Label issuing apparatus

A label issuing apparatus comprising:

• a print unit configured to print commodity information on a linerless label;
• a feeding unit configured to feed the linerless label;
• a cutting unit configured to detach the linerless label as a label piece;
• and
• a temporary adhesion unit configured to hold the label piece, and to adhere an upstream end portion in a feeding direction of the held label piece to a downstream end portion in a feeding direction of a subsequent label, the subsequent label being the linerless label next fed by the feeding unit, wherein
• the temporary adhesion unit is disposed further downstream in the feeding direction than the cutting unit, and includes a pressing member and a holding roller,
• the pressing member is configured to press the label piece against the holding roller such that the label piece is held from front and rear sides between the pressing member and the holding roller while the label piece is moving in the feeding direction,
• the holding roller is configured to move a downstream end portion in the feeding direction of the label piece to a position where the upstream end portion in the feeding direction of the label piece does not hinder progress of the downstream end portion in the feeding direction of the subsequent label,
• the pressing member is configured to press the label piece and the subsequent label directly against the holding roller while the label piece is moving in the feeding direction to thereby adhere the label piece to the subsequent label, and
• the pressing member and holding roller are configured to hold a series of label pieces in a state in which the label piece is adhered to the subsequent label.