Printer
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNaoki Sendaya
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Abstract
A printer includes a medium supply unit, a head, a discharge outlet, a take-up unit, and a reader. The medium supply unit is configured to supply a medium. The head is configured to perform printing onto the medium supplied from the medium supply unit. The discharge outlet is configured to discharge the medium onto which printing has been performed by the head and conveyed along a discharge path connecting the head and the discharge outlet. The take-up unit is arranged below the head and is configured to take up the medium onto which printing has been performed by the head or backing paper with a label peeled off from the medium. The reader is arranged on a take-up path connecting the head to the take-up unit and is configured to read the medium onto which printing has been performed by the head and conveyed along the take-up path.
Claims13
A printer configured to perform printing onto a medium including a label and backing paper, the printer comprising:
- a medium supply unit configured to supply the medium;
- a head configured to perform printing onto the medium supplied from the medium supply unit;
- a discharge outlet configured to discharge the medium onto which printing has been performed by the head and conveyed along a discharge path connecting the head and the discharge outlet;
- a take-up unit arranged below the head and configured to take up the medium onto which printing has been performed by the head or the backing paper with the label peeled off from the medium;
- and
- a reader arranged on a take-up path connecting the head to the take-up unit and configured to read the medium onto which printing has been performed by the head and conveyed along the take-up path.
A printer comprising:
- a medium supply unit configured to supply a medium;
- a head configured to perform printing onto the medium supplied from the medium supply unit;
- a first discharge outlet configured to discharge the medium onto which printing has been performed by the head and conveyed along a first discharge path connecting the head and the first discharge outlet;
- a second discharge outlet arranged below the first discharge outlet and configured to discharge the medium onto which printing has been performed by the head and conveyed along a second discharge path connecting the head and the second discharge outlet, the second discharge outlet being different from the first discharge outlet;
- and
- a reader arranged on the second discharge path and configured to read the medium onto which printing has been performed by the head,
- wherein
- the second discharge path includes a first path extending downward, below the head, and a reading surface of the reader faces the first path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.