WO2019003592A1 - Printing device, method for controlling printing device, and recording medium - Google Patents

Printing device, method for controlling printing device, and recording medium Download PDF

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WO2019003592A1
WO2019003592A1 PCT/JP2018/015848 JP2018015848W WO2019003592A1 WO 2019003592 A1 WO2019003592 A1 WO 2019003592A1 JP 2018015848 W JP2018015848 W JP 2018015848W WO 2019003592 A1 WO2019003592 A1 WO 2019003592A1
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亀井　康一
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カシオ計算機株式会社
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/66—Applications of cutting devices
    • B41J11/70—Applications of cutting devices cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J15/00—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in continuous form, e.g. webs
    • B41J15/04—Supporting, feeding, or guiding devices; Mountings for web rolls or spindles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/20—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by contact with rotating friction members, e.g. rollers, brushes, or cylinders
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
    • B65H5/06—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by rollers or balls, e.g. between rollers

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  • the present invention relates to a printing apparatus, a control method of a printing apparatus for controlling the printing apparatus, and a recording medium recording a program used for a computer of the printing apparatus.
  • a label printer which produces a label by printing arbitrary characters, pictures, figures and the like on a long printing medium and then cutting the printing medium.
  • a discharge roller which discharges a printed material which is cut after printing and separated from the print medium, a roller which holds the printed material together with the discharge roller, and a roller which discharges the roller during conveyance of the print medium
  • a label printer has been proposed which is provided with a retracting mechanism for retracting to a position separated from the above and moving the roller closer to the discharge roller while discharging the printed matter (see Japanese Patent No. 4126214).
  • the front end of the printed matter contacts the installation surface of the printing apparatus etc. when the length in the discharge direction of the printed matter is long
  • the printed matter may remain in a disconnected state without being discharged by its own weight.
  • the remaining printed matter may be cut together with the next printed matter when the next printed matter is created.
  • a printing apparatus a control method for the printing apparatus, and a recording medium are desired, which have an advantage of being able to discharge the printed matter from the print medium cut by the cutting device with a simple configuration to the outside.
  • the printing apparatus includes a cutter that cuts the print medium, and at least one drive discharge roller that discharges the printed material formed by cutting the print medium by rotating it.
  • the outer circumferential surface of the drive discharge roller is composed of a contact area capable of contacting the printed matter and a non-contact area not in contact with the print medium.
  • a control method of a printing apparatus includes cutting a conveyance roller that conveys a printing medium, a printing mechanism that performs printing on the printing medium, and the printing medium on which the printing is performed by the printing mechanism.
  • a contact area comprising a cutter and at least one drive discharge roller for discharging the printed material formed by cutting the print medium to the outside by rotating it, and a contact area capable of contacting the printed material on the outer peripheral surface of the drive discharge roller And a non-contact area not in contact with the print medium.
  • the drive discharge roller faces the non-contact area away from the print medium, and the drive discharge roller faces the print medium.
  • the drive discharge roller is rotated at least one time so that the contact area is in contact with the printed matter during the rotation, and the printed matter is discharged to the outside.
  • a recording medium recording a readable program
  • the conveyance roller for conveying a medium to be printed, a printing mechanism for printing on the medium to be printed, and the printing on which the printing is performed by the printing mechanism.
  • a cutter for cutting the medium a drive discharge roller for discharging the printed material formed by cutting the print medium to the outside by rotating the print material, and a discharge roller drive unit for rotating the drive discharge roller;
  • the computer of the printing apparatus is provided with a contact area capable of contacting the printed matter and a non-contact area not contacting the print medium on the outer peripheral surface of the roller.
  • the drive discharge roller is positioned such that the non-contact area faces the print medium away from the print medium so that the drive discharge roller does not contact the print medium.
  • the discharge roller drive unit is controlled to discharge the print medium to the outside by rotating the drive discharge roller at least one time, and the contact area is brought into contact with the printed matter during the rotation to rotate the printed matter A process is executed to control the discharge roller drive unit so as to discharge it to the outside.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a printing system provided with a printing apparatus according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a printing apparatus according to an embodiment in a state in which an open / close lid is opened. It is a perspective view showing the cassette stored in the printing device concerning one embodiment. It is a top view which shows the internal structure of the printing apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment.
  • It is a control block diagram of a printing system provided with a printing device concerning one embodiment.
  • It is a perspective view (the 1) showing a discharge roller unit in one embodiment.
  • the 2 showing the discharge roller unit in one embodiment.
  • It is a perspective view (the 1) of a discharge roller unit which omitted illustration of a discharge roller cover in one embodiment.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a printing system 100 provided with a printing apparatus 1 according to an embodiment.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the printing apparatus 1 with the open / close lid 3 opened.
  • the printing system 100 illustrated in FIG. 1 includes the printing apparatus 1 and a print control apparatus 80.
  • the print control device 80 exchanges data with the printing device 1 by wireless communication or wired communication.
  • the print control device 80 is, for example, a notebook personal computer including the display device 81 and the input device 82, but may be a portable computer such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal, and is not particularly limited.
  • the longitudinal direction (sub scanning direction) of the print medium M and the direction in which the print medium M is transported and the direction in which the printed matter M1 is discharged are referred to as “X direction”.
  • the direction orthogonal to the X direction and being the width direction (main scanning direction) of the print medium M and the printed matter M1 is referred to as "Y direction”
  • the direction orthogonal to the X direction and Y direction is referred to as "Z direction”.
  • the X direction, the Y direction, and the Z direction are orthogonal to one another. In one example, the X and Z directions are horizontal and the Y direction is vertical.
  • the printing apparatus 1 is, for example, a label printer that performs printing on a long print medium M by a single pass method.
  • a thermal transfer type label printer using an ink ribbon will be described as an example, but the printing method and the shape of the print medium M are not particularly limited.
  • the printing method may be a printing method for printing on thermal paper.
  • the medium to be printed M is, for example, a tape member having a base material Ma having an adhesive layer, and a release paper Mb attached to the base material Ma in a peelable manner so as to cover the adhesive layer.
  • the to-be-printed medium M may consist only of the base material Ma which does not have a contact layer.
  • the printing apparatus 1 includes an apparatus housing 2 and an open / close lid 3 attached to the apparatus housing 2 so as to be openable and closable.
  • the device housing 2 internally includes a cassette storage unit 19 that stores the tape cassette 30. Details of the cassette storage unit 19 will be described later.
  • a power button 25, an operation button 26 for performing various operations, a lid open / close button 27 and the like are disposed on the top surface of the apparatus housing 2.
  • the power button 25 When the power button 25 is pressed in a state where the external power source D (see FIG. 5) is connected (that is, the AC adapter is connected), a signal is sent to the power circuit 28 (see FIG. 5) to power the printing apparatus 1 Turns on. Further, when the operation button 26 or the lid opening / closing button 27 is pressed, a signal is sent to the control device 5 (see FIG. 5), and the processing according to each button is performed by the control device 5.
  • the device housing 2 is provided with a power cord connection terminal, an external device connection terminal, a storage medium insertion slot, and the like.
  • the power supply cord connection terminal may not be provided.
  • the external device connection terminal is not provided. May be
  • the open / close lid 3 is provided on the top of the cassette storage unit 19 and covers the cassette storage unit 19 so as to be openable and closable.
  • the open / close lid 3 is opened by pressing the lid open / close button 27, and is closed manually, for example.
  • a window 3a is formed on the open / close lid 3 so that it can be visually confirmed whether the cassette 30 is stored in the cassette storage unit 19 even when the open / close lid 3 is closed.
  • a discharge port 2 a is formed on the side surface of the device housing 2.
  • the print medium M is printed by the thermal head 10 in the printing apparatus 1 and printed by the thermal head 10 and the printed material separated from the print medium M by cutting is transferred from the discharge port 2 a to the outside of the printing apparatus 1 It is discharged in the X direction.
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the cassette 30 stored in the printing apparatus 1.
  • FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the internal structure of the printing apparatus 1.
  • the cassette 30 shown in FIG. 3 accommodates the print medium M, and is detachably accommodated in the cassette accommodating portion 19 shown in FIG.
  • the cassette 30 has a cassette case 31 that accommodates the print medium M and the ink ribbon R.
  • the cassette case 31 is provided with a thermal head insertion portion 36 and an engagement portion 37.
  • FIG. 4 and FIGS. 17 to 19 described later omit the illustration of the cassette 30, a part of the print medium M (downstream from the platen roller 21) is illustrated.
  • the cassette case 31 is further provided with a tape core 32, an ink ribbon supply core 34, and an ink ribbon winding core 35.
  • the print medium M is wound around the tape core 32 inside the cassette case 31 in a roll shape.
  • the thermal transfer ink ribbon R is wound in a roll around the ink ribbon supply core 34 inside the cassette case 31 in a state where the tip thereof is wound around the ink ribbon winding core 35.
  • the cassette storage portion 19 is provided with a plurality of cassette receiving portions 20 for supporting the cassette 30 at a predetermined position. Further, the cassette receiving unit 20 is provided with a tape width detection switch 24 which is an example of a width detection unit that detects the width of the print medium M.
  • the cassette storage unit 19 can selectively store a plurality of types of cassettes 30 having different widths of the print medium M from each other.
  • the tape width detection switch 24 detects the width of the print medium M based on the shape of the cassette 30 (shape of the concavities and convexities provided on the cassette 30), and outputs a sensor signal indicating the detected width of the print medium M. Output.
  • the thermal head 10 prints an image according to a plurality of print lines on the print medium M based on data indicating the print content to be formed on the print medium M (hereinafter referred to as print data).
  • a platen roller 21, a tape core engaging shaft 22, and an ink ribbon winding drive shaft 23 are provided.
  • a thermistor 13 (see FIG. 5) is embedded in the thermal head 10.
  • the thermal head 10 is an example of a printing mechanism that performs printing on the print medium M
  • the platen roller 21 is an example of a transport roller that transports the print medium M
  • the thermistor 13 is a temperature of the thermal head 10 Is an example of a head temperature measurement unit that measures
  • the engaging portion 37 of the cassette case 31 is supported by the cassette receiving portion 20 of the cassette storage portion 19, and the thermal head 10 is inserted into the thermal head of the cassette case 31. It is inserted into the part 36. Further, the tape core 32 of the cassette 30 is engaged with the tape core engagement shaft 22, and the ink ribbon take-up core 35 is engaged with the ink ribbon take-up drive shaft 23.
  • the print medium M is fed out of the tape core 32 by the rotation of the platen roller 21.
  • the ink ribbon winding drive shaft 23 is rotated in synchronization with the platen roller 21
  • the ink ribbon R is fed out from the ink ribbon supply core 34 together with the print medium M.
  • the medium to be printed M and the ink ribbon R are conveyed in an overlapping state.
  • the ink ribbon R is heated by the thermal head 10 when passing between the thermal head 10 and the platen roller 21, the ink is transferred to the print medium M, and the printing of the image based on the print data is performed. To be done.
  • the used ink ribbon R passed between the thermal head 10 and the platen roller 21 is wound around the ink ribbon winding core 35.
  • the printed medium to be printed M which has passed between the thermal head 10 and the platen roller 21 is cut by the full-cut device 16 which is an example of a cutter, and cut off as a printed matter M1 (see FIG. 17).
  • the printed matter M1 is discharged by the driven discharge roller 41 and the driven discharge roller 42 which are an example of the pair of discharge rollers.
  • the drive discharge roller 41 and the driven discharge roller 42 are disposed as part of the discharge roller unit 56 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7.
  • FIG. 5 is a control block diagram of the printing system 100 including the printing apparatus 1.
  • the printing apparatus 1 includes a control device 5, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 6, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 7, and a communication interface (IF) in addition to the above-described thermal head 10, platen roller 21, tape width detection switch 24 and the like.
  • 8 is an example of a head drive circuit 9, a conveyance motor drive circuit 11, a stepping motor 12, a cutter motor drive circuit 14, a cutter motor 15, a full cut device 16, a half cut device 17, a power supply circuit 28, and a discharge roller drive unit
  • a discharge roller drive motor 43, a discharge motor drive circuit 44, and an encoder 49 are provided.
  • the control device 5, the ROM 6, and the RAM 7 are an example of a computer of the printing device 1.
  • the control device 5 includes a processor 5a which is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit).
  • the control device 5 controls the operation of each part of the printing apparatus 1 by developing the program stored in the ROM 6 in the RAM 7 and executing the program.
  • a processor 5a which is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit).
  • the control device 5 controls the operation of each part of the printing apparatus 1 by developing the program stored in the ROM 6 in the RAM 7 and executing the program.
  • the control device 5 supplies, for example, control signals (strobe signals, latch signals, clock signals) and print data to the head drive circuit 9, and controls the thermal head 10 via the head drive circuit 9. Further, the control device 5 is a motor (stepping motor 12, cutter motor 15, discharge roller drive motor 43) via a motor drive circuit (transfer motor drive circuit 11, cutter motor drive circuit 14, discharge motor drive circuit 44). Control.
  • the control device 5 acquires information on the rotation angle of the drive discharge roller 41 from the encoder 49, except during discharge of the printed matter M1 separated from the print medium M (for example, transport of the print medium M 10) of the drive discharge roller 41 shown in FIG. 10 faces the print medium M so that the drive discharge roller 41 does not contact the print medium M, the discharge roller drive motor Control 43 Further, the control device 5 controls the discharge roller drive motor 43 so that the printed material M1 is discharged to the outside by rotating while the drive discharge roller 41 contacts the printed material M1 in the contact area 41a shown in FIG.
  • the ROM 6 stores a print program for printing on the print medium M, and various data (for example, fonts and the like) necessary for executing the print program.
  • the ROM 6 also functions as a storage medium in which a program readable by the control device 5 is stored.
  • the RAM 7 functions as a data memory for storing print data and information about printing.
  • the communication interface 8 exchanges data with an external device such as the print control device 80 by wired communication or wireless communication.
  • the head drive circuit 9 drives the thermal head 10 based on the control signal and the print data supplied from the control device 5.
  • the thermal head 10 has a plurality of heating elements 10 a arranged in the Y direction which is the width direction (main scanning direction) of the print medium M.
  • the head drive circuit 9 selectively energizes the current supplied to the heating element 10a according to the print data, whereby the heating element 10a generates heat.
  • the ink ribbon R is heated.
  • the thermal head 10 performs printing one print line at a time on the print medium M by thermal transfer.
  • the transport motor drive circuit 11 drives the stepping motor 12.
  • the stepping motor 12 is an example of a conveyance drive unit for conveying the print medium M, and rotates the platen roller 21.
  • the platen roller 21 conveys the print medium M in the X direction, which is the longitudinal direction (sub scanning direction) of the print medium M, by being rotated by the power of the stepping motor 12.
  • the cutter motor drive circuit 14 drives the cutter motor 15.
  • the full cut device 16 and the half cut device 17 are operated by the power of the cutter motor 15 to perform full cut or half cut of the print medium M.
  • the full cut is an operation of cutting the substrate Ma of the printing medium M shown in FIG. 3 along the width direction together with the release paper Mb, and the half cut cuts only the substrate Ma along the width direction. Is the action to be performed.
  • the full cut device 16 cuts the print medium M by the movable blade 16 a and the fixed blade 16 b.
  • the print control device 80 includes a display device 81, an input device 82, a control device 83, a display unit drive device 84, a ROM 85, a RAM 86, and a communication interface (IF) 87.
  • a display device 81 an input device 82, a control device 83, a display unit drive device 84, a ROM 85, a RAM 86, and a communication interface (IF) 87.
  • IF communication interface
  • the display device 81 is, for example, a liquid crystal display, an organic electroluminescence (organic EL) display, or the like.
  • the input device 82 is, for example, a keyboard device, a touch panel, or the like, and receives various operations by the user.
