JP4657255B2 - Wire dot printer head and wire dot printer - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a wire dot printer head and a wire dot printer.

  A wire dot printer head swings an armature connected with a printing wire between a printing position and a standby position, and when the armature is swung to a printing position, the tip of the wire is used as a printing medium such as paper. It is a device that prints by colliding. Among such wire dot printer heads, there is a device that performs printing by forming a magnetic circuit that generates a magnetic flux by a coil around an armature to be swung and attracts the armature from a standby position to a printing position. It has been proposed (see Patent Document 1). In Patent Document 1, a yoke or the like for forming a magnetic circuit is formed by sintering Fe powder having a fine particle diameter and a Co-based powder, thereby improving magnetic flux characteristics such as saturation magnetic flux density.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-191036

  However, just improving the saturation magnetic flux density of a single yoke as in Patent Document 1 does not necessarily improve the magnetic flux characteristics of the entire wire dot printer head. That is, it is necessary to prevent magnetic flux loss between members forming a magnetic circuit such as a yoke or an armature. In particular, even when an armature spacer that forms a side magnetic path for the armature is provided in addition to the yoke and the armature, it is important to prevent magnetic saturation in those members.

  On the other hand, when a fulcrum shaft is inserted into a through-hole formed in the armature and the armature is provided to be rotatable around the fulcrum shaft, the inner surface of the through-hole is abutted against the fulcrum shaft and scraped off. It is necessary to apply some surface hardening treatment to the inner surface of the through hole. However, if the surface hardening treatment is applied to the inner surface of the through hole, it becomes difficult for the magnetic flux to pass through the portion (magnetic flux loss), and the magnetic characteristics are deteriorated.

  As described above, the magnetic characteristics are deteriorated due to the magnetic flux loss between the members and the magnetic flux loss due to the surface hardening treatment of the through holes, and the magnetic characteristics necessary for high-speed printing cannot be obtained. Therefore, high-speed printing cannot be performed. In particular, with the recent increase in printing speed, it is necessary to swing the armature between the printing position and the standby position, for example, 2500 times / second, so that the deterioration of magnetic characteristics has become a serious problem.

  An object of the present invention is to suppress magnetic flux loss and obtain magnetic characteristics necessary for high-speed printing in a wire dot printer head and a wire dot printer.

The wire dot printer head of the present invention includes a plurality of armatures that respectively support printing wires, and a yoke having a plurality of cores that are respectively wound around coils and disposed at positions facing the plurality of armatures, respectively. An armature spacer which is provided on the yoke and holds the plurality of armatures by the plurality of armatures being fitted in a swingable manner; and a plurality of guide portions which form side magnetic paths for the plurality of armatures. The yoke, the armature, and the armature spacer are formed of members having two or three different saturation magnetic flux densities , at least one of which has a different saturation magnetic flux density , and each having a saturation magnetic flux density . Assuming A, B, and C in that order, the relational expression A ≧ B ≧ C is formed. It is formed so as to stand. The wire dot printer of the present invention includes the wire dot printer head, a platen that faces the wire dot printer head, a carriage that holds the wire dot printer head and reciprocates along the platen, and the wire dot printer head. And a print medium transport unit that transports a print medium between the platen and the platen, and drives and controls the wire dot printer head, the carriage, and the print medium transport unit to execute printing based on print data I did it.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to suppress magnetic flux loss and obtain magnetic characteristics necessary for high-speed printing. As a result, high-speed printing is realized.

The best mode for carrying out the inventions with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 will be described.

<Wire dot printer head>
First, the overall configuration of the wire dot printer head 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a central longitudinal front view schematically showing a wire dot printer head 1 of the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view schematically showing a part of the wire dot printer head 1, and FIG. 3 is a wire dot printer head. 1 is an exploded perspective view schematically showing an armature 4 provided in FIG.

  The wire dot printer head 1 includes a front case 2 and a rear case 3 that are coupled by mounting screws (not shown). Between them, an armature 4, a wire guide 5, a yoke 6, an armature spacer 7, a circuit board 8, and the like are provided.

