JP4597600B2 - Doll production system and printing station - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a doll production system using an inkjet printer and a printing station used in the doll production system .

  In recent years, Print Club (registered trademark) devices have become popular, and it is widely used by young people to create small stickers printed with their face photos, etc., and paste them on mobile phones, notebooks, etc. It is popular. Such an apparatus is disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2 and the like.

Here, it has been proposed to attach a face photo sticker to the face portion of a doll used as a strap for a mobile phone (Patent Documents 3, 4, and 5). In this case, since the face of the doll has a three-dimensional shape, a stretchable sheet is used as the seal material so that the face photo sticker can be stuck in close contact along the three-dimensional surface.
JP 2001-293938 A JP 2001-352505 A JP 2002-309202 A JP 2002-306857 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-284872

  However, the work of attaching the sticker to the face of a small doll is troublesome and often sticks with the position shifted. Also, since the face photo printed on the flat sticker is pasted on the curved surface, when viewed from the front in the pasted state, the peripheral part of the face becomes distorted and looks bad . Furthermore, if it is not reliably applied, the seal may peel off.

An object of the present invention, in view of the above problems, without using a seal, Ru Ah to easily propose production systems and printing stations alike capable produce entirely doll face photograph is printed doll.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems,
  A shooting booth (201) for shooting a user, a doll vending machine (202) and a printing station (203) arranged adjacent to the shooting booth (201),
The shooting booth (201) is provided with an operation panel (205) and a camera, and a user stands or sits at a predetermined position in the shooting booth (201) and takes a shooting button on the operation panel (205). By operating (207), you can take a face photo,
A plurality of types of dolls (210) are displayed and stored in the doll vending machine (202). When the user presses the doll selection button (208) on the operation panel (205), the selected doll is displayed. Is to be paid out from the sales outlet (209) of the doll vending machine (202),
The doll (210) that can be purchased from the doll vending machine (202) has a flat face portion (211), and the face photographed by the camera at the printing station (203). The face mold (212) after the photographed image of the photograph is printed can be attached in a removable state.
The face mold (212) has a three-dimensional surface on the surface side, a depression corresponding to the eyes is formed, a part corresponding to the lips is raised, and a part corresponding to the nose is also raised similarly. The back surface of the face mold (212) is a flat surface corresponding to the face portion (211) of the doll (210), and a protrusion (213) is vertically formed at the center. An insertion hole (214) into which the protrusion (213) can be inserted is formed at the center of the face portion (211) of the doll (210),
The printing station (203) includes a storage unit (221) for the face mold (212) that is a print medium, and an inkjet printer (1) for printing the photographed image on the surface of the face mold (212). And a personal computer (222) as a drive control device for driving and controlling the inkjet printer (1),
The personal computer (222) includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and a bus for transmitting and receiving data and control signals, and print data for supplying a photographed image of the face photograph obtained from the camera as print data to the inkjet printer (1). Has a generation function,
In the storage part (221), the face mold (212) is held on the surface of a rectangular face mold holding base (231), and the upper surface of the face mold holding base (231) is spaced at a constant interval. A mounting surface (232) of the face mold (212) is formed, and a mounting hole (233) into which the protrusion (213) of the face mold (212) can be inserted at the center of each mounting surface (232). Is formed,
The ink jet printer (1) includes a medium transport tray (7) that is transported via a printing position by the ink jet head, and the upper surface of the medium transport tray (7) has the face-type holding base ( A support surface (74) capable of supporting 231) is formed, and the face-type holding base (231) is fitted into the support surface (74) in order to position the face-type holding base (231). A shallow concave part that can be fixed is formed,
Under the control of the personal computer (222), the face-type holding base (231) to which the face-type (212) is attached is transferred from the storage portion (221) of the printing station (203) to the inkjet printer (1). To the medium carrying tray (7) and installed on the carrying surface (74),
The medium transport tray (7) carrying the face mold holding base (231) is transported via the printing position of the inkjet printer (1), and each face mold (212) is passed through the printing position. The photographed image is printed on
During the printing operation of the inkjet printer (1), an instruction to select the doll is displayed on the display screen of the operation panel (205).
After printing of each face mold (212), the face mold holding base (231) with the face mold (212) printed with the photographed image attached thereto is discharged from the discharge port (204) to the user. It is characterized by that.

