JP2014148144A - One-side and both-side printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily and inexpensively provide a compact one-side and both-side printer.SOLUTION: A one-side and both-side printer 10 comprises: a thermal head 12 for executing printing on substrates 1 and 41; a rolled substrate supply portion 42 for supplying the thermal head 12 with a continuous substrate 41 on which one-side printing is executed; and a sheet-like substrate supply portion 25 that is arranged below the rolled substrate supply portion 42 and supplies a sheet-like substrate 1 on which both-side printing are executed. Between the thermal head 12 and the sheet-like substrate supply portion 25 is provided a guiding conveyance passage 24 for guiding the sheet-like substrate 1 to the thermal head 12. To the guiding conveyance passage 24 is connected an inversion mechanism for inverting the sheet-like substrate 1 returned from the thermal head 12. The inversion mechanism 20 has two-tiered storage shelves 21 and 22 and a transfer roller 45 for transferring the sheet-like substrate 1 in the upper storage shelf 21 into the lower storage shelf 22 to invert the sheet-like substrate 1.

Description

  The present invention relates to a printer that performs printing on a sheet-fed substrate and a continuous substrate by heat generation of a thermal head, and more particularly to a single-sided and double-sided printer that can perform single-sided and double-sided printing on a substrate.

  Conventionally, as a printer that performs double-sided printing, the base material is transported from roll paper obtained by winding a base material having a receiving layer on both sides, and the dye or pigment is transferred to the base material through heating of the thermal head. Sublimation type printers are known.

  In such a sublimation printer, the roll paper obtained by winding the base material is held by a holding unit, and by rotating the holding unit, the direction of the base material fed from the roll paper is reversed with respect to the base material. Double-sided printing is applied. The printed substrate is then cut to obtain a printed sheet substrate.

JP 2011-93255 A

  By the way, as described above, a technology for performing double-sided printing on a base material while supplying the base material from a roll paper obtained by winding the base material has been developed, but a single-wafer base material cut in advance into a single-wafer type is prepared. In addition, it is desired to use a printer that reverses the single-wafer substrate while being conveyed by a conveyance mechanism and performs double-sided printing on the substrate. Furthermore, if a mechanism for performing double-sided printing on such a sheet substrate can be incorporated into an existing single-sided printer, a compact and inexpensive single-sided and double-sided printer can be realized.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of such points, and can easily reverse the sheet substrate to print on both sides of the sheet substrate, and such a double-sided printing mechanism can be used for the existing single-sided printing. It is an object of the present invention to provide a single-sided and double-sided printer that can be obtained in a compact and inexpensive manner by being incorporated in a printer.

  The present invention relates to a single-sided and double-sided printer, a printing unit, and a rolled substrate supply unit that rolls a continuous substrate printed on one side into a roll, and supplies the rolled continuous substrate to the printing unit; , A sheet-fed substrate supply unit that is disposed below the roll-shaped substrate supply unit and stores the sheet-fed substrate to be printed on both sides and supplies it to the printing unit, and guide conveyance for guiding the sheet-fed substrate from the sheet substrate supply unit to the printing unit And a reversing mechanism that is connected to the guide conveyance path and reverses the sheet substrate returned from the printing unit into the guide conveyance path so that one side faces the printing unit and the other side faces the printing unit. Each of the reversing mechanisms is connected to the guide conveyance path, and is provided between the upper and lower storage shelves for storing the single-wafer base material in the horizontal direction, and the single-wafer base material in one of the storage shelves. Invert the single-wafer substrate by transferring it to the storage shelf Is a single-sided and double-sided printer characterized by having a transfer device.

  The present invention is a single-sided and double-sided printer in which each storage shelf has a pair of storage plates extending in the horizontal direction.

  In the present invention, the transfer device includes a transfer roller that is disposed between the storage shelves and feeds the single-wafer base material, and a guide plate that guides the single-wafer base material sent by the transfer roller from one storage shelf to the other storage shelf. A single-sided printer and a double-sided printer.

  The present invention is a single-sided and double-sided printer characterized in that the transfer direction of the sheet material by the transfer device is orthogonal to the feeding direction of the sheet material from the guide conveyance path to the storage shelf.

  The present invention is a single-sided and double-sided printer characterized in that a continuous base material cutter for cutting a continuous base material is provided on the exit side of the printing unit.

  The present invention is a single-sided and double-sided printer characterized in that a sheet-fed substrate cutting cutter for cutting a sheet-fed substrate is provided on the guide conveyance path.

  The present invention is a single-sided and double-sided printer characterized in that the guide conveyance path and each storage shelf are connected via a conveyance roller.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the sheet substrate can be reversed only by transferring the sheet substrate in one storage shelf of the reversing mechanism into the other storage shelf by the transfer device. In addition, by incorporating a double-sided printing mechanism for performing double-sided printing on a sheet substrate into an existing single-sided printer, a compact and inexpensive single-sided and double-sided printer can be obtained.