  The armature 4 is formed in a plate shape and is provided on one end in the length direction (direction in which the arm 9 extends) at one end in the width direction of the arm 9 that supports a printing wire (hereinafter simply referred to as a wire) 10. A magnetic circuit forming member 11 for forming a magnetic circuit and a fulcrum shaft 12 serving as a rotation center (swing center) are provided. The fulcrum shaft 12 is provided by being inserted into a through hole 4a formed in the armature 4 (see FIG. 3). The through hole 4 a is formed in both the arm 9 and the magnetic circuit forming member 11. The fulcrum shaft 12 is rotatably provided in the through hole 4a. The wire 10 is brazed to one end of the arm 9. An arcuate portion 13 is formed at the end of the armature 4 on the other end side. The magnetic circuit forming member 11 is provided with a surface to be attracted 14, and the attracted surface 14 is positioned at a central portion in the longitudinal direction of the armature 4.

  Here, the magnetic circuit forming member 11 is formed of, for example, permendur (PMD) which is a magnetic material having excellent magnetic characteristics. Further, the surface of the magnetic circuit forming member 11 (including the inner surface of the through hole 4a) is subjected to a surface hardening process. For example, a nitriding process is used as the surface hardening process. Here, only the magnetic circuit forming member 11 is formed with permendur, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, if the required strength is obtained, the entire armature 4 is formed with permendur. May be.

  A plurality of armatures 4 are arranged radially with respect to the axis of the yoke 6. The armature 4 is supported on the surface of the yoke 6 so as to be rotatable (swingable) in a direction away from the yoke 6 with the fulcrum shaft 12 as a center, and an urging member 15 such as a coil spring. Is biased away from the yoke 6. The urging member 15 is provided so as to be urged.

  The wire guide 5 slidably guides the wire 10 so that the tip of the wire 10 collides with a predetermined position of the print medium. The front case 2 is provided with a tip guide 16 that aligns the tip of the wire 10 in a predetermined pattern and guides the wire 10 in a slidable manner. Note that when the armature 4 swings to the printing position, the wire 10 moves to a predetermined position, for example, a position where it collides with a printing medium such as paper, as the armature 4 swings.

  The rear case 3 is provided with a cylindrical portion 18 having a bottom surface portion 17 on one end side. A mounting recess 20 to which a metal annular armature stopper 19 is mounted is formed at the center of the bottom surface portion 17. The armature stopper 19 is attached by being fitted into the attachment recess 20. Here, when the armature 4 swings from the printing position by the urging member 15, the arm 9 which is a part of the armature 4 comes into contact with the armature stopper 19 and the swinging of the armature 4 stops. Therefore, the armature stopper 19 has a function of determining the standby position of the armature 4.

  The circuit board 8 includes a drive circuit for controlling the swing of the armature 4 between the printing position and the standby position. The drive circuit of the circuit board 8 selectively swings an arbitrary armature 4 from the plurality of armatures 4 during a printing operation.

  The yoke 6 has a pair of cylindrical portions 21 and 22 having different diameters provided concentrically. The dimensions of the cylindrical portions 21 and 22 in the axial direction (the vertical direction in FIG. 1, that is, the axial direction of the yoke 6) are set to be equal to each other. The cylindrical portion 21 on the outer peripheral side and the cylindrical portion 22 on the inner peripheral side are integrated by a bottom surface portion 23 provided so as to close one end side in the axial direction. The yoke 6 is sandwiched between the front case 2 and the rear case 3 with the open side opposite to the bottom surface 23 facing the open side of the rear case 3.

  The cylindrical portion 21 on the outer peripheral side is formed with a plurality of depressions 24 that is the same number as the number of armatures 4. Each of the recesses 24 has a concave shape in which the inner peripheral surface is formed with a curvature radius substantially the same as the curvature radius of the outer peripheral surface of the arcuate part 13 of the armature 4. An arcuate portion 13 formed on one end side of the armature 4 is slidably fitted into the recess 24.

  The tubular portion 22 on the inner peripheral side is provided with a fitted portion 25 having an annular shape. The fitted portion 25 is provided integrally with the inner circumferential cylindrical portion 22 so as to be concentric with the inner circumferential cylindrical portion 22. The outer diameter of the fitted portion 25 is set smaller than the outer diameter of the cylindrical portion 22 on the inner peripheral side. Therefore, a step portion 26 is formed by the fitted portion 25 in the cylindrical portion 22 on the inner peripheral side.