The present invention is the printing station (203) used in the above-described doll production system,
A storage part (221) of the face mold (212) as a print medium;
An inkjet printer (1) for printing the face photograph on the surface of the face mold (212);
A personal computer (222) as a drive control device for driving and controlling the inkjet printer (1),
The personal computer (222) includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and a bus for transmitting and receiving data and control signals, and has a print data generation function for supplying the photographed image obtained from the camera to the inkjet printer (1) as print data. Has
In the storage part (221), the face mold (212) is held on the surface of a rectangular face mold holding base (231), and the upper surface of the face mold holding base (231) is spaced at a constant interval. A mounting surface (232) of the face mold (212) is formed, and a mounting hole (233) into which the protrusion (213) of the face mold (212) can be inserted at the center of each mounting surface (232). Is formed,
The ink jet printer (1) includes a medium transport tray (7) that is transported via a printing position by the ink jet head, and the upper surface of the medium transport tray (7) has the face-type holding base ( A support surface (74) capable of supporting 231) is formed, and the face-type holding base (231) is fitted into the support surface (74) in order to position the face-type holding base (231). A shallow concave part that can be fixed is formed,
Under the control of the personal computer (222), the face holding base (231) to which the face mold (212) is attached is moved from the storage section (221) to the medium transport tray (7) of the ink jet printer (1). Is installed on the carrying surface (74),
The medium transport tray (7) carrying the face mold holding base (231) is transported via the printing position of the inkjet printer (1), and each face mold (212) is passed through the printing position. The face photo is printed on
After printing of each face mold (212), the face mold holding base (231) with the face mold (212) on which the face photograph is printed is paid out to the user from the discharge port (204). It is characterized by that.

In this onset bright, the three-dimensional model, such as a doll, so that directly print the like facial photograph image using an ink-jet printer. Unlike other types of printers such as the dot impact type and thermal transfer type, inkjet printers can print images even if there is some variation in the gap between the print head and the print surface. Even so, it is possible to print a face photo image without any problem. Therefore, unlike the case where the sticker created by the print club apparatus is stuck on the face of the doll, the sticking work is not required. In addition, there are no adverse effects such as a shift in the pasting position. Furthermore, unlike the case of sticking a sticker on a three-dimensional (curved surface) face, a photographic image can be printed in a surrounding area with little distortion.

  In addition to this, if the face mold or the like is detachable from the doll body, a doll desired by the user can be easily produced by changing these combinations.

  Hereinafter, an example of a doll production system to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the overall configuration of a doll production system that looks exactly like this example, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a doll. The production system 200 of this example includes a photographing booth 201 for photographing a user, and a doll sales machine 202 and a printing station 203 that are arranged adjacent to the photographing booth 201.

  In the shooting booth 201, an operation panel 205, a camera 206, and the like are installed. The user can take a face picture by standing (or sitting) at a predetermined position in the shooting booth 201 and operating the shooting button 207 of the operation panel 205. A plurality of types of dolls are displayed and stored in the doll vending machine 202, and the user can select and purchase a favorite doll by operating the doll selection button 208 on the operation panel 205. It has become.

  The doll 210 that can be purchased from the doll vending machine 202 has a flat face portion 211, and the face mold 212 after the photographed image is printed at the printing station 203 is attached in a detachable state. Be able to. The face side of the face mold 212 is a three-dimensional surface, a depression corresponding to the eyes is formed, the part corresponding to the lips is raised, and the part corresponding to the nose is also raised similarly. . The back surface of the face mold 212 is a flat surface corresponding to the face portion 211 of the doll 210, and a protrusion 213 is formed vertically at the center. An insertion hole 214 into which the protrusion 213 can be inserted is formed at the center of the face portion 211 of the doll 210.

  The printing station 203 includes a storage unit 221 of a face mold 212 that is a print medium, an inkjet printer 1 for printing on the surface of the face mold 212, and a personal computer 222 as a drive control device that drives and controls the inkjet printer 1. And have. The personal computer 222 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and a bus for transmitting and receiving data and control signals. The personal computer 222 edits a captured image obtained from the camera 206 and supplies the edited captured image to the inkjet printer 1 as print data. A print data generation function.

