Printing apparatus
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSadatoshi Oishi, Masakazu Kato
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a printing apparatus includes a shaft, an antenna, and a printing section. The shaft can be inserted into a cylindrical core of an ink ribbon roll wound around the cylindrical core. The shaft permits the ink ribbon roll to rotate about the shaft. The ink ribbon roll has a wireless tag for identification purposes or the like. The antenna is provided on the shaft for data communication with the wireless tag of the ink ribbon roll. The printing section performs printing on a medium using the ink ribbon drawn out from the ink ribbon roll.
Claims20
A printing apparatus, comprising:
- a shaft to be inserted into a cylindrical core of an ink ribbon roll, the shaft permitting the ink ribbon roll to roll about the shaft;
- an antenna on the shaft for data communication with a wireless tag of the ink ribbon roll on the shaft;
- a printing section configured to perform printing on a medium using the ink ribbon drawn out from the ink ribbon roll;
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- a sleeve configured to be inserted into the cylindrical core, wherein
- the sleeve is configured to rotate around the shaft without contacting the antenna on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft.
A printing apparatus, comprising:
- a shaft to be inserted into a cylindrical core of a ink ribbon roll, the shaft permitting the ink ribbon roll to roll about the shaft;
- a tag reader configured to read a wireless tag of the ink ribbon roll on the shaft;
- an antenna on the shaft connected to the tag reader for data communication with the wireless tag of the ink ribbon roll on the shaft;
- a thermal printhead configured to perform printing on a medium using the ink ribbon drawn out from the ink ribbon roll;
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- a sleeve configured to be inserted into the cylindrical core, wherein
- the sleeve is configured to rotate around the shaft without contacting the antenna on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.