FIG. 1A is a schematic side view showing an embodiment of a single-sided and double-sided printer according to the present invention, and FIG. 1B is a schematic front view of the single-sided and double-sided printer. FIGS. 2A and 2B are operation explanatory views showing the operation of the single-sided and double-sided printers according to the present invention. FIGS. 3A and 3B are operation explanatory views showing the operation of the single-sided and double-sided printers according to the present invention. FIGS. 4A and 4B are operation explanatory views showing the operation of the single-sided and double-sided printers according to the present invention. FIGS. 5A and 5B are operation explanatory views showing the operation of the single-sided and double-sided printers according to the present invention. 6A and 6B are operation explanatory views showing the operation of the single-sided and double-sided printer according to the present invention. FIGS. 7A and 7B are operation explanatory views showing the operation of the single-sided and double-sided printers according to the present invention. FIGS. 8A and 8B are operation explanatory views showing the operation of the single-sided and double-sided printers according to the present invention. FIGS. 9A and 9B are operation explanatory views showing the operation of the single-sided and double-sided printers according to the present invention. 10 (a) and 10 (b) are operation explanatory views showing the operation of the single-sided and double-sided printer according to the present invention. FIGS. 11A and 11B are diagrams showing a sheet-fed base material on which double-sided printing has been performed.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIGS. 1A, 1B to 11A, 11B are diagrams showing an embodiment of a single-sided and double-sided printer according to the present invention.

  1A is a schematic side view showing a single-sided and double-sided printer, FIG. 1B is a schematic front view thereof, and FIGS. 2A, 2B to 10A, 10B are single-sided and double-sided printers. FIG. 11A and FIG. 11B are views showing a sheet substrate on which double-side printing has been performed.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b), a single-sided and double-sided printer 10 conveys a sheet substrate 1 having a receiving layer on both sides, and performs double-side printing on the sheet substrate 1 by a printing unit comprising a thermal head 12. In addition, the continuous substrate 41 having a receiving layer on at least one surface is conveyed, and single-sided printing is performed on the continuous substrate 41 by the printing unit including the thermal head 12, and the sublimation printer is used. Yes.

  In such a single-sided and double-sided printer 10, a printing unit composed of the thermal head 12 and a continuous base material 41 printed on one side are wound up in a roll shape, and the roll-like continuous base material 41 is transferred to the thermal head 12. A roll-shaped substrate supply unit 42 that supplies the sheet-shaped substrate 1 that is disposed below the roll-shaped substrate supply unit 42 and that is printed on both sides and supplies the sheet-shaped substrate 1 to the thermal head 12 is provided. Yes.

  A guide conveyance path 24 for guiding the sheet substrate 1 from the sheet substrate supply section 25 to the thermal head 12 is installed between the thermal head 12 and the sheet substrate supply section 25, and a reversing mechanism 20 is provided in the guide conveyance path 24. It is connected. The reversing mechanism 20 inverts the single-wafer substrate 1 with one surface 1 a facing the thermal head 12 so that the other surface 1 b faces the thermal head 12 with respect to the single-wafer substrate 1 returned from the thermal head 12 to the guide conveyance path 24 side. Is.

  Such a guide conveyance path 24 and the reversing mechanism 20 are disposed immediately below the roll-shaped base material supply unit 42, and a single-wafer base material supply unit 25 is provided below the guide conveyance path 24 and the reversing mechanism 20, for one side and both sides The printer 10 has a compact structure as a whole.

  Among the above-described components, the roll-shaped substrate supply unit 42 and the thermal head 12 can be existing ones, and the guide conveyance path 24 and the reversing mechanism are provided below the existing roll-shaped substrate supply unit 42. The single-sided and double-sided printer 10 according to the present invention can be configured at low cost by using the existing roll-shaped substrate supply unit 42 and the thermal head 12 by disposing 20 and the single-wafer substrate supply unit 25.

  Further, a one-side base material transport path 15a is provided on the inlet side of the thermal head 12, and another base material transport path 15b is provided on the outlet side of the thermal head 12, and these one-side base material transport path 15a and the other side are provided. The substrate conveyance path 15 is configured by the substrate conveyance path 15b.

  A platen roller 13 that holds the single-wafer base material 1 or the continuous base material 41 is provided at a position facing the thermal head 12 with the single-wafer base material 1 or the continuous base material 41 interposed therebetween.

  Further, the guide transport path 24 is connected to the one-side base material transport path 15 a of the base material transport path 15 through the end 24 a, and the reversing mechanism 20 is connected to the guide transport path 24. The reversing mechanism 20 reverses the single-wafer substrate 1 with one surface 1 a of the single-wafer substrate 1 facing the thermal head 12 so that the other surface 1 b faces the thermal head 12. The reversing mechanism 20 will be described later.

