EP1212201A1 - Multi layer continuous paper printer - Google Patents
Multi layer continuous paper printerInfo
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- EP1212201A1 EP1212201A1 EP00954157A EP00954157A EP1212201A1 EP 1212201 A1 EP1212201 A1 EP 1212201A1 EP 00954157 A EP00954157 A EP 00954157A EP 00954157 A EP00954157 A EP 00954157A EP 1212201 A1 EP1212201 A1 EP 1212201A1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
- G06K15/00—Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data, e.g. computer output printers
- G06K15/02—Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data, e.g. computer output printers using printers
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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
- B41J29/00—Details of, or accessories for, typewriters or selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for
- B41J29/40—Means for printing fixed, i.e. unchanging, matter in addition to selectable matter
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
- G06K2215/00—Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data
- G06K2215/0002—Handling the output data
- G06K2215/0005—Accepting output data; Preparing data for the controlling system
- G06K2215/0014—Transforming the printer input data into internal codes
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
- G06K2215/00—Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data
- G06K2215/0002—Handling the output data
- G06K2215/0077—Raster outputting to the print element(s)
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
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- G06K2215/00—Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data
- G06K2215/0082—Architecture adapted for a particular function
Definitions
- the present invention relate to a multi-layer continuous paper printer and printing system.
- the present invention relates to a printing system adapted to produce multi- page booklets in which each page of the booklet contains a combination of fixed and variable information.
- the printing system of the present system would be used for printing commercial material, for example, multi-layer consignment notes using goods transportation.
- the patent describes screen based methods of arranging digital representations in accordance with their desired plate layout to define a plate image, the apparatus having associated with the press control apparatus for automatically monitoring the printed output of the printing press and automatically providing adjustment to printing registration and ink flow controls.
- Such a system is adapted for amending and refinement of a colour image without the need to produce each of the separate colour separations traditionally required in colour printing.
- the present invention is directed to an alternative digital printing system which allows the merging of fixed printing information and variable printing information which, in combination with mechanical printing operations allows the production of large number of individual multi-page booklets, each booklet containing a unique combination of fixed and variable information.
- a method of simultaneously printing multiple paper streams with a combination of fixed and variable information characterised in that said method comprises the steps of: -developing page layout information incorporating fixed and variable image information using a web based graphics editor program; -supplying the page layout information to an image processing computer, said image processing computer including a digital signal processing system adapted to analyse the page layout information into a pixel data corresponding to fixed and variable information to be printed and dividing the pixel data in to a plurality of data packets; and
- each of said data packets being delivered to a respective print head in a plurality of print head arrays, wherein a respective print head array corresponds to each layer of paper to be printed.
- the image processing computer is able to translate the information into discrete data packets that correspond to the printed information to appear on each of the layers in the final product and deliver data packets at the appropriate times to each of the print heads in each of the print head arrays to produce the final product having a combination of fixed and variable information on each layer.
- the print method of the present invention is particularly suited for use with form collators adapted to handle multiple paper streams simultaneously.
- the page layout information is stored on a main server as a print job by a job server program which is adapted to implement a version control scheme and organise storage and updates of designs.
- the print job information is accessed from the job server at a printer operator station networked to the main server.
- the printer operator station preferably uses a printer control program operating in a web browser or in a JAVA Runtime Environment.
- the printer operator station can preferably interrogate the job server via a menu system for a list of jobs to be printed and select a job for printing.
- the printer operator program prompts the job server to forward the page layout information to the image processing computer and control electronics associated with the print head arrays.
- each print head array is mounted on an adjustable platform creating a modular print station.
- Each print station is conveniently able to be movably mounted on a monorail so that the print station can be positioned at any suitable length along the printer.
- the print head array is adjustable in two directions, allowing the print station to handle a variety of paper positions.
- a set-release-reset mechanism incorporated into the positioning mechanism for the print head array permits rapid servicing and precise repositioning of the print head array in the print station.
- the print station and monorail assembly can be attached to a form collator, each print station and print head array having a respective paper stream. In such a case each paper stream has a respective page layout and the image processing computer is able to create data packets that for each print head array, and within the print head array for each print head.
- the print head array includes a plurality of inkjet devices, a processor controlled power supply, and an ink supply system.
- each of the modular print stations and accordingly the print head arrays has a communications link to the pixel processing computer and an operator station associated with an interactive with the image processing computer. More preferably still, the image processing computer interacts with a main server through a graphical user interface.
- both the printer operator program and the graphic editor used for the page layout design are programmed using a common programming language, for example, the JAVA language, to ensure that user interfaces are consistent.
- the common language can be used to describe print jobs for both the operator of the graphic editor and for the printer operator.
- the graphic editor allows the creator to assemble up to 8 separate layers for any print job.
- the use of a screen object allows the creator to establish a parcel of information, given the name a data object, to be printed which can be placed in any location on one layer, ⁇ qpied in a different location in that layer and duplicated on subsequent layers in any specified location.