  • the control device 83 includes, for example, a processor 83 a which is a CPU, and controls the operation of each unit of the print control device 80.
  • the print data stored in the RAM 7 of the printing apparatus 1 can be input, for example, by the user performing the input operation of the print content in the input device 82 while looking at the input screen of the print content displayed on the display device 81. It is generated by the control unit 83 based on the operation. The generated print data is sent from the communication interface 87 of the print control device 80 to the communication interface 8 of the printing device 1 and stored in the RAM 7.
  • the control device 5 of the printing apparatus 1 may generate print data based on the user's input operation.
  • the printing apparatus 1 may obtain print data from a storage medium inserted into the above-described storage medium insertion slot provided in the apparatus housing 2.
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 are perspective views showing the discharge roller unit 56.
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 are perspective views of the discharge roller unit 56 with the discharge roller cover 55 omitted.
  • FIG. 10 and 11 are perspective views showing the driving discharge roller 41 and the driven discharge roller 42.
  • FIG. FIG. 12 is a plan view showing the drive discharge roller 41
  • FIG. 13 is a plan view showing the drive discharge roller 61 in the modification.
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 are schematic views for explaining the driven discharge roller 42.
  • the discharge roller unit 56 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 includes, for example, four drive discharge rollers 41, for example, four driven discharge rollers 42, a discharge roller drive motor 43, a frame 48, an encoder 49, a gear train 50, a bearing 53, and a compression spring. 54, the discharge roller cover 55 and the like.
  • the drive discharge rollers 41 are spaced apart in the Y direction by being integrally formed with a single central axis 45 extending in the Y direction which is the width direction of the print medium M. Connected to each other.
  • the central shaft 45 has a tubular shape, and a rotation shaft (first shaft) 46 serving as a rotation center of the drive discharge roller 41 is fitted inside.
  • the rotation shaft 46 is provided along the Y direction which is the width direction of the print medium M.
  • the drive discharge roller 41 faces the contact area 41a provided on the outer circumferential surface thereof so as to contact the printed product M1 when the printed product M1 is discharged, and is spaced apart from the print medium M.
  • the drive discharge roller 41 is provided with a non-contact area 41 b provided so as not to be in contact with the print medium M. It is desirable that one contact region 41 a and one non-contact region 41 b be provided in the rotational direction D of the drive discharge roller 41.
  • the noncontact area 41b is in noncontact with the print medium M over the entire Y direction which is the width direction of the print medium M.
  • the drive discharge roller 41 has, for example, a fan shape surrounding the central axis 45 in a plan view (that is, as viewed from above in the Y direction).
  • a circumferential portion having the same diameter as the contact area 41a (contact area 61a) is indicated by a two-dot chain line (imaginary line).
  • the drive discharge roller 41 discharges the printed matter M1 to the outside by the contact area 41a rotating while being in contact with the printed matter M1.
  • the position of the drive discharge roller 41 in the rotational direction D when the contact area 41a contacts the printed matter M1 as described above is a contact position P2 shown in FIG.
  • the end of the contact area 41a in the rotational direction D of the drive discharge roller 41 is, for example, a curved portion 41c which is chamfered in a curved surface and curved in a curved surface.
  • the drive discharge roller 41 is continuously provided in a region in which the non-contact region 41b in the rotation direction D has an angle ⁇ of, for example, 180 degrees or more with respect to the rotation center R of the rotation shaft 46.
  • the driving discharge roller 41 is not limited to the above-described fan-like one, and for example, as shown in FIG. 13, the driving discharge roller 41 has a non-contact area 61 b which is a cutout portion where a part of the arc of the outer periphery is cut out in a planar shape.
  • the drive discharge roller 61 or the like may be used.
  • the driving discharge roller 61 may also be a curved portion 61c which is chamfered in a curved surface and curved in a curved surface, for example, at the tip of the contact region 61a in the rotational direction D.
  • the non-contact area 61 b of the drive discharge roller 61 is continuously provided in an area where the angle ⁇ with respect to the rotation center R of the rotation shaft 46 in the rotation direction D is less than 180 degrees.
  • the rotary shaft 46 of the drive discharge roller 41 described above passes through the motor support portion 48a of the frame 48 on which the discharge roller drive motor 43 is mounted in the vicinity of the lower end. Further, the rotation shaft 46 is rotatably supported by the motor support portion 48 a. The upper end of the rotating shaft 46 is also rotatably supported by the frame 48.
  • a friction spring 47 one end of which is fixed to the motor support 48a, is wound around the central shaft 45, and the friction spring 47 provides resistance to the rotation of the central shaft 45, that is, the rotation of the drive discharge roller 41.
  • the friction spring 47 provides resistance to the rotation of the central shaft 45, that is, the rotation of the drive discharge roller 41.
  • the frame 48 has a motor support portion 48a and a spring receiving portion 48b, and is fixed to, for example, the device housing 2 shown in FIG. As described above, the discharge roller drive motor 43 is mounted on the motor support portion 48a.
  • the discharge roller drive motor 43 is, for example, a DC motor.
  • a gear 43 b is provided on the output shaft 43 a, and the gear 43 b engages with one of the gear train 50 including the gear 50 a provided on the rotation shaft 46 of the drive discharge roller 41.
  • the power of the discharge roller drive motor 43 is transmitted to the rotating shaft 46 through the gear 43 b and the gear train 50.
  • an encoder 49 is provided in the vicinity of the lower end of the rotation shaft 46.
  • the encoder 49 has a slit disc 49a in which a slit 49a-1 shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 is formed, and a photo sensor 49b for detecting the slit 49a-1.
  • the slit disc 49 a is disposed so as to rotate integrally with the rotation shaft 46, that is, integrally with the drive discharge roller 41.
  • the photosensor 49 b detects the slit 49 a-1 to detect the rotational position of the drive discharge roller 41.
  • each driven discharge roller 42 is formed integrally with a single central axis 51 extending in the Y direction, which is the width direction of the print medium M, to provide an interval in the Y direction. Connected to each other. Further, each driven discharge roller 42 is positioned to face each drive discharge roller 41, and as the drive discharge roller 41 rotates in the rotation direction D, the contact area 41a of the drive discharge roller 41 or the printed matter held By contacting M1, the drive discharge roller 41 rotates in the direction opposite to the rotation direction D (counterclockwise in FIGS. 10 and 11).
  • the central shaft 51 of the driven discharge roller 42 has a tubular shape, and a rotation shaft (second shaft) 52 serving as the rotation center of the driven discharge roller 42 is fitted inside.
  • the rotation shaft 52 is provided along the Y direction which is the width direction of the print medium M. Thereby, the central shaft 51 and the rotating shaft 52 rotate integrally with the driven discharge roller 42.
  • the rotating shaft 52 is rotatably supported by bearings 53 at its upper and lower ends.
  • the bearing 53 includes an upper arm 53a rotatably supporting the upper end of the rotary shaft 52, a lower arm 53b rotatably supporting the lower end of the rotary shaft 52, and a spring recess 53c to which one end of the compression spring 54 is fixed. And.
  • the other end of the compression spring 54 is fixed to the spring receiving portion 48 b of the frame 48.
  • the compression spring 54 attaches the driven discharge roller 42 via the bearing 53 in the direction in which the driven discharge roller 42 approaches the drive discharge roller 41 (the Z direction which is the thickness direction of the printed matter M1). Power up.
  • the driven discharge roller 42 is disposed so as to interfere with the drive discharge roller 41 at the contact position P2, that is, the contact area 41a when the compression spring 54 has a free length.
  • the driven discharge roller 42 is in close contact with the drive discharge roller 41 and pushed back by the drive discharge roller 41 to slightly compress the compression spring 54 against the biasing force of the compression spring 54.
  • the discharge roller cover 55 has a drive roller side facing surface 55a and a driven roller side facing surface 55b facing each other.
  • a gap between the driving roller side facing surface 55a and the driven roller side facing surface 55b is a discharge path DP through which the printed matter M1 is discharged.
  • the discharge roller cover 55 is fixed to the frame 48, for example.
  • drive discharge is performed with opening regions 55c in which a part of the contact regions 41a of the drive discharge rollers 41 project toward the discharge path DP side by side in the Y direction which is the width direction of the print medium M.
  • the same number as the roller 41 is provided, and four are provided here.
  • an opening area 55d in which a part of each driven discharge roller 42 protrudes toward the discharge path DP is arranged in the Y direction which is the width direction of the print medium M. There are as many as there are, and here four are provided.
  • the width of the drive discharge roller 41 is a roller width L1
  • the width of the drive roller side facing surface 55a is an opening area width L2
  • the gap between the two opening regions 55c, 55c is taken as an opening region gap L3
  • the gap between the two adjacent drive discharge rollers 41, 41 is taken as a roller gap L4.
  • the sum of the roller width L1 and the roller interval L4 is equal to the sum of the opening area width L2 and the opening area interval L3.
  • the width in the width direction (Y direction) of the print medium M used in the printing apparatus 1 is larger than the roller distance L4 in order to cause the print medium M to contact any of the drive discharge rollers 41.
  • the width of the print medium M is preferably larger than the opening area width L2 from the viewpoint of making it difficult for the print medium M with curling to enter the opening area 55c. That is, the roller distance L4 is set to a value smaller than the minimum value of the width of the print medium M used in the printing apparatus 1.
  • the opening area width L2 is preferably set to a value smaller than the minimum value of the width of the print medium M used in the printing apparatus 1.
  • the width L1 and the interval L4 in the Y direction of the drive discharge roller 41 described above are the same as the width and the interval in the Y direction of the driven discharge roller 42, and the opening area 55c of the drive roller side facing surface 55a.
  • the width L2 and the space L3 in the Y direction are the same as the width and the space of the opening region 55d in the Y direction of the driven roller side facing surface 55b. That is, the roller width L1 of the driving discharge roller 41 is equal to the width of the driven discharge roller 42, the opening area width L2 of the opening area 55c is equal to the width of the opening area 55d, and the opening area interval between two adjacent opening areas 55c and 55c.
  • L3 is equal to the distance between the two adjacent open areas 55d, 55d, and the roller distance L4 between the two adjacent drive discharge rollers 41, 41 is equal to the distance between the two adjacent driven discharge rollers 42, 42.
  • a lower end inclined surface 55e is formed at the lower end of the discharge path DP which is a gap between the drive roller side facing surface 55a and the driven roller side facing surface 55b.
  • the lower end inclined surface 55e is the same as the lower end of the lowermost opening regions 55c and 55d in the Y direction at the upstream end in the X direction. Further, the lower end inclined surface 55e is inclined such that the position in the Y direction is lowered as it goes to the downstream side in the X direction.
  • the drive discharge roller 41 and the driven discharge roller 42 are disposed to be biased toward the lower end in the discharge path DP, and the printed matter M1 shown in FIG. 15 is from near the center in the Y direction of the discharge path DP to near the lower end in the Y direction.
  • the sheet is discharged while being nipped by the driving discharge roller 41 and the driven discharge roller 42.
  • the number of driving discharge rollers 41 and the number of driven discharge rollers 42 are not particularly limited, but may be one, for example.
  • the single drive discharge roller 41 and the single driven discharge roller 42 in that case may also be arranged to be biased toward the lower end side in the discharge path DP.
  • the driving discharge roller 41 and the driven discharge roller 42 center the printed matter M1 (the printing medium M) It is preferable to be disposed closer to the lower end side than the central position in the Y direction. This is because the printed matter M1 separated from the printing medium M falls in the discharge path DP by its own weight.
  • FIG. 16 is a flow chart for explaining the discharge operation of the printed matter M1.
  • FIGS. 17 to 19 are plan views of the internal structure of the printing apparatus 1 for explaining the discharge operation of the printed matter M1.
  • control device 5 shown in FIG. 5 controls the stepping motor 12 via the conveyance motor drive circuit 11 to cause the platen roller 21 to convey the print medium M, while the head drive circuit 9 is used.
  • the control of the thermal head 10 causes the thermal head 10 to print the print medium M.
  • control device 5 controls the cutter motor 15 via the cutter motor drive circuit 14 to cause the full cut device 16 or the half cut device 17 to perform full cut or half cut of the print medium M.
  • the control device 5 is a full cut device for discharging the printed material M1 which has been separated from the print medium M after the print medium M is cut by the full cut device 16 as shown in FIG.
  • the discharge roller drive unit 43 is controlled to rotate the drive discharge roller 41 by, for example, one rotation in the rotational direction D as shown in FIG. 18 while the sixteen movable blades 16a are in the cutting position (step S1 in FIG. 16). .
  • the control device 5 sets the non-contact position P1 (see FIG. 10) of the drive discharge roller 41 when the slit 49a-1 of the slit disc 49a is detected by the photo sensor 49b of the encoder 49 as the initial position.
  • the discharge roller drive motor 43 is controlled so as to rotate the drive discharge roller 41 once and return it to the initial position.
  • the control device 5 causes the non-contact area 41 b to face the print medium M during conveyance of the print medium M by the platen roller 21 so that the drive discharge roller 41 does not contact the print medium M.
  • the discharge roller drive motor 43 is controlled. If the power is suddenly stopped with the contact position P2 at which the drive discharge roller 41 contacts the printed matter M1, the control device 5 determines whether the drive discharge roller 41 is in the initial position at the next start, The detection is performed using the encoder 49, and if the drive discharge roller 41 is not at the initial position, the discharge roller drive motor 43 may be controlled to rotate the drive discharge roller 41 to the initial position.
  • the print M1 having a length L5 or less between the contact position of the drive discharge roller 41 with the print M1 and the cutting position by the full-cut device 16 is the drive discharge roller 41. Can not be discharged. Therefore, the minimum length in the X direction of the print M1 that can be set in the printing apparatus 1 is desirably longer than the length L5.
  • step S2 since the noncontact position P1 of the drive discharge roller 41 when the slit 49a-1 of the slit disk 49a is detected by the photo sensor 49b of the encoder 49 is the initial position, the drive discharge roller 41 makes one rotation.
  • step S3 the control device 5 causes the drive discharge roller 41 to rotate.
  • the discharge roller drive motor 43 is controlled so as to stop it (step S3). Thereby, as shown in FIG. 19, the printed matter M1 is discharged from the discharge port 2a of the apparatus housing 2. Thereafter, the control device 5 retracts the movable blade 16a of the full-cut device 16 from the cutting position.
  • the number of rotations in the discharge operation of the drive discharge roller 41 is not limited to one rotation, and may be two or more.
  • the drive discharge roller 41 rotates idle without contacting the printed matter M1.
  • the control device 5 rotates the drive discharge roller 41 by a number of rotations (for example, one rotation)
  • the discharge roller drive motor 43 may be controlled to rotate in three revolutions.
  • the printing apparatus 1 includes the thermal head 10, which is an example of a printing mechanism that performs printing on the medium to be printed M, and the printed medium on which printing has been performed by the thermal head 10
  • a full-cut device 16 which is an example of a cutter for cutting M
  • a drive discharge roller 41 for discharging the printed material M1 which has been cut by the full-cut device 16 and which has been printed and separated from the print medium M to the outside.
  • the drive discharge roller 41 has, on its outer peripheral surface, a non-contact area 41 b provided so that the drive discharge roller 41 is not in contact with the print medium M by being spaced apart and opposed to the print medium M.
  • the non-contact area 41b is opposed to the print medium M except at the time of discharging the printed matter M1, so that the contact between the drive discharge roller 41 and the print medium M or the driven discharge roller 42 can be avoided. it can. Then, since the contact between the drive discharge roller 41 and the print medium M or the driven discharge roller 42 can be avoided as described above, at least one of the drive discharge roller 41 and the driven discharge roller 42 is not used at the time of discharging the printed matter M1. It is possible to omit the installation of a retracting mechanism for separating one from the other and for making it approach when discharging the printed matter M1.
