CN1210490A - Industrial printer for use with at least one cartridge of consumable material - Google Patents

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CN1210490A
CN1210490A CN 97191985 CN97191985A CN1210490A CN 1210490 A CN1210490 A CN 1210490A CN 97191985 CN97191985 CN 97191985 CN 97191985 A CN97191985 A CN 97191985A CN 1210490 A CN1210490 A CN 1210490A
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M·多雷兹
J·米查隆
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
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    • B41J2/005Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01Ink jet
    • B41J2/17Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/175Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B41J2/17503Ink cartridges
    • B41J2/17543Cartridge presence detection or type identification
    • B41J2/17546Cartridge presence detection or type identification electronically

Abstract

An industrial printer for use with at least one cartridge of consumable material is disclosed. The printer includes communication means using an electromagnetic connection (16, 17) to an electronic label (11, 12) on each cartridge (13, 14).

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At least be fit to load the industrial printer of a consumption print cartridge
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of industrial printer that is fit to load a consumption print cartridge at least.
Technical background
In industry printing field, the application of the application of industrial printer, particularly ink-jet printer more and more widely.People can enumerate the fresh-keeping date on the agricultural food product or the printing of lot number, as just explanation.Meet by spraying ink droplet formation on need sign object.For the operation that makes these printers needs a regular ink supply.This ink-feeding device is print cartridge normally, or flask, as long as the China ink that it is equipped with does not use up, will be retained on the printer.If deflection ink-jet continuously, printing ink can contain with good grounds environmental condition particularly according to environment temperature, the volatile ingredient that evaporation capacity changes in printing process.In fact, printing unspent printing ink constantly circulates by the blotting loop.Need be additional and compensate this evaporation section with the irrelevant feedway of mentioned component with one.This device is cylindrical, is referred to as side plate, and is the same with print cartridge.
The normal operation of these printers is by the control of the parameter of some, seek out faultless print quality, just these parameters on top of.The mass parameter of relevant printing ink or consumable material is very crucial.In fact, printing ink is chemical composition, and its stability is subjected to time restriction.Use expired printing ink needing can cause the technical staff of after-sale service to mediate, and this is expensive.
Mix inconsistent chemical depletion material occasionally,, can cause same consequence such as owing to used inappropriate additive.Provide to printer can accurately discern the recognition system that is added into consumable material character in, importantly prevent the generation of this mistake.
The viscosity of printing ink is important parameters, because it directly influences the ink droplet forming process.It especially changes according to the concentration of temperature and volatile ingredient.When ink viscosity under by the situation of continuous deflection ink-jetting process method should remain on certain limit, and be suitable for this process.By providing a certain amount of additive to guarantee to carry out this control.
The relative fixed value of some printer is regulated ink viscosity, and temperature independent.The relative a reference value control of other printer ink viscosity is so that obtain a kind of said volatile ingredient of constant density.
In FR-A-8812935 french patent application specification, a kind of like this control procedure has been described.Because increasing of industrial print application, printing ink becomes increasingly complex, and can contain many volatile ingredients simultaneously.For giving fixed temperature, the benchmark viscosity number depends on the proportion of each composition, so all corresponding curve maps will be deposited in the printer storage, becomes more and more difficult.
In addition, other parameter of operation depends on the character of used printing ink.Under continuous deflection ink-jet situation, people will enumerate spray speed especially and recover threshold value.This parameter is to be used for the characteristic that the printing ink closed circuit flows and not to be used for printing, and depends on the coefficient of conductivity of said printing ink.Spray speed and flow control apparatus in closed circuit have been described respectively in FR-A-8812935 and FR-A-8305927 french patent application specification.
Other prior art publication has been described dissimilar printers.
U.S. Pat-A-5 283 613 has described a kind of electrophotographic copier and the control system that can use one or more replaceable ink container in this duplicator.This system comprises two memories relevant with print cartridge, i.e. electronics computing store, and an electronic marker memory is stored the quantity of printing with print cartridge respectively and is detected the unauthorized intervention of first memory.
Japan Patent JP-A-5 193 127 has described the ink-jet printer of a print cartridge of a kind of usefulness, and this print cartridge has and comprises a plug-in type printhead that is used for the memory of journal printer control parameter and instruction repertorie.
European patent EP-A-478019 describes a kind of print cartridge distinguishing system that is used for color printer.These print cartridges are toning formula print cartridges, and it comprises a hollow body that can hold a powder toner and a magnetic card, with indication toner cartridge type and position.
European patent EP-A-412 459 has described a kind of ink-jet printer that uses removable cartridge.The various information of determining used ink characteristics are included in these print cartridges with the form of resistance.When print cartridge inserted, resistance was read in different contacts, and was stored in ink characteristics data in the table in the printer storage with this value conduct.
U.S. Pat-A-5 208 631 has described a kind of system that discerns colorimetric tonality matter in the duplicator print cartridge.This system comprises a prom memory (programmable read only memory) set in print cartridge, and it comprises the proprietary coordinate data that deposits color coordinate system in the duplicator database in, so that color data is classified.Duplicator comprises a visual enlargement of color photos Delevoping cartridge, and a controller, this controller comprise color classification decoder and a card that is positioned on the Delevoping cartridge in the machine, the control contact that it comprises address wire, power and is electrically connected with decoder.Peculiar coordinate data by the color coordinate system in the memory storage distinguish containers of card supporting.
Opposite with the prior art document that relates to the document PRN device, the objective of the invention is a kind of industrial printer, can be on object print data, farthest made things convenient for operating personnel's work.
