Printer, and method for replacing printing head of printer
AssigneeSato Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakashi Shioya, Kazuyuki Hoshi
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Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention is a printer including: a feed roller configured to feed a print medium; a print head configured to pinch the print medium with the feed roller and to print on the print medium; and a biasing member configured to bias the print head in a first direction toward the feed roller. The print head is movable in the first direction between a first position and a second position. The first position is a position at which the print head can be removed when moved in a second direction. The second position being a position at which the print head cannot be removed when moved in the second direction.
Claims9
A printer configured to be switched between (i) a peeling issuing mode, in which labels that are releasably attached to a liner of a print medium are issued after being peeled from the liner, and (ii) a continuous issuing mode, in which labels that are releasably attached to the liner of the print medium are issued without being peeled from the liner, the printer comprising:
- a feed roller configured to feed the print medium;
- a print head configured to pinch the print medium with the feed roller and to print on the print medium;
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- a biasing member configured to bias the print head in a first direction toward the feed roller;
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- a peeling unit configured to hold a peeling roller that faces the feed roller when the printer is in the peeling issuing mode, the peeling unit being movable between (i) a closed position, at which the peeling unit at least partly covers the print head, and (ii) an open position, at which the peeling unit does not cover the print head;
- wherein:
- the print head is movable in the first direction between (i) a first position, at which the print head can be removed when moved in a second direction, and (ii) a second position, at which the print head cannot be removed when moved in the second direction;
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- when the peeling unit is at the open position and the print head is at the first position, space for allowing mounting and removing the print head is formed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.