  • the printed matter M1 separated from the print medium M can be discharged to the outside with a simple configuration.
  • the printed matter M1 can be forcibly discharged to the outside by the drive discharge roller 41
  • a mode such as the drive discharge roller 41 in which the print medium M is not forcibly discharged to the outside is provided.
  • the length of the print M1 in the X direction is longer than that of the print M1, for example, the front end of the print M1 contacts the installation surface of the printing apparatus 1 and the print M1 is not discharged by its own weight. It is possible to prevent the print M1 from remaining in the disconnected state.
  • the print medium M is half-cut by the half-cut device 17 through the cueing of the print medium M when the next print M 1 is created, the remaining print M 1 is the print medium M Can also be prevented from being half cut.
  • the printing apparatus 1 includes a platen roller 21 which is an example of a conveyance roller which conveys the print medium M, and a discharge roller drive motor which is an example of a discharge roller drive unit which rotates the drive discharge roller 41.
  • 43 further includes a control device 5 for controlling the discharge roller drive motor 43.
  • the control device 5 causes the non-contact area 41b to face the print medium M while the print medium M is being transported by the platen roller 21.
  • the discharge roller drive motor 43 is controlled such that the drive discharge roller 41 does not contact the print medium M.
  • the drive discharge roller 41 further includes a contact area 41a that contacts the printed matter M1.
  • the control device 5 controls the discharge roller drive motor 43 so that the printed material M1 is discharged to the outside by rotating the drive discharge roller 41 while contacting the printed material M1 in the contact area 41a.
  • the drive discharge roller 41 further includes a contact area 41a that contacts the printed matter M1.
  • the tip portion of the contact area 41 a in the rotational direction D of the drive discharge roller 41 is a curved portion 41 c. Therefore, the drive discharge roller 41 and the follower discharge roller when the contact region 41a of the drive discharge roller 41 starts contacting the printed product M1 as compared with the aspect in which the tip of the contact region 41a in the rotational direction D is angular. It is possible to suppress an increase in torque required to rotate 42.

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This printing device comprises a cutter that cuts a printed-on medium and at least one driven discharge roller that rotates so as to discharge to the outside printed articles obtained by cutting the printed-on medium. The outer peripheral surface of the driven discharge roller is composed of a contact region that can contact the printed articles and a non-contact region that does not contact the printed-on medium.

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印刷装置、印刷装置の制御方法、及び、記録媒体Printing device, control method of printing device, and recording medium
　本発明は、印刷装置と、印刷装置を制御する印刷装置の制御方法と、印刷装置のコンピュータに用いられるプログラムを記録した記録媒体と、に関する。 The present invention relates to a printing apparatus, a control method of a printing apparatus for controlling the printing apparatus, and a recording medium recording a program used for a computer of the printing apparatus.
　従来、長尺状の被印刷媒体に対し、任意の文字、絵、図形等の印刷を行ってから被印刷媒体を切断することでラベルを作成するラベルプリンタが知られている。 Conventionally, a label printer is known which produces a label by printing arbitrary characters, pictures, figures and the like on a long printing medium and then cutting the printing medium.
　このようなラベルプリンタにおいて、印刷後に切断されて被印刷媒体から切り離された印刷物を排出する排出ローラと、この排出ローラとともに印刷物を挟持するコロと、被印刷媒体の搬送中にはコロを排出ローラから離隔した位置に退避させ、印刷物の排出中にはコロを排出ローラに接近させる退避機構と、を備えるラベルプリンタが提案されている（日本国　特許第４１２６２１４号　参照）。 In such a label printer, a discharge roller which discharges a printed material which is cut after printing and separated from the print medium, a roller which holds the printed material together with the discharge roller, and a roller which discharges the roller during conveyance of the print medium A label printer has been proposed which is provided with a retracting mechanism for retracting to a position separated from the above and moving the roller closer to the discharge roller while discharging the printed matter (see Japanese Patent No. 4126214).
　しかしながら、上述のようにコロを排出ローラに対して離隔及び接近させる退避機構が印刷装置に設置されると、構造の複雑化、部品点数の増加、組み立て工数の増加、或いは印刷装置の大型化を招く。 However, as described above, when the retracting mechanism for separating and approaching the roller to the discharge roller is installed in the printing apparatus, the structure is complicated, the number of parts is increased, the number of assembling steps is increased, or the printing apparatus is enlarged. Invite.
　なお、排出ローラが設けられずに切断後の印刷物が自重で排出される印刷装置では、印刷物の排出方向における長さが長い場合などに印刷物の先端が印刷装置の設置面などに接触して印刷物が自重で排出されずに、切断された状態のまま印刷物が残存することがある。このように印刷物が切断された状態のまま残存すると、残存した印刷物が、次の印刷物が作成される際に、次の印刷物とともに切断されてしまう場合があった。 In addition, in the printing apparatus in which the printed matter after cutting is discharged by its own weight without providing the discharge roller, the front end of the printed matter contacts the installation surface of the printing apparatus etc. when the length in the discharge direction of the printed matter is long However, the printed matter may remain in a disconnected state without being discharged by its own weight. As described above, when the printed matter remains cut, the remaining printed matter may be cut together with the next printed matter when the next printed matter is created.
　以上のような実情を踏まえ、切断装置により切断された被印刷媒体による印刷物を簡素な構成で外部に排出できる利点を有した、印刷装置、印刷装置の制御方法、及び記録媒体が望まれる。 Based on the above situation, a printing apparatus, a control method for the printing apparatus, and a recording medium are desired, which have an advantage of being able to discharge the printed matter from the print medium cut by the cutting device with a simple configuration to the outside.
　一態様によれば、印刷装置は、被印刷媒体を切断するカッターと、前記被印刷媒体が切断されてなる印刷物を回転することにより外部へ排出する、少なくとも一つの駆動排出ローラと、を備え、前記駆動排出ローラの外周面は、前記印刷物に接触可能な接触領域と、前記被印刷媒体に接触しない非接触領域と、から構成される。 According to one aspect, the printing apparatus includes a cutter that cuts the print medium, and at least one drive discharge roller that discharges the printed material formed by cutting the print medium by rotating it. The outer circumferential surface of the drive discharge roller is composed of a contact area capable of contacting the printed matter and a non-contact area not in contact with the print medium.
　一態様に係る印刷装置の制御方法は、被印刷媒体を搬送する搬送ローラと、前記被印刷媒体に印刷を行う印刷機構と、前記印刷機構により前記印刷が行われた前記被印刷媒体を切断するカッターと、前記被印刷媒体が切断されてなる印刷物を回転することにより外部に排出する少なくとも一つの駆動排出ローラと、を備え、前記駆動排出ローラの外周面に、前記印刷物に接触可能な接触領域と、前記被印刷媒体に接触しない非接触領域と、が設けられた印刷装置の制御方法に関する。この印刷装置の制御方法は、前記搬送ローラによる前記被印刷媒体の搬送時に、前記駆動排出ローラを、前記非接触領域が前記被印刷媒体に離間して対向して、前記駆動排出ローラが前記被印刷媒体に接触しない位置にし、前記被印刷媒体を外部へ排出する際に、前記駆動排出ローラを少なくとも１回転させて、回転中に前記接触領域を前記印刷物に接触させて前記印刷物を外部へ排出させる。 A control method of a printing apparatus according to one aspect includes cutting a conveyance roller that conveys a printing medium, a printing mechanism that performs printing on the printing medium, and the printing medium on which the printing is performed by the printing mechanism. A contact area comprising a cutter and at least one drive discharge roller for discharging the printed material formed by cutting the print medium to the outside by rotating it, and a contact area capable of contacting the printed material on the outer peripheral surface of the drive discharge roller And a non-contact area not in contact with the print medium. According to the control method of the printing apparatus, when the print medium is transported by the transport roller, the drive discharge roller faces the non-contact area away from the print medium, and the drive discharge roller faces the print medium. When the print medium is discharged outside, the drive discharge roller is rotated at least one time so that the contact area is in contact with the printed matter during the rotation, and the printed matter is discharged to the outside. Let
　一態様に係る読み取り可能なプログラムを記録した記録媒体は、被印刷媒体を搬送する搬送ローラと、前記被印刷媒体に印刷を行う印刷機構と、前記印刷機構により前記印刷が行われた前記被印刷媒体を切断するカッターと、前記被印刷媒体が切断されてなる印刷物を回転することにより外部に排出する駆動排出ローラと、前記駆動排出ローラを回転させる排出ローラ駆動部と、を備え、前記駆動排出ローラの外周面に、前記印刷物に接触可能な接触領域と、前記被印刷媒体に接触しない非接触領域と、が設けられた印刷装置のコンピュータに、前記搬送ローラによる前記被印刷媒体の搬送時に、前記駆動排出ローラを、前記非接触領域が前記被印刷媒体に離間して対向して、前記駆動排出ローラが前記被印刷媒体に接触しない位置にさせるように前記排出ローラ駆動部を制御させ、前記被印刷媒体を外部へ排出する際に、前記駆動排出ローラを少なくとも１回転させて、回転中に前記接触領域を前記印刷物に接触させて前記印刷物を外部へ排出させるように前記排出ローラ駆動部を制御させる、処理を実行させる。 According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a recording medium recording a readable program, the conveyance roller for conveying a medium to be printed, a printing mechanism for printing on the medium to be printed, and the printing on which the printing is performed by the printing mechanism. A cutter for cutting the medium, a drive discharge roller for discharging the printed material formed by cutting the print medium to the outside by rotating the print material, and a discharge roller drive unit for rotating the drive discharge roller; At the time of conveyance of the print medium by the transport roller, the computer of the printing apparatus is provided with a contact area capable of contacting the printed matter and a non-contact area not contacting the print medium on the outer peripheral surface of the roller. The drive discharge roller is positioned such that the non-contact area faces the print medium away from the print medium so that the drive discharge roller does not contact the print medium. The discharge roller drive unit is controlled to discharge the print medium to the outside by rotating the drive discharge roller at least one time, and the contact area is brought into contact with the printed matter during the rotation to rotate the printed matter A process is executed to control the discharge roller drive unit so as to discharge it to the outside.
一実施の形態に係る印刷装置を備える印刷システムを示す斜視図である。1 is a perspective view showing a printing system provided with a printing apparatus according to an embodiment. 一実施の形態に係る、開閉蓋が開放した状態の印刷装置を示す斜視図である。FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a printing apparatus according to an embodiment in a state in which an open / close lid is opened. 一実施の形態に係る印刷装置に収納されるカセットを示す斜視図である。It is a perspective view showing the cassette stored in the printing device concerning one embodiment. 一実施の形態に係る印刷装置の内部構造を示す平面図である。It is a top view which shows the internal structure of the printing apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment. 一実施の形態に係る印刷装置を備える印刷システムの制御ブロック図である。It is a control block diagram of a printing system provided with a printing device concerning one embodiment. 一実施の形態における排出ローラユニットを示す斜視図（その１）である。It is a perspective view (the 1) showing a discharge roller unit in one embodiment. 一実施の形態における排出ローラユニットを示す斜視図（その２）である。It is a perspective view (the 2) showing the discharge roller unit in one embodiment. 一実施の形態における、排出ローラカバーの図示を省略した排出ローラユニットの斜視図（その１）である。It is a perspective view (the 1) of a discharge roller unit which omitted illustration of a discharge roller cover in one embodiment. 一実施の形態における、排出ローラカバーの図示を省略した排出ローラユニットの斜視図（その２）である。It is a perspective view (the 2) of a discharge roller unit which omitted illustration of a discharge roller cover in one embodiment. 一実施の形態における駆動排出ローラ及び従動排出ローラを示す斜視図（その１）である。It is a perspective view (the 1) showing a driving discharge roller and a follower discharge roller in one embodiment. 一実施の形態における駆動排出ローラ及び従動排出ローラを示す斜視図（その２）である。It is a perspective view (the 2) showing a driving discharge roller and a follower discharge roller in one embodiment. 一実施の形態における駆動排出ローラを示す平面図である。It is a top view which shows the drive discharge roller in one Embodiment. 一実施の形態の変形例における駆動排出ローラを示す平面図である。It is a top view which shows the drive discharge roller in the modification of one embodiment. 一実施の形態における従動排出ローラを説明するための模式図（その１）である。It is a schematic diagram (the 1) for demonstrating the driven discharge roller in one Embodiment. 一実施の形態における従動排出ローラを説明するための模式図（その２）である。It is a schematic diagram (the 2) for demonstrating the driven discharge roller in one Embodiment. 一実施の形態における印刷物の排出動作を説明するためのフローチャートである。It is a flowchart for demonstrating the discharge | emission operation | movement of the printed matter in one Embodiment. 一実施の形態における印刷物の排出動作を説明するための印刷装置の内部構造の平面図（その１）である。It is a top view (the 1) of internal structure of a printing device for explaining discharge operation of a printed matter in one embodiment. 一実施の形態における印刷物の排出動作を説明するための印刷装置の内部構造の平面図（その２）である。It is a top view (the 2) of internal structure of a printing device for explaining discharge operation of a printed matter in one embodiment. 一実施の形態における印刷物の排出動作を説明するための印刷装置の内部構造の平面図（その３）である。It is a top view (the 3) of the internal structure of the printing apparatus for demonstrating the discharge operation of the printed matter in one Embodiment.
　以下、本発明の実施の形態に係る、印刷装置、印刷装置の制御方法、及びプログラムについて、図面を参照しながら説明する。 Hereinafter, a printing apparatus, a control method of the printing apparatus, and a program according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
　図１は、一実施の形態に係る印刷装置１を備える印刷システム１００を示す斜視図である。 FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a printing system 100 provided with a printing apparatus 1 according to an embodiment.
　図２は、開閉蓋３が開放した状態の印刷装置１を示す斜視図である。
　図１に示す印刷システム１００は、印刷装置１と、印刷制御装置８０と、を備える。印刷制御装置８０は、印刷装置１と無線通信又は有線通信でデータを授受する。印刷制御装置８０は、表示装置８１及び入力装置８２を備える例えばノートブック型のパーソナルコンピュータであるが、スマートフォン、タブレット端末等の携帯型コンピュータなどであってもよく、特に制限されない。 FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the printing apparatus 1 with the open / close lid 3 opened.
The printing system 100 illustrated in FIG. 1 includes the printing apparatus 1 and a print control apparatus 80. The print control device 80 exchanges data with the printing device 1 by wireless communication or wired communication. The print control device 80 is, for example, a notebook personal computer including the display device 81 and the input device 82, but may be a portable computer such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal, and is not particularly limited.
　なお、本実施の形態において、被印刷媒体Ｍの長尺方向（副走査方向）であって、且つ、被印刷媒体Ｍが搬送される方向及び印刷物Ｍ１が排出される方向を「Ｘ方向」とし、このＸ方向に直交する方向であって被印刷媒体Ｍ及び印刷物Ｍ１の幅方向（主走査方向）となる方向を「Ｙ方向」とし、Ｘ方向及びＹ方向に直交する方向であって被印刷媒体Ｍ及び印刷物Ｍ１の厚さ方向となる方向を「Ｚ方向」とする。これらＸ方向、Ｙ方向、及びＺ方向は、互いに直交する。一例ではあるが、Ｘ方向及びＺ方向は水平方向であり、Ｙ方向は鉛直方向である。 In the present embodiment, the longitudinal direction (sub scanning direction) of the print medium M and the direction in which the print medium M is transported and the direction in which the printed matter M1 is discharged are referred to as “X direction”. The direction orthogonal to the X direction and being the width direction (main scanning direction) of the print medium M and the printed matter M1 is referred to as "Y direction", and the direction orthogonal to the X direction and Y direction The direction which becomes the thickness direction of the medium M and the printed matter M1 is referred to as "Z direction". The X direction, the Y direction, and the Z direction are orthogonal to one another. In one example, the X and Z directions are horizontal and the Y direction is vertical.