  FIG. 3 shows a storage state of the face mold 212 in the storage unit 221. The face mold 212 is held on the surface of a rectangular face mold holding base 231. An attachment surface 232 of the face mold 212 is formed on the upper surface of the face mold holding base 231 at regular intervals, and an attachment hole 233 into which the protrusion 213 of the face mold 212 can be inserted is formed at the center of each attachment surface 232. Is formed. In this example, ten mounting surfaces 232 are formed.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 1, the ink jet printer 1 includes a medium transport tray 7 that is transported via a print position by the ink jet head. A support surface 74 capable of supporting the face mold holding base 231 is formed on the upper surface of the medium transport tray 7. The face 74 holds the face support base 231 for positioning the face mold holding base 231. A shallow concave portion in which the mold holding base 231 can be fitted and fixed is formed. The detailed configuration of the inkjet printer 1 will be described later.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 4, a face type printing operation by the system 200 of this example will be described. First, when the face mold 212 is formed of a water-repellent material such as plastic, an undercoat agent for forming a water-based ink image-receiving layer is applied on the surface in advance. When the user pays a predetermined fee (step ST1) and operates the shooting button 207 in the shooting booth 201 (step ST2), a face photograph of the user is taken (step ST3). The user performs an operation according to the operation guide displayed on the display screen 206 of the operation panel 205. The photographed image is captured by the personal computer 222 and subjected to predetermined image editing. When editing an image, various decorations may be applied to the photographed image according to the user's preference on the editing screen as in a general print club apparatus (step ST4).

  Next, print data corresponding to the edited captured image is generated (step ST5) and supplied to the inkjet printer 1. Under the control of the personal computer 222, the face mold 212 is supplied from the storage unit 221 to the transport tray 7 of the ink jet printer 1 and installed there. As shown in FIG. 3, in this example, a set of 10 face molds 212 is attached to the face mold holding base 231, and one face mold holding base 231 is supplied to the transport tray 7. The transport tray 7 carrying the face-type holding base 231 is transported via the printing position of the ink jet printer 1. While passing through the printing position, a captured image is printed on each face mold 212 (step ST6). In this example, the face photos are printed on 10 face types, so that each face photo may be printed with different modifications, or the same face photo image may be printed on a plurality of face types. You may make it print on. It is desirable that these operations can be selected and set on the operation panel 205 according to the user's preference.

  After the printing is finished, the face-type holding base 231 with 10 face-types 212 printed with a face photograph attached thereto is paid out to the user from a predetermined outlet 204 (step ST7).

  Here, during the printing operation, an instruction for prompting selection of a doll is displayed on the display screen 206 of the operation panel 205. When the user selects the kind of doll displayed on the doll vending machine 202 and presses the doll selection button 208 on the operation panel 205, the selected doll is sent from the sales port 209 of the doll vending machine 202 to the user. To be paid out. By attaching one of the printed face molds 212 to the face portion of the doll 210 purchased by the user, a doll similar to the user himself can be obtained.

(Other embodiments)
In the system 200 described above, a photograph of the user's face is taken, and the obtained photographed image is printed on the face shape of the doll. A part other than the face may be photographed and printed on a corresponding part of the doll. In this case, for example, a doll sold by the doll vending machine 202 may be directly conveyed to the printing system 203 side and printed by the inkjet printer 1.

  In the above example, the printed face mold is attached to the doll. However, the photographed image may be printed directly on the face portion of the doll to produce the doll as it is.

  In addition, prepare dolls or face types with deformed face parts such as round faces, thin faces, triangle faces, square faces, etc., and select dolls or face types with face parts of the desired shape to the user The inkjet printer 1 may print the print data generated by editing the photographed image so as to have a shape corresponding to the deformed face shape on the face portion or face shape of the selected doll.

  Alternatively, the face part of the doll may be set as a flat surface, a photographed image may be printed there, and the face part after printing may be shaped so as to have a three-dimensional shape. In this case, the captured image may be corrected in advance so as to suppress distortion generated in the printed image by shaping the face portion into a three-dimensional shape.

  Next, in the above example, the face mold is detachable, but other parts may be detachable. Further, an image corresponding to such a detachable part may be taken, and the part may be printed. In this case, multiple types of parts with different shapes are prepared as detachable parts such as doll's hair, eyes, nose, ears, lips, etc., and these parts are desired before printing. The user may be allowed to select a part.

  In addition, the entire doll or a part detachably attached thereto is a part that combines the front piece and the rear piece, and at the time of photographing, the user's part corresponding to the front piece and the rear piece of the part It is also possible to take a picture from the rear side, print a photographed image from the front side on the surface of the front piece, print a photographed image from the rear side on the surface of the rear piece, and combine them in a back-to-back state.

  Alternatively, prepare multiple types of doll parts such as hairstyle, eyes, mouth, nose, eyebrows, ears, and facial contours, let the user select the desired one, and select the selected image as a doll You may make it print on the corresponding site | part.