  A pickup lever 25a that lifts the sheet substrate 1 placed on the lifting plate 25b in the sheet substrate supply unit 25 upward is provided below the sheet substrate supply unit 25, and is lifted by the pickup lever 25a. Of the single-wafer base material 1, the uppermost single-wafer base material 1 is sent to the guide conveyance path 24 side by the pickup roller 26.

  That is, a separation roller 27 and a paper feed roller 28 are provided on the entrance side of the guide conveyance path 24, and the uppermost sheet substrate 1 among the sheet substrates 1 lifted by the pickup lever 25 a is separated from the separation roller 27 by the pickup roller 26. It is sent to the paper feed roller 28 side. At this time, it is conceivable that the sheet substrate 1 below the uppermost sheet substrate 1 is also sent to the separation roller 27 and the feed roller 28 side together with the uppermost sheet substrate 1. Since the lower substrate 1 is in contact with the separation roller 27, it is not sent to the guide conveyance path 24 side.

  In addition, a conveyance roller 16 and a substrate conveyance mechanism 30 are provided on the one-side substrate conveyance path 15a of the substrate conveyance path 15 in order from the guide conveyance path 24 side. Further, an end detection sensor 35 that detects the end 1 </ b> B of the single-wafer substrate 1 is installed between the substrate transport mechanism 30 and the transport roller 16. In this case, the substrate transport mechanism 30 includes a friction roller 31 and a pinch roller 32 as described later.

  Further, a discharge roller 18 is provided on the exit side of the other-side substrate conveyance path 15b, and a cutter 29 for cutting the continuous substrate 41 is installed on the further exit side of the discharge roller 18.

  The cutter 29 removes the margin at the front end and the margin at the rear end of the printed continuous base material 41, and a movable blade that cuts the continuous base material 41 between the fixed blade 29b and the fixed blade 29b. 29a.

  Furthermore, the guide conveyance path 24 is provided with a discharge port 55 for discharging the single-wafer substrate 1 in the guide conveyance path 24 outward. A switching flap 48 is provided in the guide conveyance path 24 near the discharge port 55, and a conveyance roller 50 is provided above the switching flap 48. Further, a cutter 19 for cutting the sheet substrate 1 is installed on the outlet side of the discharge port 55. The cutter 19 removes the margin at the front end portion and the margin at the rear end portion of the printed sheet substrate 1 and includes a fixed blade 19b and a movable blade 19a for cutting the sheet substrate 1 between the fixed blade 19b. It is made up of.

  Furthermore, a sublimation transfer ribbon 5 for performing sublimation transfer is supplied from a ribbon unwinding unit 6 to a thermal head 12 serving as a printing unit. The ribbon 5 supplied from the ribbon unwinding unit 6 is used when performing sublimation transfer printing in the thermal head 12, and then the used ribbon 5 is wound on the ribbon winding unit 7.

  Next, a reversing mechanism 20 for reversing the single-wafer substrate 1 and directing the single-wafer substrate 1 with one surface 1a facing the thermal head 12 to the other surface 1b toward the thermal head 12 will be described.

  The reversing mechanism 20 is provided between the upper and lower storage shelves 21 and 22 and the storage shelves 21 and 22 each storing the sheet material 1 in the horizontal direction. It has the transfer apparatus 45,46,47 which transfers the sheet | seat base material 1 to the other storage shelf, for example, the lower storage shelf 22. FIG.

  Each of the storage shelves 21 and 22 has a pair of storage plates 21 a and 21 a and a pair of storage plates 22 a and 22 b, and is connected to the guide conveyance path 24. The transfer devices 45, 46, 47 are arranged between the storage shelves 21, 22, a transfer roller 45 that feeds the sheet substrate 1, a pinch roller 46 that presses the sheet substrate 1 against the transfer roller 45, and a transfer roller 45. Is provided with a guide plate 47 that guides the single-wafer substrate 1 sent from the upper storage shelf 21 toward the other storage shelf 22.

  In this case, the transfer direction of the single-wafer base material 1 sent by the transfer roller 45 is orthogonal to the feed direction of the single-wafer base material 1 sent from the guide conveyance path 24 to the storage shelf 21. That is, the single-wafer base material 1 stored in the upper storage shelf 21 is fed to the side by the transfer roller 45 and guided by the guide plate 47 to enter the lower storage shelf 22 from the side. To do.

  Further, a transport roller 50 is provided between the upper storage shelf 21 and the guide transport path 24, and the single-wafer substrate 1 in the guide transport path 24 is sent to the upper storage shelf 21 by the transport roller 50 or stored in the upper position. The single-wafer base material 1 in the shelf 21 is sent into the guide conveyance path 24.

