Printer device
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMotohito Tsuchiya
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Abstract
A printing device for printing on a label sheet includes a first print head to perform printing on a first side of a label sheet being conveyed along a conveyance path. The label sheet is interposed between the first print head and a first roller. A second print head is upstream of the first print head and performs printing on a second side of the label sheet. A second roller is adjacent the second print head across the conveyance path. A cutter is downstream of the first print head to cut off a first portion of the label sheet. A processor is configured to cause the label sheet to be conveyed in a second direction after the first portion is cut off from the sheet so that the cut end of the sheet reaches the first print head.
Claims20
A printing device for printing on a label sheet to which an adhesive has been partially applied, comprising:
- a first print head configured to perform printing downwardly on a first surface of a label sheet conveyed along a conveyance path in a first direction;
- a first roller adjacent to the first print head across the conveyance path, the label sheet passing between the first print head and the first roller when conveyed along the conveyance path;
- a second print head upstream of the first print head along the conveyance path and configured to perform printing upwardly on a second surface of the label sheet to which the adhesive has been partially applied when the label sheet is conveyed along the conveyance path in the first direction;
- a second roller adjacent to the second print head across the conveyance path, the label sheet passing between the second print head and the second roller when conveyed along the conveyance path;
- a cutting unit downstream of the first print head along the conveyance path and configured to cut off a first portion of the label sheet;
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- a processor configured to, after the first portion is cut off, cause the label sheet to be conveyed in a second direction opposite to the first direction such that an end of the label sheet from which the first portion was cut off reaches the first print head and is held between the first print head and the first roller.
A method of controlling a printing device for printing on a label sheet to which an adhesive has been partially applied, the method comprising:
- performing printing with a first print head downwardly on a first surface of the label sheet being conveyed in a first direction along a conveyance path;
- performing printing with a second print head upwardly on a second surface of the label sheet, the second surface being opposite to the first surface, the second print head being upstream of the first print head along the conveyance path, the adhesive being partially applied to the second surface of the label sheet;
- cutting off a first portion of the label sheet using a cutting unit along the conveyance path downstream of the first print head after the printing has been performed on at least one of the first and second surfaces;
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- after the first portion is cut off, conveying the label sheet in a second direction opposite to the first direction such that an end of the label sheet from which the first portion was cut off reaches the first print head and is held between the first print head and the first roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.