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US 10,173,800 B2Granted
Label preparing device and label preparing method in label preparing device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorAtsushi Nagahara
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Abstract
There is provided a label preparing device including: a laser cutting section that forms a cutting line, which is an outline of a label piece, on a media by irradiating the media with laser beams; and a print section that applies ink to at least a peripheral part of the label piece after the cutting line is formed. It is preferable that the laser cutting section irradiates the media in an immobile state with laser beams, and the print section applies ink to the media in which the immobile state is maintained.
Claims6
A label preparing device comprising:
- a laser cutting section that forms a cutting line, which is an outline of a label piece, on a media by irradiating the media with laser beams, wherein, while the cutting line is being formed, the media is secured in place by a suction fan;
- a print section that applies ink to at least a peripheral part of the label piece after the cutting line is formed;
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- a platen, wherein the laser cutting section forms the cutting line on the media at a position of the platen, and wherein the print section applies the ink to the media in which the cutting line was formed at the same position of the platen.
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A label preparing method comprising:
- forming a cutting line, which is an outline of a label piece, on a media by irradiating the media with laser beams, wherein, while the cutting line is being formed, the media is secured in place by a suction fan, and wherein a laser cutting section forms the cutting line on the media at a position of a platen;
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- applying ink to at least a peripheral part of the label piece after the cutting line is formed, wherein the ink is applied at the same position of the platen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.