0& reaches the engagement point of the fixed blade 44m and the movable blade 44b of the auto cutter 44, that is, the cutting position.

Then, as described above, the movable blade 44b of the cutter 44 is energized by a rotary drive source such as a motor or a rotary solenoid, and the recording paper 110a is cut into a length approximately equal to the length of the original to be transmitted. The cut recording paper 110a is transferred to the drive rollers 45 av 46 m and the male edge rollers 45 b, 4
6b, the paper is fed, is ejected to the device array, and is stored in the recording paper tray 50. Note that the ink ribbon 84
During the above-mentioned recording and during high-speed feeding after recording, tension is always applied to the drive mechanism described in FIG. 6 and the connection of the ink ribbon take-up roll described in FIG. It is wound in such a way that it does not occur.

On the other hand, at the same time as the feeding of the cut recording paper begins,
The platen roller 43 of FIG. 1 is reversely rotated by reversing the excitation phase order of its actual driving stepping motor. Furthermore, the increment supply roll is driven by the action of the one-way clutch 00 in FIG. Power is transmitted to 85 to rotate it in reverse. With these, the recording paper 1 of the unrecorded part
10m and Increment 84 started retreating at the same speed,
The parts that were once separated are overlapped again by the guide bar 82 and brought into close contact. The leading edge of the recording paper 110a is the thermal head 4.
When the number of rows of minute heating resistors (No. 2) reaches the limit, the rotation of the stepping motor (not shown) is stopped, and the recording paper 11
0a and the ink ribbon 84 are stopped to prepare for the next facsimile reception and recording.

Further, when using thermal recording H paper in this facsimile machine, it is sufficient to load the rolled thermal recording paper into the recording paper holder 60 and remove the ink cartridge set 87 from the FF1 housing. The behavior of the thermal recording paper is the same in tl as that of the recording paper 110 in thermal transfer recording. That is,
The leading edge of the thermal recording paper, which is fed while being pinched by the platen row 243, is recorded by the thermal head 42, and then is sent along the guide plate 47, and then passes through the guide plates 48m, 48b, the auto cutter 44, and the guide play) 49 a # 49 b, and then the conveyor roller 45.4 which is synchronized with the rotation of the platen row 243.
It can be transported by 6. When one page of recording is completed, the thermal recording paper is fast-forwarded and the end position of the recording is reached by the auto cutter 4.
Immediately thereafter, the platen roller 43 is reversed, and the leading edge of the unrecorded thermal recording paper is returned to a position several fins above the row of minute heating resistors of the thermal head 42.

On the other hand, the thermal recording paper on which reception recording has been performed is transferred to the transport loaf 45, just as in the case of recording paper in thermal transfer recording.
46 and the guide plate 49a.

49b and stored in the recording paper tray 50.

As is clear from the above description, the guide sylate 47 is required to guide the leading edge of the thermal recording paper when performing thermal recording.

That is, when performing thermal transfer recording, the ink cartridge 8
4 performs the same function as the guide plate 47, so it is not necessarily necessary in this case.

In the above embodiment, the recording apparatus of the present invention is shown as the receiving mechanism 40 in a facsimile machine, but it goes without saying that the present invention can also be applied to a general recording apparatus, such as a printer apparatus.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, in the recording apparatus according to the present invention, a guide plate is provided that extends from the vicinity of the row of heating resistors of the thermal head to the guide bar, so that the same apparatus can perform thermal transfer recording using an ink ribbon and It is highly flexible in that it can perform both thermal recording without the use of heat, and the recording method can be selected according to the purpose of the user of the device.

Furthermore, since the recording apparatus according to the present invention uses the rolled recording paper and the ink ribbon wrapped around the increment supply roll and the ink def winding roll, the recording paper and the increment can be rewound. This eliminates the waste of recording paper, ink, and yen, and since the recording paper can be cut to any length, it is possible to obtain a record of a length that corresponds to the amount of recorded information. Since the paper can be taken out without the ink cartridge attached, there is no need to remove the ink cartridge.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 shows a facsimile machine to which a recording device according to the present invention is applied.
) A conceptual diagram showing the apparatus, Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the recording paper holder of the facsimile machine, Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional front view of the recording paper holder, and Fig. 4 is a paper guide plate of the facsimile machine. 5 is a vertical sectional view showing the ink ribbon holding structure of the facsimile device, FIG. 6 is a front view showing the ink ribbon drive mechanism of the facsimile device, and FIG. FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing a general thermal transfer recording system. 41... Recording paper conveyance path, 42... Thermal head, 43
...Platen roller, 44...Cutter, 47...
Guide plate, 6o...recording paper holder, 8o...
Ink ribbon conveyance path, 82... Guide bar, 85...
- Ink ribbon supply roll, 86... Ink ribbon take-up roll. a'qn- ■什■

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A recording paper conveyance path having a recording paper holder for rolled recording paper, a thermal head, a guide bar, and a cutter in this order, an ink ribbon supply roll and an ink ribbon take-up roll, and a thermal sensitivity of the recording paper conveyance path. an ink ribbon transport path that forms at least a part of the transport path between the head and the guide bar, and separates from the recording paper transport path at the guide bar; and a guide plate disposed between the thermal head and the guide bar. A recording device comprising: (2) The guide plate is formed of an elastic material,
The recording device according to claim 1, wherein an end portion is pressed against the thermal head.