CN102180039A - Printer and method for detecting horizontal state of printer - Google Patents
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The invention provides a printer, which comprises a frame, a control system and a horizontal state detection device, wherein a conveying mechanism and a printing head are arranged in the frame; the conveying mechanism is provided with a conveying medium; the printing head reciprocates in direction vertical to the conveying medium so as to form an image on the medium; the control system is used for processing a printing command and controlling the printing of the printing head; a horizontal state standard value which is required by normal operation of the printer is arranged in the control system; and the horizontal state detection device is used for detecting a horizontal state of the printer and sending out a horizontal state signal of the printer to the control system. The invention also provides a method for detecting the horizontal state of the printer. By adoption of the invention, the horizontal state of the printer can be detected in real time, so that the problem that the printing quality is reduced because air enters an ink outlet when the printer is in an improper horizontal state is avoided; ink jet accuracy is improved; and the printing quality is improved.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to the detection method of a kind of printing equipment and level thereof, specifically, relate to the detection method of a kind of ink-jet printer and level thereof.
Background technology
At present, ink-jet printer is because the advantage of self cost performance, be applied to more and more widely in various commercial user and the family, difference according to ink-jetting style, ink-jet printer can be divided into two kinds of Thermal Bubble Ink-jet Printer printer and piezoelectric ink jet printers, the Thermal Bubble Ink-jet Printer printer is to allow ink pass through thin nozzle, under the effect of heating resistor, with a part of ink gasification in the pipe-line, form a bubble, and the ink at nozzle place ejected dielectric surfaces such as being sprayed onto paper forming pattern or character, the printing head of this type of printer usually and print cartridge do together; The piezoelectric ink jet technology that is applied to the piezoelectric ink jet printer is that many little piezoelectric ceramics are arranged near the print-head nozzle, utilize it that the principle of deformation can take place under the voltage effect, in time voltage be added to it above, piezoelectric ceramics produces the flexible ink ejection that makes in the nozzle thereupon, form pattern at dielectric surfaces such as paper, the printing head of piezoelectric ink jet printer is generally with print cartridge and separates the structure that is provided with; The ink-jet printer of dual mode all is to adopt ink as consumptive material, need ink droplet accurately to be sprayed onto presumptive area, owing to have a segment distance between print media and the printing head, in case the level that printer should be in does not meet the demands, not only influence the accuracy of ink droplet ejection, and make the ink outlet port entrained air of print cartridge probably, cause print quality to descend, particularly for some wide cut printers, if it is improper that the printer horizontal level is placed, will cause very big influence to print quality.
Summary of the invention
Main purpose of the present invention provides a kind of printer that can detect the level that printer is placed, to solve above-mentioned the deficiencies in the prior art part.
For achieving the above object, printer provided by the invention comprises:
Frame is provided with the conveying mechanism of pumped (conveying) medium in this frame, and on perpendicular to the pumped (conveying) medium direction reciprocating printhead, on medium, to form image;
Control system is used to the printing handling print command and control printhead, is provided with the needed level standard value of printer operate as normal in the control system.
The level checkout gear is used to detect the present level of printer, and sends the level signal of printer to control system.
By last scheme as seen, printer provided by the present invention has a level checkout gear, can detect the horizontal positioned state of printer, and this level output is shown that the operator can be well understood to the level of printer; Simultaneously, whether control system can satisfy the requirement of stipulating according to the printer level is sent print command selectively, thereby guaranteeing that printer is placed in the level scope of regulation just can print work, guarantee the ejection accuracy of ink droplet, avoid being installed on the ink outlet port entrained air of print cartridge on the printer, to guarantee the print quality of printer.
Its further scheme is that this printer also comprises a display screen, is used to show the level of printer.Adopt display screen to show the level of printer, the user can understand printer horizontal positioned situation intuitively, in real time, thereby be convenient to the user level of printer is adjusted in time.
Further scheme is, the level checkout gear comprises a horizontal state sensor.
The horizontal state sensor that is fixed in the printer can be exported corresponding voltage value according to the level of printer, control system can be judged this magnitude of voltage, and just output print order when it meets the demands, thereby avoid ink outlet port because the improper and situation of entrained air of printer level, guarantee the ejection precision of ink droplet, improve print quality.
Another object of the present invention provides a kind of printer level detection method, this method is to be used for that above-mentioned printer is carried out level to detect, its level checkout gear detects the level of printer in real time, control system compares level detected value and level standard value, according to comparative result output print order or adjustment order.
By above scheme as seen, the method applied in the present invention is by detecting the level value of printer in real time, and the user can recognize the level that printer is placed in real time; And, the control system of printer compares according to level testing result and standard value, thereby draw the printer level and whether satisfy the requirement of placing level, have only printer to be in the level of correct placement, control system is just exported corresponding print command, has guaranteed the print quality of printer.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of existing printer.
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of the present invention's printer.
Fig. 3 is the flow chart of the present invention's printer level detection method.
Below in conjunction with drawings and embodiments the present invention is further described.
