Print apparatus and control method for the same

#This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from the prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2009-065022 filed Mar. 17, 2009, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

#A disclosed embodiment of the present invention relates to a print apparatus having a thermal print function and a control method for the same.

#A print apparatus having a thermal print function prints information on a thermal sheet while pulling out the forward edge of the thermal sheet that is rolled and then carrying the thermal sheet. The thermal sheet on which printing is finished is cut and the cut piece is discharged as a statement sheet.

#The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate embodiment of the invention, and together with the general description given above and the detailed description of the embodiment given below, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

#FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of an embodiment of the invention.

#FIG. 2 shows the configuration of essential parts and a thermal sheet in the embodiment.

#Hereinafter, an embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

#As shown in FIG. 1, a print apparatus 1 has on its front side a fascia section 2 which functions both as an entrance and exit of a passbook T and as a discharge port of a statement sheet, and has a sheet setting section 3 on the rear side. In the sheet setting section 3, a rolled thermal sheet 4 is removably set. The set thermal sheet 4 has its forward edge pulled out by a carrying section 5 and is guided to a carrying path 6a. On the carrying path 6a, a thermal print section 7 and a cutting section 8 are provided.

#The thermal print section 7 has a thermal head 17 for back-side print and a thermal head 18 for face-side print at positions with a predetermined space along the carrying direction of the thermal sheet 4. Platen rollers 20 and 21 are rotatably pressed in contact with the thermal heads 17 and 18. The thermal heads 17 and 18 and the platen rollers 20 and 21 nip and carry the thermal sheet 4. The thermal head 17 prints information on the back side of the carried thermal sheet 4. The thermal head 18 prints information on the face side of the carried thermal sheet 4.