JP3449145B2 - Cutting plotter - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a cutting plotter for cutting out characters and figures from a cutting sheet, and in particular, to facilitate the handling of the cutting sheet after cutting. It relates to a cutting plotter. FIG. 5 shows a cutting sheet S with release paper on which characters have been cut by a cutting plotter. A cutting sheet on the surface layer has a typeface and a size corresponding to input data. The lettering sheet L has been cut. Lettering sheet L
When using as a display, first, the margin M other than the lettering sheet L is peeled off from the release paper on the back side, a transparent adhesive application sheet is placed on the surface of the cutting sheet S, and the lettering sheet L is transferred to the application sheet and peeled off. Remove the paper. Then, the application sheet is affixed to a target place, and the surface of the application sheet is rubbed with a squeegee, and the lettering sheet L
Is adhered to the surface to be adhered and the application sheet is peeled off, the lettering sheet L remains on the object surface. In some cases, the lettering sheet L is removed from the cutting sheet S, the margin M is transferred to the application sheet, and the margin M is used as a white lettering sheet. In the above-described conventional sheet transfer process, it is troublesome to remove unnecessary portions from release paper after cutting characters and symbols on a cutting sheet. In particular, when the area of the removed portion is large, the force required for peeling is large, and the peeled unnecessary sheet is stuck to the lettering portion on the release paper, and the lettering portion may be simultaneously peeled from the release paper, which is not easy to handle. There is a problem. [0004] Therefore, there arises a technical problem to be solved in order to facilitate the transfer operation of the cutting sheet, and an object of the present invention is to solve the above problem. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention proposes to achieve the above object, and a cutting control unit for calculating outline data of characters and symbols based on input drawing data. When the cutting head drive unit for driving the cutting head, cut out cutting sheet by driving the cutting head on the basis of the outline <br/> Ndeta in cutting plotter to create lettering sheets, the cutting pro
The plotter has a plotter / printer controller,
To the plotter / printer controller
The input drawing data is stored in the plotter / printer controller.
Outline data calculation program stored in ROM
Calculation processing by ram and fill data calculation program
The outline data is configured to be
Outline data is calculated based on the calculation program.
At the same time as the
Or outlines such as letters and symbols
The fill dot data of the outside area is calculated, and the
Cutter unit based on the outline data.
After removing off the Ingushito, <br/> adhesive on the basis of the filled dot data in cutting sheet by the printer unit is to provide a cutting plotter, characterized in Rukoto transcribed. An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a system configuration of a cutting plotter 1, which comprises a plotter / printer control device 2, a plotter unit 3, and a thermal printer unit 4.
And the platen roller 6 sandwich the cutting sheet S and the thermal transfer type adhesive tape A contained in the adhesive tape cassette C, and feed the cutting sheet S and the thermal transfer type adhesive tape A by rotation of the platen roller 6. is there. The heat transfer type pressure-sensitive adhesive tape A is provided with a release agent layer such as silicone on a base film, on which a mixed material of a pressure-sensitive adhesive and a heat-sensitive type binder is applied. Then, when heated, the adhesive is thermally transferred from the base film to the object. The adhesive of the thermal transfer type adhesive tape A is
After using the adhesive sheet having a lower adhesive strength than the adhesive applied to the back surface of the cutting sheet S, in the cutting sheet attaching step described below, after the cutting sheet transferred to the application sheet is adhered to the surface to be attached, cutting is performed. Use a material having a low adhesive strength enough to peel the application sheet from the surface of the sheet. In this embodiment, the thermal transfer type adhesive tape A is accommodated in the adhesive tape cassette C. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may be configured to be loaded. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the cutting plotter 1. The drawing data input to the input / output control device 9 through the interface 8 from the data input means such as the keyboard 7 or the host computer is the same as the CPU 10,
A plotter constituted by a ROM 11 and a RAM 12;
It is input to the printer control unit 13. The plotting data such as characters and symbols input from the keyboard 7 to the plotter / printer control unit 13 are transferred by the plotter / printer control unit 13 to the display drive circuit 14 and displayed on the LCD display 15. . The plotter unit 3 includes an X-axis motor drive circuit 1
6, a Y-axis motor drive circuit 17, a Z-axis actuator drive circuit 18, an X-axis motor 19, a Y-axis motor 20, and a Z-axis actuator 21. The thermal printer section 4 includes a thermal head drive circuit 22, a thermal head 5, a platen roller drive circuit 23, and a platen roller drive motor 24. The plotter section 3 and the thermal printer section 4 are provided by the plotter / printer controller 2. It is connected to the input / output control device 9. The drawing data input to the plotter / printer control unit 13 is processed according to an outline data calculation program 25 and a fill data calculation program 26 stored in the ROM 11. The CPU 10 develops outlines of characters and symbols based on input character data such as characters and symbols based on format setting data such as character spacing, character size, font designation, etc., and an outline data calculation program 25. Computes outline data in data format. When one of the character filling mode and the margin filling mode is selected and set by the keyboard 7, the filling of the area inside or outside the outline of the character or the symbol is performed based on the filling data calculation program 26 according to the mode setting. Calculate dot data. If the character fill mode is set, fill dot data is generated for the area inside the outline of the character.If the margin fill mode is set, fill dot data is generated for the area outside the outline, and the outline data and the fill dot data are generated. R
Store it in AM12. When a cutting execution code is input from the keyboard 7, the CPU 10 outputs the outline data written in the RAM 12 to the X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis of the plotter unit 3.