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Printer embodiment
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of printer 1 provided by the present invention, this printer 1 comprises frame 2, control system, display screen 4 and is fixed on the frame 2 and is positioned at the horizontal state sensor 3 of frame 2 front portions, be provided with the conveying mechanism of pumped (conveying) medium in the frame 2, and on perpendicular to the pumped (conveying) medium direction reciprocating printhead, on described medium, to form image; Among Fig. 2, because printhead and control system are arranged on the inside of printer 1, so the two is invisible; Control system is used to the printing handling print command and control printhead; Horizontal state sensor 3 is used to detect the present level of printer, and sends the voltage signal of printer 1 level of living in to control system; Be provided with the needed level standard value of printer 1 operate as normal in the control system, the level standard value is after the printer manufacturing is finished, draw after tested, and write in the control system of printer, the level standard value that the printer test of different accuracy goes out is different, and high its level standard value of printer of required precision is slightly less than the not high printer of required precision.The level standard value of printer 1 is 0 degree ~ 10 degree in this example.When the printer in this example 1 is started working, horizontal state sensor 3 detects the pairing voltage of level of printer 1 in real time, and be the detected value of angle between printer datum level and the horizontal plane with this voltage transitions, this detected value is shown on the display screen 4, when detected value is between 0 degree ~ 10 degree (comprising the situation that equals boundary value), printer control system judges that printer 1 is in the normal level state, and printer is accepted print command; Otherwise printer control system is judged printer 1 improper level, does not accept print command, and detected value and the information that needs to adjust level are presented on the display screen 4.Therefore, printer 1 provided by the present invention is compared with conventional printer 1 ', can understand the horizontal positioned angle case of printer real-time and accurately, and can be according to whether meet the demands output print order or adjust order of level.
When printer 1 was connected with computer, the control system of printer 1 can also output to the detected value of level on the computer screen and show; When printer 1 had not both connected computer, when also display screen 4 not being set, can on the frame 2 of this printer 1, a display screen be set, be used for the detected value of the printer level of reveal competence state sensor detection.
A kind of conversion as printer embodiment of the present invention, the level of level checkout gear can be arranged on optional position vertical with the printer bottom surface on the frame 2, promptly can be front portion or the rear portion or the side surface part of frame, equally also can realize purpose of the present invention.
Printer level detection method embodiment
This method is to utilize horizontal state sensor to detect the level of printer in real time, printer control system compares level detected value and standard value, orders the method for printer control system with the control printing according to comparative result output print order or adjustment.Referring to Fig. 3, its concrete steps are:
S101: beginning;
S102: horizontal state sensor is to the magnitude of voltage of control system output printer level; In this step, horizontal state sensor detects the level of printer in real time, and the magnitude of voltage that detection obtains is outputed in the printer control system;
S103: the detected value that calculates angle between printer datum level and the horizontal plane according to magnitude of voltage; After control system receives above-mentioned magnitude of voltage, calculate the detected value of angle between printer datum level and the horizontal plane immediately;
S104: detected value is shown on display screen or the computer display; After control system calculate to finish, then the result is outputed on the display screen of printer and show,, then the result is outputed on the computer display if printer is connected with computer;
S105: relatively whether detected value is in the level standard value range, if enter step s107; Otherwise enter step s106; Control system compares the detected value and the level standard value of above-mentioned level, judges whether this detected value is within the standard value range;
S106: output level adjustment order, the printer level is adjusted in prompting, enters step s102; If the level detected value is not within standard value range, the level that shows this printer does not satisfy the level standard-required, control system is not accepted print command, and the adjustment order of exporting level at display screen, wait for that the user manually adjusts the level of printer, after the user adjusts the level of printer, horizontal state sensor detects the magnitude of voltage of the level of printer in real time, and calculate in view of the above this moment the printer datum level and horizontal plane between the detected value of angle, then again by with the standard value comparison to judge whether printer satisfies the level standard-required at this moment, this step can be carried out repeatedly, up to the user horizontal position adjustment of printer is determined to quit a program to satisfying standard-required or user;
S107: printer control system output receives print command; If the level detected value within standard value range, shows that the level of this printer satisfies standard-required, control system can be accepted print command;
S108: finish.
This method not only can be carried out level to ink-jet printer and be detected, and can also carry out level at the wide cut printer and detect, and its procedure is same as described above.
A kind of conversion as printer level detection method embodiment of the present invention, this method can use existing any one level checkout gear that the printer level is detected, as long as the standard value of its level is set in printer control system in advance, its judgement and detection method flow process and said method are similar.
The invention is not restricted to the foregoing description and conversion, other also should be included in the protection domain of claim of the present invention based on technical solution of the present invention and without prejudice to the structural change of the object of the invention.
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1. printer comprises:
Frame is provided with the conveying mechanism of pumped (conveying) medium in the described frame, and on perpendicular to the pumped (conveying) medium direction reciprocating printhead, on described medium, to form image;
Control system is used to the printing of handling print command and controlling described printhead;
It is characterized in that:
The level checkout gear is used to detect the present level of described printer, and sends the level signal of described printer to described control system;
Be provided with the needed level standard value of described printer operate as normal in the described control system.
2. printer as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that:
Also comprise a display screen, be used to show the level of described printer.
3. printer as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that:
Described level checkout gear comprises a horizontal state sensor.
4. printer level detection method, this method are used for that the described printer of claim 1 is carried out level and detect,
It is characterized in that:
Described level checkout gear detects the level of described printer in real time, and described control system compares level detected value and described level standard value, according to comparative result output print order or adjustment order.
5. printer level detection method as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that:
Described printer also comprises a display screen, is used to show the level of described printer;
Described level detection device comprises a horizontal state sensor;
The concrete steps of described detection method are:
S101: beginning;
S102: horizontal state sensor is to the magnitude of voltage of control system output printer level;
S103: the detected value that calculates angle between printer datum level and the horizontal plane according to described magnitude of voltage;
S104: described detected value is shown on described display screen or the computer display;
S105: whether more described detected value is in described level standard value range, if enter step s107; Otherwise enter step s106;
S106: output level adjustment order, the printer level is adjusted in prompting, enters step s102;
S107: control system output receives print command;
S108: finish.
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