　印刷装置１は、例えば、長尺状の被印刷媒体Ｍにシングルパス方式で印刷を行うラベルプリンタである。以降では、インクリボンを使用する熱転写方式のラベルプリンタを例にして説明するが、印刷方式や被印刷媒体Ｍの形状は特に限定されない。例えば、印刷方式は、感熱紙に印刷を行う印刷方式であってもよい。図３に示すように、被印刷媒体Ｍは、接着層を有する基材Ｍａと、接着層を覆うように剥離可能に基材Ｍａに貼付された剥離紙Ｍｂと、を有する例えばテープ部材である。被印刷媒体Ｍは、接触層を有さない基材Ｍａのみからなるものであってもよい。 The printing apparatus 1 is, for example, a label printer that performs printing on a long print medium M by a single pass method. In the following, a thermal transfer type label printer using an ink ribbon will be described as an example, but the printing method and the shape of the print medium M are not particularly limited. For example, the printing method may be a printing method for printing on thermal paper. As shown in FIG. 3, the medium to be printed M is, for example, a tape member having a base material Ma having an adhesive layer, and a release paper Mb attached to the base material Ma in a peelable manner so as to cover the adhesive layer. . The to-be-printed medium M may consist only of the base material Ma which does not have a contact layer.
　図１及び図２に示すように、印刷装置１は、装置筐体２と、この装置筐体２に開閉自在に取り付けられた開閉蓋３と、を備える。図２に示すように、装置筐体２は、テープカセット３０を収納するカセット収納部１９を内部に備えている。カセット収納部１９の詳細については後述する。 As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the printing apparatus 1 includes an apparatus housing 2 and an open / close lid 3 attached to the apparatus housing 2 so as to be openable and closable. As shown in FIG. 2, the device housing 2 internally includes a cassette storage unit 19 that stores the tape cassette 30. Details of the cassette storage unit 19 will be described later.
　装置筐体２の上面には、電源ボタン２５、各種操作を行うための操作ボタン２６、蓋開閉ボタン２７等が配置されている。外部電源Ｄ（図５参照）が接続されている状態（すなわちＡＣアダプタ接続状態）で電源ボタン２５が押下されると、電源回路２８（図５参照）に信号が送られて印刷装置１の電源がＯＮになる。また、操作ボタン２６や蓋開閉ボタン２７が押下されると、制御装置５（図５参照）に信号が送られて、各ボタンに応じた処理が制御装置５によって行われる。 A power button 25, an operation button 26 for performing various operations, a lid open / close button 27 and the like are disposed on the top surface of the apparatus housing 2. When the power button 25 is pressed in a state where the external power source D (see FIG. 5) is connected (that is, the AC adapter is connected), a signal is sent to the power circuit 28 (see FIG. 5) to power the printing apparatus 1 Turns on. Further, when the operation button 26 or the lid opening / closing button 27 is pressed, a signal is sent to the control device 5 (see FIG. 5), and the processing according to each button is performed by the control device 5.
　また、図示しないが、装置筐体２には、電源コード接続端子、外部機器接続端子、記憶媒体挿入口等が設けられている。なお、印刷装置１が電池等の内部電源で動作するものである場合には、電源コード接続端子が設けられなくてもよい。また、印刷装置１が印刷制御装置８０等の外部機器との接続を行わずに使用できるものである場合や、外部機器と無線のみで接続される場合には、外部機器接続端子が設けられなくてもよい。 Although not shown, the device housing 2 is provided with a power cord connection terminal, an external device connection terminal, a storage medium insertion slot, and the like. When the printing apparatus 1 operates with an internal power supply such as a battery, the power supply cord connection terminal may not be provided. Further, when the printing apparatus 1 can be used without connection with an external device such as the print control device 80 or when the printing device 1 is connected with the external device only by radio, the external device connection terminal is not provided. May be
　開閉蓋３は、カセット収納部１９の上部に設けられ、カセット収納部１９を開閉可能に覆う。開閉蓋３は、蓋開閉ボタン２７を押下されることにより開かれ、例えば手動により閉じられる。開閉蓋３には、この開閉蓋３が閉じた状態でもカセット収納部１９にカセット３０が収納されているか否かを目視で確認可能とするために、窓３ａが形成されている。 The open / close lid 3 is provided on the top of the cassette storage unit 19 and covers the cassette storage unit 19 so as to be openable and closable. The open / close lid 3 is opened by pressing the lid open / close button 27, and is closed manually, for example. A window 3a is formed on the open / close lid 3 so that it can be visually confirmed whether the cassette 30 is stored in the cassette storage unit 19 even when the open / close lid 3 is closed.
　また、装置筐体２の側面には、排出口２ａが形成されている。被印刷媒体Ｍは、印刷装置１内でサーマルヘッド１０による印刷が行われ、サーマルヘッド１０による印刷済みで切断により被印刷媒体Ｍから切り離された印刷物が、排出口２ａから印刷装置１の外部へＸ方向に排出される。 Further, a discharge port 2 a is formed on the side surface of the device housing 2. The print medium M is printed by the thermal head 10 in the printing apparatus 1 and printed by the thermal head 10 and the printed material separated from the print medium M by cutting is transferred from the discharge port 2 a to the outside of the printing apparatus 1 It is discharged in the X direction.
　図３は、印刷装置１に収納されるカセット３０を示す斜視図である。
　図４は、印刷装置１の内部構造を示す平面図である。
　図３に示すカセット３０は、被印刷媒体Ｍを収容し、図４に示すカセット収納部１９に着脱自在に収納される。図３に示すように、カセット３０は、被印刷媒体Ｍ及びインクリボンＲを収容するカセットケース３１を有する。このカセットケース３１には、サーマルヘッド被挿入部３６及び係合部３７が設けられている。なお、図４及び後述する図１７～図１９では、カセット３０の図示を省略するが、被印刷媒体Ｍの一部（プラテンローラ２１から下流側）を図示する。 FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the cassette 30 stored in the printing apparatus 1.
FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the internal structure of the printing apparatus 1.
The cassette 30 shown in FIG. 3 accommodates the print medium M, and is detachably accommodated in the cassette accommodating portion 19 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the cassette 30 has a cassette case 31 that accommodates the print medium M and the ink ribbon R. The cassette case 31 is provided with a thermal head insertion portion 36 and an engagement portion 37. Although FIG. 4 and FIGS. 17 to 19 described later omit the illustration of the cassette 30, a part of the print medium M (downstream from the platen roller 21) is illustrated.
　カセットケース３１には、さらに、テープコア３２、インクリボン供給コア３４、及びインクリボン巻取りコア３５が設けられている。被印刷媒体Ｍは、カセットケース３１の内部のテープコア３２にロール状に巻かれている。また、熱転写用のインクリボンＲは、その先端がインクリボン巻取りコア３５に巻きつけられた状態で、カセットケース３１の内部のインクリボン供給コア３４にロール状に巻かれている。 The cassette case 31 is further provided with a tape core 32, an ink ribbon supply core 34, and an ink ribbon winding core 35. The print medium M is wound around the tape core 32 inside the cassette case 31 in a roll shape. The thermal transfer ink ribbon R is wound in a roll around the ink ribbon supply core 34 inside the cassette case 31 in a state where the tip thereof is wound around the ink ribbon winding core 35.
　図４に示すように、カセット収納部１９には、カセット３０を所定の位置に支持するための複数のカセット受け部２０が設けられている。また、カセット受け部２０には、被印刷媒体Ｍの幅を検出する幅検出部の一例であるテープ幅検出スイッチ２４が設けられている。カセット収納部１９は、被印刷媒体Ｍの幅が互いに異なる複数種類のカセット３０を選択的に収納可能である。テープ幅検出スイッチ２４は、カセット３０の形状（カセット３０に設けられた凹凸の形状）に基づいて、被印刷媒体Ｍの幅を検出し、検出された被印刷媒体Ｍの幅を示すセンサ信号を出力する。 As shown in FIG. 4, the cassette storage portion 19 is provided with a plurality of cassette receiving portions 20 for supporting the cassette 30 at a predetermined position. Further, the cassette receiving unit 20 is provided with a tape width detection switch 24 which is an example of a width detection unit that detects the width of the print medium M. The cassette storage unit 19 can selectively store a plurality of types of cassettes 30 having different widths of the print medium M from each other. The tape width detection switch 24 detects the width of the print medium M based on the shape of the cassette 30 (shape of the concavities and convexities provided on the cassette 30), and outputs a sensor signal indicating the detected width of the print medium M. Output.
　また、カセット収納部１９には、被印刷媒体Ｍに形成すべき印刷内容を示すデータ（以降、印刷データと記す）に基づいて被印刷媒体Ｍに複数の印刷ラインによる画像を印刷するサーマルヘッド１０と、プラテンローラ２１と、テープコア係合軸２２と、インクリボン巻取り駆動軸２３と、が設けられている。さらに、サーマルヘッド１０には、サーミスタ１３（図５参照）が埋め込まれている。なお、サーマルヘッド１０は、被印刷媒体Ｍに印刷を行う印刷機構の一例であり、プラテンローラ２１は、被印刷媒体Ｍを搬送する搬送ローラの一例であり、サーミスタ１３は、サーマルヘッド１０の温度を測定するヘッド温度測定部の一例である。 In the cassette storage unit 19, the thermal head 10 prints an image according to a plurality of print lines on the print medium M based on data indicating the print content to be formed on the print medium M (hereinafter referred to as print data). A platen roller 21, a tape core engaging shaft 22, and an ink ribbon winding drive shaft 23 are provided. Further, a thermistor 13 (see FIG. 5) is embedded in the thermal head 10. The thermal head 10 is an example of a printing mechanism that performs printing on the print medium M, the platen roller 21 is an example of a transport roller that transports the print medium M, and the thermistor 13 is a temperature of the thermal head 10 Is an example of a head temperature measurement unit that measures
　カセット３０がカセット収納部１９に収納された状態では、カセットケース３１の係合部３７が、カセット収納部１９のカセット受け部２０に支持され、サーマルヘッド１０が、カセットケース３１のサーマルヘッド被挿入部３６に挿入される。また、テープコア係合軸２２には、カセット３０のテープコア３２が係合し、さらに、インクリボン巻取り駆動軸２３には、インクリボン巻取りコア３５が係合する。 When the cassette 30 is stored in the cassette storage portion 19, the engaging portion 37 of the cassette case 31 is supported by the cassette receiving portion 20 of the cassette storage portion 19, and the thermal head 10 is inserted into the thermal head of the cassette case 31. It is inserted into the part 36. Further, the tape core 32 of the cassette 30 is engaged with the tape core engagement shaft 22, and the ink ribbon take-up core 35 is engaged with the ink ribbon take-up drive shaft 23.
　印刷装置１に印刷指示が入力されると、被印刷媒体Ｍは、プラテンローラ２１の回転によりテープコア３２から繰り出される。この際、インクリボン巻取り駆動軸２３がプラテンローラ２１に同調して回転することで、被印刷媒体ＭとともにインクリボンＲがインクリボン供給コア３４から繰り出される。これにより、被印刷媒体ＭとインクリボンＲとが重なった状態で搬送される。そして、サーマルヘッド１０とプラテンローラ２１との間を通過する際にインクリボンＲがサーマルヘッド１０によって加熱されることで、インクが被印刷媒体Ｍに転写されて、印刷データに基づく画像の印刷が行われる。 When a print instruction is input to the printing apparatus 1, the print medium M is fed out of the tape core 32 by the rotation of the platen roller 21. At this time, when the ink ribbon winding drive shaft 23 is rotated in synchronization with the platen roller 21, the ink ribbon R is fed out from the ink ribbon supply core 34 together with the print medium M. As a result, the medium to be printed M and the ink ribbon R are conveyed in an overlapping state. Then, when the ink ribbon R is heated by the thermal head 10 when passing between the thermal head 10 and the platen roller 21, the ink is transferred to the print medium M, and the printing of the image based on the print data is performed. To be done.
　サーマルヘッド１０とプラテンローラ２１との間を通過した使用済みのインクリボンＲは、インクリボン巻取りコア３５に巻き取られる。一方、サーマルヘッド１０とプラテンローラ２１との間を通過した印刷済みの被印刷媒体Ｍは、カッターの一例であるフルカット装置１６により切断されて、印刷物Ｍ１（図１７参照）として切り離される。この印刷物Ｍ１が一対の排出ローラの一例である駆動排出ローラ４１及び従動排出ローラ４２によって排出される。なお、詳しくは後述するが、駆動排出ローラ４１及び従動排出ローラ４２は、図６及び図７に示す排出ローラユニット５６の一部として配置される。 The used ink ribbon R passed between the thermal head 10 and the platen roller 21 is wound around the ink ribbon winding core 35. On the other hand, the printed medium to be printed M which has passed between the thermal head 10 and the platen roller 21 is cut by the full-cut device 16 which is an example of a cutter, and cut off as a printed matter M1 (see FIG. 17). The printed matter M1 is discharged by the driven discharge roller 41 and the driven discharge roller 42 which are an example of the pair of discharge rollers. Although described later in detail, the drive discharge roller 41 and the driven discharge roller 42 are disposed as part of the discharge roller unit 56 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7.
　図５は、印刷装置１を備える印刷システム１００の制御ブロック図である。
　印刷装置１は、上述のサーマルヘッド１０、プラテンローラ２１、テープ幅検出スイッチ２４等に加えて、制御装置５、ＲＯＭ（Read Only Memory）６、ＲＡＭ（Random Access Memory）７、通信インターフェース（ＩＦ）８、ヘッド駆動回路９、搬送用モータ駆動回路１１、ステッピングモータ１２、カッターモータ駆動回路１４、カッターモータ１５、フルカット装置１６、ハーフカット装置１７、電源回路２８、排出ローラ駆動部の一例である排出ローラ駆動モータ４３、排出用モータ駆動回路４４、及びエンコーダ４９を備える。なお、制御装置５、ＲＯＭ６、及びＲＡＭ７は、印刷装置１のコンピュータの一例である。 FIG. 5 is a control block diagram of the printing system 100 including the printing apparatus 1.
The printing apparatus 1 includes a control device 5, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 6, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 7, and a communication interface (IF) in addition to the above-described thermal head 10, platen roller 21, tape width detection switch 24 and the like. 8 is an example of a head drive circuit 9, a conveyance motor drive circuit 11, a stepping motor 12, a cutter motor drive circuit 14, a cutter motor 15, a full cut device 16, a half cut device 17, a power supply circuit 28, and a discharge roller drive unit A discharge roller drive motor 43, a discharge motor drive circuit 44, and an encoder 49 are provided. The control device 5, the ROM 6, and the RAM 7 are an example of a computer of the printing device 1.
　制御装置５は、例えばＣＰＵ（Central Processing Unit）であるプロセッサ５ａを有する。制御装置５は、ＲＯＭ６に記憶されているプログラムをＲＡＭ７に展開し実行することで、印刷装置１の各部の動作を制御する。 The control device 5 includes a processor 5a which is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The control device 5 controls the operation of each part of the printing apparatus 1 by developing the program stored in the ROM 6 in the RAM 7 and executing the program.