  A plurality of cores 27 arranged in an annular shape are integrally provided on the bottom surface portion 23 between the cylindrical portion 21 on the outer peripheral side and the cylindrical portion 22 on the inner peripheral side. The dimensions of the cores 27 in the axial direction of the yoke 6 are set equal to the dimensions of the cylindrical portions 21 and 22 in the axial direction of the yoke 6.

  A magnetic pole surface 28 is formed at one end of each core 27 in the axial direction of the yoke 6. The magnetic pole surface 28 of the core 27 is provided so as to face the attracted surface 14 of the magnetic circuit forming member 11 provided in the armature 4. A coil 29 is mounted on the outer periphery of each core 27. That is, the yoke 6 has a plurality of cores 27 around which the coils 29 are wound in an annular shape. In the present embodiment, the winding directions of all the coils 29 are set equal. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, coils with different winding directions may be selectively disposed. .

  Such a yoke 6 is formed by, for example, a Lost Wax method or a MIM (Metal Injection Molding) method using permendur (PMD), which is a magnetic material having excellent magnetic properties, as a material. A surface hardening process is performed on the surface of the yoke 6. For example, a nitriding process is used as the surface hardening process.

  The armature spacer 7 includes a pair of ring-shaped portions 30 and 31 having substantially the same diameter as the cylindrical portions 21 and 22 of the yoke 6 and a pair of ring-shaped portions 30 and 31 so as to be positioned between the armature 4. And a plurality of guide portions 32 that are radially spanned. These guide portions 32 serve as side magnetic paths for the armature 4. The ring-shaped part 30 on the outer peripheral side and the ring-shaped part 31 on the inner peripheral side are provided concentrically. The ring-shaped part 30 on the outer peripheral side, the ring-shaped part 31 on the inner peripheral side, and the guide part 32 are integrally formed. Such an armature spacer 7 is made of, for example, a permendur (PMD) material that is a magnetic material having excellent magnetic properties. The surface of the armature spacer 7 is subjected to surface hardening treatment. For example, a nitriding process is used as the surface hardening process.

  When the armature spacer 7 is provided on the yoke 6, the ring-shaped portion 30 on the outer peripheral side and the ring-shaped portion 31 on the inner peripheral side abut against the cylindrical portions 21 and 22 of the yoke 6, respectively. 31 is fitted to the fitted portion 25. Note that the inner diameter of the ring-shaped portion 31 on the inner peripheral side is set to be equal to or slightly larger than the outer diameter of the fitted portion 25.

  Each guide portion 32 includes a side yoke portion 33 that extends in an oblique direction in a direction away from the magnetic pole surface 28 of the core 27 along the substantially radial direction of the ring-shaped portions 30 and 31. The side yoke portion 33 has a blade shape that becomes wider as it approaches the ring-shaped portion 30 on the outer peripheral side from the ring-shaped portion 31 on the inner peripheral side.

  Since the armature spacer 7 has a plurality of guide portions 32 spanned between the pair of ring-shaped portions 30, 31, slit-shaped guide grooves 34 that open along the radial direction of the ring-shaped portions 30, 31 are formed. It is secured. Each guide groove 34 is formed with a width dimension such that the side yoke portion 33 of each guide portion 32 is close to the magnetic circuit forming member 11 so as not to prevent the armature 4 from swinging.

  The guide groove 34 communicates with the ring-shaped portion 30 on the outer peripheral side, and the guide groove 34 in the ring-shaped portion 30 on the outer peripheral side has both sides of the guide groove 34 along the outer diameter direction of the ring-shaped portion 30. A bearing groove 35, which is a notch that opens continuously to the guide groove 34, is formed at a position where The fulcrum shaft 12 of the armature 4 is fitted into the bearing groove 35. That is, the fulcrum shaft 12 of the armature 4 is held by the yoke 6 and the armature spacer 7 so that the armature 4 faces the core 27.

  On the armature spacer 7, a pressing member 36 that presses the fulcrum shafts 12 of the plurality of armatures 4 fitted in the bearing grooves 35 is provided. The holding member 36 is a plate-like member that holds the fulcrum shafts 12 of the plurality of armatures 4 by connecting the front case 2 and the rear case 3 with mounting screws. The pressing member 36 is formed in an annular shape so as not to prevent the armature 4 from swinging, and has a plurality of grooves 37. The plurality of groove portions 37 have substantially the same width dimension as the armature 4 and extend in the radial direction. The surface of the pressing member 36 is subjected to surface hardening treatment. For example, a nitriding process is used as the surface hardening process.