  Similarly, data on multiple types of clothing, shoes, gloves, accessories such as bags and belts, hand-held items, etc. are prepared, and the user selects the desired item and prints the design such as the selected clothing. You may make it do.

  The material for the doll and face may be any material that can be three-dimensionally molded, such as leather, plastic, clay, paper, metal, and edible material.

  Next, the present invention prepares not only a doll but also a three-dimensional model imitating an animal such as a pet or a cartoon character. It can also be applied to printing photos.

  Even in such a case, it is possible to allow the user to select a desired three-dimensional model from a plurality of types of three-dimensional models prior to printing. The surface of the three-dimensional model on which the captured image is printed can be a three-dimensional surface. Instead of this, the surface on which the photographed image in the three-dimensional model is printed may be a flat surface, and the printed part of the three-dimensional model may be formed into a three-dimensional shape after printing. In this case, it is desirable that correction for suppressing distortion generated in the printed image by forming into a three-dimensional shape is performed on the captured image prior to printing.

  Further, the part of the three-dimensional model on which the photographed image is printed can be set as a detachable part. In this case, a plurality of types of parts may be prepared as detachable parts, and the user may select a desired part from these parts prior to printing.

  Furthermore, the part of the three-dimensional model on which the photographed image is printed is a part that combines the front piece and the rear piece, and the parts of the object corresponding to the front piece and the rear piece of the part are taken to the front and rear sides at the time of photographing The photographed image from the front side may be printed on the surface of the front piece, and the photographed image from the rear side may be printed on the surface of the rear piece.

  Furthermore, separately from the captured image, a plurality of types of images that can be printed on each part of the three-dimensional model are prepared in advance, and prior to printing, the user selects these images and selects them together with the captured images. The printed image may be printed on the three-dimensional model.

(Example of inkjet printer)
Next, FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram of the inkjet printer 1 that can be used in the printing system 200 of the present example. The illustrated inkjet printer 1 has a tray transport unit 2, and a feed roller 4 for transporting the medium transport tray 7 in a predetermined direction and a plurality of guide rollers 5 are provided on an upper surface 3 of the tray transport unit 2. It is arranged. A head unit 6 is disposed above the upper surface 3 of the tray transport unit 2. The head unit 6 reciprocates the inkjet head in a direction orthogonal to the tray conveyance direction, and performs printing on the medium mounted on the medium conveyance tray 7 that passes directly below the head unit 6.

  A pressure spring 8 is attached to the head unit 6 on the left and right sides, and a pressure roller 9 is attached to the tip of each pressure spring 8 in a rotatable state. The left and right pressing rollers 9 press the upper surface portions 7 a and 7 b on both sides of the medium transport tray 7 downward. Therefore, the back surface of the medium transport tray 7 is held in a state of being pressed against the feed roller 4, and the medium transport tray 7 is reliably transported by the feed roller 4.

  A height-adjustable support plate 10 is disposed between the left and right upper surface portions 7a and 7b of the medium transport tray 7. The height of the support plate 10 is a spacer (not shown) disposed on the back side thereof. ) Is determined by the height dimension. Therefore, the support plate 10 is supported by the spacer so that the gap between the face mold 212 mounted on the face mold base 231 placed on the support plate 10 and the ink jet head (not shown) of the head unit 6 has an appropriate dimension. You just need to adjust the height.

  FIG. 6 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating an example of an ink jet printer that can be used instead of the ink jet printer 1. The illustrated ink jet printer 11 has a tray transport unit 12 and a head unit 13 disposed above the tray transport unit 12. A linear guide 14 extending in the tray transport direction is disposed on the tray transport unit 12, and the medium transport tray 7 </ b> A can reciprocate along the linear guide 14.

  The medium transport tray 7A is a rectangular parallelepiped box having a flat thickness as a whole, and a vertical plate 16 extending in the transport direction at fixed intervals is attached to one side surface 15 thereof. A vertically arranged feed roller 17 is located on the inside of the vertical plate 16, and a plurality of pressing rollers 18 that press the vertical plate 16 against the feed roller 17 by a spring force are arranged on the outside thereof. Has been. Accordingly, since the vertical plate 16 is pressed against the feed roller 17, it is fed in the transport direction by the rotation of the feed roller 17. Therefore, the medium transport tray 7A to which the vertical plate 16 is attached is transported along the linear guide 14 in the transport direction.