　制御装置５は、例えば、制御信号（ストローブ信号、ラッチ信号、クロック信号）及び印刷データをヘッド駆動回路９へ供給し、ヘッド駆動回路９を介してサーマルヘッド１０を制御する。また、制御装置５は、モータ駆動回路（搬送用モータ駆動回路１１、カッターモータ駆動回路１４、排出用モータ駆動回路４４）を介してモータ（ステッピングモータ１２、カッターモータ１５、排出ローラ駆動モータ４３）を制御する。 The control device 5 supplies, for example, control signals (strobe signals, latch signals, clock signals) and print data to the head drive circuit 9, and controls the thermal head 10 via the head drive circuit 9. Further, the control device 5 is a motor (stepping motor 12, cutter motor 15, discharge roller drive motor 43) via a motor drive circuit (transfer motor drive circuit 11, cutter motor drive circuit 14, discharge motor drive circuit 44). Control.
　詳しくは後述するが、制御装置５は、エンコーダ４９から駆動排出ローラ４１の回転角度に関する情報を取得し、被印刷媒体Ｍから切り離された印刷物Ｍ１の排出時以外（例えば、被印刷媒体Ｍの搬送時）には、駆動排出ローラ４１の図１０に示す非接触領域４１ｂが被印刷媒体Ｍに対向することで駆動排出ローラ４１が被印刷媒体Ｍとは非接触となるように、排出ローラ駆動モータ４３を制御する。また、制御装置５は、駆動排出ローラ４１が図１１に示す接触領域４１ａにおいて印刷物Ｍ１に接触しながら回転することで印刷物Ｍ１を外部に排出するように、排出ローラ駆動モータ４３を制御する。 Although the details will be described later, the control device 5 acquires information on the rotation angle of the drive discharge roller 41 from the encoder 49, except during discharge of the printed matter M1 separated from the print medium M (for example, transport of the print medium M 10) of the drive discharge roller 41 shown in FIG. 10 faces the print medium M so that the drive discharge roller 41 does not contact the print medium M, the discharge roller drive motor Control 43 Further, the control device 5 controls the discharge roller drive motor 43 so that the printed material M1 is discharged to the outside by rotating while the drive discharge roller 41 contacts the printed material M1 in the contact area 41a shown in FIG.
　ＲＯＭ６は、被印刷媒体Ｍに印刷を行う印刷プログラム、及びこの印刷プログラムの実行に必要な各種データ（例えば、フォント等）を記憶する。また、ＲＯＭ６は、制御装置５によって読取り可能なプログラムが記憶された記憶媒体としても機能する。 The ROM 6 stores a print program for printing on the print medium M, and various data (for example, fonts and the like) necessary for executing the print program. The ROM 6 also functions as a storage medium in which a program readable by the control device 5 is stored.
　ＲＡＭ７は、印刷データや、印刷についての情報を記憶するデータメモリとして機能する。
　通信インターフェース８は、有線通信又は無線通信により、印刷制御装置８０等の外部装置との間でデータを授受する。 The RAM 7 functions as a data memory for storing print data and information about printing.
The communication interface 8 exchanges data with an external device such as the print control device 80 by wired communication or wireless communication.
　ヘッド駆動回路９は、制御装置５から供給された制御信号及び印刷データに基づいてサーマルヘッド１０を駆動する。
　サーマルヘッド１０は、被印刷媒体Ｍの幅方向（主走査方向）であるＹ方向に配列された複数の発熱素子１０ａを有する。ヘッド駆動回路９が、制御装置５から供給されたストローブ信号の通電制御期間中に、印刷データに応じて発熱素子１０ａへ供給する電流を選択的に通電することで、発熱素子１０ａが発熱してインクリボンＲを加熱する。これにより、サーマルヘッド１０は、熱転写により被印刷媒体Ｍに１印刷ラインずつ印刷を行う。 The head drive circuit 9 drives the thermal head 10 based on the control signal and the print data supplied from the control device 5.
The thermal head 10 has a plurality of heating elements 10 a arranged in the Y direction which is the width direction (main scanning direction) of the print medium M. During the energization control period of the strobe signal supplied from the control device 5, the head drive circuit 9 selectively energizes the current supplied to the heating element 10a according to the print data, whereby the heating element 10a generates heat. The ink ribbon R is heated. Thus, the thermal head 10 performs printing one print line at a time on the print medium M by thermal transfer.
　搬送用モータ駆動回路１１は、ステッピングモータ１２を駆動する。このステッピングモータ１２は、被印刷媒体Ｍを搬送するための搬送駆動部の一例であり、プラテンローラ２１を回転させる。このプラテンローラ２１は、ステッピングモータ１２の動力によって回転することで被印刷媒体Ｍの長尺方向（副走査方向）であるＸ方向に被印刷媒体Ｍを搬送する。 The transport motor drive circuit 11 drives the stepping motor 12. The stepping motor 12 is an example of a conveyance drive unit for conveying the print medium M, and rotates the platen roller 21. The platen roller 21 conveys the print medium M in the X direction, which is the longitudinal direction (sub scanning direction) of the print medium M, by being rotated by the power of the stepping motor 12.
　カッターモータ駆動回路１４は、カッターモータ１５を駆動する。フルカット装置１６及びハーフカット装置１７は、カッターモータ１５の動力によって動作し、被印刷媒体Ｍをフルカット又はハーフカットする。フルカットとは、図３に示す被印刷媒体Ｍの基材Ｍａを剥離紙Ｍｂとともに幅方向に沿って切断する動作のことであり、ハーフカットは、基材Ｍａのみを幅方向に沿って切断する動作のことである。図４に示すように、フルカット装置１６は、可動刃１６ａ及び固定刃１６ｂによって被印刷媒体Ｍを切断する。 The cutter motor drive circuit 14 drives the cutter motor 15. The full cut device 16 and the half cut device 17 are operated by the power of the cutter motor 15 to perform full cut or half cut of the print medium M. The full cut is an operation of cutting the substrate Ma of the printing medium M shown in FIG. 3 along the width direction together with the release paper Mb, and the half cut cuts only the substrate Ma along the width direction. Is the action to be performed. As shown in FIG. 4, the full cut device 16 cuts the print medium M by the movable blade 16 a and the fixed blade 16 b.
　印刷制御装置８０は、表示装置８１と、入力装置８２と、制御装置８３と、表示部駆動装置８４と、ＲＯＭ８５と、ＲＡＭ８６と、通信インターフェース（ＩＦ）８７と、を備える。 The print control device 80 includes a display device 81, an input device 82, a control device 83, a display unit drive device 84, a ROM 85, a RAM 86, and a communication interface (IF) 87.
　表示装置８１は、例えば、液晶ディスプレイ、有機エレクトロルミネッセンス（有機ＥＬ）ディスプレイなどである。入力装置８２は、例えば、キーボード装置、タッチパネルなどであり、ユーザによる各種操作を受け付ける。制御装置８３は、例えばＣＰＵであるプロセッサ８３ａを有し、印刷制御装置８０の各部の動作を制御する。 The display device 81 is, for example, a liquid crystal display, an organic electroluminescence (organic EL) display, or the like. The input device 82 is, for example, a keyboard device, a touch panel, or the like, and receives various operations by the user. The control device 83 includes, for example, a processor 83 a which is a CPU, and controls the operation of each unit of the print control device 80.
　なお、印刷装置１のＲＡＭ７に記憶される印刷データは、例えば、ユーザが表示装置８１に表示される印刷内容の入力画面を見ながら入力装置８２において印刷内容の入力操作を行うことで、この入力操作に基づき制御部８３によって生成される。また、生成された印刷データは、印刷制御装置８０の通信インターフェース８７から印刷装置１の通信インターフェース８へ送られ、ＲＡＭ７に記憶される。なお、印刷装置１が表示装置や入力装置を有する場合には、印刷装置１の制御装置５が、ユーザの入力操作に基づき印刷データを生成してもよい。或いは、印刷装置１は、装置筐体２に設けられた上述の記憶媒体挿入口に挿入される記憶媒体から、印刷データを取得してもよい。 The print data stored in the RAM 7 of the printing apparatus 1 can be input, for example, by the user performing the input operation of the print content in the input device 82 while looking at the input screen of the print content displayed on the display device 81. It is generated by the control unit 83 based on the operation. The generated print data is sent from the communication interface 87 of the print control device 80 to the communication interface 8 of the printing device 1 and stored in the RAM 7. When the printing apparatus 1 has a display device or an input device, the control device 5 of the printing apparatus 1 may generate print data based on the user's input operation. Alternatively, the printing apparatus 1 may obtain print data from a storage medium inserted into the above-described storage medium insertion slot provided in the apparatus housing 2.
　図６及び図７は、排出ローラユニット５６を示す斜視図である。
　図８及び図９は、排出ローラユニット５６のうち排出ローラカバー５５の図示を省略した斜視図である。 6 and 7 are perspective views showing the discharge roller unit 56. FIG.
FIGS. 8 and 9 are perspective views of the discharge roller unit 56 with the discharge roller cover 55 omitted.
　図１０及び図１１は、駆動排出ローラ４１及び従動排出ローラ４２を示す斜視図である。
　図１２は、駆動排出ローラ４１を示す平面図であり、図１３は、変形例における駆動排出ローラ６１を示す平面図である。 10 and 11 are perspective views showing the driving discharge roller 41 and the driven discharge roller 42. FIG.
FIG. 12 is a plan view showing the drive discharge roller 41, and FIG. 13 is a plan view showing the drive discharge roller 61 in the modification.
　図１４及び図１５は、従動排出ローラ４２を説明するための模式図である。
　図６及び図７に示す排出ローラユニット５６は、例えば４つの駆動排出ローラ４１、例えば４つの従動排出ローラ４２、排出ローラ駆動モータ４３、フレーム４８、エンコーダ４９、ギア列５０、軸受け５３、圧縮バネ５４、排出ローラカバー５５等を備える。 14 and 15 are schematic views for explaining the driven discharge roller 42. FIG.
The discharge roller unit 56 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 includes, for example, four drive discharge rollers 41, for example, four driven discharge rollers 42, a discharge roller drive motor 43, a frame 48, an encoder 49, a gear train 50, a bearing 53, and a compression spring. 54, the discharge roller cover 55 and the like.
　図８～図１１に示すように、各駆動排出ローラ４１は、例えば、被印刷媒体Ｍの幅方向であるＹ方向に延びる単一の中心軸４５と一体成形されることによって、Ｙ方向に間隔を隔てて互いに連結されている。
　中心軸４５は、筒状を呈し、駆動排出ローラ４１の回転中心となる回転軸（第１軸）４６が内部に嵌合している。回転軸４６は被印刷媒体Ｍの幅方向であるＹ方向に沿って設けられている。これにより、中心軸４５及び各駆動排出ローラ４１は、回転軸４６と一体に、図１０～図１２における時計回りである回転方向Ｄに回転する。 As shown in FIGS. 8 to 11, for example, the drive discharge rollers 41 are spaced apart in the Y direction by being integrally formed with a single central axis 45 extending in the Y direction which is the width direction of the print medium M. Connected to each other.
The central shaft 45 has a tubular shape, and a rotation shaft (first shaft) 46 serving as a rotation center of the drive discharge roller 41 is fitted inside. The rotation shaft 46 is provided along the Y direction which is the width direction of the print medium M. As a result, the central shaft 45 and the drive discharge rollers 41 rotate integrally with the rotary shaft 46 in the rotational direction D which is clockwise in FIGS.
　図１０～図１２に示すように、駆動排出ローラ４１は、その外周面に、印刷物Ｍ１の排出時に印刷物Ｍ１に接触するように設けられた接触領域４１ａと、被印刷媒体Ｍに離間して対向することで駆動排出ローラ４１が被印刷媒体Ｍとは非接触となるように設けられた非接触領域４１ｂと、を有する。接触領域４１ａ及び非接触領域４１ｂは、駆動排出ローラ４１の回転方向Ｄにおいて、それぞれ１つずつ設けられていることが望ましい。なお、非接触領域４１ｂは、被印刷媒体Ｍの幅方向であるＹ方向の全体に亘って被印刷媒体Ｍとは非接触となる。 As shown in FIGS. 10 to 12, the drive discharge roller 41 faces the contact area 41a provided on the outer circumferential surface thereof so as to contact the printed product M1 when the printed product M1 is discharged, and is spaced apart from the print medium M. Thus, the drive discharge roller 41 is provided with a non-contact area 41 b provided so as not to be in contact with the print medium M. It is desirable that one contact region 41 a and one non-contact region 41 b be provided in the rotational direction D of the drive discharge roller 41. The noncontact area 41b is in noncontact with the print medium M over the entire Y direction which is the width direction of the print medium M.
　駆動排出ローラ４１は、平面視において（すなわちＹ方向の上方から見て）、例えば、中心軸４５を取り囲む扇形を呈する。なお、図１２（及び後述する変形例の図１３）においては、接触領域４１ａ（接触領域６１ａ）と同径となる円周部分を二点鎖線（想像線）で示す。 The drive discharge roller 41 has, for example, a fan shape surrounding the central axis 45 in a plan view (that is, as viewed from above in the Y direction). In FIG. 12 (and FIG. 13 of a modified example described later), a circumferential portion having the same diameter as the contact area 41a (contact area 61a) is indicated by a two-dot chain line (imaginary line).
　ここで、非接触領域４１ｂが被印刷媒体Ｍ（従動排出ローラ４２）に対向し、駆動排出ローラ４１が被印刷媒体Ｍとは非接触となるときの駆動排出ローラ４１の回転方向Ｄの位置を図１０に示す非接触位置Ｐ１とする。 Here, the position of the drive discharge roller 41 in the rotational direction D when the noncontact region 41b faces the print medium M (following discharge roller 42) and the drive discharge roller 41 does not contact the print medium M The non-contact position P1 shown in FIG.
　被印刷媒体Ｍから印刷物Ｍ１が切り離された後には、接触領域４１ａが印刷物Ｍ１に接触しながら回転することで、駆動排出ローラ４１は、印刷物Ｍ１を外部に排出する。このように接触領域４１ａが印刷物Ｍ１に接触するときの駆動排出ローラ４１の回転方向Ｄの位置を図１１に示す接触位置Ｐ２とする。 After the printed matter M1 is separated from the printing medium M, the drive discharge roller 41 discharges the printed matter M1 to the outside by the contact area 41a rotating while being in contact with the printed matter M1. The position of the drive discharge roller 41 in the rotational direction D when the contact area 41a contacts the printed matter M1 as described above is a contact position P2 shown in FIG.
　図１０～図１２に示すように、駆動排出ローラ４１の回転方向Ｄにおける接触領域４１ａの先端部分は、例えば曲面状に面取りされて曲面状に湾曲した湾曲部分４１ｃとなっている。これは、上記の先端部分が角張った部分であると、駆動排出ローラ４１の接触領域４１ａが印刷物Ｍ１に接触を開始したときに駆動排出ローラ４１を回転させるのに必要なトルクが一時的に大きくなるため、このトルクの増加を抑制して、駆動排出ローラ４１の回転をスムーズにするためである。 As shown in FIGS. 10 to 12, the end of the contact area 41a in the rotational direction D of the drive discharge roller 41 is, for example, a curved portion 41c which is chamfered in a curved surface and curved in a curved surface. This is because the torque required to rotate the drive discharge roller 41 is temporarily large when the contact area 41a of the drive discharge roller 41 starts contacting the printed product M1 if the above-mentioned tip portion is an angular portion. Therefore, the increase of the torque is suppressed to make the rotation of the drive discharge roller 41 smooth.
　駆動排出ローラ４１は、回転方向Ｄにおいて非接触領域４１ｂが回転軸４６の回転中心Ｒに対する角度θが例えば１８０度以上となる領域に連続して設けられている。これにより、駆動排出ローラ４１の回転方向Ｄの位置を精度良く制御できなくとも、接触領域４１ａが意図せずに被印刷媒体Ｍに接触するのが抑制されている。 The drive discharge roller 41 is continuously provided in a region in which the non-contact region 41b in the rotation direction D has an angle θ of, for example, 180 degrees or more with respect to the rotation center R of the rotation shaft 46. As a result, even if the position of the drive discharge roller 41 in the rotational direction D can not be controlled with high accuracy, the contact area 41a is prevented from contacting the print medium M unintentionally.