  Further, a transport roller 51 is provided between the lower storage shelf 22 and the guide transport path 24, and the sheet substrate 1 in the lower storage shelf 22 is sent into the guide transport path 24 by the transport roller 51.

  By the way, the above-mentioned constituent members such as the transfer roller 45, the pinch roller 46, the transport rollers 50 and 51, the base material transport mechanism 30, the roll base material supply unit 42, the thermal head 12, the ribbon unwinding unit 6, and the ribbon wind-up unit. The section 7, the transport roller 16, the discharge roller 18, the cutter 19, the cutter 29, the pickup lever 25a, the pickup roller 26, the separation roller 27, and the paper feed roller 28 are all driven and controlled by the control device 11, and these components and control device 11 are all housed in the housing 10A.

  Further, the control device 11 includes a drive control unit for a conveyance mechanism that performs high-precision drive control of the substrate conveyance mechanism 30 and performs multicolor printing by the thermal head 12 with high accuracy.

  Next, the substrate transport mechanism 30 and the edge detection sensor 35 for transporting the single-wafer substrate 1 will be described.

  As shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, the base material transporting the single-wafer base material 1 between the thermal head 12 and the transport roller 16 is disposed on the one-side base material transport path 15 a in the base material transport path 15. The transport mechanism 30 and the end detection sensor 35 are sequentially installed from the thermal head 12 side.

  Of these, the substrate transport mechanism 30 includes a friction roller 31 and a pinch roller 32 that presses the single-wafer substrate 1 toward the friction roller 31.

  Further, an end detection sensor 35 is provided adjacent to the transport roller 16 side of the substrate transport mechanism 30, and the end 1 B of the single-wafer substrate 1 can be detected by the end detection sensor 35. A detection signal from the end detection sensor 35 is sent to the drive control unit of the transport mechanism in the control device 11. The drive control unit drives and controls the friction roller 30 based on a signal from the end detection sensor 35, adjusts the position of the end 1B of the sheet substrate 1, and performs multicolor printing by the thermal head 12 with high accuracy. can do.

  Next, the operation of the present embodiment having such a configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 (a) (b) to 11 (a) (b).

  First, as shown in FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b), the operation of performing single-sided printing on the continuous base material 41 wound around the roll base material supply section 42 by the thermal head 12 will be described.

  First, the continuous base material 41 is fed out from the roll-shaped base material supply unit 42, and the continuous base material 41 is sent from the base material conveyance path 15 to the discharge roller 18 side.

  Next, printing by sublimation transfer is performed on one surface of the continuous base material 41 by the thermal head 12.

  That is, the continuous base material 41 discharged to the outside of the discharge roller 18 is transported in the reverse direction to the base material transport path 15 side by the roll-shaped base material supply unit 42 and the discharge roller 18, and the continuous base material 41 is rolled. It returns to the base material supply part 42. Also, a ribbon 5 for sublimation transfer is supplied from the ribbon unwinding unit 6 to the thermal head 12 side, and the dye or pigment on the ribbon 5 side is transferred to one surface of the continuous base material 41 by the heat from the thermal head 12. Can do.

  The sublimation transfer ribbon 5 has Y (yellow), M (magenta), C (cyan), and OP (overcoat) regions, and Y printing is first performed by the Y region of the ribbon 5.

  In this way, in the thermal head 12, Y printing is performed on one surface of the continuous base material 41 by the sublimation transfer ribbon 5. The printed continuous base material 41 subjected to the Y printing is sent again from the base material conveyance path 15 to the discharge roller 18 side.

  Thereafter, in the same manner as described above, while the continuous base material 41 is returned to the roll-shaped base material supply unit 42, M printing and C printing are performed on one surface of the continuous base material 41 using the sublimation transfer ribbon 5 in the thermal head 12. Are sequentially applied to finish multicolor printing, and then an overcoat layer is formed on one surface of the continuous substrate 41.

  The continuous base material 41 printed on one side in this way is sent from the other side base material transport path 15b to the discharge roller 18 side. Next, in the continuous base material 41, the blank at the front end portion that is not printed is removed by the cutter 29.

  Further, the continuous base material 41 is discharged outward by the discharge roller 18, and then the margin of the rear end portion of the continuous base material 41 is removed by the cutter 29.

  In this way, the continuous base material 41 on which printing is performed on one surface, the front end margin and the rear end margin are removed, and the entire surface is printed is discharged outward by the discharge roller 18 as a product. Taken out.

  Next, the operation of performing double-sided printing with the thermal head 12 on the sheet substrate 1 housed in the sheet substrate supply unit 25 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 (a), 2 (b) to 11 (a), 11 (b).

  First, as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, a large number of single-wafer base materials 1 are stacked in the single-wafer base material supply unit 25.