  Further, the medium transport tray 7A includes an elevating stage 19, and can be moved up and down by an adjustment dial 20. Accordingly, the face mold base 231 is placed on the lift stage 19, the gap between the face mold 212 mounted thereon and the inkjet head on the head unit 13 side is adjusted to an appropriate dimension, and the face mold 212 is printed. It can be performed.

  The medium transport tray 7A of the ink jet printer 11 having this configuration includes a vertical plate 16 that is fed by a feed roller 17 on one side. Therefore, unlike the medium transport tray 7 in FIG. 5, there is no need for spring pressing spaces on both sides of the upper surface, and there is an advantage that the upper surface of the medium transport tray 7A can be used widely.

  Next, FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of an ink jet printer that can be used instead of the ink jet printer 1. The illustrated inkjet printer 21 includes a tray transport unit 22 and a head unit 23 disposed above the tray transport unit 22, and the medium transport tray 7 </ b> B can reciprocate along the upper surface of the tray transport unit 22. A plurality of guide rollers 24 are arranged on the upper surface of the tray transport unit 22 along the transport direction. Further, a feed roller 25 driven by a motor and a pressing roller 26 pressed against the feed roller 25 from above by a spring force are arranged.

  The medium carrying tray 7B has a flat box shape, and a horizontal plate 28 extending in parallel with a constant interval is attached to the back surface 27 thereof. A film or sheet having a large friction coefficient is attached to the surface of the horizontal plate 28, and the horizontal plate 28 is sandwiched between the feed roller 25 and the pressing roller 26. Accordingly, the horizontal plate 28 is conveyed by the rotation of the feed roller 25, and the medium conveyance tray 7B to which the horizontal plate 28 is attached is conveyed.

  The upper surface of the medium transport tray 7B is defined by an elevating plate 29. The elevating plate 29 includes a pair of front and rear parallel links 31 and 32, and a linear motion mechanism 33 for swinging them back and forth around the lower end. It is supported by a parallel crank mechanism. When the adjustment dial 34 is turned, the parallel links 31 and 32 are swung back and forth by the linear motion mechanism 33 constituted by a ball screw, a nut, and the like, and the elevating plate 29 moves up and down while maintaining the same posture. Therefore, the gap between the face mold 212 mounted on the face mold holding base 231 placed thereon and the inkjet head 23a of the head unit 23 can be adjusted to an appropriate size.

  Here, since the medium transport tray 7B has a weight unlike a general paper sheet, the medium transport tray 7B does not stop at a predetermined position due to an inertial force and may go too far. If the transport position of the medium transport tray 7B cannot be controlled with high accuracy, the print dot interval spreads in the transport direction, and the print image partially extends in the transport direction and is deformed. In order to prevent this problem, as shown in the conceptual diagram of FIG. 7C, a load mechanism 40 that always applies a constant braking force in the transport direction is attached to the medium transport tray 7B. Is desirable. For example, a constant load spring, such as a Conston (registered trademark) spring 40, which can always generate a constant torque even when the amount of pull-out changes can be used.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a printing system to which the present invention is applied. It is explanatory drawing which shows the doll and face type | mold used for the printing system of FIG. It is the perspective view and sectional drawing which show the holding | maintenance base holding the face type | mold. 2 is a schematic flowchart showing a printing operation in the printing system of FIG. 1. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the inkjet printer of FIG. FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram and a partial explanatory diagram illustrating another example of the ink jet printer of FIG. 1. 2A and 2B are diagrams illustrating another example of the inkjet printer of FIG. 1, in which FIG. 1A is an explanatory diagram illustrating a cross-sectional configuration orthogonal to the transport direction, FIG. 1B is an explanatory diagram illustrating a cross-section parallel to the transport direction, and FIG. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the load mechanism of a medium conveyance tray.

Explanation of symbols

1, 11, 21 Inkjet printer 7, 7A, 7B Transport tray 200 Production system 201 Shooting booth 202 Doll vending machine 203 Printing station 204 Discharge port 205 Operation panel 206 Camera 207 Shooting button 208 Doll selection button 209 Discharge port 210 Doll 211 Face 212 Face mold 213 Projection 214 Insertion hole 221 Storage section 222 Personal computer 231 Face mold holding base 232 Mounting section 233 Mounting hole

Claims (2)