- FIG 1 illustrates schematically a printing system in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention
- FIG 2 illustrates a print head array used in the printing system of the present invention
- FIG 3 illustrates a print head mount used to hold the print head array of FIG 2;
- FIG 4 illustrates the paper stream around the print head
- the operation of the print system of the present invention can be separated into a number of constituent elements of the process.
- the system of the present invention is used in connection with the design and printing of a multi-layer consignment note including fixed and variable information on separate layers.
- the graphics design program is conveniently written in the JAVA language and is typically operated through a web browser.
- the design program is down loaded by the graphic designer form the main serve via an internet link.
- the graphic designer interacts with the graphic editor program which is a client of two main serve activities; the job server and the font server.
- the page layout designs are stored on the main server by the job server program which implements a version control scheme to organise storage and updates of the designs.
- the protocol employed between the graphics editor program in the main server operate as follows:
- the graphics editor program interrogates the job server program for a list of jobs available for editing or viewing.
- the information is provided to the user via a menu system and an existing job may be selected and loaded for editing.
- the graphics editor program can instruct the job server program to save the current design.
- the job servers version control system provides the designer with an incremented minor release number to uniquely identify the updated version, that is by a new version ID number. Alternatively, the user may branch the design work to a new major ID number. Confirmation of the design save operation is completed by using a graphical user interface and all attributes describing the saved job are stored in a standard description file.
- the graphics editor program interrogates the font server program for a list of available fonts to display to the graphics designer. An appropriate font is selected by the designer, including all of the necessary attributes which may be presented to the designer through a graphical user interface.
- the font server generates the font at the desired height and supplies pixel data relating to the font to the graphics editor program using an open standard image format.
- the graphic editor program can subsequently interrogate the job server program to create an image to be used as background material in the design.
- a designer In creating a new design a designer is presented with a number of options which allow the selection of desired page size, page orientation in relation to the flow of paper stock on the printer and the number of layers in the final product. Page sizes would be measured in typically available standard units with a default of inches using the direction of paper flow and a default of centimetres used perpendicular to paper flow. Having selected the desired paper orientation the design is then able to choose from a number of printing resolutions in the paper flow direction, typically measured in dots per inch.
- the graphics design program further allows the page layout design process to be completed through the web browser software.
- the graphics designer composes a design by selecting and positioning screen objects and attaching to those objects information in the form of data objects.
- the data objects may be selected from an object library containing fixed text, variable text, counters and images. There are four important data types normally under consideration, these including:-
- -Changing text such as may be used for retrieving information from databases.
- This type of information can be used for mass mailings, where the names and addresses of the people concerned are stored in a database.
- Another use is in the printing of a database of customer generated numbers, where the customer is sensitive to the calculation method becoming known.
- Counters used to generate numbers based on a formula. In this case the person doing the layout enters parameters such as the counter increment, the number of check digits and the check digit method. This information is then used by the printing program to create numbers to be used for invoices, delivery dockets and the like, where a sequential numbering scheme is used, possibly with a check method.
- Constant text is used where a string of text will remain the same throughout a printing job. This text may be the company name, a telephone number or any other string of numbers and characters.
- the Printer Operator Station involves a separate software system to the graphic design software, however the two software systems are able to inter communicate.
- the printer operator station is designed to allow the operator to interact with the pixel processing computer and the main computer reserve and the factor network.
- the printer operator therefore works at a computer that uses a printer control program downloaded over the computer network from the main server.
- The- operator program has been written in the JAVA language and can be operated in a web browser or the JAVA runtime environment (JRE).
- JRE JAVA runtime environment
- the printer operator program can interrogate the job server program for a list of jobs that are available for printing and this information can be supplied to the printer operator by a menu system.
- a job to be printed is selected and the printer operator program is then able to request the job server to forward all necessary information for the operator program, the pixel processing computer and the control electronics in the printing stations.
- the printer operator is responsible for starting and stopping the system whilst attending to replenishment of paper and ink inputs to the printer.
- the modular printing system is illustrated in figs 1-4 and includes a power supply q, height adjusting apparatus 2 and linear tracking equipment 3. Inkjet printing is carried out by the print head array 7 which is supplied with ink from a supply distributor 5 from an ink supply 4.
- the printing station is supported on a pedestal 6 and is operatively associated with a print station 9.
- the paper path is illustrated at the print station 9 in Figure 1 which indicates the paper reel 9a, the main tension roller 9b, subsequent tension rollers and four rollers 9c which stabilise the paper near the print heads 7.
- the side elevation shown in fig 4 further illustrates the feed rollers that carry the paper down onto the traction feed conveyor system.
- the paper path from the source reel to the print heads contains a tension roller arrangement to ensure that eh paper between the printing station and the main paper WO 01/12444 g PCT7AUOO/00986 chopper is maintained under tension.