  From this state, the pickup lever 25a lifts the elevating plate 25b in the single-wafer base material supply unit 25. At this time, the single-wafer substrate 1 placed on the lifting plate 25b is also lifted in the same manner.

  Thereafter, the uppermost sheet substrate 1 of the sheet substrates 1 placed on the elevating plate 25 b is sent by the pickup roller 26 to the separation roller 27 and paper feed roller 28 side.

  At this time, the conveyance roller 16 on the side of the one-side substrate conveyance path 15 a rotates in synchronization with the pickup roller 26, the separation roller 27, and the paper feed roller 28.

  Next, the single-wafer base material 1 sent to the separation roller 27 and the paper feed roller 28 side by the pickup roller 26 is then sent to the base material transport path 15 side through the guide transport path 24. By the way, when the uppermost sheet substrate 1 is conveyed among the sheet substrates 1 in the sheet substrate supply unit 25, the lower sheet substrates 1 other than the uppermost sheet substrate 1 are also sent to the separation roller 27 and the sheet feeding roller 28 side. Although the lower single-wafer base material 1 other than the uppermost single-wafer base material 1 is in contact with the separation roller 27, only the uppermost single-wafer base material 1 is transported from the guide transport path 24 side via the switching flap 48. It is sent to the road 15 side. At this time, the switching flap 48 provided in the guide conveyance path 24 is switched in advance so that the single-wafer base material 1 from the single-wafer base material supply unit 25 is sent to the base material conveyance path 15 side.

  In this case, the pickup lever 25a is lowered at the same time when the rear end 1B of the sheet substrate 1 is detected by a detection sensor (not shown) provided in the guide conveyance path 24, and accordingly, the sheet substrate supply unit. The lift plate 25b in the plate 25 and the sheet substrate 1 on the lift plate 25b are also lowered (see FIGS. 3A and 3B).

  During this time, the sheet substrate 1 is pressed against the friction roller 31 side by the pinch roller 32 in the transport mechanism 30. For this reason, by driving the friction roller 31 by the drive control unit of the control device 11, the single-wafer substrate 1 can be reliably conveyed by the frictional force from the friction roller 31. Further, since the single-wafer substrate 1 is conveyed by the frictional force from the friction roller 31, the single-wafer substrate 1 is damaged as compared with, for example, a case where a fine protrusion is provided on the conveying roller and the fine protrusion is bitten into the single-wafer substrate 1. Never give.

  As will be described later, when the single-wafer substrate 1 passes through the transport mechanism 30, both surfaces of the single-wafer substrate 1 come into contact with the friction roller 31 side of the transport mechanism 30. 1 is transported, the double-sided printing can be performed on both sides of the single-wafer substrate 1 without damaging both surfaces of the single-wafer substrate 1.

  Thereafter, the single-wafer substrate 1 is sent from the substrate conveyance path 15 to the discharge roller 18 side.

  At this time, the pickup roller 26, the separation roller 27, and the paper feed roller 28 all stop.

  Next, as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, printing by sublimation transfer is performed on the one surface 1 a of the sheet substrate 1 by the thermal head 12.

  At this time, the single-wafer base material 1 discharged to the outside of the discharge roller 18 is transported in the reverse direction to the base material transport path 15 by the discharge roller 18, and the single-wafer base material 1 is transported by the transport roller 16 and the transport mechanism 30. The other side base material conveyance path 15b of the path | route 15 goes to the one side base material conveyance path 15a side. Further, a ribbon 5 for sublimation transfer is supplied from the ribbon unwinding section 6 to the thermal head 12 side, and the dye or pigment on the ribbon 5 side is transferred to one surface 1 a of the sheet substrate 1 by heat from the thermal head 12. Can do.

  The sublimation transfer ribbon 5 has Y (yellow), M (magenta), C (cyan), and OP (overcoat) regions, and Y printing is first performed by the Y region of the ribbon 5.

  In this way, in the thermal head 12, Y printing is performed on one surface 1 a of the sheet substrate 1 by the sublimation transfer ribbon 5. The printed single-wafer base material 1 on which Y printing has been performed is sent to the one-side base material transport path 15a of the base material transport path 15, and then the single-wafer base material 1 is guided from the end 24a having functions of an inlet and an outlet. Then, it is guided into the storage shelf 21 above the reversing mechanism 20 by the transport roller 50 from the guide transport path 24.

  Next, the single-wafer base material 1 in the upper storage shelf 21 is sent again from the one-side base material transport path 15a to the other-side base material transport path 15b through the guide transport path 24 by the transport roller 50. It is done. Thereafter, in the same manner as described above, in the thermal head 12, M printing and C printing are sequentially performed on one surface 1a of the sheet substrate 1 using the sublimation transfer ribbon 5 to complete the multicolor printing, and then the sheet substrate An overcoat layer is formed on one surface 1a.