　駆動排出ローラ４１は、上述の扇形を呈するものに限られず、例えば、図１３に示すように、外周の円弧の一部が平面状に切り欠かれた切り欠き部分である非接触領域６１ｂを有する駆動排出ローラ６１などが用いられてもよい。この駆動排出ローラ６１も、回転方向Ｄにおける接触領域６１ａの先端部分が、例えば曲面状に面取りされて曲面状に湾曲した湾曲部分６１ｃであるとよい。なお、駆動排出ローラ６１の非接触領域６１ｂは、回転方向Ｄにおいて回転軸４６の回転中心Ｒに対する角度θが１８０度未満となる領域に連続して設けられている。 The driving discharge roller 41 is not limited to the above-described fan-like one, and for example, as shown in FIG. 13, the driving discharge roller 41 has a non-contact area 61 b which is a cutout portion where a part of the arc of the outer periphery is cut out in a planar shape. The drive discharge roller 61 or the like may be used. The driving discharge roller 61 may also be a curved portion 61c which is chamfered in a curved surface and curved in a curved surface, for example, at the tip of the contact region 61a in the rotational direction D. The non-contact area 61 b of the drive discharge roller 61 is continuously provided in an area where the angle θ with respect to the rotation center R of the rotation shaft 46 in the rotation direction D is less than 180 degrees.
　図８及び図９に示すように、上述の駆動排出ローラ４１の回転軸４６は、下端近傍において、フレーム４８のうち排出ローラ駆動モータ４３が載置されるモータ支持部４８ａを貫通している。また、回転軸４６は、モータ支持部４８ａによって回転可能に支持されている。なお、回転軸４６の上端も、フレーム４８によって回転可能に支持されている。 As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the rotary shaft 46 of the drive discharge roller 41 described above passes through the motor support portion 48a of the frame 48 on which the discharge roller drive motor 43 is mounted in the vicinity of the lower end. Further, the rotation shaft 46 is rotatably supported by the motor support portion 48 a. The upper end of the rotating shaft 46 is also rotatably supported by the frame 48.
　中心軸４５には、一端がモータ支持部４８ａに固定された摩擦バネ４７が巻きつけられており、この摩擦バネ４７が中心軸４５の回転、すなわち駆動排出ローラ４１の回転に抵抗を付与する。これにより、駆動排出ローラ４１が惰性で回転するのを抑制し、駆動排出ローラ４１の回転方向Ｄの位置精度を向上させることができる。 A friction spring 47, one end of which is fixed to the motor support 48a, is wound around the central shaft 45, and the friction spring 47 provides resistance to the rotation of the central shaft 45, that is, the rotation of the drive discharge roller 41. Thus, it is possible to suppress the rotational rotation of the drive discharge roller 41 and to improve the positional accuracy of the drive discharge roller 41 in the rotational direction D.
　フレーム４８は、モータ支持部４８ａ及びバネ受け部４８ｂを有し、例えば図４等に示す装置筐体２に固定されている。上述のように、モータ支持部４８ａには、排出ローラ駆動モータ４３が載置されている。 The frame 48 has a motor support portion 48a and a spring receiving portion 48b, and is fixed to, for example, the device housing 2 shown in FIG. As described above, the discharge roller drive motor 43 is mounted on the motor support portion 48a.
　排出ローラ駆動モータ４３は、例えばＤＣモータである。排出ローラ駆動モータ４３の下方に突出する出力軸４３ａは、モータ支持部４８ａを貫通する。また、出力軸４３ａにはギア４３ｂが設けられており、このギア４３ｂは、駆動排出ローラ４１の回転軸４６に設けられたギア５０ａを含むギア列５０の１つと噛み合う。これにより、排出ローラ駆動モータ４３の動力がギア４３ｂ及びギア列５０を介して回転軸４６に伝達される。 The discharge roller drive motor 43 is, for example, a DC motor. An output shaft 43a protruding below the discharge roller drive motor 43 penetrates the motor support portion 48a. Further, a gear 43 b is provided on the output shaft 43 a, and the gear 43 b engages with one of the gear train 50 including the gear 50 a provided on the rotation shaft 46 of the drive discharge roller 41. Thus, the power of the discharge roller drive motor 43 is transmitted to the rotating shaft 46 through the gear 43 b and the gear train 50.
　図６～図９に示すように、回転軸４６の下端近傍には、エンコーダ４９が設けられている。このエンコーダ４９は、図１０及び図１１に示すスリット４９ａ－１が形成されたスリット円板４９ａと、スリット４９ａ－１を検出するフォトセンサ４９ｂと、を有する。 As shown in FIGS. 6 to 9, an encoder 49 is provided in the vicinity of the lower end of the rotation shaft 46. The encoder 49 has a slit disc 49a in which a slit 49a-1 shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 is formed, and a photo sensor 49b for detecting the slit 49a-1.
　スリット円板４９ａは、回転軸４６と一体に、すなわち駆動排出ローラ４１と一体に回転するように配置されている。フォトセンサ４９ｂは、スリット４９ａ－１を検出することで、駆動排出ローラ４１の回転位置を検出する。 The slit disc 49 a is disposed so as to rotate integrally with the rotation shaft 46, that is, integrally with the drive discharge roller 41. The photosensor 49 b detects the slit 49 a-1 to detect the rotational position of the drive discharge roller 41.
　図８～図１１に示すように、各従動排出ローラ４２は、例えば、被印刷媒体Ｍの幅方向であるＹ方向に延びる単一の中心軸５１と一体成形されることによって、Ｙ方向に間隔を隔てて互いに連結されている。また、各従動排出ローラ４２は、各駆動排出ローラ４１に対向するように位置し、駆動排出ローラ４１が回転方向Ｄへ回転することに伴い、駆動排出ローラ４１の接触領域４１ａ又は挟持された印刷物Ｍ１に接触することで、駆動排出ローラ４１の回転方向Ｄとは反対方向（図１０及び図１１では反時計回り）に回転する。 As shown in FIGS. 8 to 11, for example, each driven discharge roller 42 is formed integrally with a single central axis 51 extending in the Y direction, which is the width direction of the print medium M, to provide an interval in the Y direction. Connected to each other. Further, each driven discharge roller 42 is positioned to face each drive discharge roller 41, and as the drive discharge roller 41 rotates in the rotation direction D, the contact area 41a of the drive discharge roller 41 or the printed matter held By contacting M1, the drive discharge roller 41 rotates in the direction opposite to the rotation direction D (counterclockwise in FIGS. 10 and 11).
　従動排出ローラ４２の中心軸５１は、筒状を呈し、従動排出ローラ４２の回転中心となる回転軸（第２軸）５２が内部に嵌合している。回転軸５２は被印刷媒体Ｍの幅方向であるＹ方向に沿って設けられている。これにより、中心軸５１及び回転軸５２は、従動排出ローラ４２と一体に回転する。 The central shaft 51 of the driven discharge roller 42 has a tubular shape, and a rotation shaft (second shaft) 52 serving as the rotation center of the driven discharge roller 42 is fitted inside. The rotation shaft 52 is provided along the Y direction which is the width direction of the print medium M. Thereby, the central shaft 51 and the rotating shaft 52 rotate integrally with the driven discharge roller 42.
　図８及び図９に示すように、回転軸５２は、上端と下端とを軸受け５３によって回転可能に支持されている。
　軸受け５３は、回転軸５２の上端を回転可能に支持する上部アーム５３ａと、回転軸５２の下端を回転可能に支持する下部アーム５３ｂと、圧縮バネ５４の一端が固定されるバネ用凹部５３ｃと、を有する。なお、圧縮バネ５４の他端は、フレーム４８のバネ受け部４８ｂに固定されている。 As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the rotating shaft 52 is rotatably supported by bearings 53 at its upper and lower ends.
The bearing 53 includes an upper arm 53a rotatably supporting the upper end of the rotary shaft 52, a lower arm 53b rotatably supporting the lower end of the rotary shaft 52, and a spring recess 53c to which one end of the compression spring 54 is fixed. And. The other end of the compression spring 54 is fixed to the spring receiving portion 48 b of the frame 48.
　図１４に示すように、圧縮バネ５４は、従動排出ローラ４２が駆動排出ローラ４１に接近する方向（印刷物Ｍ１の厚さ方向であるＺ方向）に、軸受け５３を介して従動排出ローラ４２を付勢する。なお、従動排出ローラ４２は、圧縮バネ５４が自由長であると接触位置Ｐ２の駆動排出ローラ４１、すなわち接触領域４１ａと干渉するように配置されている。但し、従動排出ローラ４２は、駆動排出ローラ４１と密着し駆動排出ローラ４１によって押し返されることで圧縮バネ５４の付勢力に抗して圧縮バネ５４をわずかに圧縮する。 As shown in FIG. 14, the compression spring 54 attaches the driven discharge roller 42 via the bearing 53 in the direction in which the driven discharge roller 42 approaches the drive discharge roller 41 (the Z direction which is the thickness direction of the printed matter M1). Power up. The driven discharge roller 42 is disposed so as to interfere with the drive discharge roller 41 at the contact position P2, that is, the contact area 41a when the compression spring 54 has a free length. However, the driven discharge roller 42 is in close contact with the drive discharge roller 41 and pushed back by the drive discharge roller 41 to slightly compress the compression spring 54 against the biasing force of the compression spring 54.
　図１５に示すように、印刷物Ｍ１が排出時に駆動排出ローラ４１と従動排出ローラ４２とにより挟持されると、印刷物Ｍ１の厚さに応じて、従動排出ローラ４２が駆動排出ローラ４１から離隔する方向（Ｚ方向）に印刷物Ｍ１によって押圧される。これにより、圧縮バネ５４が圧縮される。このように、軸受け５３及び圧縮バネ５４は、印刷物Ｍ１の厚さに応じて従動排出ローラ４２と駆動排出ローラ４１との隙間を調整することができる。 As shown in FIG. 15, when the printed matter M1 is nipped by the drive discharge roller 41 and the driven discharge roller 42 at the time of discharge, a direction in which the driven discharge roller 42 is separated from the drive discharge roller 41 according to the thickness of the printed matter M1. The printed material M1 is pressed in the (Z direction). Thereby, the compression spring 54 is compressed. Thus, the bearing 53 and the compression spring 54 can adjust the gap between the driven discharge roller 42 and the drive discharge roller 41 according to the thickness of the printed matter M1.
　図６及び図７に示すように、排出ローラカバー５５は、互いに対向する駆動ローラ側対向面５５ａ及び従動ローラ側対向面５５ｂを有する。駆動ローラ側対向面５５ａと従動ローラ側対向面５５ｂとの隙間は、印刷物Ｍ１が排出される排出路ＤＰである。排出ローラカバー５５は、例えばフレーム４８に固定されている。 As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the discharge roller cover 55 has a drive roller side facing surface 55a and a driven roller side facing surface 55b facing each other. A gap between the driving roller side facing surface 55a and the driven roller side facing surface 55b is a discharge path DP through which the printed matter M1 is discharged. The discharge roller cover 55 is fixed to the frame 48, for example.
　駆動ローラ側対向面５５ａには、各駆動排出ローラ４１の接触領域４１ａの一部が排出路ＤＰ側に突出する開口領域５５ｃが被印刷媒体Ｍの幅方向であるＹ方向に並んで、駆動排出ローラ４１と同じ数だけ設けられており、ここでは４つ設けられている。また、従動ローラ側対向面５５ｂには、各従動排出ローラ４２の一部が排出路ＤＰ側に突出する開口領域５５ｄが被印刷媒体Ｍの幅方向であるＹ方向に並んで、従動排出ローラ４２と同じ数だけ設けられており、ここでは４つ設けられている。 In the drive roller side facing surface 55a, drive discharge is performed with opening regions 55c in which a part of the contact regions 41a of the drive discharge rollers 41 project toward the discharge path DP side by side in the Y direction which is the width direction of the print medium M. The same number as the roller 41 is provided, and four are provided here. Further, in the driven roller side facing surface 55b, an opening area 55d in which a part of each driven discharge roller 42 protrudes toward the discharge path DP is arranged in the Y direction which is the width direction of the print medium M. There are as many as there are, and here four are provided.
　ここで、図６に示すように、被印刷媒体Ｍの幅方向であるＹ方向において、駆動排出ローラ４１の幅をローラ幅Ｌ１、駆動ローラ側対向面５５ａの幅を開口領域幅Ｌ２、隣接する２つの開口領域５５ｃ，５５ｃの隙間を開口領域間隔Ｌ３、隣接する２つの駆動排出ローラ４１，４１の隙間をローラ間隔Ｌ４とする。なお、ローラ幅Ｌ１とローラ間隔Ｌ４との和は、開口領域幅Ｌ２と開口領域間隔Ｌ３との和に一致する。 Here, as shown in FIG. 6, in the Y direction, which is the width direction of the print medium M, the width of the drive discharge roller 41 is a roller width L1, the width of the drive roller side facing surface 55a is an opening area width L2, and The gap between the two opening regions 55c, 55c is taken as an opening region gap L3, and the gap between the two adjacent drive discharge rollers 41, 41 is taken as a roller gap L4. The sum of the roller width L1 and the roller interval L4 is equal to the sum of the opening area width L2 and the opening area interval L3.
　印刷装置１に用いられる被印刷媒体Ｍの幅方向（Ｙ方向）における幅は、被印刷媒体Ｍがいずれかの駆動排出ローラ４１と接触するようにするためにローラ間隔Ｌ４よりも大きい。また、被印刷媒体Ｍの幅は、カールが生じた被印刷媒体Ｍが開口領域５５ｃ内へ進入しにくくする観点では、開口領域幅Ｌ２よりも大きいことが望ましい。すなわち、ローラ間隔Ｌ４は印刷装置１に用いられる被印刷媒体Ｍの幅の最小値より小さい値に設定される。また、開口領域幅Ｌ２は印刷装置１に用いられる被印刷媒体Ｍの幅の最小値より小さい値に設定されることが好ましい。 The width in the width direction (Y direction) of the print medium M used in the printing apparatus 1 is larger than the roller distance L4 in order to cause the print medium M to contact any of the drive discharge rollers 41. The width of the print medium M is preferably larger than the opening area width L2 from the viewpoint of making it difficult for the print medium M with curling to enter the opening area 55c. That is, the roller distance L4 is set to a value smaller than the minimum value of the width of the print medium M used in the printing apparatus 1. The opening area width L2 is preferably set to a value smaller than the minimum value of the width of the print medium M used in the printing apparatus 1.
　なお、上述の駆動排出ローラ４１の、Ｙ方向における、幅Ｌ１及び間隔Ｌ４は、従動排出ローラ４２の、Ｙ方向における、幅及び間隔と同一であり、駆動ローラ側対向面５５ａの開口領域５５ｃの、Ｙ方向における、幅Ｌ２及び間隔Ｌ３は、従動ローラ側対向面５５ｂの、Ｙ方向における、開口領域５５ｄの幅及び間隔と同一である。すなわち、駆動排出ローラ４１のローラ幅Ｌ１は従動排出ローラ４２の幅に等しく、開口領域５５ｃの開口領域幅Ｌ２は開口領域５５ｄの幅に等しく、隣接する２つの開口領域５５ｃ，５５ｃの開口領域間隔Ｌ３は隣接する２つの開口領域５５ｄ，５５ｄの間隔に等しく、隣接する２つの駆動排出ローラ４１，４１のローラ間隔Ｌ４は隣接する２つの従動排出ローラ４２，４２の間隔に等しい。 The width L1 and the interval L4 in the Y direction of the drive discharge roller 41 described above are the same as the width and the interval in the Y direction of the driven discharge roller 42, and the opening area 55c of the drive roller side facing surface 55a. The width L2 and the space L3 in the Y direction are the same as the width and the space of the opening region 55d in the Y direction of the driven roller side facing surface 55b. That is, the roller width L1 of the driving discharge roller 41 is equal to the width of the driven discharge roller 42, the opening area width L2 of the opening area 55c is equal to the width of the opening area 55d, and the opening area interval between two adjacent opening areas 55c and 55c. L3 is equal to the distance between the two adjacent open areas 55d, 55d, and the roller distance L4 between the two adjacent drive discharge rollers 41, 41 is equal to the distance between the two adjacent driven discharge rollers 42, 42.