- a tight paper web improves accuracy in positioning the printed in the direction of paper flow.
- rollers 9c located 9c at the corners of a box that encapsulates the print head assembly. These rollers 9c ensure a uniform paper flow in the vicinity of the print heads thereby improving output, quality by minimising image drift in the direction perpendicular to paper flow, which is caused by paper creep.
- Modular printing stations are mounted on a mono rail system in the form of linear track 3 that traverses the full length of the printer allowing individual stations to be repositioned at any paper feed point. Should an of the units fail they can easily be replaced with nearly spares by moving the stations along the mono rail.
- the number of active modular printing stations in any particular job is chosen according to the number of pages required in the print job. For example, a printed product containing four pages that would have been assembled by four active modular printer stations stacked end to end with the unit nearest to the chopper supplying the top layer and the unit furthest form the chopper producing the bottom layer.
- each unit is printing a different version of the product at any selected time, in anticipation of the different paper flow delays from the print head to chopper, so that the final sheets correspond to one another. That is that counters match multi-layer variable text matches and so.
- a precision machined plate holds 10 each head 11 in a head carrier facing along the direction of paper travel. Two bolts attach the print head to a carrier and the two bolts then attach the carrier and print head to the precision machined plate. A milling regime is employed to minimise warping of the plate.
- the print heads are tightly packed in the mounting plate in order to reduce their spacing along the direction of paper flow.
- the print head assembly is fixed to a horizontal slider arm that is connected to a vertical post mounted on a mono rail platform. In order to carry out maintenance to the print head full access to the plumbing and electrical connections of the individual print heads is necessary.
- the slider assembly allows the print head assembly to move from a print position, where the heads are held above and across the paper, to a maintenance position, where the heads and supporting electronics are fully accessible.
- the slider arm also features adjustable limits on movement, with locking nuts to ensure that the print head position over the paper can be set and easily regained after maintenance.
- a dampened compressed air ram controls the vertical height of the slider.
- the mono rail system that supports the printing station allows it to be readily moved to any position along the length of the printer. This allows printing to be performed at non standard locations and also allows a printing station to replace a damaged or failed printing station.
- a shaft encoder or encoders generate a signal in proportion to paper position such that the pixel processor computer can determine the time instance at which to fire the print heads.
- the signal is able to support variable printing densities in the direction of paper travel.
- the pixel processing computer keeps track of page countries for individual layers by using a standard phase lock loop (PLL) mechanism implemented in its software.
- PLL phase lock loop
- Each cycle of the PLL's internally generated timing signal corresponds to one or more pages of output.
- the page synchronisation signal is compared to the internally timing signal and the error is used to advance or retard the internal signal.
- the internal timing signal is used to control the start of image output for each page of each layer. Successful operation results in the chopper cutting continuous paper into sheets at desired page boundaries.
- the PLL also fine tunes the timing of image generation to enable it to track the timing signal from the chopper, and hence suppress any physical deformation effects, such as stretching, that are temperature and humidity related.
- the software and firmware for the printing pixel processing system and the reconfigerable hardware is automatically retrieved from the main server by the operator station and passed to the printers computer.
- the design for a print job, created by a customer using the web-enabled graphics editor, is then retrieved by the operator, and with some additional operator input, used to start the printer.
- Information such as font data is transferred to the printer using a network connection as needed.
- a computer controller power supply monitors operation of the print head assembly and maintains control of a power up and power down sequences. Should conditions that are considered dangerous to the print heads occur, an immediate shutdown is sequenced.
- the image elements on each layer are analysed. The extent of each element in a layer's image is determined so that the print heads that will be active across the paper can be identified. A note is made of image strips that corresponding to heads that will not be used and then the effect output image is shrunk by removing the empty strips and adjusting the image element co-ordinates accordingly.
- the electronics in the print head assembly is provided with data of which strips of the image data are inactive so that corresponding print heads can be held in their reset state and pixel data corresponding to nothing can be printed need no longer be transmitted to these heads.
- the individual print head control logic of the remaining active heads is given an image strip or data packet ID to identify the pixel data to be printed. Directing a print head to be held off line reduces wear and power use. Furthermore, it also means that only data packets for the print heads that have been brought on line need to be transferred, thereby removing a potential bottleneck in the system.
- the image is outputted onto the paper in scans across the paper flow direction.
- the print job is rotated t fit and print most efficiently on to the continuous paper stock.
- the image description co-ordinates are transferred as required (eg by rotation and/or by reflection, and the font information and included images are also retrieved from the main server and similarly transferred.
- the print head assembly shown in fig 2 holds print heads in regular shaped groups currently for example 5 groups of 4 heads.
- each of the active heads are configured to print image data with a particular strip ID (or packet ID) number, it is possible to have the same print data used by more than one head at a time. This allows image replication across the paper at no additional computation load.
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