  Thus, the single-wafer base material 1 discharged to the outside of the discharge roller 18 is transported and returned from the other-side base material transport path 15b to the one-side base material transport path 15a side by the transport mechanism 30 and is returned by the thermal head 12. One surface 1a of the single-wafer substrate 1 is subjected to Y printing, M printing, and C printing to form an overcoat layer.

  When the single-wafer base material 1 is transported and returned from the other base material transport path 15b to the one-side base material transport path 15a side by the transport mechanism 30, the end portion 1B of the single-wafer base material 1 is detected by the end detection sensor 35, and the end section A detection signal from the detection sensor 35 is sent to the drive control unit of the transport mechanism of the control device 11.

Then, the drive control unit drives and controls the friction roller 31 based on the signal from the end detection sensor 35, thereby adjusting the position of the front end portion 1 </ b> B of the sheet substrate 1.

  That is, it is considered that a slight slip occurs between the friction roller 31 and the single-wafer base material 1 during the transport of the single-wafer base material 1 by the transport mechanism 30, and a slight displacement occurs between the friction roller 31 and the single-wafer base material 1. It is done.

  In this case, the drive control unit of the control device 11 can control the drive of the friction roller 31 based on the signal from the end detection sensor 35 and adjust the position of the front end 1B of the sheet substrate 1. Such positional adjustment of the sheet substrate 1 by the drive control unit of the control device 11 is performed each time printing of each color (Y printing, M printing, C printing) and when an overcoat layer is formed. . For this reason, the position adjustment of the sheet | seat base material 1 can be performed reliably, and the highly accurate multicolor printing by the thermal head 12 is realizable.

  In this way, the thermal head 12 performs printing by sublimation transfer on the one surface 1a of the sheet substrate 1, and the multicolor printing on the one surface 1a of the sheet substrate 1 is completed.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the reversing operation of the single-wafer substrate 1 in the reversing mechanism 20 is performed.

  That is, the sheet substrate 1 printed on one surface 1a is returned into the guide conveyance path 24, and then the sheet substrate 1 is moved from the guide conveyance path 24 into the storage shelf 21 above the reversing mechanism 20 by the conveyance roller 50. enter. Next, the single-wafer substrate 1 is completely stored and stored in the upper storage shelf 21 with the end 1B as the head.

  In this case, the pinch roller 46 is disposed so as to be spaced above the transfer roller 45, and the side edge of the sheet substrate 1 enters a gap between the transfer roller 45 and the pinch roller 46.

  The switching flap 48 in the guide conveyance path 24 is switched in advance, and the single-wafer base material 1 returned into the guide conveyance path 24 by the switching flap 48 is guided to the upper storage shelf 21 side by the conveyance roller 50. It has become.

  Next, the pinch roller 46 descends with respect to the sheet substrate 1 guided into the upper storage shelf 21, and the side edge of the sheet substrate 1 is sandwiched between the transfer roller 45 and the pinch roller 46. Next, the single-wafer substrate 1 is moved along the cylindrical inner peripheral surface of the guide plate 47 by the transfer roller 45 from the side, and is guided from the upper storage shelf 21 to the lower storage shelf 22 (FIG. 5A). (See (b)).

  In this case, the transfer direction of the single-wafer substrate 1 from the upper storage shelf 21 to the lower storage shelf 22 is orthogonal to the conveyance direction from the guide conveyance path 24 to the upper storage shelf 21.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the control device 11 stops driving the transfer roller 45.

  In this case, as shown in FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b), the single-wafer substrate 1 stored in the upper storage shelf 21 with the one surface 1a facing upward is placed in the other storage shelf 22 on the other surface. It is stored so that 1b faces upward, and the single-wafer substrate 1 is inverted.

  Next, as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the single-wafer base material 1 stored in the lower storage shelf 22 is sent from the end portion 1 </ b> A to the guide conveyance path 24 side by the conveyance roller 51.

  At this time, the switching flap 48 in the guide conveyance path 24 is switched in advance, and the switching flap 48 can reliably guide the single-wafer base material 1 stored in the lower storage shelf 22 to the guide conveyance path 24 side. it can.

  In this way, the reversing mechanism 20 ends the reversing action of the single-wafer substrate 1.

  By such a reversing action by the reversing mechanism 20, the single-wafer substrate 1 with one surface 1 a facing the thermal head 12 can be reversed so that the other surface 1 b faces the thermal head 12. Further, the single-wafer base material 1 is introduced into the upper storage shelf 21 from the end 1B, and the single-wafer base material 1 is sent out from the lower storage shelf 22 so that the end 1B becomes the rear end.

  For this reason, the end 1B always faces the upper storage shelf 21 and the lower storage shelf 22 side in both cases before and after inversion.