  The diameter of the fulcrum shaft 12 of the armature 4 is about 0.90 mm, and the thickness of the armature spacer 7 in the portion constituting the bearing groove 35 is about 0.80 mm. Therefore, when the fulcrum shaft 12 of the armature 4 is fitted into the bearing groove 35, the fulcrum shaft 12 protrudes from the bearing groove 35 by about 0.10 mm and comes into contact with the pressing member 36, so that it is securely held.

  Here, the yoke 6, the armature 4 magnetic circuit forming member 11 and the armature spacer 7 are formed so that the relational expression of A ≧ B ≧ C is established, assuming that the saturation magnetic fluxes are A, B and C in that order. ing. That is, the yoke 6, the magnetic circuit forming member 11 of the armature 4, and the armature spacer 7 have a relational expression of A ′ ≧ B ′ ≧ C ′, where the saturation magnetic flux densities are A ′, B ′, and C ′ in that order. Is formed to hold. In the present embodiment, as described above, the yoke 6, the magnetic circuit forming member 11 of the armature 4 and the armature spacer 7 are formed using permendur (PMD) as a material so that their saturation magnetic flux densities are the same. (A ′ = B ′ = C ′). Here, the saturation magnetic flux density of the permendur is about 0.20 T (Tesla). As a result, magnetic saturation does not occur in the members of the yoke 6, the magnetic circuit forming member 11 of the armature 4 and the armature spacer 7, so that the magnetic characteristics necessary for high-speed printing can be obtained.

  In the present embodiment, the yoke 6, the magnetic circuit forming member 11 of the armature 4 and the armature spacer 7 are formed by using permendur as a material and their saturation magnetic flux density is A ′ = B ′ = C ′. However, it is not limited to this. For example, the magnetic circuit forming member 11 of the yoke 6 and the armature 4 is made of permendur and the armature spacer 7 is made of silicon iron, and their saturation magnetic flux density is formed in a relationship of A ′ = B ′> C ′. May be. Here, the saturation magnetic flux density of silicon iron is about 0.18T. Further, for example, the yoke 6 is made of permendur, the magnetic circuit forming member 11 of the armature 4 is made of silicon iron, the armature spacer 7 is made of pure iron, and their saturation magnetic flux density is A ′> B ′. It may be formed in a relationship of> C ′. Here, the saturation magnetic flux density of pure iron is about 0.10T. Even in the relationship of the saturation magnetic flux density as described above, magnetic saturation does not occur in the members of the yoke 6, the magnetic circuit forming member 11 of the armature 4 and the armature spacer 7, so that magnetic characteristics necessary for high-speed printing can be obtained. it can.

  The saturation magnetic flux density B ′ of the armature 4 is preferably 0.15 T or more. This is because by setting the saturation magnetic flux density B ′ of the armature 4 to 0.15 T or more, the magnetic characteristics necessary for high-speed printing can be obtained with certainty.

<Wire dot printer>
Next, a wire dot printer 50 including the wire dot printer head 1 as described above will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a vertical side view schematically showing the wire dot printer 50 of the present embodiment.

  The wire dot printer 50 includes a main body case 51. An opening 53 is formed in the front surface 52 of the main body case 51. A manual feed tray 54 is provided in the opening 53 so as to be freely opened and closed. Further, a paper feed port 55 is formed at the lower part of the main body case 51 on the front surface 52 side, and a paper discharge receptacle 57 is provided on the rear surface 56 side. Further, an open / close cover 59 is rotatably provided on the upper surface 58 of the main body case 51. Here, the open / close cover 59 in an opened state is indicated by an imaginary line in FIG.

  In the main body case 51, a paper transport path 60, which is a print medium transport path, is provided. The upstream side of the paper transport path 60 in the paper transport direction is connected to a paper feed path 61 disposed on the extended surface of the open manual feed tray 54 and a paper feed path 62 leading to the paper feed port 55, and The downstream side in the direction is connected to a paper discharge receiver 57. The paper feed passage 62 is provided with a tractor 63 for transporting paper.