Brief summary of the invention
The present invention relates to a kind of industrial printer that can load a consumption print cartridge at least, be characterized in that each print cartridge is equipped with the electronic marker with the various information that guarantee the printer optimum operation; Printer is equipped with the electronic marker that is suitable for each print cartridge, by electromagnetic wave, sets up the device of contactless connection.
A kind of like this major advantage of contactless connection is, can make each print cartridge accurate localization in printer, removing is connected the dirt that may occur at printer with box, and can make rapid hosting Information, after it loads, for cycle time expand needn't be fixed on the adjusting line.
In profit is that setting up the electromagnetism connection does not need operating personnel to intervene specially.It can carry out in regular intervals of time.
Advantageously, electronic marker can contain:
-be contained in the information of the relevant consumable material character in the respective ink tanks, prevent the unexpected mixing of inconsistent chemicals in the printer;
-be contained in the information that the relevant consumable material in the respective ink tanks is made, for preventing to use expired consumable material;
-be contained in the information of the relevant consumable material character in the respective ink tanks, for preventing to use special-purpose consumable material without permission;
The information of-relevant respective ink tanks capacity is so that the quantity of the control consumable material that printer consumed;
The information of-relevant printer program is so that it is in optimal operational condition with the consumable material that contains;
-on request by shown message logistics or nature of business of printer of using print cartridge.
Electronic marker can comprise, particularly following information:
The standard of-consumable material;
The lot number of-consumable material;
The date of manufacture of-consumable material;
The failure period of-consumable material;
Capacity in the-print cartridge;
-normal viscosity or temperature-viscosity curve;
-standard speed and recovery threshold value;
-special sequence number to mark.
Advantageously, when the filling respective ink tanks, information loads by each electronic marker.
Advantageously, information is stored in the printer holder, so that transmit.
Advantageously, above-mentioned printer can load a print cartridge and a side plate.
Advantageously, above-mentioned printer is an ink-jet printer.
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Accompanying drawing is according to the present invention, can load the industrial printer schematic diagram of a print cartridge and a side plate.
According to the present invention, industrial printer 10 is communicated with the electronic marker 11 and 12 that cooperates with print cartridge 13 side plates 14 respectively.This is communicated with for contactless connection, is to be undertaken by the interface 15 with assembly 16,17, sets up electromagnetic communication 18 with each electronic marker 11 and 12.
Interface 15 guarantees the formation of information in the mark, and these information is transferred to the electronic installation 19 of printer 10 with the form (DONNEES) of data.Internal electronics such as regular interval start communication equipment by sending synchronizing signal (CLK) to interface 15.
Electronic marker cooperates with each boxlike consumable material bottle.It comprises various information, printer is moved in the best condition, and can be communicated with printer.
Electronic marker comprises following information about the consumable material in the box:
-consumable material standard;
-consumable material lot number;
The date of manufacture of-consumable material;
The Expiration Date of-consumable material;
Capacity in the-box;
-normal viscosity or temperature-viscosity curve;
-standard speed and recovery threshold value;
-special sequence number to mark.
These information are loaded in the mark when filling print cartridge.These information for example can be called in database and by the printing ink standard calls.
After being entered into contained information in the mark, printer can carry out various operation.For example, as if first print cartridge that relates in the printer of packing into, printer just can carry out the auto-programming programming along with the variation of the standard parameter value relevant with consideration printing ink.If relate to the printer in operation, then this printer just can be checked the chemical compatibilities of the various materials that various new consumable materials usefulness have existed.Particularly under the situation of deflection continuous injection, printer can be checked the compatibility of the additive of printing ink and introducing.If detected ANOMALOUS VARIATIONS, printer just no longer extracts the consumable material that is contained in the new print cartridge.Printer can also detect the printing ink useful life and not surpass.
Printer can be stored information, the especially lot number of each new print cartridge institute typing of packing in memory.These records can call in when maintenance again, so that determine that printer is contacted with the consumable material of this given lot number already, the what it perceives as anomalous operation performance of this material is observed after it is made.
These records also can be used serving as under the situation of secret ink application, so that check the quantity of ink of given lot number to be used by given printer according to given amount.Also might utilize software to forbid that those unauthorized printing machines use some printing ink standard.
People can also deposit some and printing ink relevant program safe in utilization in electronic marker, i.e. information those logistics or commerce and trade character: sell the address, promote message or the like.
Advantageously, according to the present invention, be contained in reading of information in the electronic marker and be by means of electromagnetic wave not with situation that this mark contact under and realization.This electron-like mark can be used for some standard frequencies, for example 125KHz.The contact of a kind of like this contactless communication can allow that the print cartridge positioning accuracy is a millimeter magnitude in the printer.It also can avoid dirt may occurring at the joint of print cartridge and printer.It can also load data rapidly at last, and print cartridge needn't be fixed in after filling to be regulated on the line, with cycle time expand.
Form contactless writing to each other and do not require operating personnel's special intervention.It can be by clocklike carrying out blanking time, such as per 10 seconds.New print cartridge if pack into then is contained in a part of data in the new mark and is different and these differences of printer record when next time writing to each other just.
The present invention is specially adapted to printing ink or the used consumable material of ink-jet printer, and especially those can adopt the printer of deflection continuous injection technology, and the present invention also may be used on the consumable material that various industry add marking device.