  Thereafter, the single-wafer substrate 1 is sent from the guide conveyance path 24 to the discharge roller 18 side via the switching flap 48 (see FIGS. 7A and 7B).

  Thereafter, as shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, Y printing is first applied to the other surface 1b of the sheet substrate 1 by the thermal head 12 using the sublimation transfer ribbon 5 in the same manner as described above. Is done.

  Thereafter, M printing and C printing are sequentially performed on the other surface 1b of the sheet substrate 1 using the sublimation transfer ribbon 5, and then an overcoat layer is formed on the other surface 1b of the sheet substrate 1. In this way, multicolor printing on the other surface 1b of the sheet substrate 1 is completed.

  During this time, the switching flap 48 in the guide conveyance path 24 is switched in advance, and the single-wafer substrate 1 in the guide conveyance path 24 can be guided to the upper storage shelf 21 side by this switching flap 48.

  Next, as shown in FIGS. 9 (a) and 9 (b), the sheet substrate 1 having both sides 1a and 1b printed on both sides is moved from the guide conveyance path 24 through the switching flap 48 to the upper storage shelf 21 by the conveyance roller 50. Guided in.

  Then, after all the sheet substrates 1 in the guide conveyance path 24 have entered the upper storage shelf 21, the sheet rollers 1 in the upper storage shelf 21 are sent to the discharge port 55 side by the conveyance rollers 50 (FIG. 10 ( a) (b)). In this case, the switching flap 48 is switched in advance, and the single-wafer base material 1 in the upper storage shelf 21 can be smoothly sent out to the discharge port 55 side.

  Next, the blank space at the front end portion (end portion 1 </ b> A) that is not printed in the sheet substrate 1 is removed by the cutter 19.

  Further, the single-wafer substrate 1 is discharged outward from the discharge port 55, and then the margin of the rear end portion (end portion 1 </ b> B) of the single-wafer substrate 1 is removed by the cutter 19.

  In this way, the single-sided substrate 1 that has been printed on both the one surface 1a and the other surface 1b, the front end margin and the rear end margin are removed, and the entire surface printed is removed from the discharge port 55. It is discharged to the direction and taken out as a product.

  By the way, as for the sheet | seat base material 1, the edge part 1B faces the storage shelf 21 above the reversing mechanism 20, and the lower storage shelf 22 side in the case of both before reversal and after reversal. For this reason, the single-wafer substrate 1 sent from the discharge roller 18 side to the thermal head 12 side is always introduced from the end portion 1 </ b> B to the thermal head 12 and printed by the thermal head 12. This makes it possible to shorten the length of the margin when removing the margin at the front end portion (end portion 1A) and the margin at the rear end portion (end portion 1B) that are not printed by the cutter 19.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 11A, the single-wafer substrate 1 is always sent from the end 1B to the thermal head 12 side in both cases before and after inversion, and the thermal head 12 causes one surface 1a and Printing is performed on the other surface 1b.

  When printing is performed on the sheet substrate 1 by the thermal head 12, the area between the friction roll 31 and the pinch roll 32 and the thermal head 12 in the sheet substrate 1 must be removed as a margin.

  According to the present embodiment, the sheet substrate 1 is always introduced from the end portion 1B to the thermal head 12 for printing in both cases before and after inversion. For this reason, the region to be removed as a margin between the friction roll 31 and the pinch roll 32 and the thermal head 12 is an end in either case of the front side (one side 1a) and the back side (the other side 1b) of the single-wafer substrate 1. It can be brought to the part 1B side.

  For this reason, by removing the margin on the end 1B side of the single-wafer substrate 1 by the cutter 19, the predetermined margin of the single-wafer substrate 1 can be surely removed. Although it is necessary to remove the margin on the end portion 1A side of the single-wafer substrate 1, the margin on the end portion 1A side is arbitrary and can be formed shorter than the margin on the end portion 1B side.

  On the other hand, before the sheet substrate 1 is reversed, the sheet substrate 1 is introduced into the thermal head 12 from the end 1B and printing is performed. After the sheet substrate 1 is reversed, the sheet substrate 1 is introduced into the thermal head 12 from the end 1A. When printing is performed (see FIG. 11B), the areas to be removed as blanks between the friction roll 31 and the pinch roll 32 and the thermal head 12 are the end 1A side (front side) and the end of the sheet substrate 1. It will come to the 1B side (back side). For this reason, the length of the margin to be removed by the cutter 19 is increased.

  On the other hand, according to the present embodiment, the region to be removed as a margin between the friction roll 31 and the pinch roll 32 and the thermal head 12 can always be brought to the end 1B side of the single-wafer substrate 1. The length of the margin to be removed can be shortened.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the thermal head 12 can easily perform sublimation transfer printing on one side of the continuous base material 41 unwound from the roll-shaped base material supply unit 42.

