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US 10,124,607 B2Granted
Printing apparatus including a guiding mechanism that represents a position of a print area
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorTakayuki Kogane
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Abstract
A printing apparatus comprises: a printer that includes a printing mechanism that performs printing on a printing medium, the printing mechanism being provided in a print area; a housing that includes an opening region for exposing the printing mechanism to outside; and a guiding mechanism that represents a position of the print area. The guiding mechanism is provided at a position directly above the print area and visible from outside. Accordingly, when a user performs printing on the printing medium using this printing apparatus, the user can easily grasp a position of the print area by means of the guiding mechanism, and therefore can print on a desired position on the printing medium.
Claims16
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printer that includes a printing mechanism that performs printing on a printing medium, the printing mechanism being provided in a print area;
- a housing that includes an opening region for exposing the printing mechanism to outside;
- and
- a guiding mechanism that represents a position of the print area,
- wherein:
- the guiding mechanism is provided at a position directly above the print area and is visible from outside,
- the housing includes a first surface in which the opening region is provided,
- the guiding mechanism includes a guiding member that represents a size of the print area,
- a center position of the guiding member, with respect to a surface that is parallel to the first surface, is provided at a position directly above a center position of the print area with respect to a surface that is parallel to the first surface, and
- a recess is formed in an area that includes the center position of the guiding member.
7 more elements
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printer that includes a printing mechanism that performs printing on a printing medium, the printing mechanism being provided in a print area;
- a housing that includes an opening region for exposing the printing mechanism to outside;
- and
- a guiding mechanism that represents a position of the print area,
- wherein:
- the guiding mechanism is provided at a position directly above the print area and is visible from outside,
- the print area extends in a first direction,
- the printer is configured to print on the printing medium while moving relative to the printing medium, in a direction intersecting the first direction,
- the guiding mechanism comprises a light emitting apparatus that includes a plurality of light sources linearly arranged along the first direction,
- light emission by each of the plurality of light sources of the light emitting apparatus is controlled to represent a size of an image to be printed on the printing medium by the printer along the first direction, and a position at which the image is to be printed along the first direction,
- the guiding mechanism includes a guiding member that represents a size of the print area, and
- the plurality of light sources of the light emitting apparatus is provided at a position separated from the guiding member.
9 more elements
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printer that includes a printing mechanism that performs printing on a printing medium, the printing mechanism being provided in a print area;
- a housing that includes an opening region for exposing the printing mechanism to outside;
- and
- a display apparatus in which a display area is provided in an area including a position directly above the print area,
- wherein:
- the housing includes a first surface in which the opening region is provided,
- the display apparatus displays a first guiding image that represents a position in which the print area is provided, at a position of the display area that is directly above the print area,
- the first guiding image serves as a guiding mechanism that represents a position of the print area,
- the display apparatus displays the first guiding image, in the display area, at a position such that a center position of the first guiding image, with respect to a surface that is parallel to the first surface, is directly above a center position of the print area with respect to a surface that is parallel to the first surface, and
- the first guiding image includes an image that represents the center position of the first guiding image.
7 more elements
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printer that includes a printing mechanism that performs printing on a printing medium, the printing mechanism being provided in a print area;
- a housing that includes an opening region for exposing the printing mechanism to outside;
- and
- a display apparatus in which a display area is provided in an area including a position directly above the print area,
- wherein:
- the display apparatus displays a first guiding image that represents a position in which the print area is provided, at a position of the display area that is directly above the print area,
- the first guiding image serves as a guiding mechanism that represents a position of the print area,
- the print area extends in a first direction,
- the display apparatus further displays a second guiding image that represents a size of an image to be printed on the printing medium by the printer along the first direction of the print area, and a position at which the image is to be printed along the first direction, and
- the second guiding image is displayed to overlap the first guiding image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.