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1. can load the industrial printer of a consumption print cartridge at least, it is characterized in that each print cartridge (13; 14) electronic marker (11 of assembling; 12) its information content of containing can be guaranteed the best effort operation of printer, and feature also is printer to be installed by the device of writing to each other (16,17), and it is suitable for utilizing electromagnetic wave (16,17) to form contactless the connection with the electronic marker of each print cartridge (13,14).
2. industrial printer according to claim 1 is characterized in that, sets up the electromagnetism connection and carries out according to regular time intervals, need not operating personnel's special intervention.
3. industrial printer according to claim 1 is characterized in that, information is all relevant with contained consumable material character in the respective ink tanks.
4. industrial printer according to claim 1 is characterized in that, information be contained in respective ink tanks in the making of consumable material relevant.
5. industrial printer according to claim 1 is characterized in that, information is relevant with the capacity of respective ink tanks.
6. industrial printer according to claim 1 is characterized in that, information is relevant with the internal processes design of printer.
7. industrial printer according to claim 1 is characterized in that, information is made up of message logistics or commerce and trade character, and they are specified and are shown by printer as requested.
8. industrial printer according to claim 1 is characterized in that, information comprises following one or more information:
The standard of-consumable material;
The lot number of-consumable material;
The date of manufacture of-consumable material;
The Expiration Date of-consumable material;
Capacity in the-print cartridge;
-normal viscosity or temperature-viscosity curve;
-standard speed and recovery threshold value;
-special sequence number to mark.
9. the described industrial printer of arbitrary claim in requiring according to aforesaid right is characterized in that information all is to be loaded in when filling in each electronic marker (11,12) when corresponding print cartridge (13,14).
10. the described industrial printer of arbitrary claim in requiring according to aforesaid right is characterized in that: information storage is in the memory of printer, so that transmit.
11., it is characterized in that it can load a print cartridge and an additional print cartridge according to the described industrial printer of arbitrary claim in the aforesaid right requirement.
12., it is characterized in that described printer is a kind of ink-jet printer according to the described industrial printer of arbitrary claim in the aforesaid right requirement.
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