  Further, the single-wafer substrate 1 is introduced into the storage shelf 21 above the reversing mechanism 20, and the single-wafer substrate 1 in the upper storage shelf 21 is transferred along the guide plate 47 into the lower storage shelf 22 by the transfer roller 45. It is possible to easily and surely reverse the direction of the single-wafer substrate 1 and to easily perform sublimation transfer printing with the thermal head 12 on both surfaces 1a and 1b of the single-wafer substrate 1 thus reversed. Can do.

  Moreover, since the guide conveyance path 24, the reversing mechanism 20, and the single-wafer base material supply unit 25 are disposed below the roll-shaped base material supply unit 42, the shape of the single-sided and double-sided printer 10 as a whole can be made compact. Thus, since the single-sided and double-sided printer 10 has a compact configuration as a whole, even if the single-wafer base material 1 is clogged, for example, by opening the housing 10A, the location of the single-wafer base material 1 inside the housing 10A Can be easily confirmed and extracted.

  Furthermore, by using the existing roll-shaped substrate supply unit 42 and the thermal head 12, the guide conveyance path 24, the single-wafer substrate supply unit 25, and the reversing mechanism 20 are simply installed on the lower side of the roll-shaped substrate supply unit 42. And the double-sided printer 10 can be manufactured inexpensively and easily.

  Further, the end portion 1B of the sheet substrate 1 is detected by the end detection sensor 35, and the drive control unit of the control device 11 drives and controls the friction roller 31 by the detection signal from the end detection sensor 35. By adjusting the position of the leaf substrate 1, the thermal head 12 can realize highly accurate multicolor printing.

  In addition, the area to be removed as a margin can be brought to the end 1B side in both cases of the one surface 1a and the other surface 1b of the single-wafer substrate 1, and the length of the margin to be removed can be shortened. .

1 sheet substrate 1a one side 1b other side 5 sublimation transfer ribbon 6 ribbon unwinding unit 7 ribbon winding unit 10 single-sided and double-sided printer 10A casing 11 controller 12 thermal head 13 platen roller 15 substrate transport path 15a One side base material transport path 15b Other side base material transport path 16 Transport roller 18 Discharge roller 19 Cutter 20 Reversing mechanism 21 Upper storage shelves 21a, 21b Storage plate 22 Lower storage shelves 22a, 22b Storage plate 24 Guide transport path 24a End Section 25 Single-wafer base material supply section 25a Pickup lever 26 Pickup roller 27 Separation roller 28 Paper feed roller 29 Cutter 30 Transport mechanism 31 Friction roller 32 Pinch roller 41 Continuous base material 42 Roll-type base material supply section 45 Transfer roller 46 Pinch roller 47 Guide Plate 48 Switching flap 50 Conveying roller 51 Conveying roller 55 Discharge port

Claims (7)

For single-sided and double-sided printers,
A printing section;
A continuous substrate printed on one side is wound into a roll, and a roll-shaped substrate supply unit that supplies the roll-shaped continuous substrate to the printing unit;
A sheet-fed base material supply unit that is disposed below the roll-shaped base material supply unit and stores a sheet-fed base material to be printed on both sides and supplies it to the printing unit;
A guide conveyance path for guiding the sheet substrate from the sheet substrate supply unit to the printing unit;
A reversing mechanism that is connected to the guide conveyance path and reverses the sheet substrate returned from the printing unit into the guide conveyance path so that one side faces the printing unit and the other side faces the printing unit;
Each of the reversing mechanisms is connected to the guide conveyance path, and is provided between the upper and lower storage shelves for storing the sheet material in the horizontal direction and the storage shelf, and the sheet material in one storage shelf is connected to the other storage shelf. A single-sided printer and a double-sided printer, comprising: a transfer device that reverses a sheet substrate by transferring the substrate inside.   2. The single-sided and double-sided printer according to claim 1, wherein each storage shelf has a pair of storage plates extending in the horizontal direction.   The transfer apparatus includes a transfer roller disposed between the storage shelves to send the single-wafer base material, and a guide plate that guides the single-wafer base material sent by the transfer roller from one storage shelf to the other storage shelf. The single-sided and double-sided printer according to claim 1 or 2.   The single-sided and double-sided printer according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the transfer direction of the single-wafer base material by the transfer device is orthogonal to the feeding direction of the single-wafer base material from the guide conveyance path to the storage shelf. .   The single-sided and double-sided printer according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a continuous base material cutter for cutting a continuous base material is provided on an exit side of the printing unit.   The single-sided and double-sided printer according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a cutter for cutting a sheet substrate is provided on the guide conveyance path.   The single-sided and double-sided printer according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the guide conveyance path and each storage shelf are connected via a conveyance roller.

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