　排出ローラカバー５５には、駆動ローラ側対向面５５ａと従動ローラ側対向面５５ｂとの隙間である排出路ＤＰの下端において、下端傾斜面５５ｅが形成されている。この下端傾斜面５５ｅは、Ｘ方向の上流側端部では、Ｙ方向における位置が最下部の開口領域５５ｃ，５５ｄの下端と同一である。また、下端傾斜面５５ｅは、Ｘ方向の下流側に進むほどＹ方向における位置が下がるように傾斜している。 In the discharge roller cover 55, a lower end inclined surface 55e is formed at the lower end of the discharge path DP which is a gap between the drive roller side facing surface 55a and the driven roller side facing surface 55b. The lower end inclined surface 55e is the same as the lower end of the lowermost opening regions 55c and 55d in the Y direction at the upstream end in the X direction. Further, the lower end inclined surface 55e is inclined such that the position in the Y direction is lowered as it goes to the downstream side in the X direction.
　駆動排出ローラ４１及び従動排出ローラ４２は、排出路ＤＰにおいて下端側に偏って配置されており、図１５に示す印刷物Ｍ１は、Ｙ方向において、排出路ＤＰのＹ方向における中央近傍から下端近傍に亘って駆動排出ローラ４１と従動排出ローラ４２とによって挟持されながら排出される。なお、駆動排出ローラ４１及び従動排出ローラ４２の数は特に制限されないが、例えば１つずつであってもよい。その場合の単一の駆動排出ローラ４１及び単一の従動排出ローラ４２も、排出路ＤＰにおいて下端側に偏って配置されているとよい。また、印刷物Ｍ１（被印刷媒体Ｍ）がＹ方向において中央寄せされて排出（搬送）される場合、駆動排出ローラ４１及び従動排出ローラ４２は、印刷物Ｍ１（被印刷媒体Ｍ）が中央寄せされるＹ方向の中心位置よりも下端側に偏って配置されているとよい。これは、被印刷媒体Ｍから切り離された印刷物Ｍ１が自重により排出路ＤＰ内で落下するためである。 The drive discharge roller 41 and the driven discharge roller 42 are disposed to be biased toward the lower end in the discharge path DP, and the printed matter M1 shown in FIG. 15 is from near the center in the Y direction of the discharge path DP to near the lower end in the Y direction. The sheet is discharged while being nipped by the driving discharge roller 41 and the driven discharge roller 42. The number of driving discharge rollers 41 and the number of driven discharge rollers 42 are not particularly limited, but may be one, for example. The single drive discharge roller 41 and the single driven discharge roller 42 in that case may also be arranged to be biased toward the lower end side in the discharge path DP. In addition, when the printed matter M1 (the printing medium M) is centered and discharged (conveyed) in the Y direction, the driving discharge roller 41 and the driven discharge roller 42 center the printed matter M1 (the printing medium M) It is preferable to be disposed closer to the lower end side than the central position in the Y direction. This is because the printed matter M1 separated from the printing medium M falls in the discharge path DP by its own weight.
　図１６は、印刷物Ｍ１の排出動作を説明するためのフローチャートである。
　図１７～図１９は、印刷物Ｍ１の排出動作を説明するための印刷装置１の内部構造の平面図である。 FIG. 16 is a flow chart for explaining the discharge operation of the printed matter M1.
FIGS. 17 to 19 are plan views of the internal structure of the printing apparatus 1 for explaining the discharge operation of the printed matter M1.
　まず、図５に示す制御装置５は、搬送用モータ駆動回路１１を介してステッピングモータ１２を制御することでプラテンローラ２１に被印刷媒体Ｍの搬送を行わせながら、ヘッド駆動回路９を介してサーマルヘッド１０を制御することでサーマルヘッド１０に被印刷媒体Ｍの印刷を行わせる。また、制御装置５は、カッターモータ駆動回路１４を介してカッターモータ１５を制御することで、フルカット装置１６又はハーフカット装置１７により被印刷媒体Ｍのフルカット又はハーフカットを行わせる。 First, the control device 5 shown in FIG. 5 controls the stepping motor 12 via the conveyance motor drive circuit 11 to cause the platen roller 21 to convey the print medium M, while the head drive circuit 9 is used. The control of the thermal head 10 causes the thermal head 10 to print the print medium M. Further, the control device 5 controls the cutter motor 15 via the cutter motor drive circuit 14 to cause the full cut device 16 or the half cut device 17 to perform full cut or half cut of the print medium M.
　制御装置５は、図１７に示すようにフルカット装置１６により被印刷媒体Ｍが切断された後、被印刷媒体Ｍから切り離された印刷済みの印刷物Ｍ１を外部に排出するために、フルカット装置１６の可動刃１６ａが切断位置にあるまま、駆動排出ローラ４１を図１８に示すように回転方向Ｄに例えば１回転だけ回転させるように排出ローラ駆動部４３を制御する（図１６のステップＳ１）。 The control device 5 is a full cut device for discharging the printed material M1 which has been separated from the print medium M after the print medium M is cut by the full cut device 16 as shown in FIG. The discharge roller drive unit 43 is controlled to rotate the drive discharge roller 41 by, for example, one rotation in the rotational direction D as shown in FIG. 18 while the sixteen movable blades 16a are in the cutting position (step S1 in FIG. 16). .
　なお、制御装置５は、エンコーダ４９のフォトセンサ４９ｂによりスリット円板４９ａのスリット４９ａ－１が検出されているときの駆動排出ローラ４１の非接触位置Ｐ１（図１０参照）を初期位置とし、印刷物Ｍ１の排出時に駆動排出ローラ４１を１回転させて再び初期位置に戻すように排出ローラ駆動モータ４３を制御する。 The control device 5 sets the non-contact position P1 (see FIG. 10) of the drive discharge roller 41 when the slit 49a-1 of the slit disc 49a is detected by the photo sensor 49b of the encoder 49 as the initial position. At the time of discharging M1, the discharge roller drive motor 43 is controlled so as to rotate the drive discharge roller 41 once and return it to the initial position.
　すなわち、制御装置５は、プラテンローラ２１による被印刷媒体Ｍの搬送中には非接触領域４１ｂが被印刷媒体Ｍに対向することで駆動排出ローラ４１が被印刷媒体Ｍとは非接触となるように、排出ローラ駆動モータ４３を制御している。なお、駆動排出ローラ４１が印刷物Ｍ１に接触する接触位置Ｐ２のまま電源が急停止になった場合などには、制御装置５は、次の起動時に駆動排出ローラ４１が初期位置にあるかを、エンコーダ４９を用いて検出し、駆動排出ローラ４１が初期位置になければ、駆動排出ローラ４１を初期位置へ回転させるように排出ローラ駆動モータ４３を制御するとよい。 That is, the control device 5 causes the non-contact area 41 b to face the print medium M during conveyance of the print medium M by the platen roller 21 so that the drive discharge roller 41 does not contact the print medium M. In addition, the discharge roller drive motor 43 is controlled. If the power is suddenly stopped with the contact position P2 at which the drive discharge roller 41 contacts the printed matter M1, the control device 5 determines whether the drive discharge roller 41 is in the initial position at the next start, The detection is performed using the encoder 49, and if the drive discharge roller 41 is not at the initial position, the discharge roller drive motor 43 may be controlled to rotate the drive discharge roller 41 to the initial position.
　図１８に示すように、Ｘ方向において、駆動排出ローラ４１の印刷物Ｍ１との接触位置とフルカット装置１６による切断位置との間の長さＬ５以下の長さの印刷物Ｍ１は、駆動排出ローラ４１によって排出できなくなる。そのため、印刷装置１において設定可能な印刷物Ｍ１のＸ方向における最小長さは、長さＬ５よりも長いことが望ましい。 As shown in FIG. 18, in the X direction, the print M1 having a length L5 or less between the contact position of the drive discharge roller 41 with the print M1 and the cutting position by the full-cut device 16 is the drive discharge roller 41. Can not be discharged. Therefore, the minimum length in the X direction of the print M1 that can be set in the printing apparatus 1 is desirably longer than the length L5.
　上述のようにエンコーダ４９のフォトセンサ４９ｂによりスリット円板４９ａのスリット４９ａ－１が検出されているときの駆動排出ローラ４１の非接触位置Ｐ１を初期位置としているため、駆動排出ローラ４１が１回転して、駆動排出ローラ４１と一体に回転するスリット円板４９ａのスリット４９ａ－１が再びフォトセンサ４９ｂにより検出されると（ステップＳ２：ＹＥＳ）、制御装置５は、駆動排出ローラ４１の回転を停止させるように排出ローラ駆動モータ４３を制御する（ステップＳ３）。これにより、図１９に示すように、印刷物Ｍ１が装置筐体２の排出口２ａから排出される。その後、制御装置５は、フルカット装置１６の可動刃１６ａを切断位置から退避させる。 As described above, since the noncontact position P1 of the drive discharge roller 41 when the slit 49a-1 of the slit disk 49a is detected by the photo sensor 49b of the encoder 49 is the initial position, the drive discharge roller 41 makes one rotation. When the slit 49a-1 of the slit disk 49a that rotates integrally with the drive discharge roller 41 is detected again by the photo sensor 49b (step S2: YES), the control device 5 causes the drive discharge roller 41 to rotate. The discharge roller drive motor 43 is controlled so as to stop it (step S3). Thereby, as shown in FIG. 19, the printed matter M1 is discharged from the discharge port 2a of the apparatus housing 2. Thereafter, the control device 5 retracts the movable blade 16a of the full-cut device 16 from the cutting position.
　ここで、駆動排出ローラ４１の排出動作における回転数は１回転に限られず、２回転以上であってもよい。なお、印刷物Ｍ１が、被印刷媒体Ｍから切り離されたときに自重で装置筐体２の排出口２ａから排出された場合、駆動排出ローラ４１は印刷物Ｍ１には接触せず空回りすることになる。 Here, the number of rotations in the discharge operation of the drive discharge roller 41 is not limited to one rotation, and may be two or more. When the printed matter M1 is discharged from the discharge port 2a of the apparatus casing 2 by its own weight when it is separated from the printing medium M, the drive discharge roller 41 rotates idle without contacting the printed matter M1.
　ところで、被印刷媒体Ｍの残量が少なくなったとき、被印刷媒体Ｍの終端部分は、印刷物Ｍ１として切り離されないが、プラテンローラ２１を通過するとプラテンローラ２１によって搬送されなくなる。そのため、被印刷媒体Ｍの終端を検知する検知センサが印刷装置１に配置されている場合、制御装置５は、駆動排出ローラ４１を印刷物Ｍ１の排出時（例えば１回転）よりも多い回転数（例えば３回転）で回転させるように排出ローラ駆動モータ４３を制御するとよい。これにより、被印刷媒体Ｍの終端部分が駆動排出ローラ４１によって排出されずにフルカット装置１６付近に残存するのを防ぐことができる。したがって、その後、新たにカセット収納部１９に挿入されたカセット３０の被印刷媒体Ｍがフルカット装置１６によって切断される際に、フルカット装置１６付近に残存する被印刷媒体Ｍの終端部分が一緒に切断されて短冊状のゴミが増えるのを防ぐこともできる。 By the way, when the remaining amount of the print medium M decreases, the end portion of the print medium M is not separated as the print M1, but when it passes the platen roller 21, it is not conveyed by the platen roller 21. Therefore, when the detection sensor for detecting the end of the print medium M is disposed in the printing apparatus 1, the control device 5 rotates the drive discharge roller 41 by a number of rotations (for example, one rotation) For example, the discharge roller drive motor 43 may be controlled to rotate in three revolutions. As a result, the end portion of the print medium M can be prevented from remaining near the full-cut device 16 without being discharged by the drive discharge roller 41. Therefore, when the print medium M of the cassette 30 newly inserted into the cassette storage unit 19 is subsequently cut by the full cut device 16, the end portion of the print medium M remaining near the full cut device 16 is together It can also be prevented from being cut into strips of waste.
　以上説明した本実施の形態では、印刷装置１は、被印刷媒体Ｍに印刷を行う印刷機構の一例であるサーマルヘッド１０と、このサーマルヘッド１０により印刷が行われた、印刷済みの被印刷媒体Ｍを切断するカッターの一例であるフルカット装置１６と、このフルカット装置１６により切断され被印刷媒体Ｍから切り離された印刷済みの印刷物Ｍ１を外部に排出する駆動排出ローラ４１と、を備える。駆動排出ローラ４１は、その外周面に、被印刷媒体Ｍに離間して対向することで駆動排出ローラ４１が被印刷媒体Ｍとは非接触となるように設けられた非接触領域４１ｂを有する。 In the embodiment described above, the printing apparatus 1 includes the thermal head 10, which is an example of a printing mechanism that performs printing on the medium to be printed M, and the printed medium on which printing has been performed by the thermal head 10 A full-cut device 16 which is an example of a cutter for cutting M, and a drive discharge roller 41 for discharging the printed material M1 which has been cut by the full-cut device 16 and which has been printed and separated from the print medium M to the outside. The drive discharge roller 41 has, on its outer peripheral surface, a non-contact area 41 b provided so that the drive discharge roller 41 is not in contact with the print medium M by being spaced apart and opposed to the print medium M.
　これにより、印刷物Ｍ１の排出時以外には、非接触領域４１ｂが被印刷媒体Ｍに対向することで、駆動排出ローラ４１と、被印刷媒体Ｍや従動排出ローラ４２との接触を回避することができる。そして、このように駆動排出ローラ４１と、被印刷媒体Ｍや従動排出ローラ４２との接触を回避することができるため、印刷物Ｍ１の排出時以外に駆動排出ローラ４１及び従動排出ローラ４２のうち少なくとも一方を他方から離隔させ、印刷物Ｍ１の排出時には接近させるようにするための退避機構の設置を省略することができる。これにより、印刷装置１の構造の複雑化、部品点数の増加、組み立て工数の増加、或いは印刷装置１の大型化を回避することもできる。よって、本実施の形態によれば、被印刷媒体Ｍから切り離された印刷物Ｍ１を簡素な構成で外部に排出することができる。 As a result, the non-contact area 41b is opposed to the print medium M except at the time of discharging the printed matter M1, so that the contact between the drive discharge roller 41 and the print medium M or the driven discharge roller 42 can be avoided. it can. Then, since the contact between the drive discharge roller 41 and the print medium M or the driven discharge roller 42 can be avoided as described above, at least one of the drive discharge roller 41 and the driven discharge roller 42 is not used at the time of discharging the printed matter M1. It is possible to omit the installation of a retracting mechanism for separating one from the other and for making it approach when discharging the printed matter M1. As a result, it is possible to avoid the complication of the structure of the printing apparatus 1, the increase in the number of parts, the increase in the number of assembling steps, or the enlargement of the printing apparatus 1. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the printed matter M1 separated from the print medium M can be discharged to the outside with a simple configuration.