A shooting booth (201) for shooting a user, a doll vending machine (202) and a printing station (203) arranged adjacent to the shooting booth (201),
The shooting booth (201) is provided with an operation panel (205) and a camera, and a user stands or sits at a predetermined position in the shooting booth (201) and takes a shooting button on the operation panel (205). By operating (207), you can take a face photo,
A plurality of types of dolls (210) are displayed and stored in the doll vending machine (202). When the user presses the doll selection button (208) on the operation panel (205), the selected doll is displayed. Is to be paid out from the sales outlet (209) of the doll vending machine (202),
The doll (210) that can be purchased from the doll vending machine (202) has a flat face portion (211), and the face photographed by the camera at the printing station (203). The face mold (212) after the photographed image of the photograph is printed can be attached in a removable state.
The face mold (212) has a three-dimensional surface on the surface side, a depression corresponding to the eyes is formed, a part corresponding to the lips is raised, and a part corresponding to the nose is also raised similarly. The back surface of the face mold (212) is a flat surface corresponding to the face portion (211) of the doll (210), and a protrusion (213) is vertically formed at the center. An insertion hole (214) into which the protrusion (213) can be inserted is formed at the center of the face portion (211) of the doll (210),
The printing station (203) includes a storage unit (221) for the face mold (212) that is a print medium, and an inkjet printer (1) for printing the photographed image on the surface of the face mold (212). And a personal computer (222) as a drive control device for driving and controlling the inkjet printer (1),
The personal computer (222) includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and a bus for transmitting and receiving data and control signals, and print data for supplying a photographed image of the face photograph obtained from the camera as print data to the inkjet printer (1). Has a generation function,
In the storage part (221), the face mold (212) is held on the surface of a rectangular face mold holding base (231), and the upper surface of the face mold holding base (231) is spaced at a constant interval. A mounting surface (232) of the face mold (212) is formed, and a mounting hole (233) into which the protrusion (213) of the face mold (212) can be inserted at the center of each mounting surface (232). Is formed,
The ink jet printer (1) includes a medium transport tray (7) that is transported via a printing position by the ink jet head, and the upper surface of the medium transport tray (7) has the face-type holding base ( A support surface (74) capable of supporting 231) is formed, and the face-type holding base (231) is fitted into the support surface (74) in order to position the face-type holding base (231). A shallow concave part that can be fixed is formed,
Under the control of the personal computer (222), the face-type holding base (231) to which the face-type (212) is attached is transferred from the storage portion (221) of the printing station (203) to the inkjet printer (1). To the medium carrying tray (7) and installed on the carrying surface (74),
The medium transport tray (7) carrying the face mold holding base (231) is transported via the printing position of the inkjet printer (1), and each face mold (212) is passed through the printing position. The photographed image is printed on
During the printing operation of the inkjet printer (1), an instruction to select the doll is displayed on the display screen of the operation panel (205).
After printing of each face mold (212), the face mold holding base (231) with the face mold (212) printed with the photographed image attached thereto is discharged from the discharge port (204) to the user. A doll production system that is characterized by The printing station (203) used in the doll production system according to claim 1,
A storage part (221) of the face mold (212) as a print medium;
An inkjet printer (1) for printing the face photograph on the surface of the face mold (212);
A personal computer (222) as a drive control device for driving and controlling the inkjet printer (1),
The personal computer (222) includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and a bus for transmitting and receiving data and control signals, and has a print data generation function for supplying the photographed image obtained from the camera to the inkjet printer (1) as print data. Has
In the storage part (221), the face mold (212) is held on the surface of a rectangular face mold holding base (231), and the upper surface of the face mold holding base (231) is spaced at a constant interval. A mounting surface (232) of the face mold (212) is formed, and a mounting hole (233) into which the protrusion (213) of the face mold (212) can be inserted at the center of each mounting surface (232). Is formed,
The ink jet printer (1) includes a medium transport tray (7) that is transported via a printing position by the ink jet head, and the upper surface of the medium transport tray (7) has the face-type holding base ( A support surface (74) capable of supporting 231) is formed, and the face-type holding base (231) is fitted into the support surface (74) in order to position the face-type holding base (231). A shallow concave part that can be fixed is formed,
Under the control of the personal computer (222), the face holding base (231) to which the face mold (212) is attached is moved from the storage section (221) to the medium transport tray (7) of the ink jet printer (1). Are installed on the carrying surface (74),
The medium transport tray (7) carrying the face mold holding base (231) is transported via the printing position of the inkjet printer (1), and each face mold (212) is passed through the printing position. The face photo is printed on
After printing of each face mold (212), the face mold holding base (231) with the face mold (212) on which the face photograph is printed is paid out to the user from the discharge port (204). A printing station (203), characterized in that

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