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US 10,882,330 B2Granted
Printer
AssigneeSato Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShun Komagome, Yukimasa Saito
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Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention is a printer that includes a platen roller to feed a print medium, a print head to print on the print medium fed by the platen roller, a connector that is attachable and detachable with respect to the print head the print head, and a controller to stop power supply to the print head via the connector when the platen roller and the print head are separated.
Claims17
A printer, comprising:
- a platen roller configured to feed a print medium;
- a print head configured to print on the print medium fed by the platen roller;
- a connector that is attachable and detachable with respect to the print head;
- and
- a controller configured to stop a power supply to the print head via the connector, while the connector is being attached to the print head, when the platen roller and the print head are separated.
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A printer, comprising:
- a platen roller configured to feed a print medium;
- a print head configured to print on the print medium fed by the platen roller;
- a connector that is attachable and detachable with respect to the print head;
- an engagement part configured to engage with a shaft of the platen roller;
- and
- a controller configured to stop power supply to the print head via the connector, when it is detected that the engagement part is not in contact with the shaft of the platen roller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.