　更には、駆動排出ローラ４１によって印刷物Ｍ１を強制的に外部に排出することができるため、駆動排出ローラ４１のような、被印刷媒体Ｍを強制的に外部に排出する構造が設けられていない態様と比較して、例えば印刷物Ｍ１のＸ方向における長さが長い場合などに印刷物Ｍ１の先端が印刷装置１の設置面などに接触して印刷物Ｍ１が自重で排出されないことによって、フルカット装置１６によって切断された状態のまま印刷物Ｍ１が残存するのを防ぐことができる。これにより、例えば、次の印刷物Ｍ１が作成される際に被印刷媒体Ｍの頭出しを経て被印刷媒体Ｍがハーフカット装置１７によってハーフカットされる場合に、残存した印刷物Ｍ１が被印刷媒体Ｍとともにハーフカットされるのを防ぐこともできる。 Furthermore, as the printed matter M1 can be forcibly discharged to the outside by the drive discharge roller 41, a mode such as the drive discharge roller 41 in which the print medium M is not forcibly discharged to the outside is provided. When the length of the print M1 in the X direction is longer than that of the print M1, for example, the front end of the print M1 contacts the installation surface of the printing apparatus 1 and the print M1 is not discharged by its own weight. It is possible to prevent the print M1 from remaining in the disconnected state. Thus, for example, when the print medium M is half-cut by the half-cut device 17 through the cueing of the print medium M when the next print M 1 is created, the remaining print M 1 is the print medium M Can also be prevented from being half cut.
　また、本実施の形態では、印刷装置１は、被印刷媒体Ｍを搬送する搬送ローラの一例であるプラテンローラ２１と、駆動排出ローラ４１を回転させる排出ローラ駆動部の一例である排出ローラ駆動モータ４３と、この排出ローラ駆動モータ４３を制御する制御装置５と、を更に備え、制御装置５は、プラテンローラ２１による被印刷媒体Ｍの搬送中に非接触領域４１ｂが被印刷媒体Ｍに対向することで駆動排出ローラ４１が被印刷媒体Ｍとは非接触となるように、排出ローラ駆動モータ４３を制御する。駆動排出ローラ４１は、印刷物Ｍ１に接触する接触領域４１ａを更に有する。制御装置５は、駆動排出ローラ４１が接触領域４１ａにおいて印刷物Ｍ１に接触しながら回転することで印刷物Ｍ１を外部に排出するように、排出ローラ駆動モータ４３を制御する。 Further, in the present embodiment, the printing apparatus 1 includes a platen roller 21 which is an example of a conveyance roller which conveys the print medium M, and a discharge roller drive motor which is an example of a discharge roller drive unit which rotates the drive discharge roller 41. 43 further includes a control device 5 for controlling the discharge roller drive motor 43. The control device 5 causes the non-contact area 41b to face the print medium M while the print medium M is being transported by the platen roller 21. Thus, the discharge roller drive motor 43 is controlled such that the drive discharge roller 41 does not contact the print medium M. The drive discharge roller 41 further includes a contact area 41a that contacts the printed matter M1. The control device 5 controls the discharge roller drive motor 43 so that the printed material M1 is discharged to the outside by rotating the drive discharge roller 41 while contacting the printed material M1 in the contact area 41a.
　これにより、被印刷媒体Ｍの搬送時に、非接触領域４１ｂが被印刷媒体Ｍに対向することで、被印刷媒体Ｍと駆動排出ローラ４１及び従動排出ローラ４２との接触によるジャムが発生するのを回避することができる。また、駆動排出ローラ４１及び従動排出ローラ４２をプラテンローラ２１と連動させることでプラテンローラ２１とともに駆動排出ローラ４１及び従動排出ローラ４２によっても被印刷媒体Ｍを搬送する態様と比較して、駆動排出ローラ４１をプラテンローラ２１と連動させるための複雑な構造の設置を回避することができる。したがって、印刷物Ｍ１を簡素な構成で外部に排出することができる。 As a result, when the print-receiving medium M is transported, the non-contact area 41b faces the print-receiving medium M, thereby causing jamming due to contact between the print-receiving medium M and the drive discharge roller 41 and the driven discharge roller 42. It can be avoided. Also, driving discharge roller 41 and driven discharge roller 42 in conjunction with platen roller 21 as compared with a mode in which print medium M is transported by drive discharge roller 41 and driven discharge roller 42 together with platen roller 21 It is possible to avoid the installation of a complicated structure for interlocking the roller 41 with the platen roller 21. Therefore, the printed matter M1 can be discharged to the outside with a simple configuration.
　また、本実施の形態では、駆動排出ローラ４１は、印刷物Ｍ１に接触する接触領域４１ａを更に有する。駆動排出ローラ４１の回転方向Ｄにおける接触領域４１ａの先端部分は、湾曲部分４１ｃである。そのため、回転方向Ｄにおける接触領域４１ａの先端部分が角張った部分である態様と比較して、駆動排出ローラ４１の接触領域４１ａが印刷物Ｍ１に接触を開始したときに駆動排出ローラ４１及び従動排出ローラ４２を回転させるために必要なトルクが増加することを抑制することができる。 Further, in the present embodiment, the drive discharge roller 41 further includes a contact area 41a that contacts the printed matter M1. The tip portion of the contact area 41 a in the rotational direction D of the drive discharge roller 41 is a curved portion 41 c. Therefore, the drive discharge roller 41 and the follower discharge roller when the contact region 41a of the drive discharge roller 41 starts contacting the printed product M1 as compared with the aspect in which the tip of the contact region 41a in the rotational direction D is angular. It is possible to suppress an increase in torque required to rotate 42.
　本願は、２０１７年６月２６日に出願された日本国特許出願第２０１７－１２４６５７号に基づく優先権の利益を享受するものであり、その明細書、特許請求の範囲、図面及び要約書の全内容が、参照により、本明細書に組み込まれる。 This application claims the benefit of priority based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2017-124,657, filed on Jun. 26, 2017, the entire specification, claims, drawings and abstract. The contents are incorporated herein by reference.

Claims (10)

  1. 　被印刷媒体を切断するカッターと、
    　前記被印刷媒体が切断されてなる印刷物を回転することにより外部へ排出する、少なくとも一つの駆動排出ローラと、を備え、
    　前記駆動排出ローラの外周面は、前記印刷物に接触可能な接触領域と、前記被印刷媒体に接触しない非接触領域と、から構成される、印刷装置。     A cutter for cutting a print medium;
    And at least one drive discharge roller that discharges the printed material formed by cutting the print medium to the outside by rotating.
    The printing apparatus, wherein an outer peripheral surface of the driving discharge roller is configured of a contact area capable of contacting the printed matter and a non-contact area not contacting the print medium.
  2. 　前記被印刷媒体を搬送する搬送ローラを更に備え、
    　前記駆動排出ローラは、前記被印刷媒体の幅方向に沿って設けられた第１軸を回転中心として回転され、
    　前記駆動排出ローラは、
    　　前記搬送ローラによる前記被印刷媒体の搬送時には、前記非接触領域が前記被印刷媒体に離間して対向して、前記被印刷媒体に接触しない位置にされ、
    　　前記印刷物を外部へ排出する際には、前記第１軸を回転中心として少なくとも１回転され、回転中に前記接触領域が前記印刷物に接触する、請求項１記載の印刷装置。     The apparatus further comprises a transport roller for transporting the print medium.
    The drive discharge roller is rotated about a first axis provided along the width direction of the print medium.
    The drive discharge roller is
    When the print medium is transported by the transport roller, the non-contact area is spaced apart and opposed to the print medium so as not to contact the print medium.
    2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when discharging the printed material to the outside, the printing apparatus is rotated at least one turn around the first axis, and the contact area contacts the printed material while rotating.
  3. 　前記駆動排出ローラを回転させる排出ローラ駆動部と、
    　前記排出ローラ駆動部を制御する制御装置と、を更に備え、
    　前記制御装置は、
    　　前記搬送ローラによる前記被印刷媒体の搬送時に、前記駆動排出ローラが、前記非接触領域が前記被印刷媒体に離間して対向する位置となるように、前記排出ローラ駆動部により前記駆動排出ローラの回転を制御し、
    　　前記印刷物を外部へ排出する際に、前記駆動排出ローラを、前記第１軸を回転中心として少なくとも１回転させて、前記印刷物を外部へ排出するように、前記排出ローラ駆動部により前記駆動排出ローラの回転を制御する、請求項２記載の印刷装置。     A discharge roller drive unit configured to rotate the drive discharge roller;
    And a control device for controlling the discharge roller driving unit,
    The controller is
    The drive discharge roller is driven by the discharge roller drive unit such that the drive discharge roller is at a position where the non-contact area faces the print medium at a distance when the print medium is transported by the transport roller. Control the rotation,
    When discharging the printed matter to the outside, the driven discharge roller is driven by the discharge roller drive unit so as to discharge the printed matter to the outside by rotating the driven discharge roller at least one turn around the first axis. The printing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein rotation of is controlled.
  4. 　前記駆動排出ローラは、前記接触領域が前記印刷物に接触した状態で前記印刷物を外部に排出することができる回転方向に回転し、
    　前記駆動排出ローラの前記外周面の、前記回転方向おける前記接触領域の先端部分は湾曲している、請求項１記載の印刷装置。     The drive discharge roller rotates in a rotation direction in which the printed matter can be discharged to the outside with the contact area in contact with the printed matter,
    The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a tip portion of the contact area in the rotational direction on the outer peripheral surface of the drive discharge roller is curved.
  5. 　前記駆動排出ローラの一部を覆って、前記カッターにより切断された前記印刷物を外部へ排出するための排出路の一部を形成する排出ローラカバーを有し、
    　前記排出ローラカバーは、前記駆動排出ローラの前記外周部の前記接触領域の一部が前記排出路側に突出し、前記非接触領域は突出しないように設けられた少なくとも一つの開口領域を有する、請求項１記載の印刷装置。     It has a discharge roller cover which covers a part of the drive discharge roller and forms a part of a discharge path for discharging the printed material cut by the cutter to the outside;
    The discharge roller cover has at least one opening region provided so that a part of the contact region of the outer peripheral portion of the drive discharge roller protrudes toward the discharge path, and the noncontact region does not protrude. The printing apparatus according to 1).
  6. 　前記駆動排出ローラと対向した位置に、前記被印刷媒体の幅方向に沿って設けられた第２軸を回転中心として回転可能に設けられた、少なくとも一つの従動排出ローラを有し、
    　前記従動排出ローラは、前記駆動排出ローラの前記接触領域と前記従動排出ローラとの間で前記印刷物を挟持可能であり、前記駆動排出ローラの前記非接触領域とは接触しない位置に設けられている、請求項１記載の印刷装置。     At least one driven discharge roller provided rotatably at a position facing the drive discharge roller, with a second axis provided along the width direction of the print medium as a rotation center,
    The driven discharge roller can sandwich the printed matter between the contact area of the drive discharge roller and the driven discharge roller, and is provided at a position not in contact with the non-contact area of the drive discharge roller. The printing apparatus according to claim 1.
  7. 　前記従動排出ローラは、前記駆動排出ローラに近づく方向に付勢されていて、前記駆動排出ローラと対向する方向に沿って移動可能である、
    　ことを特徴とする請求項６記載の印刷装置。     The driven discharge roller is biased in a direction approaching the drive discharge roller, and is movable along a direction facing the drive discharge roller.
    The printing apparatus according to claim 6, characterized in that:
  8. 　前記従動排出ローラの一部を覆って、前記印刷物を外部へ排出するための排出路の一部を形成する従動ローラカバーを有し、
    　前記従動ローラカバーは、前記従動排出ローラの外周部の一部が前記排出路側に突出するように設けられた少なくとも一つの開口領域を有する、
    　ことを特徴とする請求項６又は請求項７に記載の印刷装置。     It has a driven roller cover which covers a part of the driven discharge roller and forms a part of a discharge path for discharging the printed matter to the outside,
    The driven roller cover has at least one opening area provided so that a part of the outer peripheral portion of the driven discharge roller protrudes toward the discharge path.
    The printing apparatus according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that
  9. 　被印刷媒体を搬送する搬送ローラと、前記被印刷媒体に印刷を行う印刷機構と、前記印刷機構により前記印刷が行われた前記被印刷媒体を切断するカッターと、前記被印刷媒体が切断されてなる印刷物を回転することにより外部に排出する少なくとも一つの駆動排出ローラと、を備え、
    　前記駆動排出ローラの外周面に、前記印刷物に接触可能な接触領域と、前記被印刷媒体に接触しない非接触領域と、が設けられた印刷装置の制御方法であって、
    　前記搬送ローラによる前記被印刷媒体の搬送時に、前記駆動排出ローラを、前記非接触領域が前記被印刷媒体に離間して対向して、前記駆動排出ローラが前記被印刷媒体に接触しない位置にし、
    　前記被印刷媒体を外部へ排出する際に、前記駆動排出ローラを少なくとも１回転させて、回転中に前記接触領域を前記印刷物に接触させて前記印刷物を外部へ排出させる、印刷装置の制御方法。     A conveyance roller for conveying a medium to be printed, a printing mechanism for printing on the medium to be printed, a cutter for cutting the medium to be printed on which printing is performed by the printing mechanism, and the medium to be printed are cut And at least one drive discharge roller that discharges the printed material to the outside by rotating the printed material.
    A control method of a printing apparatus, wherein a contact area capable of contacting the printed matter and a non-contact area not contacting the print medium are provided on an outer peripheral surface of the drive discharge roller.
    When the print medium is transported by the transport roller, the drive discharge roller is positioned such that the non-contact area faces and faces the print medium so that the drive discharge roller does not contact the print medium.
    A control method of a printing apparatus, wherein when the print medium is discharged to the outside, the drive discharge roller is rotated at least one time, and the contact area is brought into contact with the printed matter during the rotation to discharge the printed matter to the outside.
  10. 　被印刷媒体を搬送する搬送ローラと、前記被印刷媒体に印刷を行う印刷機構と、前記印刷機構により前記印刷が行われた前記被印刷媒体を切断するカッターと、前記被印刷媒体が切断されてなる印刷物を回転することにより外部に排出する駆動排出ローラと、前記駆動排出ローラを回転させる排出ローラ駆動部と、を備え、
    　前記駆動排出ローラの外周面に、前記印刷物に接触可能な接触領域と、前記被印刷媒体に接触しない非接触領域と、が設けられた印刷装置のコンピュータに、
    　前記搬送ローラによる前記被印刷媒体の搬送時に、前記駆動排出ローラを、前記非接触領域が前記被印刷媒体に離間して対向して、前記駆動排出ローラが前記被印刷媒体に接触しない位置にさせるように前記排出ローラ駆動部を制御させ、
    　前記被印刷媒体を外部へ排出する際に、前記駆動排出ローラを少なくとも１回転させて、回転中に前記接触領域を前記印刷物に接触させて前記印刷物を外部へ排出させるように前記排出ローラ駆動部を制御させる、処理を実行させる読み取り可能なプログラムを記録した記録媒体。     A conveyance roller for conveying a medium to be printed, a printing mechanism for printing on the medium to be printed, a cutter for cutting the medium to be printed on which printing is performed by the printing mechanism, and the medium to be printed are cut And a discharge roller drive unit configured to rotate the drive discharge roller.
    According to another aspect of the invention, there is provided a computer of a printing apparatus in which a contact area capable of contacting the printed matter and a non-contact area not contacting the print medium are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the drive discharge roller.
    When the print medium is transported by the transport roller, the drive discharge roller is positioned such that the non-contact area faces the print medium away from the print medium and the drive discharge roller does not contact the print medium Control the discharge roller drive unit as
    When discharging the print medium to the outside, the discharge roller drive unit is configured to rotate the drive discharge roller at least one time and contact the contact area with the printed matter during the rotation to discharge the printed matter to the outside. A recording medium that records a readable program that causes a computer to execute processing.
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