  A conveyance roller 64 and a pressure roller 65 are disposed opposite to each other in the paper conveyance path 60, and the pressure roller 65 is in pressure contact with the conveyance roller 64. The transport roller 64 and the pressing roller 65 transport a sheet that is a print medium, and constitute a sheet transport unit that is a print medium transport unit. Further, the paper transport path 60 is provided with a printer unit 66 that performs a printing operation on the transported paper, and a paper discharge roller 67 is provided at the entrance of the paper discharge receiver 57. A pressing roller 68 pressed against the discharge roller 67 is rotatably supported on the free end side of the opening / closing cover 59.

  The printer unit 66 includes a platen 69 disposed in the paper transport path 60, a carriage 70 that can reciprocate along the platen 69 in a direction orthogonal to the paper transport path 60, and the wire as described above mounted on the carriage 70. It comprises a dot printer head 1 and an ink ribbon cassette 71. The ink ribbon cassette 71 is detachably provided.

  The carriage 70 is driven by a motor (not shown) and reciprocates along the platen 69. The wire dot printer head 1 reciprocates in the main scanning direction as the carriage 70 reciprocates along the platen 69. For this reason, in the present embodiment, a head driving mechanism is realized by the carriage 70, a motor, and the like. The wire dot printer 50 has a built-in drive control unit 72 that controls each unit in the main body case 51, and the drive control unit 72 controls driving of each unit such as the printer unit 66, the tractor 63, and the motor.

  In such a configuration, when a single sheet is used as a sheet, the sheet is fed from the manual feed tray 54, and when a continuous sheet is used as the sheet, the sheet is fed from a sheet feeding port 55. Any paper (not shown) is transported by the transport roller 64, printed by the wire dot printer head 1, and discharged to the paper discharge receiver 57 by the paper discharge roller 67.

  Printing is performed by selectively exciting the coil 29 in the wire dot printer head 1, whereby the armature 4 is attracted to the magnetic pole surface 28 of the core 27 and rotated around the fulcrum shaft 12, and the wire 10 is moved to the ink ribbon (FIG. (Not shown) and pressed against the paper on the platen 69. When the power supply to the coil 29 is cut off, the armature 4 is restored by the urging force of the urging member 15 and stopped at the standby position by the armature stopper 19. Here, paper is used as the printing medium, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, pressure-sensitive color paper that develops a colored portion when pressed can be used. When pressure-sensitive color paper is used as a print medium, printing is performed by coloring a portion pressed by the pressure of the wire 10 provided in the wire dot printer head 1.

  During the printing operation by the wire dot printer 50, the coil 29 is selectively energized based on the print data under the control of the drive control unit 72. Then, from the core 27 to which the selected coil 29 is attached, the magnetic circuit forming member 11 of the armature 4 disposed to face the core 27, and a pair of side yoke portions facing the magnetic circuit forming member 11 33, a magnetic circuit reaching the core 27 again is formed via the guide portion 32, the cylindrical portion 21 on the outer peripheral side of the yoke 6, the cylindrical portion 22 on the inner peripheral side, and the bottom surface portion 23.

  Due to the formation of the magnetic circuit, an attractive force that attracts the magnetic circuit forming member 11 to the magnetic pole surface 28 of the core 27 is generated between the attracted surface 14 of the magnetic circuit forming member 11 and the magnetic pole surface 28 of the core 27. With this attraction force, the armature 4 swings around the fulcrum shaft 12 in the direction in which the attracted surface 14 of the magnetic circuit forming member 11 is attracted to the magnetic pole surface 28 of the core 27. In the present embodiment, the position where the attracted surface 14 of the magnetic circuit forming member 11 of the armature 4 contacts the magnetic pole surface 28 of the core 27 is defined as a printing position.

  As the armature 4 swings to the printing position, the tip of the wire 10 protrudes toward the paper side. At this time, since the ink ribbon is interposed between the wire dot printer head 1 and the paper, the pressure of the wire 10 is transmitted to the paper through the ink ribbon, and the ink on the ink ribbon is transferred to the paper. Printing is performed.

  When the power supply to the coil 29 is cut off, the generated magnetic flux disappears, and the magnetic circuit disappears. As a result, the attractive force that draws the magnetic circuit forming member 11 toward the magnetic pole surface 28 of the core 27 is eliminated. The armature 4 is urged in the direction away from the yoke 6 by the urging force of the urging member 15, and swings about the fulcrum shaft 12 toward the standby position. That is, the armature 4 swings toward the standby position, and the arm 9 stops at the standby position by contacting the armature stopper 19.