Output to the respective drive circuits 16, 17, 18 of the axes,
Axis motor 19, Y axis motor 20, Z axis actuator 2
1 is synchronously driven to perform outline cutting of characters and symbols on the cutting sheet S. When the cutting sheet S for which the outline cutting has been completed is set in the thermal printer unit 4 and a print execution code is input, the thermal printer unit 4 is started up and synchronized with a control signal to the platen roller drive motor 24. The painted dot data is transferred to the thermal head 5 in units of one scanning line to execute printing. When the character filling mode is set, as shown in FIG. 3, the adhesive a is thermally transferred to the outline area of the lettering sheet L. In the margin filling mode, as shown in FIG. S
The adhesive a is thermally transferred to a blank area M other than the lettering sheet L. Then, when the application sheet is placed on the surface of the cutting sheet to which the adhesive has been transferred and rubbed with a squeegee, the portion where the adhesive a has been thermally transferred is adhered to the application sheet and transferred. When the application sheet is peeled from the cutting sheet S, the lettering sheet L or the white lettering sheet M coated with the adhesive a is peeled off from the cutting sheet S together with the application sheet, and unnecessary portions remain on the release paper. It is not necessary to remove unnecessary portions from the cutting sheet after finishing. Then, the application sheet is adhered to a target place, the surface of the application sheet is rubbed with a squeegee, the lettering sheet L or the white lettering sheet M is adhered to the surface to be adhered, and the application sheet is peeled off. Adhesive a for mold adhesive tape A
Has a lower adhesive strength than the adhesive on the back surface of the cutting sheet S, so that the lettering sheet L or the white lettering sheet M remains on the target surface, and the application sheet is peeled off. At this time, the pressure-sensitive adhesive a is transferred again to the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on the back surface of the application sheet, and is removed from the surface of the lettering sheet L or the white lettering sheet M. Alternatively, the application sheet may be left as a protective cover for the lettering sheet L or the white lettering sheet M on the surface to be affixed without being peeled off.
Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment,
For example, the cutting plotter unit and the printer unit may be integrally connected so that cutting and printing are performed continuously. Also, various modifications are possible within the technical scope of the present invention, such as using an ink jet printer instead of a thermal printer unit as a printer, and it goes without saying that the present invention extends to those modified ones. As described above, the cutting plotter of the present invention comprises a plotter / printer control unit and a plotter.
And a printer unit, the plotter / printer
The plotting data input to the control unit is
Outline data performance stored in the ROM of the control unit
Calculation program and fill data calculation program
Arithmetic processing is performed, and
Outline data based on the
Is calculated, and the fill data calculation program is executed.
In the outline or outline of characters and symbols based on the ram
The fill dot data of the area outside the line is calculated,
Based on the outline data by the plotter unit
After cutting out the cutting sheet,
More on the cutting dot data on the cutting sheet
It is configured to transfer the adhesive based on
Enter the cutting execution code with the input means
And a cutting sheet according to the outline data
Outline cutting of characters such as letters and symbols
Is executed. And finish the outline cutting
Insert the completed cutting sheet into the printer
Input the print execution code, the printer section starts up.
To the head of the printer unit
Is transmitted, and the cut is performed based on the filled dot data.
Printing is performed on the printing sheet. There
Then, if the application sheet is placed on the cutting sheet after the transfer of the adhesive, only necessary portions can be transferred to the application sheet and peeled off. Therefore <br/> Te, A work becomes unnecessary to peel the margin from cutting sheet before transfer step to the application sheet, it is effective in shortening the reduction and work time work effort. Further, since the transfer operation can be performed without removing the margin from the release paper, the margin does not stick to the surroundings or the lettering sheet on the release paper, and the handling of the cutting sheet becomes easy.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a system configuration explanatory diagram of a cutting plotter of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the cutting plotter of FIG. FIG. 3 is a plan view of a cutting sheet in which an adhesive is transferred to a character area by the cutting plotter of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a plan view of a cutting sheet obtained by transferring an adhesive to a blank area by the cutting plotter of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a plan view of a cutting sheet subjected to a cutting process. [Description of Signs] 1 Cutting plotter 2 Plotter / printer control device 3 Plotter unit 4 Thermal printer unit 5 Thermal head 6 Platen roller 13 Plotter / printer control unit 25 Outline data operation program 26 Filling data operation program A Thermal transfer adhesive tape C Ribbon Cassette S Cutting sheet L Lettering sheet M Margin a Adhesive

Claims (1)

(57) [Claim 1] A cutting control unit for calculating outline data of characters and symbols based on input drawing data, a cutting head driving unit for driving a cutting head, and the outline In a cutting plotter that drives a cutting head based on data to cut out a cutting sheet and create a lettering sheet, the cutting plotter is a plotter / printer control unit.
And plotting data which is composed of a plotter section and a printer section, and is inputted to the plotter / printer control section.
Is stored in the ROM of the plotter / printer control unit.
Outline data calculation program and fill data
It is configured to be operated by an operation program.
Based on the outline data calculation program.
Outline data is calculated and
Characters, symbols, etc. based on
Fill in the area inside or outside the outline
Is calculated based on the outline data by the plotter unit.
After cutting out the cutting sheet, the printer section converts the cut dot data to the solid dot data.
Cutting plotter which adhesive is characterized in Rukoto transferred based.