Self-strip media module

A method, comprising:

• rotating a peel bar over the platen roller from a discharge side of the platen roller to a feed side of the platen roller;
• feeding media over the peel bar and between the platen roller and a mid-chassis, the media comprising a series of labels and a liner;
• rotating the peel bar back over the platen roller towards the discharge side of the platen roller;
• lowering a thermal print head over the media and the platen roller;
• printing on a label of the media;
• advancing the media over and around the peel bar;
• and
• stripping the printed label off the liner when the media advances around the peel bar.

A module, comprising:

• a peel bar rotatable from a first position on a discharge side of a platen roller to a second position on a feed side of the platen roller and to a third position on the discharge side of the platen roller;
• wherein, when the peel bar is in the second position, media is fed over the peel bar and between the platen roller and a mid-chassis of a printer;
• wherein, when the peel bar is rotated from the second position to the third position after the media is fed over the peel bar and between the platen roller and the mid-chassis, the peel bar pulls the media over the platen roller and over itself;
• wherein the printer comprises a thermal printhead configured to be lowered onto the media over the platen roller and to print on labels, the media comprising a series of labels adhered to a liner;
• and
• wherein, when the printer advances the media over the peel bar when the peel bar is in the third position, the labels are stripped from the liner as the media advances around the peel bar.