  Such a printing operation is performed at high speed (for example, printing speed = 2500 times / second). At this time, the armature 4 swings between the printing position and the standby position at 2500 times / second, for example. This high-speed printing is realized by forming the yoke 6, the magnetic circuit forming member 11 of the armature 4 and the armature spacer 7 so that their saturation magnetic fluxes are approximately the same. In other words, by forming the yoke 6, the magnetic circuit forming member 11 of the armature 4 and the armature spacer 7 with permendur, their saturation magnetic flux becomes substantially the same, and no magnetic flux loss occurs between these members. Therefore, the magnetic characteristics necessary for high-speed printing can be obtained. As a result, high-speed printing can be realized.

  Further, the magnetic circuit forming member 11 of the armature 4 is subjected to a surface hardening process, but since the magnetic circuit forming member 11 is formed of permendule, the hardening process is performed from the surface to a deep position (core). Is not applied, and only a very thin portion of the surface is cured. This is because a member formed of a material having a large saturation magnetic flux density such as permendur has an advantage that the hardening treatment is not performed from the surface to a deep position (core). Therefore, by forming the magnetic circuit forming member 11 of the armature 4 with permendur, it is possible to prevent the magnetic flux from becoming difficult to pass through the magnetic circuit forming member 11, and to suppress the magnetic flux loss particularly around the through hole 4a. it can.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, the saturation magnetic flux density B ′ of the armature 4 is 0.15 T or more, so that the magnetic characteristics necessary for high-speed printing can be obtained with certainty. In particular, since the yoke 6, the armature 4 and the armature spacer 7 are formed of permendur, their saturation magnetic flux density is about 0.20T, and it is possible to reliably obtain the magnetic characteristics necessary for high-speed printing. it can.

  The wire dot printer 50 according to the present embodiment also includes a wire dot printer head 1 as described above, a platen 69 that faces the wire dot printer head 1, and a reciprocation along the platen 69 that holds the wire dot printer head 1. A carriage 70 that moves, and a conveyance roller 64 and a pressing roller 65 that are a printing medium conveyance unit that conveys a printing medium between the wire dot printer head 1 and the platen 69 are provided. Since the conveyance roller 64 and the pressing roller 65 are driven and controlled to perform printing based on the print data, magnetic flux loss can be suppressed and magnetic characteristics necessary for high-speed printing can be obtained. As a result, high-speed printing is realized.

It is a central longitudinal sectional front view schematically showing an embodiment of a wire dot printer head of inventions implementation. Some of the inventions one embodiment of the dot printing head is an exploded perspective view schematically showing. An armature provided in a form of dot printing head of inventions embodiment is an exploded perspective view schematically showing. One form of a wire dot printer of the inventions implementation is a vertical sectional side view schematically showing.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Wire dot printer head 4 Armature 4a Through-hole 6 Yoke 7 Armature spacer 10 Printing wire (wire)
12 fulcrum shaft 27 core 29 coil 32 guide section 35 notch section 50 wire dot printer 64 print medium transport section (transport roller)
65 Print media transport (pressing roller)
69 Platen 70 Carriage

Claims (3)

A plurality of armatures each supporting a printing wire;
A yoke having a plurality of cores, each of which is wound with a coil and disposed at a position individually facing the plurality of armatures;
An armature spacer which is provided on the yoke and holds the plurality of armatures by fitting the plurality of armatures in a swingable manner;
A plurality of guide portions forming side magnetic paths for the plurality of armatures;
With
The yoke, the armature, and the armature spacer are formed by members having two or three different saturation magnetic flux densities , at least one of which has a different saturation magnetic flux density from the other, and the respective saturation magnetic flux densities are determined by the members . A wire dot printer head formed so that a relational expression of A ≧ B ≧ C is established, where A, B, and C are in order.   The wire dot printer head according to claim 1, wherein the armature has a saturation magnetic flux density of 0.15 T or more.   A wire dot printer head according to claim 1 or 2,
  A platen facing the wire dot printer head;
  A carriage that holds the wire dot printer head and reciprocates along the platen;
  A print medium transport unit for transporting a print medium between the wire dot printer head and the platen;
Comprising
  A wire dot printer configured to execute printing based on print data by drivingly controlling the wire dot printer head, the carriage, and the print medium transport unit.

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